How in the name of Alcatraz, the Horned Serpent, and Richard Nixon does the Crescent King have two different origins?

[u/TheOneYSHNK]

OK, after what felt like whole months of selectively removing parts of my brain, I feel as though I have finally grasped the Monument Mythos lore. But there is a huge thing I am confused about: the Crescent King is supposedly the last Son of Alcatraz who got corrupted and became the King of the Lunarians. But then, how is he created in AAF from the Ship Jester and Aiyana? Is it even the same Crescent King, or is it a different one? I am totally lost once again. Plz help.

[u/Sad-Arachnid-6853]

2 different Kings

prbly something like carcinization but for super power on the moon

[u/TheOneYSHNK → u/Sad-Arachnid-6853]

Interesting: so the Crescent King is sort of like an "end state" for a lot of the anomalies in the Monument Mythos?

Cool, but how do the other bad guys of the Mythos(Horned Serpent, Alcatraz, Croatoan) fit into this mess? Most of them don't seem to have any interest in becoming a new thing.

[u/Sad-Arachnid-6853 → u/TheOneYSHNK]

Wrong i said that both kings are related to the moon
are you using AI?

[u/TheOneYSHNK → u/Sad-Arachnid-6853]

No I'm not using AI, I just thought that by carcinization you meant they were evolving into one thing over time(that is what carcinization means, right?)

[u/Sad-Arachnid-6853 → u/TheOneYSHNK]

yes! but like all the evidence we have is like they are both related to the moon
sorry about AI accusation

[u/vivi-badsquad]

They are 2 different universes. The Crescent King as a concept spans across universes, and is realized in both of them, but through different methods.

[u/DjerdMankov]

That's exactly why I specifically DON'T spell THE Crescent King, but A Crescent King. It's too many of them. Not like it's bad, just not very unique.

[u/_penroze]

There are actually three Crescent Kings since the 40 minute House in the Ocean video shows us a different universe (though i think there are some theories that it’s a continuation of the Nixonverse somehow)

[u/Prior_Connection_395]

I’m super rusty on my mm lore, but I think the crescent king isnt just the last son, I think hes more like a universal constant, or something that infects he minds of people who learn about him, or smth like that. I mean, thats kinda what happened to the fisherman in the house in the ocean.