Who is Carl ?

[Shadymilkman]

When you emote, sometimes your dwarf they say "For Carl!", who is that?

[Suzaku]

https://deeprockgalactic.fandom.com/wiki/Karl

[Chris!!]

Everyone asks "who is Karl", but noone asks "how's Karl"

[Ender Zayne]

I'll do you one better: Why is Karl?!

[Ackranome]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUPCB9533Y

[Polaris]

Karl was the best of us, great fashion taste, fantastic drinker, and THE best miner... He had his glory, you should have seen him swing that pickaxe into gold and carapace alike....but he is lost to us :(

[Chibbity]

"The very last time,
That I saw him alive,
The drop pod was leaving,
He was holding the line.

I shouted at him,
To come to the door,
But the bugs were a tide,
That filled up the floor.

The roar of his gun,
The roar of his cry;
"I'll hold them off brothers!
but this is good bye."

His eyes were grim,
His beard wet with gore,
And then we took off,
I could see him no more.

Born on a space station,
Raised in the caves,
Rock and stone,
Was all that he craved."

-An excerpt from "The Ballad of Karl."

[TrashBear]

Originally posted by Chris!!:

Everyone asks "who is Karl", but noone asks "how's Karl"

That's cause he's dead. :(

[Enfild]

A legend.

[Shadow Wizard Fluffy Gang]

I know it is wrong, I find it amusing to think of Mission Control as Karl. As my dwarves cheer and mine with misplaced love for the balding headset-wearing individual that seems to hollowly reciprocate congratulations.

[GIRL]

Originally posted by Mystik Muzik:

I know it is wrong, I find it amusing to think of Mission Control as Karl. As my dwarves cheer and mine with misplaced love for the balding headset-wearing individual that seems to hollowly reciprocate congratulations.

Mission Control is just an obese, bald elf. Don't let his Dwarvish accent fool you otherwise. Notice how he covers his ears completely with his over-sized headset. That's to hide his pointy elf ears.

[Ender Zayne]

Originally posted by Femboy Thighs:

Originally posted by Mystik Muzik:

I know it is wrong, I find it amusing to think of Mission Control as Karl. As my dwarves cheer and mine with misplaced love for the balding headset-wearing individual that seems to hollowly reciprocate congratulations.

Mission Control is just an obese, bald elf. Don't let his Dwarvish accent fool you otherwise. Notice how he covers his ears completely with his over-sized headset. That's to hide his pointy elf ears.

Ah, we have our own "lizard people" conspiracy theory. Nice.

[M0S5Y.ctn]

I'm still holding on to my baseless theories of him either being the elven mascot of the group, or having run off and joined the rivals.

[Ittrix]

If the vagueness of the comments so far didn't spell it out well enough, we don't actually know. He's mentioned in some voice lines and other places. Typically when the dwarfs refer to anyone indirectly, they're talking about Karl. IE: "I'll beat your record this time".

We figure that the ingame characters view him as a dwarf of great skill who worked for deep rock galactic. Obviously, he isn't around any more. Whether the characters are right and Karl actually exists or if he's just a folk tale... dunno. The information is purposefully kept vague.

[FreddyTheMonkey]

Originally posted by Chibbity:

"The very last time,
That I saw him alive,
The drop pod was leaving,
He was holding the line.

I shouted at him,
To come to the door,
But the bugs were a tide,
That filled up the floor.

The roar of his gun,
The roar of his cry;
"I'll hold them off brothers!
but this is good bye."

His eyes were grim,
His beard wet with gore,
And then we took off,
I could see him no more.

Born on a space station,
Raised in the caves,
Rock and stone,
Was all that he craved."

-An excerpt from "The Ballad of Karl."

This is beautiful.

[Chibbity]

Thank you! : )