What is the Origin of King? We Finally Learn More in New TOH Episode!
The Owl House Season 2, Episode 3 Review
Who, or what, is King? Ever since The Owl House began, fans have fallen in love with the diminutive little demon. Not the least bit because A.) he looks like a Cubone, and B.) he’s voiced by Alex Hirsch. But we actually know very little about who he is and where he came from, besides his ranting about himself. Well, after twenty-three episodes, we finally get some hints about the origins of King! And it. Is. HUGE!
Where Did King Come From?
While Luz and Lilith are busy learning how to combine glyphs to create new spells, King tries getting their attention while talking about how he was the King of Demons. When Lilith rightfully calls him out on how crazy his claims are, King ups the ante by taking them to a mysterious island where he claims he ruled from.
This also leads to the three seeing how Hooty can detach himself from the house, and it must be absolutely disgusting.
Source-DisneyNOW, Disney Channel 
Source-DisneyNOW, Disney Channel
Surprisingly, the island King takes them to isn’t just a delusional joke. It’s filled with ruins, images, and writing that not even Lilith knows about. If bookworm Lilith doesn’t know about it, then that’s saying something! And the ruins are filled with images of what looks like King in the past conquering his enemies. That, and there’s a hideous fusion rock, bone, and abomination goo that attacks them until Eda comes to the rescue.
It’s at this point where Eda finally tells everyone, the audience included, the truth about King; at least, from what she knows.
BABY KING IS SO KAWAII
Eight years ago, Eda was running from the Emperor’s Coven when she came across the mysterious island. Within the ruins, she found a baby King living by himself. Feeling sorry for him, Eda took him back home with her, gave him his name, and played along with his infantile fantasies of being a King of Demons.
Naturally, the revelation that most of what he considered his past is a fantasy leads the little guy to have a brief meltdown. However, As Luz points out while consoling him, this revelation doesn’t answer everything. Where did King come from, and why was he left inside those ruins? These are some big questions that need to be answered! And it’s this desire to learn more that leads the group to discover something major.
As it turns out, that ruined temple wasn’t where King ruled from; it’s where he was born after hatching from an egg. And that bizarre abomination (who he names Jean-Luc) was created to be some kind of guardian for him. And the images shown weren’t of King. They were of other members of his kind, including his father, who may still be out there!
A New Mystery to Discover
At the end of the day, King ultimately accepts the fact that he was never a King of Demons. However, he seems to be fine with this since he has the residents of the Owl House to help him come to terms with it. Additionally, there’s the revelation that there may more like him out there and that no one, not even the Emperor’s Coven, may know about them.
I can already hear the fans coming up with fan theories about King and his people. Where did they come from, and what happened to them? Why was King left alone? Does the Emperor have something to do with all of this? It’s enough to drive fans nuts!
One thing is for sure, though: I am looking forward to see what The Owl House does with this mystery going forward. Since this comes from The Gravity Falls tree of shows, though, I expect it to be this big, mind-blowing revelation.
I Give “Echoes of the Past” a 4.5/5
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He may not have been the “KING Of Demons,” but……maybe he was at least the “Prince?” He wouldn’t have been in this high palace room or have a guard if he WASN’T someone that would grow up to be important. So I do think that he was meant to be a King at some point. But whatever put that HUGE gaping hole in the palace happened, and……..well; what we saw in his flashback happened.
I wonder when Jean-Luc is gonna factor into the story again. I almost said “If” like it might never be addressed. No; this WILL come up again. And I do think that the Emperor may have had something to do with it.
He wanted the Golden Guard to slay that creature in Episode 1 of this season. Who’s to say a Genocide of one race didn’t already happen in the past? Why- I’m not entirely sure. Maybe because they wouldn’t bow to him?
Did you catch the cryptogram in this episode? Last season; we got the sentence “Two Witches Torn Apart- Now Alone. Two Hearts Of Stone. A Curse Of Feathers And Mud- A Betrayal Of Blood.” So far; we have “Seething Seas.” The wiki hasn’t updated this episode yet.
We also have the episode titles up to episode 8, which spell out “SEEK THE K-.” What do you think it could be?