Talk:King of Despair/@comment-216.195.31.178-20200811095634

I believe, with the name "Watchman", his immortality, and all the Christian symbolism, that "The King Of Despair" is a reference to the "Casca" novels of Barry Sadler and others. In them, the Roman watchman who pierced Jesus' side with the Spear of Longinius. Christ "cursed" him to wander the earth, immortal (though fully capable of feeling pain) until the Second Coming. Of course, the Holy Spear has long had various myth told about it, but that is the one that focused on the watchman.