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|image=[[File:Royal Road Entry.jpg|300px]]
|image=[[File:Royal Road Entry.png|300px]]
|caption=Screenshot from ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''.
|caption=Screenshot from ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''.
|level=6
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|exstages=2
|exstages=2
|sunstone=16
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|mid-boss=[[Bonkers]] (6-5), [[Gigant Edge]] (6-1), [[Gigant Edge]] DX (6-5, 6-EX), [[Hornhead]] DX (6-5, 6-EX), Every other DX Mid-Boss (6-5), Every Hypernova Mid-Boss (6-EX2)
|mid-boss=[[Bonkers]] (6-5), [[Gigant Edge]] (6-1), [[Gigant Edge]] DX (6-5, 6-7 EX), [[Hornhead]] DX (6-5, 6-7 EX), Every other DX Mid-Boss (6-5), Every Hypernova Mid-Boss (6-8 EX)
|hypernova=6-3, 6-5, 6-EX2
|hypernova=6-3, 6-5, 6-8 EX
|boss=All Previous Bosses, [[Masked Dedede]], [[Queen Sectonia]], [[Shadow Dedede]], [[Dark Meta Knight]]
|boss=All Previous Bosses, [[Masked Dedede]], [[Queen Sectonia]], [[Shadow Dedede]], [[Dark Meta Knight]]
|previous=[[Endless Explosions]]
|previous=[[Endless Explosions]]
|next=[[Eternal Dreamland]]
|next=[[Eternal Dreamland]]
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'''Royal Road''' is the sixth level of [[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]] and the last of the six lands in the kingdom of [[Floralia]]. It has five regular stages, a boss stage, and two EX stages. The level is effectively one big castle complex, with an additional floating prison complex above it. There are sixteen [[Sun Stone]]s to collect in this level, with one each in Stages 2, 4 and EX 2, three each in Stages 1, 3 and EX, and four in Stage 5. All the previous bosses are fought here again throughout the stages, and the primary bosses vary depending on which game-mode is being played. In Story Mode, the bosses are [[Masked Dedede]] and [[Queen Sectonia]]. In [[Extra Game|Dededetour!]], they are [[Queen Sectonia]] DX, [[Shadow Dedede]] and [[Dark Meta Knight]]'s Revenge.
'''Royal Road''' is the sixth level of ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'' and the last of the six lands in the kingdom of [[Floralia]]. It has five regular stages, a boss stage, and two EX stages. The level is effectively one big castle complex, with an additional floating prison complex above it. There are sixteen [[Sun Stone]]s to collect in this level, with one each in Stages 2, 4 and 8 EX, three each in Stages 1, 3 and 7 EX, and four in Stage 5. All the previous bosses are fought here again throughout the stages, and the primary bosses vary depending on which game-mode is being played. In Story Mode, the bosses are [[Masked Dedede]] and [[Queen Sectonia]]. In [[Dededetour!]], they are [[Queen Sectonia]] DX, [[Shadow Dedede]] and [[Dark Meta Knight]]'s Revenge.


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==Stages==
==Stages==
{{construction}}
For details on each stage individually, click the name of the stage.
For details on each stage individually, click the name of the stage.
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!class=unsortable|Sun Stones
!class=unsortable|Sun Stones
!class=unsortable|Hypernova?
!class=unsortable|Hypernova?
!class=unsortable|Bosses/Mid-Bosses
!class=unsortable|Notes
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
|-
|[[Royal Road - Stage 1|Stage 1]]
|{{center|[[File:KTD Royal Road Stage 1 select.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Royal Road - Stage 1|Stage 1]]'''}}
|N/A
|N/A
|3
|3
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|
|[[Gigant Edge]]
 
|There is a [[HAL Room]] hidden in this stage.
|-
|-
|[[Royal Road - Stage 2|Stage 2]]
|{{center|[[File:KTD Royal Road Stage 2 select.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Royal Road - Stage 2|Stage 2]]'''}}
|Complete Stage 1.
|Complete Stage 1.
|1
|1
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|The bosses [[Coily Rattler]] and [[Kracko]] are re-fought here.
|[[Coily Rattler]]<br>[[Kracko]]
 
|
|-
|-
|[[Royal Road - Stage 3|Stage 3]]
|{{center|[[File:KTD Royal Road Stage 3 select.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Royal Road - Stage 3|Stage 3]]'''}}
|Complete Stage 2.
|Complete Stage 2.
|3
|3
|{{Y}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
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|-
|-
|[[Royal Road - Stage 4|Stage 4]]
|{{center|[[File:KTD Royal Road Stage 4 select.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Royal Road - Stage 4|Stage 4]]'''}}
|Complete Stage 3.
|Complete Stage 3.
|1
|1
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|The bosses [[Paintra]], [[Flowery Woods]] and [[Pyribbit]] are re-fought here.
|[[Paintra]]<br>[[Flowery Woods]]<br>[[Pyribbit]]
 
|
|-
|-
|[[Royal Road - Stage 5|Stage 5]]
|{{center|[[File:KTD Royal Road Stage 5 select.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Royal Road - Stage 5|Stage 5]]'''}}
|Complete Stage 4.
|Complete Stage 4.
|4
|4
|{{Y}}
|{{Y}}
|[[Flowery Woods]] makes one last appearance here.
|[[Bonkers]]<br>All DX Mid-Bosses<br>[[Flowery Woods]]
 
|There is a HAL Room hidden in this stage.
|-
|-
|Stage 6: [[Masked Dedede]] & [[Queen Sectonia]]
|{{center|[[File:KTD Royal Road Stage 6 select.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Royal Road - Stage 6|Stage 6]]'''}}
|Collect 7 [[Sun Stone]]s from prior Royal Road stages and complete Stage 5.
|Collect 7 [[Sun Stone]]s from prior Royal Road stages and complete Stage 5.
|0
|0
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|[[Masked Dedede]]<br>[[Queen Sectonia]]
|Completing this stage leads into [[Eternal Dreamland]].
|Completing this stage leads into [[Eternal Dreamland]].
|-
|-
|[[Royal Road - Stage EX|Stage 7 EX]]
|{{center|[[File:KTD Royal Road Stage 7 EX select.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Royal Road - Stage 7 EX|Stage 7 EX]]'''}}
|Collect all prior Royal Road Sun Stones.
|Collect all prior Royal Road Sun Stones.
|3
|3
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|[[Gigant Edge]] DX<br>[[Hornhead]] DX
|This is an EX stage, so completing it is not required to finish the game.
|This is an EX stage, so completing it is not required to finish the game.
|-
|-
|[[Royal Road - Stage EX 2|Stage 8 EX]]
|{{center|[[File:KTD Royal Road Stage 8 EX select.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Royal Road - Stage 8 EX|Stage 8 EX]]'''}}
|Complete Stage 7 EX.
|Complete Stage 7 EX.
|1
|1
|{{Y}}
|{{Y}}
|All Hypernova Mid-Bosses
|This is an EX stage, so completing it is not required to finish the game.
|This is an EX stage, so completing it is not required to finish the game.
|}
|}


===Stage 6 (Bosses)===
==In Dededetour!==
Once Lvl. 6 begins, King Dedede plays through all of the EX stages from previous levels and Stage 7 EX first. From there, all remaining stages of Royal Road are played in one sequence in [[Dededetour!]] except for Stage 8 EX and the sections of stages where [[Hypernova]] is used. Through this sequence, 6 [[Keychain]]s can be found.


====Story Mode (Bosses: [[Masked Dedede]], [[Queen Sectonia]])====
In addition, many enemies are re-sized - changing their [[Health]] and also possibly movement speed - and [[Queen Sectonia]] and the [[Mid-Bosses]] are changed to their DX forms.
[[File:Royal Road Boss.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Kirby opens the final door, in quite dramatic fashion.]]
The stage begins as Kirby rushes down the hall to the main audience chamber, as Taranza flies ahead with [[King Dedede]] as usual. Kirby has the choice along the way between all of the new abilities, [[Archer]], [[Beetle]], [[Bell]] and [[Circus]]. From there, Kirby will reach a giant ornate door, which will slowly open upon activation.


Inside, a cut-scene begins, where Taranza finally speaks to Kirby, chiding him for his persistence, still thinking him little more than a pest. He relays to Kirby the backstory, wherein he sought to foil the plans of the [[People of the Sky]] by stealing the hero their [[Dreamstalk]] had meant to bring up. From there, he [[Masked Dedede|masks Dedede]], and sends him after Kirby to beat him into submission.
Finally, in place of [[Sun Stone]]s, Warp Holes can be found in many areas allowing [[King Dedede]] to skip parts of the stages. In Royal Road, there are 13 Warp Holes in total.


The boss fight takes place on two separate life-bars. Dedede begins the fight by using his hammer, which has been augmented with a missile launcher, and doing his other moves as usual. In the second phase, his mask is damaged, and his hammer destroyed, so he grabs a large axe from one of the statues in the background to continue the fight with. Dedede renews the assault with rapid axe slashes, accompanied by magical assistance from Taranza.
Once [[Queen Sectonia]] DX is defeated, King Dedede is pitted against two more foes, not seen in the main Story Mode. These are [[Shadow Dedede]] and [[Dark Meta Knight|Dark Meta Knight's Revenge]].


When Dedede is finally beaten down, the mask breaks, and he falls unconscious, leaving Taranza to rue the occasion. In his disbelief at having lost, he finally realizes that Kirby is the true hero, and calls on the queen to stop him. When [[Queen Sectonia]] appears before Taranza, she swats him away for his incompetence, then begins to monologue in Kirby's direction about her power and beauty. She then engages Kirby in combat herself, using her two staves and her magic arsenal.
==Trivia==
*Throughout Royal Road, numerous enemies encountered in previous levels now sport an insectoid design. These enemies are referred to with the prefix "Sectra", and include [[Sectra Dee]]s, [[Bronto Burt|Sectra Burt]]s, [[Gordo|Sectra Gordo]]s, [[Lanzer|Sectra Knight]]s, and [[Spynum|Sectra Shooter]]s.
**However, Stage 7 EX features both Sectra and normal variants of enemies that would otherwise be Sectra only.


[[File:Sectonia Fight 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Kirby does battle with Queen Sectonia.]]
==Gallery==
<gallery>
KTD Royal Road final door.png|Kirby opens the final door, in quite dramatic fashion.
KTD Masked Dedede battle 7.png|Kirby battling [[Masked Dedede]], controlled by [[Taranza]]
KTD Queen Sectonia battle 2.png|Kirby does battle with [[Queen Sectonia]].
KTD Dededetour Shadow Dedede Mirror.png|King Dedede encounters the [[Dimension Mirror]] after defeating Queen Sectonia DX.
KTD Dededetour Dark Meta Knight Mirror.png|[[Dark Meta Knight]] emerges from the [[Dimension Mirror]] in [[Dededetour!]]
KTD Dededetour Dark Meta Knight Battle.png|Dedede is whisked away to a familiar netherworld to battle.
KTD Dededetour Ending.png|Dedede finishes the job.
</gallery>


This fight takes place in three phases, with the second one taking place on a large gem platform in the background. Queen Sectonia fights by swinging her staves to cast magic bolts, summoning minions, and changing her staves to swords to slash with style. Ultimately, despite all this power, she is defeated at the hands of Kirby, which prompts her to take a more drastic approach in the final level, [[Eternal Dreamland]].
==Names in other languages==
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{{Names
 
|ja=ロイヤル ロード
====Dededetour! (Bosses: [[Queen Sectonia]] DX, [[Shadow Dedede]], [[Dark Meta Knight]]'s Revenge)====
|jaR=Roiyaru Rōdo
[[File:Royal Road Dedede 1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Dedede encounters the [[Dimension Mirror]] after defeating Sectonia.]]
|jaM=Royal Road
In [[DededeTour!]], Dedede finds himself in the audience chamber, where Queen Sectonia DX appears to fight him without any sort of introduction. The fight plays out similarly to the one in the Main Game, but Sectonia's attacks are more forceful.
|fr=Intrigue Impériale
 
|frM=Imperial Plot
Once she is defeated, Dedede makes a triumphant pose, when out of nowhere, the [[Dimension Mirror]] appears behind him. Out from the mirror pops a [[Shadow Dedede|dark shadowy copy of the king]], which engages his normal world counterpart in combat. The fight is similar to the main game fight with Masked Dedede, but takes place on one bar of [[Vitality]]. In addition, Shadow Dedede will conjure his own energy orbs from his belly, instead of relying on Taranza (who remains uninvolved in this mode). Upon defeat, Shadow Dedede is knocked down, and shatters into glass shards which then dissipate.
|de=Nächtliche Noblesse
 
|deM=Nightly Noblesse
[[File:Royal Road Dedede 2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Dedede is whisked to a familiar netherworld.]]
|it=Nuvola Nobile
King Dedede then hops into the Dimension Mirror, and is taken to a shadowy colosseum, reminiscent of the one from ''[[Kirby and the Amazing Mirror]]''. Here the Dimension Mirror appears again, this time releasing a dimly shaded clone of [[Meta Knight]], with a white mask and a silver sword. [[Dark Meta Knight|This dark swordsman]], who had previously been bested by Kirby, now seeks revenge, and Dedede just happens to be the closest target. They fight a battle that takes place in two phases. The first phase is similar to any given encounter with Meta Knight, but the second involves Dark Meta Knight creating mirror images of himself, and causing giant sword spikes to emerge from the ground.
|itM=Noble Cloud
 
|ko=로열 로드
[[File:Royal Road Dedede 3.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Dedede finishes the job.]]
|koR=Loyeol Lodeu
Upon defeat, Dark Meta Knight is sucked back into the Dimension Mirror. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dedede leaps up, and smashes the mirror with his hammer. Once destroyed, Dedede does a victory dance, and the game is complete.
|koM=Royal Road
|es=Largo Linaje
|esM=Long Lineage
}}


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===Stage EX 2===
{{Navbox-KTD}}
[[File:Royal Road EX 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Kirby moves past a tapestry depicting his sprite history in Stage EX 2.]]
Prelude: The stage begins inside the prison complex, on a platform that rises out of the bottomless pit. A series of platforms lead upward to a warp that will take Kirby to the next section.
 
Section 1: The warp leads to a series of floating platforms over what looks like the background from Endless Explosions. The path eventually leads to a familiar-looking bridge and platform, where Kirby finds a Miracle Fruit Vine and gains the [[Hypernova]] ability. From here, the [[Winged Eggers]] appear to attack Kirby. After defeating them, a warp opens to the next section.
 
Section 2: The warp leads to the interior wide chamber from the prison compound, with more floating platforms spanning to the right. The [[Waddle Dee Steel Fortress]] appears from the right side, this time carrying Sectonian Waddle Dees. Defeating it yields the warp to the next section.
 
Section 3: The warp leads to the room where the [[Ace Fuwa Rover]] was fought, and they must battle again. This time, however, the Ace only possesses the painting and the grand piano before it goes down for the count, opening the warp to the next section.
 
Section 4: The warp leads to a room in the prison compound with two [[Land Barbar]] that attempt to eat Kirby. He must first eat the lower Barbar and use its pipe to enter the foreground and activate a secondary platform before he can eat the upper Barbar and progress to the next room. From there, the warp to the next section can be found, though if Kirby first looks down the pit, he can find two Keychains at the end of another pipe.
 
Section 5: The warp leads to a cloud canopy area as seen at the very beginning of the game. Kirby needs to use Hypernova to pull out a metal block and cause it to crash through some barrier blocks and open the way down. From here, Kirby can choose to either have the block crash through a path containing some stars, or a path full of Lanzers. After that, one more block drop is needed to reach a room where the warp to the next section lies.
 
Section 6: The warp leads to a series of platforms inside the prison compound where Kirby must fight the [[Gigant Chicks]] using a turnip. Defeating them opens a warp to the next section, though a Keychain can be found beneath the right platform.
 
Section 7: The warp leads to an open plain in the Endless Explosions landscape. Venturing right leads to an encounter with a particularly nasty looking member of the [[Mowlee Bros.]], who tosses flaming spiky balls at Kirby. The Winged Eggers can be seen in the background, defeated from Kirby's previous encounter with them. Defeating him causes him to fly back into the Eggers and knock all of them off the back platform, causing a warp to appear to the next section.
 
Section 8: The warp leads to a hallway in Royal Road with a clear background. To the right, a large cured drape can be seen. Kirby can unfurl it by inhaling its bauble to reveal a tapestry outlining the 'evolution' of Kirby, starting with his original sprite from ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'' and finishing with a depiction of him in his Hypernova form. Additionally, an animated portion of the tapestry just to the right of this diagram shows a scene from the original fight with [[King Dedede]] as the very last Sun Stone in the game is available to collect, along with the stage exit. However, one last secret remains, and if Kirby wishes to get all the food in the world, three 1Ups and three Keychains, one of which is Golden, he must wish to the moon.
 
====Enemies, Mid-bosses, and Abilities====
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! width="180px" | '''Mid-Bosses'''
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{{col-break|width=33%}}
*[[Waddle Dee]]
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*[[Land Barbar]]
{{col-break|width=34%}}
*[[Lanzer]]
{{col-end}}
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{{col-begin|width=50%}}
*[[Ace Fuwa Rover]]
*[[Gigant Chicks]]
*[[Mowlee Bros.]] DX
*[[Waddle Dee Steel Fortress]]
*[[Winged Eggers]]
{{col-end}}
|-
! width="420px"| '''Abilities'''
! width="180px" | '''Special'''
|- bgcolor="#E47575"
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*N/A
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{{col-end}}
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{{col-begin}}
*[[Hypernova]]
{{col-end}}
|}
 
==Trivia==
[[File:Royal Road Stage Select.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A portion of the Stage Select area for Royal Road.]]
*Throughout Royal Road, numerous enemies encountered in previous levels now sport an insectoid design. These include [[Waddle Dee]]s, [[Bronto Burt]]s, [[Gordo]]s, [[Lanzer]]s, and [[Spynum]]s.
**However, Stage EX features both Sectonian and normal variants of enemies that would otherwise be Sectonian only.
*Stage 3 and Stage EX 2 are the only stages in the game from which it is impossible to obtain any Copy Abilities.
**Additionally, Stage EX 2 is the only EX stage to feature [[Hypernova]].
*Stage EX 2 features the Fountain of Dreams theme from ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' when Kirby gains Hypernova, which itself is a remix of the [[Gourmet Race]] theme from ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''.
 
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Latest revision as of 00:58, 23 March 2024

Royal Road
Royal Road Entry.png
Screenshot from Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
Details
Level Nr. 6
Stages 6
EX Stages 2
Sun Stones 16
Mid-Bosses Bonkers (6-5), Gigant Edge (6-1), Gigant Edge DX (6-5, 6-7 EX), Hornhead DX (6-5, 6-7 EX), Every other DX Mid-Boss (6-5), Every Hypernova Mid-Boss (6-8 EX)
Boss All Previous Bosses, Masked Dedede, Queen Sectonia, Shadow Dedede, Dark Meta Knight
Stages with Hypernova 6-3, 6-5, 6-8 EX
Level progression
Endless Explosions Eternal Dreamland
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Royal Road is the sixth level of Kirby: Triple Deluxe and the last of the six lands in the kingdom of Floralia. It has five regular stages, a boss stage, and two EX stages. The level is effectively one big castle complex, with an additional floating prison complex above it. There are sixteen Sun Stones to collect in this level, with one each in Stages 2, 4 and 8 EX, three each in Stages 1, 3 and 7 EX, and four in Stage 5. All the previous bosses are fought here again throughout the stages, and the primary bosses vary depending on which game-mode is being played. In Story Mode, the bosses are Masked Dedede and Queen Sectonia. In Dededetour!, they are Queen Sectonia DX, Shadow Dedede and Dark Meta Knight's Revenge.

Stages[edit]

For details on each stage individually, click the name of the stage.

Stage Unlock Req. Sun Stones Hypernova? Bosses/Mid-Bosses Notes
N/A 3 No Gigant Edge There is a HAL Room hidden in this stage.
Complete Stage 1. 1 No Coily Rattler
Kracko
Complete Stage 2. 3 Yes No
Complete Stage 3. 1 No Paintra
Flowery Woods
Pyribbit
Complete Stage 4. 4 Yes Bonkers
All DX Mid-Bosses
Flowery Woods
There is a HAL Room hidden in this stage.
Collect 7 Sun Stones from prior Royal Road stages and complete Stage 5. 0 No Masked Dedede
Queen Sectonia
Completing this stage leads into Eternal Dreamland.
Collect all prior Royal Road Sun Stones. 3 No Gigant Edge DX
Hornhead DX
This is an EX stage, so completing it is not required to finish the game.
Complete Stage 7 EX. 1 Yes All Hypernova Mid-Bosses This is an EX stage, so completing it is not required to finish the game.

In Dededetour![edit]

Once Lvl. 6 begins, King Dedede plays through all of the EX stages from previous levels and Stage 7 EX first. From there, all remaining stages of Royal Road are played in one sequence in Dededetour! except for Stage 8 EX and the sections of stages where Hypernova is used. Through this sequence, 6 Keychains can be found.

In addition, many enemies are re-sized - changing their Health and also possibly movement speed - and Queen Sectonia and the Mid-Bosses are changed to their DX forms.

Finally, in place of Sun Stones, Warp Holes can be found in many areas allowing King Dedede to skip parts of the stages. In Royal Road, there are 13 Warp Holes in total.

Once Queen Sectonia DX is defeated, King Dedede is pitted against two more foes, not seen in the main Story Mode. These are Shadow Dedede and Dark Meta Knight's Revenge.

Trivia[edit]

  • Throughout Royal Road, numerous enemies encountered in previous levels now sport an insectoid design. These enemies are referred to with the prefix "Sectra", and include Sectra Dees, Sectra Burts, Sectra Gordos, Sectra Knights, and Sectra Shooters.
    • However, Stage 7 EX features both Sectra and normal variants of enemies that would otherwise be Sectra only.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ロイヤル ロード
Roiyaru Rōdo
Royal Road
French Intrigue Impériale Imperial Plot
German Nächtliche Noblesse Nightly Noblesse
Italian Nuvola Nobile Noble Cloud
Korean 로열 로드
Loyeol Lodeu
Royal Road
Spanish Largo Linaje Long Lineage