Gunsling King and Manservantes

The Gunsling King and Manservantes are NPCs that show up in the Gungeon and The Breach after being saved from a cell in the Gungeon Proper. When encountered in the Gungeon, they will make wagers with the player. If the next room is successfully completed under their conditions, they will return the player's money and give a gun or item as a reward. If the next room is cleared before speaking to him, then his challenge counts as failed.

There are four challenge types:

• Complete the room without taking damage.
• Complete the room without dodge rolling. You cannot teleport with Bloodied Scarf.
• Complete the room only using the given gun. The given gun can either be the Klobbe, Pea Shooter, Derringer, Nail Gun or Casey.
• Complete the room in Challenge Mode (only available after Daisuke has been returned to the Breach).

Completing 10 of the Gunsling King's challenges unlocks the Owl after speaking to him in the Breach.

Notes

• If the Gunsling King gives the player Casey, upon completing the challenge, the curse given by Casey is not taken away.
• The Gunsling King will always bet between eighteen and twenty two .
• The Gunsling King can challenge the player to complete a room with no enemies in it. He will not mark the room on the map, and will immediately act as if the player completed the challenge.
• The player cannot drop guns given by the Gunsling King.
• In coop, if the Gunsling King gives you a gun to complete the room, if the other player uses any gun, the challenge will count as failed.
• If the quest is to complete the room without dodge rolling, the player is not actually prevented from dodge rolling.
• If the quest is to complete a room with a certain gun, using blanks seems to fail the quest

Quotes

Gunsling King

After being rescued

• Oho! A young knave has rescued us from our confinement! How unexpected... and amusing! Good show, young slinger. We are certain that we shall see thee soon. Cometh along, Manservantes.

Talking to him after rescuing him

• Return to thy quest, young slinger. We wilt findeth our way to the Breach.

When challenging the Gungeoneer

• We put forth that a knave such as thee could NEV'R clear this forthcoming room...
  • without dodge rolling!
  • without taking damage!
  • using naught but this [gun]!
  • in Challenge Mode!
• Prove thee can, and we wilt reward thee handsomely. In return we shalt has't from thee [X] as thy part of the wager. Prevail and I shalt return it.

If the player does not have enough money

• Ah, a pauper as well. Return with [X] and we shalt reconsider.

If the challenge is accepted

• Wonderful! I have marked the room in question on thy map. Do make a show of it, eh?

If the challenge is denied

• A philistine, I see. Very well, shuffle off.

After successfully completing a challenge

• Oho! The victor returns. And to the victor, spoils. Maservantes, prepare a fitting reward for our entertainer, and return the [X].

After receiving rewards

• Enjoy thy bauble, peasant.

After failing a challenge

• Nev'r has't I felt so somber at being proven right. A paltry show indeed, [player nickname].
• Well, wend on then, peasant. Shuffle off.

Talking to him if the chosen room has already been cleared

• A fine demonstration of skill. Perhaps next time, speaketh with us first, and we can maketh it... a bit more interesting?

Talking to him after completing 10 challenges

• Thou has't done well to amuse us. Speaketh with me in the Breach at which hour thou has't a moment to do so. For now though...

Talking to him for the first Challenge Mode challenge

• Oho!
• I met the strangest faceted gentleman atwixt the Breach's columnwork.
• I found his ideas most amusing!

Attacking him

• Philistine!
• Oaf!
• Miscreant!

Talking to him at The Breach

First time after rescuing

• Young slinger! Within this wall of flesh, there is a soul that counts thee its creditor. Once rested, we wilt explore the Gungeon anew. Findeth us, and we may findeth our interests entwined. Now let us rest.

After completing 10 challenges

• Ah! The young slinger. Thou has't brought me much amusement. Alloweth it nev'r beest said that I am not a generous patron. We hath donated this trinket to the Acquisitions Department on thy behalf. Now moveth along, slinger.

Miscellaneous

• Ohohohoho.
• Amusement is a prime currency, when thee liveth eternally in a gun filled dungeon!
• Manservantes is an excellent companion. Thee must heareth his impressions!
• Those gents at court toldeth us this lodging was't timeless. We didst not realize they meant eternal.
• Shuffle off. (after one of the above lines is spoken)

Manservantes

After successfully completing a challenge

• Yes... yes, something for you, yes... and your .

After receiving rewards or failing a challenge

• ...

Talking to him at The Breach

• ...
• How did I end up like this.
• I hate this man.

Trivia

• Manservantes's name is a portmanteau of Manservant and Cervantes, a reference to Miguel de Cervantes, a Spanish Romanticist author.
• The Gunsling King and Manservantes’ character archetypes, being that of the chivalric nobleman and the reserved valet, are based on the two main characters of the novel Don Quixote respectively.
• The Gunsling King's appearance is likely based on the king commonly depicted in playing cards.
• The Gunsling King may be a reference to Stephen King's "The Ledge," adapted to film in "Cat's Eye". Cressner, a casino owner and crime lord with a similar attitude and appearance to the Gunsling King, is constantly taking bets against characters living through a dangerous ordeal. The Cat Throne may or may not also be a part of this reference.

• The Gunsling King and Manservantes may also be a reference to the Futurama characters Zapp Brannigan and Kif Kroker due to the former being in charge of the latter and the characteristic pompous attitude that accompanies it. Manservante also shares a resemblance to Kif.