Some things to note:

- D3lord3 wrote "do not turn left" 7 times in the notebook. In the entire series, he turned left exactly 7 times as well.

- The version of Minecraft that D3rlord3 is using is "1.10.2" which doesn't have moss, empty bookshelves, or azalea. Which means the entire playthrough could be a prediction of the future, thus the reason why D3rdlord3 knows about Avery as well.

- D3rdlord3 is wearing a knight skin with a yellow helmet.

- "Der" means "The" in German, "Lord" is another term for "King," and 3 is the placement of the color yellow in the rainbow. This is why some have speculated that D3rdlord3 is some sort of vessel or incarnation of the King in Yellow as well as the notes in the village saying the the King will come back.

Who knew one of the best adaptations of The King in Yellow would be in a freaking Minecraft ARG of all things?

no way. bro is actually more detective than Wifies. bro noticed the sounds immediately

What i love is that D3rlord just TANKED in infinite knowledge of past, present, and future TWICE.
Once when he found it behind the door, and again when editing the censor

22:52 Another thing catching our Protags Suspicion is that his world didn't freeze when he hit the pause menu. That only happens in multiplayer. And he did write the messages into the chat that would later be the non set off traps, so he knew the entity read his messages.
Aka... He didn't just set two traps. He set four.

How very ironic a adaptation of the king in yellow went *viral*.

it makes total sence that this was based on the king in yellow. apparently one of the effects that the king in yellow has on people is that it shows them the past present and future. that would explain how Derlord knew Avery would get his computer.

You are quite literally the only reactor I've seen who noticed the footsteps first..
Gonna be real, the OG video is such a masterclass in atmosphere and setting up legit Terror involving the sensation of feeling like you're not alone/being watched that my Thirty-six year old ass was "compelled" to make sure all my house doors were locked and that my bedroom closet was both empty and shut.

Cool thing to note when d3rlord3 stepped into the golden gates
You can see from the movements oh the screen going left to right that he was most likely reading something

He was reading the play

The subtle flex of "Sure, I'll pause to decifer your bullshit poem, but fuck brute forcing the code for the door, I'm just gonna mine through it." 😂

Fun Fact: In the full footage Derlord did turn back after reading the book's warning, but he then sees something that we don't, probably the entity that was following him, and goes back down

6:12 damn, more perceptive than most, this is going to be a GREAT watch

I remember watching this when it was 2 days old and thinking, “ohhhh, the react channels are going to love this”

The fact that he noticed the footsteps INSTANTLY before the narrator ever pointed it out. Actually insane

As soon as I saw he yellow colors in the village, and the mention of "the king" in that book, I immediately connected it with the King in Yellow. In some weird coincidence, I had just yesterday watched Airier's video about a reaction to the King in Yellow by Tale Foundry. And cut to this video today. Very strange.

Also that last part of the video with the golden gate and all, it reminded me a bit of the third story in the King in Yellow, can't recall the name, but it was about that guy who was being haunted by some shadow figure, then ends up in Carcossa in front of the King in Yellow himself. Just reminded me of that part specifically.

Dude, you’re giving DerLord a run for his money. Love a well-spoken, astute and well-read commenter. Such a breath of fresh air amongst the low-effort reaction videos that usually add almost nothing to the original work. Excellent deductive skills, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us!

Here's the assumed full cipher decoded interpretation, and explanation beneath.

Beneath the sky of melting gold
Ancient echoes of a shepherd's mold
An old decay if left one goes
Is unseen truth all but faux

EXPLANATION:
Using the word "YELLOW" and applying a caesar cipher shift of 4, you get keyword "CIPPSA"
Much of the cipher's letter interpretation are left vague on purpose since much of the O's can be seen as D, same thing with W's as M/H/R/K (trust me from the angle and blur it makes things difficult) but using the below interpretation and applying the key CIPPSA on a Vigenere decoder:
"dmctstjbwtkkawubwlvqcvyonl
pcuigvituhqadussjmewwrfabd
cvdavdgkpnafnmuigngngodtk
iucjckegvigmtjiaatuvnpjp"

we get:
"beneaththeskyofmeltinggold
ancientechosofashepherdsmo
kvbsgooknflqvhsarsonegoes
isuunseentruthallbutfaux"

where the middle line is left in gibberish, UNLESSS you isolate the beginning third line (since the key would be applied in a repeating fashion from the start of the poem)
you get "anolddecayifleftonefrzlti" which still is kind of gibberish when you splice it with the rest, also that the 2nd line ends with "a shepherds mo" and picks up on the next line with "kv" which doesnt make sense "mokv"?. so on the beginning of the third line if you add "dd" just before cvda, and remove one of the "gn" that repeats 3 times, you get the full uninterrupted:
"beneaththeskyofmeltinggold
ancientechosofashepherdsmo
ldanolddecayifleftonegoes
isuunseentruthallbutfaux"

which means it's either an intentional error to add more complexity, or maybe a mistake on wifies part when transcribing and implementing the cipher.

I believe Wifies said this is the first arg on their channel that they made themselves which is really impressive! I’m a huge fan of this video and it’s cool to see you watch it!

The scariest part to me of this whole video are both when D3rlord finds the doors. The whole background being black makes it seem like there is no escape, or that something might jump out at you (even though that never happened at any time). And then the censored thing behind the door, not seeing it and imaging what it is is much more scary than actually seeing it.

i also reckon D3rlord's name is based on the man who wrote Hastur, the King in Yellow, into the Cthulhu Mythos. August Derleth. D3rlord. Derleth.