Overseers: The Roblox Group That Never Was

What, or who, exactly, are the Overseers? You've definitely seen them on the Roblox catalog before - from the classic Overseer package, to the Dominus Praefectus, to the Overseer Oversleeper Terrible Teddy, their powerful-looking black and green eyes are instantly recognizable to nearly every Robloxian. But have you ever stopped to think about their origins and lore? Where did they come from, why are they so popular, and why are they so into eyeballs? As it turns out, depending on who you ask, the answer is far more complicated than one would expect. Today, let's dive into the complex and mysterious history and lore of the Roblox Overseers.
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[@pl49y]

I love how everything about the overseer society is so serious and then there’s just ninjanick3

[@RickTests]

🗿

[@Whydoiexists]

It be roblox

[@Mudor_Tudor]

it is what it is

[@WhatDillionYT]

Roblox moment.

[@drkreuzer670]

Mmh, should've been Sir NinjaNick the third :3

[@igneousingester3144]

The overseers were my favorite medieval faction honestly. They immediately took my heart because of how cool they looked compared to the rest, you nailed the reason I liked it. I always thought overseers existed to keep peace between the factions and were as you said, superior to the rest.

[@enderfire3379]

its funny that i got the exact opposite vibes. they reminded me of a secret all knowing arcane cult. the lack of apparent lore adds to this

[@idontmakevideos.8014]

Epic

[@captainseawolf1]

I thought the opposite, they existed to climb to the top and become tyrants over the "world of robloxia". They haven't done it yet because their leader is a god and has other duties.

[@kiwiconsumer]

It's either they did exactly that or exactly the opposite. I do agree that they look cool, they are also my favorite.

[@leostricccccccccccer4158]

too real

[@bruh_moment2833]

This is why I love old roblox. They were much more connected to the community which allowed them to make lore for packages and items on the catalog

[@thouxandbandnoro]

All of the "old Roblox" stuff was interesting, but the games they offered were boring and generic.

[@ezequieldidjurgis9430]

sorry to interrupt your comments but what is the music at the end of the video?

[@Apple028]

@@thouxandbandnoro you started playing in 2020 😐

[@Ablazify]

​@@thouxandbandnoroso the games were generic and cheap because: 1:this was mostly about lore 2:the games were supposed to bring the generic old roblox which is used quite alot 3:this was created around the time people still used gear

[@circleinforthecube5170]

​@@thouxandbandnorogames were fun as hell back then, helicopter wars and mall tycoon blast generic grind fest out of the water

[@MarinMemory]

I've never taken a look if the Overseers have any lore behind them. I always thought they were the most rich group when it comes to their lore. They seemed the most attractive out of all the clans. Thank you for making this video, really appreciate it!

[@Sh1ryyu]

ok

[@janzimon12]

Okay

[@Jannaria]

Hi magoor, you doing good?

[@fablefluff]

It is rather interesting to see a video about the Overseers considering they never had any actual lore or group, from what I know and have heard they were only intended by Roblox as a item and toy brand. Though how the Roblox community have managed to create groups and lore about it amazes and mesmerises me. It would be great to see videos about the space lore.

[@TheInsaneBlade]

The space lore? Maybe I could finally get some lore on the subspace trip mine or something

[@fablefluff]

@@TheInsaneBlade The space lore is Orinthains and Ne’Kotiz.

[@anomalousanimates]

@@TheInsaneBlade the makers of the subspace trip mine milked grimace to use his color for the after-effect of the explosion, then they made the bomb

[@TheInsaneBlade]

@@fablefluff does it have anything to do with the subspace tripmine?

[@VixAvior]

@@fablefluff The Ne'Kotikoz only have a single roblox item, I doubt they have any lore 😭 Maybe the Orinthians

[@Nyrites]

This is the only guy that actually makes good Roblox documentaries. Thanks for the great video!

[@TheBloxyTiger]

Im not lying when I say I waited really long for a follow-up to the Official Clans Video!

[@cmdr42]

ikr

[@DavidDumbedDown]

Your comment was made at 14:17 o clock

[@DavidDumbedDown]

14:58

[@DavidDumbedDown]

@@TheBloxyTiger This comment was made at 14:24 o clock

[@Water.Foul1]

It would be much more interesting if instead of "The Undersmellers" being the Overseers worst enemy, the samurai everyone forgot about from way back could be the ones who killed the first Overseer empire.

[@Nitrolord]

Holy crap you're right I hadn't even thought of that

[@VLSSKY_]

nah nah but let them smell though

[@green8017]

They smelled good tho

[@soulmadeofleaves4832]

Theory: The Samurai, shortly after destroying the first Overseer empire, took their supplies and battle tactics to become The Undersmellers

[@overisout3576]

Maybe the Overseer cursed them so they all dissapeared and couldnt help the Wizards?

[@ktpt7158]

For a clan loving of chaos, they're oddly organized

[@Bohowah2r]

Nitro is the type of guy who would make very niche roblox documentaries, and also documentaries about items nobody knows about but still make it interesting to listen to.

[@OE2gamer]

i thought everyone knew about stuff like overseer or redcliff

[@Bohowah2r]

@@OE2gamer well I didn’t lol

[@OE2gamer]

@@Bohowah2r oh

[@ProbsAFembo]

​@@OE2gamerI think everybody knows redcliff and splintered skies

[@whenthemoon]

@@ProbsAFembo I’ve literally never heard of em lmao

[@poluefemus]

“so, the overseers have no lore” *proceeds to make a video almost as long as the video covering the 4 main clans*

[@notmaincharacter]

"Well. That was a f#cking lie"

[@rivercliff_]

I only found this bc of Phighting! and i just.... I never would have thought that Roblox had ACTUAL lore in the past, ive never even heard of these groups before! But its all so interesting :000

[@Greentaa]

4:07 Bro i literally predicted your "Or is there?" and i fricking love it

[@ollieisasillygoose]

Thank you Nitrolord, for introducing I and so many more people to the Knights of the Splintered Skies and the rest of the Loreverse. If I ask people where they discovered the Loreverse, 9/10 people would say from you, keep up the good work, love your videos.

[@MostlyTriangle]

Agreed.

[@MrDailyFR]

Double agreed.

[@fablefluff]

It is great to see you and many other people come from his videos, it was still popular but not as much before.

[@yas3483]

The only person out of the 10 persons that would NOT say they know the loreverse from Nitrolord: 🧐

[@fablefluff]

@@yas3483 That’s me!

[@boqk]

How far your editing has come since that first lore video is truly insane, keep up the genuinely amazing work

[@MemeSalt]

HEY, ITS SNAIL GUY. What are you doing here? jk lol glad to see you here man

[@boqk]

​@@MemeSalt What can I say man, I do love me some Roblox lore

[@dimevoxlblade]

snail of the day

[@Godtestinghumans]

Yooo snail guy

[@DaRealBAN]

What's sad is that the undersmeller group is owned by a bot

[@bloxycola1004]

Meeboids need a faction like this this! They have two hats though the classic Meeboid head says " Meeboids are a peace-loving race, however, since they look so sinister they are hunted throughout the galaxy. " and the Murderous Meeboid says "This sinister creature isn’t interested in baking cookies and singing songs." This means the Meeboids are most likely a friendly faction. There enemy could be the orinthians because there in space and that is kind of it.

[@bloxycola1004]

Mabey nekotcaus or whatever you spell it could be the meeboids enemy?

[@TASTEGROUND]

orinthian enemies are the ne'kotikoz

[@meow_meow_meow_meow_meow_meow]

I’ve always wondered what the Overseer series of items we’re connected to… (Well, obviously it’s connected to the Overseer, but I never knew his backstory.)

[@pukeboybuckethead]

Thanks for including my game (Overseer Tycoon) in your video. Even though you were just showing off the models that I grabbed off the ToolBox (Lol). I appreciate it, though.

[@pukeboybuckethead]

I fexed the overseer bow, too. 8:20

[@Jeff4theRaid]

oh, I thought it was an official gear oversight flaw

[@kaden-sd6vb]

something else I've noticed is that the models for the various overseer items are far more rarely used in games, whereas almost all of the other clans have had their stuff, especially armor models, appear in other games many times, sometimes reskinned(such as the sunken warrior set and Theos' original armor back in Arcane Adventures), or not, such as is the case with starscape's armors(RIP starscape, so much potential down the drain)

[@historicflame972]

I fought the chariot for the first time and had prom ptsd

[@royamatatsu]

arcane adventures was peak mid-old roblox

[@kice1102]

earlier you said that that the overseers have a chaotic unknowable hierarchy but then later described their hierarchy in great detail. This feels a little bit like a contradiction but it could just as reasonably be said that there is a written hierarchy that isn't regularly followed and instead used more like a guideline. The video might have needed to expand on that chaos idea.

[@green8017]

It's more like they appear that way, there is a structure but they like to make the structure look different to how it actually is. Maybe a general pretends he's the big guy and enemies believe him because he's undefeatable but then later they find out he lied. Also nobody knows where the king is, probably finding lore about the undersmellers.

[@xb-fc4mr]

I really enjoy these lore videos, and im glad you made another one!!! Great video!

[@Nitrolord]

Tysm!!

[@wordfr]

ive always found the fact that roblox has lore very interesting though it was incredibly hard to find any thing on it. thank you for sumerising it for us lore enjoyers!

[@Ambulasaur]

I was expecting the Moonmen music to start playing after the “or is there?”

[@uruburus5203]

when the lore of a lego game is more intriguing than most fantasy games nowdays

[@victoriouswinner7745]

I love these lore videos, I’m glad you’ve made another. I think I’m seriously addicted.

[@SERVERisRealTRUSTmeBRO]

After you posted the first video, A LOT OF PEOPLE (incuding me) Joined KotRP Knights of the Rising Phoenix, now we are at 966 members!

[@volnartheunforgiving3952]

The overseers are so weird and badass and I can kinda vibe with their love of chaos, my avatar doesn't have room for any over the top knight accessories but I still wear the overseer lapel pin

[@russetblue1546]

this is kinda funny because like a few hours ago i was just thinking about whatever game it was you were playing at the end, more so specifically the overseers, and voila. overseer video. great timing, great video! :D

[@BearTraps]

I hope more people are recommended/introduced to these types of lore videos. There's not too many people who make videos about roblox avatar lore so I feel like it's a very under appreciated part of roblox. Great jobs on the videos.

[@Conorator]

I've been waiting for this video since I saw the first clan lore video. The Overseers have always been my favorite of the different clans on Roblox, and as a kid I spent a long time in Catalog Heaven crafting the perfect Overseer outfit, which I've only been able to procure over the last few years. I'm satisfied with this story for the Overseers, and hope that their lore gets expanded in the future.

[@user-nl4ls1mv3k]

I've loved the gear for the Overseers since I was 6.

[@LukeIsIndeedWarm]

i feel the rthro packages are not actually a part of the overseer faction, but a way of conceptualizing the ranks we yet have not seen, but have heard of

[@AKubbles]

I absolutely love these videos. They are super engaging and are great for binge watching. I hope to see more of this soon!

[@Lelnub]

Very glad you made a video about the Overseers, I've always had an interest in the Overseers but never really knew the lore and story of them. Great video!

[@cloudykid7278]

Actually it makes sense that there's barely any lore about them is Chaos is their philosophy and they purposely make their ranks as convoluted as possible to confuse outsiders

[@green8017]

I think it's more that they lie a lot

[@adamluong8483]

The overseers fear the undersmellers the most because the smell really bad 🤣

[@RichRaptorVr]

This is one of the best comments. Great job being creative!

[@thecheeserevolution6778]

I love on how you managed to make such a entertaining story while having very little information on The Overseers!

[@auroraceres9283]

User Aionyte here, One thing that was not mentioned in this video, Overseers were nearly added to the ROBLOXIA canon when a couple friends and I had finally received endorsement for our Overseer group from an administrator named Aragnok. He joined and the group was set up, but when we spoke with Sorcus, it was clear that he did not want them included in our final lore. We were devastated as it took quite a while to get an administrator on board with the project, and we had worked so hard to find a very experienced leadership team too.

[@rightely8446]

fake

[@nickconway2008]

absolutely awesome video! I may make an overseer avatar myself, although I'm not in any of the groups. I never even knew there were roblox groups for the factions until your videos!

[@c.ostillas]

man, Roblox lore sure is getting interesting. Incredible work on your videos man! Really hope to see long videos, i enjoy having a voice like yours to listen at while i do other mediocre things.

[@Gurtopolis]

Korblox v redcliff was my favorite video you made tbh. I like roblox history, so this'll be nice to hear more.

[@tomenglish781]

I watched your first Korblox Vs Redcliffe video a long while ago, but it still amazes me how you do it. Nice one Nitro.

[@AaronFN_onYT]

This video was amazing, you described the lore really well! Thankyou for this, it entertained me and gave me more knowledge of this.

[@Leaferr]

I've always loved the Overseer packages, gives me crazy nostalgia to 2014 when Bereghost used to use it. Time flies so fast.

[@LeafBright]

I am glad to finally know more about the Overseer. You continue to never disappoint, Nitrolord!

[@kelihenson]

You have great storytelling skills. I really like The Overseers and have wondered what they're lore is like.

[@sadomarker9193]

now this is great, I hope you explore more of those lore groups in the future, especially ekoss (emerald knight of the seventh sanctum, my favorite)

[@bush7388]

This is amazing! The lore, the documentarie, the narration, everything in this video is really really cool! c:

[@ChickenMcKicken]

wonderful video, ive always been interested in the overseer brand/group.

[@CypherDenis]

It horrifies me that this doesn’t have ten times more views than any roblox edit or short. Keep up the great work you beat most roblox KZbinrs combined.

[@victoriouswinner7745]

It’s been 22 minutes, you can’t tell the future 😭

[@Crinlask]

yeah, its honestly sad

[@RainbowToons_]

this was really fun to watch! i was always really fascinated with overseers as a kid, i used the overseer knife in murder mistery all the time, but i always wondered what the story behind it was. loved watching this video!

[@DaTideWarrior]

Wow I really wanted to know the story behind them, even though it wasn't much it was definitely cool. Honestly I would like for you to actually lead one of these groups that is dead and revive it, it would be a great video idea and it would be fun

[@abaddon5420]

What awesome timing! I just traded up to the Dominis Praefectus and I'm rocking a sweet Overseer themed avatar.

[@funkyfunkers_]

i never even knew the overseers had lore, now that it do it sounds rad, awesome video!

[@TheNightshadeThirteen]

This is legendary! As the first video I've watched on this channel, I say you have earned my subscription. Truly amazing.

[@Arctic_FO0X]

that is so well made, good job man.

[@arandomboi3353]

Love these videos about the history of Roblox, keep it up! :D

[@MrDailyFR]

GOD,these videos are interesting. I just love to be introduced to roblox lore,or lore of smaller parts of roblox. Pretty tragic that the god of the Overseers had to go down like that. I think the only time i have seen people related to these kingdoms is in a game called HOURS..of course,after the avatars. Great work Nitrolord!! Your videos arent so smelly that the Undersmellers can smell from 5 miles away.

[@niskikuba]

I swear this guy needs to hit 100k subs till the end of the summer, he's so underrated. This type of roblox content feels so refreshing compared to the rest. Amazing video Nitro, keep it up!

[@dreamingclouddreams2981]

Love to see a video about the Emerald Knights of the Seventh Sanctum, they're mentioned in some redcliff lore but I haven't seen an active group.

[@OE2gamer]

this was so cool wow, good job man. I WISH THERE WAS A OFFICIAL OVERSEER CLAN GROUP 😭

[@yoral]

I remember playing a roleplay game with all 4 (except the splintered skys) back in like 2014, good times.

[@charlescharliecharles1]

you are really underrated, keep making these man

[@wilhemtehlynx]

2011 player here. I remembering being fascinated by the Guardia (My avatar had a Guardia in Exile) and the Overseers. I didn't know anything about the latter. Now I know a bit more. I stopped playing a few years ago, but this was a nice trip down memory lane. Thanks for this!

[@barlex9113]

I was surprised to hear that the overseers do not have lore, but the very few scraps (and the amazing community around it) has great potential!

[@MuchRobuc]

Nitro, I found your channel a week or so ago, i've watched all of your recent videos and a good few of your old ones, your channels great and you produce great videos, Thank you.

[@FungusUnited]

I found him a year ago

[@MuchRobuc]

@@FungusUnited i dont care

[@IDontKnowWhatToPutHereAtAll]

your content always pleases me, i have been a fan since 700 subs keep up the great work!

[@yeeternoob2010]

Your content is such a nice change of pace after having my brain be melted by hundreds of roblox commentary video where they talk about some stupid thing roblox did

[@trinity2koolforu]

Thank you Nitrolord, I did not fall asleep whilst watching this. First intresting roblox documentary in 5 millenniums.

[@TheBloxyTiger]

When you said "This video has been a long time coming", I felt that

[@WraifGaming720]

God, it’s videos like these that just completely amaze me how much effort and soul went into old roblox items, games, and even backstories and extensive lore for primary factions of robloxia

[@dylanteren]

The video is so good that watched the whole thing. Seriously dude great video about the overseer lore

[@LegoBuu.]

As an ekotss member who got promoted i can say that loreverse was and is fun

[@LorizRBLX]

Epic the overseers seem like a good group that could’ve been.

[@thebestnoobyt1270]

Your 0th

[@LorizRBLX]

@@thebestnoobyt1270yea XD

[@ratio42069]

@@thebestnoobyt1270 hey its the drama troll Bad publicity = any publicity amirite or amiwrong?

[@thebestnoobyt1270]

@@ratio42069 bro learn English bozo

[@LorizRBLX]

@@ratio42069wdym?

[@all-roundultraball174]

W video! Kinda forgot that Roblox had lore, but it seems interesting and cool to dig into and discover things related to the game!

[@starsilverinfinity]

You didnt have to cook this lore so hard my guy - I love it!

[@ness6714]

I love the idea that a faction is so mysterious you can only get offical infomation from items.

[@user-vi4yc7fi9f]

What about Azurewrath?

[@Nyans]

amazing video, i was always curious about these clans and this helped a lot. indeed I'm very interested in these clans now! where is the juicy lore roblox

[@WiseKayeoss]

oooh!! i enjoy these videos alot, i like how storytelling based they are! id love if the other smaller ones were covered! (if you arnt doing that already!)

[@antique6503]

I really loved the ideas of these clans, from the first day I found out about them (LOOOONG AGO) til this day. My favourites were always the emerald knights and korblox. When I was finally able to buy the "korblox general" package, I was overjoyed. I miss seeing the old OG avatars of 2013 and earlier. Nowadays it is mainly just cosplayers of the same characters, trolls and emos.

[@nickelisblind]

over... seer *prowler theme plays*

[@turkeyleg72]

All of the item clans were very know in rpg. I remmeber seeing alot of these items being used in rpg back in 2011-2016

[@deadtrick9918]

You are an amazing creator and you deserve more attention

[@Atslane]

you defenetly deserve more subscribers, and a videos like this is the reason of that

[@LurkerGames]

keep up the good work nitrolord!

[@DEESEPTAKONN_]

I've been waiting for this for 9 years

[@InDeadT7]

This is really good! Great job

[@ninjty]

hey man I love your videos usually I wouldn't watch this type of video but you make it easy to understand and very entertaining keep up the good work man!

[@mewhower]

I remember a 4 team game that was a fight between the Korblox, Redcliffe, Overseer, and one more team that were some knights. I still wonder what that team was. Edit: It’s probably the Greywolf Nomads or the Sky Knights.

[@epicmarioplayer45]

It was probably the sky knights

[@williamfiore7545]

it was the Knights of the Splintered Skies i believe

[@someperson9918]

Seems like the game would be Medieval Warfare: Reforged but I could be wrong.

[@MichiganderGuy]

I remember playing that game back in the good days of roblox, you just brought back so much nostalgia.

[@p_rry]

Could you be thinking of the Empyreans or the Greywolf Nomads?

[@meowsplays5413]

11:42 I haven’t seen pasted this part but I think the most popular item is the Overseer Bear, let’s see if I’m right

[@BurstVA]

Hey man, this is a real nice analysis, and I find it engaging despite the fact I've never heard of or cared about the lore of Roblox catalog items. However, your mic peaks very often, and my ears are having a bad time. Other than that, good video.

[@sendew4697]

oly moly thx nitro, I first seen overseers are in medieval warfare, kinda relieved what is overseers after watching the video

[@LARADEKA]

*_I came all the way from Arcane Odyssey to prowl for the models Vetex used for his games._* *_Interestingly, on half of my avatar prowling, some avatar packages are used in Arcane Adventures/Reborn/Odyssey. Splintered Skies, Astral Isles, Redcliffe, and even a bit of Dark Age pack are found in the games. Madcap and Bounty Hunter are used anywhere, free of charge in Studio, unless you're doing it for avatar purposes..._* *_Now I seethe at Knights of Redcliffe because of the funny Ravenna Centurion Armor in Arcane Odyssey. Also, that game where I joined my Hexaria comrade has the Overseer gang._*

[@GoodMorningCIA]

Yes!!!! He finally Legalized overseer lore!!!!! Jokes aside This is one of your best videos you've ever made. Though there is one SMALL maybe even MINOR problem. Is that you didn't talk about Fan Overseer Groups. Some fan groups are: -The Overseers of ROBLOXia -The High Overseer -The Overseer Lords (The Overseers of ROBLOXia hate this one) And also Overseer Imperium.

[@Flyingturt1e]

Love your content man!

[@liongamingd1045]

Awesome video! Love the sotrytelling.

[@baseplatey]

when Roblox was unique back then

[@Bujigas]

Man i normally dont like commenting on videos but i cant help myself on this one. When i first saw The Overseer, i immediately fell in love with it. It's design, the colors, and the eyes made it very apealing to me, they reminded me a lot of Sauron from LoTR. As soon as i could i bought the 2k package and made my whole avatar based on them, but there was always one piece of the avatar that was missing for me, which was the eye (too damn expensive). My love for these armored creatures kept growing, so much so that i literally bought the Overseer toy, painted The eye into a giant styrofoam ball, made The Overseer into a marionette, painted multiple drawings of him and even recreated The Overseer's warlord sword in real life with wood. It is sad to me that this community doesn't get the recognition it deserves, and because of that, my interest was slowly lowering each day until my friend randomly sent me this video today (as I am writing this). I enjoyed every bit of it and my interest is now spiked once again. i most certainly loved the story and the existance of Irakonan only proves my point that The Overseers are definitely somewhat inspired by Sauron.

[@Nitrolord]

That's crazy! You sure are dedicated, super glad you enjoyed this one :)

[@FredericksOil]

Nice video as always!

[@mr.n0va840]

I love these videos man, love seeing obscure roblox stuff i never knew about, just a suggestion but can you make a video about gears bc it sounds interesting tbh, anyways keep up the good work Nitrolord 👍