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Character Name: The Knight
Canon: Hollow Knight
Age: Unknown
Attributes: Despite The Knight's small size, one of its strengths is its speed and versatility in combat or while traveling. The little knight is adequate enough in battle, wielding its trusty nail with deadly skill and accuracy. In the mostly empty husk that could be considered its mind, it can think for itself and form simple strategies or plans outside of its original directive to a certain degree. It doesn't have much when it comes to emotions, so those rarely get in the way of what it is doing or intends to do.
The weaknesses of The Knight are for one its rather unremarkable skill set otherwise, as currently it cannot wield any spells or have any other particularly remarkable abilities. It can avoid and deal blows well enough, but there is no guarantee that it would be able to avoid taking a hit altogether by any means, or even succumb to a fatal one. It is quite vulnerable, aside from its cloaked shell that can protect it from blunt damage to a slight degree. While The Knight has something like a mind that it uses to somewhat think for itself, it is certainly not the most clever or wise of creatures by a long shot. It could most definitely be outsmarted, or even tricked, if it does not think through things clearly enough.
Another attribute of the bug-like creature is that when it is killed, a piece of itself, which is only a shadowy fragment of it still clinging to life, will remain where it died. This remaining essence would not be able to interact with anything or even think for itself, and would rather just float in listless wait for its body to return. It would be debatable whether or not The Knight's body would be able to return for its soul upon death however, as that mechanic will most likely be scrapped in order not to be ridiculously overpowered.
Chosen Ability/Equipment: The Knight wields an Old Nail, which is a rusted nail about half its height that it uses as a sword. The nail is most likely not quite as effective as a sword, but it does have a sharpened tip and fairly long reach that make it a useful and eligible weapon.
Personality: The Knight was one of the many vessels created by the King of Hallownest to seal away a growing infection, and to have virtually no other purpose other than to serve the kingdom of Hallownest by doing this duty. All vessels were created to have no mind to think, no will to break, and no voice to cry suffering in order to fulfill this purpose. These factors have proven true to some degree when it comes to The Knight, as it has no voice or expression to ever emote any sort of emotion, and seems to be the ideal vessel in this regard. However, it is evident that The Knight is not as completely hollow and empty as intended. It has a mind, even if it is a rather one-track one, and to great extent, an ironclad will. It is determined to see its journey to fulfil its purpose through and save the dying kingdom, even if it was not deemed worthy for the task in the past. The little knight also has the capability for empathy, as at times it might deviate from its programmed task to help some of the few remaining residents of Hallownest, and it also might take a pause from its journey now and then to simply sit and enjoy the beautiful and gratifying aspects of it. These aspects of The Knight suggest that it does have a bit of personality and even the slightest of feelings sometimes, even if this barely shows and is quite difficult to detect on the outside. Nevertheless, the little vessel's strongest aspect is most certainly its will and determination to see things through, which is an aspect that will most likely show itself no matter what happens.
Biography: The Knight originally came from a place called the Void, a mysterious and dark place that loomed at the edge of the magical bug kingdom of Hallownest. The Knight lurked in the Void along with its brethren, a mere shadowy being with no real corporeal form. Eventually it was given form when it was made into a vessel, created by the King of Hallownest in order to seal away a growing infection that was slowly spreading across and corrupting the kingdom and its residents. The little knight was only one of hundreds of vessels from the Void however, experiments that had mostly gone horribly wrong. The search for a perfect vessel, one without any emotions, will, or thoughts for the infection to corrupt, seemed endless. Finally a vessel that was deemed perfect and worthy to use was found, but unfortunately The Knight was not that vessel. The little knight, along with all the other failed vessel experiments, was sealed away in the Void, while the vessel deemed perfect, The Hollow Knight, took its place in order to seal away the infection. Much time passed, and eventually the kingdom of Hallownest began to fall into ruin. The other perfect vessel turned out to not be as perfect as had been hoped, as soon the infection took it over and began to spread through the kingdom again, and the King mysteriously disappeared in the bugs' greatest time of need. Eventually The Knight was called from the Void in order to take the place of the original Hollow Knight, who had been a failed vessel. And so, once summoned, the little knight embarked on its journey to save the kingdom of Hallownest, and fulfil the duty of the Hollow Knight.
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Sender: No one.
Posting Speed: Probably once or twice per day normally, but shorter and faster posts could be made to accommodate the posting speed.
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