Steel Daniel/Arcade

== Rockin' Knight ==
=== Prologue ===
(We cut to a training area, just outside the Cydonian royal castle, where Steel Daniel can be seen training with straw dummies alongside the other knights for the duration of the opening narration.)
* Steel Daniel: (narrating) We, the Knights of Cydonia, dedicate our lives to protecting our kingdom from any outside threats in the name of our current ruler, King Diamond, I am one of those people.
* Training Knight: (stopping training and running towards Steel Daniel) Steel Daniel!
* Steel Daniel: (also stopping training) Yes? What news do you bring? Good? Bad, perhaps?
* Training Knight: Bad, I tell you! BAD!
* Steel Daniel: Elaborate on that, please.
* Training Knight: The Lord of Hell, Blak-Sab'bat, plans to put Cydonia in mortal danger! Therefore, His Majesty, King Diamond, requests your presence in his throne room so that he can speak to you of the matter. Now, make haste!
* Steel Daniel: Will do. (walks out of the area)
(We're then taken to the Cydonian royal throne room, where Steel Daniel is seen kneeling before King Diamond, who appears as a slightly overweight, middle-aged Caucasian man with a long, thick beard who wears a puffy-sleeved white leather Elvis-style tunic, decorated with lots of diamonds, which exposes his hairy chest halfway through and has gold, rock-style spikes on the shoulders, as well as white stockings, gold, jeweled shoes, a gold, jeweled crown, and a red, ermine-fur-lined cape.)
* Steel Daniel: You requested to see me, Your Majesty?
* King Diamond (voiced by John DiMaggio): Yes, it is about the Lord of Hell, Blak-Sab'bat. I heard that he desires to bring chaos to our kingdom.
* Steel Daniel: As did I.
* King Diamond: And, I cannot stand for Cydonia to be jeopardized in such a manner! Steel Daniel, I have a very important assignment for you. Go out and put an end to his malevolence before my subjects start to suffer through even worse fates than the ones they are suffering at this time, like poverty, and famine, and other things.
* Steel Daniel: Yes, Your Majesty. I will get right on it as soon as possible. (rises up and walks off)
(Then, as Steel Daniel rides his horse through Cydonia, the camera zooms away from the scene, which then fades into a medieval tapestry of itself, after which the text at the bottom of the Prologue section of this character bio crawls up the screen in paragraphs and stops.)
From the age of fifteen, Steel Daniel trained as a squire until he was eventually recruited into the Knights of Cydonia by King Diamond, the current ruler. His king, having recently heard of Blak-Sab'bat, the Lord of Hell, planning to bring chaos to the kingdom, assigned him a mission. One of great importance: to find Blak-Sab'bat and put an end to his evil to ensure Cydonia may be safe from it.
=== Destined Battle - vs. Arrowsmith ===
(Cut to a mountainous, Hell-like area, where Steel Daniel and Arrowsmith stand a foot away from each other, looking at each other.)
* Steel Daniel: Tell me, elf. Have you come to challenge me?
* Arrowsmith: Well, that is funny. I was about to ask you the same thing.
* Steel Daniel: So, you dare to bring a bow into a swordfight... (goes into his fighting stance) I doubt even a single arrow will prove useful in battle.
* Arrowsmith: Please, do not deride the effectiveness of elven weaponry. (going into his fighting stance as well) I take that very seriously.
=== Sub-Boss Battle - vs. Metallica ===
(After the fight, a badly-beaten Arrowsmith is down on one knee and one hand.)
* Steel Daniel: I must admit, you fought honorably for an elf. (helping Arrowsmith up) I have no doubts about your fighting skills.
* Arrowsmith: Nor I about yours, valiant knight. Not to mention how handsome and appealing to the eye you look.
* Steel Daniel: While I appreciate your compliment, I currently have a princess to court. Should she ever reject me, just as she did all those other suitors, my heart will surely ache.
(A puddle of liquid mercury then materializes under Steel Daniel's feet and slowly sucks him into it.)
* Arrowsmith: I promise we will meet again later!
(Six seconds later, Steel Daniel appears in the sub-boss home stage, the sorcery chamber, which appears as a silver brick chamber with a blast of some sort of green ethereal force in the middle of the stage.)
* Steel Daniel: I have a feeling I am no longer in the royal castle. Exactly where have I been taken?
(Then, a sexy Caucasian woman who wears a helmet that doesn't look too dissimilar in design to Hela's [from Thor: Ragnarok] headgear, as well as a dress made from mercury that exposes her sides, hips, and ample cleavage, as well as long gloves and boots made from the same element seductively walks into the area.)
* Metallica (voiced by Juliet Landau): No amount of time served in the Cydonian Royal Army can prepare you for the inevitable. (conjures a giant mercury ball to target and attack Steel Daniel, giving him a choice to either dodge or be hit by it)
==== If successful at evading the giant mercury ball ====
(Steel Daniel rolls out of the way, and the giant mercury ball that was coming right for him hits the wall behind him, splattering all over it upon impact. He is then approached by Metallica, who walks seductively towards him.)
* Metallica: To dare to jump in the fire... I know not whether you are brave, or lacking in wit. (goes into her fighting stance)
* Steel Daniel: After you are vanquished... (going into his fighting stance) so will your lord be!
==== If unsucessful at evading the giant mercury ball ====
(The giant mercury ball flies at Steel Daniel, knocking him down and forcing him to start the fight with his health reduced by 10%. As he struggles to get up, he is then approached by Metallica, who walks seductively towards him.)
* Metallica: The day that never comes is the day you survive to the end of your quest. (goes into her fighting stance)
* Steel Daniel: (getting up) I cannot be brought down by an evil temptress such as yourself! (going into his fighting stance) I will prevail, no matter what it takes!
=== Final Boss Battle - vs. Blak-Sab'bat ===
(After the fight, a badly-beaten and slowly-melting Metallica is down on one knee and one hand.)
* Metallica: NO!! What have you done?! If my lord hears of my failure, he will punish me with death!
* Steel Daniel: Well, fuck him, because now, you kneel beaten before me. (raising Aja above Metallica in preparation to execute her) For the honor of the Kingdom of Cydonia! (jams Aja into Metallica's heart, causing her mercury blood to spray out of her chest and onto the brick floor, and her to completely melt into a large puddle of mercury, screaming with excruciating pain as she does so)
(Then, a fiery portal appears under Steel Daniel's feet, and several bony, skinless, macabre-looking arms and hands grab the knight and drag him into it. Three seconds later, he winds up in Hell, Blak-Sab'bat's domain.)
* Steel Daniel: This place... 'Tis Hell... The domain where Blak-Sab'bat resides and rules!
(We then pan right to see Blak-Sab'bat, who appears as a red-skinned demon with a black mohawk with twelve faded yellow bone spikes surrounding it, as well as two faded yellow bone spikes on his chin, large, black horns, and faded yellow, pupilless eyes who wears a black leather vest with faded brown and silver spiked skull shoulder pads, as well a faded brown skull-and-chain harness under the vest, a pair of black leather pants and boots with silver spikes around the legs, and a pair of black arm bands with silver spikes around them.)
* Blak-Sab'bat (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson): You are damn correct, it is. And, look who we have here... One of King Diamond's government lackeys!
* Steel Daniel: He sent me to get rid of you, you who plan to bring your malevolent influence upon Cydonia and doom all those who live in the kingdom.
* Blak-Sab'bat: Oh, did he now? Allowing you into his worthless royal army was a fatal mistake in that fatass fool's judgment.
* Steel Daniel: Do not speak ill of my king, foul demon! He is a wise and just man who rules his kingdom, our kingdom, with benevolence and compassion.
* Blak-Sab'bat: I will speak ill of ANY GODDAMN PERSON I GODDAMN PLEASE! I will make no exceptions.
* Steel Daniel: The more chaos you plan to bring, and the more people you insult, the more badly you are asking for your evil to be purged from Cydonia. King Diamond wills it!
* Blak-Sab'bat: Hahahaha! Do you not realize? Even your so-called king will be powerless against the chaos I will bring upon Cydonia, and with my servant dead thanks to you, I suppose I will be dealing with you myself. (throws Osbourne at Steel Daniel, giving him a choice to either block or be hit by it)
==== If successful at blocking Osbourne ====
(Steel Daniel holds Aja and Gauche in front of the incoming Osbourne, deflecting Blak-Sab'bat's war trident right back at him, and he catches it, then approaches him.)
* Steel Daniel: You cannot continue to threaten Cydonia with oppression and turmoil, Blak-Sab'bat. (going into his fighting stance) You will be put down in the name of my king!
* Blak'Sab-bat: So, you dare step forward to oppose ME, the Lord of Hell, foolish knight? (goes into his fighting stance as well) I will see to it that you are never born again!
==== If unsuccessful at blocking Osbourne ====
(Osbourne flies at Steel Daniel, knocking him down and forcing him to start the fight with his health reduced by 10%, and embeds in the area's rocky terrain. As he struggles to get up, he is then approached by Blak-Sab'bat, who walks towards him and picks up his war trident.)
* Steel Daniel: (getting up) I refuse to die here. (going into his fighting stance) Not now, not ever!
* Blak'Sab-bat: I hope you are ready to bid all those you ever knew farewell, for today... (going into his fighting stance as well) you burn among the children of the grave!
=== Ending ===
(After the fight, a badly-beaten Blak-Sab'bat is down on one knee and one hand.)
* Blak-Sab'bat: Who would have dreamed... it would all be possible? (slowly gets back up again, but barely) Me, the Lord of Hell... standing beaten before a mere knight?
* Steel Daniel: Yes, and after I dispose of you... (raises Aja above Blak-Sab'bat) all of Cydonia will know me as the man who slew the malevolent Lord of Hell! (stabs Blak-Sab'bat in the heart, causing his magma blood to spill out of the open wound)
* Blak-Sab'bat: (as a portion of the lava blood that just spilled out of him starts to melt away his flesh) NOOOOOO!!! Fuck you, Steel Daniel... foolish kiss-ass to King Diamond! I will make you pay... for what you DIIIIIID!!! (the lava completely melts off all of his flesh until only his skeleton, which breaks into pieces upon impact with the rocky terrain, remains)
(We're then taken to the Cydonian royal throne room, where, same as before, Steel Daniel kneels before King Diamond.)
* King Diamond: Ah, Steel Daniel, you have returned! Tell me, how did your quest fare for you?
* Steel Daniel: The Lord of Hell is dead, Your Majesty. 'Twas an arduous quest, but in the end, I managed to prevail.
* King Diamond: Ah, excellent! The threat of the Lord of Hell is no more, thanks to you. You have done well to prevent the chaos he had planned to bring beforehand.
* Steel Daniel: Your Majesty... If you abdicate the throne, can I become the new king?
* King Diamond: "WHEN you abdicate" is the correct way of saying it, Daniel. So, if you meant to say that, then the answer is certainly yes.
* Steel Daniel: Right, right. I am sorry.
* King Diamond: (to the dark knight) Begone with you, foul creature! And, Daniel, ensure that he never returns to this mortal plane!
(Then, out of nowhere, a gray-skinned, mid-to-late 50s man with red, pupilless eyes in black and silver armor, with skull designs on the helmet and chest plate, long, curved silver spikes on the shoulders, gauntlets, and leg armor, and a long silver spike on the helmet, as well as a frayed, faded dark purple cape, emerges from a fiery portal. He carries a sword and shield of sinister design.)
* Morbid Angel (voiced by Kirk Thornton): My foolish excuse for a nephew... How is it that you shun the darkness within you? I am less than pleased with you for the path you have chosen.
* Steel Daniel: The path I have chosen is with the Knights of Cydonia, and so I fight to protect and ensure the welfare of the kingdom. You, on the other hand, fight only to bring harm and pain to others, and that is why my mother, your sister, took her life after I was born, and what made you the monster you are now.
* Morbid Angel: Do you not realize, Daniel? I have transcended my humanity, evolved beyond it! And, soon, you and your so-called king will bow down to ME, for I have become less a man than a being born of Hell!
* Steel Daniel: You have not truly transcended your humanity, Uncle. You have thrown it away!
* Morbid Angel: Worthless boy... You dare ridicule at my expense!? You are asking to be led to the gateway to annihilation!
(Then, as the two knights start charging at each other with their swords and shields, the camera zooms away from the scene, which then fades into a medieval tapestry of itself.)
(Cut to pre-credits roll, where Dragonforce's "Through the Fire and Flames" starts playing as we cut to all the characters, who are shown as part of a large medieval tapestry, with the names of their voice actors/actresses on their left or right, before we zoom out to the full tapestry. Afterwards, the credits start rolling and the song continues playing.)
Category:Rockin' Trilogy
Category:Arcade