Knight

The Knight is a mysterious character referenced often in Deltarune. While it has not yet made a physical appearance in Chapter 1 or Chapter 2, King and Queen seem subordinate to the Knight, making it the overarching antagonist.
According to its followers, the Knight boasts tremendous power, and has the ability to open Dark Fountains and create Dark Worlds, a power seemingly only held by Lightners.
== Profile ==
=== Personality ===
As the Knight has yet to make a physical appearance, their personality is largely unknown. However, it is probable that they have a desire to bring the Roaring or at least are aware of it; Queen implies it used the title "Roaring Knight" while creating the Cyber World Dark Fountain. The Knight also doesn't seem to be above deception as they assumedly misled the King into believing that creating more Dark Worlds would make everything into a Dark World instead of causing the Roaring.
== Main Story ==
=== History ===
Before the Knight appeared, the Card Kingdom was ruled by four kings. However, this all changed when the Knight took the King of Spades, who bore a strong hatred for Lightners after being abandoned and forgotten in the old class room, under its control and the three other Kings were locked away in Card Castle. As a result, the King of Spades, now referred to simply as "King," became the absolute monarch over the kingdom. The Knight then went on to create the Eastern Fountain. While willing to fight to his death, King appears to have been misled by the Knight to believe that opening Dark Fountains would turn everything into a Dark World rather than cause the Roaring.
=== Chapter 1 ===
During Chapter 1, the Knight never makes an appearance. Instead, the party learns of it from stories primarily told by King and Seam. Seam refers to the Knight as "strange knight," and King refers to them as "my KNIGHT" in the same way a subject might refer to their ruler as "my King," swearing not to let the Knight down. The Knight's whereabouts during Chapter 1 and the details of its encounter with King are unknown. Jevil mentions that the "HAND OF THE KNIGHT IS DRIFTING FORWARD" after beating him via fighting. Further explanation to this line is provided by Queen in the next chapter.
=== Chapter 2 ===
An unknown time after the events of chapter 1, the Knight created another Dark Fountain, this time forming a new Dark World from the library. A video of this event plays in a room in Queen's Mansion, but there is too much smoke to identify the Knight. Spamton, in his shop, makes the implication that the Knight is related to "[[Communion]]," and starts to tell Kris something about them, but mysteriously cuts himself off. During the party's battle with Queen, she explains that any Lightner with enough Determination is able to open Dark Fountains, and she was planning on replacing the Knight's abilities with those of Noelle. Berdly attempts to make a fountain but is cut off by Ralsei, who then goes on to explain that the Dark Fountains, when gone unchecked, would eventually consume the Light World, turning all Darkners to stone and leaving Lightners alone in the dark. Despite using the term "Roaring Knight", Queen was seemingly oblivious to the consequences of opening Dark Fountains, possibly indicating that it's one of the Knight's self-chosen names.
At the end of Chapter 2, Kris is seen ripping out their SOUL and opening a new Dark Fountain in their home. It is currently unknown whether Kris is the Knight.
== Trivia ==
* According to Toby Fox, he created the scrapped track "Game Main Theme (Piano Sketch)" while thinking about an animated introduction cutscene to Deltarune, in whose ending "everyone is running up the staircase as the silhouettes of the bosses from all the chapters show up, and the Knight, standing in a white door at the top of the stairs, turns around and looks down at them," which may imply that the Knight is the final boss, or one of the final bosses.
* The Knight is alternately referred to with "it" and "they" pronouns in Chapters 1 and 2.
* The Knight is associated with communion by Spamton.
== References ==
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Category:Lightners