Knox Naly

**Knox Naly** is a Pro Bounty Hunter and former Rookie Cheka soldier, and the son of Xavier Naly.

## Appearance

Knox is of tall stature and has large, curly blonde hair. He often wears a simple white brand t-shirt and either black pants or khaki shorts. Sometimes he wears a pink windbreaker over his shirt.

Knox is one of the few individuals able to not abide by the Cheka dress code. He wore the standard Cheka outfit until he was 10 years old, tying the headband around his right shoulder. After his incident in war, Knox was relabeled to an undercover agent and henceforth didn’t don the outfit.

The Bounty Hunter outfit for his division consists of a baggy black hoodie and black pants, with a red stripe running through the middle for both. Knox’s face mask is the same color as his stripe with no other distinguishing features.

## Personality

Knox is a generally happy and easy-going teen. He is always friendly to everyone he meets, and if a stranger ignores him, he takes it personally and does his best to make them like him. Because Knox was raised in the Barracks, he is maliciously compliant to orders from higher-ups and will fulfill them at any cost, even if it means serious injury to himself.

Because he was raised in relative isolation, Knox had trouble forming friendships. However, after his incident in war, his personality completely changed and he became an incredibly energetic and outgoing individual. He was friendly to his higher-ups and liked to crack jokes, but most would ignore him. He eventually adapted to normalcy, but never formed true friendship as his acquaintances were often mean-spirited or didn’t stay long in the Barracks. Once he met Zed and Yuki, Knox began to appreciate them and disobey orders for their sake. He is incredibly fond of his allies and often faces dilemmas between his friends and his orders.

In battle, Knox is feared for his lack of ethics and is often forced off his opponent by his allies. After his incident, he became incredibly sadistic and would lose his sense of humanity in a fight, resulting in his opponent being mutilated to the point of being unrecognizable.

## Background

Knox’s parents were both high-profile thieves and incredible Ugoku users. They were killed by the Cheka when he was six months old, and he was transferred to the Barracks under the codename “X”. For 10 years Knox did nothing except train with his Keiyaku and Kotsu. He had his Keiyaku, a 115 cm broadsword, chosen for him the day he learned to speak. He is incredibly proficient in Kotsu and was able to master many techniques before the age of 10.

At age 10, Knox started participating in combat. He was fed propaganda by the Bawskee government that the people he was killing did horrible things, but he was essentially a glorified Bounty Hunter. When he was 14, a coup rose up against the government and it was forced to go to war with its citizens. Knox was a leading soldier in the war but was captured by the civilians and tortured into revealing information. Because he knew nothing other than to follow orders, he didn’t give in to the torture. Eventually he was found, but his capturers were long gone and he was left mentally and physically scarred. Knox’s entire personality changed to that of an extroverted, low attention span teenager - what he would have been if the government didn’t kidnap him.

After this event, the government considered Knox to be mentally unstable and transferred him to be an “undercover agent,” but because the government didn’t want him to learn of the outside world, never actually gave him any assignments. He trained for 2 years until he met Zed and Yuki, and after becoming good friends with them was able to leave the Cheka.

## Abilities & Powers

Knox has all the benefits granted by his status as both a Cheka soldier and Bounty Hunter. He became the highest ranked Fight Club member to ever exist, beating both Zed and Yuki and never losing a fight. Because he did nearly nothing except train since birth, he is extremely lethal in combat both with and without a Keiyaku and/or Kotsu. Knox is incredibly resilient in battle, to the point of insanity. His opponents are often disturbed by the sheer amount of willpower he has. Although he primarily fights with his Keiyaku, Knox is able to use any kind of weapon, but has difficulty with long-range weapons such as crossbows.

Knox’s training endowed him with near immunity to poison, high tolerance to electricity, great agility and physical strength, advanced armed and unarmed combat and stealth techniques, which he acquired at a very young age.

### Keiyaku

Knox’s Keiyaku is a state-issued 115 cm steel sabre with a black and yellow handle. Because he has trained with it nearly his entire life, he is incredibly adept with wielding it and is revered as a terrifying opponent. His attack style is consistently inconsistent, with him rotating between three different methods for seemingly little to no reason.

### Kotsu

Knox is incredibly gifted with Kotsu, to the point where his comrades regard him as one of the greatest in the world. He has a tremendously high Ugoku division of upwards of 95%, but still displays a solid grasp of the other three types, as well. He is so adept with Ugoku that his opponents can confuse his abilities with Kangaeru, and in some situations he has managed to blend the two together.

**Ability: Double Fake - Ugoku**

Knox teleports his sword into his left hand then reforms it faster than the speed of light, making it appear as if he possesses two Keiyakus. Knox can perform this ability with relative ease, but tends to not use it against more intelligent opponents as he assumes they can just see through it.

**Ability: Whirlwind - Ugoku**

After reverting to his first personality, Knox begins using Whirlwind and doesn’t stop until he passes out from exhaustion. Knox teleports his Keiyaku around his body faster than the speed of light, making it appear as if he has multiple Keiyakus moving extremely fast around his body. He also reforms it every split second that he isn’t teleporting it around him, appearing as if he were holding his Keiyaku as well. Knox can hold this ability for five minutes without beginning to suffer from fatigue. This is an extremely confusing ability as an individual can only possess one Keiyaku and it seems as though Knox has seven.

## Goals/Motivation

Knox’s goals in the Barracks entirely reflected his higher ups’ goals, and after his disposition he had no goals whatsoever. As he had no concept of money, he was confused as to why Zed and Yuki wanted to participate in Fight Clubs, but joined them anyway as he had nothing else to do. Eventually, his goals changed to reflect that of his teammates, and he later decided that he wanted to find out what happened to his parents.

## Quotes

"You said that the Cheka were forcing me to kill innocent people, right? How do I not know the BHA is doing the same thing?"

"I don't think good people should die. But I'm not sure if that's for me to decide or not"