Demon’s Seal Knights

**Demon’s Seal Knights** are the elite knight unit of the House of Ioan, the western territory of the great lord in the Calamique Kingdom.

## Background

The Demon’s Seal Knights are elite and mounted knights by the knight order to fight against demons and beasts in the western territory of Duke Ioan’s home and the Calamique Kingdom. The Demon’s Seal is kind of mediveal symbol banner for the group of the elite knights as Ioan's own army.

## Chronology

### The Legend of the Dragon

The forces under Marquis Mauli Hanman attacked the city of Waizer in the domain of Duke Ioan, annihilating the Phoenix Knights, killing all of the citizens there, ransacking the storehouses, and stealing all of the azure magic stones before retreating to Mauli’s domain. An emergency meeting was being held in the Archul Castle regarding the uprising of Mauli Hanman had already conducted a massacre at the city of Waizer. Dukes Ioan and Wysk, and nobles had pledged their allegiances to King Brandea in the meeting at the royal castle. Duke Ioan, who still had the Dragon’s Fang Knights and the Demon’s Seal Knights under his command, asked King Brandea to allow him to lead his forces in an attack on Maulia's domain. King Brandea granted his authorization that would take command of the punishment of Duke Mauli Hanman.

When the Calamique Civil War has begun, King Brandea sent the Royal Knights against the rebellion of Mauli Hanman. The royal army under Commander Metzil had approached a high plain roughly 10km south of the city of Tozul. The morale of Duke Ioan’s Dragon’s Fang Knights and Demon’s Seal Knights came with them for aid. They moved forward with its preparations.

The Demon’s Seal Knights and Dragon’s Fang Knights were high, matched by the height of the clouds of dust being kicked up from their ranks. The group of more than 400 knights was advancing to land the first blow on Duke Mauli Hanman’s 1500-strong beast legions. The Demon’s Seal Knights took to the vanguard.

After the first arrow strike, the Demon’s Seal Knights took action to try to get around the beasts as they readied to continue their onslaught. Making good use of their horses, the attacks continued. Arrows pierced the granman lizards, agitating them as they let out cries of pain and anger. The loose group of granmans readied their spears as they charged into the Demon’s Seal Knights. A portion of the horde of beasts was slashed off.

With Mauli Hanman's command, Archmage Ordo began to spout orders for releasing twelve-horned beasts. Close to the battlefield, 30 twelve-horned beasts came roaring out of holes from the ground. They were all racing towards the mounted knights of Demon’s Seal Knights. They were gaining on them with unprecedented speed. The Demon’s Seal Knights, despite being on horseback, couldn’t run away from the charging beasts. The knights pulled back the bowstrings on their bows and loosed hundreds of arrows, propelling into the air. All of the arrows bounced off of the steel, needle-like tufts of fur on the beasts.

Unable to stop them, the twelve-horned beasts crashed into the Demon’s Seal Knights. The knights in front were all successively thrown out of their horses, crashing down on the knights traveling behind them as a great number of men fell from their horses, stopping the knights in their tracks. Losing their mobility, the Demon’s Seal Knights were instantly surrounded by the lower-class beasts. Covering up for their lack of individual strength against the twelve-horned beasts, the dismounted knights quickly formed up ranks. The twelve-horned beasts once again rammed into the formation, killing many as the formation of the knights gave way. The Demon’s Seal Knights were close to collapse before the Dragon’s Fang Knights were coming to save them.

The Dragon’s Fang Knights mounted on the horses with their lances to face the twelve-horned beasts, which turned and started charging towards them. Hundreds of knights had knocked off their horses. However, they only managed to wound one of the twelve-horned beasts. The Dragon’s Fang Knights began to waver. Mauli Hanman and Ordo were satisfied to see the Demon’s Seal Knights and Dragon’s Fang Knights in the vanguard was collapsed by the twelve-horned beasts, which they didn't need to send in the demon flame tanks or Diobehemoth. Before the Royal Knights have broken out into a run against the twelve-horned beasts to save the Demon’s Seal Knights and Dragon’s Fang Knights, Mauli Hanman had decided to unleash seventy airborne knights to push the Royal Knights to the edge of annihilation.

Later after the Calamique civil war ended and Mauli Hanman and Archmage Ordo were arrested for treason, the city of Waizer was rebuilt, and the Demon’s Seal Knights were restored.