Corvatz/Synopsis

#### Pre-Episode 2

On November 6, 2022, Corvatz got his hands on a NerveGear and a copy of Sword Art Online, a VRMMO set in a multifloored castle in the sky called Aincrad. He logged into SAO and was trapped in the game along with 10,000 other players.

#### Episode 2

On December 2, 2022, Corvatz was in the Floor 1 town of Tolbana and attended a strategy meeting on how to defeat the 1st Floor Boss, Illfang the Kobold Lord, led by a player named Diabel. After Diabel reads a passage on the Boss from the game's guidebook, which was full of non-helpful info that involved sacrificing players, Diabel decides to form his own battle strategy for the assault team, but when he fails to do so, he asks the players for suggestions. This prompts Corvatz, and another player, to suggest that they "group up and hit it 'til it dies", which Diabel reluctantly accepts, due to not having any better ideas.

Diabel tried to adjust Corvatz's plan to be more through, but when the fight actually started the next day, most players attacked the Boss randomly anyway. After Diabel died trying to deal the final blow, two players named Kirito and Asuna tried to implement their own plan to defeat Illfang, but ended up fighting over who would actually deal the damage, and essentially ended up doing Corvatz's plan, with Kirito dealing the final blow. This seemed to give Corvatz an ego boost, resulting in him thinking his "strategy" was a stroke of genius.

#### Post-Episode 2

After the first Floor was cleared, Corvatz ended up joining a Guild called the Aincrad Liberation Front and eventually became a General. At some point, he discovered an item which caused Spanish Guitar to play whenever he talked. As a result, Corvatz adopted the persona of overly charismatic Spaniard in order to boost the morale of his fellow Guild members, which ended up annoying them instead. Despite this, Corvatz was really dedicated to his new persona and kept using it.

#### Episode 8

On October 18, 2024, decided to raid the Floor 74 Dungeon and led a platoon towards the front lines. They then walked for an unknown amount of time, to the point that his men were exhausted. While traversing the Dungeon, Corvatz saw Kirito and Asuna with a player named BallsDeep69. He then tells his severely exhausted platoon to relax before introducing himself to the players. Corvatz asks if the road ahead has been cleared before proclaiming that he intends to defeat the Boss of the Floor, thus clearing it "FOR THE PEOPLE". Balls is shocked by this declaration, pointing out that Corvatz's men won't be able to fight the Boss, as they can barely stand. Corvatz dismisses him, however, saying that he's going to use his brilliant Boss clearing strategy, which has never failed to defeat a foe. Skeptical, Asuna asks how many Bosses Corvatz has defeated with it, to which Corvatz reveals that he himself hasn't defeated any yet.

Slightly concerned by this, Kirito suggests that Corvatz and his men should go home and take a nap, while someone else defeats the Boss. However, Corvatz says they're too close to back down now, and his men don't know the meaning of surrender, but one of them says they're willing to learn. Corvatz ignores his solder's pleas, however, and tells his men to stand, leading them towards the Boss Room while proclaiming that they will fight for glory. When one of his soldiers points out how contradictory this is to Corvatz's last claim, Corvatz disses him by saying, "We can fight for too things".

Sure enough, once the platoon arrived at the Boss Room, they were almost immediately overwhelmed by the Boss, a giant Goat Demon called the Gleam Eyes, and they were unable to leave, as their Teleport Crystals weren't working. Soon afterwards, Kirito and Asuna arrived to see how the ALF were. Kirito tells Corvatz to use his aforementioned strategy, only for it to turn out to be "Group up and hit it 'til it dies", the same strategy that was suggested to defeat Illfang, making Kirito realize who Corvatz was. Balls then arrives just in time to see Corvatz being killed by the Gleam Eyes, whose last words are, "Do not fear, my friends. Corvatz... can never... di...".

#### Legacy

After Corvatz's death, Kirito proceeded to defeat the Boss almost single-handedly in order to save Corvatz's Guild mates, which was then shared throughout the game, as it turned out one of the Guild members was livestreaming the event. This would result in Kirito joining the Knights of the Blood Oath and would later result in Kirito exposing Kayaba.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 1
2. ↑ Episode 2
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Episode 8
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Episode 9
5. ↑ Episode 11