Karot

> "Those who are far, open your ears! Those who are near, open your eyes! The Blue Dragon Knight that protects that peace, Karot!"
>
> ―Karot introducing himself

Karot is the leader of the titular Fortress Knights, holding the power of the Blue Dragon spirit, and possesses a bond with the Stranger, Yuma. Karot leads his team consisting of fellow knights Duke and Dig & Dug against the forces of Dark Fortress and his army, fighting to free the Fortress World and restore the peace.

## Appearances

### TV

무한전기 포트리스 (Muhan Jeonggi Poturiss, Korean ver.)無限戦記ポトリス( Mugen Senki Potorisu, Japanese ver.)

### Comic(s)

포트리스 (manwha, Ppang Ppang Wide Comics)업그레이드 포트리스 (manga, Haksan Publishing Co., Ltd)

## Actors/Actresses

### Voice Actor

Seung-Jun Kim (김승준) - Korean dubKatsuhiko Kawamoto (川本 克彦) - Japanese dub

### Biography

#### Early Life

According to the loosely canonical manwha by Kyung-Won Yoo and Jung-Ik Choi, Karot began his life during the First Fortress War as a timid and easily frightened young tank who became inspired by the words of Resistance leader Oracle. Karot wished to be free from the responsibility of possessing the power of a Fortress Knight, but Oracle encouraged Karot to embrace his responsibility as a destined protector of the Fortress World. Witnessing the murder of Oracle at the hands of General Mangto Mantis during an attack by the Dark Army, the terrified Karot fled, but filled with shame and regret afterwards resolved to preserve Oracle's legacy by becoming a courageous and noble warrior.

The events following Oracle's death and leading up to the assault on the Tower of Babel are unknown, but it can be assumed that Karot spent the years training to become a Fortress Knight, wandering from village to village and protecting the innocent from harm. At a certain point in life, he became acquainted by chance with Duke, the White Tiger Knight, while crossing a desert. Karot proposed an alliance with Duke to travel to the Dark City and defeat Dark Fortress, which Duke initially accepted only to test his strength. Dig & Dug would later join Karot's team as well under unknown circumstances, and the three would journey together to the Dark City.

#### The Tower of Babel & The Stranger's Arrival

In the initial stages of the war against Dark Fortress, Karot and his team hid in a train bound for the Dark City loaded with captured civilians. Upon arriving at the Dark City, Karot led a surprise attack, activating his Fortress Rise mode, destroying several Dark Army Troopers and freeing civilians alongside Duke and Dig & Dug. Breaking into the Towel of Babel, Karot and his team discovered to their horror that after Fortress civilians were used as forced laborers to build the Tower, they were gruesomely repurposed as construction material for the Tower itself, their organic and inorganic parts fusing into the Tower's foundations.

Angered, Karot resumed his attack before being intercepted by Karma, the Wyvern Knight―one of the three traitorous Fortress Knights that had joined Dark Fortress as his Generals―and Dark Fortress himself. After a brief skirmish, Dark Fortress ordered the activation of the Tower of Babel, which was actually a superweapon capable of emitting a sphere of destructive energy known as the Super Spacetime Bomb. The resulting blast heavily damaged the Dark City, crippling Karot and disabling his Fortress Rise functions. Before Dark Fortress could finish him off, a wormhole suddenly appeared in the sky, created from the weakened fabric of time and space from the Super Spacetime Bomb. From the wormhole, the Stranger's Capsule emerged, crash-landing into the Dark City. remaining inert until Dark Fortress activated it, getting knocked away by a sudden release of energy. The Capsule opened to reveal the Stranger―an amnesiac human boy with technomantic abilities―who immediately imprinted onto Karot and bonded with him, instantly repairing Karot's injuries and restoring his Fortress Rise functions to full power. Dark Fortress immediately ordered his forces to execute Karot but the order came too late: Karot, empowered by the Stranger's technomancy, protected himself using a force field. In desperation, Dark Fortress ordered the Towel of Babel to fire again, ignoring warnings from the Tower's operators that the cooldown period was still active, and firing it again could result in disaster.

Faced with another Super Spacetime Bomb, Karot, subconsciously influenced by the Stranger, ordered his teammates to unite their minds and hearts as one. As the three Fortress Knights combined their powers, they released an immensely powerful beam of energy: the Infinite Spirit Trinity Laser Sword. The collision of the two ultimate powers resulted in a large blast that began to destroy the Tower of Babel and the surrounding area, and the Fortress Knights were teleported away by the Stranger's powers to a far-away forest as Dark Fortress swore revenge.