Sparkster

Sparkster, in his full suit of armor.

> "*Have you forgotten why they call us the Rocket Knights?*"
> ― Sparkster
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Sparkster is the protagonist of the *Rocket Knight Adventures* series, and a newcomer character in WUC. He is a prodigy Rocket Knight hailing from Zephyrus, Mobius.

## Appearance

Sparkster is an Mobian opossum of beige fur and blonde hair, usually seen wearing his armour suit and wielding his sword and rocketpack, sometimes with a concealed bag strapped to his waist.

## Personality

Sparkster is often described as a very serious, yet humble and brave, down-to-earth person.

His duties as member of the Rocket Knights means he doesn't hesitate to do what has to be done; refusing to help others or enact justice is a strict 'no' from him. Which earned him quite a reputation as the guardian of Zephyrus and even around Elhorn as a whole. His sense of justice is what keeps him going on to fence off any evil. May it be Devotindos, Axel or any other maniac bend in conquest, he fulfills his mission no matter what will stand in his way.

However, even with all his positives, he very much represses his non-knightly side; leaving him to be a person with very few friends and as a lone wolf as a fighter - at times being incredibly cold towards others. But he remains like that because of the wrong ideas he himself hold, especially that he must always be ready and the at his best form to protect those he care, for the Rocket Knight Sparkster is more important the opossum Mifune Hinote, at least in his vision.

## Biography

### Before the Three Months War

Sparkster was born in the northeast lands of Zephyrus, somewhere between 3221 and 3222. Everything about his biological family are lost to time, as just by the time he was born, his village was attacked by Devontin raiders - his parents dying amid the flames set by the raiders. However the life of othe young one was saved in the last minute as Mifune Hinote, at the time still not grandmaster, came to his rescue after hearing cries coming from the burning house.

Since that fateful day Sparkster was raised as Sanjuro's own son, being named Mifune Hinote, and eventually becoming the youngest opossum to hold the title of Rocket Knight under his training - being regarded as a prodigy and apparent sucessor for the role of grandmaster of the order, all further supported by his sense of justice and dedication to the duties of a knight.

### The Three Months War

Ever since times immemorial had, at best, rocky relations with their neighbours; in special with the pigs of the lands known as Devontin, lands divided between several different tribes and city-states, some friendly but most being from neutral to hostile, leading to the eastern frontier lands being the most well protected border of the entire kingdom.

However, as year 3235 set in, Devontin's raider started to thin out, until eventually raids became extremely rare to happen - even the most dangerous areas. For years a mystery hanged in the air about what was happening beyond the eastern frontier.

The answer came in 3237.

As the morning of the first day began, the kingdom woke up to fire raining from the skies and pigs pouring down into the towns: as it came to be known Devotin's prolonged silence was caused by the warlord named Devligus, who had dedicated decades in building himself a empire out of the shattered lands of the pigs, eventually getting his hands into foreign technology and making of his reign supreme all across the lands of his kind. And now Devligus had his eyes set on conquering Devligus himself.

As the war kicked off, King Zephyrus X immediately called upon all the levies, and surely, the Rocket Knights.

Sparkster and several others knights were selected to pierce and hit the enemy in their weak spots, from the first to the final month of the war, the prodigy knight and others were essential in bringing down the mad pig emperor - who came as far as to kidnap the heir apparent of the realm, princess Shelly, and seize the powerful magical artefact named "Pig Star" to power a superweapon capable of ending any war in mere hours from activating it.

After reaching the enemy capital of Devonia and blitzing his way into the grand palace, alongside rescuing the princess, Sparkster realised he had come too late to stop the mad despot from launching the battleship containing the superweapon.

But not willing to give up, princess Sherry, who had been forced to give the key to unlock the Pig Star's power, quickly casting a spell to give the knight rocketeer the temporary but necessary power to boost into the skies and catch up with the ascending battleship.

And so the knight had to finish the fight all alone, pitted against the likes of the infamous Black Knights' mercenary leader; Axel Gear, who nearly killed the both of them by blowing part of the ship. And finally confronting the mad emperor to the bitter end, both in his own body and fused with the likes of the Pig Star. After the ultimate demise of both Devontidos and the Pig Star, the entire superweapon bought the battleship down from reaching space, Sparkster not making out in time.

The prodigy survived the fall as he managed to get far enough from the center of the ship, being catch unconscious by fellow Rocket Knights below in Devonia. In his return to home being hailed as a true hero and protector of Zephyrus.

### Aftermath the Three Months War (Present Moment)

I has been about 9 months since the end of the Three Months War, and so far things have been stabilised and reconstruction goes well.

But alas, it was not to be. In recent times strange events began to happen; whole villages disappearing without trace, persons changing completely for no apparent reason and even landscapes changing radically from one hour to another. As reports of these abnormal events no longer suffice the people sleep more easily, that is, until one day the kingdom woke up to see itself bordering strange realms by the horizon.

By the orders of the king himself Sparkster has been sent into the unknown once more, determined to get to the bottom of the mysterious new lands ahead.

## Abilities and Equipment

### Super-Human Strengths

Even if most Mobians already rank above strength regarding Humans, Sparkster stands above as he was trained from childhood to be a knight.

Such abilities include perception able to see even lightning attacks coming, reflexes sharp enough to dodge even attacks at point-blank range, sheer physical strength to push boulders bigger than himself, being able to survive blades being lodged into his chest, etcetera.

And being a opossum himself, and a Mobian on top of that, Sparkster has a absurdly strong prehensile tail, capable of holding himself even when in armour and effectively being used as a third arm.

### Magical Swordsmanship

Not only is Sparkster in standard sword fighting, but thanks to the Solar Gem embed to the chestplate of his armour, he's also able to infuse and blast attacks of pure energy from his sword; be it slashing, balls or even beams of pure energy.

### Supersonic Rocketpack

What gives him the Rocket to his Knight, Sparkster's rocketpack is able to reach incredible speeds, going several times the speed of sound and even beyond it given enough boosting. It obtains its fuel from the Solar Gem itself, rendering its only limit being how much stress is put in its internal mechanisms.

It also shares the same enchantments the armour.

### Solar Gem

The Solar Gem, usually seen engraved in the middle of every Rocket Knight's (and rarely, others') chestplate, is a powerful gemstone that is capable of infinite energy output powering any device it is attached to, with its only limit being the necessity of a fixed user for it to function; anyone trying to utilize a Solar Gem that isn't the original user will render with a gem that refuses to function, same apllies at attempts of powering machines with it.

Alongside being a very powerful energy source, it is just as difficult to craft, as it requires not only just the right material but also powerful magic in order to be forged.

Similary to the Chaos Emeralds, it can be shattered with utterly overwhelming force, but cannot be destroyed for good.

### Enchanted Armour

Being part of the elites of his kingdom, Sparkster is equipped with armour forged to be both extremely resistant to physical and magical attacks; the former making the armour able to take hits from superweapons without breaking if at all, and the latter giving his armour the ability to negate the effects of non-physical magic entirely and minimize damage from physical magic - only exceptionally powerful powerful wizards can hope to do more than scratches.

### Magical Bag

The least impressing, but very useful for what it is, the bag Sparkster will usually carry on his person seems to be as large and big as his own hand, but it actually has the space of a standard camper's backpack.

It usually is concealed by the armour pieces in his waist, as it weights and behave just like its outside size would imply.

## Relationships

### Mifune Sanjuro

Sparkster holds Sanjuro as a father figure first and foremost, alongside being a Sensei figure to him for several reasons.

### Axel Gear

Ever since their first encounter it became clear a rivalry arose, the hatred between both being immense in virtue of their completely opposite ideals.

## Trivia

* After his final battle against Devligus in the Three Months War, Sparkster developed a extreme trauma related to flight in space.
* Sparkster has shown interest in mechanics, especially after having to figure his way around when he was forced to fight using a Devontin battlemech, but hasn't taken much action to learn due to his knightly duties.
* Sparkster rarely takes care of his hair, often shaving it all together when it gets too big. He also can grow sideburns, but his whiskers never grow to the point of forming a pseudo-moustache/beard, so he opts for shaving his sideburns.
* His favourite sweet is apple pie, and favourite food being a good ol' roasted chicken.
* Sometimes, mostly while travelling, Sparkster will chose to sleep upside down using his tail; he finds it more confortable when sleeping with his armour on.
* Sparskter knows how to cook, but in a very bland and tasteless way; spicing food is not something he knows.

## Gallery

Front view of Sparkster armour (Solar Gem at chesplate).Sparkster donning his goggles.Sparkster donning his full head helmet.Sparkster without his armour.