Enter the Light Knight

*“This is a special shield, Timmy. We had it custom fit for your own abilities. You're the only left-handed knight in the academy, so we had to take some extra measures to make sure you succeed! I want you to be proud of this family, Timothy. Hold the salmon crest up to your heart with courage and stand in the face of evil with a smile. I didn't raise you to become a knight, but you followed in your own path, and I'm so proud of you. Have courage my boy and remember: Never to look down!”*

— Nicholas Rogers' advice to his son

## Enter the Light Knight

### Air date

2015 (old canon)
May 24th, 2022

### Director

G Frost

***Enter the Light Knight*** is the 1st episode of *Milo's Adventures*: *The Soldier of Light*, and 19th episode overall in *Legends of Ogaji*.

The original episode was written in 2015 under the title ***Introduction***, but was rewritten in May 2022 for this wiki.

## Synopsis

**Original:** *Timothy Rogers, a royal knight of Ogaji learns about his secret Destiny to lead Team Waters once again and put an end to Bamos' evil rule.*

**Revised:** *17 years since Bamos' defeat, and Team Waters was disbanded, the Ogaji Royal Family looks to the ancient texts to provide hope to an already hopeless land. When the Prophecy of the Hero of Light is uncovered, the Princess of Ogaji is frantic to find the fabled "Second Hero," who was destined to save them from Bamos' eventual return! Unfortunately, their haste to secure their fate leaves them open to an attack from a villain who was once thought long gone!*

## Prologue

In the deep dark corners of the Canyon of Demise, a rogue ninja walks through the caves in silence. He wears a red ninja gi, and holds a silver katana in his right hand.

His name is Jackson, and he has been hunting the Lord of Darkness for 14 years. Now in his late 20's, all he knows is the rough and tough life of the wild. He's been tracking Bamos down for so long— ever so close to finding him on several occasions.

It's been 14 years since he left his friend back at Hylia Village. He hadn't the heart to return there until he finished the job. He prayed to the Goddesses every night that his friend met a more favorable fate than he. Here in the Canyon of Demise, Jackson has finally tracked Bamos into a corner.

Jackson approached an old torn down cottage at the side of a cliff. He pulled down his ninja mask, revealing his bright red hair, that's grown so long now that it's been pulled back into a ponytail. His gruff unshaven face and dark eyes were a sign that he hasn't slept or bathed in weeks. His heart was pounding. Bamos was near.

He entered the dark cottage silently, and crept toward the back wall, where a single candle was lit.

There sat the Knight of Darkness himself... but he didn't look the same as he did 17 years ago when Jackson saw him last. A once almighty being, made of pure black energy, who stood tall and confident in his knights-wear... Now slumped over on a broken down chair... His helmet removed to reveal unkempt black hair... His face, once empty and formless, now showed the age and despair of an old old man. His powers were fading. His end was nigh.

Jackson snared his teeth at the wizard. Both of them worn out by time, neither one of them wanting to end their lives in the dark and dusty cottage they both found themselves in.

"I finally found you." Jackson growled. The anger in his voice reached Bamos, and made him twitch his head, "Do you know," he continued, "how long I've searched? For how long I've been tracking you down, waiting for this moment?"

Bamos remained silent. He only stared at the dimly lit candle in his hands... His hands, once pitch dark, now almost fading away.

"I'm going to end this right here and right now. This is for everyone— everyone you've hurt... Milo, Zane, Junior, Machi, Nicholas... Father... And everyone else who had the misfortune of meeting you!" Jackson raised his sword and swung it down on Bamos' head.

What happened next was swift. Jackson stared at the empty couch, where only moments ago the frail and decrepit lord of darkness sat. His sword was no longer in his hand but...?

Bamos appeared behind him, and forced Jackson's own blade lodged in his own skull.

"Gugh... Ugh..." Jackson sputtered out and fell to the ground.

"Weakness. Time may have weathered me around the edges, but even still, no mortal boy like yourself has any right to disgrace me." Bamos spit on Jackson's dying body. "I have bided my time, and all but one of you has fallen... It is time to finish what I started."

Bamos exited the cottage, leaving Jackson to die alone. He headed for the Ogaji Royal Palace, ready to end the battle he started all those years ago...

## *Enter the Light Knight*

Church bells ring throughout all of Hylia Village. It's been almost twenty years to the day since there has been any kind of "incident," but Ogajians remain cautious to the outside world. I joined the royal guard when I was 13 years old and went through rigorous training to prepare for some horrible event, but 6 years later and nothing has happened yet.

My dad used to tell me stories about the great Hero of Light, and how him and his group of friends, the Elemental Masters, once faced off against the Dark Lord himself... It must have been crazy to live in those times, but I sure am glad we've had years of peace. Those stories he told me have been passed down over the years, so some of the specifics have gotten a little muddied- but they are what inspired me to join the Ogaji Royal Guard. My dad was definitely hesitant to let me join for a while, but after I showed huge potential with a sword and shield, he let it fly. I guess everything works out?

"Hey, Rogers, quit day dreaming! The ceremony starts in thirty minutes!" a higher guard yells to me, snapping me out of my trance.

I'm sat perched up in front of a mirror in the knight's quarters in the dungeons of the Royal Palace. The other knights and I are meant to attend a "royal knighting" to pronounce one of our superiors as the new head knight.

"Oh, my bad!" I shot up out of my seat, stumbling out of the room and up the stairwell. I reconvened with the rest of the royal guard and took my seat at one of the pews inside the chapel. It was noisy as all hell, I guess people were pretty damn excited about this whole thing. Banners and ribbons decorated the walls of the palace everywhere where there was space, and the color green was especially prominent. The Ogajian symbol for "courage" was just about everywhere too. I feel like I've seen that somewhere before, but I can't put my finger on it.

One of the other knights behind me pokes me on the back trying to get my attention,

"Yo, Tim. Who do you think they're gonna announce as the new Hero of Light, huh? I've been hearing that it's gonna be Jonah. Hey, didn't you actually beat him in a sparring match?" he whispered to me.

"What?" I asked, "What do you mean, 'new' Hero of Light? You can't be serious--"

"Dude, hush, I think it's about to start!" he shut me up and we both turned our attention to the altar. The beautiful Princess Zea and her master at arms, Maxwell, faced the rest of us with gleeful smiles. In the Princess' hand she held a royal silk pillow with a stunning green gem sat right in the middle of it. On the gem I could just barely make out the symbol for "courage," that's been plastered all over the palace. The murmur of the crowd grew dead silent as she prepared to speak.

"Good afternoon, royal subjects. This is a very, very special evening, because tonight I want to introduce to you your new courageous savior! It's been almost twenty years since our great country felt the horrible hand of darkness cover the divine light that lives inside of us all... Twenty years ago, a great and wise hero, Milo Rivers, once stood up to defend our land from evil. Twenty years ago..." she trailed off.

Blah blah... We've all heard this before. The rest of the guards who are around my age and younger have been hearing this since the day we were born. Twenty years ago, Milo and his Elemental Masters unlocked the power of divine light and vanquished evil from the land. That's all well and good, but it gets kind of annoying hearing it almost every damn day at this point.

I turned to look at one of my friends in the same row as me and put my hand up to my head and twirled it around, indicating how annoying this was. He started giggling but was quickly shut up by one of our superiors. I turned to look back at the altar.

The princess continued, "ever since then, our country has lived in fear that the evil hand of darkness would rise up again, but no longer! As of late, an ancient prophecy has been revealed to us. It states that in order, three great heroes of wisdom, courage, and power, will take their stand against the Dark Lord. Each of them will fail before being brought together among their allies to vanquish the great evil forever!"

All around me the crowd started to rumble. I could make out bits and pieces of what they were yammering about.

"Three heroes?"

"Did she say they all fail??"

"Who will be the second hero?"

I turned to my friend who poked me from behind earlier and scowled, "did you already know about this?" I asked.

"Of course I did, dude! Jonah has been bragging about it to everyone!" he said.

Jonah... Hmm. I scanned the crowd around me and noticed no sign of him. Jonah was one of my superiors, he was a year ahead of me in the knight's academy, but I could easily beat him in a one-on-one. Pretty much everyone knows that, but they can't promote me to anything because technically I haven't graduated yet. What's with them making such a big stink about some guy who gets beat by a kid? That jerk walks around like he owns the place but pretty much everyone sees through him.

"It is with great pleasure," the princess continued, "to introduce the head of our council of royal knights, and successor to the great Hero of Light: Jonah!"

The crowd clapped and cheered as that blond show-off jerk walked on stage. He was flashing his pearly white teeth like he owned the place and bowed in front of Her Royal Highness. Are you kidding me? *This* guy is going to succeed Milo Rivers as our new hero?

"This is ridiculous..." I muttered under my breath. Over the cheering and hollering of the rest of the crowd, I could just barely make out the muttering of the people sat directly in front of me.

"... I heard the princess is in a rush to announce to the new hero..."

"... is that why they were so quick to announce Jonah as the new Hero of Light? Is he even qualified...?"

The loud cheering and clapping of the crowd slowed and came to a halt as the princess raised her hand in the air. Jonah got off his knee and placed his palm over the glorious green gem-- I guess it was an emerald, to commemorate his royal knighting.

"Do you, Jonah, royal knight of Ogaji, solemnly swear to uphold your predecessor Milo's wishes in recovering the lost Elemental Masters of this world and vanquishing the great lord Bamos?" the princess asked.

"I do." Jonah said with a smile. What a jerk.

"And do you also promise to uphold the laws of our country, and protect those who cannot protect themselves?"

There was a low rumbling coming from outside. What the hell is that?

"I do." Jonah replied.

"Then I pronounce you Jonah, the second Hero of Light, soldier to the Goddess Earthra-" The princess suddenly got cut off, as the walls behind us exploded.

The whole crowd gasped, and the princess was quickly ushered away by her master at arms. The rest of the knights and myself drew our weapons to prepare for attack, but Jonah put his hand up to call us off.

As the dust cleared, two older men stood in what remained of the doorway. One of them wore a red sleeveless shirt with the letter "M" stitched into the middle of it, and his glossy black hair was fashioned in a pompadour. His associate was a bulging beastly man with long unkempt black hair. Both of them had fair skin. They were from the desert.

"Well, lookey here!" the younger man shouted. A fancy-shmancy knighting ceremony right here in the village! How sweet!" he raised a large weapon in the air and fired it into the ceiling, causing the crowd that hasn't evacuated already to gasp and cower in fear.

Jonah took several steps forward and furrowed his eyebrows.

"What business do you have here in the palace!" he loudly demanded. I rolled my eyes at him and saw one of the other knights' smirks at me.

The man with the funny hair pursued his lips and raised an eyebrow, then laughed maniacally.

"Damn! Y'all really don't remember me? It is I! Mojo, Prince of the Desert! My partner, Belkoff, and I invaded this here castle just about twenty years ago today! We promised we'd be back, you know, and this time we are prepared! We've got ourselves a new friend..." he motioned behind him, where a man dressed entirely in black stood in the midst of the rubble.

No... It can't be. I only knew him from the legend... The man without a face. The bringer of evil, the embodiment of shadows... The Dark Lord.

Jonah was undeterred, and kept his sword raised, "I said what *business* do you have here!" he reiterated.

The man called Mojo and his partner bellowed out another laugh, and motioned to the Dark Lord behind him, "This here is our good acquaintance. I'm sure you know him by many names but the one he prefers to be called... is Bamos."

Bamos looked almost exactly like he had been described to me. A man made completely out of darkness. He had no face and no discernable qualities to him besides the fact that he resonated pure unfiltered evil. I gripped my sword in my left hand and my shield in the other and felt the sweat drip from my forehead. I don't think I've ever been more scared in my entire life.

Jonah stepped forward once again without taking his eyes off of the villains that stood before him. If I were in his shoes, I would be scared shitless. I don't think I can even move my legs from where I'm standing right now. I guess that must be why they promoted him and not me, huh?

"I'm only going to ask one more time." Jonah said, "state your business."

The bigger man, Belkoff, began to stride towards Jonah, and picked up speed. Jonah braced for impact, but it wasn't nearly enough to block a blow from this hulking mass of a man. Jonah was knocked backwards with such force that his sword was knocked clean out of his hand, and he knocked his head on the marble altar that was behind him. The rest of the knights around me started swarming the man, but he knocked each and every one of them off like flies. I still couldn't move; my legs were glued to the floor.

"Hahaha, you show them, Belkoff!! Bamos and I are gonna go after the princess!" Mojo bellowed and ran past where Belkoff was knocking away the other royal knights with ease.

Jonah was just barely able to stand back up and bared his sword at the brute. He ran to him screaming, but Belkoff grabbed him by the throat before his blade could even brush against the dark hairs on his arm. The man smiled big and wide, showing off his disgusting rotting teeth, as he crunched Jonah's neck with his bare fists. He dropped Jonah's body and it fell to the floor, completely limp. The other knights and I stared in horror as the brute triumphantly followed his two allies out of the chamber, stepping over Jonah's corpse on the way.

As he exited the room, I fell to the floor in panic. I couldn't breathe, my heart was pounding out of my chest, and the chainmail armor I wore under my cloak was sticking to my skin with sweat. Some of the other guards looked back at me before they hesitantly followed the brute and his allies out of the chamber. Out that door was the stairwell to the tower, where the princess was most likely held up... Bamos and his two goons were headed there now, followed by the rest of the knights in my class...

*They're gonna be totally crushed*.... I thought. *I'm such a coward... I can't ... I can't...* I kept telling myself. None of my training has prepared me for this. I was scared out of my damn mind. The bodies of my classmates and superiors were scattered all around me like crops in a field. I couldn't bear to look at where Jonah's body lied limp on the ground. God! What a damn jerk! Getting promoted like that with a whole ceremony, just to be ki... I don't want to even think it. Everyone I went to the academy with, all my friends, and the princess will be sitting ducks in that tower ...

The glare of the setting sun through the window caught the lining of my shield that sat in front of me face up. It was the salmon shield that my dad gave me for my 15th birthday. He told me years ago to look at the salmons when I felt angry, hurt, or scared, and to think of him... I could hear his voice in my mind.

"This is a special shield, Timmy. We had it custom fit for your own unique build. You're the only left-handed knight in the academy, so we had to take some extra measures to make sure you succeed!" my dad laughed, "I want you to be proud of this family, Timothy. Hold the salmon crest up to your heart with courage and stand in the face of wrongdoers with a smile. I didn't raise you to become a knight, but you followed in your own path, and I'm so proud of you. Have courage my boy."

Remembering my father's words to me when I was a kid filled me with adrenaline. That's when I noticed that in the center of the shield there was the symbol for courage, the same symbol decorated around the entire palace. That's what it's all about. No matter how scared I was or how much I know for a fact I'm gonna get my face kicked in, I have to act.

I picked my sword and shield back up and darted off to the exit up to the tower. My legs moved without thinking, and I was flooded with emotions. I passed through the doorway up to the steps and found it drenched with my comrade's blood. My heart was banging around in my chest like a rabid animal at the zoo, but I pressed on.

Up the steps I could hear the grunting and fighting of the other knights against the behemoth.

*This is it.*

I reached the top chamber and found that the last defense against these villains was the princess' Master at Arms, Maxwell. In his hands he clutched a royal spear, shaking and sweating like a pig.

Mojo hopped around the room and swung his knife around like a madman, "Let me have the princess! Oh, how I've dreamed of cutting through her soft pretty face!" he chuckled.

Suddenly, Mojo and Belkoff were thrust backwards by some sort of dark magic.

Finally, the Dark Lord spoke, "Be silent." he breathed. His voice was cold and wretched. As he spoke, I could make out the outline of a face on his head. His "mouth" was wide open, and his eyebrows were furrowed. He was furious. I remained hidden behind a pillar, so as not to be seen. I kept my eyes on the villains in front of me and tried as hard as I could not to look at the fallen knights that lay motionless on the landing around me.

Mojo gasped for air as he was held to the wall with black magic.

"But- but master! Wh-why?? We waited..." he gasped for air again, "twenty years for this... we rejuvenated you... You owe us!!"

Bamos didn't take his eye off of the princess, and kept an arm pointed to the two he thrust against the wall.

"You served me well to get into this palace. My power wanes, I could not have done it alone." he spoke softly. He wasn't furious before... No... He was... euphoric?

"I have waited twenty years to get my hands on the princess. She is the means by which my power shall return to me. Her royal blood will be what rejuvenates me... This realm will soon be mine. I owe you nothing but a thanks for allowing me to achieve this goal. Your services are no longer required." Bamos said, thrusting his hand to the right, which moved Mojo and Belkoff in that direction straight out of a stained-glass window.

I recoiled at the shattering of glass and the screams of the two villains as they fell from the highest point in the tower... Holy shit... There's no way I'm going to make it out of this alive...

Bamos stepped closer to the princess, knocking Maxwell out of the way as he approached.

Then Bamos started to come closer and closer to me. No, wait, or was it me getting closer to him?

Without thinking, my legs carried me over from my hiding spot to confront the Dark Lord. I raised my sword and shield in my hands and prepared for attack, but I was stopped by Bamos' dark magic and thrust backwards into the stone wall behind me. He saw me coming from a mile away and knocked me down without even glancing towards me.

My skull would have been crushed against the wall if I didn't block it using my dad's shield, and I went in for another attack. This time, Bamos turned to me, and now I could very clearly make out his facial features. He wasn't lying before; his power must be being drained or something. This wasn't a man made of pure darkness, he was just obscured by the shadows. This is who I've been afraid of all this time?

"Why must you pester me, boy?!" he bellowed. For the incarnation of evil, he sure was impatient.

I wiped blood off of my lips and said nothing as I raised my sword over my head and went in for another strike. I didn't care if I could kill him, and I didn't care if he killed me. There was nothing on my mind except defending the princess.

Bamos reeled and attempted to attack using his fists, but suddenly the entire room lit up, and I was blinded. I couldn't make out where either the princess or her guard was, when I realized the light was coming from me!

The light faded into my blade, and I was able to see Bamos lying on the ground unconscious. His dark magic flickered, and I could make out the human form underneath his evil persona.

"Woah..." I finally said. That power... it came from ...

Princess Zea got up and took my hand. I noticed that my palm was bruised from gripping onto my sword so tightly and saw the princess' lips move but nothing came out. The room got dark, and I fell unconscious.

....

I woke up with a start, lying on the ground, I noticed I was surrounded by bright white light. I took a closer look around and realized it was... clouds?

I sat up, a figure watches me unfold from a seat in a great arena. The figure wears blue and has unmistakable red hair that falls onto his forehead, and on his back a brilliant golden sword.

"... Hello?" I called to him. I could barely make out his face, but there was some sense of familiarity to him...

The man spoke with a bellowing voice- not in a yell, but assertive, with all the confidence in the world.

"Your time has come, Timothy Rogers. There is a power within you that is unmistakable. I have waited 20 years to meet you. Have courage. Be the light. I hope to see you again soon."

What did he just say? He's waited this long to meet *me*?

"What do you mean, 'be the light'? What the hell are you talking about?" I stammered before suddenly the clouds engulfed me and I was whisked away from this place.

....

"Ugh..." I groaned. I slowly opened my eyes and found myself in the infirmary in the palace. How long was I out...? Was that just a dream...?

"Oh thank the Goddesses, you're awake!" the princess said from the side of me. She was sitting at my side, with Maxwell standing behind her watching me.

"What... happened?" I asked. I winced in pain as I said that; I guess I still have a bruised lip.

The princess smiled softly and looked from her master at arms to me, then took my hand and said, "I'm sorry... We put you and the other guards through so much... The Dark Lord and the thieves from the desert must have known about the ceremony because we put up such a show... We wanted to put on a brave face in front of evil, not give them a reason to come knocking on our front door..." she looked down at her lap. She must have felt horrible for setting up that ceremony only to have half of her army killed in battle.

Maxwell piped up from behind her, "... the bodies of the two men from the desert and the Dark Lord have not been found... I'm afraid to say that they are currently missing..." he had a thick foreign accent, not unlike the two goons that accompanied Bamos. He must have also hailed from the desert as well.

I grit my teeth, "shit!" I spoke, "I'm... I'm so sorry... I didn't..." I trailed off, "Shit. If I hadn't been such a chicken, I could have saved them..."

"No!" the princess yelled, looking back up, "I am the one who should apologize! You were brave to confront evil when all hope was lost... It was my mistake to put so much stake in this ceremony... And I am more than embarrassed to have prematurely picked someone to fit the prophecy before it was foretold..."

"So... that light that came from my sword... Does that mean...?" I didn't want to believe it.

The princess smiled, "that's right. It should have been you, Timothy. You are the true Hero of Light."

I leaned back in my bed, slammed my head into the pillow, and sighed. Holy shit.

## Cast

* Bamos
* Belkoff
* Earthra (mentioned)
* Garuhi Junior (mentioned)
* Jackson Smith (flashback, death)
* Jonah (first appearance, death)
* Nicholas Rogers (flashback)
* Maxwell Robins (first appearance)
* Milo Rivers
* Mojo Robins
* Timothy Rogers (first full appearance)
* Princess Zea (first appearance)

## Locations Visited

* Ogaji
	+ Hylia Village
		- Rogers Household
		- Ogaji Royal Palace
			* Guard's Quarters
			* Chapel
	+ Desert of Thieves (mentioned)
	+ Laauqra Desert (mentioned)
* Sacred Realm
	+ Chamber of Heroes

## Author's Notes

* The title of this episode is a reference to the title of the first episode, "Enter the Hero of Light"
* In the Old Canon version of this episode, Milo Rivers was originally alive.
	+ The story went that Milo was training his successor to be the new Hero of Light, but in his old age he went mad, and killed the princess by accident. Because of this, Milo was put on trial and executed.
	+ Also in the original episode is where I planned to have the soul of the princess become what would eventually be the Third Hero of Light.
		- Funny that I knew that the third protagonist would be a girl since the first episode of this season!
* Maxwell Robins, who appears in this episode for the first time, was originally just a dude I used from an old LEGO Monster Hunter set.
* Princess Zea is based on Princess Zelda from *The Legend of Zelda* series.
	+ Jonah is based on the character Link from the same series.
		- The original idea for Jonah was that the second Hero of Light would wear green to complete the trifecta of having a blue, green, and red hero (similar to how the Triforce pieces of Wisdom, Courage, and Power were of those respective colors) but that was scrapped mid episode to go for blue again in the form of Timothy taking over as the hero.
			* I remember originally writing the episode with Jonah being the second hero in mind and realizing I didn't like the direction he was taking me. Timothy was a character at the same time and I made the plot up of Jonah being the false hero.
		- In fact, the idea that the Triforce pieces were implemented into the series was long running up until pretty recently. I opted to change the Hero of Wisdom (Milo) into the Hero of Balance, the Hero of Courage (Timothy,) into the Hero of Life, and the Hero of Power (Kaitlin) remained the same.
			* In the same regard, the three Goddesses Auqra, Earthra, and Fira were originally named Nayru, Farore, and Din.
* This is the last season where *The Legend of Zelda* had major inspiration on it.
	+ In hindsight, I feel like those kinds of stories led to my best creativity, so I'm kind of bummed I never explored that potential in any other season following this one.

**The Hero of Light**

**Spinjitzu Club**

**The Soldier of Light**

**Chronicles of G**

**Last Light**

**Children of Destiny**

**Doomsday**