Knight

*For the organization known as "the Knights" for short, see Knights of the Spherical Table.*

## Knight

### Affiliations

* Ardentia Imperial Guard
* Princess's team

The **Knight** is a character in *Magical Girl Policy*. He lived in the long-dead Ardent Empire, so he is only seen through the Spirit Guard's visions, which obscure his actual name. He was the head of the Imperial Guard and ally to the Princess's team.

## Personality

The Knight took his duties very seriously, and is said to have been one of the few moral royals during the decline of the Ardent Empire.

## Abilities

As an Ardentia soldier, the Knight was trained in empathokinesis and possessed empathokinetic perception, though his actual abilities are not specified.

## Biography

### Background

During the last years of the Ardentia Civil War, the Princess and her allies formed their plan to let the Ardent Empire die in order to protect Earth from threats like Platicore, the Empress, and the Other Power. The plan required the team to be the last line of defense for the gateway to Earth, but the Princess wouldn't be able to convince the Empress to allow this herself since the two have been on bad terms. The Princess asked the Knight to convince her, as he had the Empress's ear. The Knight agreed, as though he did not know the full details of the plan, he could tell this was something important to the Princess that required his help. He convinced the Empress that she should be on the front lines of the final battle due to being the Empire's most powerful empathokinetic, and allow his own team to accompany the Princess's as the last line.

During the final battle for the gateway to Earth, the Knight and Soldier coordinated its defense. The Knight and a few of his most trusted lieutenants fought alongside the Princess, Soldier, and Shrine Maiden to keep Platicore's soldiers from sneaking past the Mender's barrier. They also turned away fleeing Ardentia, saying the gateway's warp wasn't ready yet. In actuality, the warp was ready and the Scholar worked to close it once her foci were planted for use by the eventual human reincarnations of the Princess's team. Once the lie was discovered, the Other Power drew closer, and the Empress turned on the Princess upon learning of her betrayal, the battle became chaotic. The link between gateways was successfully severed, with only a wounded Platicore managing to warp to Earth at the last moment. The Princess's team was slain by the Empress, and the Knight's team was presumably killed either in battle or by the Other Power overtaking the area.

### Week 1

Robert meets the Spirit Guard at the Standridge Hill Stone Circle, the Earth half of the gateway, to learn why he glowed during the Polygal attack. He is told the story of the Ardent Empire's downfall, as the Spirit Guard are reincarnated from the Princess's team. He retrieves one of the Scholar's stored foci, said to only be possible for such a reincarnation. His first thought is that he's reincarnated from the Knight, as Polygal had wondered aloud if Rob is some sort of ally to the Spirit Guard and he considers the Knight most similar to himself, but is told he's actually reincarnated from the Shrine Maiden and the one to become Spirit Guard Serenity.

## Relationships

### Princess

The Knight was exceptionally loyal to his Princess. He didn't know what her plan of being the last line of defense for the gateway to Earth fully entailed, but agreed to help her as it seemed to be a very important mission to her.

### Empress

The Knight notably had the trust of both the Princess and Empress, who had been at odds with each other. As a rare royal with strong morals, he was apparently less loyal to the corrupt Empress than to her daughter, as he convinced her to follow the Princess's plan, which even he didn't know the full details of.