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| “ | Begone! We have found fresh purpose. For the KNIGHT has appeared. The KNIGHT that pulls the Fountains from the Earth. Holy Fountains, whose shadows are creating a new world... OUR world. | „ |
| ~ The King on the Knight. |
| “ | Until The KNIGHT Appeared... And Created This Wonderful World Of Darkness | „ |
| ~ Queen recalls the Knight creating the Cyberworld. |
The Knight is the main antagonist of the 2018 Indie game Deltarune.
It is the creator of the multiple Dark Fountains around Hometown that seeks to summon the Titans to destroy both the Light and Dark Worlds. It is also the cause of King and Queen's fall into tyranny and villainy, and it might have connections to the mysterious someone behind the secret bosses.
Appearance[]
The Knight's appearance is currently unknown, as it has not appeared yet in the game itself, only having been mentioned. However, it could be presumed that it resembles a knight given its name. We also know for a fact it has a hand.
Personality[]
Nothing about the Knight's personality is known. That said, it might or might not have the abilities to brainwash people. After creating the Dark Fountains, King and Queen started changing, with implications the Fountains have influenced them for the worse.
If it really did meet King face-to-face as speculated, it has shown itself to be manipulative, seeing as King now devoutly champions that if the balance of Light and Dark is shifted to the Dark, then the Darkners will rule the world, in spite of the consequences of what would truly happen if the balance was shifted.
History[]
Past[]
One day, the Knight went into the school's unused classroom and created a new Dark Fountain inside it. One of the four Kings of that classroom's Dark World witnessed this, and due to the Fountain's influence, started to change, becoming more evil and tyrannical. He locked up the three other kings in the dungeon underneath the Card Castle, and became the new Fountain's guardian. While King prides himself to be loyal to the Knight and that he will not fail it, it was never confirmed the two have met in person. Because of this, it remains unknown if the Knight directly assisted King with taking over the Card Kingdom, or if King is a delusional madman who projected his own desires onto the Knight.
Chapter 1[]
The Knight does not make a physical appearance in the demo, but it is referenced by four characters; Seam, the (unnamed) diamond king, Jevil, and King himself, each informing Kris, Ralsei, and Susie on how the Knight has impacted the Card Kingdom.
Seam is the first character that is able to mention the Knight to the party, explaining how after the Knight appeared, the Spade King locked up the other three kings, putting himself and his son into power. Once Jevil is defeated, they also state that Jevil had an encounter with a "strange someone". Soon after, he began saying things that both made and didn't make sense, viewing the world as a game and all as its participants. Seam was eventually ordered by the kings to imprison Jevil, which they succeeded in doing. Given how Jevil himself mentions the Knight, this proves the entity he contacted knows about the Knight and might even be it.
One of the imprisoned kings (presumably that of diamonds) recounts that the Knight's arrival was a catalyst for immense change.
Jevil mentions the Knight twice, with each mention corresponding of your method of neutralizing him. If defeated through pacifying, Jevil says that the Lightners shall have a nightmare awaken in their hearts "in the shadow of the Knight's hand". If overcome through violence, Jevil will proclaim that the Knight's hand is drifting ever closer.
King describes the Knight during his boss fight, attesting that the Knight's appearance has filled the void of purpose in Darkners that took hold once the Lightners abandoned them. He also claims that his attempt to shatter Kris' heart is "by the Knight's will", implying that he may have been directly commanded to do so.
Chapter 2[]
The Knight is responsible for creating the Fountain inside the library's computer lab, the Cyber World. Queen describes it as someone who pulls Fountains from the earth with their blade, and uses this information to figure out how Dark Fountains are made. It's also revealed that Spamton was driven insane by the same someone that drove Jevil mad, and as a result also knows about the Knight's existence. In his shop, Spamton was about to reveal something related to the Knight and communions, before being interrupted by the entity that drove him insane.
Possible Identities[]
W.D. Gaster[]
Gaster, the mysterious entity mentioned in both Undertale and Deltarune, could likely be revealed as the Knight. Gaster has many connections to the game, suspected to be the man behind the tree that gives you an egg if you walk back and forth through specific loading zones, the man who talks to you at the very start of the game during "character customization", and highly suspected to be the cause of Spamton and Jevil's fall to insanity. He is also suspected to be inside the bunker way outside of Hometown, which is locked, and assumed to be the final Dark World of the planned seventh chapter. Furthermore, if the theory of Gaster being the man behind the tree is to be believed, this may once again prove his identity as the Knight as Wingdings for “egg” is 👉👆👆, displaying the path in which the Knight piece moves.
Kris Dreemurr[]
Kris is suspected to be the Knight, as in the ending of Chapter 2, they tear out their SOUL and create a Dark World inside of their own house before putting the SOUL back inside. It also helps that they are human, and thus would have the DETERMINATION needed to make Dark Fountains.
Father Alvin Boom[]
Father Alvin is the priest of Hometown's church and son of Gerson Boom, a shopkeeper from Undertale who is deceased in Deltarune. He is suspected to be the Knight because of Spamton connecting the Knight to a "communion", him apparently planning to do something that fears would leave his father ashamed, and both the Card Kingdom and Cyber World being made in areas Alvin is connected to (a drawing belonging to him is in the abandoned classroom, and the library is apparently run by a "Ms. Boom", and thus Alvin's family).
December "Dess" Holiday[]
December, or Dess, is Noelle's big sister and daughter of Rudolph Holiday and a yet-unnamed mother who is Hometown's mayor. She apparently disappeared before the events of the game, traumatizing Noelle. Because of this, fans speculate she went into a Dark World and/or became the Knight.
Papyrus[]
Papyrus is the younger yet taller brother of Sans in Undertale. Although he has a shining presence in Undertale, being able to call him in any room and getting an insane amount of dialogue because of it, we have yet to see him in Deltarune. The game description mysteriously states he is "busy" and Sans constantly teases us about getting to hang out with his little brother, which - among other things - lead people to speculate Papyrus is the Knight or at least plays a major role. Furthermore, Papyrus’s main motivation for becoming a Royal Guard in Undertale was to gain admiration, so it would make sense that in Deltarune, he’d assume a similarly armoured persona to gain the admiration of the Darkners.
Mrs. Holiday[]
The mayor of Hometown and mother of Noelle, Mrs. Holiday could be potentially creating Dark Fountains as a way to find Dess following her disappearance, and it would explain why she's constantly busy and unavailable.
Ralsei[]
Ralsei is a very mysterious figure that seems to leave out a lot of information, whether for good intentions or bad is yet to be seen. He seems to be a Darkner, but unlike other darkners, he seems to be able to either walk out of the Dark World or teleport to other ones, as he shows up to Cyber City without explanation, unlike Lancer, who travels in Kris's pockets as a spades card. He seems to also be immune to petrification when being in a Dark World that isn't his own, though this might be due to the power of the Castle Town Fountain being able to house residents from other Dark Worlds. He also downplays Spamton NEO when he dies, knows prophecies that nobody else knows including Queen, and bears a striking resemblance to the Dreemurr family.
Any other Lightner[]
It seems that almost any non-darkner has somewhat of a chance be the Knight, as it seems if they know how to, they can create Dark Worlds. Berdly is stopped by Ralsei after trying to create one, so other Lightners seem more than likely to be such a culprit.
Trivia[]
- Despite being a knight, the Knight is most likely in a higher hierarchy than King, the ruler of the Card Kingdom, as the latter swore allegiance to the former, although it's unknown if they actually met.
- The Knight is referred to as "My Knight" by King, similar to how a monarch's subjects refer to them by "My Liege". This shows that the Knight is superior to King in status and hierarchy.
- The Knight was implied in Chapter 1 to be the only character powerful enough to create Fountains, but Queen claims anyone with enough determination could do it.
- The Knight's hand is mentioned a strange amount of times, but what significance the Knight's hand has in comparison to the rest of its (possible) body is unknown.
External Links[]
- Knight on the Deltarune Wiki
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