Knights and Armors

I: Knights

Regular knights are those armored foes that you'll find patrolling certain areas of the castle, blocking and cluttering up platforms. These types of knights, undead or not, are always in command of one type of weapon in which they've mastered.

Basic Knights

What's inside the armor? Is there a living presence or is the armor possessed? In either case, basic knights march endlessly, patiently, on the platforms to which they're stationed, armed with different types of spears for the occasion; the most advanced of these knights can use their spears to stab through ceiling structures. While tougher than basic knights, most of the below are programmed with these attributes in mind.

Alternate Names/Forms: Black Knight

Advanced Knights

By the time of John Morris' adventure, knights had learned all types of new skills due to the advancement of technology. These assemly-line knights may emulate attacks patented by past versions, but this particular grouping is a brand all its own. They are the following (from left to right):

Bow and Arrow Knight: These stationary kneeling knights accurately fire arrows in perfect arcs. They're quick to reload, and they attack in groups--in this case, it's easy to get caught in a barrage of arrows.

Axe Knight

With their increased amount of armor and accessories, axe knights are known to be slow but powerful. While they've over the years gained new forms of offensive, heightened effectiveness and even increased attributes, their most recurring ability is the axe toss, where they throw forward an axe high or low before it returns to the sender, sometimes in opposite polarity. They have to their ranks members with different names and forms (as listed below):

Axe Arm: This rare form of axe knight has its axe embedded onto its left arm via a linked chain. It attacks by extending the axe forward, over a fairly long distance, and holding it in place before retracting.

Axe Armor and Axe Lord: Axe Armor (blue), the lesser form, forgoes the axe toss and instead toss axes in an arc; they supplement this ability with the axe charge, where they dart forward with axe flailing. Axe Lords (red) are tougher yet stick strictly to axe charging, which is more difficult to thwart before execution due to the knight's toughness.

	Alternate Names/Forms: Axe Lord, Axe Armor, Axe Armor Lv2, Axe Man, Great Axe Armor, Old Axe Armor &
	DoubleAxe Armor

Chucking Knights

This form of knight always remains stationary as it does its job--to pick up and accurately throw a certain projectile your way:

Bomb Knight: These knights throw an endless stream of bombs your way, each exploding over a fair distance upon impact. They're virtually useless when stationed within narrow passageways.

Alternate Names/Forms: Rock Armor and Bomber Armor

Cloaked Knight

These mysterious yet sinister cape-clad figures fly through the air wielding their swords. They have to their madness a method: In cagily parrying, one will toss its swords in the heroes' general direction, cluttering the area, where it will hover until the knight charges to retrieve it. Due to said abilities, cloaked knights work most effectively when teamed with Medusa heads and other equally flighty enemies.

Alternate Names/Forms: Flying Armor

Clubbing Knight

These armored grisly knights hide behind slabs of stone or any other camouflaged area--they don't do that good a job of remaining concealed, however--and then they pop out unexpectedly to bat you over the head with their clubs when you pass underneath. Though hidden, they can still be struck from afar.

Corner Guard

Corner Guards are a special breed of knight that specializes in fighting on uneven ground. Their movement is of course relegated to sliding up and down the stairways and hills that they guard; they attack by sliding down with a sword stab or by reaching back for a quick swipe. Jumping over a corner guard is tricky, because their mobility is such that they can quickly move upward to cut off an airborne hero.

Alternate Names/Forms: Hill Guard

Crossbow Knight

These are fairly advanced knights that master in using a crossbow while either standing and kneeling--they always remain in their initial position. To throw you off, they'll fire only one arrow a couple of times in a row before quickly firing two at a time. While this makes them fairly predictable, they're tough to defeat when among crossbow knights placed in an opposite position.

Flame Knight

When certain knights become victims to falling chandeliers, they become enflamed. Defensively-minded, they remain at a distance and swipe forward with their now-flaming swords when the opportunity arises. Their most effective attack is to rip their swords across the ground, which causes a wave of flame to trek along the surface.

Golem Knight

This breed of knight is made up of barbarians armed with mace-like clubs. They patrol a given area and lunge forward on sight, in a burst, clubbing the victim with an axe handle blow. They can protect themselves for longer durability by ducking their heads; they do this because a direct unguarded hit will kill them in one shot.

Red Axe Armor

The red axe armor may look and attack exactly like a typical axe knight (with axes tossed high and low, returning in opposite polarity), but there's one significant difference: A red axe armor is a warrior powered by blood (an advancement inspired by evil's success with blood skeletons) and cannot be killed. When temporarily immobilized, it will collapse into a pile of armor and then seconds later pull itself back together.

Valhalla Knight

These bloodthirsty undead knights ride around on their equally undead horses, seeking eternal combat. Their range is limited to riding only over a marked territory--they'll travel back and forth over a fixed distance. While they have no special abilities, they tend to show up unexpectedly and, because of their speed, are difficult to track down for an attack.

Alternate Names/Forms: Dullahan, Dead Warrior & Nightmare

II: Armors

This is simply the next level of knight, more heavily armored and more equipped in that regard. Mostly, they're similar in terms of their march-forward-at-all-costs mentality and in their propensity to overwhelm you with their girth.

Copper Armor

This hollow adversary will prove to be anything but. The persistent copper armor has only a short sword in hand, but it can use it in three different ways: (1) It can unleash a furious sword swipe. (2) It can point the sword outward and use it for a jumping attack. Or (3) it can execute a long-distance sliding dash. While its offense is typical of most other enemies in this regard, copper armor is simply tougher and more efficient.

Crossbow Armor

Bulkiness plus a long-range weapon is a dangerous combination, and crossbow armor is proof. This armored warrior is equipped with a crossbow that fires exploding bolts; so while one must get close to engage an enemy of such toughness, there's the constant fear of an unexpected explosion. The advanced form, buster armor, only magnifies such a fear with its devastating missiles, which can thankfully be redirected, sent back to harm and possibly destroy the sender.

Dead Crusader

The dead crusader is a tough zombie warrior bearing a sturdy shield. The crusader will upon the hero's execution of a move immediately flash said shield and guard against the attack, no matter its impact point. Attempts to overwhelm it will fail, as it will continue blocking all successive attacks. The only way to damage a crusader is to catch it off-guard with attacks that can't be predicted.

Elemental Armors

Elemental armors are a variety that never back down as they march forward. This brand of armor uses their swords to execute elemental attacks. From left to right, they are:

Thunder Armor: When it swings its sword forward, a heat-seeking lightning ball will emerge from its tip. The armor won't wait around for you to dodge it, though, as it'll keep generating more and more lightning balls.

Earth Armor: Earth Armor doesn't use its sword to strike forward or blast projectiles; instead, it rips the blade along the ground, which causes a mini-quake that waves forward along the surface, and it doesn't cease until it hits a wall or leaves sight.

Flame Armor: Flame Armors' swords become engulfed in flames when they reach back and swing forward. When the sword crashes into the ground, it sends a flame waving along at a short distance.

Ice Armor: Ice Armor will show up in watery areas. They're swordless, so they'll rely on their frost ability to create ice-like javelins using the water; they'll throw two of these forward is succession, one high and then one low. If contact is made, you'll be turned to ice temporarily, susceptible to heavy damage.

Forest Armor: The Forest Armor follows the pattern of regular armor--that is, marching forward slowly before releasing a timed attack. In this case, it stops and discharges long, danky weeds from its wrist. The tip of each weed expands to try to grab you, and this lasts for a prolonged period.

Holy Armor: This type of armor quickly lifts its sword to midrange. After pointing the sword forward, it'll send a holy blast forward in the form of a beam. Considering its closed-in location, there'll be little room and time to react.

Stone Armor: Both the armor and the projectiles it throws are comprised of stone. It has no sword, as you'd expect, so it relies on throwing those big stones, one after another, arcing in your direction. If you stay at a distance, you'll be unable to strike it, but if you get too close, a stone may land on your head.

Wind Armor: The Wind Armor are both fast and strong. They're so fast, in fact, that one swing of their sword through the brisk air can cause a large wind wave forward at a good distance. Good timing will be required to successfully dodge the storm and finish one off.

White Armor: White Armor is the strongest of all armors. Its laser attacks are very reminiscent of Holy Armor--that's to say powerful but not really as hard to dodge as other armors' attacks. But White Armor's toughness cannot be denied, and contact with it or its sword and laser will be crippling.

Poison Armor: This rather annoying armor can use its sword to send a thick, poisonous acid cloud forward; each cloud will follow you wherever you go until it evaporates. The armor itself will release a new cloud right when the last one fully dries up, so there's little time to focus on the armor.

Dark Armor: Dark Armor will stop suddenly and blast three waves of dark energy from their swords, this in any of three directions--up, down and forward; with this kind of command, you're not safe on platforms above or below.

Devil Armor: Despite its intimidating name, the Devil Armor is nothing more than a stronger version of Dark Armor. Unlike its weaker counterpart, the Devil Armor can blast dark energy from its sword in continuous streams.

Lion

The heavily armored lions seem like they're studying your positioning as they slyly glide back and forth over a small area. When you get within their range, they'll slide-dash and take a huge claw-swipe forward--this attack is so quick, in fact, that you'll only see a blur. It'll quickly regroup and restart the pattern.

Mace Knights

These burly knights slowly lumber about while swinging their iron balls through the air. When you come near, they'll fling the iron ball towards you, which will surely result in a bang; the bulkier versions have more command on this attack as they seem to make it float through the air, leaving it to linger before pulling it back; that said, some in the class of the latter are better known as "Heavy Armor," and they swing the iron balls overhead for longer periods and toss them for much greater impact.

Alternate Names/Forms: Plate Lord & Heavy Armor

Spear Guard

Spear guards are better trained than regular knights, and they don't play around. They'll rapidly twirl their naginata spears in order to block attacks while planning their own; that is, they can either stab the spear forward for a quick poke or wildly swing it overhead--if the overhead swipe connects, you'll be sent flying far back. They're not limited to in-close combat as they can also stab the spears through ceilings and floors to reach you.

Alternate Names/Forms: Armor Knight

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