preface:
Knights, as a symbol of bravery and loyalty, their brave and righteous images are frequent visitors to literary works, including many games involving Western culture, and the image or title of knight will also appear, and the glory of the king is no exception.
But because Western culture is not the subject, there are few mentions of knights in the game, and there are only seven skins involving knight titles except for the paladin Arthur.
Today, Brother Panda will talk about the origin of these only eight knights and their literary prototypes
Paladin Arthur
Listening to the name, the old Arthur is based on King Arthur of ancient Britain, the only hero in the game involved in the title of knight. In the backstory, Arthur is the leader of the Paladins in the Land of Warriors and the reincarnation of King Arthur.
But in fact, the title of "Paladin" comes from the medieval English Charlemagne, originally referring to Charlie's twelve loyal knights, and later in chivalric culture generally refers to those elite knights who are powerful, loyal and of high character.
Because of this, many literary works associate paladins with holy lights, and Arthur's skills and lines include words such as holy swords and holy lights.
With the exception of Arthur, the other seven are all skins with the word knight, which has little to do with the hero himself.
Arthur Death Knight
The first free skin, and the only one with the same special effects but exclusive lines, the image copy . . . Borrowing from the Lich King Alsace of the Warcraft series, the poster is also a CG from the Wrath of the Lich King.
In the skin voice, "The first of the friends list is the Lich King", which can be seen as a tribute.
This skin is the only skin that has a relationship with the hero, arthur for some reason fell into the death knight, is also paying tribute to Alsace, is it reasonable?
The concept of "Death Knight" comes from the Warcraft series, originally referring to an orc shaman resurrected by the evil energy of the Burning Legion, belonging to a puppet. In Warcraft 3, Alsace was depraved by a paladin to have the first living Death Knight.
Most of the Death Knight classes in World of Warcraft were also descended from the original race to receive the power of the Lich King, including the Grand Lord Mogherini. And the skin voice also has "Death Knight, not Dead Knight." ”
Arthur tide play Knight King
In fact, there is nothing to say about this, the battle order theme comes from the toy fairy tale, the main body is The skin of Miledi, this is a first-level battle order skin that fits the theme of the battle order, and the title of knight is only because the hero is Arthur.
If it is another hero, such as HouYi out of a tide to play ranger, Liu Chan out of a tide to play mecha or something is not impossible ~ ~
Taiyi Zhenren/Shield Mountain Knight of the Round Table
Companion/Brave quality skin, only in the style of British Knight armor in appearance, nothing else.
And this cheap skin, there will be no special backstory ...
In fact, the "Knights of the Round Table" also comes from the legend of King Arthur, who are a group of high-ranking knights under King Arthur, who conduct discussions and gatherings at King Arthur's large round table, so they are called Knights of the Round Table.
There is no distinction between high and low in the round table, even King Arthur himself, symbolizing fairness, which is also the origin of the modern "round table".
There is no limit to the number of Knights of the Round Table, and King Arthur's elite Knights numbered at nearly two hundred at the most.
However, the most famous is that there are 12 people, and there are currently 12 male heroes whose main class is auxiliary in the game, and maybe they will give each auxiliary a round table knight skin in the future, but it is unlikely, after all, even the golden 12th house is not yet out.
And maybe, Shield Mountain is actually that table...
Guan Yu Knight of the Apocalypse, Xiahou Huan Knight of War
This can be seen as a series in which the New Testament Apocalypse contains four knights representing plague, war, famine, and death, and they are portrayed in many Western magic film and television game works.
The representative of death among the four knights is the green horse knight, which was thought to be a gray horse in the old days, in short, the lifeless color when the creature dies, while Guan Yu's apocalyptic knight rides a gray horse, and the eyes of the man and the horse emit an evil red light, lifeless, as if they came from the underworld to spread fear and death to the human world.
The overall style and the second master's loyalty are completely out of tune, plus it is a companion skin with no special effects, which is basically no one uses.
Xiahou Huan's war knight's original body is composed of magma, as if returning from a fiery hell, and red is the main color, and the representative of the war is the red horse knight, a lord with a large knife, who uses a large knife to bring war and destruction.
The other two are the white horse knight with a bow and the black horse knight with a balance, representing plague and famine respectively, but as far as the current situation is concerned, there will be basically no more skins in this series.
First, there is no suitable hero, and the symbol of these two is really not good. In the international version, that is, the legendary duel AoV, there is a plague knight Who is a pterodactyl, but a pterodactyl, and the skill is not plague, but a poison similar to the flat magpie.
Mozi Dragon Knight
The most expensive of the eight knights, the special effects are also the most abundant, but the game does not mention any background story, the official website skin appreciation has not been updated for a long time, the background story is not known, only mentioned on the skin display page is the guardian of the dragon clan, that's all.
For the meaning of the word "dragon knight", the most common is the warrior riding the dragon in Western magic literature, but there are other meanings, such as the dragon knight in Final Fantasy, which actually refers to the warrior who hunts the dragon.
There is also a warrior who has the power of a dragon or is a warrior of the dragon clan like Dota's dragon knight David, or is a dragon warrior himself, and the dragon knight Mozi also belongs to this category, but the original painting does have two warriors riding dragons.
Panda has something to say:
As the "first brother" in the game, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the benchmark of the entire game industry, and it has been controversial in recent years.
But we have to admit that the glory of kings has actually done better and better, especially in terms of cultural output.
In the past, in order to cater to the market, it was full of Western magic colors, but in recent years, many skins are very distinctive Chinese elements, such as Dunhuang Feitian, Liang Zhu, Wuyue Mountain and River Zhi, etc., so that players can appreciate the new skin at the same time, but also from the heart to sigh: Our Chinese culture is really profound!
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