Percival is based on and named after Sir Percival, alternatively called Peredur, the Grail knight or one of the Grail knights in numerous medieval and modern stories of the Grail quest.Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: The four are named after one of the Knights of the Round Table from Arthurian Legend.Party of Representatives: All of the major clans (except the giants) have some blood relative in the group.Nice Job Breaking It, Herod: They're attacking King Arthur because he tried to assassinate them to prevent a prophecy that said they would attack him.Light Is Good: Three of them have powers with light-related motifs, specifically Gawain's "Sunshine", Lancelot's "Shining Road", and Tristan's "Falling Star".Each of them is associated with one of the Horsemen's job description Percival is Death, Lancelot is War, Tristan is Pestilence and Gawain is Famine. They're called "the Four Knights (Kishi)" because that's what the biblical figures are typically called in Japanese. Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Their prophecy is based on the Four Horsemen who will bring the apocalypse in The Bible.Heroes "R" Us: They essentially serve Liones, whose leaders know exactly what the Knights will accomplish in the future (it helps that they saved the city in their first public appearance) and quickly place the country's resources at their disposal.
Gawain is the cocky, vicious and rebellious Choleric. Tristan is the polite, gentle and virtuous Phlegmatic. Lancelot is the serious, somewhat brooding and wary Melancholic.
Gawain is The Cynic, as she firmly believes might makes right and treats those who don't agree with her as foolish weaklings. Tristan is The Realist because he acts as a mediator among his allies and takes a By-the-Book Cop attitude when dealing with enemies. Lancelot is The Apathetic since he's mostly aloof and prefers to not get involved in other people's problems or fights unless these are directly connected to his own goals. Four-Philosophy Ensemble: Percival is The Optimist, being naive, idealistic and the most traditionally heroic of the four.Dysfunction Junction: Percival's grandfather was murdered in front of him, Lancelot was kidnapped for several years, Tristan lives in the shadow of his far more capable and physically healthy parents, and Gawain had an abusive family member who taught her bullies could do anything they wanted.Sun - Gawain is treated as Escanor's successor and it's stated her magic is related to his Sunshine.Stars - Tristan's signature spells are named after stars ("Healing Star", "Falling Star", etc) and his demon mark is shaped like a four-pointed star.Moon - Lancelot is prominently framed by the moon, symbolizing change, love and impossible goals.Cosmic Motifs: Except for Percival, most of them are associated with a celestial body.Color-Coded Characters: Each one has the hair or (in Lancelot's case) eye color of one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The Chosen Many: The four have been chosen by fate to defeat King Arthur and destroy his Chaos dimension.Percival and Anne are ambitious warriors not shy about speaking their mind.Lancelot and Guinevere are emotionally expressive manipulators who know how it feels to be objectified.Tristan and Isolde are dedicated Holy Knights who care way too much about what others think of them.Birds of a Feather: All of the Knights' love interests complement them in some way.It's their enemies who invented the epithet. Anti-Anti-Christ: The Four Knights of the Apocalypse are called that because they will destroy Arthur's world, an artificial Lotus-Eater Machine built on stolen chunks of reality.
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