The Knight of Despair

Overview

Enemy

The Knight of Despair (O-01-73) is a WAW-class Abnormality, that was originally contained at L Corp. Headquarters.

It is encountered in Hatred and Despair during a Backdoor Volatility which created a doorway to the L Corp. Headquarters, where it had to be suppressed by the Sinners.

It can be encountered in the Mirror Dungeon through Abnormality events and as a floor boss exclusively within the Hatred and Despair Theme Pack.

It is the source of the E.G.O The Sword Sharpened with Tears.

Appearance

The Knight of Despair has the appearance of a pale-skinned girl. Both its hair and dress are long and blue with stars and constellations imprinted on them. It has long slender arms that turn black halfway down the upper arm. Half of the Abnormality's face is black and featureless with spikes protruding from its side. The other half usually carries a sad, mournful look with a single black teardrop on the cheek. The symbol of a spade in embroidered at the top of its dress.

Observation Logs

Log Writer: Faust

Lacking DataLevel 1Level 2

Recording the information gained from an encounter with the entity.

Previous experiences with Walpurgis Nights, particularly in cases in which Lobotomy Corporation Headquarters was the destination, have been battles against entities known as 'Ordeals'. However, this scenario in which its participants are to be placed in a containment breach situation provides an opportunity to encounter an Abnormality contained within the Headquarters.

As such, this record will, while reflecting as much of the information that was contemporaneously available with the Abnormality's containment, explore the contrasts with the Risk Level assignment system devised by LCE.

According to extracted information, this entity was labeled 'The Knight of Despair', a humanoid, sapient, and sentient entity.

A notable aspect of this Abnormality is that it possesses a particularly direct connection to other Abnormalities, each of which will be briefly touched upon later in this report…

… and it seems that this group of Abnormalities all called themselves 'Magical Girls'.

At this moment, it is difficult to access information that holds answers to questions such as 'what does this 'Magical Girls' terminology refer to?', or 'have they once truly existed?' However, encountering all of these entities and extracting information from them should prove to be an avenue from which one might learn more about the lesser-known part of the City's truths.

According to available records, the Headquarters once managed O-01-04—The Queen of Hatred—and O-01-64—The King of Greed—, in addition to the entity in question, O-01-73—The Knight of Despair.

All 'Magical Girls', were categorized into the Risk Level WAW, and it seems that LCE has labeled the Knight of Despair a WAW-04 entity.

Referring to records of its management procedures, the conditions for a containment breach incident with this Abnormality are rather specific, which means that it does not occur often. Therefore, it is possible to understand how some might come to conclude that it does not actually pose any particularly high level of danger…

… however, significant casualties are expected once it does escape.

It can be rather confidently said that, from the available information, this entity should be ranked at least WAW-05 or WAW-06… However, it appears that the availability of the suppression method, which has already been made available in written form, has influenced LCE's designation.

A predictable conclusion drawn by the minds of those who do not face these dangers in the field.

It seems that all information that can be garnered and enumerated prior to the actual encounter has been recorded.

Concluding the report.

→ Uhh… this report seems particularly personal. (Gregor)

→ Hey, I've been thinking… does it seem to you guys that Fau seems to get a lot more invested when it comes to LCE-related things? (Rodion)

→ That is patently untrue. A clear misunderstanding. (Faust)

→ Nah~ Misunderstanding my foot. Remember when we stopped by for that regular check-up? You guys all saw her bickering back and forth with that Hohenheim dude, right? (Rodion)

→ Another misunderstanding. Hohenheim is not someone of any importance, at least not enough to 'bicker' with Faust. He is always hovering somewhere underneath her radar. (Faust)

→ Hmmmmmmm~ Ya sure? Ya two sure looked super clo(the entry continues, but it is obscured by what appears to be visual noise.) (Rodion)

→ Did she just… take her writing privileges away…? (Sinclair)

Recording the information gained from encountering the entity in battle.

This report will cover the peculiarities that have been observed in our encounter.

The entity primarily carries out projectile attacks utilizing numerous pointed blades with levitational qualities. There does not appear to be any limit to how many swords can be summoned at once; as long as the Abnormality maintains the will to engage in battle, it can summon as many as it wishes to.

Another aspect of note is that it possesses special versions of the floating summoned swords, distinguished from the others by their size… and they seem to be the key to suppressing this Abnormality.

It has been discovered that, by challenging those swords, the Abnormality's powerful defensive abilities could be worn down.

… This is a pattern that has not been recorded from the Headquarters in the past.

It seems that Lobotomy Corporation at this particular period in time focused more on preventing the Abnormalities from escaping to begin with, instead of devising ways to suppress them once they have breached containment.

Until today, this information has not come to light, as our primary enemies in previous Walpurgis Nights have been Ordeals. However…

… if we are to encounter more of these scenarios in which we visit the Headquarters to suppress escaped Abnormalities, a careful approach, not dissimilar from the one we employ in encounters with new Abnormalities, must be engaged.

As LCE has overlooked such particularities, and has gone through a seemingly improvisational methodology to label this Abnormality's specific Risk Level, a request for reconsideration of their judgment-making process must be made in the near future.

We also intend to report our observations of the unexpectedly allied Abnormality O-01-04, The Queen of Hatred…

… however, it is uncertain whether any more meaningful information can be gathered from this scenario. Nonetheless, a close level of observation will be maintained on the entity.

Concluding the report.

→ I have also perused the past records, yet… it appears that a great majority of those records explore the Abnormality's emotional states. (Yi Sang)

→ Looks like the Abnormality used to bestow this thing they called 'Blessing' to an employee of its choice. The blessed employee's death or insanity seems to be what causes the Abnormality to breach containment… Which means that the employee it blessed must be… (Ishmael)

→ Dead. Obvious, innit? (Heathcliff)

→ … So, uh… Y-you know, the Miss Magical G— Sorry, Abnormality, made me think… What if this group of Abnormalities were actually trying to help the e-employees? (Sinclair)

→ You know who you sound like? Someone hypnotized by Mermaids. Abnormalities are Abnormalities. They might look like they're being helpful for a bit, but at the end of the day, they're just dangerous monsters. (Ishmael)

→ It may employ an unknown power to empower the sway of emotion; were the rational minds of the archivists who created these records put to sleep in favor of the purely emotional, then… one may surmise that they were already corroded in part. (Yi Sang)

Recording additional information that could be learned about O-01-04, The Queen of Hatred.

Very little progress was made in this scenario past passive observation. It seems that this scenario was not designed to allow for an extended period of exchanges with the Abnormality.

Gathering from records of the Headquarters in the past, it seems that, coupled with O-01-73—The Knight of Despair—breaching containment, the activation of the Second Warning is the condition to have her join the employees in battle as an ally.

While this may constitute a 'containment breach' in a more literal sense… as this entity voluntarily returns herself to the Containment Unit, they did not consider this particular breach to be of any danger.

On the other hand… the Abnormality grows violent and escapes, becoming an enemy, upon prolonged period of inactivity. It is very unique in that regard.

Its shape becomes serpentine, completely divorced from its current state, and attacks the employees once it truly breaches containment.

It is quite unfortunate that there is no current way to verify that form for ourselves in this scenario, precluding us from garnering further intelligence.

The best course of action at this moment, therefore, would be to use what fractured information is available to us to prepare for possible future scenarios.

In addition, it is imperative that LCE is urged to take such variables into consideration when designating their Risk Levels.

Concluding the report.

→ Oi, uh. Lass, I'm just the messenger here, but she's tellin' me that it's almost like you've got some kind of vendetta against Hoh—(the entry continues, but it is obscured by what appears to be visual noise.) (Heathcliff)

→ Damn, she banned both of them. (Gregor)

Mirror Dungeon Event

This Mirror Dungeon Event is only available within the Hatred and Despair Theme Pack.

The Knight of Despair Containment Unit

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This is an Abnormality of despair that has gone through a repeated cycle of faith and betrayal, leaving only the emotion that is expressed through black tears.

The hero, once a self-proclaimed knight and a protector of justice, is nowhere to be seen.

So many things that were once thought to be immutable changed, and her once-steadfast pride lay weathered and eroded.

Her eye socket, the endless wellspring of tears, is now twisted black; only the dark, burnt teardrop remains beneath it.

Change comes for everything, eventually. Run a Gloom, Pride, & Envy Advantage check to gain a Sinking E.G.O Gift. Who will speak up? Gloom / Pride / Envy Advantage: ≥ 16 No Advantage: ≥ 32 Special Check Identity-Lobotomy Corporation Headquarters Identities Check Value +5 Lobotomy E.G.O::The Sword Sharpened with Tears Rodion Check Value an additional +5 Yi Sang Check Value -5 Check Passed Change is inevitable; it is simply a part of the natural flow. So are those who are changed by truth. One who sought to remain on the side of good, upon realizing that there was no evil left in the world, came to fill its absence herself. And here is the one who despaired upon seeing all that she swore to protect turn to dust. Change comes for everything, eventually. To accept the changes, gather the falling tears and whet the sword keen, for the flow cannot be stemmed. E.G.O Gift Sword Sharpened with Tears obtained! Check Failed This half-hearted attempt at sympathy only serves to plunge the dark-dipped one deeper into the abyssal black sea. The knight who failed to scour even a crumb of hope will now plummet to the depths with the heavy yoke of despair, fading from people's memory, just like the others. E.G.O Gift The Unchosen obtained! The Selected Identity lost 10 SP!

I've failed to protect others, too. Run a Gloom, Pride, & Envy Advantage check to gain an E.G.O Gift. Who will speak up? Gloom / Pride / Envy Advantage: ≥ 12 No Advantage: ≥ 24 Special Check Identity-Lobotomy Corporation Headquarters Identities Check Value +5 Lobotomy E.G.O::The Sword Sharpened with Tears Rodion Check Value an additional +5 Check Passed Just how much weight did she carry in that lone word, 'protect'? The knight reacts, shaken by what was conveyed. She must have pitied the Sinner, who expressed that they carry the same pain that she does; though it has now fallen out of use, like the tip of a shorn pencil that has seen too many papers... ... she bestows upon them a blessing, its shadows radiant. E.G.O Gift Ashen Constellation's Blessing obtained! Check Failed This half-hearted attempt at sympathy only serves to plunge the dark-dipped one deeper into the abyssal black sea. The knight who failed to scour even a crumb of hope will now plummet to the depths with the heavy yoke of despair, fading from people's memory, just like the others. E.G.O Gift The Unchosen obtained! The Selected Identity lost 10 SP!

E.G.O Gift

Mirror Dungeon Encounter:

Tier: III Cost: 261

Ashen Constellation's Blessing [Effects apply only to #1 Deployed Identity] Gain Blessing Blessing- Turn Start: gain 2 Protection - Adjust any Attack Type Resistances exceeding 1 to 1 (unless Staggered) at Encounter Start

Tier: II Cost: 197 Sinking SinkingThe next Y time(s) the unit is hit, take X fixed SP damage. (Units with no Sanity take Gloom damage.)

The Unchosen Whenever an ally takes a hit, inflict 3 Sinking SinkingThe next Y time(s) the unit is hit, take X fixed SP damage. (Units with no Sanity take Gloom damage.) on the attacker When an ally is killed, all allies gain 2 Attack Power Up Attack Power UpAttack Skill Final Power +X for this turn. next turn (once per turn)

Tier: III Cost: 254 Sinking SinkingThe next Y time(s) the unit is hit, take X fixed SP damage. (Units with no Sanity take Gloom damage.)

Sword Sharpened with Tears When an ally hits with a Skill, if target has -20 or less SP, deal Gloom damage equal to Sinking SinkingThe next Y time(s) the unit is hit, take X fixed SP damage. (Units with no Sanity take Gloom damage.) on target (once per Skill) - If it was a Pierce Skill, deal (Sinking SinkingThe next Y time(s) the unit is hit, take X fixed SP damage. (Units with no Sanity take Gloom damage.) Count on target / 2) bonus fixed damage (once per Skill)

E.G.O

The Sword Sharpened with Tears E.G.O is extracted from The Knight of Despair.

Rodion's Lobotomy E.G.O Identity was added as part of Walpurgisnacht - VI during Season 6 and is obtainable through the Dispenser exclusively during Walpurgis Night Events.

Lobotomy E.G.O::The Sword Sharpened with Tears	Rodion

Gallery

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  Featured in the background of Lobotomy E.G.O::The Sword Sharpened with Tears Rodion

Trivia

• The Knight of Despair previously appeared in Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina. It was one of the Abnormalities contained at headquarters.
• The Knight of Despair is based on the magical girl trope. It also carries the Spade motif from the French-suited deck of cards.
• It is part of the 'Magical Girls' quartet of Abnormalities, alongside the Queen of Hatred, the King of Greed and the Servant of Wrath. It also has a connection to the Jester of Nihil.
• This Abnormality's E.G.O Gifts contain references to previous games.
  • The Blessing Blessing- Turn Start: gain 2 Protection
    - Adjust any Attack Type Resistances exceeding 1 to 1 (unless Staggered) status effect gained from the "Ashen Constellation's Blessing" E.G.O Gift resembles the effect of the "Blessing" Abnormality Page from Library of Ruina and the original effect from Lobotomy Corporation.
  • The Attack Power Up Attack Power UpAttack Skill Final Power +X for this turn. gained from the "The Unchosen" E.G.O Gift references the "Despair" Abnormality Page from Library of Ruina.
  • The bonus fixed damage from the "Sword Sharpened with Tears" E.G.O Gift references the "Blades Whetted by Teardrops" Abnormality Page from Library of Ruina, although it does not deal damage based on the target's max HP, most likely for balancing purposes.

External links

• The Knight of Despair - Lobotomy Corporation wiki
• The Knight of Despair - Library Of Ruina wiki