Dread Knights' Guild[]
A Dread Knight is similar to the Warrior in combat style however the class favors more medium-range combat. The sword skills a Dread Knight uses is known as the Dark Arts of Battle. A Dread Knight prefers to suddenly close in only to attack enemies while staying just outside striking range at all other times.
Dread Knights worship the Dark God and Ruler of Death Skullhell (スカルヘル, Sukaruheru). The profession involves summoning and being possessed by a personal demon that grows in power along with the Dread Knight’s skill. Dread Knights are forbidden to worship any other god and unlike other guilds, once you join the Dread Knights you are not allowed to leave. Due to this restriction, not many volunteer soldiers become Dread Knights. Less than 1 out of 20 volunteer soldiers become Dread Knights.
The Dread Knight's Guild is located in the slums of West Town, an area in Alterna. It is underground and has been described as dank and jail-like.
There appears to be some form of hierarchy within the guild as an unknown number hold the position of lord. Their faces are always disguised and they never show kindness of any kind to others.
Dark Magic from Skulheill does not work in the Dusk Realm.
Lords[]
- Unknown female lord
Mentors[]
- Ranta's Master - According to Ranta his teacher is a male.
Members[]
Skills:[]
| Name | Description | Users |
|---|---|---|
| Demon Summoning | A skill all Dread Knights know that summons a personal demon that possesses them. According to Ranta’s teacher, a demon is a mirror of its summoner and resembles the Dread Knight that calls it. A demon grows in power with the more Vices[2] a Dread Knight offers[3] to it. | Ranta, Moyugi |
| Hatred’s Cut Hatred |
A basic but enhanced cutting attack | Ranta |
| Anger Thrust Anger |
Another name for the Warrior Guild's thrust attacks. | Ranta |
| Juke Stab Avoid |
A fancy version of the Warrior’s thrust attack that focuses on movement and range over power. | Ranta |
| Propel Leap Exhaust |
A specialized movement skill that allowed Dread Knights to instantaneously put distance between them and their opponents. | Ranta |
| Dark Terror Dread Terror |
A Dread Knight spell that looks like a purplish mist that enters the nose and mouth of opponents. The mist installs the fear of the Black God Skulheill into an opponent and robs them of rational judgment. | Ranta |
| Expel Frenzy Reject |
A defensive skill used to create distance. Involves locking swords with an enemy to shove them before leaping backward. Lethal when paired with a follow-up attack. | Ranta |
| Dread Aura | A spell that causes a blackish purple haze to envelop the Dread Knight and gives them a general power boost | Ranta |
| Leap Out | A jumping attack skill that delivers a powerful slash to the enemy. Can decapitate enemies. | Ranta |
| Slice | A sword skill that moves in a figure eight-like pattern that slices the enemy. | Ranta |
| Missing | A dark fighting skill. Utilizes strange movements to confuse the enemy, possibly an illusion. | Ranta |
| Dread Wave | A spell. | Ranta |
| Blood Venom | It is a spell that used Skullheill's miasma to weaken the target's body. An aura leaves the Dread Knight's body and envelopes the enemy. | Ranta |
| Shadow Step | A training technique that uniquely develops the calf muscles of a Dread Knight that makes movement skills such as Exhaust more efficient and gives an extra edge to attack skills like Hatred. | Ranta |
- ↑ Demons can only be used after sunset, when the God of Light, Lumiaris’ power waned and Lord Skulheill’s born enemy. As a demon grows in power they can be summoned at sunset and sunrise, and at the highest level can be summoned during the day.
- ↑ Demons are ranked by Vices. Zero to ten Vices is rank one and a demon is capable of give a warning when enemies are near. Eleven to forty is rank two and the demon is now capable of distracting enemies by whispering things in their ears. Rank three is after a Dread Knight has collected forty-one or more Vices, and the demon can now trip up enemies or otherwise obstruct their movement.
- ↑ A demon is not a pet and must be negotiated with or appeased. Ranta’s demon, who he named Zodiac, is as lazy and prideful as he is, causing it to only help him when it feels like it. Ranta claims demons can also curse people.