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* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler:His second phase has four arms, and is the most difficult of his three phases.]]
* MultipleHeadCase: [[spoiler:His second phase has two heads.]]
* MultipleHeadCase: [[spoiler:His second phase has two heads.]]
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* AntiRegeneration: His special ability ''[='Necrosis'=]'' reduces infected enemies' ability to restore HP by 70%, among other debilitating debuffs.
* AsLongAsThereIsOneMan: [[spoiler:With that 'one man' being a future version of himself, when confronted with the idea that [[AllForNothing he might fail]] after all that he has done, he simply stated that [[TheDeterminator he'll simply start over again]] in a new timeline, over and over again as he always had, until he win.]]
* AsLongAsThereIsOneMan: [[spoiler:With that 'one man' being a future version of himself, when confronted with the idea that [[AllForNothing he might fail]] after all that he has done, he simply stated that [[TheDeterminator he'll simply start over again]] in a new timeline, over and over again as he always had, until he win.]]
* BishounenLine: Zig-zagged. [[spoiler:While his first two phases are positively [[EldritchTransformation horrific,]] his final phase is his natural, human form, and he's possibly at his most powerful. Then again, the difficulty of his boss fight peaks in his second phase, although ''then again'', this is only gameplay-wise, and narratively, he is probably of greater power in his third phase than the preceding two phases, only mediated by the fact that you can make use of the Champion's Sword as a weapon of battle.]]
* {{Bladelock}}: [[spoiler:His transition to his third phase is heralded by the locking of his sword and the Champion's Sword, resulting in an energy wave that sheds off the outer portion of the arena.]]
* {{Bladelock}}: [[spoiler:His transition to his third phase is heralded by the locking of his sword and the Champion's Sword, resulting in an energy wave that sheds off the outer portion of the arena.]]
* ButWaitTheresMore: [[MoodWhiplash Rather humorously,]] [[spoiler:he says something similar to this ("Actually, there's more") when explaining to a belligerent Erina about the true nature of the prophecy and his intentions.]]
* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: [[spoiler:When he takes off his mask, you can catch a glimpse of the visually darkened eye bags beneath his eyes, [[ExhaustedEyeBags as though he hasn't slept in eons.]]]]
* FailureHero: Sort of. [[spoiler:No matter how many times iterations come and elapse, he always fails to come close to reaching the source of destruction before Lili makes the determination that his time is up and the Knight of that iteration has come to retrieve him. Even in this timeline, where Lili lacks the influence to prevent Kaden from pursuing his goals [[NiceJobBreakingItHero due to the Knight of our timeline,]] while [[YouCantThwartStageOne he actually managed to ''destroy'' the Labose Core Entity]] before realizing that [[AllForNothing he had accomplished nothing]] because the destruction was caused by the Champion's Sword, not the will of Labose, when he went out to ''take'' the sword and destroy it, the ensuing duel with the Knight ended in his failure.]]
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: [[spoiler:As a being of [[GroundhogDayLoop The Loop]], he is currently incapable of maintaining a continuity of consciousness or experience across iterations of the timeline. So, should he fail to abate the destruction of the world before Lili resets his mind, he exploits the fact that the Champion's Sword is one of the few objects that remain constant from timeline-to-timeline by uploading knowledge, memories, and research into it's database so that the next iteration of himself can rediscover the true nature of the prophecy, and continue the fight back against the Loop for another iteration. This is theoretically failsafe, because the only known character capable of peering into the memories encoded on swords like the Champion's Sword ''is'' Kaden himself. None of the Guides are capable of this, apparently, so Lili is incapable of interfering with Kaden's fall to the 'dark' side.]]
* FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler:He summons Labose minions during his first and second phases.]]
* FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler:He summons Labose minions during his first and second phases.]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:Upon learning the AwfulTruth of reality from the Champion's Sword, [[SanitySlippage his mental fortitude continued to degrade away]] as [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil he resorted to bigger and bigger atrocities]] in an attempt to open a portal that would lead him to the all-consuming darkness that would destroy the world.]]
* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Invoked by Queen Lili. The sole purpose of [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes KAI's]] state of existence being what it is is as a failsafe for the event that Kaden's future would eventually [[FallenHero morph him into what he is now]]. How it works, is that the android stores ''but does not express'' information regarding the behavior and personality traits expressed by the hero as an adult, and at the tail-end of every iteration of the timeline, Kaden, as the Plague Doctor, would be [[LaserGuidedAmnesia factory-reset]] by Lili and have those old memories from when he was a hero implanted into his brain, effectively resetting his personality to an old, archived copy. The purpose of this is to make him ideal for use as a Champion by the Knight in their quest to defeat the Invaders.]]
* ItGetsEasier: [[spoiler:While acutely aware of the consequences of his actions, it should be noted that while he couldn't bear to see [[MoralityChain Clara]] dismayed by his [[DirtyBusiness shameful vocation,]] as shown by the [[InGameNovel Expedition Archives]] and his [[StoryBreadcrumbs logs]] in 18-15, by the time of the main story, he has grown desensitized to mass death and others' perception of him, even if the people he hurts [[KickTheMoralityPet are the people closest to him.]]]]
* IWorkAlone: [[spoiler:Insists that he must abandon his comrades to pursue his goals alone, so that "they don't get blood on their hands." While he ''will'' cooperate, for a lack of a better word, with others, like [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld1 Loraine,]] these are temporary and last up until [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they have outlived their usefulness.]]]]
** [[spoiler:In 17-11, recalling a promise he made to Lilith some time ago about them saving the world, all together, he dialogued to the demon queen that, even though it appears that he is sowing chaos ForTheEvulz, saving the world is far more complicated than just building a weapon to defend Tetis from the Invaders- before that can happen one must first destroy the source of destruction that would be unleashed at the death of the Savior, Labose, a goal that he was actively pursuing by nurturing the Black Flower with mass death, thereby blossoming it and producing a portal to that source of destruction. So technically, in the twisted logic of this world, he ''did'' fulfill that promise, just not in the way anyone would have liked it to.]]
* KickTheMoralityPet: [[spoiler:His instigation of Morrian's civil war and the subsequent burning of Demon World for the sake of his Black Flower had caused terrible mental pain to Lilith, and old friend (and mentor-figure) of Kaden's. Even though he almost seems remorseful for the anguish he has inflicted upon Lilith, [[IgnoredEpiphany he quickly denied any change to his character,]] arguing that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo it was all necessary,]] and it would all be over soon.]]
* KickTheMoralityPet: [[spoiler:His instigation of Morrian's civil war and the subsequent burning of Demon World for the sake of his Black Flower had caused terrible mental pain to Lilith, and old friend (and mentor-figure) of Kaden's. Even though he almost seems remorseful for the anguish he has inflicted upon Lilith, [[IgnoredEpiphany he quickly denied any change to his character,]] arguing that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo it was all necessary,]] and it would all be over soon.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:His inability to save the world from it's impending doom, and reunite with Clara, were his personal greatest failures.]]
* NothingCanStopMeNow: [[spoiler:As he stood before the source of destruction, he monologued to himself that he would only have to hold on a bit longer before the suffering of the world would all be over. Naturally, [[MilesToGoBeforeISleep he still hasn't achieved his goals,]] and the Knight would ensure that he never does.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Not quite, but his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment obligatory introduction speech]] when you unlock him through a banner mentions how you will walk the same path as him- though what this is supposed to mean is unclear.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Not quite, but his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment obligatory introduction speech]] when you unlock him through a banner mentions how you will walk the same path as him- though what this is supposed to mean is unclear.
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* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:His [[OneWingedAngel transformation]] to his [[EldritchAbomination second phase]] causes him to grow two [[GoodWingsEvilWings pitch black, avian wings]].]]
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* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:His [[OneWingedAngel transformation]] to his [[EldritchAbomination second phase]] causes him to grow two [[GoodWingsEvilWings pitch black, avian wings]].wings.]]]]
** [[spoiler:More pertinently, in his third phase, he has functioning, if decayed, wings, which he uses to actually fly.]]
** [[spoiler:More pertinently, in his third phase, he has functioning, if decayed, wings, which he uses to actually fly.]]
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* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: [[spoiler:When confronted by a downtrodden Lilith, who [[WhatTheHellHero proceeds to lambast him]] for him knowingly catalyzing mass violence and actively driving Demon World to it's downfall, he rebukes that the path to truly saving the world from destruction is inevitably paved with sacrifices.]]
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* TornadoMove: [[spoiler:One of his attacks in his third phase includes the summoning of two tornadoes, which are stationary until he wills them to move around the arena.]]
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:The magical communication device that he dropped after collapsing not long after the battle with the Knight. It was paired with a communicator that he had given to Clara five centuries prior to the present, and represents their solemn vow to reunite after their work is done. Now all it represents is an oath broken, never to be fulfilled.]]
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:The magical communication device that he dropped after collapsing not long after the battle with the Knight. It was paired with a communicator that he had given to Clara five centuries prior to the present, and represents their solemn vow to reunite after their work is done. Now all it represents is an oath broken, never to be fulfilled.]]
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* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:While his methods are perhaps ''needlessly'' destructive, its hard to refute the merits of his goals. After all, we already know of [[GroundhogDayLoop The Loop]] from [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld12 the other Guardian]] and [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld1 Camilla]] and we know that, as is, the world is [[DownerEnding doomed]] regardless of [[MortonsFork whether or not we defeat the Savior.]]]]
** [[spoiler:In-universe, when confronted by Erina, her demeanor did noticeably falter upon learning of The Loop from Kaden, even if she rebuked with the question of [[WasItReallyWorthIt 'what would be left after everything settled?'.]]]]
** [[spoiler:In-universe, when confronted by Erina, her demeanor did noticeably falter upon learning of The Loop from Kaden, even if she rebuked with the question of [[WasItReallyWorthIt 'what would be left after everything settled?'.]]]]
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* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:Apparently, the only way to reach the main body of Labose is to get thousands, millions, perhaps, of people killed in an internecine civil war and [[HumanResources feed their bodies]] into the Black Flower, which will blossom and create a bridge connected the real world to [[DarkWorld The Otherworld]] where the Labose Core Entity resides.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:He abandoned Loraine to the withered mercy of the greater Labose HiveMind once she had exhausted her usefulness and [[ThisIsAsFarAsICanGo couldn't progress deeper into [[DarkWorld The Otherworld.]] The innkeeper even [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] the fact, almost word-for-word.]]
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* StationaryBoss: [[spoiler:In his first two phases, he remains steadfastly immobile at the center of the arena. Subverted in his third phase, where he becomes mobile again.]]
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: Whatever power he gives to people is terrifyingly effective, often resulting in complete massacres.
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: Whatever power he gives to people is terrifyingly effective, often resulting in complete massacres.
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* NonIndicativeName: Despite his book entry describing him as a 'Warrior', all of his attacks appear to be ranged in nature.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She cloned her mind knowing full well that she wouldn't survive the aftermath, as the power of Heavenhold overloads her body and mind. She was willing to risk the wholesale annihilation of the self]] to ensure that the war machine is completed, and that you and Little Princess lead it to victory over the prophecy and save Demon World.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Possibly the reason why he pursued the person researching into him in World 10.]]
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* HumanResources: [[spoiler:The fate of all the dead bodies that have accumulated during the Demon World Civil War is to be fed into the Black Flower, to generate crystals made of compressed mana extracted, by the flower, from those bodies, which he then integrates into his heart to absorb and destroy the Labose Core Entity inside the Otherworld. And no, he doesn't discriminate; non-humans suffice too.]]
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: [[spoiler:He is fully willing to slaughter millions if the end result is the destruction of Labose, and thus the end of the prophecy, allowing the world to survive and millions more to survive.]]
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* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Even at full strength, Demon World's Legendary Hero [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Erina]] failed to defeat him.]]
* YouShallNotPass: Well, in 17-11, he certainly ''says'' the line, word-for-word, but it doesn't seem like he means it. [[spoiler:Although, figuratively, one could say that he ''did'' mean it in 18-11, in which he was willing to fight the Knight even at his own risk to delay or stop them from getting to the Savior with that damned sword, which would buy time for the world if he loses and save it if he wins.]]
* YouShallNotPass: Well, in 17-11, he certainly ''says'' the line, word-for-word, but it doesn't seem like he means it. [[spoiler:Although, figuratively, one could say that he ''did'' mean it in 18-11, in which he was willing to fight the Knight even at his own risk to delay or stop them from getting to the Savior with that damned sword, which would buy time for the world if he loses and save it if he wins.]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: He is this of Season 2 as a whole: [[spoiler:He gave Claude the ability to freeze Demonshire in a time loop, he manipulated [[Characters/GuardianTalesEarthUniqueHeroes Morrian]] into declaring war upon the Demon World Central Government, and he created the Black Flower and unleashed the full force of Labose upon Demon World. This status was ultimately ended in World 18 where he was instead the BigBad [[ArcVillain of that chapter]].]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: He is this of Season 2 as a whole: [[spoiler:He gave Claude the ability to freeze Demonshire in a time loop, he sent Camilla on the path to the Savior, he manipulated [[Characters/GuardianTalesEarthUniqueHeroes Morrian]] into declaring war upon the Demon World Central Government, and he created the Black Flower and unleashed the full force of Labose upon Demon World. This status was ultimately ended in World 18 where he was instead the BigBad [[ArcVillain of that chapter]].]]
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* {{Leitmotif}}: '[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fbASwj1IJAI Fallen Hero's Thesis]]', which really helps encapsulate the extent of his madness.
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* Really700YearsOld: The first recorded instance of the Plague Doctor takes place 400 years before the game's setting. From all indications, he's been active for much longer than that. [[spoiler:He seems to have something to do with the world "story" of the world the continuously loops, making him incalculably old.]]
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* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:His [[OneWingedAngel transformation]] to his [[EldritchAbomination second phase]] causes him to grow two [[GoodWingsEvilWings pitch black, avian wings]].]]
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* Really700YearsOld: The first recorded instance of the Plague Doctor takes place 400 years before the game's setting. From all indications, he's been active for much longer than that. [[spoiler:He seems to have something to do with the
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* {{Determinator}}: He has been working tirelessly for ''centuries'' to see his plans finally come to fruition.
* FriendlyEnemy: Not with the Knight, of course, but [[spoiler: he remains on friendly terms with [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld12 Lili]] despite working at cross purposes, with him sacrificing ''everything'' to claw his way out of fate, while the ancient queen tries everything in her power to ''preserve'' the prophecy.]]
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* ScrewDestiny: [[spoiler:His ultimate motivation, although, perhaps, he had failed in the end. [[YouCantFightFate Perhaps his failure was necessary, even]].]]
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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:Although his actions have hurt countless innocents to no end, and almost [[DespairEventHorizon completely]] ''[[DespairEventHorizon broke]]'' [[DespairEventHorizon Lilith's spirit]], it's hard not to feel bad for him when all his plans were swiftly annihilated before his eyes by [[SpannerInTheWorks you]]; he had seen the world cycle in it's trap of eternal death and rebirth that death became cheap, that lives became numbers, and heroics became a matter of maximizing lives saved, without regards to collateral damage. And so he had manipulated many people, destroyed many lives, forcing them to walk the lonely road of perdition because he honestly believed that [[ForcedIntoEvil he had no other options to save the world]]- in the pursuit of victory, he had to neutralize many living obstacles, and without the power of psychic foresight he ''must've'' experienced failure so many times to get to where he is now. He had fled into the darkness and given up his humanity to even have a ''prayer'' of reigning supreme over fate and in the end, he had [[AllForNothing nothing to show for his sacrifices]].]]
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* IveComeTooFar: [[spoiler:After the Princess risks it all on the fight between him and the Knight, Kaden comments that she threatened to sacrifice everything just so his adversary could have a chance at winning, and that he himself had done [[NotSoDifferentRemark much the same thing]] so that he may finally crush the prophecy. And if he were to stand down and surrender? Then it would be AllForNothing.]]
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* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Even if you defeat his second phase, you are ultimately far too weak to destroy him. YouCanBarelyStand, while Kaden seems barely bruised at all, and when he [[IAmNotLeftHanded immobilizes you with his true power]], he doesn't even bother with a CoupDeGrace, merely snatching away the Champion's Sword and almost completely destroying it... until [[BigDamnHeroes the Little Princess]] transfers her share of the power of the hero to the Knight, [[HeroicSecondWind giving them the power to finally defeat Kaden]].]]
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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:As he sacrificed what's left of his humanity and became one with Labose, absorbing it's power, he transforms into an imposing, baleful HumanoidAbomination that would otherwise be hardly recognizable without the raven-mask and the AllEncompassingMantle.]]
* ColdEquation: [[spoiler:He experiences little moral quandary with destroying the [[ArtifactOfDoom Champion's Sword]] and, by extension, killing off anyone who possesses a level of synchronization with the sword- the [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld1 Knight and the Princess]]- if it means saving the world.]]
* DarkIsEvil: He [[EvilWearsBlack wears all black]], and can will forth the powers of darkness.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Played With. [[spoiler:When the Knight dashes any hope of Kaden destroying the Champion's Sword, the only way he could prevent the timeline from resetting was by helping the Knight revive the Little Princess, who would [[PowerLimiter proceed to continue to siphon away their true potential]], making them far too weak to fulfill the prophecy. PragmaticVillainy, essentially.]] However, [[spoiler:while he ''was'' listed as a found champion at the end of World 18, he was retrieved by a red Guide, and thus [[UncertainDoom his fate is unknown]]]].
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:His first form [[HumanoidAbomination already wasn't a pretty thing to look at]], but his second form is a thing of nightmares. More information below in the 'TransformationHorror' index.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:His first form [[HumanoidAbomination already wasn't a pretty thing to look at]], but his second form is a thing of nightmares. More information below in the 'TransformationHorror' index.]]
* MarathonBoss: [[spoiler:He has three distinct phases, not unlike Beth.]]
* MirrorCharacter: In many ways, [[spoiler:the Plague Doctor bears many, many similarities to the Dark Magician, as befitting two entities that herald the preroration of their respective seasons; beyond both being triple-morph monsters, both possess a staggering fear of the Knight that metastasized into a force that would drive them to sacrificing what remains of their humanity to strike them down, for much the same reasons: both thought of the Knight as a harbinger of downfall, not only for their own plans but for a greater purpose; for Kaden, the Knight's survival would mean that they would take the Champion's Sword and kill the Savior, thus destroying the world and resetting the timeline. For Beth, it meant that the Invaders would be destroyed... and the Knight would take the Champion's Sword and kill the Savior...]]
* MirrorCharacter: In many ways, [[spoiler:the Plague Doctor bears many, many similarities to the Dark Magician, as befitting two entities that herald the preroration of their respective seasons; beyond both being triple-morph monsters, both possess a staggering fear of the Knight that metastasized into a force that would drive them to sacrificing what remains of their humanity to strike them down, for much the same reasons: both thought of the Knight as a harbinger of downfall, not only for their own plans but for a greater purpose; for Kaden, the Knight's survival would mean that they would take the Champion's Sword and kill the Savior, thus destroying the world and resetting the timeline. For Beth, it meant that the Invaders would be destroyed... and the Knight would take the Champion's Sword and kill the Savior...]]
* OneWingedAngel: And a [[TransformationHorror pretty gross one at that]] as a second-phase form.
* TransformationHorror: [[spoiler:When morphing into his second phase, his head splits open and two desiccated, fleshless beaked heads blossomed forth from the stump as not one but ''two'' pairs of arms and massive raven wings were spawned from his torso . Thankfully, the visuals were [[MonochromaticImpactShot totally monochromatic]], but ew.]]
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* WeWillMeetAgain: Both times the Knight has met him, he says this before leaving, while also saying it's still too early the second time. [[spoiler: Halfway through the TimeSkip for the BadFuture he tried to follow up on it but was unable as the Knight wasn't temporally present.]] They finally meet again in World 17.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Or so he claims. He is willing lie to his friends and sacrifice millions of people to save many millions more and free himself and everyone else from the tyranny of the prophecy.]]
* WeWillMeetAgain: Both times the Knight has met him, he says this before leaving, while also saying it's still too early the second time. [[spoiler: Halfway through the TimeSkip for the BadFuture he tried to follow up on it but was unable as the Knight wasn't temporally present.]] They finally meet again in World 17.
* WeWillMeetAgain: Both times the Knight has met him, he says this before leaving, while also saying it's still too early the second time. [[spoiler: Halfway through the TimeSkip for the BadFuture he tried to follow up on it but was unable as the Knight wasn't temporally present.]] They finally meet again in World 17.
