Line #7 Analysis/BloodKnight


1	Although the Blood Knight is a simple concept, as the characters in question are just people who want to fight for fun, there exists a more complex scale...
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3	...on the Mindset of the Blood Knight.
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5	'''The BoisterousBruiser''' sees any opportunity to engage in a combat as equivalent to throwing a party. They see it as fun, exciting, and something almost anyone can participate in. Examples: [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]]. These are very rarely villainous, and are most often good guys.
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7	'''The SpiritedCompetitor''' is up for any kind of challenge without question. They do not enjoy hurting their opponent, but they certainly enjoy the battle as a personal challenge. They are usually more fair and sporty about their challenges, and are generally the least violent kind amongst these four kinds of BloodKnight. Examples: [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]]. These are typically (but not always unambiguously) heroes.
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9	'''TheUnfettered''' has not only devoted his life to the fight, but he is bloodthirsty and not above amoral acts to get what he wants. However, he usually has [[NobleDemon some kind of moral code]] or [[WorthyOpponent respect for his opponents]]. He will probably not fight someone who doesn't want to fight him (because it will not pose a challenge) and will have enough self-control to not kill indiscriminately, but he will probably not have issues with killing (it is part of fighting, after all) and neither he will have any compulsions against fighting anyone no matter where he stands (ally or antagonist). This kind's most noticeable trait, still, is putting his love of fighting above matters of right and wrong. Examples: [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Akuma]], [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kempachi]], [[{{Manga/Berserk}} Zodd]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]]. In terms of alignment, these tend to be antiheroes or villains.
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11	'''The AxCrazy''' Blood Knight has sacrificed their morality ''and'' sanity for the sake of battle and bloodlust. He will most likely kill anyone who stands in his way, not care about collateral damage, and generally be a [[TheBerserker berserker]] of the worst sort. You are very much not safe next to them, needless to say. Examples: [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Khorne]] and the vast majority of his followers (although he started up as a type 3, and still has some parts of a type 3), [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Gauron]]. These are almost exclusively all evil, with ChaoticEvil being the next-to-canonical alignment for them. Only the darkest of antiheroes and the most bloodthirsty of villains happen here.
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13	The lower side of this scale might result from a Blood Knight losing everything he cared about, so that he can't fight FOR someone anymore, but his only reason left to live is to fight AGAINST someone. Because of this, nothing to him is more important than killing his enemy. (One good example of this is the real life Baron UsefulNotes/RomanVonUngernSternberg during the Russian civil war.)
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Context Analysis / BloodKnight