History Manga / DragonKnights

* AnyoneCanDie: [[Alfeegi, Lykouleon, Kaistern. Even Rath dies, although he comes back.]]

%%* AnyoneCanDie

%%* BondOneLiner
%%-->'''Tetheus:''' Just a thought... but you may want to throw this fish back.

%%* BrokenTreasure

%%* GhostAmnesia: [[spoiler: Fiji, when Rath, Thatz, Zoma, and Ringleys run into her as a ghost.]]

%%* QuestForIdentity: Nohiro

* TimeDelayedDeath: Nadil's curse on [[spoiler:Lykouleon]], cause a slow, but inevitable bleed out.

%%* AnimateDead: Sabel's primary power.

%%* AttractiveBentGender

* ConvenientTerminalIllness: Kaistern, when Rath is dead and needs a new life force to be resurrected. Kaistern had already been correupted by contact with demon water andhis body was rotting anyway, giving him a limited time left. So he offered his lifeforce up to Cesia to give Rath.

%%* DeathGlare: A favorite of Rune and Alfeegi.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Rune is quite possibly the king of this trope and is ''mistaken'' for a women even when ''not'' in drag.

%%* FacialMarkings: Shydeman and Shyrendora.

%%* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Queen Raseleane.

%%* LifeEnergy

%%* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Tetheus turns out to be related Shydeman and Shyrendora, just defected to teh side of good.]]

%%* MysteriousPast: Along with some DarkAndTroubledPast as well, leading to [[spoiler: Rath's IAmWho? moment.]]

%%* OffWithHisHead

* RapunzelHair: Cesia, Tinlett, and Raselane's hair can reach down to their feet and then some... it seems to depend on Ohkami's mood.

%%* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Lykouleon is killed by Nadil's curse in the end.]]

%%* SwordFight: Plenty of those.

%%* UnwantedRevival

%%* ElementalBaggage

%%* EvilMinions

%%* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
%%* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: With Tetheus and Shydeman and Shyrendora.]]

%%* LoveTriangle

%%* SapientSteed
%%* SavingTheWorld

%%* VillainsNeverLie

%%* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs

%%* BackFromTheDead: Happens quite a lot.

%%* BigGood: Lykouleon

%%* BreakingOutTheBoss

%%* CanineCompanion: Crewger and Illuser.

%%* CombatStilettos: Even the guys wear them.

%%* ComfortingTheWidow

%%* {{Curse}}: Poor Cesia suffers from these all the time!
%%* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: Cesia, when she's in evil mode.]]

%%* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Rath, as revealed in volume 5]]

%%* DemonSlaying: A favorite past time of Rath's.
%%* DemonicPossession

%%* DisguisedInDrag: Happens to the knights in the first book.

* TheDragon: Both Shydeman and Shyrendora take on this role.
%%* DudeLooksLikeALady: Rune, who is quite possibly the king of this trope.

* ElegantGothicLolita: In later volumes, Ohkami begins to incoporate this fashion into her character designs and illustrations.

%%* FantasyWorldMap

%%* FortuneTeller: Quite a few of these, including Cesia, Salazar, and Delte.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Interestingly enough, it's only the heroes who have scars. Thatz has his from his former street days. Gil's scars mostly come from[[spoiler: torture and self-infliction. Ruwalk has some across his chest from his encounter with the "terrible demon". And Rath has a scar across his neck after his first suicide attempt in volume 6.]]
%%* GoryDiscretionShot

%%* IHaveYourWife
%%* ImHavingSoulPains

%%* InterspeciesRomance

%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Alfeegi.

%%* KillItWithWater: Rune does this as the Dragon Knight of Water.
%%* KingIncognito: Hugh

%%* LickingTheBlade: Garfacky does this at least once.

* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Several of these, first we've got the dragons and their knights. Then Lykouleon used to have a pair of demon dogs, Illuser and Crewgar, and Kharl had a pair of birds that helped him with his alchemy.

%%* MadScientist: Kharl, and of course, he's got his [[MadScientistLaboratory Alchemy lab]] as well.
%%* MagicalEye: [[spoiler: The source of Gil's demon powers is the demon seed planted in his right eye.]]
%%* MagicKnight

%%* MulticoloredHair: Ruwalk, Garfacky, Rath, Sabel, and Cesia.

%%* {{Omake}}

%%* TheOnlyOne: [[spoiler: Poor Rath, everyone's depending on him. Even the villians.]]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Tetheus's eyes turn read whenever he senses a demon near by.

%%* ReluctantWarrior: Rune

* RoyalBlood: Pretty important in Dragon Knights, since most of the plot revolves around how the Dragon Lord [[SuccessionCrisis lacks an heir to the throne]] and the crazy measures they have to take to circumnavigate [[RoyallyScrewedUp this problem]]. Members of the royal family are subjected to BloodMagic too. For the Dragon Lord, his blood is like a powerful, super condensed form of light magic, too potent for anyone but the Queen to touch it.

* SleepModeSize: The Duel Dragons can shrink down into smaller versions when their knights don't need them. It also seems to be implied that a Duel Dragon can only reach its full size when it's knight is present.
* SnowMeansLove: Subverted, Rath really loathes snow. [[spoiler:Especially since it reminds him of his hatred of Kharl.]]

%%* SoulJar

%%* TimeDelayedDeath

%%* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Bierrez never gets Cesia.]]

A manga series by Mineko Ohkami, '''''Dragon Knights''''' tells the tale of the war between the Dragon tribe led by [[BigGood Lykouleon]], who seeks to protect the world, and the Demon tribe led by [[BigBad Nadil]], who wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld take it over]]. To help save the day Lykouleon sends out his best fighters, the Dragon Knights. Traveling to Nadil's dark castle they cut of his head, ending his reign of terror.

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs

* AmplifierArtifact: [[spoiler: The Wind Staff]] allows Cesia more control over her already potent powers.
** [[spoiler: Cesia ''herself'']] is an example; it's why [[spoiler: she's so desirable to both sides.]]
* AnimalMotifs
* AnimateDead: Sabel's primary power.
* AnimeHair: Kharl's odd, winged bird hair style. Other than that, most of the hairstyles are quite tame.

* {{Animorphism}}
* AntiClimax
* AnyoneCanDie

* AttractiveBentGender
* AwfulTruth
* BackFromTheDead: Happens quite a lot.
** Not exactly willy-nilly - someone else's sacrifice so you can use their body - and sometimes more than one body - is usually required.
** But...[[spoiler: Only about half the characters that die end up staying dead, and even then, some of them make reappearances.]]
* BadassLongcoat: Worn by Tetheus for most of the series.
* BattleCouple: Rune and Tintlet to a certain extent. [[spoiler: Rath and Cesia.]]
* TheBartender

* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: How [[spoiler: Nadil decides to welcome Cesia back to his castle.]]

* BigGood: Lykouleon

* BlackMagic
* BondOneLiner
-->'''Tetheus:''' Just a thought... but you may want to throw this fish back.

* [[spoiler: BreakingOutTheBoss]]

* BrokenTreasure

* CanineCompanion: Crewger and Illuser.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Rath

* CombatStilettos: Even the guys wear them.

* [[spoiler: ComfortingTheWidow]]
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan

* {{Curse}}: Poor Cesia suffers from these all the time!
* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: Cesia, when she's in evil mode.]]
* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler: Sabel converses with the Death Faerie, Alfeegi.]]

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Rath, as revealed in volume 5]]
* DeathGlare: A favorite of Rune and Alfeegi.
* DemonHead: Not quite so extreme, but Rune and Alfeegi pull this face a lot.
* DemonSlaying: A favorite past time of Rath's.
* DemonicPossession
* DidTheyOrDidntThey
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: That [[ShockingSwerve Diamond Clover]] thing was NEVER mentioned before!]]

* DisguisedInDrag: Happens to the knights in the first book.
* DistressedDamsel
* DontFearTheReaper

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Rune, who is quite possibly the [[strike:queen]] king of this trope.
* DuelToTheDeath

* EightiesHair: Mullets! Which luckily [[ArtEvolution go away over time.]]
* EldritchAbomination

* ElementalBaggage

* TheEmpath: The Star Heaven Princess

* EvilMinions

* FaceDeathWithDignity
* FacialMarkings: Shydeman and Shyrendora.

* FanNickname
* FantasyWorldMap
* FisherKing

* FortuneTeller: Quite a few of these, including Cesia, Salazar, and Delte.
* GambitRoulette: When the first step in your plan is [[spoiler:your own decapitation]], you have got to be '''''really''''' confident in the other steps.
* GenkiGirl: Kitchel
* GhostAmnesia: [[spoiler: Fiji, when Rath, Thatz, Zoma, and Ringleys run into her as a ghost.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot
* HalfIdenticalTwins
* HarmlessFreezing
* HealingHands: Fairies have this ability.

* HeroicBSOD
* HeroicSacrifice

* HoYay: What do you expect from an mangaka that originally wrote about shounen-ai?
** Especially invoked with Rath and Kai-stern (at least from Kaistern's side).
** From Volume 13 Page 146, major ho-yay ensues for a couple of pages between Rath and Karl.
** [[spoiler: Gil and Laagramas. Gil seems to think it was okay that he was turned into a demon, or at least not completely horrible, because it caused him to meet Laamu Garnas. To say nothing of volume 23.]]

* IHaveYourWife
* ImHavingSoulPains

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Queen Raseleane.
* InterspeciesRomance
* InvisibleToNormals: [[spoiler: The death faeries.]]

* ISenseADisturbanceInTheForce
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Alfeegi.

** Although considering his position wasn't [[AvengingTheVillain great]] [[ThisIsUnforgivable to]] [[CycleOfRevenge begin with]], it's more of a LeftHanging situation--or even an authorial version of CruelMercy.

* KillItWithWater: Rune does this as the Dragon Knight of Water.
* KingIncognito: Hugh
* KissKissSlap

* LastKiss: [[spoiler: Lykouleon and Raseleane]]
** And [[spoiler: Cesia and Rath]] though he gets better.
* LickingTheBlade: Garfacky does this at least once.
* LifeEnergy
* LifeOrLimbDecision
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: With Tetheus and Shydeman and Shyrendora.]]
* TheLostWoods: Home to the fairies.
* LoveTriangle

* LuminescentBlush
* [[MadScientist Mad Alchemist]]: Kharl, and of course, he's got his [[MadScientistLaboratory Alchemy lab]] as well.
* MagicalEye: [[spoiler: The source of Gil's demon powers is the demon seed planted in his right eye.]]
* MagicKnight

* [[spoiler: MeaningfulFuneral]]
* MedievalEuropeanFantasy
* MindControl: The main power of Shyrendora.
* MulticoloredHair: Ruwalk, Garfacky, Rath, Sabel, and Cesia.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
* MysteriousPast: Along with some DarkAndTroubledPast as well, leading to [[spoiler: Rath's IAmWho? moment.]]
* NoblewomansLaugh: Done once when Jilge thought her plan to be successful.
* NoExportForYou: Ohkami had created a bunch of bonus Dragon Knights chapters after the series had ended, which were printed together in a book in Japan. However, it seems like Tokyopop had little interest in importing it to the US, understandable considering the series's obscurity.
* NonChalantDodge
* OffWithHisHead

* {{Omake}}

* TheOnlyOne: [[spoiler: Poor Rath, everyone's depending on him. Even the villians.]]

* OverlyLongName: Kuon Sheena, it's actually just her first name.

* PoisonedWeapons: How Kaistern goes about most of his battles.
* PortalPool: Created by Sabel to get around places.

* PowerMakesYourHairGrow
* PrehensileHair: [[spoiler: Kuon Sheena as she's possessed by Meteaura]]
* PutOnABus: Happens to quite a few characters, most notably Nohiro.
* ThePromise
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler: Alfeegi, seriously, it took him forever to bleed to death!]]
* QuestForIdentity: Nohiro
* QuiveringEyes

* RazorWind: It was a bit more like a razor tornado when [[spoiler: Black Cesia]] did it.

* RedOniBlueOni

* ReluctantWarrior: Rune
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Sacreds

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Lykouleon is killed by Nadil's curse in the end.]]
* SapientSteed
* SavingTheWorld

* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: [[spoiler: Sinistora]], who looks just like [[spoiler: the then dead Crewger.]]

* ShootTheDog: Averted, [[spoiler: when Lykouleon is unable to kill the crazed Illuser and turns him into Rath instead.]]

* SoulJar

* StandardFantasySetting
* StandardRoyalCourt: The Dragon Officers.

* TheStoic: Tetheus.
* SummonMagic: Becomes a major plot point near the end of the series.
* SuperDeformed

* SwordFight: Plenty of those.

* TimeDelayedDeath
* TomatoInTheMirror: Quite a few characters, namely [[spoiler: Rath, Cesia, Gil, and Sabel.]]
* TransformationSequence
* TheTrickster: Sabel
* {{Tykebomb}}: Garfakcy

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Bierrez never gets Cesia.]]
* UnwantedRevival

* VillainsNeverLie
* VisibleSigh
* WackyMarriageProposal

* YouCanSeeMe: Reema to Alfeegi when they first meet.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Poor Jilge.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Regulators of [[FriendToAllLivingThings nature]], have the longest life spans of all four species, and the ability to [[HealingHands heal]].

* CreepyTwins: Shydeman and Shyrendora certainly qualify. They've even both got the EvilAlbino thing going on. [[spoiler: As well as Rim Kanna and her sister.]]

->'''Rath:''' Hey, ugly! We are the slayers of the unholy, the keepers of justice, the guardians of truth!
->'''Thatz:''' We cannot be defeated! We are the Dragon Knights, scourge of demonkind! And, uh... we're kinda lost.

* HeroicAlbino: Kaistern

* {{Trickster}}: Sabel

* KaleidoscopeEyes: If only because Ohkami can't ever stay consistent with a character design.

* MacGuffinGirl: [[spoiler: Cesia]]

A manga series by Mineko Ohkami, ''Dragon Knights'' tells the tale of the war between the Dragon tribe led by [[BigGood Lykouleon]], who seeks to protect the world, and the Demon tribe led by [[BigBad Nadil]], who wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld take it over]]. To help save the day Lykouleon sends out his best fighters, the Dragon Knights. Traveling to Nadil's dark castle they cut of his head, ending his reign of terror.

!!DragonKnights provides examples of

* NoExportForYou: Ohkami had created a bunch of bonus Dragon Knights chapters after the series had ended, which were printed together in a book in Japan. However, it seems like Tokyopop had little interest in importing it to the US, understandable considering the series' obscurity.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Tetheus' eyes turn read whenever he senses a demon near by.

* EvilEye: [[spoiler: The source of Gil's demon powers is the demon seed planted in his right eye.]]

* XanatosRoulette: When the first step in your plan is [[spoiler:your own decapitation]], you have got to be '''''really''''' confident in the other steps.

** [[spoiler: Gil and Laagramas. Gil seems to think it was okay that he was turned into a demon, or at least not completely horrible, because it caused him to meet Laagramas.]]

** From Volume 13 Page 146, major ho-yay ensues for a couple of pages between Rath and Karl.

* HeroicSociopath: How to put this...
-->'''Rune:''' Rath! I told you not to kill 'em all!
-->'''Rath:''' You mean that's all of 'em?

* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler: Actually a dead little niece for Gil, same idea though.]]

* EyesOfGold

* AnimeAnatomy: Seriously skinny and stretched proportions!

* CliffsOfInsanity: On the way to the caves with the Three Treasures.

* MagicWand: The Wind Staff, used especially by [[StaffChick Cesia]].

* {{Nakama}}

* WaterWorks: With examples of SwissArmyTears, ManlyTears, and TenderTears.