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Chaos Knight
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Chaos Knight

Fundamental

The oldest and strongest of the four Fundamentals, a force of disorder given form, riding the horse Armageddon between planes.

“The light shall be blackened, and chaos shall reign.”

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Stories

Appears in 3 stories

CanonStory thread

Kerrick Runs into Chaos Knight

runs from a squadron of cavalry on massive black steeds across the Fields of Carnage and skids straight through the first rider into the solid horse behind him. He knows he cannot outpace them, and it would not matter if he could: the horsemen vanish and reappear in front of him. The foremost horse dissipates around him, and the massive steed behind it does not.

He staggers up winded and stunned, his torch dropped somewhere behind him, with only the fiery eyes of rider and steed to see by. “You are no being of the Light,” the rider growls, then tells him his mortal ways are beneath notice and he matters not, which stings a little. “The Light shall fall beneath my blade. Its adherents shall return to dust.” The other horsemen vanish, and Chaos Knight's steed turns and charges off, leaving Kerrick alone in the dark. Kerrick decides the dark is just fine, if it means Chaos Knight is not coming back.

Chaos Knight names his quarry only as the Light, and the riders who vanish around him get no names of their own.

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Cast
  • Chaos Knight
The hero's story

The oldest and strongest of the four , a force of disorder given form, riding the horse between planes. When the Fundamental Plane split at the Schism, the others escaped, and Chaos Knight has hunted them since, seeking to drag his siblings back to the plane they abandoned. The Light he pursues across a thousand worlds is strongly hinted to be his own brother, .

Connections
  • Keeper of the LightCanonEnemy

    He hunts the light across every plane of existence, and the light he hunts may well be his own brother.

  • Elder TitanCanonCreated by

    The hammer fell, the plane split, and chaos walked out of the wreckage first among four.

  • Keeper of the LightImpliedFamily

    Brothers by the Schism, hunter and hunted by nature; the light Chaos Knight chases may well be Ezalor himself.

  • IoCanonFamily

    Brothers of the Schism. Chaos Knight pursues Io to bring him back to the plane the abandoned.

  • EnigmaCanonFamily

    Brothers of the Schism. Chaos Knight hunts Enigma as one of the escaped forces to be made one again.

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Voice lines

  • “The shall win this day.”

    Enigma, about Chaos Knight · Meeting an ally

    Brothers of the Schism. Chaos Knight hunts Enigma as one of the escaped forces to be made one again.

  • “A strong force you were, but no match for your Elder.”

    Elder Titan, about Chaos Knight · Meeting a rival

    The hammer fell, the plane split, and chaos walked out of the wreckage first among four.

  • “Out of Chaos, order is imposed.”

    Keeper of the Light, about Chaos Knight · Meeting a rival

    He hunts the light across every plane of existence, and the light he hunts may well be his own brother.

  • “Long have I hunted you, Ezalor.”

    Chaos Knight, about Keeper of the Light · Meeting a rival

    He hunts the light across every plane of existence, and the light he hunts may well be his own brother.

Ability lore
  • Chaos Bolt

    Even Chaos Knight cannot predict this manifest of unholy energy.

Appearances
  • Dota Underlords

    The Fundamentals name each other as brothers in their ally and enemy lines.

Official biography
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The veteran of countless battles on a thousand worlds, Chaos Knight hails from a far upstream plane where the fundamental laws of the universe have found sentient expression. Of all the ancient Fundamentals, he is the oldest and most tireless, endlessly searching out a being he knows only as "The Light." Long ago the Light ventured out from the progenitor realm, in defiance of the first covenant. Now Chaos Knight shifts from plane to plane, always on the hunt to extinguish the Light wherever he finds it. A thousand times he has snuffed out the source, and always he slides into another plane to continue his search anew.

Upon his steed Armageddon he rides, wading into battle with maniacal frenzy, drawing strength from the disorder of the universe. A physical manifestation of chaos itself, in times of need he calls upon other versions of himself from other planes, and together these dark horsemen ride into battle, as unstoppable as any force of nature. Only when the last Light of the world is scoured from existence will the search be ended. Where rides the Chaos Knight, death soon follows.

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