Magic Knight

Magic Knights (魔煌兵(まこうへい)) are magic golems introduced in Trails of Cold Steel II.

Background

Magic Knights are golems of frightful magic, created during the Dark Ages by the Mages of Erebonia as a means to oppose the Deus-Excellion. They are capable of moving completely autonomously and can be regarded as subdimensional armaments.

Multiple types of Magic Knights have been constructed based on the prototype Ol-Gadia: Ortheim, a type that wields swords in each of its four arms; Direwolf, a powerful type with swollen arms; Heavy Ruby, a heavy type wielding a giant battleaxe; Sigurheim, a type wielding a greatsword; Dyna Golem, wielding iron balls; and Izra-Lucier, a centaur-like type.

Unlike the Deus-Excellion, which require a pilot, a Magic Knight could be simply purchased with mira, making them invaluable to infuential families. Its fundamental design flaw of being capable of movement only when the septium veins were being stimulated worked in its favour as opponents of the Deus-Excellion, whose manifestation were enough stimulate the septium veins.

Magic Knights were taller than the magic knights created by the Crossbellan alchemists and approximately the same size as Deus-Excellion.

List of Magic Knights

English	Description	Location	Illustration
Ortheim 魔煌兵オルトヘイム	A magical golem from the Dark Ages that awoke from some unknown cause. Possesses great power.	Eisengard Range
	A four-armed Magic Knight. Each arm holds a powerful sword, letting it cleave up enemies in an instant.	Ymir Valley - End
Direwolf 魔煌兵ダイアウルフ	A Magic Knight with distinct swollen arms. Fights without a weapon, causing shockwaves by hitting the ground.	Spirit Shrines
Heavy Ruby 魔煌兵ヘヴィルヴィ	A heavy Magic Knight that wings a giant battleaxe with ease using limitless energy from its core.	Spirit Shrines
	A heavy Magic Knight that wields a giant battleaxe.Uses the unlimited power from its core to pulverize foes.	Geofront
Isra-Zeriel 魔煌兵イスラ＝ゼリエル	A four-armed black Magic Knight. Summons lightning, and cuts foes apart with powerful charged slashes.	Spirit Shrines
Ashurei 魔煌兵アシュレイ	Revived due to Lucifen Lied. Yet to regain the mana to stand, so uses what it has to fire beams of light.	Infernal Castle
Isra-Zamiel 魔煌兵イスラ＝ザミエル	A Magic Knight that slept within a hidden shrine. Uses barrier to block damage, and wields four swords.	Glacia Shrine
Zelsheim 魔煌兵 ゼルスヘイム	A Magic Knight armed with a greatsword. It cuts with a speed that belies its size, cleaving through battalions.	Geofront
Heavy Golem 魔煌兵 ヘヴィゴラム	A Magic Knight armed with an iron ball. Incredibly heavy, it can be used to crush opponents' weapons.	Catacombs
Azura-Luciel 魔煌兵 アズラ＝ルキエル	A centaur-like Magic Knight armed with two swords. It tramples enemies to death with its powerful legs.	Catacombs
ダイナゴラム Dyna Golem		East Crossbell Highway, Crossbell
レグス＝ザミエル Regus Zamiel		Bryonia Island
Asura Paul 魔煌兵アスラパウル	Working name for Magic Knight Ortheim and Ashurei. Does not appear in-game.

Gallery

Concept Art

Ortheim

Direwolf

Heavy Ruby

Early design

Early design

References

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