Ironside

is the father of Percival and son of Balgis. He is a renegade Holy Knight after betraying King Arthur Pendragon and fleeing from Camelot sixteen years ago. He is known as The Red Knight and Ironside The Assassin.

Appearance
Ironside wears red armor with unique type of frog-mouth helm that has 3 crooked visors, an intricate orb on the chest and a high collared cape.

Personality
Ironside is a ruthless man who is willing to kill his father Balgis and his son Percival without mercy for the sake of what he believes to be the greater good. Although, another Holy Knight, Pellegarde, claims that Ironside must hold some value for his son's life, as he theorizes that he held back enough to not kill Percival.

History
When Ironside became sixteen, he left the house to go on an adventure like his father did as a family tradition. At some point, he had a son named Percival but did not know about his existence.

16 years ago
Ironside and his group of renegade Holy Knights betrayed King Arthur Pendragon and fled from the Kingdom of Camelot although Balgis abandoned the king and lived on God's Finger to raise his grandson Percival without telling the boy the truth about Ironside being the father.

Plot
Ironside arrives at God's Finger on a phantom boat where he comments that he is truly surprised that his father Balgis shot down his avian messenger and knows it is him. Landing, Ironside never thought Balgis would be living in the middle of nowhere for he could not find him no matter how hard he searched. He notices Percival who believes him to be "The Knight Who Sails A Ship of Illusions Through the Heavens". He greets the boy, telling him that he is in the middle of searching someone, and asks him if he knows the name Balgis. Ironside learns that Percival is Balgis' grandson and explains in half-truth to the boy that he and Balgis were old friends in the Holy Knights before breaking ties with him 16 years ago. The Holy Knight tells him that he has an urgent business with Balgis that needs to be resolved. After Percival directs him to the other side of the hill where Balgis is at their house, Ironside allows the boy to check out the phantom boat but darkly comments that his father is a cruel man for raising his son without knowing the truth which brought a chill down on Percival's spine before heading off.

Upon locating his father, Ironside comments that Balgis used the sword he have been honored with by King Arthur Pendragon as a kitchen knife and his father is still his same old self. He sends Balgis flying into the house by pointing his two fingers at him with a powerful magical star-shaped cutting attack despite his father's attempt to block it. Approaching Balgis, Ironside states that he is looking for him, addressing his father with a Lord honorific. He notes that it has been 16 years since they have betrayed King Arthur and fled, and did not expect Balgis to be living carefreely in such remote land. Drawing his sword, Ironside clashes with Balgis and exchanged blows before pointing his finger at his father with a magical attack that cuts through him with a star-shaped gaping wound and the destroyed house behind them. When Percival shouts at him to stop and demands him what did he do to his grandpa, Ironside offhandedly silences his son with a star-shaped hole on the hill he stands on. The renegade Holy Knight tells Percival that there is an order to everything and that he will be next, advising him to wait.

Ironside effortlessly blows up the two rocks, both small and large, thrown by Percival and chastises him for having no discipline, pointing his finger with intent to kill him. Suddenly, Ironside is grabbed by Balgis in a grappling hold from behind as his father tries to tell his grandson to run. The Holy Knight tells them that he won't let either of them escape before raising his hand to inflict multiple star-shaped wounds on Balgis, heavily injuring and blinding him at the same time in front of Percival. After defeating Balgis, Ironside tells Percival that if it's anyone he should blame, it is his grandfather. He inflicts a small star-shaped wound on Percival's body and a large star-shaped hole on the hill behind him at the same time. Ironside is unaffected by his son's attempt to punch him and simply kicks him away from him.

When Balgis asks him why did he come to kill him only now, Ironside reveals to his father that some days ago, an ominous prophecy was made about an arrival of an existence called "The Four Knights of the Apocalypse" that will lead their lord, King Arthur to his doom. He states that the truth and details are still unclear and if that is the case, until his group reap the seeds of that possibility, no matter how far they fail, they cannot say for sure that there is no change of Balgis being one of those Four Knights. After Balgis asks him if that is why he harmed Percival and wonders if he has any feelings, Ironside claims that it is all for the greater good and left the two for dead in the middle of the snow.

Attending a meeting on Camelot within the realm of Chaos, Ironside and his fellow Holy Knights listen to the cloaked figure who holds a staff with a scaly hand telling them vital news regarding the new prophecy and the new clues to the whereabouts of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse which is considered a great boon for them to streamline. The Red Knight is curious and would like to hear more before he turns out to see Pellegarde making an entrance and enthusiastically greets everyone in the room only to be meet with silence. He comments that the Black Knight never changes as Pellegarde takes a seat next to him. Ironside is surprised to learn from the cloaked figure that the Four Knights of the Apocalypse are all young lads and then upset to learn Percival is identified to be one of them, slamming his fist on the desk and leaving the meeting. Leaving the castle and traversing the bizarre pathway, Ironside chastises himself for the blunder and he should have double checked for Percival's pulse. He even wonders how could his son survive his magic at point blank range. The Red Knight is surprised when Pellegarde is standing right behind him and comments that he thought his fellow Holy Knight spared Percival out of pity and muses how Ironside's reputation as "The Assassin" would be at risk for failing to dispatch one of his targets. Ironside noted that Pellegarde speaks as if Percival is alive which the latter confirms it. He asks Pellegarde if he finished the boy off but the latter states Percival has potential and room to grow. Ironside scolds him for not killing Percival despite Pellegarde's insistence that it is better they raise him and put him under their wing than kill him. Suddenly, Ironside slashes Pellegarde at the neck close range with his sword only for the Black Knight to easily block it with his right hand. When Pellegardes asks him if he truly believes Percival is a threat to King Arthur, Ironside beseeches him to fulfill his duties as a Holy Knight. After sheathing away his sword, Ironside tells the Black Knight that he failed to see the problem and stated that Percival is going to destroy the world.

Abilities/Equipment
Ironside, like all other Holy Knights, has magic imbued within his body. He is strong enough to send his father Balgis flying into the house, and later fatally wounded and blinded him with his star-shaped cutting power. He is also capable of matching blows with Balgis in a sword fight. He is unaffected by his son Percival's punch despite the boy's superhuman strength.

He uses a phantom boat which allows him to travel in the air and only he can use it.

Weapons
He wields a sword with a sharp pommel that he uses for close range combat.

Abilities

 * Star-Shaped Cutting Power: Ironside posseses an unnamed power that allows him to inflict star-shaped cutting attacks by pointing his two fingers at his opponents and anything that stands on his way.

Trivia

 * In Le Morte d'Arthur, there is a character named Ironside, known as the "Red Knight of the Red Launds".