Royal Knights (Savers)

The Royal Knights in Digimon Savers.

The portrayal of the Royal Knights in Digimon Savers is once again similar to that in Digital Monster X-evolution, as being part of the Digital World Network Security and being subordinates of Yggdrasill. In the second opening sequence, nine out of the thirteen were shown as silhouettes or shadowed. All of the ones revealed in the opening eventually made an appearance in the series with the exception of Alphamon. Savers also embarked on the debut of the newly introduced Royal Knight, Duftmon.

Biography

Digimon Savers

Eight out of the nine current, at the time, Royal Knights appear in "The Strongest Order of Knights - The Royal Knights Gather", starting with Craniummon, where they appeared in the human world to eradicate all human beings per Yggdrasill's orders as payback against Kurata Akihiro's horrible crimes against Digimon. Dukemon defends Craniummon when Shine Greymon Burst Evolves, and then the rest of the Knights arrive. The DATS team is defeated, but is then saved by Sleipmon, the Ultimate form of Captain Satsuma's Partner Digimon, Kudamon. Dukemon and Sleipmon later disappear in a fight, Lord Knightmon is defeated by Mirage Gaogamon: Burst Mode. Duftmon also made a debut in the series and was defeated by Ravmon: Burst Mode and Rosemon: Burst Mode. In the finale, Dukemon returns and Sleipmon devolves into Kudamon. Dukemon later joins Omegamon, Magnamon, Dynasmon, Ulforce V-dramon and Craniummon in helping the DATS team to save both worlds and stopping Yggdrasill.

Member Appearances

Craniummon

Craniummon
Kanji/Kana	クレニアムモン
Dub Name	Craniamon
Master	Yggdrasill
Voice Actor	Kamiya Hiroshi (神谷 浩史)
	Henry Dittman

Craniummon claims to be Yggdrasill's most loyal Knight. He encountered Daimon Suguru and Bancho Leomon and was defeated by Bancho Leomon: Burst Mode. Later, he hears of Yggdrasill's plans to destroy the human world. He was the first Royal Knight to face the members of DATS in battle, and seemed to overpower them until Daimon Masaru blocked his spear with his fist and knocked Craniummon to the ground.

When Masaru gets closer to finding out the whereabouts of Yggdrasill, Craniummon then interferes and stops them. With his spear already equipped, his proceeds to summon his shield Avalon. Shine Greymon's attacks are impenetrable to Craniummon's shield; Masaru and Shine Greymon are continuously blown away, but Masaru in persistent, aside, Craniummon is secretly impressed by Masaru's positive attitude. Thoma H. Norstein and others are rushing towards Masaru. As Shine Greymon: Burst Mode and Masaru lay powerless to stop Craniummon, he is just about to finish them off using his End Waltz until Mirage Gaogamon intercepts it using a Full Moon Blaster, and Thoma and the others arrive.

Thoma, Fujieda Yoshino and Noguchi Ikuto execute their Digisoul Bursts, evolving their Partners to their respective Burst Modes and go up against Craniummon. Masaru tells them to aim for his shield. They all attempt to distract Craniummon in order to do this. All Burst Modes attack the shield and Masaru delivers the final blow. Craniummon lays down the Claíomh Solais, and rises saying by breaking the shield he's so proud of his defeat and lets them pass before he changes his mind. When Craniummon appeared in the real world, Piyomon thought he was a threat and attempted to defeat him. Eventually, he soon realized that Craniummon was actually there to help Bancho Leomon at Mt Fuji, who then reveals to them that Bancho Leomon is Daimon Suguru. He then took the place of Bancho Leomon, who had been holding the two worlds apart. Craniummon was later joined by the other remaining Knights, holding the Digital World all together while Masaru and his friends hold off Yggdrasill. After Yggdrasill's defeat, he says that Masaru is the new savior of the Digital World and he and the others return back.

Dukemon

Dukemon
Kanji/Kana	デュークモン
Dub Name	Gallantmon
Master	Yggdrasill
Voice Actor	Nozawa Masako (野沢 雅子)
	Brad Sherwood

Dukemon is the second Royal Knight to make his appearance towards Masaru and the others. He is the one that mentions to the group that "Suguru" was Yggdrasill and that it planned to destroy the real world to save the Digital World as they were on the verge of colliding with each other. In "Fists Prove it! Thoughts of my Father", he entered the real world and began to destroy large urban areas, presumably within Yokohama. He battled against the DATS team, easily being able to defeat them. About to deliver the final blow, using his Final Elysion, Satsuma evolved Kudamon to Sleipmon and intercepted it and began to fight against him. Sleipmoin froze them both of them using Odin's Breath. The two Royal Knights survive, but are encased in ice, plummeting into watery depths. At the end of the series, he reappears and rejoins the other Knights at Mt. Fuji. He explains that Sleipmon's Digisoul unfroze them. Dukemon helps Craniummon hold the Digital World up. After Yggdrasill has been defeated they head back to the Digital World.

Magnamon

Magnamon
Kanji/Kana	マグナモン
Dub Name	Magnamon
Master	Yggdrasill
Voice Actor	Suzuki Tatsuhisa (鈴木 達央)
	Brian Fairlee

Magnamon is one of the Royal Knights.

Dynasmon

Dynasmon
Kanji/Kana	デュナスモン
Dub Name	Dynasmon
Master	Yggdrasill
Voice Actor	Kojima Kazunari (小嶋 一成)
	Chris Edgerly

Dynasmon is one of the Royal Knights.

Lord Knightmon

Lord Knightmon
Kanji/Kana	ロードナイトモン
Dub Name	LoadKnightmon
Master	Yggdrasill
Voice Actor	Chiba Susumu (千葉 進歩)
	Dave Bushnell

Lord Knightmon is one of the Royal Knights. He fought Mirage Gaogamon in "The Burst Mode of Thoma's Determination", but was defeated by Mirage Gaogamon: Burst Mode.

Ulforce V-dramon

Ulforce V-dramon
Kanji/Kana	アルフォースブイドラモン
Dub Name	UlforceVeedramon
Master	Yggdrasill
Voice Actor	Tsuruoka Satoshi (鶴岡 聡)
	Joe Ochman

Ulforce V-dramon is one of the Royal Knights.

Omegamon

Omegamon
Kanji/Kana	オメガモン
Dub Name	Omnimon
Master	Yggdrasill
Voice Actor	Takahashi Hiroki (高橋 広樹)
	Lex Lang

Omegamon is the leader of the Royal Knights.

Sleipmon

Sleipmon
Kanji/Kana	スレイプモン
Dub Name	Kentaurosmon
Human Partner	Satsuma Rentarou
Voice Actor	Katsuragi Nanaho (葛城 七穂)
	Sam Riegal

Main article: Kudamon (Savers)

Sleipmon is the Partner Digimon of Satsuma Rentarou. Kudamon evolved into Sleipmon to save Daimon Masaru and his friends from the Royal Knights. However, during their escape, Dukemon hit Sleipmon with Final Elysion, injuring him. Back in the Human World, Dukemon returned to attack them, and not even Shine Greymon and the GeoGrey Sword could defeat him. Kudamon evolved into Sleipmon, protecting the group once again and attacking Dukemon with Odin's Breath, freezing both of them over. The resulting explosion cleared, with no sign of either Royal Knight. However, both of them survived and they remained encased in ice. He later reappears as Kudamon in "Protect the Future! DATS' Final Battle" after he saved both himself and Dukemon from the depths of the ocean by Sleipmon's Digisoul breaking the ice at the cost of reverting to Kudamon again, and was taken to Mt. Fuji by Dukemon.

Duftmon

Duftmon
Kanji/Kana	ドゥフトモン
Dub Name	Leopardmon
Master	Yggdrasill
Voice Actor	Murozono Takehiro (室園　丈裕)
	Beau Billingslea

He appears in "Power Equals Justice! The Beast Knight Duftmon". When he is introduced and stands before Yggdrasill, Craniummon mentions doesn't personally go out, and Yggdrasill was shocked that he of all the Royal Knights would take a course of action in destroying the Human World. Once he was in the Human World he begin destroying areas using his Aussterben, creating rifts in space-time in the process. As Rosemon and Ravmon attempt to stop his treacherous actions, they are clearly no match for him. Duftmon says saving the Digital World is justice and will do anything in order for that goal to be achieved. When Rosemon an Ravmon both Burst Evolve to Rosemon: Burst Mode and Ravmon: Burst Mode, Duftmon is shocked how they could achieve such a level, and Ravmon: Burst Mode uses his Dotou-Yami-Kumo-no-Mai on him and Rosemon: Burst Mode finishes him off using her Aguichant Lèvres, reverting him into a Digitama.