Summary[]
Know Christ is one of the main protagonists in Shinza Bansho's, Paradise Lost. He was also a brief antagonist in the visual novel.
Part of the more "weaker" residents of Sodom, Know makes his living as both a body chopper (those who sell parts of their body such as their limbs for money) and as a seller of drugs for the Ähnlichkeit Vipers. During a night where he was supposed to sell a valuable shipment of drugs, he finds out that they were pulled off due to the results of the Deathscythe and, after having to sacrifice another limb to make money for him and his adopted sister Sophie, sets out to find him.
He later meets up with Judas Strife and, through making a deal with the latter and Lilith, wants to get out of Sodom and into Zoar in exchange for a sample of the drug he was originally supposed to deliver as shipment. A series of events which brings him to the attention of Nerose Satanael, as well as updating his goal in finding the Deathscythe and killing him after being informed of his sisters supposed death.
Powers and Stats[]
Dimensionality: 3D
Threat Level: At least Wolf+
Powers and Abilities:
- Natural Weaporny (Most of his body has been replaced to be outfitted with retractable high-frequency blades as well as a 20mm Vulcan cannon in one of his arms)
- Enhanced Senses
- Enhanced Vision (Infrared and Thermographic Vision; Has multiple vision modules that allow him to see invisible enemies through thermal vision as well as perceive micro and electromagnetic waves)
- Durability Negation with high-frequency blades (His blades emits super vibrations that can turn anyone it comes into contact with into dust[Note 1])
- Limited Resistance to Poison Manipulation and Acid Manipulation (Briefly endured the miasma in M District while fighting Lyle)
Physical Strength: At least Small Building level, likely higher
Attack Potency: At least Small Building, likely higher (Even before his change as a complete cyborg, Know's cyber prosthetics given to him by Lilith allowed him to take on and crush other cyborgs, even punching through their skulls that are made of a titanium alloy as well as collapsed an entire floor with a single stomp. Upon his complete change to a cyborg by Vera, Know became powerful enough that just his kicking off at 40% of his MAX power enabled him to crush a floor able to withstand powerful explosions like they were aluminum. At his MAX power state, his attacks can blow away tanks[Note 2] and his kicks are comparable to tank guns[Note 3]. One of his weapons is a Vulcan 20mm arm cannon capable of blowing a whole building to smithereens. According to Masada's Pantheon ranking[Note 4], Know is placed higher than Lisa Brenner who is ranked number 2 and Rote Spinne at number 1 who, even as the weakest of their group and on Masada's Pantheon power ranking, due to learning and training in Ewigkeit, should at least be above pre-Ewigkeit Wilhelm Ehrenburg and Wolfgang Schreiber who both blew up a car as a side effect of their fight). Can ignore conventional durability with high-frequency blades
Durability:At least Small Building, likely higher (Was able to survive a five-story fall out a building in his initial part-cyborg state while weakened, albeit he used a bystander to help cushion his fall. As a complete cyborg, he's much stronger and should be more durable than before as well as withstanding his own attacks and that of Lyle's).
Speed: At least Supersonic (Could maneuver around gunfire in his weaker cyborg state. After upgrading to near-complete cyborgization, Know could exceed the speed of sound at just 40% of his MAX power, covering a gap of nearly 50 meters to zero in a "blink of an eye"[Note 5]), higher at MAX power (with all of his limiters taken off to use his MAX power, he should be faster than his 40% power state. Could keep up with Lyle who at minimum could keep up with gunfire. In their fight, Know was able to kick Lyle in three different parts of his head in less than a millisecond of time[Note 6]. Was also able to keep up with Ast in their fight, the latter having created sonic booms in her fight with Nacht and should be comparable to the Archangels whose speed to a normal eye were stated as "momentary flashes of light" and "brief shadows". As he's rated above both Lisa and Spinne on Masada's power ranking, he should also be more than capable of exceeding them who can also move and fight at faster than sound speeds)
Intelligence: Know is a crafty young man who had to learn the ways of surviving in the tough world of Sodom. He displays knowledge of close quarter combat after getting better yet still crude prosthetics to fight beings as strong if not stronger than him. Know also showed knowledge in handling firearms, being able to shoot them with enough competence to suppress his enemies long enough to get up close and attack them. As a complete cyborg, Know's skills in combat grew to being able to fight the likes of Lyle and tactical enough to fight his enemies with a combination of his Vulcan cannon and high-frequency tri-blades.
Stamina: High (Could endure numerous wounds and injuries in his wounded part-cyborg body and was able to keep himself alive and awake long enough to be rescued by Lilith and Judas. As a compete Cyborg, Know could keep up fighting at his Max power while fighting Lyle and even briefly endure the acid rain in the deepest district of Sodom before getting incapacitated).
Range: Melee range, higher with Vulcan cannon.
Weakness: Fighting at his MAX power with his limiters off causes great strain to his body the longer he fights. Can be rash and reckless when it comes to Sophie. Using the Imitation Deathscythe causes damage to himself due to creating vibrational waves that destroys inorganic materials such as cyborgs (which includes him), making it a double-edge last resort weapon.
Arsenal[]
Propeller tri-blade: A triple-bladed weapon that sprouts from his right arm in a form similar to a propeller. It rotates as high speeds and, combined with Know's strength and speed, allows it to blow away even tanks.
High-frequency blades: Numerous blades built-in his arms, fists, legs, shoulders, elbows, and toes. In case his propeller tri-blade isn't enough to take down his enemy, he can open up these blades installed in his cyborg body as another set of weapons. Said blades emit super vibrations capable of shattering any object and can turn an ordinary human to dust just by making contact with its blades.
Vulcan 20mm Cannon: In addition to his blades, Know also has a built-in arm cannon in his arsenal. The cannon is a Vulcan 20mm cannon which ejects shells powerful enough to turn whole buildings to smithereens.
Vision Modes: Among his offensive arsenal, Know possess several vision modes that can assist him in dealing with enemies or even track them. He has visions like thermal vision that can allow the ability to see enemies by their heat signature even if they're invisible) as well as detecting microwaves and electromagnetic-waves to a fine degree.
Imitation Deathscythe: A special yet deadly weapon Know obtained after his fight with Ast from Lilith. It is a transparent blade with the ability to destroy inorganic material by means of vibrations. This makes it lethal for destroying beings such as cyborgs and even the pseudo-lifeform of Lyle's Deathscythe. Its deadliness also extends to destroying anything that has a Steel Eater or even possessed by Beelzebub due to imitating Belial's Sin which is needed in order to kill the Demonic Swarm. However, as Know is also a cyborg, using the weapon also causes damage to himself thus acting as a double-edge weapon.
Notable Matchups[]
Calc Results/Translations/Etc.[]
- ↑ Shoulders, elbows, and knees. The new blades had even emerged from my fists and feet. The shark tooth-like blades had a fine groove to them, being high-frequency blades that can pulverize any object through the emission of super vibrations. Just a mere touch from these can turn an ordinary human to dust
- ↑ "I rushed enough to blow away even tanks. Yet the way this guy blocked it was astonishing. He was a monster. His blade faced off against a high-speed rotating monomolecular crystalline blade without even a crack. There had to be something special about it.
- ↑ 瞬間に繰り出したのは、飛び廻しに踵落としと足刀のコンビネーション。 戦車砲にも匹敵する僕の蹴りを都合三発。/Instantly, I unleashed a combination of a flying axe kick and heel drop. A total of three kicks were launched, each as powerful as a tank's cannon.
- ↑ 3) Kei, Rusalka, Know, Ryuusui.
- ↑ その音さえ置き去りにしたまま、僕は悠に50メートル近く開いていた間合いを瞬く刹那でゼロにした。/Leaving the sound behind, I reduced the gap of a nearly 50 meters to zero in a blink of an eye.
- ↑ それぞれ延髄、頭頂、喉元に一ミリ秒の誤差もなく殆ど同時に叩き込まれ/Each of them struck on his medulla oblongata, vertex, and throat without a millisecond of an error...
Notes[]
- According to the author Takashi Masada, when it comes to power/strength of his characters in Shinza Banshou, he had them tiered from 1 to 7 (with 1 being the weakest/lowest, 7 being the strongest/highest). Rote Spinne of Dies Irae is ranked 1 and thus the weakest, followed by other characters like fellow DI character Lisa and Sakuya from Kajiri Kamui Kagura and so on. Other characters of Shinza are also tiered similarly, with their strength level being relative to each other on either being superior or weaker to another. In Know's case, Masada placed him in the same tier ranking of 3 as that of Ryuusui, Rusalka, and Kei. However, Know's own feats from his setting, Paradise Lost, aren't as high as that of the DI characters in question that he's placed next with, as Kei and Rusalka easily have similar if not far superior feats and scaling to that of Know's, thus Know would not outright scale to them. However, the scaling works for those he's relatively above such as the aforementioned Lisa and Rote.