Digital World (Classic)

Royal Knights

The thirteen Holy Knight Digimon gathered as the Digital World's highest form of network security. Each knight serves with its own duty and its own reading of justice, which does not always align with the others.

The Thirteen Knights

Holy Knight Digimon sworn to defend the order of the Digital World

Mega

Omnimon

♞ Holy Knight

Protector of King Drasil's justice, fused from WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon.

The Lord of the Empty Seat; a deterrent that stays hidden from normal sight.

A Virus-attribute guardian deity; a living contradiction.

Cornerstone of the Knights' defense; the only Armor-level member.

The swiftest of the Knights, wielding the Ulforce.

Serves a lord who embodies its justice with unquestioning loyalty.

Presides over all knight Digimon; ruthless in the name of its own justice.

Perfectionist with the strictest decorum among the Knights.

Guards the super-ancient ruins beneath the ice of the north pole.

The foremost strategist, able to command the other Knights.

The Dragon Emperor at the pinnacle of all Dragon Digimon.

Roams the world quelling chaos; raised its own successor.

Hackmon's Mega form; filled the long-vacant thirteenth seat.

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Origin

the legend behind the order

Mega

Imperialdramon Paladin Mode

♞ Ancient Holy Knight

Considered the founder of the Royal Knights, but not one of its members.

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Lore notes

the stories behind the order

Highest Rank of Network Security

King Drasil, the host computer that rules the Digital World, assembled the thirteen knights as the highest rank of Network Security and personally grants the title.

The Thirteenth Seat

For years the order counted only twelve members for lack of a worthy candidate. Gankoomon put Hackmon through its harsh training regimen; when it finally evolved into Jesmon, the long-vacant thirteenth seat was filled and the order completed.

Two Knights Served Lucemon

In Frontier, Dynasmon and Crusadermon saw Lucemon as the only one able to bring order to a chaotic Digital World, and harvested the DigiCode of whole Areas to release it from the Dark Area. Every knight is righteous; each follows its own justice.

Equals on Another Server

Marsmon's profile credits the Olympos XII with abilities rivaling the order's. They watch over Digital World: Iliad, which a 2014 Premium Bandai text places on another server of the network, where the knights have not interfered.

The Founder's Crisis

Imperialdramon Paladin Mode founded the order as the one who saved the ancient Digital World from total collapse in a time of unprecedented crisis.

The Empty Thirteenth Screen

In the movie X-Evolution the twelve knights confer through a circle of twelve viewscreens with an empty space for a thirteenth, and Alphamon is acknowledged but said to not actually exist. Not even the knights can physically meet King Drasil.

Justice Divided in Data Squad

In Data Squad, King Drasil deems humanity unworthy and orders the knights to destroy the Real World before it drags the Digital World down with it. Their battles with DATS and the influence of Kentaurosmon make the order waver, knight by knight.

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Names link to DigimonWiki/Fandom (CC BY-SA unless noted otherwise); artwork © Bandai, shown from the official Digimon Reference Book. Crusadermon, Kentaurosmon and Leopardmon are DigimonWiki's names for LordKnightmon, Sleipmon and Duftmon; likewise Hackmon for Huckmon. King Drasil is Yggdrasill in Japanese material.