History Literature / TheLegendOfSunKnight

* AllWorkVsAllPlay: The Storm Knight is the embodiment of this trope. On the outside, he's a guy who's always winking at ladies, speaking his mind to whoever he wants, and skipping out on all his meetings. On the inside, he's a workaholic who knows every secret worth knowing, or at least knows how to find them out, and often seen carrying piles of paperwork or being buried in them. Sun often worries that Storm will work himself to death.

%% * AnIcePerson: Frost.

* EasilyForgiven: Sun had an awkward conversation with Blaze and Frost after [[spoiler: he lost his memories and became a complete Jerkass (as opposed to his usual Manipulative Bastard) doing stuff like taking Frost hostage, throwing Frost into a dragon den and let him become dragon chowder for fun because he wanted to see a Holy Knight vs Dragon battle, ordering Blaze to chop off his own hand while holding his knights hostage, etc., etc., etc.,]] but they play this trope mostly straight. Though Frost blocks Sun's way when he was trying to escape from Judge, but that was mostly for Sun's own good.

--> '''Frost:''' *pats him on the head* I forgive you for [[spoiler: throwing me to a dragon.]] *but continues blocking his way*
* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: Yep. Volume six.]]

%%* FieryRedhead: Blaze Knight

** the kid also returns later in [[spoiler: ending of Volume 8.]], where they were [[spoiler: picked as the disciple of the Ice Knight.]]

** Downplayed since according to [[spoiler: Roland]] he were just [[spoiler:trying to let Sun recognises him, but the encounter gone about it horribly.]]

*** Played straight, because [[spoiler: almost ''all'' of the Twelve Holy Knights have personal loyalty towards him, despite knowing him for the [[JerkAss jerk he is]].]]

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Hell has one with his vice-captain upon returning to take his position. While Hell is confirming that the person he's talking to is, in fact, his vice captain, and then confesses that [[spoiler:he's not the real Hell Knight,]] his vice captain believes they're discussing how Hell shouldn't be allowed to reclaim his rank after having been gone so long.

* SexyManInstantHarem: Apparently, as long as you have blue hair and wink at girls, you get 'em. Unfortunately, to keep up with his UrbanLegendLoveLife, he winks s often that his eyes are bloodshot.
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Sun drops by a secret meeting of knights who suspect that Sun is the Supreme Dragon and a necromancer to announce that's he's learned a Resurrection spell, but it's a very difficult one, so who knows if it fails on the day he has to cast it on one of his brother knights...

** The woman in question is definitely statuesque, but whether she qualifies as a stunner leaves room for discussion since she [[spoiler: talks in a deep bass voice]].

* ThePowerOfBlood: PlayedWith. The Sacred Dragon Mail requires blood to be worn. It can also also use blood to create knives, shurikens, grappling hooks... [[spoiler: Resurrection also requires blood]]. Also, Sun's blood is so saturated with Holy Light that it's practically poison to the undead creatures.

* TheStoic: Frost.

* VillainousGlutton: The king who rules the land where the story takes place.

* GenderBlenderName: A rare example, when Sun is in a parade in the city, a couple with a newborn child approach and ask him to christen their child, after some thought Sun chooses the name [[ItMakesSenseInContext Hungri]]. The problem? It's a girls name, but the newborn is a boy. [[note]] In Chinese, the name sounds exactly like the phrase 'hungry' but uses more conventional (feminine) name characters [[/note]]

* SuppressedRage: What happens on those rare, scary occasions when either Sun or Jude cross a line, and gets the other ''really mad''. Then they get quiet...and the Holy Temple trembles in its metaphorical boots.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Roland. Once he calms down about the circumstances of his death, he goes from trying to kill the Sun Knight, to becoming his solid supporter as the new Hell Knight.]]

** First off, there's ''Sun''. Everyone knows he's incredibly flawed; but on many levels, he actually ''deserves'' the title of Sun Knight. After all, [[spoiler: he forgives the guy who just killed on of his "brothers" ''really'' quickly...especially when you consider that [[ItsPersonal it's Sun]].]]

* InsistentTerminology: Sun prefers to call his swordsmanship "not very good" rather than "rotten", despite being closer to the latter.
** Somewhat justified in that while his swordsmanship is indeed "rotten" compared to the other Holy Knights, as a swordsman being compared to other *ahem* ordinary swordsmen, he is still rather good.
* InstantExpert: However he can master any spell he sees without even learning the proper incantations...

* HurtingHero: Shockingly, given the somewhat comedic tone of the series, Sun. Of course, he usually just [[AngstWhatAngst brushes any sad thoughts away]]...or, more likely, gets distracted. Still, he worries and frets, and then gets irritated at the whole mess he's in/created [[note]]the two are rarely separated[[/note]]-- and then [[AndYourLittleDogToo something bad happens]]. Then Sun [[LetsGetDangerous gets mad]].
** Also, [[spoiler: Judge, after the first time he has to physically ''attack'' Sun.]] [[CruelToBeKind He did not enjoy the experience]].

* Determinator: Sun. After all, [[spoiler: Neo picked him because, proportionally, he's willing to give up so much more than everyone else, even as a kid. Sure, he might be a JerkAss at the root of the scuffle going on, but he won't just let the problem run wild. He'll fix his own messes, his own way.]] And the entire 38 generation counts as well.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Judgement Knight, although he's not evil so much as contractually obliged to be scary.

* MrFanservice: Pretty much all the holy knights to some extent, again.
* FieryRedhead: Blaze Knight
* FiveManBand: The Demon King and his subordinates count, even if they aren't exactly the main antagonists...
** BigBad: [[spoiler: As the Demon King, Sun qualifies]]
** TheDragon: [[spoiler: Silent Eagle]] was trained to be this, but lacks the Demon King's trust. He is more of the Demon King's punching bag than anything else. As someone who is actually trusted, [[spoiler: Adair]] qualifies better, but also holds shades of...
** EvilGenius: [[spoiler: Adair is the one who teaches the undead army how to fight. He also makes all the tactical suggestions. Scarlet also counts, since she raised the army to begin with.]]
** TheBrute: Illu is the DumbMuscle, and at one point uses a cheat sheet in the middle of a proclamation to the hero. It's pretty clear that no one else respects him, and he's [[spoiler: only loyal to Roland. Sun briefly wonders if he would be more efficient if he were working for Roland instead of him.]]
** DarkChick: spoiler: Alice never gets into a single fight, but manages the undead on the home front.

* Bishonen: Pretty much all the holy knights to some extent; taken UpToEleven by the first volume of the manhua and toned down thereafter.

* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Os Rabbit Cat seemed to think this in the first volume and turned the trope [[UpToEleven up to twelve]]. Fans disagreed. Fortunately, the sparkles were toned down in the later volumes.

** Turned UpToEleven [[spoiler:after Sun becomes the Demon King in the last volumes]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: A literal case, the Storm Knight ''must'' have blue hair, since the first one had blue hair. Every Storm Knight after him has had to apply blue hair dye every day as part of his role, and 8 out of every 10 has died from kidney failure due to too much hair dye.
* YouAreNotAlone: Ever heard of the thing the Sun Knight hates more than the undead? Yeah, [[BerserkButton the thing you never do]] unless you'd like to die...[[FateWorseThanDeath painfully]]. [[spoiler: It causes a bit of tension among [[TrueCompanions the Twelve Holy Knights]] regarding teamwork and the Sun Knight, and how one's comrades shouldn't be treated as [[{{Protectorate}} damsels in distress.]] ]]

* RealityEnsues: Invoked by Sun. He doesn't use the Divine Sun Sword to fight ordinary undead, not because it's too strong, but because he's afraid of the ''the sword breaking'', of all things. He elaborates that the sword would require sharpening after overuse, and the price of a blacksmith skilled enough to touch the sword is the same as an entirely new sword. Plus, sharpening a sword makes it more fragile.

* BadDreams: [[spoiler: Sun has some ''doozies''. And with [[KillTheOnesYouLove good reason]].]]

* HetIsEw: ''Inverted''. Sun and Earth have a solitary point of agreement: guys viewing other guys romantically is not only creepy, but also quite {{squick}}y.
--> '''Earth''' *to himself, after [[spoiler: mistaking Sun for a girl]] from behind*:''...A '''guy'''?!'' *face twists in utter disgust* “Yuck! Bad luck!”
** Or Sun, [[spoiler: when Storm suggests fiddling with Sun's hair as they're riding in a parade]]:
-->'''Sun''': *to himself* ''The horse and I felt as one spirit. I had mentally conveyed my revulsion for another man so much as touching me, and this state of complete unity let the horse act so suitably!'' [[note]]Of course, Storm was only interested in using it as an excuse to not have to wink at all the women on the sidelines.[[/note]]

* IAintGotTimeToBleed: Sun experiences a particularly amusing example when the Death Knight slashes his back open. He spends the rest of the chapter getting annoyed with Leaf's anxious, distracting questions, which turn out to be fully justified when Sun topples over. The sight of his own pool of blood on the ground actually shocks Sun.

* BrutalHonesty: Sun is furious when Judge bluntly admits that he doesn't completely trust Sun's word about murdering the Death Knight. That honesty hurts, because Sun has a little habit of PayEvilUntoEvil; not that Sun's MoralEventHorizon ever gone that far before, but it's more that Judge isn't too convinced that it's not a ''possibility'' for Sun.
** RageBreakingPoint Sun's glare could melt steel.

* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Pink and her hair bow(s).