Kirby's adventures outside of Dream Land.
Knight Errant is a fanficton based on the Kirby franchise. It features a combination of both the Kirby game and the Kirby anime universes, and implies that the anime universe and the game universe are one and the same (the anime occured first, followed by the events of the games).
The story can be read here.
This fanfic provides examples of:
- Break the Cutie: Done to Kirby when he finds out that he’s been manipulated into working for NightMare Enterprises for over a century, all while he thought he was helping the Star Warriors.
- Chessmaster: Nightmare is an incredibly clever one. Through both this and Xanatos Speed Chess he is able to trick Kirby into working against the Star Warriors.
- Chromatic Arrangement: The three Cirriusi who work at the Windy Ridge Ship Station. Lafayette is pink, Sander is yellow and Dixon is blue.
- Deadpan Snarker: Sabre Knight is the most notable example. Sword Knight and Blade Knight also do their fair share of behind-the-scenes snarking.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: The format becomes noticeable and more consistent as the story goes on.
- Heroic Sacrifice: While Galacta Knight doesn’t die, Nightmare uses the last of his energy to trap Galacta Knight inside unbreakable crystals.
- Knight, Knave, and Squire: Meta Knight, Sword Knight, Blade Knight, and Kirby are a four-member variation of this, with Meta Knight being the knight, Sword and Blade being the knave(s), and (young) Kirby being the squire.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Right before Kirby goes to fight Nightmare, he comments “I was just thinking that this would make an awesome boss battle!”
- Sailor Earth: Zero Seven.
- Script Fic: A somewhat unusual one, but it fits the format.
- Xanatos Speed Chess: Nightmare and Marx both play their share of it to keep Kirby on track in their highly convoluted plan.
