#patch knight

Kirbtober Day 5: Favorite (Original) Character

third batch of tournament doodles complete !!

aife is by the runner of the @kirbyoctournament

trix and mindy are by @zangoonse

angel knight/roshi is by @clairetimes

patch knight is by @voiddemon

shard knight is by @shard-knight

marzipan is by @void-dreaming

76 is by @teaciadoodleslol

angelina is by @chookily

dimensional dinosaur marx is by @chickenpeep77

@kirbyoctournament We can either inflate his ego here or make him lose in round one.

Patch Knight

VS

Castella

I couldn't choose just one, I got so many favorites.

One of my favorites is when I was teachin' him how to make apple pie, when he was a little kid.

Patch Knight (She/They) is my Kirby OC, who is primarily known for being Prince Fluff's caretaker, whose body was turned into Yin-Yarn when they were killed.

I based her off of some hcs from a few years ago, along with the "Knight's Armor" furniture from Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn, and a few other things.

I'm making this post to sort of link back to whenever someone is like "??? who is this". There are a lot of headcanons connected to her, and this post is long. Sorry.

Pre-Kirby games

Patch Knight (at the time, Patchy) is from a pretty large waddle dee clan (A multi-family unit, who live in one general area). When she was a kid there was about 25 members, but by the time she left home there was 40. I don't rly have a name for the clan, but it was headed by Grandee (other OC). Unlike most Waddle Dees who joined the group by just wandering in some day, Patchy is Grandee's bio child.

This didn't make a material difference in how she was treated, but because of this she felt a great deal of responsibility to look after the clan. Though she never felt a leadership position would be the best for her.

Just a few random things:

Her childhood home is mostly on farmland, and they make most of their money with their vast apple orchard.

Her family has a very unique tradition of giving someone a recognizable blue piece of clothing. For Patchy, it was her mother's bow. When she was very young everyone called her "Bow", but she gained a knack for repairing equipment. Thus, "Patchy", because she's patchin shit together.

Patchy cannot use her eye laser for shit, and took up learning to use a spear with one of her brothers. She then started to teach it to younger family members, once rumors of Dedede came around.

Early Games - Epic Yarn

So. In my mind palace, Dedede essentially showed up one day and asserted himself as a king. Castle Dedede is an old as hell holy site that he busted up and refitted to suit his needs.

When Patchy heard rumors of this and him stealing food, she was PISSED. So pissed she decided to go try and confront him in person, against the wishes of everyone.

This confrontation did not go well for her (he shocked her and then forgot about her), but she was still furious and too prideful to return home. So, she started stealing from him. On her second trip there, she was nearly caught, and went into a cellar. In which was the #Magic Sock. Which she stole and skedaddled.

She had no clue what that was, until it just sucked her up, and she wound up in Patch Land. Where she found a very Parentless, kinda scared and meddlesome, young Prince Fluff. While Dom Woole and such were around they left him to his own devices, and Patchy didn't feel like she could just leave.

So she stayed, "for just a little while, until I can find your parents" and took care of him. Taught him stuff etc etc, essentially raised him. She clung extremely hard to the idea that she'd be out of here asap, to the point where there was a permanent and weird wall between her and Prince Fluff. Ultimately they were still close. Sometime around this, Patchy starts going by Patch/Patch Knight.

Eventually Yin and Yarn (The knitting needle brothers who make up Yin-Yarn) show up as cool wizards. Patch Knight is sus as hell of them, but Prince Fluff welcomes in and she just kind of goes with it. They teach him how to do things like use his yarn whip, but largely cannot impose actually useful life skills. So Patch Knight sticks around, also because it's been multiple years.

Patch Knight, for the most part, kept themself being from Popstar a pretty big secret. They knew it'd complicate things, but after a few years they started to open up a bit about it here and there. This interests Yin and Yarn immensely, and they begin plotting to betray both of them. I have more on that+general yin&yarn hcs here.

Ultimately Yin and Yarn decide to kill Patch Knight, because they feared she may be able to stop them. They also used her body + some Magic Yarn to create Yin-Yarn.

I do have some basis for this "her body+the magic yarn" part, because when Stage 1 Yin-Yarn is defeated, some magic yarn separates from other yarn and two buttons. So.

Post KEY

so here's where we get nice and cringe.

Post KEY Patch Knight is dead, obviously. However her concern and willpower keep her spirit hanging around. Morpho Knight usually hangs around stuff revolving Kirby, because it deals with stubborn souls who are too powerful to let run amok.

Patch Knight is not crazy strong, but it notices anyway and tries to coral them to the afterlife. They offer to duel first, and it accepts. Patch Knight, obviously, loses terribly. But with some charm (and distraction) they sneak away. Due to being a pretty weak soul Morpho cannot be bothered to try and track them down, so they're on their merry way for a while.

Triple Deluxe and Robobot are tough times for Morpho Knight, on account of souls being broken apart+twisted beyond recognition. Patch Knight shows up during this and is essentially a shoulder to lean on, which it accepts before trying to force PK back to hell.

Essentially they play cat and mouse for a very long time, until their mildly antagonistic hot/cold relationship develops into something more.

During all this Patch Knight figures out how to manipulate things, possess little dudes, and— in the aftermath of KSA— develops the ability to form a physical form. Around the same time they decide they've seen enough, and are ready to move on. Although Morpho Knight refuses to let them go now, so they stick around and keep getting stronger and cooler and hotter.

OCxCanon for life ok 🧡

Other Misc Shit

BWD is a family member of Patch Knight. While he was very young when PK left to go fight Dedede, they left a pretty strong impact.

At some point, BWD and Prince Fluff would definitely connect the dots.

It's a common running joke/true fact that Patch Knight has 20 million exes, as she's hot as hell. This is mostly for memes+sometimes depends on aus, but yeah.