Esprit

'''"Then we die with honor, knowing we had defended our allies on the battlefield." '''-Esprit (Knight Form)

Esprit is an ex-minion of Bowser, now allied with Mario. When he discovered an amulet in Bowser's vault, he showed it to Bowser. When Bowser had tried to take it, the amulet turned Esprit into a ghostly knight, and Esprit, in his knight form, battled and defeated Bowser. Upon returning to normal, Esprit was fired from the Koopa Troop and was forced to flee Bowser's kingdom.

As a child, he was always laughed at for his abnormal grey shell, and thus was often denied the opportunity to do anything worthwhile in his home village. When he was truly fed up with the bullying, he had run to Bowser's Kingdom, only to find himself further tormented due to his grey shell, even by the king himself, slowly making Esprit grow to hate Bowser. =Personality=

Esprit is often somewhat sarcastic and optimistic, but due to being teased because of his grey shell as a child, he is easily influenced towards sadness and feeling lonely. He is also easily angered and provoking him could have serious consequences.

=Knight Form=

Esprit's knight form is incredibly serious. In this form, he often mentions honor and defending his allies and friends. He always enjoys a good fight in knight form, and refuses to back down until he dies. This form is not easily influenced towards emotions.

=Abilities= =Normal Form=

Esprit's standard form doesn't really have any special abilities, only the ability to turn into the knight form.

=Knight Form=

Esprit's knight form is an expert swordsman, able to summon a second blade if necessary, as well as deflecting projectiles and slashing enemies into the air. He also has the abilites Soulwind Slash, which fires an arc of silver wind to attack foes and blow things back, and Phantom Force, in which he pulls his blade(s) back, and runs at his foe, forcing his blades forward for further momentum to stab foes with incredible force.

=Trivia= Esprit's knight form knows everything that Esprit's normal form would know, but Esprit's normal form used to not know what the knight form would know, such as why Esprit was fired. This issue was fixed when Uncle Sanic altered his amulet to assist his memory.

Esprit has a strong hate for Bowser, his knight form even going as far as saying he would enjoy having his skull as a trophy somewhere.