strength is born from all powerlessness.

Onion, as the most common and cheapest food on the western family table, has always been given a low or even useless meaning. However, in the works such as Soul of Darkness and fire and ice, such an ordinary onion is associated with a noble and powerful knight, which brings us touching characters and their stories.

why do these works use the title "onion knight"? This is actually the same understanding of "a single spark" by creators of different times and nationalities.

“The way of the onion knights is a long and hard one... but once you master the job, the rewards just might be worth it!”

"Onion Knight", as the initial occupation of the protagonist in the NES original Final Fantasy III (it is a hidden occupation in the NDS version of the game), not only failed to give the protagonist special skills and strength, but also had extremely low growth attributes, and even hardly increased, which was quite difficult to use for a long time.

However, when the player began to practice the profession to level 87, unexpected things happened, and the professional ability value began to increase rapidly. When the level 99 "Onion Knight" ability even broke out very specially and strongly, and it became the most fateful profession in the game.

Born in poverty and immature, but full of potential, it is a new hope for the world. This is the interpretation of "Onion Knight" by the production team of Final Fantasy III. This setting of "the weakest at first and the strongest at last" is very consistent with the core connotation of Japanese hero stories, and that ordinary people can achieve great ideas.

At the same time, the three generations, as the works of Final Fantasy series, broke through millions of sales for the first time. This wonderful setting of "the weakest at first, the strongest at last" also inspired many game development paths later. For example, in "True Megaten 3" produced by Atlus, Pilch, a leprechaun, as one of the mascots in the series, is the first partner to join the team, and when the game advances to the "final deep boundary", this leprechaun will change into an existence with super skills and attributes, and even have a place in the competition with many famous big demons.

In the era when the fire gradually disappears, everything in the world is moving closer to disorder and chaos, the world is filled with tragedies and whines, and everything is dying in despair. However, in such a hopeless world, there is a kind of knight who wears thick and ugly arc armor and brings us the warmest friendliness in the whole game under their bloated bodies. They are Katalina knights.

Katalina knight is jokingly called "onion knight" because of its special armor, which looks like a round onion. Of course, Katalina knights who value honor don't like this sarcastic name, but it doesn't make them give up their traditional armor and choose other equipment.

Although the "onion knights" in the first and third generations are not the same person, this round body seems to be as simple, kind, honest and cute as their personality, and even a little careless. They will be helpless in front of the authorities and decryption, and then sit in the same place and think until they fall asleep. They are loyal to their friends and know how to repay kindness. Agreement and glory are the most important things in their lives, and they can even die at any time for their friends.

In the original Soul of Darkness, the "Onion Knight" was rescued by the protagonist all the way, so when facing the ugly monster with the protagonist in the sewer, he said, "My friend, I have a good idea. I rushed straight at those monsters, so that you could take advantage of the chaos and escape. Please promise me, my friend, that I can't repay your kindness. Let me help you this time, in the honor of the knight of Katarinna. "

In Soul of Darkness 3, the king of giants, Yum, made an agreement with his closest friend, the Onion Knight, in order to avoid losing his mind. In the agreement, when Yum went crazy, the Onion Knight would keep his promise and cut off his friend's pain by himself.

After finishing the agreement with his friend, the "onion knight" who personally killed his friend sat down quietly and motionless, sitting in front of his friend's body, and then quietly committed suicide. Although the animation performance of "Dark Soul 3" is very simple, under the gloomy style, the "onion knight" committed suicide, which still deeply touched the players' hearts.

When we saw that the Onion Knight was cheated by Patch for trusting others too much, as players, we might all have a little doubt about how such a simple person can survive in this dark world. However, he didn't feel depressed because of this blow. In the sewer of Ilyushir, he would still enthusiastically give us elemental soup to welcome friends. And in the end, he died with his friends.

The image of "Onion Knight" has become the only warmth in the gloomy world of "Soul of Darkness" with its unique antics and faithfulness. On the contrary, "onion" is like a mockery of the world. Although it is funny, ordinary and simple, it can still become a hero in its own story in this dark forest of the jungle, and its ordinary and great role can be remembered by everyone.

Davos Seaworth, nicknamed "Onion Knight".

Born in the "flea nest", the poorest and lowliest slum in Junlincheng, Davos has been living in a cold and hunger environment since childhood. In order to make a living as a young man, he had to be a crew member on the pebble cat, doing all the dirty and hard work, but Davos did not feel that his fate stopped there.

As an adult, Davos has become a notorious smuggler all over the mainland. He often drives a black sails boat into the city harbor silently in the dark night. At that time, Davos grew from a poor boy to a wanted man from all over the world, but he still didn't stop at the days when he was at home in the criminal world.

In the uprising war against the Targaryen Dynasty jointly launched by the three families, Duke Mace Tyrell, as the guardian of the southern border, besieged the Fengxi Fort left behind by stannis baratheon for one year. The troops guarding the city have run out of ammunition and food, and soldiers can only slaughter horses, cats and dogs to eat, or even eat their own dead soldiers to survive.

In such a high-pressure environment, there have been numerous mutinies in the city, and Fengxi Castle is crumbling. The infamous Davos, with his excellent smuggling experience, sailed into Fengxi Castle with a ship full of onions and salted fish, solved the food problem for the defenders in the city, helped the defenders to persist until the arrival of the reinforcements of the Starks, and won the battle.

At that time, Davos was no longer just a slum thug or a fugitive wanted by the Seven Powers, but a hero who saved the whole war.

So Stannis knighted Davos and gave him land. However, as a punishment for his smuggling career, Shi tanis still cut off the first knuckle of Davos' left finger. Instead of feeling unfair, Davos put his severed finger in a bag on his chest as his amulet.

And those knights and nobles of noble birth, because they disdained Davos' background and previous smuggler's experience, called him "onion knight" contemptuously, mocking him for saving the country with this humble food "onion". But Davos not only didn't get angry, but also accepted the name and painted "onion" on his family emblem.

In fire and ice, Davos, the "onion knight", is the most loyal and brave knight in the whole Stannis camp, although he was born in a humble background and was a criminal. He has the justice he believes in, but he will never violate it. For example, although he didn't like melisandre, a witch in red, when Bachelor Christen wanted to poison melisandre, he would stop him, because he didn't want to get rid of people he didn't like by such despicable means.

At the same time, he won't stop remonstrating because he is afraid of Stannis's authority as a king and his life safety. His remonstrating at the risk of death made Stannis rein in on the brink of further and further road, and immediately sent troops to reinforce the Night's Watch army which was besieged by savages.

Davos, the "onion knight", has integrity and light that can't be found in knights and nobles of noble birth, which is as good as a joke and very ironic. Just like "onion", although humble, it is nutritious and can save people from fire and water in times of hunger, cold and poverty.

from the above three examples, we can see that although the "onion knight" in the three works is not related and does not exist in the relationship of who borrows from whom, its core connotation is similar.

Onion, a cheap food, is a good source of vitamins and calcium, and because it is not afraid of heat and cold, can be planted almost anywhere, and is easy to store in the long winter, it has become an important part of the diet structure in western society in the Middle Ages, so that people used it as a gift instead of money when they got married.

"Onion" has become a symbol of the long and difficult road to make poor people strong, and it is also a symbol of endurance and perseverance.

In 1951, Italian writer Gianni Rodari wrote a fairy tale with red meaning, The Adventure of Onion. The hero of the story, Onion, is a boy with a sense of justice. Although he lacks money, he is smart, confident and brave. He knows that only by struggling can he realize the good wishes of his followers.

In the story, the onion boy finally led the people to overthrow the shameless lemon king.

When the author was later asked why the protagonist chose onions, he replied as follows: expensive and unnecessary fruits and food were taken as the role of the rich, and low-cost food containing nutrients necessary for human survival was taken as the uprising proletariat. Onions are the cheapest and most nutritious in European and American families, so they are set as proletarian heroes.

It can be seen that the weak but upright and brave image of "onion" appeared in literary works as early as 195s.

Whether it's the young onion knight who lost his parents in Final Fantasy III above, the simple and simple onion knight in Soul of Darkness who is extremely kind, or the onion knight in fire and ice who insists on justice and principles despite his humble origins, don't they represent the weak but radiant existence in the story?

"Onion Knight" represents this spirit of being humble in difficulties and embarrassment.

As Emerson said, when we feel confused, hurt or even painful, we will generate strength from weakness and arouse unpredictable and incomparable power. In order to make a living in the world, people must first respect themselves, never bow their heads when they are discriminated against, and be humble before powerful forces. This will win the respect of others.