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, Fire and Ice, such an ordinary onion is associated with a noble and powerful knight, bringing us touching characters and their stories.

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

"Onion Knight's road is long and difficult ... but once you master this job, the reward may be worth it!"

"Onion Knight", as the protagonist's initial occupation in the original NES final fantasy iii (hidden occupation in the NDS version of the game), not only failed to endow the protagonist with special skills and strength, but also had a very low growth attribute, even hardly increased, making it difficult to use it for a long time.

However, when the player began to practice his profession to level 87, something unexpected happened and the professional ability value began to increase rapidly. When he reached the level of 99, the ability of "Onion Knight" even had a very special and strong outbreak, which became the most unfavorable occupation in the game.

Born in poverty, immature, but full of potential, it is the new hope of the world. This is the interpretation of The Onion Knight by the production team of final fantasy iii. This setting of "the weakest at the beginning and the strongest at the end" is very consistent with the core connotation of Japanese heroic stories, and ordinary people can also achieve great ideas.

At the same time, the three generations, as the final fantasy series, broke through one million sales for the first time. This wonderful setting of "the weakest at the beginning and the strongest at the end" also inspired many later game development paths. For example, in "True Megaten 3" produced by Atlas, Pilch, a leprechaun, as one of the series mascots, is the first partner to join the team. When the game reaches the "final deep boundary", this leprechaun will become an existence with super skills and attributes, and even occupy a place in the competition with many famous big demons.

In the era when the fire is gradually disappearing, everything in the world is moving closer to disorder, the world is full of tragedy and mourning, 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 Knights of Katarina.

Knight Katarina is nicknamed "onion knight" because of its special armor, which looks like a round onion. Of course, the knight Katarina, who values honor, doesn't like this ironic name, but this doesn't make them give up traditional armor and choose other equipment.

Although the first generation and the third generation of "onion knights" are not the same person, this round body seems to be just like their personality, simple and kind, loyal and lovely, and even a little careless. They will be helpless in the face of authority and decryption, and then sit and think until they fall asleep. They are loyal to their friends and know how to repay them. Agreement and glory are the most important things in their lives, and they can even die for their friends at any time.

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

In Dark Soul 3, Yum, the king of giants, made an agreement with his closest friend "Onion Knight" to avoid losing his mind. In the agreement, when Yum goes crazy, the "onion knight" will keep his promise and cut off his friend's pain.

When the agreement with a friend was completed, the "onion knight" who personally killed his friend sat down quietly, 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, in the gloomy style, the suicide of "Onion Knight" still deeply touched the players' hearts.

When we saw that the Onion Knight was cheated of his armor by the patch because he trusted others too much, as a player, we might all be a little skeptical about how such a simple person could survive in this dark world. However, he was not depressed by the blow. In the sewer of Ilyushir, he will still warmly give us elemental soup and welcome friends. Finally, he died with his friends.

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

Davos Seaworth, nicknamed "The Onion Knight".

Davos was born in the "flea nest", the poorest and lowest slum in King's Landing City, and lived in a hungry and cold environment since childhood. When he was young, in order to make a living, he had to be a crew member on the Pebble Cat, doing all the dirty and tiring work, but Davos didn't feel his fate stopped there.

As an adult, Davos became a notorious smuggler all over the mainland. He often drives a black sailboat quietly into the city port in the dark night. At that time, Davos grew from a poor boy to a wanted man 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 by stannis baratheon for a year. The troops guarding the city have run out of ammunition, 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 countless rebellions in the city, and the Fengxi Fort is crumbling. The infamous Davos, with his excellent smuggling experience, sailed into Fengxi Castle with a shipment of onions and salted fish, which solved the food problem for the defenders in the city, helped the defenders to persist until the arrival of the Starks' reinforcements, and won the battle.

At that time, Davos was no longer just a slum gangster 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, Stannis cut off the first knuckle of Davos's left finger. Instead of feeling unfair, Davos put his severed finger in a bag on his chest as a talisman.

Those noble knights and nobles, because they disdained Davos's background and previous smuggler experience, scorned Davos as "onion knight" and mocked him for using this humble food "onion" to save the country. But Davos not only didn't get angry, but also accepted the name and drew "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 is a criminal from humble origins. He has the justice he believes in, but he will never violate it. For example, although he doesn't like melisandre, the witch in red, when Kristen, a bachelor, wants to poison melisandre, he will stop him because he doesn't want to get rid of people he doesn't like by such despicable means.

At the same time, he will not stop protesting because he is afraid of Stannis's king authority, nor will he stop protesting because he is worried about his own life. He risked his life to persuade Stannis to stop at the edge of the road, and immediately sent troops to reinforce the night watchman army besieged by savages.

Davos, the "onion knight", has the integrity and brilliance that knights and nobles from noble backgrounds can't find. It's as good as a joke and very ironic. Just like "onion", although it is unremarkable, it is rich in nutrition and can save people from fire and water when they are hungry and poor.

Through the above three examples, we can see that the "onion knight" in the three works is similar in core connotation, although it is not related and there is no relationship between who borrows it and who borrows it.

Onion is a cheap food, a good source of vitamins and calcium, and because it is not afraid of heat or cold, it can be planted almost anywhere, and it is easy to store in the long winter, so in the Middle Ages, it has become an important part of the diet structure of western society, 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 the poor strong, as well as a symbol of endurance and perseverance.

195 1 Italian writer Gianni Rodari once wrote a red fairy tale, The Adventures of the Onion. Onion, the hero of the story, is a boy with a sense of justice. Although he is short of money, he is smart, confident and brave. He knows that only by struggling can the good wishes of his followers be realized.

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: let expensive and unnecessary fruits and food play the role of the rich, and let cheap food containing nutrients necessary for human survival act 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 1950s.

Don't the onion knight who lost his parents in Final Fantasy III above, the simple but extremely kind onion knight in Soul of Darkness, or the onion knight who insisted on justice and principles despite his humble origins in Fire and Ice all 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 inspire unpredictable and unparalleled strength. To make a living in the world, people must first respect themselves, never bow when they are discriminated against, and be humble before powerful forces. This will win the respect of others.