More knights, please...
I can do more knights!
When the curse had been laid upon him by the warlock, the knight had figured nothing had happened. It didn't hurt him, weaken him, or turn him into anything--so he'd thought nothing of it and finished the job he was set out to do. It wasn't until much later in the night, while he was sitting with some of his companions at the castle, that he could feel the deep, rumbling hungry bubbling up from his stomach. At first he'd thought that it was just him needing to eat after a long day, but the intensity of it was near debilitating, and his companions took notice of their friend doubling over as his stomach growled like an animal. The knight didn't even realize what was happening next. One of his companions had tried to help him up, and when he looks up at them, he lost control of himself. He pulled the fellow knight in close, his jaws opening wide, and he engulfs his head in an instant. He devoured another knight like it was nothing, effortlessly working down his broad and powerful form, armor and all. It was enough to stun his other two companions as they watch kicking feet disappear down the hatch and hear the groan of the knight's armor as metal stretches over a stuffed gut. The hungry glare the knight gives his two friends is enough to make them return to their senses and try to fight back...but he overpowers them both almost effortlessly, his supernatural hunger giving him the ability to fight back with ease. One knight tries to plea with him as the other is devoured whole. But those eyes glare down at him like meat and he finds himself being devoured just as ravenously. Three knights was the limit as the groaning armor finally gives away and pops off, crashing into a wall. the knight's stomach surges forward, large and bulging with the forms of three fellow knights struggling for their lives inside his tank. But along with his hunger, his acids are also far more potent, and the three men find themselves being melted right out of their armor with ease. Come the next day, there'd be nothing left of them other than some belched-up armor scattered around the knight's sleeping quarters, worn and ruined after bathing in such strong acids. The knight kicks a helmet out of the way as he stretches his much thicker gut. His armor won't fit over that anymore...especially when it lets out another deep growl that makes the knight wince. His friends weren't nearly enough, it seems. He'll have to pick off the rest of the court then...maybe even the guards. Maybe even more. Eyes glowing with hungry and stomach rumbling like a beast, the cursed knight leaves his room to fill the empty void of his stomach on everyone he knew.
He was known as a party slayer. At a first glance, the knight wouldn't seem the type. If anything, he looked retired, wearing an old and worn helmet but little else in regards to armor, only dressing in a pair of old pants and leather boots. His round stomach was always on display, a few scars showing pas battles, and while his pecs and arms showed impressive muscles, the knight still didn't look very out of place. That was what gave him an advantage. He challenged adventuring parties where ever he could--in towns, in the wilderness, in the heart of a dungeon--and they'd almost always accept. He had no weapons, little in way of armor, and looked like he had let himself go after a lack of training. Parties with much younger men, each one strong and skilled in some way, should be able to wipe the floor with him with ease. So far, no one has come close. The knight blocked or dodged nearly every incoming attack and would retaliate quickly with a grapple. Stronger men, usually with weapons or hand-to-hand combat training, were almost always the first of a party to be grabbed after they got in close for an attack. They often made the best example of how the fights go as well when the knight's helmet opens up to reveal a drooling maw that effortlessly takes in whatever part of the party member it can. The fight tends to freeze there as thick gulps and slurps suck the screaming, wiggling fighting down the hatch. The knight's belly will slosh and expand as they drop inside and he'll give a good belch to the rest of the party just to show off. Fights tend to go a few ways after that. Some will attempt to stay and fight, usually becoming more aggressive and trying to use raw speed or strength to take the knight down and free their friend. That always ends the fastest, and the knight wipes the entire party out in a matter of minutes. Some try to bargain with him or call off the fight, but that just makes it easy for him to come in close and scarf down whoever is left. Most try to turn tail and flee the second they realize how outmatched they are, but the knight isn't one to let food get away. He's fast and he's strong, and he has yet to lose a single party member in their attempts at escape. All it does is help some of the earlier ones melt a bit faster when they have to deal with his bouncing gut sloshing them around. No matter what, it all ends the same. The knight settles down by a fire, warming his stomach with it as it processes another party of adventures. He'll cough up whatever goods or trinkets he can to keep for later, though sometimes he'll end up with bent armor and acid-worn boots he tosses away. If it's late, he'll sleep, but otherwise, he'll pick himself up once his belly has done its job and be on his way again. He has no end goal or destination in mind, really. He'll go wherever he thinks he might find food. Nothing feels greater to digest than an entire party of wanna-be adventurers, and until one of them manages to take him down, he'll continue to wipe them out one after another.
Each knight stands in a line as their captain moves down it, stopping at each of them to speak. It was inspection day, which meant that the captain of the kingdom's court made sure that each knight was able to meet the expected standards set out for them. Their captain was wearing his armor, as always, but they knew that wouldn't keep them safe. It was enchanted just for stations like this. The third knight down the roar is lifted off the ground, letting out a startled scream as he's so easily manhandled. The captain's helmet opens wide his jaws and the knight is lowered in feet first, steady gulps sucking him down the hatch while he pleas and begs for a second chance. He'd failed to meet the mark during their archery training that day, and so, he was to be disposed of. The captain's stomach swells out as the knight drops inside, metal plating stretching like flesh as another man is forced inside. He belches into his fist as he continues moving down the line, now with a churning, sloshing gut that had the muffled voice of their companion screaming out of it. The next knight to be scooped up is much larger, normally in charge of taking on bigger threats. But today, he'd been late by over and hour after getting drunk at the tavern the night before--and that alone was enough to send him down the hatch, the brute howling and roaring the entire way down. It makes the captain's stomach bump into the next night as it doubles in size, earning him a mumbled apology before a massive belch blasts out above him. The third knight to fail was always barely making the cut, and today, he was just behind enough to be lifted up and guzzled down. He didn't make a peep as he was devoured, as if he had been expecting it for a while. The last knight to be disposed was at the end of the line. He'd done nothing wrong, and in fact was one of the better knights in the court. "But I'm still hungry," the captain says simply before leaning down and engulfing the man's head. The knight kicked around as he's devoured, but the wet slurps and gulps overpower him, and soon the captain is tipping his head back as he sends kicking legs down the hatch. The rest of the knights stand by silently, holding the position despite a couple gaps in the line. The captain steps back, rubbing over his guts as it churns loudly. He lets out a few belches...and finally, a helmet flies from his jaws, clattering to the feet of the other knights. And then a second...and a third...and a fourth, which comes up with a belch so loud it rattles their armor and rings in their ears. Then, finally, they're dismissed. One of the knights collects the helmets to place with the others while they all leave their captain to digest his meal in peace. They were all jus happy to have survived another inspection.















