Hooded paladin in #459

[remetagross]

I've looked around before posting this thread and found nothing, though I'm fairly certain the answer is just somewhere I haven't found yet. Have we ever gotten to know who was the hooded paladin to whom Soon is speaking in strip 459? (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0459.html)

Have a nice day all.

[TRH]

The same one who got killed by an insane paladin in this strip, if I had to guess: https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html

[Yanisa]

I don't think they are anything special, within the story we read at least.

First shown in #447 (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0447.html), as one of the many paladins guarding the throne.
Died in #448 (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html), while even speaking.
I guess in #459 they are supposed to a be "just a ghost Soon is giving orders too", to show Soon is leader and is not sitting idling while Redcloak is running around.
In #461 (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0461.html) the ghost paladin is gone, but it's corpse still visible.

Think those are their 4 appearances.

Edit: Double checking the Character Appearances Thread (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?611203-Number-of-Character-Appearances-VII-To-Absent-Friends) there are in fact two fully cloaked paladins.
Can you spot the Blue-cloaked Sapphire Guardsman? They are also in 447, 448. 449 and 461. Although we never see them fighting.
The one I just followed is dubbed "Sapphire Guardsman with Grey Cloak", so the blue one is a brighter in color.

[remetagross]

Ok, thanks mates. I didn't expect it to be a completely unimportant character.

[brian 333]

Ok, thanks mates. I didn't expect it to be a completely unimportant character.

It is a character that has appeared in only one comic, so it is obviously not unimportant. It is Redcloak's Neice, and the new ally in the last book.

[KillianHawkeye]

Ok, thanks mates. I didn't expect it to be a completely unimportant character.

You didn't expect someone who didn't even get a face to be completely unimportant? :smallconfused:

[hroþila]

You didn't expect someone who didn't even get a face to be completely unimportant? :smallconfused:
They expected someone with a distinctive and mysterious design to secretly be someone important, to be revealed at a later point. It's a fairly natural assumption when dealing with a visual medium, and many people did the same when the comic came out.

[Fyraltari]

You didn't expect someone who didn't even get a face to be completely unimportant? :smallconfused:

Most people have faces. If I ever meet someone without one, I'll probably wonder what's going on there.

[KorvinStarmast]

You didn't expect someone who didn't even get a face to be completely unimportant? :smallconfused:
Miko began as a hooded paladin, eh? (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0120.html) :smallwink:

[Peelee]

Most people have faces. If I ever meet someone without one, I'll probably wonder what's going on there.

So there was this **** Tracy movie back in the 90s, and...

[Fyraltari]

So there was this **** Tracy movie back in the 90s, and...

Nope, don't get it.

[Peelee]

Nope, don't get it.

https://dicktracy.fandom.com/wiki/The_Blank

[ComicSansSeraph]

You didn't expect someone who didn't even get a face to be completely unimportant? :smallconfused:

Considering that Tarquin, Miko, and the MitD were all introduced like this (and MitD still is), it's entirely reasonable.

[Precure]

I think they were a blue red herring.

[Gift Jeraff]

The mysterious cloaked figure was just a normal fashion trend of the mid-00s thanks to Kingdom Hearts 2.