King (The Seven Deadly Sins)
King is a male anime and manga character who features in The Seven Deadly Sins.
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Biography
Origin
Fairy King Harlequin (Japanese: 妖精王ハーレクイン, Hepburn: Yōsei-Ō Hārekuin) was a male member of the Fairy race born more than a thousand years ago from the Sacred Tree in the Fairy King's Forest where he came to have a younger sister named Elaine. Long ago, he came to be chosen by the Sacred Tree where he was destined to become the third Fairy King.
Seven hundred years ago, King was the ruler and guardian of the Fairy King's Forest; a country set on the border between the Fairy and Human realms. His spear, Chastiefol, was made from the Sacred Tree placed in its center. King used to live with Elaine along with other Fairies, keeping up the peace between them and the humans. During his time protecting the forest, King and Helbram were best friends. But unlike Helbram, King found no interest in humans and cautioned Helbram not to trust them. However, Helbram and his group went out of the forest to see the human world, where they met a group of human travelers who promised to give them items in exchange for information about the Fairy World. However, it was revealed that the humans were only after their wings, which could be sold for a lot of money, as it was believed to extend a person's lifespan. King then went out of the forest to save his friends despite Elaine's efforts to stop him, telling her to stay and protect the forest. After finding the dead bodies of the Fairies, King stumbled upon a tall, armored human wearing an eye patch named Aldrich who attacked him from the back, ending up nearly killing him, until he was saved by a young Diane. Due to his injuries, King ended up forgetting about his life as a Fairy King and spent his time playing with and protecting Diane.
Diane later met a stranger who offered them soup, despite them being a fairy and a giant. Feeling uneasy with the old man, King told Diane to be cautious around humans. When Diane came down with a fever, he was sent into panic due to the fairies' lack of understanding of diseases and sicknesses. However, Diane stopped him, telling him to not leave her side since she was always lonely. The old man who gave them food found them and offered some herbs for Diane to feel better. At this point, King realized that a human's time passed much faster than the other races, as the old man that he had met before had aged several decades since the last time he had given them soup. As soon as Diane got better, they ended up playing tag with each other. He told her that if she caught him, he would grant her a wish. Diane took it seriously and caught him, but ended up getting her clothes ripped, leaving her naked, much to his surprise. He decided to make her new clothes and went to the old man's place, only to find more towns built there, and that the old man had a grandchild now. After leaving the forest, he told Diane about marriage between two humans who love each other.
Diane asked if King loved her to which the latter shyly nodded. She then asked him if he would always love her and stay by her side, which made him blush harder. Later that night, he finally remembered his identity and found out that the village close by is on fire. He told Diane to sit back and hurriedly went to the village, only to find out that everyone died with their backs slashed. King found the man who killed him years ago and was shocked to see him still alive. He then realized that it was Helbram using the identity of the person who hunted down the fairies for their wings. He got back up and decided to end Helbram's rage to humans, killing him in the end. King then went back to Diane to erase her memories of him, fearing that he will be unable to protect anyone anymore. King was then captured by unknown Holy Knights for the crime of 'Sloth' as he was a king, and was unaware of Helbram's mass murder of humans, and turning a blind eye. Unaware at the time, one of those Holy Knights was Meliodas, with whom he would be properly introduced to after joining the Seven Deadly Sins. Additionally, due to his imprisonment, King was unable to return to the Fairy King's Forest and was absent during the events that lead to the Destruction of the Forest and the death of his sister, Elaine. Because of his absence, his own people began to resent and eventually hate him, overall ending his reign as their king.
Seven Deadly Sins
Gilthunder claimed that King had perished in the Capital of the Dead. In the middle of Meliodas and Gilthunder's fight, both Diane and Elizabeth were told that he had died. After Meliodas, Elizabeth, Diane and Ban escaped the Baste Dungeon, a young boy was seen with the Grizzly symbol near his left ankle, floating in the air whilst watching the shooting stars in the sky from a window. King is looking out of the window when Gilthunder comes in and tells him that Ban has joined up with Meliodas and Diane. He then wonders why they decided to move. Gilthunder reassures King's loyalty to the kingdom, to which the latter coldly replies that he has his own ways of doing things. Suddenly, a Black Hound, named Oslo, enters the house and King welcomes it back. He asks if it had found Meliodas and the others, mysteriously understanding what it says. He then notices something in its mouth and pulls out two Holy Knights crests, whilst telling Gilthunder that the rest of the Holy Knights better stay away, or he will wipe them away along with his enemies. Later, he appears before Ban and delivers a surprise attack by stabbing him in the chest. When Ban asks who he is, he replies that it was not important and quickly pierces his spear completely through Ban. Acknowledging the fact that Ban is confused by who he is, King revealed that Ban had killed the Guardian Saint of the Fountain of Youth to obtain immortality. Immediately after hearing King stating his sin, Ban quickly sent Ellen and her brother away, and engages in a battle. King swiftly hovered towards Ban attempting to pierce him again with the spear but failed to do so.
Before Ban can return with an attack, King immediately uses his levitation abilities to perform the technique, Bumblebee. Despite the simultaneous strikes, Ban still continues to dodge all the attacks. Once again, the attack fails, forcing the impatient Ban to activate his ability Snatch. Just before he can activate it, Meliodas arrives and intervenes in the battle, and hits him on the head with a cup. Diane and Meliodas immediately recognize King, while Ban is surprised and dumbfounded. Despite Diane being happy to meet him, he quickly flies away without saying a word. After escaping, he continues to watch over the rest from afar, whilst complaining that he made it appear as if he ran away. He then comments on how cute Diane was and how it is almost impossible that Meliodas still looked the same. Finally, he remembers Ban's sin in the Fairy King Forest, and exclaims that Ban is fooling them. Out of the blue, Oslo barks at him, telling him that the group has moved to the edge of the town. A subtle wind whips up all the petal on the flower field, and the characters are all teleported to the Capital of the Dead. Noticing that Ban began chasing a mysterious figure, King quickly follows, wondering how they were able to enter the Capital. While continuing to chase Ban, King provokes him. The former tries to attack the latter, but fails. Noticing that King is able to dodge with ease, Ban finally acknowledges the fact that he is the real King and begins to fight more seriously. King uses his pillow as a decoy, cushioning Ban's punch and dodging quickly. Stating that he does not desire to reunite with Ban in such a situation, King narrates how he came to discover his hometown burned to the ground and the death of his sister. His pillow then transforms into a form of a giant stuffed bear, immobilizing Ban, exclaiming that the Guardian Saint whom Ban killed was his sister. When Ban, in response, declares that he was immortal and couldnot be killed, he used Chastiefol's Form Three: Fossilization that can petrify anything it impales. Ban's skin around the impaled area was shown to had been petrified as a result.
After Ban's body completely solidifies, King starts to move away, but notices a sphere of light appearing in front of Ban. King is then shocked when he realizes that it is actually Elaine. Confused, he sees Elaine kissing Ban and undoing the petrification. He asks why Ban can see Elaine whilst he can not, revealing his jealousy and disconcert. When he hears Elaine's voice, he asks to let him see her. King then questions whether Elaine is still mad at him for abandoning her and isolating for many years. However, he exclaims that there is no reason to save Ban, because he took everything from her. Angered, King asks what Ban is doing to his sister, only to hear Ban saying that he will make her his. King is left behind by Ban who heads out to assist Meliodas and Diane fighting against Guila. King continues to ask Elaine why she forgave Ban and not him, but Elaine simply replies that he left her alone for over 700 years, whereas Ban gave her renewed happiness in just seven days. Before King could say anything else, Elizabeth and Hawk arrive. He then asks about their identities, so Elizabeth and Hawk introduced themselves as Meliodas's traveling companions. Elizabeth tells him that a Holy Knight has suddenly appeared and is fighting against Meliodas and Diane, who in response, asks her whether she came to seek his help. Surprisingly, Elizabeth bravely tells him to run away instead, while trying borrow his spear to fight against Guila. Feeling inspired by Elizabeth's bravery, King heads to the battlefield. During the fight, King suddenly appears behind and thrusts his spear through Ban to attack Guila. Ban asked him why he is there, to which he replies by saying that he is there to help Meliodas and Diane. Guila then blasts herself free and says that King's betrayal was expected. King then easily defends against Guila's next attack. When Guila confirms that she wants all four to attack her, he confidently insists that he will deal with her alone. He then easily puts Guila on the run by having his spear chase her. After Guila used Brilliant Detonation, King uses his spear's Form Five, Increase to defeat her technique and strike her down. King then turned away, but Guila gets out of the rubble and attacked him. He was saved by Meliodas' Full Counter and noticed that Guila's presence was gone. Afterwards, King, along with the rest, were rejected by the Capital, which Elaine thanked him for protecting Ban before they leave. When they return to the living world, they see how Guila got to the Capital of the Dead. He then volunteers to petrify her, but Meliodas insisted that he would handle this.
Later, when everyone was eating fish, King asked Diane if she was okay, which the latter denied. Ban then drunkenly stated that she was faking it, which he disagreed and defended, however, unnoticed by King, Diane made a face that revealed she was indeed faking it. King then asked who Elizabeth was and Meliodas introduced her as the princess of the Liones Kingdom. King was shocked and turned into his former form whereupon he properly introduced himself. He felt exhausted for maintaining his human form, and explained that it required a lot of concentration. King then almost got into an argument with Ban, but Meliodas stopped them. Elizabeth complimented him on his fight against Guila, to which he accepts and explains that he is indeed powerful because of his sacred treasure. He then said that the Holy Knight had no chance against the other three if they had their treasures with them. He then shifted his attention to his fellow members and asks them what happened to their sacred treasure, and was shocked to know the stories. King yells at them when he hears how they lost their sacred treasures, which was given to them by a king except for Diane because he liked her, but Hawk asks him why it was such a big problem. King explained it by using the lake as a sin's power, telling him that if they used a sacred treasures, they can carry a whole house of water as power. King then says that it would be pointless to argue, and they should find them while searching for the other members. The next day, King, Meliodas and Elizabeth go out to find information, leaving Ban and Diane at the Boar Hat to house it. While walking, everyone is looking at them and, to the group's surprise, they see that Elizabeth has gained a wanted poster. The town realizes this and tries capture Elizabeth, but Meliodas saved her and ran away. Later, while in an old tower, Meliodas told Elizabeth to stay put while he tried to find information. Later, after Hawk ran toward them and told them what happened to Elizabeth, King decides to go back to Boar Hat to get help, but then he sees Meliodas's serious face and says that they are doing it now. Meliodas and King make the plan and after Meliodas saves Elizabeth, they met again in the Boar Hat and go to the next town.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, King resembled a young boy with a youthful face and soft features alongside short brown hair, a high forehead, thin eyebrows, and brownish-orange eyes. This made him look much younger than his true age of over a thousand years. He typically wore a teal jumpsuit with orange sleeves and a hood, often seen floating on his green pillow. When unleashing his power, however, his true Fairy King form revealed larger wings and a more regal presence, emphasizing his divine nature. Among the Seven Deadly Sins, he came to be known as the Grizzly's Sin of Sloth.
King was initially stern, judgmental, and consumed by grief and anger over Elaine’s fate, which drove his hostility toward Ban. However, beneath his vengeful surface, King was compassionate, protective, and deeply loyal to his friends. His love for Diane revealed a softer, vulnerable side, often causing him to act awkward or embarrassed in her presence. His sense of duty as Fairy King made him serious in battle, but his gentle heart and strong emotional bonds defined his character.
Despite being the Sin of Sloth, he is hardworking and serious at times. When King joins the group, he starts to act like the only rational one in the group, and questions his teammates' erratic and slightly insane actions, such as their nonchalance about losing their sacred treasures. When forced to do something he dislikes, King can easily be motivated if it will make Diane happy.
Despite King's kind personality, he is not against killing someone, if pushed to his limits.
Powers and abilities
As a Fairy, King had a number of abilities that were inherent in his people such as the ability to levitate and fly along with the power to change his appearance at will.
King also possessed the innate ability to levitate and the natural powers of a Fairy, including regeneration and flight with wings. His versatility made him one of the most powerful members of the Seven Deadly Sins.
As the Fairy King, he was given the magical power of Disaster (災厄ディザスター, Dizasutā) that gave him complete control over life and death. This was the authority that allowed him to rule over the Fairy Realm as its King. Among the techniques known to him included:
- Status Promotion (状態促進ステータスプロモーション, Sutētasu Puromōshon; literally meaning "Status Promotion") :
- Condense Power (養分凝縮コンデンスパワー, Kondensu Pawā; literally meaning "Condense Nutrients") :
He had his own Sacred Treasure that was the Spirit Spear Chastiefol (霊槍シャスティフォル, Reisō Shasutiforu) that was a holy weapon crafted from the Sacred Tree in the Fairy Realm. King wielded the Spirit Spear Chastiefol, a sacred treasure made from the Sacred Tree. Chastiefol could shift into multiple forms, such as Form One: Chastiefol (spear) for piercing strikes, Form Two: Guardian (grizzly form) for defense, Form Three: Fossilization for petrification, Form Four: Sunflower for long-range energy blasts, and Form Five: Increase for multiplying attacks.
King was knowledgeable of the Dancing Fairy (踊る妖精ダンシングフェアリー, Danshingu Fearī) fighting dance that has been passed down through the Fairy Clan for generations. Using this technique, King leaps into the air and charges at his opponent while rapidly jabbing with his fists. It is very weak and the charge can be stopped with one finger.
He was a member of an order of Holy Knights known as the Seven Deadly Sins (七つの大罪, Nanatsu no Taizai).
Notes
- King was created by Nakaba Suzuki where he featured in the setting of The Seven Deadly Sins universe.
In other media
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Appearances
- The Seven Deadly Sins:
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