Kamen Rider Dragon Knight

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight is the second of the 13 Kamen Riders the story revolves around. He is the eponymous character, and the main protagonist of the series. The original Dragon Knight was Adam from Ventara, who betrayed the other Riders from Ventara by venting most of them under the orders of Xaviax. His Advent Deck was handed over to his Earth counterpart Kit Taylor, who later became the permanent Dragon Knight after the final battle against Xaviax.

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight is one of the few main Kamen Riders in the franchise not to resemble an insect in his transformed state, though he still has the ever-recognizable bug eyes as part of his helmet design. Kamen Rider Dragon Knight is a "balanced" Rider with equally powerful melee and far-range fighting capabilities. His special element seems to be fire, given his dragon's augmentation to his armor. His most used weapon is his Sword Vent, modeled after a Chinese Dao sword, and his Final Vent is a flying side kick called "Dragon Rider Kick", which is a playoff from the usual "Rider Kick" the original Kamen Riders used.


FIGHTING STYLE
Dragon Knight is a balanced fighter, able to utilize both a close-range and ranged fighting style. His Advent Cards further show the emphasis on versatility, with a decently powerful close range weapon (Sword Vent) as well as a capable far-range weapon (Strike Vent). His Contract Monster Dragredder often aids him in his battles. Dragon Knight however has no special or trick cards like Thrust's Confine Vent or Sting's Copy Vent, nor does he have a weapon based Rider Visor like Knight's rapier Dark Visor or Zolda's gun Giga Visor.

His Survive mode further strengthen his emphasis on versatility, as well as giving him a trick vent (Strange Vent).

FORMS

Kit Taylor/Adam transforms into Kamen Rider Dragon Knight through his Advent Deck and his V-Buckle. These are the following forms throughout the course of the series run.


Blank Form is Dragon Knight's default form when lacking a Contract Monster, possessing an arm-mounted Ride Visor and weak weapons like the Rider Saber and the Rider Shield. It is much weaker than any of his other forms and any of the other Riders, though it is enough to keep him from disintegrating in the Mirror World. Kit Taylor began the series in this form before he contracted Dragredder, and he also reverted back to this form when his Contract Card was stolen by Kamen Rider Thrust.

Advent Cards

• Sword Vent (AP: 300): A fragile sword. Dragon Knight's only weapon while in Blank Form. The sword broke easily at Dragon Knight's first attmept to use it against a monster.
  
• Guard Vent (AP: 300): No notable description.

KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT (NORMAL MODE)
This is Dragon Knight's standard form that he had throughout most of the series, obtained once he forms his contract with Dragredder. A "balanced" Rider with equally powerful melee and far-range fighting capabilities, he uses the Drag Visor gauntlet on his left forearm to use Advent Cards.

Advent Cards

• Attack Vent (AP: 5000): Summons Dragredder, a red mechanical dragon.
  
• Sword Vent (AP: 2000): Conjures the Drag Saber: Dragredder's broadsword-like tail.
• Strike Vent (AP: 2000): Conjures the Drag Claw: attaches a dragon-like gauntlet on his right hand to shoot a burst of flames (modelled after Dragredder's head).
• Guard Vent (AP: 2000): Conjures the Drag Shields: attaches dragon-like shield arrays on his arms.
• Final Vent (AP: 6000): Dragredder is summoned to assist with Dragon Knight's Dragon Rider Kick. It consists of him jumping into the air, delivering a flying side kick powered by Dragredder's flames.
• Survive (Blaze): Allows Dragon Knight to access Survive Mode and transforms Dragredder to Dragranzer. When activated, the background of the card shines with a spinning red flame effect.

SURVIVE MODE

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Survive is Dragon Knight's ultimate form, assumed by using the power of Survive Rekka (Blaze). In this form, Dragon Knight's Rider Visor transforms into a gun-like weapon called the Drag Visor-Zwei, which can assume Drag Blade mode with the sword opening from the visor like a pocket knife with a blade measuring 1.2m in length.

Advent Cards

• Attack Vent (AP: 7000): Summons Dragranzer, the evolved form of Dragredder.
  
• Sword Vent (AP: 3000): Activates Drag Visor-Zwei's sword mode. The sword opens like a pocket knife from Drag Visor-Zwei and extend; blade measures 1.2m in length.
• Shoot Vent (AP: 4000): Summons Dragranzer for a fire-breathing attack called "Meteor Bullet".
• Guard Vent (AP: 4000): Dragranzer coils around Dragon Knight Survive as a protective barricade called the "Fire Wall". It was used to repel Kamen Rider Strike's Metalgelas-based Final Vent Heavy Pressure.
• Strange Vent: A generic card that could be used by any of the 13 Riders. Once activated, it changed itself into one of the Advent Cards of the 13 Riders in a random manner.The actual effect is that it chooses a random vent and activates it. This vent can do nothing, summon, trick, or whatever else it picks.
• Final Vent (AP: 9000): Dragon Knight Survive executes the "Dragon Firestorm" attack where Dragranzer turns into a motorcycle and shoots fireballs at the target before ramming it.