Character from Sword Art Online by Reki Kawahara
SAO's strongest guild — the white-and-red elite who led the floor clearings, led by a commander who was secretly the final boss, which tells you everything about how SAO worked.
The Knights of the Blood Oath were SAO's most powerful guild and the backbone of the clearing effort. Led by Heathcliff (secretly Kayaba), with Asuna as vice-commander, they organized the floor boss raids that progressed the game toward completion. Their members were the best of the best — the players willing to fight on the front lines where one mistake meant real death. The irony of the guild is that it was led by the man who created the death game. Kayaba used the Knights as his personal view into SAO's social dynamics, fighting alongside the people he was holding hostage and apparently enjoying it. Whether this makes the guild's achievements less real is one of the series' open questions.
Uniformed in distinctive white-and-red capes and armor, making them instantly recognizable on any floor. Their formation fighting is precise and coordinated, and they move through Aincrad with the confident authority of the game's top players.
Also known as: KoB, Knights of the Blood, KoB Guild