Sir Tongara de Pepperouchau III

Sir Tongara de Pepperouchau III, or Pepper for short, is a clockwork tin soldier and the main character of the Clockwork Knight series.

Appearance
Pepper is a thin knight adorned in golden armor. His face features bulbous red cheeks, a mustache consisting of two black crescents, and most peculiarly a long, hexagonal prism-like nose (the distinguished mark of his family, according to him ). His armor is fairly standard, with a helmet, breastplate with several faulds, gauntlets, greaves and sabatons that sport cowboy-like spurs. His helmet has a visor, crest, and a white spike (which sometimes is not seen due to the art of Pepper being on white backgrounds, namely the cover of the first Clockwork Knight game). Naturally, being a clockwork toy, screws are present on Pepper's joints, and his back sports a large windup key.

History
Sir Tongara de Pepperouchau III is one of the many toys that live inside the house of Betsy and Kevin. He and the other toys are usually lifeless, but spring to life each night through the song of Princess Chelsea, the doll that lives inside the clock who comes out every night at midnight. He is currently owned by Kevin, and comes into Betsy's room each night upon being awakened to hang out with his fellow toys.

Pepper is in love with Chelsea, and is one of her many knights. He is shown to be a kindhearted and brave, albeit rather clumsy and inept, especially compared to his suave rival Ginger, who also seeks the love of the princess.

One day during a routine awakening, the lights suddenly go out, and Chelsea is kidnapped by an unknown evil stranger. If she doesn't return, the toys will never hear her song again, and thus will never come alive again. The toys nominate both Pepper and Ginger to journey forth to save her, but no sooner had they left than the toys fall under the evil stranger's spell and become evil minions committed to preventing the princess' rescue.

Despite his clumsiness, Pepper is one of the greatest fighters in all of Toyland and a master swordsman, and alongside his trusty steed Barobaro and Ginger himself, Pepper defeats those who stand in his way and rescues his beloved Chelsea, eventually marrying her (as shown upon completing the hard difficulty of Clockwork Knight 2).

Trivia

 * Pepper appears in Segagaga as one of Tarō Sega's allies and joins the fight against Dogma at the end of the game.
 * Pepper appears in the Sega Freaks Card Collection as Card #80.
 * Pepper's first name, Tongara, is derived from the word togarashi (Japanesse for "chili pepper"), and Pepperouchau is based on the spice pepper.
 * According to a 1995 developer interview with Noriyoshi Oba, Tongara states that he is "26...more or less!", making him the only Clockwork Knight character with a known age.