Douglas Knotcher

Douglas Knotcher (or simply known as Knotcher) is a boy, who studies in the same school as Zack Lightman, in fact he goes to the same class as him. Knotcher is known for bullying the other students in the high school.

In the beginning of the book it was shown how Knotcher bullies others. He often insults kids verbally, like punching them, but at the time when Zack sees the Glaive Fighter in the sky, Knotcher was bullying in "old school", as the description says. He was throwing wet paperballs into Casey Cox, a shy student who didn't have the courage to stop the bully. Instead, Zack Lightman did. the next day Knotcher showed up in front of school with his two pals he called the Two Lennys to get revenge on Zack. they were about to knock Zack down together, but when Zack pulled out a crowbar from his bag, the Two Lennys got away immediately and Knotcher fell on the ground.

It doesn't turn out that Knotcher is a player of ARMADA and TERRAFIRMA, or not. Probably yes, but he doesn't play as much as Zack Lightman, who made up to the top 10 player's list wihin a few years.

Later, in the end of the novel, it is shown that Knotcher did fight during the Europeans' invasion. He was there when Zack and his mother were standing near Xavier Lightman's grave, this means Knotcher lost one of his family members during the war.