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The best way to describe this [[Sentai]]-esque series that aired in the '90s on [[Fox Kids]] is either ''[[Power Rangers]]'' [[X Meets Y|meets Irish mythology]] or ''[[Star Wars]]'' in a [[Medieval European Fantasy]] where Darth Vader is a woman.

After a week of defeating the [[Threshold Guardians]] who guarded their armor, taming Pyre the Dragon of Dare, and learning Rohan was actually the warrior Draganta, the Mystic Knights settled into their routine: Maeve conjures up a [[Monster of the Week]]. The knights fight it with just their weapons. When that doesn't work, they [[Transformation Sequence|transform]] into their armor and destroy the monster with their weapons. They return to the castle to chase out the Temra soldiers Maeve sent in while they were busy.

 

* Rohan, an orphan raised as Cathbad's apprentice before learning he was the long-awaited [[The Chosen One|Chosen One]] Draganta, making him the leader by default. He is the only one who can control Pyre, the Dragon of Dare, whom he summons with the Dragon's Breath Dagger. Rohan revealed in one episode his heart's desire is to know who and where his real family is. [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]...

** Element: Fire

** Element: Forest

** Mystic Weapon: [[Dual-Wielding|Twin]] [[An Axe to Grind|Timber Axes]], which are supposedly "sharp enough to slice a stone in half," but were usually used to shoot energy blasts

* Fin Varra, the fairy king of Tir Na Nog who gave the Mystic Knights their weapons and armor. They frequently came to him for help but more often than not heard [[Figure It Out Yourself]], in riddle form.

* Aideen, a [[Ninja Butterfly]] (no, seriously) who followed the Knights around, serving as a messenger and spy. She had a crush on Rohan that occasionally caused her to do foolish things, like having Maeve turn her human or accidentally turning Deirdre to stone.

* Torc, Maeve's general, who was King Conchobar's right-hand man and best friend before the series, acting as [[The Mole]] before a young Rohan and Angus uncovered his treachery. He was revealed to be the one who stole Ivar's chalice.

The first (and only) season ended with a [[Story Arc]] where Maeve demanded something she had apparently been waiting for from a witch, Nemain: a powerful half demon warrior named Lugad, who the Mystic Knights could not defeat. The Warrior Of Temra Arc involved a power up for Rohan called Battle Fury, Garrett's return, the introduction of two not-so-[[Humongous Mecha]], and a completely unanticipated [[The Reveal|Reveal]] regarding Lugad, Maeve, and Rohan. Maeve was defeated once and for all and exiled, and it seemed that all would live [[Happily Ever After]]. The last minute of footage, however, featured Midar and Nemain teaming up, making unpleasant plans for Kells and Tir Na Nog. Too bad the show was canceled, and they would never get to carry them out...

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* [[The Ace]]: Garrett; unfortunately, he knew this ("You confuse honesty with being boastful.") This attitude disappeared, of course, [[Good Is Dumb|when he joined the team]].

* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]

* [[Catch Phrase]]

* [[Cancellation]]: In order to give [[Power Rangers]] Lost Galaxy a bigger budget. Production of the second series had already started when the order came down.

* [[Dungeon Master]]: Fin Varra

* [[Elemental Powers]]

** [[Blow You Away]]: Deirdre

** [[Making a Splash]]: Ivar

** [[Green Thumb]]: Garrett

* [[Ermine Cape Effect]]: The royal characters complained about spending all day taking ceremonial robes on and off.

* [[Evil Chancellor]]: Torc, pre-series

* [[Expy]]: Aideen is indistinguishable from Disney's Tinkerbell.

* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: Subverted

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]

This came shortly after {{spoiler|Rohan learned from Fin Varra that Lugad was his half-brother by the same mother.}} }}

* [[The Middle Ages]]

* [[Shapeshifting]]: Midar and Maeve are quite gifted in this, but no matter how many times they've been tricked before, the other characters [[Genre Blindness|always fall for it]].

* [[Strange Bedfellows]]: Cathbad and the Knights helped Maeve stop Midar from conquering the island. Midar and Nemain helped the Knights defeat Maeve in the finale.

* [[Synchronization]]: The Mystic Weapons were apparently linked, not to the Knights, but to Fin Varra. In an episode when he was kidnapped, they completely shut down.

* [[Team Spirit]]

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