It adds more feel to the Clockworks, as for some reason if you do a thousand Clockwork runs you never see a trapped knight, but go on one mission and you see half a dozen of them.
There's also the awesome duel between monsters and invincible noob knights as well.
Maybe you could also have the option of being evil and not rescuing him?
Noob knights are so horribly slow that it is annoying. They can be a distraction to enemies but often screw up your attacks and dodges. At least speed them up so they aren't a huge hindrance.
Ok. That would be nice. Yeah, and make them invincible and fast so they can make good indestructible cannon fodder.
I had this idea too, but I'm going to post another thread because it's just not right to stick a noob NPC knight to someone that doesn't want to carry it.