Post by DSkillz on Jan 19, 2016 6:27:17 GMT
Aganos
Aganos (ἀγανός) is a fictional and playable character from the Killer Instinct series of fighting video games. He is a war golem of unknown origin who was sent on a quest to defeat Kan-Ra thousands of years ago. He is the fifteenth character of Killer Instinct (2013) and the sixth character of Season 2.
Being a golem, Aganos was originally composed completely of bronze, seen in his rusty green appearance. However, after so many years of existence, parts of him have been replaced with stones, bushes, and vines, such as his face(s), hand, and foot. In official art his right hand and left foot have been replaced with rocks, but in-game his poses are mirrored and either limbs can be rock. He has a hunchbacked figure and enormous hands and feet when compared to the rest of his proportions. His face resembles a traditional three-face drama mask often used in theatre - three faces representing joy, sorrow, and anger, all of them sharing a set of four eyes. The middle two eyes glow a bright cyan color when he is active (bright red when under UltraTech's mind-control). Aganos is absolutely massive in both width and height, standing over eight feet tall, taller than the previously-tallest character in the game, Glacius.
Animated by a group of powerful artisans for a purpose lost to time, this war golem, the last of its kind, has been a prized possession of warlords, power mongers, and kings, its violent history writ large across the battlefields of Europe and Middle-East.
As the ages wore on and the battles continued, so was a toll taken on the golem’s body. Its creators long dead, it was impossible to replace its worn and broken components. Piece by piece, battle by battle, the golem lost its original identity, substituting rocks for metal, vines for bolts and ropes.
The golem felt nothing, thought of nothing. It only obeyed commands... until one king gave it a most unusual order. Instead of ordering the construct to kill or destroy, this king commanded it to learn, to think. He named it Aganos, “a person of gentle disposition”, in the hopes that it would grow beyond its previous use and into something that could choose how to act. While that simple command allowed Aganos free will, he remained loyal to the king out of respect and as repayment for liberating him from strict obedience.
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Killer Instinct Wiki
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Being a golem, Aganos was originally composed completely of bronze, seen in his rusty green appearance. However, after so many years of existence, parts of him have been replaced with stones, bushes, and vines, such as his face(s), hand, and foot. In official art his right hand and left foot have been replaced with rocks, but in-game his poses are mirrored and either limbs can be rock. He has a hunchbacked figure and enormous hands and feet when compared to the rest of his proportions. His face resembles a traditional three-face drama mask often used in theatre - three faces representing joy, sorrow, and anger, all of them sharing a set of four eyes. The middle two eyes glow a bright cyan color when he is active (bright red when under UltraTech's mind-control). Aganos is absolutely massive in both width and height, standing over eight feet tall, taller than the previously-tallest character in the game, Glacius.
Animated by a group of powerful artisans for a purpose lost to time, this war golem, the last of its kind, has been a prized possession of warlords, power mongers, and kings, its violent history writ large across the battlefields of Europe and Middle-East.
As the ages wore on and the battles continued, so was a toll taken on the golem’s body. Its creators long dead, it was impossible to replace its worn and broken components. Piece by piece, battle by battle, the golem lost its original identity, substituting rocks for metal, vines for bolts and ropes.
The golem felt nothing, thought of nothing. It only obeyed commands... until one king gave it a most unusual order. Instead of ordering the construct to kill or destroy, this king commanded it to learn, to think. He named it Aganos, “a person of gentle disposition”, in the hopes that it would grow beyond its previous use and into something that could choose how to act. While that simple command allowed Aganos free will, he remained loyal to the king out of respect and as repayment for liberating him from strict obedience.
Links:
Wikipedia
Killer Instinct Wiki
Copyright Owner/Official Site
Microsoft Studios
Record:
W:
L: