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KAIDEN: f.u.r.y. (v3)

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Introducing my newest member to my crew of characters, Kaiden the Koopa Troopa.

Kaiden was created by me a few months ago while brainstorming ideas for a new Koopa-type character, and as a serious rival for Koopser.  It's been a long while since I created a new character and wanted one that could fit right alongside Koopser in such a way that Reign and Maji go together.

Kaiden and Koopser are far from being friends though, compared to Reign and Maji's friendly rivalry and friendship. Kaiden means business when it comes to Koopser, and is abrasive in nature and personality. A tough guy, so to speak.  Cool, but brash.  He picks on Koopser quite a bit, get on Koopser's nerves and tests him enough to see how he handles being under pressure. Kaiden is a little older than Koopser, though not by much.  

Koopser himself does not possess any special powers like Reign or Maji do although he is agile enough for physical hand-to-hand combat.  Each of my characters has a certain type of "theme" to them, like Reign with his hoverboard and lightsaber and psychic powers and Maji being good at DJ'ing.  Koopser's the one with the street magic theme going on.  This new character of mine follows a theme of excelling at street fighting.  Kaiden is a loose cannon who means business and excels at his own special brand of fighting which he takes special pride in.  Is he a bad guy? Wouldn't say that...but I do think he nicely contrasts Reign and Maji's friendly rivalry with each other to being much more serious with Koopser as a rival.  The chemistry between Koopser Kaiden could get interesting, depending on what kind of interaction and tension it produces.  

Kaiden comes from a bad slummy neighborhood and has raised himself on the streets for as long as he can remember. He became interested in fighting as a means of protecting himself and showing off as a show of display to others signaling to them not to mess with him.  The very name "Kaiden" means "warrior" and "fighter" in Irish, which was a huge inspiration behind naming him as such since I myself have a huge percentage of Irish heritage.

As far as Kaiden's design goes, from head to toe:

:bulletred:Wears a signature hat with the Pokémon "Fighting"-type class symbol emblazoned into it.
:bulletred:Eyes are of a reddish color.
:bulletred:Commonly can be seen with a purplish ring of black eye around his right eye.
:bulletred:Right under his black eye is a tribal tattoo symbolizing wind with a scar right over it.
:bulletred:Sports a silver nose-ring.
:bulletred:Commonly sports a bandage on the upper part of his beak.
:bulletred:Wears gray fingerless gloves with four metallic spikes protruding from the knuckles. The gloves are emblazoned with the word "FURY" spread across the fingers. "FURY" is a special term associated with Kaiden due to his abrasive personality and fighting spirit.
:bulletred:His other arm sports a purplish tribal streak tattoo similar to the red one on Koopser's arm. Could this be a sign that Koopser and Kaiden somehow share a similar past and are tied together somehow?
:bulletred:Wears tight-fitted bandages that wrap around his arm, with loose strips flying off of them.
:bulletred:On the same arm, Kaiden wears a purple and green beaded bracelet.
:bulletred:Kaiden's main attire of choice includes a red, black, and gray plaid collared shirt with torn sleeves worn unbuttoned over a dark purple undershirt with a Poison Mushroom emblazoned on the front. He also wears dark blue jeans with a standard gray belt, and a padded knee-guard on one of his knees. It is currently unknown but speculated upon that Kaiden wears this not only as a protective fashion accessory, but also to cover up a possible permanent bad kneecap injury he would prefer to mask. This might also be a symbol of Kaiden's possible hinted past with Koopser and a source of his anger against him.
:bulletred:Kaiden's sneakers are comfortable enough to fight in, and simple enough in design to show off his toughness. The "K" emblazoned on the side of his sneakers stands for "Kaiden" and "Koopa".
:bulletred:Kaiden sports a blue spiked shell on his back that can sometimes be seen. It sticks out from the back of his torn plaid shirt as a way of displaying toughness to his rivals. It is unknown whether or not Kaiden was born with this shell as it currently looks or was formed by other means, possibly by Kaiden himself.
:bulletred:Kaiden's tail is not an ordinary one usually seen on the average Koopa Troopa. In fact, his tail is part of an accidental mutation caused by someone from his past--again, could Koopser somehow have been involved? Kaiden's tail grew much larger, longer in length, and developed two metal protruding axe-shaped plates on the opposite ends. As a way to make it his own, Kaiden pierced the blades to include one red "earring" on both plates.  Kaiden also can be often seen wearing bandages on his tail in a similar way as his arm.

There are a few versions of this deviation that can be seen here, ranging from added texture differences and being shown wearing his hat and without it. They can be seen below in the accompanied thumbnails:

Been working on this since May on and off, but has been difficult to finish up until now with what I've been experiencing in my life the past few months.  I have to give a genuine and huge thanks to my good friend :iconkatrina1185: who has been instrumental in assisting with the inked lineart. I was seeking some help in inking my original drawing since my own outlining skills are not quite up to par with what I would like, and so she kindly offered to do so.  With that, she has my assured appreciation and heartfelt gratitude.  I'd also like to thank :icontotodos: for being the very first person to draw him aside from myself in hopes of giving Kaiden some exposure, of which her fantastic interpretation of Kaiden can be seen here:

Here's something I'd like to address about Kaiden: Will he be part of the main crew, or will he be a side character that pops up once in awhile? Not entirely sure about that, as my original intention for him was to only show up here and there. But in creating Kaiden, I felt a deeper connection with him in some way besides being a mere rival to Koopser. Kaiden may act tough and like a jerk, but he doesn't always do it just for kicks. His past is troubled and clearly now his anger and rage is showing more and more through the cracks.  I think in some way Kaiden could end up being a sympathetic character of sorts, but I really leave it to individual interpretation.

Aside from what I've written here, I really don't have much else to add. I just hope that anyone who takes a look at this or who enjoys my fan characters will enjoy Kaiden just as much as I do.

Thanks for looking. :)

Kaiden the Koopa Troopa © 2013 :iconbowser81889:
Koopa Troopa species, Poison Mushroom © 1985, 1986, 2013 :iconnintendoplz:
Fighting-Type  Symbol © 1996, 2013 GAME FREAK
Inked Outlining done by :iconkatrina1185:
Art © 2013 :iconbowser81889:
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