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Kain R. Heinlein (カイン・
While he is the final boss of Garou: Mark of the Wolves, he will only fight players who've attained at least an AAA-ranking win average throughout the game and never lose a single round. He is the younger brother of Marie Heinlein, the brother-in-law of Geese Howard, and also the maternal uncle of Rock Howard.
Personality[]
Kain is calm, careful, strong-willed and a serious man; he is also very ambitious, but not a megalomaniac. His antagonism stems from being a crime boss to impose his moral ideals, the value of life and living it, and not anything near greed, evil or control, as his brother-in-law Geese would. Both men are ruthless against adversary, shares a strict moral code and respects worthy opponents. He hates emotions as, according to him, they breed conniving and bias.
These characteristics make him more of an anti-villain than a true villain, having noble intent over his supposed evil deeds.
Powers[]
- Pyrokinesis - Kain can create and control a blue-colored fire.
- Create Fire - Kain can create blue fire from thin air.
- Fiery Projectile - Kain can fire up to two projectiles of fire at a time.
- Fiery Attacks - Kain deliver punches and kicks of fire.
- Fiery Body - Kain can engulf himself in blue fire.
- Sense - Kain can sense people nearby through their ki.
- Energy Attacks - Kain can infuse his attacks with ki energy.
- Energy Projectiles - Kain can fire two types of energy projectiles: a ball that he fires from his hands and one that comes down from the sky.
Skills[]
- Visual Empathy - Kain can tell a person's emotions from looking at one person's eyes.
Fighting Style[]
His fighting style, while not flamboyant or exceptional, is considered effective as he is methodical when using his techniques. He uses some acrobatic moves, and he relies very much on his powers. In terms of gameplay, he is a charger.
Music Themes[]
- Dignity Palace - Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Voice Actor[]
Japanese[]
| Jun Hashimoto | |
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Appearances[]
Games[]
- Garou: Mark of the Wolves - final boss
Cameos[]
- Neo Geo Battle Coliseum - background cameo in the Statue stage; also in Terry's ending
- The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match - background cameo in Greece stage
- The King of Fighters XIII - background cameo in the Burnt Remains stage
Trivia[]
- Kain and Grant (Abel Cameron), while not brothers, were inspired by the Biblical Cain, from the Book of Genesis. Kain and Abel are tightly knit and loyal to one another, while the original and biblical Cain murdered Abel. Regarding Cain's legacy, it is said that upon having a family and seeking to settle down after before forced to journey to the "Land of Nod", or wander endlessly, Cain started the world's first city, naming it after his firstborn son, Enoch. Due to his relations of being the first murderer and one of the world's earliest grave sinners, the city of Enoch would become allegorical in tales describing how the city and core of civilization can draw out the worst of men, and Cain would be considered the progenitor of city builders and planners for his role in Enoch.
- His and Grant's backstory is evocative of the real world rape and murder of Kitty Genovese in New York City 1964, which claims 38 people merely watched three consecutive series of attacks on a woman to her death in the street. Although the inattentiveness and late response to her death was not the first instance in the history of man, the news of her murder is said to have made further awareness of the callousness and apathy to misery of modern American city life, became infamous for being a key example of Bystander Syndrome, prompted the creation of the 911 emergency phone number system when emergency medical services were too late to respond, and is believed to have marked the beginnings of New York City's infamous nadir of becoming "The Most Dangerous City In The World" into the 1970s.
- His surname is taken from American science fiction novelist Robert A. Heinlein, whose works are famous and infamous for being iconoclastic and critical of the ethics and values of mid 20th Century America, and are the topic of literary discourse and discussion due to their presentations of individualism and socialism. His personality and backstory are alternately suggestive of science fiction author Harlan Ellison, who took inspiration from the Kitty Genovese murder for the short story The Whimper of Whipped Dogs, and scripted the Outer Limits episode Soldier, which inspired The Terminator.
- All of Kain's moves are written in the German language, hinting that Kain and Marie is originally from Germany or are of German descent.
- Because of his blue-purple flames, he is often compared to Iori Yagami or anyone of the Hakkesshu, particularly Orochi Chris. His martial art of Ankoku Shinkuu-ken further shares the same naming convention as Grant's. Though the true nature of his martial arts are yet to be revealed, with the unveiling of Those from the Past through the King of Fighters sibling series and with how Mark of the Wolves takes place into the future of the 2000s, such a martial art is similar to that of Ash Crimson and Magaki and may be granted akin to Ankoku Karate.
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