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Sol Badguy (ソル＝バッドガイ Soru Baddogai^?) is the main character^[1] and namesake^[2] of the Guilty Gear fighting game series. By initial appearance, he is an aloof bounty hunter anti-hero who fights with an oddly rectangular sword called Fuuenken, or the Fireseal. However, his brash and somewhat abrasive exterior conceals a genius and emotional depth. He has dedicated his life to the destruction of Gears, a race of magical bioweapons that plunged the world into a hundred-year war known as the Crusades. In particular, he shows a particular zeal to destroy their creator, an individual known only as "That Man". Sol is also a fan of Queen,^[3] and his rival in the series is Ky Kiske. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 274 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (329 Ã— 719 pixel, file size: 69 KB, MIME type: image/gif)Official Guilty Gear XX Accent Core artwork for May. ... The Guilty Gear series is known for its unique graphics. ... Screenshot of Ky Kiske attacking Sol Badguy. ... Daisuke Ishiwatari (çŸ³æ¸¡å¤ªè¼”) (b. ... Daisuke Ishiwatari (çŸ³æ¸¡å¤ªè¼”) (b. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... It is popularly believed in Japan that a persons ABO blood type or ketsu eki gata is predictive of their personality, character, and compatibility with others, similar to the Western worlds Astrology. ... The Guilty Gear series is known for its unique graphics. ... Screenshot of The King of Fighters XI (2005, SNK Playmore). ... For other uses, see Bounty hunter (disambiguation). ... In literature and film, an anti-hero is a central or supporting character that has some of the personality flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but nonetheless also have enough heroic qualities or intentions to gain the sympathy of readers or viewers. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... That Man, as seen in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival That Man (also known as Ano Otoko ), which is the Japanese romanization for that (certain) man), is a hidden character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ... Ky Kiske ) is the second main character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, having appeared in every game to date. ...

Character design

Creator Daisuke Ishiwatari designed Sol in many ways to reflect as his alter ego and also recorded Sol's in-game voice acting (the voice actor for GGXX's story mode and drama CDs however, is done by Hikaru Hanada). Ishiwatari's favorite band is Queen, and he thus named Sol Badguy, whose "real" name is Frederick (or Freddie for short), after Freddie Mercury, whose nickname was 'Mr. Bad Guy'.^[4] Like Ishiwatari, Sol's favorite band is also said to be Queen, with Sol's favorite album being Sheer Heart Attack. Daisuke Ishiwatari (çŸ³æ¸¡å¤ªè¼”) (b. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ... Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 â€“ 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). ... For the Queen song of the same name, see News of the World (album). ...

Sol's normal character design depicts him with reddish brown hair and eyes^[a] wearing a tight, black undershirt with the top half covered by a red, sleeveless jacket^[b] along with white pants.^[c] His headband bears the words 'Rock You', a reference to the Queen song "We Will Rock You", while his belt buckle has the word 'Free'. Sol's character design also contains a pair of black, fingerless gloves, red shoes, a drape of red cloth hanging down beneath his buckle and a multitude of belts, including a lone one on his left forearm. Sol fights using a blunt, rectangular sword known as Fuuenken (Fireseal) through which he releases a range of fire-based attacks. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In other cultural references, Sol's instant kill moves "All Guns Blazing" and "Napalm Death" are named after a song by Judas Priest and a British grindcore band respectively, and his theme song "Keep Yourself Alive" is named after a song by Queen. Also, Sol's Guilty Gear X arcade extra was drawn in the style of Yoji Shinkawa's Metal Gear Solid artwork.^[5] Napalm Death is a grindcore/death metal band formed in the village of Meriden near Birmingham, England in 1982 by Nicholas Bullen and Miles Ratledge. ... For other uses, see Judas priest (curse). ... Grindcore, often shortened to grind, is an evolution of hardcore punk, most commonly associated with death metal, a very different though similarly extreme style of music. ... Keep Yourself Alive was the first track on the British rock group Queens debut album, written by Brian May. ... Guilty Gear X is the second full game in the Guilty Gear series. ... Yoji Shinkawa Yoji Shinkawa (æ–°å·æ´‹å¸ Shinkawa YÅji, born December 25, 1971) is a Japanese illustrator and conceptual artist. ... This article is about the original Metal Gear Solid released for the PlayStation. ...

Story

Background

His exact history is unclear, but it is known for certain that Sol's real name is Frederick, who not only was one of the lead scientists of the Gear project, but is also the prototype Gear from over a hundred years before the events of the Guilty Gear games. As a prototype, he is immune to the orders of Commander Gears. He was personally acquainted with That Man prior to the Crusades. His headband is actually a Gear-suppression device which prevents him from giving into his Gear nature and losing his rationality, at the cost of suppressing much of his power. The headband also conceals the glowing red brand on his forehead, the telltale mark that would expose him as a Gear.

As Frederick, Sol created the "Outrage", which he called a supreme Anti-Gear weapon. The Outrage is actually not one weapon but several - eight components called "Jinki", which greatly amplify their wielders' magical ability. Only three Outrage weapons are currently known to be active - Sol's own Fuuenken, Ky's Fuuraiken (Thunderseal), and Anji Mito's twin fans, Zessen. The other five are supposedly in the custody of the United Nations, although some fans believe Paracelsus, A.B.A's living key, to be a jinki.

Frederick also saved Kliff Undersn (one of the leaders of the Holy Orders and the one who named Ky leader of the Holy knights) when Kliff was still a young boy. Roughly half a century later, he was himself recruited into the order, as a bounty hunter named "Sol Badguy." Sol took part in the Crusades, ironically becoming one of the best fighters on the human side. At this time he was a member of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights (Seikishidan). He acquired the nickname "Corrupted [or Immoral] Flame" during that time, a name that such figures as I-No and Justice use for him later. However, he later became disenchanted with the methods of the Sacred Order. At an unspecified time, Sol fled the order, taking with him the Fuuenken, which the Holy Knights had come to consider a sacred treasure. The theft earned him Ky's enmity.

In 2175, Sol faced Justice directly. The two fought, and Justice won - in the process, discovering that Sol was a Gear (but not his true identity as a creator of the Gears). Justice attempted to assert her power as a Commander Gear to control Sol, but was unable to do so. Exploiting her confusion and weakness from the fight, the Holy Order, led by Ky Kiske, sealed Justice away, bringing the war to an end.

Guilty Gear

Canon states that Sol was the winner of the Tournament, and it is here that Justice discovers that Sol is, in fact, Frederick. Justice, in her dying words, comments that she wishes that "the three of us" could talk one last time, and Sol swears to kill That Man.

Guilty Gear X

Sol has three endings, all of which involve a fight against Dizzy, who has a half-million World Dollar bounty on her head. However, he spares her life in all of them, losing against her in his second ending, and judging that she isn't a threat to the world in the other two. In his third ending, we see a conversation between That Man and one of his servants, in which That Man cryptically says, "To think there was a daughter...most interesting." It is revealed in Drama CD Side Black to be in reference to Justice being Dizzy's mother. Dizzy ) is a character in the Gulity Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance as a boss of the second game, Guilty Gear X: By Your Side. ...

Guilty Gear XX

His storyline here involves chasing down I-No. His first ending, after he defeats I-No, leads to a direct confrontation with That Man. That Man casually deflects all Sol's attacks, and says that Sol is needed because soon a greater battle than the Crusades will occur. In Sol's second ending, Slayer informs him of the Post-War Administration Bureau's interest in Dizzy, which catches his interest. In the third, he fights Dizzy, who had been possessed by Necro after I-No knocked her off the Mayship, and sends Dizzy on her way to meet Johnny and May. I-No is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance as a boss of the third game, Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival; unlike bosses in previous games, she is freely playable from the start. ...

Holy Order Sol

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Holy Order-Sol (聖騎士団ソル Seikishidan Soru^?) is an alternate version of the original character, which has him clothed in a garment similar to that worn by Ky Kiske. Sol was indeed a part of the Sacred Order of the Holy Knights, this is a take on what Sol looked like during that time and how he fought before beginning to use his now-trademark sword, Fireseal (or "Fuuenken"). This form also shows a glimpse of Sol's true Gear form (where he sports a pair of demonic wings and a tail) when performing the original version (without the aid of Fuuenken) of his Overdrive move, Dragon Install. His EX Instant Kill is called All Guns Blazing (named after the Judas Priest song with the same name) and is basically the original Instant Kill of Sol Badguy from the first game. Ky Kiske ) is the second main character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, having appeared in every game to date. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Judas priest (curse). ...

Holy Order-Sol uses a different attack system than the other characters do. He uses a Charge meter with 3 levels. By pressing half-circle back along with Dust (quarter-circle back as of Accent Core), Order-Sol will begin charging his meter. At each level, all of his command techniques gain extra strength or new properties. He also possesses an attack that can be used while he is charging, similar in appearance to a Burst, providing knockback and a small amount of damage, which ends the charge. His moves seem like prototypes of his former moves, but with extremely different looks and effect, like the Bandit Revolver Prototype and his Gun Blaze. The Dragon Install also changes from an ability that augments Sol's strength and speed into a special move of its own. It can only be done in level 3 of the Charge Meter, and when performed, can be linked to Sekkai, which is a combo move done like the Deadly Rave by Geese Howard. Sekkai can only be linked after the Dragon Install's Stagger, but can do tremendous damage. When the full move is performed - which requires precise timing on all parts of a 10-hit combo - Sol transforms into his true Gear form for the finishing blow. Also, his Tyrant Rave 'Omega' (different from the 'Beta' version of the common Sol) changes effect with the Charge Meter. â€œRaging Stormâ€ redirects here. ...

Order-Sol improved in Accent Core, with new Overdrives, longer range and a faster rate of charge that requires no timed button presses.

Thus far, he has only appeared as a playable character in Guilty Gear XX Slash and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core.

In addition to being playable, Holy Order-Sol has a "boss mode" version that appears as a final boss of Guilty Gear XX Slash's Arcade Mode. In this form, his speed and power are increased, and he gains a vastly improved form of the original Dragon Install. This move increases Sol's strength and speed even further and improves many of his special attacks for a limited period of time. While Dragon Install is active, Order-Sol constantly regenerates health, and his attack speed increases to the point where he can easily chain together Overdrive techniques.

Notes

a^ : Occasionally Sol will be depicted with different eye color, such as yellow on the cover for the North American PS2 release of Guilty Gear X2: The Midnight Carnival (the same art is used for the cover of the Japanese manual). This yellow color is also used in the intro animation to Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, in which Order-Sol's eye is flashed for a moment- it is golden in color and the pupil is slitted like a cat's. However, this is the exception to the norm, and his eyes are almost always reddish-brown. It is possible that the yellowish colors are in respect to his true Gear nature, as Justice also has yellow or golden 'cat's eyes', and her creation almost directly followed his own conversion as Frederick.

b^ : The Guilty Gear Bible states that his jacket is made of denim, but it is rarely drawn in a manner to resemble such.

c^ : A red brand tag with the word "Riot" can be seen on the back, right pocket of Sol's pants in the design sketches shown in Guilty Gear Bible. Instead of on a brand tag, the word "Riot" is shown on the back belt loop of his pants in Sol's 2nd story ending in Guilty Gear XX though. In Guilty Gear Judgement, the word "Riot" can be made out on his jacket . The back of Sol's vest, a patch on the back of his jeans, and a small red tag on the back pocket all say 'RIOT'. It is described as Sol's favorite brand of clothing, enough so that he appears to have named a move after it (Riot Stomp). Additionally, in art for Guilty Gear Judgement in which Sol appears to be wearing his longsleeved outfit (seen in the novel Lightning the Argent), Riot can be seen several times on the buckles of his gloves. With respect to Order-Sol, a promotional art for Guilty Gear XX SLASH shows him with a long black strap that bears a metal plate reading 'RIOT' upon it, as well as another plaque bearing the word on his glove. An ending of Order-Sol's in SLASH shows RIOT on the glove, as well.

References

(January 13, 2001) Guilty Gear X Drafting Artworks (in Japanese). Enterbrain. ISBN 4757703015.
(March 2, 2006) Guilty Gear X2 Reload Characters and Their Moves (PDF) (in English), Majesco, 12. (Obtained from here.)
Guilty Gear Bible (in Japanese).

^ While some may argue that there is no main character or that Sol shares the status of main character with Ky, the Guilty Gear Bible calls Sol the 主人公, which translates as 'protagonist' or 'main character'.
Guilty Gear Bible p.157
^ Narrator "Sol, the Guilty Gear, stared at his bloodstained hands and prayed..."/"...prayed for the soul of the grotesque sacrifice lying at his feet." (Arc System Works, Guilty Gear, English version (October 31, 1998), after Sol's battle with Justice)
^ (2002) Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival PS2 manual (in Japanese). Sammy, 23.
^ Note: Mr. Bad Guy was also the name of Freddie Mercury's solo album, but it appears that Sol was named in reference to it being Freddie's nickname instead.
Guilty Gear X Drafting Artworks, p.5
^ Guilty Gear X Drafting Artworks, p.6

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A.B.A | Anji Mito | Axl Low | Baiken | Bridget | Chipp Zanuff | Dizzy | Eddie | Fanny | Faust | I-No | Jam Kuradoberi | Johnny | Judgment | Justice | Kliff Undersn | Ky Kiske | May | Potemkin | Millia Rage | Robo-Ky | Slayer | Sol Badguy | Testament | Venom | Zappa | Zato-1 This article is about the material denim. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Mr. ... The Guilty Gear series is known for its unique graphics. ... This is an index of characters from the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... A.B.A is an artificial lifeform, a character introduced within the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... Anji Mito ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the second game, Guilty Gear X: By Your Side. ... Axl Low ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link, though his story and character change and develop more dramatically in the later games. ... Baiken ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link as a secret boss. ... Bridget ) is a fictional character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, first appearing in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival. ... Chipp Zanuff is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series and one of the three American characters, the other two being Sol Badguy and Johnny. ... Dizzy ) is a character in the Gulity Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance as a boss of the second game, Guilty Gear X: By Your Side. ... ... Fanny is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... Faust is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link as Dr. Baldhead, and then as Faust from Guilty Gear X onwards. ... I-No is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance as a boss of the third game, Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival; unlike bosses in previous games, she is freely playable from the start. ... Jam Kuradoberi is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance in the second game, Guilty Gear X: By Your Side. ... Johnny ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in Mays ending in the first game, and is first playable in the second game, Guilty Gear X: By Your Side. ... Judgment ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the game, Guilty Gear Judgment. ... Justice ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Ky Kiske ) is the second main character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, having appeared in every game to date. ... May is a character from the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... Potemkin ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, and he has appeared in every game in the series thus far. ... Millia Rage is a retired assassin, a character introduced within the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... Robo-Ky, as only shown in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival. ... Slayer ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival. ... Testament ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance as a secondary boss in Guilty Gear: The Missing Link. ... Venom is a character in the Guilty Gear series of fighting games who first appears in Guilty Gear X: By Your Side. ... Zappa ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the third game, Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival. ... Zato-1 ) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in Guilty Gear: The Missing Link. ...

Contents

Story

Background

Guilty Gear

Guilty Gear X

Guilty Gear XX

Holy Order Sol

Notes

References