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Folka Albark (Voiced by Yasunori Matsumoto) Oh, hello there, Kenshiro! Since when did you dye your hair red? Protagonist of Super Robot Wars Compact 3, who gets his limelight in Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden, Folka Albark is a member of the combative Shura, though due to his refusal to their ideals of constant fighting, he defects and flees from his people. He's also a practicioner of the fighting style "Kishin Ken", which is really Hokuto Shinken IN.GIANT.ROBOTS. Do note since he's too much into the culture of the Shura since he was child, he can go a bit..."backwater, country boy" in front of human cultures.His story in Compact 3 begins with him being pitted with his sworn brother Fernando Albark in a holy deathmatch. The winner would be awarded the title of "Shura General". On top of beating Fernando, Folka's doubts reaches its peak and spares him, leaving the Shura, yet causes his brother further resentment and extreme bitterness. Folka goes off to join the Londo Bell and proceeds to search for a new lifestyle of the Shura. He faces lots of his brethrens and is forced to kill them, ultimately defeating Shura King Alkaid Naash and is anointed the new king. Folka leads his remaining people with the new lifestyle of Shura away into unknown territories.In Original Generation Gaiden, his story gets a bit of a revamp: there's no holy deathmatch. Instead, he finds a rivalry with Ordinary High School Student Kouta Azuma, after he dons the Roar Armor, becoming the Henshin Hero "Fighter Roar". Folka kidnaps Kouta's younger sister Shouko Azuma per a deal with Duminuss to goad Kouta into fighting him. Ironically, Folka didn't expect to be persuaded by Shouko to stop the rivalry, leading him to develop a relationship, fall in love and make a decision to protect her, ultimately becoming the reason why he defects. The rest of the story goes pretty much the same as Compact 3, except he gets his Mid-Season Upgrade in the middle of battle as opposed to in the middle of a intermission dialogue. That, and not all his brethrens (including Fernando) end up dead.Folka's Humongous Mecha is the Shura God "Ialdabaoth", which transforms into the "Apotheosized Ialdabaoth". They embody these tropes:
ShuraA intergalatic race of humanoids who long for combat, the Shura are the main antagonists of Compact 3. While skilled in different martial art styles and techniques, the Shura exemplify their power using "Shura Gods" (Shura Shin), Humongous Mecha that drain their lifespan in compensation of untold, immense power. Hailing from an unknown, dying world, the Shura travel through dimensions and find a place to settle and conquer, spreading their culture of conflict. Their greatest champions are the Shura Generals, each with a unique fighting style tailored to their Shura God.According to the back-story, there are four classes of Shura Gods: Retsu (Blaze), Gou (Strength), Chou (Super) and Ten (Heaven). Of the four, the Blaze-class is the most numerous and least powerful, being reproduced based on the limited number of Super-class Shura Gods that have become Lost Technology to the Shura (thus they have limited abilities, notably the lack of Regenerating Health). Unlike the Blaze-class, which can be piloted as long as you have enough "haki", Strength-class Shura Gods and higher requires a powerful, exceptional fighter, and being a candidate to even pilot one requires many trials and rituals. Not only must one have the required strength, Strength-, Super- and Heaven-class Shura Gods are semi-sentient and chooses their own pilots. There exist many Super-class Shura Gods that are still slumbering, awaiting their true master.Strength- and Super-class Shura Gods that have gone through a "deification" process will gain a change in physical appearance (usually related to its user's fighting style and haki) and power. Few of the most powerful warriors can accomplish this. However, this process is considered life-threatening, as it requires the user to freely allow the Shura God to take nearly all of their haki. If there's not enough, the user could die, or the Shura God may only become deified temporarily. Finally, the Heaven-class Shura Gods are unrivalled in power, exceeding the capabilities of the previous classes and used by a select handful of the strongest Shura warriors. Only two known Heaven-class Shura Gods exists, and one continues to sleep in the Shura's Tenkuu Majou.Alkaid Nassh (Voiced by Chafurin) The Shura King, Alkaid Nassh led his people across dimensions trying to find a new land to inhabitate and spread their warrior culture. He picked Earth as a headstart, but had to lay low since his power was diminishing after the interdimensional jump. He later emerges after the death of Mizal Touval, and tries to eliminate the traitor Folka, clinging to the old ways of life. With his defeat, Alkaid commends Folka's strength and elevates him into the new Shura King, requesting he lead his people according to Folka's new way of life: a life without fighting.In Original Generation Gaiden, Alkaid's role remains the same, except rather than unknown places, he sets his headquarters in the abandoned Swordian Fortress, and due to the Shura's mostly backwater technology, he applies help by aligning with Duminuss to teach him and his people how the fortress works. However, Alkaid's notably killed before Mizal, but still promotes Folka to king.Alkaid uses the Heaven-class Shura God "Extim" and uses the fighting style "Haoh Ken". When he's down to his last moments, he evolves it into the "Raha Extim". Tropes associated with Alkaid are:
Fernando Albark (Voiced by Wataru Takagi) Folka's sworn younger brother, Fernando competes against Folka in Compact 3 in a "holy deathmatch" to determine who becomes the next Shura General. Folka wins, but refuses to deal the finishing blow, leaving Fernando humiliated, swearing to kill his brother for it. Throughout Compact 3, he gets defeated in numerous encounters against Folka, thus turns to Mizal to enhance his power. Mizal, however, uses Fernando in his own schemes by making him into an uncontrollable berserker fueled with rage. Unfortunately, he didn't take into account that by causing Folka and Fernando's sworn older brother Altis Tarl to die, Fernando's anger turns against Mizal. He's then cured by Maysis Mark, allies with Folka in killing Mizal, then puts a defiant stand against Alkaid, only to get himself killed.Fernando in Original Generation Gaiden is pretty much the same, except there's no "holy deathmatch". Instead, Fernando is disgusted at Folka for betraying his people for the sake of a woman. Fortunately, he avoids his intended Compact 3 death and joins Folka in defeating Alkaid, and later, Dark Brain.Fernando uses the Shura God "Valefor", which is essentially blue/purple Palette Swap of the Ialdabaoth, thus also practices Kishin Ken. It's eventually apotheosized, but in Original Generation Gaiden, the Mid-Season Upgrade only appears in the Valefor's strongest attack. Tropes associated with Fernando:
Alion Lucada (Voiced by Shigeru Shibuya) The self-styled "Freedom Knight", Alion Lucada isn't a Shura General, but he's definitely strong enough to lead several Shura troops and get a unique Shura God. He's heavily undercharacterized in Compact 3, and dies a generic, ruthless Elite Mook, with a bit of laid-backness. In Original Generation Gaiden, however, he becomes an Ascended Extra, with an upgrade in personality to Chivalrous Pervert who hits on his own mecha for jokes and one of the people who ends up pulling a Heel Face Turn and joins Folka.Alion pilots the anthromorphic stallion Shura God "Agares" and uses the style "Marou Ken". Tropes associated with Alion:
Altis Tarl (Voiced by Yasunori Masutani) The eldest of the sworn brothers (consisting of him, Folka and Fernando), Altis of the Flash is the top Shura General Alkaid has to offer. Despite that, this man upholds Honor Before Reason and prefers a straight-up fair fight. He's later pitted in a match to the death against Folka, which winds up with Altis dead, but it turns out to be a Xanatos Gambit for Altis to buy time so Maysis can find a cure for the Brainwashed and Crazy Fernando. In Original Generation Gaiden, Altis occupies the same role but this time pulls a Heroic Sacrifice for Folka, protecting him from a fatal attack by the homunculus Tis, but was really Arco Katworl in disguise.Altis is the master of the centaur-like Shura God "Mardikt". Tropes associated with Altis:
Maysis Mark (Voiced by Yuriko Yamaguchi) The only female Shura General, Maysis of the Ice Spear accompanies Altis most of the time. In fact, she's in love with him, but projects an aloof face to others. Along with Altis she wants to cure Fernando and eventually joins Folka in killing Mizal since he orchestrated Altis' death. Shortly after, she makes a defiant stand against Alkaid, only to get herself killed. In Original Generation Gaiden, Maysis has the same role, except since Altis' Xanatos Gambit does not exist here, she confronts Folka right after Altis dies. News comes in swiftly that everything was orchestrated by Mizal, and Maysis, having overexhausted and injured herself heavily against fighting Folka, is told by Alion to lay low and recuperate. Maysis spends the rest of the story in the sidelines, but still accompanies Folka when he had to leave with the whole Shura race.Maysis' Shura God is the "Peirines". Tropes associated with Maysis:
Mizal Touval (Voiced by Tohru Ookawa) The advisor to the Shura King, Mizal of the Severe Earthquake is so blatantly treacherous he plans to harness enough power to overthrow Alkaid and usurp the throne. His underlings include Magnaz Ald and Arco. In Compact 3, he contacts various factions and manipulates them to further his ambitions, including goading Fernando to get Brainwashed and Crazy. His plan comes to a halt when he causes Altis' death, which had his brainwashing on Fernando spectacularly backfire, and is confronted by the Londo Bell, Folka, Fernando and Maysis, which gets him killed. In Original Generation Gaiden, his only contact is fellow Smug Snake Duminuss, under the pretense of "teaching the Shura how to use the Swordian Fortress". Since Alkaid was defeated, Mizal takes the chance to challenge Folka for the position of Shura King; naturally, he gets himself killed in this continuity, too.Mizal's mecha is the Shura God "Glasyalabolas". Tropes associated with Mizal:
Magnaz Ald (Voiced by Tadashi Miyazawa) A Gonk Shura General with GIANT lips and... pretty much Dumb Muscle personified, Magnaz of the Heavy Quake serves as Mizal's
Arco Katwor (Voiced by Tomohisa Asou) A saner version of Mizal's
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