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| |name=Sol Badguy | |||
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| |caption=Official ''Guilty Gear XX Accent Core'' artwork for Sol Badguy. | |||
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| |firstgame='']'' | |||
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| ] (''Guilty Gear XX'' story mode only) | |||
| |inuniverse={{Guilty Gear character | |||
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| |birthplace={{flagicon|USA}} ] | |||
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| |eyecolor=Reddish-brown or ]{{ref label|eyes|I|}} | |||
| |likes=Listening to ] | |||
| |impthings=Queen's '']'' | |||
| |dislikes=Exerting himself, trying his best | |||
| |themesong="Keep Yourself Alive" (''GG'')<br>"Keep Yourself Alive II" (''GGX -'')<br>"Starchaser" (''Korean XX #Reload'')<br>"Get Down to Business" (Holy Order Sol) | |||
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| {{nihongo|'''Sol Badguy'''|ソル＝バッドガイ|Soru Baddogai}} is the main character<ref>While some may argue that there is no main character or that Ky shares the status of main character with Ky, the ''Guilty Gear Bible'' calls Sol the 主人公, which translates as 'protaganist' or 'main character'.<br>''Guilty Gear Bible'' p.157</ref> and namesake<ref>'''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 (], ]), after Sol's battle with Justice)</ref> of the '']'' ] series. By initial appearance, he is an aloof ] ] who fights with an oddly rectangular ] 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 "]". Sol is also a fan of ], and his foil in the series is ]. | |||
| ==Character design== | |||
| Creator ] designed Sol in many way to reflect as his alter ego and also recorded Sol's in-game voice acting (the voice actor for <i>GGXX</i>'s story mode and drama CDs however, is done by ]). Ishiwatari's favorite band is ], and he thus named Sol Badguy, whose "real" name is Fredrick (or Freddie for short<!---Ishiwari says Sol's real name is "Freddie" in at least one interview--->), after ], whose nickname was 'Mr. Bad Guy'.<ref>'''Note:''' '']'' 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.<br>''Guilty Gear X Drafting Artworks'', p.5 </ref> Like Ishiwarari, Sol's favorite band is also said to be Queen, with Sol's favorite album being '']''. | |||
| Sol's normal character design depicts him with reddish brown hair and eyes{{ref label|eyes|I|}} wearing a tight, black undershirt<!---GG Bible shows that it's not all one thing---> with the top half covered by a red, sleeveless jacket{{ref label|denim|II|}} along with white pants.{{ref label|riot|III|}} His headband bears the words 'Rock You', a reference to the Queen song "]", while his belt buckle has the word 'Free', possibly a reference to the Queen song "]". Sol's character design also contains a pair of black, fingerless gloves, red shoes, a drape of red cloth hanging down beneath his buckle<!---anyone know the actual word for this thing?---> 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. | |||
| In other cultural references, Sol's instant kill move "]" is named after a British ] band, and his theme song "Keep Yourself Alive" is named after a song by Queen. Also, Sol's '']'' arcade extra was drawn in the style of ]'s '']'' artwork.<!---Not OR, Ishiwarari himself says this---><ref>''Guilty Gear X Drafting Artworks'', p.6</ref> | |||
| == 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 ] and ] 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 ]'s twin fans, Zessen. The other five are supposedly in the custody of the United Nations, although some believe Paracelsus, ]'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 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: The Missing Link'' === | |||
| 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: By Your Side'' === | |||
| Sol has three endings, all of which involve a fight against ], 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." | |||
| === '']'' === | |||
| His storyline here involves chasing down ]. 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 ship, and sends Dizzy on her way to meet Johnny and May. | |||
| == Holy Order Sol == | |||
| {{nihongo|'''Holy Order-Sol'''|聖騎士団ソル|Seikishidan Soru}} is an alternate version of the original character. 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 ], 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 Destroy is called All Guns Blazing and is basically the original Destroy of Sol Badguy from the first game. | |||
| Holy Order-Sol uses a different attack system than the other characters do. He uses a Charge meter with 3 levels. By pressing HCB back along with Dust, Order-Sol will begin charging his meter. At each level, all of his command techniques gain extra strength or new properties. He also has his own kind of Burst, which doesn't give the same properties of Bursting (full tension if offense, interrupting moves if Defense), but it does some damage and knocks back like the Burst. 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 ]. Sekkai can only be linked after the Dragon Install's Stagger, but can do tremendous damage. When the full move is perfomed - 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 Blockhead Buster (Tyrant Rave Prototype) changes effect with the Charge Meter. | |||
| 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''<nowiki>'</nowiki>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. | |||
| It should be noted, however, that the boss mode and normal Holy Order Sol, are different. In fact, is his debut appearance, the playable form was classed as a bottom tier character, and was compared with ] in that his speed and evasive moves were his strong points, even though he, unlike Chipp, has much higher defence (character program hacks prove he actually takes less damage than most characters roughly 0.98 of the original damage), none the less, his gameplay set-up has been much debate among the ''Guilty Gear'' players, some favour him, saying he is a good compliment to Sol, and plays more like Sol did in the original ''Guilty Gear'', some however, argue that it takes to long for him to build up the charge to compete with higher tier characters in competitive matches and tournaments. He appears to have improved in ''Accent Core'', with new Overdrives and a seemingly faster rate of charge, how this will effect his tier is unknown. | |||
| <!---The previous gameplay section was removed for being too much OR. A video game character's gameplay section should explain the character's abilities and properties, but without stating which attacks/strategies are "good"/"bad". Also, which "tier" Sol is at is complete OR. If we can somehow cite how Sol players rank in tournaments (if such tournanments are somehow reputable), then great. But otherwise it needs to be left out---> | |||
| As of ''Guilty Gear XX Slash'', Sol's Dust Loop has been removed, as it was thought to be too powerful and too easy to confirm from many set-ups. A new move was added to make up for this, the "Sidewinder" attack, which could be used much like the Dust Loop, without the additional requirement of being in the corner. However, it has a great deal more damage scaling than the dust does, and in order to perform any loops with it, a player must achieve a "Clean hit" for each repetition, which makes the attack untechable, and requires maddeningly precise spacing. Due to his numerous looping combos and high damage and priority, Sol is now considered one of the top tier characters of ''Guilty Gear XX Slash''. | |||
| ==Notes== | |||
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| :'''I'''{{note|eyes}}: Occasionally Sol will be depicted with different eye color, such as yellow on the cover for the North American PS2 release of '']'' (the same art is used for the cover of the Japanese manual). However, this is the exception to the norm, and his eyes are almost always reddish-brown. | |||
| :'''II'''{{note|denim}}: The ''Guilty Gear Bible'' states that his jacket is made of ], but it is rarely drawn in a manner to resemble such. | |||
| :'''III'''{{note|riot}}: 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''. However, this brand tag is not visable for any other artwork or in-game sprites. 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 the same image, another word can be seen on the back of Sol's jacket, but it isn't clear enough to make out.<!---at least I can't tell what it says---> | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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| *{{cite book | |||
| | title = Guilty Gear X Drafting Artworks | |||
| | date = January 13, 2001 | |||
| | publisher = Enterbrain | |||
| | language = Japanese | |||
| | isbn = 4757703015 | |||
| }} | |||
| *{{cite book | |||
| | year = 2002 | |||
| | title = Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival'' PS2 manual | |||
| | publisher = Sammy | |||
| | language = Japanese | |||
| | pages =23 | |||
| }} | |||
| *{{cite book | |||
| | title = Guilty Gear X2 Reload Characters and Their Moves | |||
| | format = PDF | |||
| | accessdate = 2007-03-04 | |||
| | date = March 2, 2006 | |||
| | publisher = Majesco | |||
| | language = English | |||
| | pages = 12 | |||
| }} (Obtained from .) | |||
| *{{cite book | |||
| | title = Guilty Gear Bible | |||
| | language = Japanese | |||
| }} | |||
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