Armor King
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Armor King (born July 31, 1968) is a character introduced in the original Tekken. His identity has possibly been used by two different persons in the series. The original Armor King is the former mentor of Tekken's recurring character, King. For some time he was a rival to King, but eventually they became very close friends, with Armor King bringing King back from alcoholism in Tekken 2 to reclaim his glory and overcome his addiction. Armor King was killed [accidentally] later on in the Tekken canon by Craig Marduk in a fight, only to apparently return since; though it would later be revealed through his ending in Tekken 6 that the renewed Armor King is in fact the brother of the original Armor King. Like King, Armor King does not audibly speak, but he does make growling noises that sound like a jaguar's growl. Armor King's audible growls are translated into speech, much like King's.
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[edit] History
[edit] Tekken
Armor King is a member of a Mexican tribe who carries around the Jaguar masks that both King and Armor King wear. After a fateful meeting, in which the original King was inducted into Armor King's tribe, Armor King challenged him to a battle of strength. While Armor King was clearly the superior fighter, the battle ended with King escaping. Armor King's eye was damaged during the fight, and he still bears the scar. However, near the beginning of the second tournament, the two set aside their differences and became great friends.
[edit] Tekken 2
Armor King travels from one wrestling ring to another, searching for a worthy challenger. Armor King watched with interest at King's attempt to win the first tournament in need of money for his orphanage. Although King did not win the tournament, he won third place, giving him enough money to build his orphanage. Soon after a child dies in his care, King ran away, choosing the path of the drunkard. Armor King saw a total change in his old rival as King no longer entered any wrestling tournaments and disappeared for long periods of time. Armor King became worried about his friend/rival and intervened just in time, as King was at the edge of a breakdown. Finding King distraught and drunk in an alleyway, he convinces him to get back into the spirit of fighting and enter the second tournament.
Meeting King at the tournament, he defeated him, despite the other fighter's resolve and new techniques. Telling him of his orphanage, he bids King to return to his foster children.
[edit] Tekken 3
The first King was attacked and supposedly killed by Ogre. However, Armor King saw a new fighter with a jaguar mask step into the wrestling ring in order to save the orphanage, and Armor King decides to train him to become the second King.
[edit] Tekken 4
Before The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, Craig Marduk started a bar brawl in Arizona, and Armor King was (supposedly) killed. This is the extent of his involvement in this game, as he does not make an actual appearance, but instead becomes King's reason for entering, for revenge.
[edit] Tekken 5: DR
"The mysterious masked wrestler, Armor King.... Just who is behind the steel armor and black jaguar mask and what do they seek? The answer is veiled in mystery." That is all that is said about him in his Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection prologue. There is no mention of him being the original Armor King or a new holder of the title.
However, in Armor King's Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection ending, just after defeating Jinpachi Mishima, he walks away. Then King II is seen walking towards him, asking who he is. Instead of replying, Armor King kicks him in the stomach and performs a Tombstone Piledriver, then walks away. King then comes to and claims to recognize his moves.
[edit] Tekken 6
During The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Armor King attacked Craig Marduk and then vanished. It is revealed in Tekken 6 that there are supposedly two Armor Kings who are in fact brothers. One of the brothers was killed by Craig Marduk two years prior to the events of Tekken 6, and the other is the one who attacks Craig Marduk in his dressing room, in revenge for killing his brother. This is discovered during a confrontation of Armor King, Craig Marduk and King at the cemetery at which one of the Armor King brothers was buried. It is also revealed in a photo of the two brothers standing together side by side, a copy of which is owned by King and the present Armor King brother.
[edit] Ending
In the end of Tekken 6, Armor King has 2 endings; Armor King sits in a changing room after the tournament, and looks at a picture of two Armor Kings then walks off. The second ending, Marduk and King II approach Armor King in the cemetery and question who he really is, he reveals that he is Armor King, and that the Armor King that was killed by Marduk was his brother, and the original mentor of King II.
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 Armor King from Tekken TAG |
 Armor King from Tekken 5: DR |
 Armor King wallpaper from Tekken 6 |
