However, while Thunder was going about this ordeal, Orchid revealed to him that Eagle was, in fact, not dead. The resulting product is the same Fulgore that is controlled by the player in KI 2013's Arcade Mode.Īfter Thunder came to terms with his brother's mysterious kidnapping and apparent death, he begrudgingly struck an accord with ARIA to serve Ultratech in exchange for recovering Eagle’s remains. III, as his brain waves were copied and used as the basis for the combat AI of the Fulgore Mk. There he was utilized as the "human element" in a prototype for the Fulgore Mk. Thunder witnessed his brother's capture and attacked ARIA in a fit of rage, but he was subdued and Eagle was brought back to Ultratech headquarters. In the alternate rebooted universe, Eagle was a member of the Disavowed who worked closely with Orchid to fight against Ultratech. His true fate in the original universe remains unknown to this day. It may very well be that Spinal was either originally intended to be an undead Eagle, or was there as a placeholder, or (more likely) that he had something to do with his disappearance. On another note, in Thunder's ending in the first Killer Instinct, a ghastly image of Spinal is shown rising from Eagle's grave upon mention. It is unknown if the new Fulgore model present in Killer Instinct 2 was Eagle or not. Meanwhile, Eagle as Fulgore had been heavily damaged during his fight with Jago and he was retired. Thunder was initially very upset by this, and spent a long deal of time mourning during the events of Killer Instinct 2. He did not win the tournament, but he succeeded in finding out that Eagle had seemingly "perished" at the hands of Ultratech. Coincidentally, Thunder entered the same tournament in order to discover the fate of his brother. Eagle was converted into the first in a line of cyborg soldiers known as the Fulgores, and was sent to participate in the upcoming Killer Instinct tournament. Unfortunately, this protest was short-lived, as Eagle mysteriously vanished shortly afterwards. He had entered a previous Killer Instinct tournament and won, using his newfound fame to publicly protest the evils of Ultratech. Like his brother Thunder, Eagle was a skilled warrior. His fighting prowess and intellect were unique enough to gain the full attention of Ultratech CEO ARIA, who had him captured and used as the basis for their ruthless cyborg soldier, Fulgore. Devoted in his training to become the ultimate fighter and protect the ones he loves, his skills earned him a spot with the underground spy agency, the Disavowed, who later sent him to infiltrate the first Killer Instinct tournament. His bow and arrows are authentic and hand made and his bird guardian is still organic.Ī gifted amateur fighter in his own right, Eagle is skilled in both boxing and wrestling, compared to his mountain of an older brother who became a football star. He has red war paint on his right arm, chest and face. It is unclear at present whether Eagle's unusual equipment and bionic modifications are due to experimentations performed by Ultratech, or if they represent highly advanced alien technologies which Glacius has entrusted to his new Earthling protégé.Įagle's Retro Costume wears similar to his brother's Nez Percé costume including his long pompadour hairstyle with braids (now with feathers at the end) but instead he wears blue pants with red pattern below along with tribal patterns at each side, a pair of brown shoes and a green loin cloth with white patterns. Eagle also features bright, glowing glyphs across his torso, face and right arm that are reminiscent of the ones seen on Glacius, the extraterrestrial entity who has released him from Ultratech's captivity. It portrays him as a fast-paced Nez Percé archer who wields a futuristic-looking bow and carries a whip-like weapon, is accompanied by a robotic bird of prey which appears to be his guardian and who is wearing some kind of bionics suit. He is shown to be holding a bow in one piece of artwork.Įagle's 2017 teaser trailer marked the character's first official appearance in a Killer Instinct game. He wears a leather headband (adorned with feathers in appearances where he's portrayed as bald) as well as a pair of leather armbands. In some of the comics, he is shown to have long and black hair, but in others, he is bald. Eagle is one of the few characters mentioned in the original Killer Instinct (1994) who had yet to make in-game appearances in any of the series's titles, his likeness only ever seen in the KI comics published in the mid '90s.
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