Kain R. Heinlein
Kain R. Heinlein is a video game character and is the real final boss from the fighting game Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
Kain is the host of the King of Fighters Maximum Mayhem Tournament. His name is a reference to the novelist Robert A. Heinlein. An affluent heir of German heritage, Kain lived a pleasant life alongside Grant until he eventually found out that his big sister, Marie Heinlein, was dating the most notorious crime lord of all time, Geese Howard. Because of this, Kain eventually forced Marie out of the Heinlein estate as punishment for her love for Geese.
Since then, Kain has been training through the dark arts of evil alongside his best friend Grant, whose real name is Abel Cameron. Throughout his training, Kain found out that Marie gave birth to a child named Rock Howard, that Marie died of a mysterious disease, and that Geese Howard took his own life by refusing Terry's aid. Kain wanted to make Geese pay for playing with his sister even before Geese's death, but because Geese took his own life, Kain decided thus that the only way he can do away with Geese is to perfect a society in which his atrocity would be horrendous enough for people to forget Geese.
During Kain's rise to power, several catalystic events happened. The most noticeable events were the demise of Southtown in the year 2000 (during the King of Fighters 2000 Tournament) by NESTS Syndicate Agent Zero (The Clone Zero) via a sattelite weapon called "Zero Cannon".
Second Southtown rose from the ashes from the original Southtown but even though Second South enjoyed a comeback, the tranquility of Second Southtown has been eclipsed when Kain placed an iron grip on the reborn Southtown, just like Geese did back in the 1980's. The only way Kain will take revenge against Geese was to handle his oppression in a way that would be influential enough for people to forget Geese and the NESTS Cartel. Therefore, Kain made a cartel influential enough to grant him control of almost all of Second Southtown through a secluded mansion that watched over Second Southtown. Control and money was not enough for Kain, though, as he needed a vehicle in order to prove his theories true, though.
The task fell to a plan to exterminate the living weak, and to force a secession of Second Southtown into a separate country in which only the strongest rule with their fists. Hoping to prove his theories are true and enough for everyone to forget Geese, Kain issued invitations for 12 fighters to participate on a tournament called King of Fighters Maximum Mayhem, a tourney that brought the fighting world together. The prize for the tourney being the ruler of Second Southtown, although Kain had plans to use this tourney to exterminate all weak beings currently living in Second Southtown, a plan that assure Kain's evil status. Kain was only interested in two contestants in particular, Terry Bogard (the man who was responsible for the death of Geese), and Rock Howard (the son of Geese Howard and Marie Heinlein).
During the tournament, Terry Bogard fought Grant, much to Rock's opposition. Although Terry won, he was not able to continue any further, and at Grant's dying advice, Rock took over Terry's place and embarked on a route to Kain's Mansion. Rock then approached Kain with a rude tone as Kain pronounced that Marie Heinlein (Rock's Mother) happened to be Kain's big sister, making him Rock's uncle. Kain kindly asked Rock to join him in making Second Southtown independent but Rock refused to cooperate and chose to fight Kain instead.
Rock and Kain fought shortly after the conversation and Kain gained an unfair advantage with his majestic purple flames. Rock's hidden power erupted nearing the end of the match as Rock made nasty work out of Kain with a deadlier version of Geese's Deadly Rave. The Mansion crumpled throughout the process. Kain admits defeat as Rock was the last one standing. Rock then demanded real answers from Kain and he resisted until Kain told Rock that his mother was alive. Kain managed to brainwash Rock really well as Terry approached the destroyed mansion finding out that Rock is now Kain's partner. Terry trusted Rock's decision to stay with Kain and then left the scene. Rock, feeling guilty of having to leave Terry, is now pressed by Kain to find the first direction to go as Kain's new partner.
Kain R. Heinlein is in fact evil, thinking that the weak have no place on earth and believing that only the strong should be allowed to live. He despises emotions since they are a sign of weakness. Some say that Kain might be more evil than Geese, but only time will tell who is the most evil. He's voiced by Jun Hashimoto.
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