Valkus Valkus is a character from " " . He is the general of the Tycoon air force and leader of the flag - airship " Iron Wing " who , despite his aggressiveness and large size , is fiercely loyal to Queen Lenna . Profile . Appearance . Valkus wears a blue coat and goggles , and is an extremely large man with muscular upper body and bulbous chin . He has a thin mustache which is sometimes used expressively , and short grey hair . Personality . Valkus ' s role is primarily that of comic relief in the story . At first , he is antagonistic towards Prettz , but they soon become close allies . Valkus is loyal to Tycoon and its Queen , but at the same time finds himself infatuated with Rouge , leading to him being humorously torn between duty and love . When Rouge is harmed , however , Valkus is shown to go into a violent frenzy , killing anything in his path . Valkus states that he would " never hit a lady " . Story . Appearing early in the story , Valkus is shown to be the hardened leader of the Tycoon military airforce , the Iron Wings . He ' s ordered by Queen Lenna to ensure that the Wind Crystal is kept safe , following the mysterious disappearance of the three other Crystals . Valkus heads to the Wind Shrine in time to find Prettz and Linaly , whom he believes are responsible for the crimes . He attempts to arrest the two , when Prettz tries to escape , and they engage in battle . The fight is interrupted by Rouge and her sky pirates when they drop poison canisters on the Iron Wings and capture Valkus , Prettz and Linaly . The three are held hostage while Rouge interrogates them in hopes of revealing the location of the valuable Wind Crystal . It ' s here that Valkus becomes infatuated by Rouge ' s beauty , which he would carry with him for the remainder of the story . Along with the others , Valkus is thrown in prison by the pirates until they learn the location of the Wind Crystal . Linaly is taken away by Rouge , and Prettz escapes prison in search of her when Valkus bends the bars open wide enough for him to squeeze through . Valkus is left to bumble around the sky pirate ' s lair looking for a way to escape , getting into fights with Rouge ' s minions . Eventually , Valkus makes his way to freedom just in time to witness Ra Devil ' s army invade the island . Prettz destroys the enemies along with the lair , and Valkus takes the pirates and Rouge prisoner ( albeit reluctantly ) , leading his troops to praise him as a hero when he comes into contact with the Iron Wings once again . Valkus takes the party to Tycoon , where they meet Queen Lenna and are warned of Deathgyunos , who will be revived by Ra Devil should he gain the powers of the Crystals . Valkus along with the other heroes is tasked with stopping Ra Devil . He stays back with Queen Lenna while Prettz and Linaly search for the dragon that will transport them to Ra Devil ' s stronghold , the Black Moon . When Prettz returns with the dragon and news of Linaly ' s abduction by Ra Devil , Valkus heads to the Black Moon with Prettz , Rouge and the Iron Wings . They engage in battle with Ra Devil , who has since absorbed the power of the Crystals and become Deathgyunos . When Rouge is grazed by a bullet , Valkus goes into a frenzy and opens fire on Ra Devil ' s army , killing the majority of the robotic soldiers . Deathgyunos eventually falls , and Valkus stays behind to repair the ship while Prettz saves Linaly . But Deathgyunos , is revealed to have survived the battle and rises from the rubble chasing the heroes . Valkus and Rouge work together to fight off the God until the heroes find themselves at a dead end . Rouge is knocked down by Deathgyunos , resulting in Valkus charging at him , only to be defeated himself . In the end , Linaly and Prettz are the ones who defeat Ra Devil once and for all . After returning to Planet R , the heroes restore the Crystal . Valkus then parts ways with them . In the ending , it ' s revealed that he has since left the Tycoon airforce and joined Rouge ' s sky pirate gang , joyously claiming " It ' s the pirate ' s life for me ! " before the two take off on another adventure .