Those from the Past

Those from the Past (, lit. "Those who left their Distant Land") are the main antagonistic group in the third story arc of The King of Fighters series, the Tales of Ash Saga. They aim to awaken Orochi for their master, so that Orochi's power is given to him in order to pursue their real goals.
==History==
===Past===
Within old Europe, they were called "Devils", and people began to fight back against them. They have been stated to follow "the will of Gaia", similar to Orochi and its Hakkesshu; however, Orochi and the Hakkesshu considers them to be "an eyesore" along with the rest of humanity, and as such do not get along with each other despite having similar goals.
At some point in the distant past, the group faced a dire situation when fighting the humans, and thus Saiki decided to use the "Gate" that controls time and the energy of an abnormal planetary alignment in order to travel to the future and regroup their forces. Their main objective is to reestablish themselves, reactivate the Gate of Time, and change history by eradicating their enemies before they become a proper threat.
The Blanctorche family, specifically Elisabeth Blanctorche, have a personal vendetta against them, and have tried to stop and destroy them since.
==Known Members==
The main trailer for The King of Fighters XIII shows them being composed of at least 10 individuals, while Saiki serves as their leader. It is unknown, with Verse's defeat, if all the deceased clan members were revived.
===Members===
====Leader====
Image	Character 	Status
 	Saiki, leader of the clan, aimed to rule the world through the Orochi's power. Killed by his descendant, Ash Crimson, and was erased from existence along with him via a time paradox; it is currently unknown if, after Ash's resurrection, that he too was also resurrected.	Erased from Existence; People do not recall him as if he never existed.(XIII).
====Members====
Image	Character 	Status
 	Magaki, one of the hosts of the KOF XI tournament, desired, along with Shion, revive Orochi and give its power to his master. Killed by Shion in retaliation for being trapped in an unknown dimension created by him. 	Deceased.
 	Shion, another host of the KOF XI tournament, desired, along with Magaki, revive Orochi and give its power to his master. Trapped in an unknown dimension before killing the other host. 	Alive; current whereabouts unknown.
 	Mukai, one of the hosts of the KOF 2003 tournament, was sent-out for testing the winning team to see if they will survive "the new age", and was defeated by Team K' in the 2003 tournament. Killed by Saiki due to "insubordination" (he asked his master to fight the winning team of the 2010 tournament in his place during the final match). 	Deceased.
 	Botan, member of the clan, controlled Chizuru Kagura to create a copy of her deceased twin sister, Maki Kagura, and interfered with the Orochi seal as a result. She also controlled Rose Bernstein into having her host the KOF tournaments in 2003, 2005 and 2010. It is seen that she is still alive somewhere in the streets. 	Alive; current whereabouts unknown.
 	Shroom & Rimelo, two members of the clan. Both of them attacked the Ikari Warriors squad to reclaim Magaki's body and steal Heidern's eye patch. Shroom & Rimelo would later deliver Kyo Kusanagi an invitation to the tournament after a brief skirmish (as showed in the KOF XIII console intro and manual). Shroom is one of Ash Crimson's associates, along with his child partner (as confirmed in the 13th tournament).	Unknown.
====Unnamed Members====
Other members with unknown identities (all with an unknown status after Saiki's erasure) include:
* One muscled, tall, tan skinned man, sporting a mustache.
* One blonde, long-haired female.
* One red-haired male.
* An obese male.
* Another child.
* One unnamed old man (appearing only in The King of Fighters 2003 ending).
Saiki and Ash's erasures from existence resulted in Verse's appearance and the events of The King of Fighters XIV, as well as Otoma=Raga, Re Verse and the events of The King of Fighters XV. It is not explicitly confirmed however if Saiki, Mukai or Magaki were inside Verse as well which would also result in their revivals.
==Gallery==
Thosepast.gif|Several members as seen in The King of Fighters 2003
100826_harukeshi.jpg|Those from the past, concept arts
Those2.jpg|The entire group (High Definition)
Those 3.jpg|Those from the Past on the Bad Ending of KOF XIII.
==Trivia==
*The Those from the Past was originally named "Those from His Distant Land" in The King of Fighters 2003.
*Although not outright confirmed exactly where "His Distant Land" could be, it is implied that "His Distant Land" could be Europe in Magaki's backstory.
*It is heavily implied that the members of Those from the Past are not human, but possibly demons or eldritch entities. This can be seen with both Magaki and Saiki's true forms, as well as some of the members seen in Saiki's Special Portrait in The King of Fighters XIII.
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