Connor Alhagen

Deck Rank #3: Toons

Deck Rank #4: Warriors (Non-Archetype)

**Connor Alhagen** (**Karyu Kasho** in Japanese) is a Headliner from the Advance Foundation, though he later leaves the foundation to pursue his own interests. He debuts in the fan story Yu-Gi-Oh! Advance Aurora.

## Appearance

Connor is a slender, lightly tanned, young man. When not in the white suit and tie over a black shirt that is the uniform of the Advance Foundation's Headliners, he prefers to wear a hooded petticoat over a white shirt with jeans and white sneakers.

## Personality

Connor is a quiet, yet friendly individual who speaks his mind though often with either overly formal or unusual mannerisms. This can lead to him being a bit off-putting to most, though treasured by others who make the leap to get to know him. Due to these two things, Connor values his friends dearly to the point of reluctance to duel them in a fashion that would either be crushing or make them uncomfortable (Such as refusing to use his Calamity Villains or Ancient Gear decks against Alexis - the Calamity Villains being counterparts to Jaden's Elemental HERO deck and the Ancient Gear Set being Crowler's chosen archetype).

Due to his skill and abilities as a Psychic Duelist, Connor is often eager to engage in high stakes battles, such as Shadow Duels, in order to test his mettle. He also encourages others to step outside their comfort zones to push their boundaries further, increasing their skills in the process. However, on the flip side of this, Connor despises when someone Strong forces a weaker opponent into such a situation and remorselessly follows through on threats (Such as his fellow Headliners turning Students into Cards for losing duels).

Despite having little respect for Authority, Connor does take his role as a Headliner seriously and has a strict code of Honor. This can lead him to situations where he must choose between his duty and his friends (though ultimately the latter wins out - but only after he feels he has satisfied the former).

## Abilities

### Physical

#### Psychic

Connor is a Psychic Duelist. This allows him to both consciously and unconsciously give "life" to the Cards he plays, though to a lesser extent than a Shadow Game. This means that dueling with Connor can cause real harm to his opponents, especially if Connor's emotions run out of control.

### Duelist

As a Headliner, Connor is recognised as one of the finest duelists with the Advance Foundation. He wields a mixture of Decks which he ranks 1 through 4; 1 being the strongest and 4 being his weakest. His primary, and strongest, deck is a **Calamity Villain** deck. Calamity Villains being the villainous counterparts to Elemental HERO Cards that excel at swarming the field and Synchro Summoning, while usually having secondary effects involving banishing them from the Graveyard.

When Street Dueling, or dueling students from the Galeland Duel Academy, Connor will generally use a Warrior Deck that doesn't adhere to any one Archetype, instead containing a mixture as well as mutliple types of Special Summons. During the Foundation Arc, Connor revealed two additional decks; a **Toon** and **Ancient Gear** Deck which he used to defeat Alexis Rhodes and Cassie Astrid in quick succession (Alexis falling to the Toons and Cassie to the Ancient Gears).

## Trivia

* Misty Mysticia refers to Connor as "The Jester" when making a prediction about Alexis Rhodes's future. The Jester being a non-standard Tarot Arcana that can be used as a stand-in for The Fool, but can also be read as something outwardly resembling a Fool but in a calculated or suppressed fashion.
	+ The Key difference between The Fool and The Jester is that The Fool is genuinely foolish while the Jester chooses to act foolishly.
* Connor's Calamity Villains are each shout-outs to Comic Book Supervillains, with some particular counterparts being:
	+ Clown Crook and Lady Clown being The Joker and Harley Quin.
	+ Space Parasite and Alienman being The Venom Costume and Venom.
	+ Iron Sorceror being Doctor Doom.
	+ Doom Mercenary being a mixture of Taskmaster and Deathstroke.
	+ Cyber Collective being Ultron.
	+ Mask Brawler being Bane.
	+ Heavy Force being The Juggernaut.