Naga

*This is the page for the character. For the author see Naga Sake (Author)*

An image of Naga drawn by a 4chan user, hosted on Naga Sake Comics

*"You think people would just lie down and live like this...In a place where anything can happen[?]" - Naga; Issue 1*

Naga is a leader and founding member of The Resistance, and a main cast member of Kill All bonehead. Although a last name is never given, as he is named after the author, his full name is presumably Naga Sake.

## Appearance

Naga has shoulder-length pink hair, and a red X on his forehead. While it is assumed by Julian to be a tattoo, it is actually a permanent mark left on him from his heart. Naga is often shown wearing black lipstick and eyeliner, and wearing a crop top to expose his stomach. While referred to by all characters as 'he', Naga is shown in detailed art to have a feminine figure and breasts. While this might imply that he is in some way transgender, his seeming ignorance of the topic while speaking with Herr Doktor seems to counter this idea. The author has stated when directly asked that Naga is Intersex, with male primary sexual characteristics and female secondary sexual characteristics.

## Personality and Philosophy

Despite often wearing a bored expression, Naga is swayed by his emotions more than most characters in Kill All Boneheads. He is a hedonist, caring mainly about base pleasures; In his own words *"I wanted to fuck, I wanted to do drugs and listen to music, maybe do some stunts."* Although he does not believe that these pleasures should come at the expense of others. Naga seems to lack self control in regards to the pleasures he seeks, falling victim to addiction. While prone to emotional outbursts, Naga has some degree of self control and wisdom as a leader of The Resistance, often showing a level-head in regards to the actions of it's members. As a leader of The Resistance and enemy of the Military police, it is at least implied that Naga has a revolutionary, anti-authoritarian political philosophy.

## Powers and abilities

### Third Eye Blind (heart)

Naga has a heart named Third Eye Blind. Third eye blind is powered by a positive attitude and joy. It confers several powers to him.

#### Permanent physical changes

Like some other heartmasters, Naga underwent a permanent physical change around the time of unlocking the abilities of his heart, in the form of a red X on his forehead. This marking is part of his body weather or not his heart is active.

#### Transformation

Third eye blind's most obvious ability is a full-body transformation of Naga, including his clothes. While in his Third Eye Blind form, his skin is yellow with divots in a diamond pattern. In this form his eyes are covered by some kind of blue material, and he seems to entirely lack a mouth (how he breathes or if he needs air in this form is unknown). His blood is shown to be rainbow in this form. Third Eye Blind's clothes consist of a pink and white leotard, a pink and blue hat with a pointed tip, and armor consisting of grey arm braces and chest plate. The red X on Naga's head remains in this form. Naga's heart color is pink.

#### Sensory Manipulation

While his heart is active, Naga can make skin to skin contact with a person and 'tag' a sense of theirs. From there he can manipulate that sense to create illusions or blind the sense in various ways. More intense or complex illusions seem to require more mental energy from Naga. Naga cannot change which sense he has tagged without touching his target again.

#### Enhanced Strength/Durability

While in Third Eye Blind form, Naga has increased strength and durability, able to keep up with military police in power armor and continue fighting when shot multiple times or gored through the stomach.

#### Healing

When Naga's heart is turned off, injuries sustained while in Third Eye Blind form are reduced. When shot in third eye blind form, his bullet holes are shown to equivocate to bad welts in his base form. It is unclear if this also translates to injuries sustained in his base form being made worse when he transforms with his heart.

### Latch on Venom

Latch on Venom is a secondary form of Naga's heart. The exact nature of this is currently unexplained, although it is implied that this is another aspect of Naga's heart, and *not* that he has more than one soul. This secondary heart is not yet named in the comic but the author has referred to it as Latch on Venom. Latch on Venom seems to be powered by Naga's grief and fear of letting go or losing things and people. Like any heart, it confers him powers. It's heart color is black.

#### Tentacles

Latch on Venom's primary power is the creation of black tentacles that come from the heart itself and Naga's mouth. Naga seems to have little control of what these tentacles do, as they lash out in every direction. They are strong enough to break through concrete pillars, and rip through a human body with no resistance. While their actions appear to be mostly involuntary, they seem to be able to sense malicious intent and fight back against potential attackers, while ignoring allies or those who approach with positive intentions.

#### Transformation

While very minor in comparison to Third Eye Blind, Latch on Venom does change Naga's physical appearance. While Latch on Venom is active, Naga's eyes glow a dark red.

## Weaknesses

### Emotionally Unstable

Naga is emotionally unstable to a degree that it often interferes with his ability to use his powers and preform in combat scenarios.

## Before KAB

Naga was a founding member of the resistance. Early in the resistances lifetime, and during his relationship with Max Stirner Jr., Naga cared more about rebelling for the sake of it than any actual ethical issues with the Military Police. At some point his ideals shifted, causing a schism with Max and ending their relationship. He has been a leader of The Resistance since it's founding.

## Relationships

### Crosz, Hector, Hoppe, Sander

Naga's squad shown initially in issue 2 consists of Crosz, Hector, Hoppe, and Sander. While Hector is the newest member, the others are presumably veterans of The Resistance movement.

### Laurel

Laurel is Naga's roommate, and an axillary member of his squad. While she does not directly help in missions, she serves as the "Guy in the chair" for his group.

### Julian

Naga served as a mentor to Julian during the first two issues of Kill All Boneheads, teaching him about hearts and inducting him into the resistance. A fight at the end of issue 2 lead to Julian leaving the resistance, at which point Julian and Naga took on the role of rivals to each other. While not outright malicious to each other, they often exchange banter when they find themselves in the same room.

### Max Stirner Jr.

Max Stirner Jr. is Naga's ex boyfriend. He was implied to have served a big part in Naga's development. Naga's feelings for Max remained unresolved even after they broke up, to the point of causing him to develop a secondary heart when Max died.

## Inspiration/References

### Self Insert

Naga Sake is the pen name of Kill All Boneheads' author. The red X on Naga's head also resembles a face paint pattern commonly worn by Naga the author.

### Third eye

Third Eye Blind's name and design references the spiritual concept of the third eye. It's ability to create illusions and interfere with perception falls in-line with the idea of the third eye a bringing higher perception, and Naga's power to interfere with it.

### Third Eye Blind (band)

Third Eye Blind's name may be a reference to the American rock band "Third Eye Blind".