Magma Dragoon

**Magma Dragoon** is a major character in *The Heart Commandos*. He is a mysterious Dragon-like reploid who is a devoited martial artist with a unique form of martial arts and a traumatizing past. He originates from Mega Man X4.

## Story

It's unknown who created the reploid and what is his porpouse, but all we know is that Dragoon used to be a soldier at the tale end of the Vietnam War in 1974 alongside his fellow reploid soldier Aleskey, who is his close friend. At this time, he learned very little of his fighting style, so he is only an expert on firearms. He enjoys killing his enemies with a smile like a psychopath, and then laughing at them as he continues to gun them down. However, that all changed on September 2nd, when he and Aleskey stumbled upon a random house in the middle of the Vietnamese jungle, which contains no one in it. As they continue to search, Aleskey hears the sound of a ticking bomb coming from the sofa and jumps in to save his friend from the explosion at the cost of his own life.

Enraged by the death of his best friend, Dragoon goes on a animal-like spree and starts killing the Viet Congs he can possibly find with his fire breath attack and claw slashes until he regains his mind a mere 16 minutes later. 2 days later, Aleskey was officialy pronounced dead by engineers and Dragoon took the blame on himself for let it happened. He said in a interview "If me and my friend never find the house in North Vietnam, none of this would have happened...". Like with many soldiers, Dragoon became affected by the Vietnam syndrome and shuts himself off out of society for the next 37 years, training himself in the dormant volcano of Middle of Nowhere to perfect his fighting style, learning new moves as the years goes on. The only thing it remains of Aleskey was his prayer beads-like green orbs, which Dragoon wears it as a sign of changing his demeanor permanently.

For the longest time, rumors of a reploid living in the mountains like a hermit was spread around the town in the late 70s to early 2000s, contributing his status as a legend. Since Dragoon was reclusive, he moved to another mountain just to get away with it.

In 2021, while still in training, he hears an aura coming from a mile away, which he soon follows it. After reaching the origin of it, it turns out that the blue aura is located at the Texas University and it belongs to a girl named Talia. He is suprised how strong she is in terms of power, but nonetheless crashes in and challenges the Ephedian to a duel to prove he is right. After his loss, Dragoon stated that he will challenge her again as he wants equal power between him and her if they train in their respective way, starting their rivalry. It maybe a slow burn, but the reploid is starting to return to society for a very very long time, thanks to the Ephedian.

## Personality

Dragoon is a devouted martial artist with an obsession with combat. He has a great respect for those he deems strong and lives for the thrill of battle. He seems to be solemn towards his rival Talia, as he only wants her to live. In his Vietnam War days, he used to have a selfish demeanor and was callous towards his enemies, which he kills them just to lure more for his next killings, but after the death of Aleskey, he becomes a living shadow of his former self, who's selfish personality finally caught up with him. He blames himself for what it happened. For 37 years, he becomes a hermit reploid as he trains himself all day without stopping, hence the legends surrounding him.

## Abilities

Dragoon's own martial arts are unique, as his fighting style bears a close resemblance to Ansatsuken infused with fire. As a result, he can use his own version of Hadoken, which he can also use while crouching, his own Shoryuken (which he calls the move, Rising Fire), and a dive kick similar to Akuma's Tenmakujinkyaku. Apart from his martial arts, he can also shoot fireballs out of his mouth or his finger, whenever is a continuous stream of flames (Flare Stream) or a storm of projectiles in the air that rains down like small meteors (Meteor Chaos). By far, his strongest move is called The Raging Dragon (瞬竜殺, Shun Ryu Satsu, "Instant Dragon Murder"), which is described as having the thousand exploding blows of a cannon as the screen blacks out for a bit, before it reappears with a giant kanji behind Dragoon.

## Gallery

Magma Dragoon, as he originally appears in Mega Man X4

## Trivia

* Like in his source material, he is a huge tribute to the Street Fighter franchise, including his moves, design and the pose that resembles Akuma's reccuring taunt at the start of a fight with Talia.
* Him training in a dormant volcano references his stage in Mega Man X4, which also takes place inside a volcano.
* His sympathetic backstory were inspired by a piece of dialogue seen in Mega Man X4 when Zero encounters him again in the volcano, as well as Mickey Mouse in the Youtube video Mickey Never Came Back and its sequel by user Ethereal Snake.