Gascoigne

**Gascoigne** is the all-powerful kingpin of Yharnam and the main antagonist of the *The Hunt Protrudes* and *Crimson Mass* series. He also appears as a recurring character in other B23 Studios movies, especially *The Crimson Mass* series. He is also the arch-enemy of Eileen the Crow and Ludwig, the latter whom he is the father of.

In Japanese, he has been voiced by Katsuhisa Namase in *Crimson Mass Special*, Hidekatsu Shibata in his TV and movie appearances, and Kong Kuwata in most movie appearances. In English, he has been voiced by Tom Hardy in *The Crimson Mass: Maximum Impact 2* and Richard Epcar in *Tekken 7*.

## Biography

Gascoigne was the son of an Austrian martial artist and terrorist and a poor American mother from the city of Yharnam. Much to his and her mother's dismay, his father reluctantly married into the prestigious European bloodline of the Stroheims due to a legacy crisis of their noble family and was personally selected to be their next heir. Because of this, his mother grew heartbroken, and a young Gascoigne took it upon himself to work odd jobs to support the both of them, but she eventually passed away in poor health and malnutrition.

Angered with such a loss, at fifteen, he made his way to Germany and confronted his father. With nothing but vengeance at the moment, he was ready to kill him, but another young boy, his half-brother, Wolfgang Krauser, beat him within an inch of his life before laying a hand on him. After the incident, Gascoigne took up religion to ease his hatred, but he could not shake the humiliation of his loss, nor his fear of his half brother.

Later learning that power can bring results, he became a student under the master Tung Fu Rue, alongside Jeff Bogard and Cheng Sinzan. However, Gascoigne already had evil intentions, and his master noticed it, so he decided to not teach him all the secrets of his technique, teaching them to Jeff instead. Gascoigne wanted to take revenge from them, but waits for the perfect opportunity for it. Years later, Gascoigne becomes the police-commissioner and mafia boss of Yharnam and orders Takuma Sakazaki, a dojo leader, to execute the task.

He refuses, so Gascoigne orders his henchman Henryk to force him into working for them by kidnapping his daughter Yuri Sakazaki. The plan fails, as his son and student Ryo Sakazaki and his friend Robert Garcia rush throughout the entire Yharnam and defeat Big, as well as Takuma, who was disguised as the tengu faced goon Mr. Karate. Seeing no other option, Gascoigne does the job himself, killing Jeff in front of his adoptive sons, Terry and Andy Bogard. Later, he creates the Crimson Mass tournament, in order to recruit new members to his mafia and remove any possible threats. Sometime during this period, he meets his future wife Marie Heinlein.

Many years later, the two brothers, now grown-up and martial arts experts, join with fellow fighter Joe Higashi to enter Gascoigne's tournament and take their revenge. Gascoigne notices them, and sends his henchmen Raiden and Billy Kane into the tournament to stop their plan. The two are defeated, and Terry emerges as the champion of the tournament. Gascoigne is impressed by his performance, and decide to finish Terry by himself, inviting him to the terrace of his tower, where a large temple is built. The two fight each other, and Gascoigne gets the upper hand, but Terry manages to overcome Gascoigne and, with a last blow, knocks him of of the terrace, making Gascoigne to fall off the tower to his apparent death.

Gascoigne was thought to be dead, and his rule over Yharnam was seemingly over. However, he was still alive, having survived the fall, staying in the hospital for three years. When he recovers, he learns of the twins Jin Chonshu and Jin Chonrei, who came to Yharnam after some sacred scrolls. He decides to investigate the matter, meeting with the criminal Ryuji Yamazaki on the way. Discovering that the twins hold the Sacred Scrolls of Jin, thought to give absolute power to anyone who reads them, Gascoigne makes his priority to take the scrolls for himself. He meets with Eileen the Crow once again, but decides to flee, as Terry is giving chase to Yamazaki. Terry defeats Yamazaki and finds the twins. While they fight, Gascoigne sneaks on the place and steals the scrolls, allowing him to reclaim his throne on Yharnam.

Some time later, Terry organizes with his fellow fighters in order to retrieve the scrolls. Gascoigne watches carefully their movements, sending Billy Kane after them, while he researches the scrolls. He is surprised when a little boy enters his temple. The boy claims to be Gascoigne's son, and desires his help to aid his sick mother, but Gascoigne simply ignores him. A little later, Terry breaks on the place and challenges Gascoigne once again. Gascoigne, now more powerful thanks to the scrolls, fights against Terry. The two give their all, but Terry once again defeats him, knocks him off his terrace once again.

Terry tries to save Gascoigne by holding his hand, but Gascoigne, with a sarcastic smile, says to Terry he has something important to watch over for him. Gascoigne then forces Terry to release him, making him fall once again. This time, Gascoigne is really dead. The two Jin brothers recover the scrolls, but Chonrei destroys them for good. It's then that Terry notices the boy on the terrace, discovering that he was Rock, Gascoigne's son, and decided to adopt the boy in hopes of overcoming the grudging feuds that brought them to meet.

## Other Media

### *The Crimson Mass*

In the *Crimson Mass* timeline, Gascoigne is still alive. During the Orochi Saga, Gascoigne shows interest in the Orochi power, sending Billy to team up with Eiji Kisaragi and Iori Yagami. Their team loses the tournament, so Iori warns Billy that "only those of the bloodline can control this power" before badly beating both Billy and Eiji.

Anticipating Billy's failure, Gascoigne decides to enter the next tournament by himself, forming the Boss Team along with Krauser and Henryk, with the excuse of settling his score with the Bogards. He eventually reveals his plans to his teammates, with Henryk getting angered at being used by Gascoigne. After the tournament, Big attempts to shot down Gascoigne, but Billy intercepts the bullet with his staff. Big leaves, promising Gascoigne he will pay someday. Krauser, on the other hand, thanks Gascoigne for allowing him to have a good fight and also leaves.

On the next year's tournament, Gascoigne once again sends Billy, convincing Ryuji Yamazaki to join him with the promise of double the tournament's prize money. To complete the team, Gascoigne hires Blue Mary through a fake agency, with the excuse of investigating Yamazaki. After the tournament, Billy reports to Gascoigne, who congratulates him. Learning the Orochi power consumes anyone who isn't of the Orochi bloodline and leaves them uncontrollable, Gascoigne gives up on his plan. Just then Yamazaki busts into his office to claim his payment, jumping into Gascoigne to attack him.

Gascoigne makes regular appearances in the dream match titles of the series, appearing in *The Crimson Mass 98: Ultimate Match* and *The Crimson Mass 2002: Unlimited Match*. He also appears in *The Crimson Mass NeoWave* as the final boss, though in this movie he shows up on his young, *The Hunt Protrudes* appearance. Gascoigne would only have another canonical appearance in *The Crimson Mass XIV*, where he forms the Yharnam team alongside Billy Kane and Hein, who works as Gascoigne's butler. According to the team's ending, Gascoigne predicted the manifestation of Verse thanks to the Jin Scrolls, and thus entered the tournament to investigate the mysterious being.

Gascoigne is set to return in the following movie, *The Crimson Mass XV*, on Team Yharnam once more, although with Hein being swapped out for Yamazaki.

### Other Crossovers

Gascoigne is a regular in all B23 Studios's crossover movies, appearing in the *Capcom Vs B23 Studios* movies, *Neo Geo Battle Coliseum*, and as a card in the *Card Fighters* series.

In *B23 Studios Vs Capcom: CHAOS*, Gascoigne appears as one of the mid-bosses (along with Goenitz, Mars People, Dan Hibiki, Demitri Maximoff, and Zero). In his ending, he leaves Billy and his henchmen taking care of Yharnam, while he goes to attend some business in Thailand. The next scene shows Gascoigne as the new leader of Shadaloo, having overthrown M. Bison.

In *Tekken 7*, Gascoigne appears a Season Pass DLC character. In this movie's storyline, he confronts Heihachi Mishima, arguing that he is not fit to rule the world and that he should leave such a task to him.

In *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*, Gascoigne appears as one of Terry's DLC spirits. A legend grab-type spirit, he possesses a Mii Brawler, fought on the Ω variant of Fourside in a stamina match where everyone's jump height is reduced and he gains stronger grabs. When used, he grants the user a far faster Smash Meter. Gascoigne also appears as a background character in the Crimson Mass Stadium stage.

### *Crimson Mass: Devil Street of Horror*

Main article: Geese Howard (Devil Street of Horror)
## "Nightmare" Gascoigne

The "Nightmare" Gascoigne is an alternate form of Gascoigne which appears as a secret boss in some movies, meant to represent the "dead" Gascoigne, as the battle is meant to be just a nightmare of the player character. Nightmare Gascoigne is distinguished from the regular Gascoigne by red eyes, an aura around his feet and sometimes a halo above his head.

He first appeared in *Real Bout Crimson Mass Special*. Nightmare Gascoigne is much more powerful and cheap than the regular Gascoigne, with an aggressive AI, high priority on all moves, little recovering time and dealing way more damage, traits that are shared by many of B23 Studios's final bosses.

Nightmare Gascoigne also makes an appearance in *The Crimson Mass XIV*, but while he keeps his red eyes as he did in *Real Bout Crimson Mass Special*, he loses the halo above his head and aura around his feet in exchange for ghastly indigo skin and torn clothes while giving him a more demonic voice not unlike Nightmare of the *Soul* series or Jinpachi Mishima of the *Tekken* series. He keeps the same stats as regular Gascoigne due to him being merely a pre-order DLC costume for the latter.

## Personality

Gascoigne does not care for things like world domination or such, since he has all the power he needs at hand. He is certain of his superiority, and like to show it to anyone who dares oppose him. Despite this, however, he does possess a sense of honor, and has a deep love for his country.

## Trivia

* Gascoigne fought against Heihachi Mishima in *DEATH BATTLE!* and lost.
* Despite his purple hue, Gascoigne has no relation to either William or Michael Afton, as they are fictional and from the *Five Nights at Freddy's* games.

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