Kamen Rider Herka

Kamen Rider Herka is the Gamepad's OC version of Kamen Rider Geats.

## General Information

Kamen Rider Gamepad Era

Number: 24

Original Airing: 2022

Motifs: Animals, Tournaments, Martial Arts

Previous: Kamen Rider Jadesu

Next: Kamen Rider Guruno

### Desire Arena Staff

Unlike the eye theme naming of the original, the Desire Arena staff members are named after words related to talking.

* Sasayak

General Information: Sasayak is the Navigator of the Desire Arena. Her name comes from "sasayaki", the Japanese word for a whisper.

* Hebiki

General Information: Hebiki is the Game Master of the Desire Arena. His name comes from "hibiki", the Japanese word for an echo.

* Backon

General Information: Backon is the Live Commentator of the Desire Arena. His name comes from "bakuon", the Japanese word for an explosive sound.

* Talkaybi

General Information: Talkaybi is the Founder of the Desire Arena. His name comes from "takebi", the Japanese word for a shout.

* Owen

General Information: Owen is the Producer of the Desire Arena. His name comes from "oen", the Japanese word for cheering.

* Heemay

General Information: Heemay is the Assistant Producer of the Desire Arena and Owen's personal secretary. Her name comes from "himei", the Japanese word for a scream.

* Muttsuri

General Information: Muttsuri is the Game Master of the Desire Circuit and a former member of the Desire Arena staff. His name comes from the Japanese word for mumbling.

### American Jamato

The American Jamato are a subspecies of the original Jamato who are present in the United States. The Desire Arena was created for the purpose of dealing with them. Each of them represents an aspect of American culture.

**Leader**: Cezarton

Cezarton's name is a combination of "caesar" (referencing both Julius Caesar and Caesar Salad) and "Newton" (referencing Sir Isaac Newton).

**Boss-Ranked Type**

* Eagle Mountain Jamato (Eagle, Rocky Mountains)
* Sundew Mothership Jamato

**Mid-Ranked Type**

* Sprayer Jamato (Graffiti, Street Art)
* Brawler Jamato (American Football)
* Pollution Jamato (Toxic Pollution)
* Cinema Jamato (Film Camera, Hollywood)
* Super Jamato (Comic Book Superhero)
* Sarge Jamato

**Low-Ranked Type**

* Cowboy Jamato
* Splotch Jamato (Artist)
* Baseball Jamato (Baseball Players)
* Sewer Jamato
* Clown Jamato
* Spartoi Jamato
* UFO Jamato
* Soldier Jamato
* Muscular Jamato (Strongman)
* Shakespearean Jamato (Thespian)
* Superstar Jamato (Movie Actress)
* Prisoner Jamato

### Oma2068 Jamato

**Leader**: Lin-En-Gan/Kamen Rider Claire

Lin-En-Gan's name is based on Carl Linnaeus, "engan" (the Japanese word for pink eye), and "rinnegan" (the Japanese word for clairvoyance).

**Pawn Jamato**

* Samurai Jamato

## Games

### First Game - Impact Arc

**First Round**: Gather the Riders Game

Goal: Three randomly chosen Riders (Booter, Jack, and Vile) are sent into a Jamato Zone with the objective of finding the candidates for new Desire Riders. They'll need their help to fight off the hoards of Jamato currently within the game area. This game ends when every single Jamato is defeated, with scores being based on the performance of the Riders (both initial and new).

Enemies: Cowboy Jamato

**Second Round**: Art Destruction Game

Goal: Inside of the current Jamato Zone is a bunch of tasteless art pieces. The objective is for the Riders to destroy the bad art pieces while protecting ones they feel are of quality. The Rook-type Jamato and minions are constantly making more bad art, with the game ending once a Rider defeats the main enemy. Scores are tallied based on how much bad art was destroyed versus how great the art protected is.

Enemies: Sprayer Jamato and Splotch Jamato

**Third Round**: Movie Making Game

Goal: The Riders are split into teams and given equipment to film themselves fighting the Jamato. The game ends once every Jamato is destroyed, with scores being based on the quality of the movie produced.

Enemies: Brawler Jamato and Baseball Jamato

**Fourth Round**: Pollution Ending Game

Goal: The new Jamato Zone is filled with pollution and environmental disaster, which the Jamato are making worse. The goal of this game is to find the main source of the area's pollution and stop it (it's not the Rook-type Jamato). The game is over when the goal is accomplished and scores are based on how much environmental damage was reversed by the Riders.

Enemies: Pollution Jamato and Sewer Jamato

**Final Round**: Carnival Madness Game

Goal: The new Jamato Zone is located inside an amusement park. The Riders are tasked with participating in the games at the carnival to win tickets (riding the rides are pointless, since they apparently suck anyways). Bad performance in the carnival games results in the spawning of Pawn-type Jamato. After one full day at noon, the Final Boss will spawn and attack every remaining contestant. Obtaining enough tickets will grant a Rider the Carnival Raise Buckle, which has the best chance of destroying the Final Boss. The Rider who destroys the Final Boss (regardless of if the Carnival Raise Buckle was used) is the winner of both this Round and the entire game.

Enemies: Clown Jamato

Final Boss: Eagle Mountain Jamato

### Second Game- Variable Arc

**First Round**: Bedwars Game

Goal: Inside of the new Jamato Zone is a series of beds, each belonging to a predetermined team of Riders. The goal of this game is to defend the team's bed from both enemy teams and the Jamato in the area while also attempting to destroy the beds of enemy teams. Special metal cubes are provided which can be placed in certain formations to form barriers and traps to protect the team's bed. The winning team moves onto the next round, while the first team to lose has all its members eliminated. The penalty for those who don't win but aren't on the losing team is the loss of any collected Raise Buckles.

Enemies: Spartoi Jamato

Note: This round is an homage to Minecraft Bedwars. This was done as an homage to Technoblade (the focus of this round's episodes) due to him being the undefeated "Master Champion of the Bed Wars".

**Second Round**: Mega Board Game

Goal: The Riders are placed inside of a massive castle with a multitude of different rooms. Each player takes turns rolling a massive dice that allows them to move a certain number of rooms, similar to a board game. The goal is to be the first player to escape the castle, with the last player to finish being eliminated.

Enemies: Super Jamato

**Third Round**: Alien Invasion Game

Goal: The new Jamato are invading a city with access to massive spaceships resembling Fortress Jamato. Players must destroy these Fortress Jamato to score points, usually by infiltrating the ships and destroying them from within. Once all of the Fortress Jamato have been destroyed, the game ends with the lowest scoring player losing.

Enemies: Super Jamato, UFO Jamato, Sundew Mothership Jamato, Kamen Rider Wander

**Final Round**: Dinosaur Hunt Game

Goal: The intruding Kamen Rider Wander has disrupted the Desire Arena, and therefore the Jamato are chasing after the Wander Driver for its ability to change the games. The Riders therefore must defeat Wander and claim his Driver before the Jamato can, with the one who defeated him becoming the new God of Desire.

Enemies: Super Jamato

Final Boss: Kamen Rider Wander

### Third Game - Rising Arc

**First Round**: Turf War Game

Goal: The new Jamato Zone is special in that it is manipulatable via a series of special plant-like boxes. The Riders are tasked with removing the electrical wire-like vines from these boxes to slowly shrink the Jamato Zone, which also limits where the invading Jamato can move around. The Jamato that reach these boxes can grow new vines from their bodies to reactivate them, which the Riders must prevent. Points are scored based on performance, but a Rider who destroys the Bishop Jamato will add a significant number of points to their final score. The game ends when either the Riders or the Jamato have claimed the entire Jamato Zone.

Enemies Present: Sarge Jamato, Soldier Jamato

**Second Round**: Dodgeball

Goal: The Riders are tasked with playing a deadly game of dodgeball using Jamar Balls where every hit will cause them to be knocked out of their transformation, forcing them to activate their Drivers again. A penalty point is given every time the Rider is forced to use their Driver again, with the highest scoring player losing the game. The game ends once all of the Jamato have been defeated.

Enemies Present: Muscular Jamato, Super Jamato

**Third Round**: Playwright Game

Goal: At the start of the round, every Rider pulls a card from a box describing the personality of another Rider. While fighting the Jamato, the Rider must act like the Rider whose card they chose which the audience will score them on based on how well they play their chosen role.

Enemies Present: Shakespearean Jamato, Superstar Jamato

**Fourth Round**: Murder Mystery Game

Goal: The current Game Master has been murdered by an unknown party, and the Riders are tasked with figuring out the culprit and apprehending them.

Enemies Present: Prisoner Jamato, Kamen Rider Neo-Wander

## Trivia

* The original Geats is inspired by *Fortnite* and *Apex Legends*. Similarly, the concepts in Kamen Rider Herka are based on *Rumbleverse* which inspired the martial arts theme. Furthermore, the work of Oma2068 takes inspiration from *Totally Accurate Battlegrounds* and *Tempest* (a fictional battle royale from the series *Meta Runner*).

Each of the Gamepad's Riders in Kamen Rider Herka specializes in a type of martial arts.

* **Herka**: Wrestling
* **Kuji**: Boxing
* **Booter**: Gang Fighting
* **Jack**: Kickboxing
* **Sheek**: Shaolin Kung Fu
* **Vile**: Capoeira
* **Torga**: Krav Maga
* **Boten**: Sistema
* **Manought**: Sumo Wrestling
* **Shiikay**: Aikido

While the Desire Arena Staff created by GamepadtheDreamer follow a different theme naming, Oma2068's Desire Grand Prix staff continue the original series' theme naming of eye related terms.

* Renamick's name is an anagram of "niramiki", the Japanese word for "glowering" (to have an angry look on one's face).
* Yannigan's name is an anagram of "gan-yani", the Japanese word for "rheuma" (the mucus that forms under the eyes when waking up in the morning). *Yannigan's name being named after something gross also symbolizes how metaphorically "disgusting" he is.*
* Menyatter's name is based on "me ni ataru", a Japanese phrase meaning "to witness".
* Logzima's name is an anagram of "majirogu", the Japanese verb meaning "to blink".
* Cramers' name is based on "mekuramu", the Japanese verb meaning "to go blind". *Cramers' name was chosen to contrast her canonical counterpart Samas. The name also represents the character being "blind" to Yannigan's true nature.*
* Kinger's name is based on "kingan", the Japanese word for myopia (nearsightedness).
* Dametch's name is an anagram of "medachi", the Japanese word for gouging an eye out.
* Showtain's name is based on "hishuutensa", the Japanese word for astigmatism (an imperfection in the eye that causes blurriness).
* Tandem's name is based on "tantan", the Japanese word for sharp sight.
* Rayff's surname is based on "hosomeru", the Japanese verb meaning "to squint".