Axl Reigns

Official artwork of Axl Reigns drawn by BluePisces97

*"Let's get rocked!"* - Axl Reigns' first catch phrase

*"Make some noise!"* - Axl Reigns' second catch phrase

**Alexander "Axl" Reigns** is the major main protagonist of the Nightriders series. He is the lead rock guitarist of the titular band of the same name. Originally growing up in Greenwood Swamp, his life turned and took for a storm when he became the new lead guitarist and vocalist, as well as being the overall headman for the Nightriders rock band.

## Personality

Axl is a relaxed and convenient individual, who loves getting into the crowd when the light shines towards him. He can have an ego towards being in the music business when he interacts with his fans, he's also the more humble kind of character when it comes to personally knowing him. He is generally very patient for the most part, given his tone. But sometimes that has his limits such as when he gets into issues with Rolf. With that, nobody should dare to cross with Axl and there are 3 lines that he has. "You do not insult my family, my friends or heavy metal." When it comes to doing what he loves best, he can really get into the mood and the enthusiasm for his passion to heavy metal soars.

During the series, Axl has been shown to have moments of doubt for his own life decisions, incinerating a sense of doubt and indecisiveness lingering underneath his big heart.

Over the course of the series however, Axl starts to lose his cockiness and relaxed nature, the doubt starting to form a guilt complex that emerged out of occasion. It started during *Nightriders: The Battle Continues* where he was troubled by his experiences on Forbidden Island. During 'Nightriders: The Kidnappings', Axl's guilt complex had temporarily evolved into a superiority complex out of his anger and pride, making him believe he had to be a hero which would save the people he loved. Had Iggy not snapped him out of such a mindset, Axl could have gone down a dark path, possibly eroding his values to the point he becomes unrecognizable. This shows us that even Axl is capable to falling to dark desires.

Despite all this, Axl has shown that he is a honest lizard who will work hard for the things he believes in, embracing the mistakes he made in the past to move into the future.

## Information

Axl was the first born of Archibald Reigns and Elizabeth Reigns, the oldest of his three siblings. Randal and Grace.

From a young age, Axl has had a huge passion towards music and heavy metal ever since he was a kid. He spent his childhood with his younger brother and sister in the swamp over his years of youth. The first instrument Axl ever played was an Alto Saxophone during his elementary school days. But shortly after, he would switch to playing electric rock guitars. Upon reaching age 19 however, he began his career at karaokes at any opportunity granted, until he was offered a position towards being a lead vocalist in The Dirty Rats. A small time band. But his time with them did not last long, after learning about the band having connections with the Sewer Rats which ended in a ugly and violent split.

But then he heard that the vocalist who is Mac Manson of a mainstream band known as Nightriders exited. And he got the chance to audition to be the band's new vocalist. And in the end, he ended up winning the spot. He was very well liked by fans of the band as a replacement and his first album recorded with the band was a success. This is in despite having hassling pressure with Rolf Steiner, who was the founder of the band and lead guitarist.

He would later join with other band members such as Lonnie Leo and others would join him along the way as he goes on to the adventure of his life with the band, as an undercover operative under the Sharps. They are an underground musical organization who are dedicated towards battling the Falsettos. They are a cult of musicians. In The Battle Continues, he then realized that he's in a musical war between good and evil much more than he would already acknowledge.

As the years goes by, Axl marries Selena Drex. Him and her would later have their first kid and name him after his father, "Junior" who now shares the same name as the legendary heavy metal rockstar, and now shares all the adventures with.

As the headman of the Nightriders heavy metal rock band, Axl's destiny is to lead the crew into greatness to whatever hopes and dreams that lie out there for him, his friends and his beloved love Selena and son Jr, await for them.

## Trivia

* Axl's birthday shares the same birthday as the creator himself, being November 18th.
* With Axl Reigns' birthday being November 18th, he is born as a Scorpio as his star sign. Just like the star sign, he's known for being featured prominently towards his resourcefulness, courageous with his adventures, passionate for his heavy metal music hobbies, can sometimes be stubborn due to his cocky attitude, but is also known for being a true friend. He is also very assertive, determined and decisive who will never give up until the truth is discovered. Also like the star sign, he is respected as a great leader of the heavy metal rock band and always tries to be aware of any situation, and also has a strength for long-time friends.
* The Scorpio star sign which is towards Axl's birthday is actually ruled by *two* planets. Mars for the ancient ruling planet and Pluto for the modern ruling body. For the former, Iggy's star sign for his date of birth is also ruled by Mars towards both rulerships (with himself being an Aries and his birthday being April 1st). If it came down to one planet being selected, it would have to be Pluto for Axl's planet towards his star sign as it is the modern ruling body in the domicile.
* The series creator's username is the same first and last name, AxlReigns.
* Axl Reigns may have been based on the name, *Axl Rose.* A member of the hard rock band, Guns N' Roses.

## References

1. ↑ Axl Reigns Profile by AxlReigns on DeviantArt. deviantart.com (2015-05-10). Retrieved on September 24, 2020.