Andy Kang

**Anderson "Andy" Kang** was one of the members of the Westchester Eight, a group of super-powered teenagers who banded together to stop Mr. Red from escaping the Blood Wood.

## About

Andy was born on August 22, 1999, the only child of Raymond Kang and Danielle Sung-kyu Kang. He was of Korean and partial-Japanese descent. Andy was assigned female at birth, and was known as Andelia Kang until he came out as transgender at age 15.

He soon joined the Westchester High Basketball Team after his re-assignment, and became the first female-at-birth person to captain the all-male team, which some still held prejudices over the matter. Due to his popularity, he was often referred to as "King Kang", and was expected to play with the role of the "king jock": arrogant and only hangs out with the "cool kids" at Westchester High.

Although the Westchester Eight disbanded not long after Jane's death, his status at school led to further drift in friendship with the other members of the Westchester Eight, most notable the "rejects": Marcus, Ava, Noah and Lily. He at least kept some level of friendship with Lucas and Dan, as Lucas was the Student Body President and Dan was a member of Westchester Football Club.

## Death of Jane Marshall

As a member of the Westchester Eight, Andy was bound with the others through the discovery of Mr. Red and the death of Jane Marshall.

In 2010, the group went into the Blood Wood, where they met an entity known as Redfield, or Mr. Red. Hesitant at first, the group accepted to hang out with the entity, seeing that it would not harm them and only wanted to accompany the group as they 'play together'. However, the entity soon became possessive and forced the children to stay with him for eternity, using Jane Marshall as the decoy to lure the rest of the group into the wood for one last time. During the Eight's first fight against Mr. Red, Jane Marshall was killed with her neck snapped by the entity. However, the rest of the group was able to escape his reach, and soon, they left the woods and vowed to never step foot on it again.

Mr. Red would often give the group 'gifts', or special abilities and wishes that culminated in the creation of each members' powers in the future. However, as these powers only worked should the members stay within the boundaries of the Blood Wood, they soon faded overtime, with members forgetting that they possessed them in the first place. Unbeknownst to both the Eight and Mr. Red, Cora Pritchard, a sorcerer from a long-line of guardians that kept Mr. Red a prisoner in the woods, put a spell that retained these powers in each members of the group for the final fight against Mr. Red. However, they would stay dormant until the members faced their own fears, and choose to stay together to combat Mr. Red.

Almost 11 years after the death of Jane, the Westchester Eight disbanded, as each member took on different lives and group of friends as they became teenagers. Andy had got over the ordeal, and like the rest of the group (with the exception of Marcus and Noah) had tried to suppress or even outrightly denied it to ever happen. However, as the re-emergence of Mr. Red became more evident, he was the first person to agree to fight him with Marcus and Noah, and as such, became the ignition needed for the Eight to come together.

## Abilities

For each members of the Westchester Eight, their secret desires became their ultimate powers. Since coming out as male, Andy had always feared of what people thought of him, as such, he always chose to stay idle in situations that could potentially ruin his image of the "popular kid", for example, the constant bullying towards Marcus, Ava and Lily. After he overcame that fear and realize that he could be more than just an image, and what he had achieved so far was not meant for other people, but by himself, his ability to create fire soon manifested, perhaps an allegory for his 'inner passion' and the exuberance of his multi-level of personalities.

## Personality

As the captain of the Basketball Team, Andy was very popular at Westchester High, having earned the nickname "King Kang" by peers. As such, he was always pressured to act accordingly to his "status", having to ignore the bullying of Lily and Marcus at school. Beneath that surface, however, he still deeply cared for his friends, and finally stood up to Cody Pollard when he tried to assault Lily in another attempt at bullying. He also experienced a lot of self-doubt in his role as the popular kid and in his identity in general, probably due to his past struggles with his orientation and the journey that he had to go through since he came out. This fear amplified even more when it was revealed by Ben that he was chosen "not for his skills, but as the "Human Reparation" that the school wanted to boost its image". As a result, he became more insecure about himself, and this was when he found comfort through his real friends, Marcus and the rest of the Westchester Eight.

During Mr. Red re-emergence from the Blood Wood, when Stacy, Lucas and Lily expressed their skepticisms, Andy, along with Ava, were the first ones to agree to help Marcus and Noah. As the Eight grew closer once again, Andy was shown to be very loyal to his friends in dire situations, volunteering to go with whenever they needed him the most. This was his way of making amends to his chosen-obliviousness to the bullying, and perhaps to his own struggle as well.

Andy was also to be quite hot-headed, such as the time when he punched Ben for telling him to be the diversity-boost for the team. He eventually overcame this when he accepted him for who he was, both a "winner" and a "loser".

## Relationships

### Family

* Raymond Kang - Father
* Danielle Sung-kyu Kang (née Ahn) - Mother

### Allies

* Westchester Eight
	+ Marcus Adalton
	+ Ava Cunningham
	+ Noah Marshall † - Temporary Enemy
	+ Lucas Thomas
	+ Stacy Green
	+ Dan Pierce
	+ Lily Ortiz
* Connor Green
* Cora Pritchard †

### Enemies

* Redfield/ Mr. Red
	+ Jane Marshall †
* Britney Ramirez - Former Friend
* Cody Pollard † - Former Friend
* Jocelyn Wu - Former Friend