Gang Kremlin

## Inspirations

### Music allusions

“Your Contract has Expired” - Hat in Time“Devil Trigger” - DMC5“Welcome to Chaos” - DoroHeDoro“One Winged Angel” - Final Fantasy 7“99.9” - Mob Psycho 100“Wild Side” - Beaststars“Ready to Die” - Andrew W.K.

## Appearances

### Appears in

-GREED (Series)-Audition: Let the Games Begin -Round1: Along came the Spider -Round 2: Silence of the Satyr -Round 3: The Grey, the Ghost, and the Zombie-Round 4: Meeting of the Minds-Round???: Aftermath.

### Debut

Audition: Let the Games Begin

**Gang Kremlin** is the mighty "***King of Ghosts***" and a Universe traveling monarch. He was chosen among other 32 contestants to participate in **the High Midnight tournament** after getting a recommendation from an unknown stranger in a bar who just so happened to see Gang's "Infinite Manor" appear in the UIR universe. Gang himself decided to join the Tournament because he was promised "power full fighters" by **Cassidy**.

> This character specifically comes from the Series: **GREED** and his inclusion is considered a collaboration with "Imagination Bolt"
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## Appearance

#### Base Form

Gang in his Base form takes from his gremlin roots with the standard furry body and long ears. His height is normally *4ft 9in* and he weighs almost nothing considering he's a ghost and all. His hands usually only have 4 fingers *(including his thumb)* as is a normal amount of fingers for his specific species. His fur is Grey and his eyes are bright red with his iris' being two different sizes. The bigger iris has a spiral that closes into his pupil. Gang's face is almost always accompanied by a smile and his expression changes very little. Only time his smile fades is when he's extremely angry. Under all of his clothes Gang also has a large scar that runs across from his side to his right chest cavity.

Gang's apparel almost never changes, and he's determined to dress in "street punk biker" wear. His Jacket is a dark purple with two very deep folds on each shoulder. The back of the jacket has a print of an upside-down smile and the side has a smiley face badge that has a split face in which the right side has a red eye. His undershirt is a sleeveless pleather racer uniform that has a crow skull printed on the front and the numbers "99" printed to the bottom right and the back of the shirt. Above the 99 on the back has the name "KREMLIN" crossed out. Lastly his pants are long and black and connected to his boots. The pants are held up by a grey belt with a belt buckle that has a similar look to his badge, just slightly larger.

#### DEVIL Form

Gang has the ability to shift into a larger version of himself called Devil Form. This form makes his fur white and fluffy with his forearms taking in most of the fluff and it's fur tips are a light purple. The fur on his back becomes longer and spikier as well as his ears with become slightly longer. His iris' disappear and become solid Red as well.

Besides becoming larger and more buff, there isn't many other changes besides that his shirt dissapears. We don't really know where it goes or what happens to it... he just gets it back when he shifts back into Base form.

## Personality

To sum it up simply "Gang is an asshole". But to be more specific Gang likes to antagonize people making it so that someone will either get angry or annoyed with him, which makes his power grow. So he'll probably come off as a goofy clown to some outsiders, but in reality Gang has a lot more going on under the hood. He is an excellent manipulator and will do whatever it takes to make sure he see's his plans through, even if his actions seem a little silly.

But that's only his outside personality, He has a lot of mental problems and most of them stem from his past and sharing his body with the literal embodiment of **Despair**. He hates talking about his past and being reminded of it and he will snap if he has to deal with a priest of any religion.

## History

### PAST

Most of Gang's past isn't really clear, all we know is that he escaped from the Hell of his universe and stole the abilities of demons. He found the "Phantom Gate Key" and was crowned "King of Ghosts" then he slaughtered all of his people in the "**Gremlin Kingdom**". Sometime afterwards he met Umbra and they decided to team up together.

After that we don't really know anything else. How he got his other abilities is a mystery.

### Let the Games Begin

**Barron Mcthrill** sent **Cassidy** to Gang's **Infinite Mannor** after hearing some rumors about the "King of Ghosts". Gang, unfortunately caught Cassidy lurking in his territory and beat him in a fight. But the gremlin swiped a letter that McThrill wrote claiming that there were powerful fighters waiting for him at the High Midnight Tournament. This is where Gang would make a deal with Cassidy, Gang claimed that he would participate in the tournament as long as there were powerful fighters for him to fight. Making it seem like all he wanted was their powers but in reality, he had other plans in mind.

Upon this agreement, Cassidy hauled off Gang to the tourney and left Umbra to take care of the Infinite manor while he was away. Off panel once Gang arrived the Barron confiscated his **"Phantom Gate Key"** as it was classified as a weapon of mass destruction and so Gang was forbidden to use it.

### Round 1: Along came the Spider

In Gang's first round, he fought the mutant web-slinger **Arachna** in the caves of the arena. Arachna was a difficult opponent for him to fight with his overwhelming speed and Arachnability, giving his opponent the ability to predict Gang's attacks and outrun him. Gang got incredibly annoyed during this fight which activated the spirit dwelling in his mind, "Despair." He helped Gang realize that Arachna's, Arachnability is an extra sense that is connected to his brain like any other sense.

So Gang manipulated his mind to disable Arachna's heightened senses and dragged his body against the cave walls using his Ghastly Grip. Towards the end Gang tried to use "Snatch" in order to try and take one of Arachna's abilities and saw that there wasn't anything worth taking, so he spared Aracha in his fight and won since Arachna admitted defeat. However, Despair wasn't happy with Gang going easy on his first opponent so he punished the Gremlin by blocking away his compassion and left Gang enraged.

### Round 2: Silence of the Satyr

*(During this round the creator of Carmine, dropped out before the round could end. But Imagination Bolt was instructed to continue the comic normally. The replacement opponent was "R.O.D.")*

Following his debut in round one, Gang locked himself in his room while bashing his head on the wall until Alexander (who lost to Carmine previously), stepped in to snap Gang out of his state because none of the other Riders wanted to deal with him at that moment. After Gang returned to normal, he made fun of Alexander and went on his merry way to the arena. When he arrived he would find his next opponent, Carmine, and her pet wolf, "Grim".

During the round, Gang underestimated the two considering that neither had any special abilities. He spent most of his time toying around with them until Carmine made a gamble and shot him while he was in his Devil Form. This proved that Gang's body was physical when his fur turned white, which Carmine and Grim took advantage of to disable his arms. Gang experienced such immense pain that he got reminded of the time that he spent in hell; this reminder gave him a few painful flashbacks later on. Gang then used one of his stolen abilities, "Poison Foot," in combination with his ability to create Illusions. He used this to fool Grim, allowing Gang to defeat Carmine while badly poisoning them swiftly. After crowning Gang the winner, he would call out to Barron McThrill, saying that he was bored and unimpressed with the fighters he had to fight so far.

### Round 3: The Grey, the Ghost, and the Zombie

After a trip down memory lane, Gang's little outburst in round 2 appeared to get the attention of McThrill who has sent out Cassidy to intervene in his Gang's next round. Cameo warned Gang about the target he put on his back and Gang appeared unmoved by this warning. As he entered the arena Gang met his opponent "Roswell" and a very angry "Cassidy" who was seeking revenge against Gang for what happened in the Audition.

When the round began, Gang didn't want to deal with two people trying to kill him, so he made a deal with Roswell to team up against Cassidy. On the condition that they play a game to decide the winner of the match. When the pact was made, Gang threw Cassidy up to the now-flying arena. Both Roswell and Gang realized that Cassidy's skin was too tough for the normal projectiles they could throw at him. So Gang gave Roswell some black chains he made with his "Soul Forge", and told him to "do something cool with them". Meanwhile, Gang would distract Cassidy while he was dead set on killing Gang. He did this by phasing through the ground and poking out his head to taunt the big zombie man.

Roswell made a slingshot with the chains Gang gave him to throw some debris at Cassidy that he created by blasting some floating rocks nearby. Roswell signaled Gang, and the Gremlin threw Cassidy up in the air to be blown away by the rocks. Roswell used his collapsible katana to slice Cassidy's arm until Gang told him to move as Cassidy's body returned to Gang's location. Gang would use his hellfire to blast Cassidy near a larger flying piece of the arena and teleport to him Fully formed into his Devil Form. He grabbed Cassidy's skull and grinned down the flying arena. Gang swung him down to the floor with his "Gastly Grip" and charged for a powerful "Behemoth Impact", finally finishing the undead psycho off. Due to Cassidy's breach of contract from when they first met, Cassidy was indebted to Gang and was required to follow his orders. Roswell and Gang finally played their game, however, Gang proposed one of his games where he did not elaborate. Instead, Roswell appeared in a mindscape that mimicked his homeworld where he remained in for an hour. Gang stated that Roswell was unconscious, and since he could not continue the fight, Gang was once again crowned the winner. Soon after it was revealed that Gang's associate "Umbra" snuck in revealing the fortune that Gang would soon cross paths with Ben Young and the Barron.

### Round 4: Et Dolore Magna Gloria / ~~Meeting of the Minds Part 1 & Part 2~~

(Although the entries were both incredibly well put together, Gang was NOT the winner of this round. Valerie went on to win the entirety of HMT and crowned Ryder as the sole survivor)

In the Cannon of the High Midnight tournament, Valerie won her fight with Gang. In the entry, Valerie and her men researched Gang and the weakness' of ghosts considering how high of a threat he posed to their entire plan. Valerie prepared a special upgrade in order to gain the upper hand on Gang and Barron McThrill retaliated against Valerie by giving Gang usage of Cassidy's healing factor and the item he was banned from using "The Phantom Gate Key". Thus the war between monarchs began, with Valerie representing the 51st Union and Gang representing his ruling over the undead.

The battle was hard fought, while Umbra was keeping track of the time for usage of the Phantom Gate. Gang shoved Valerie into an illusion, haunting her with the images of her dead comrades. She retaliated by telling Gang that they all died for a cause and will continue to mourn each soldier. Then she insulted Gang by telling him that she refuses to acknowledge Gang, which distracted him and angered the king of Ghosts. After Valerie tried to shoot him, Gang destroyed her new arm and opened the Phantom Gate to let out the Ghosts inside, including his generals "Lancelot and Marie Antoinette". After Valerie's arm was destroyed, it activated a signal, giving her the "actual" upgrade she planned to use. This new arm opened an even BIGGER portal, letting out thousands of Union troops to fight Gang's ghosts. After Marie was injured, Lancelot called everyone back into the Gate and Gang was left alone and angry. He tried to fight Valerie, but as soon as he got close she activated a powerful device that she worked on in the previous round and disintegrated Gang until all that was left was his Soul which Umbra held onto.

*Umbra was later used in the first part of Valerie's final round where she aided in the resistance against Valerie*

## Where is Gang now?

Imagination Bolt Published a mini-comic explaining that GREED's grim reaper "Cal. C Bones" acted on the Overseer's orders to come and recruit Gang and Umbra to become Gods and help keep the Multiverse in check. Gang and Umbra left the Universe of "Unbreakable Iron Ranger" and have not been seen ever since Cal appeared.