Bear Badger the Book Bastard (Midlore West-Stein)

### Personality

Enjoys being fashionable, Can be strict, Holds grudges, Seemingly insensitive, Sassy, Supportive over LGTBQ rights, Wants to distinguish himself from others

## Attacks and Abilities

### Abilities

Bully Tactician, Energy Manipulation, Energy Projection, peak level physical fighter, Sound Manipulation, Super-human smell

## Weapons and Equipment

### Equipment

Satchel of Shitty Gag Drumsticks

**Midlore West-Stein** adopted the form, face and mannerisms of Bear Badger the Book Bastard. One of the prominent kings of Books and Novels kingdom. This form of West-Stein appears in gag stories and on-shot comics mostly.

> "*I'm not racist or prejudiced! I'm gay! That means I get a free pass at being a piece of shit to others and hiding behind a marginalized group of people as a deflection. C'mon now. How long have you been reading the Rage Knights: Red God on a site, and gossiping about some ugly dude nobody likes? Sheesh.*"
> ― Midlore West-Stein (as Bear Badger the Book Bastard)
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## Origins

After Bear Badger the Book Bastard and a group of deplorable, unfriendly customers and Books and Novels goons tried picking on a guy they thought was “Damon Bradley”, their attacks and insults caused the “Bradley” to explode. Revealing that it was a light projection being manipulated by someone. They assumed it was Daniel Goldberg initially, so they all searched the mall and store. Bear Badger snooped around the store, cursing his personal life and insulting customers. Just as he started admiring the beauty of the middle-aged Kanzashi the Bookseller Queen, he stumbled across Midlore West-Stein, who was unusually robust and balding.

Midlore revealed he was only trying to be a good “gay man” for his next performance. Bear Badger squealed and hissed, lunging at Midlore, who he thought was being homophobic, but he was defeated when Midlore punched him in the face. After incapacitating the king, Midlore applied bear Badger’s DNA into his arm, transforming himself into the gay albeit unfriendly king Bear Badger himself.

As Bear Badger, Midlore began terrorizing everyone in the mall. Midlore joined groups of gorgeous women and went shopping, becoming their sassy gay best friend. Goons and kings of other stores came to respect Midlore and his ruse. When the real Bear Badger woke up, he saw that Midlore outdid him as even himself! He used his white claws to tear up posters and anything that reminded him of the damnable Bully Tactician Rage Knight. Eventually coming to find Midlore was on a date with an androgynous man named Celyn Syk. Bear Badger swung at his doppelgänger but he was defeated by Midlore’s physical might. Squealing for allies, more goons came to his aide and attacked Midlore, but Midlore tore through them with his Oak 5B Sticks and using Bear Badger’s white claw abilities to manipulate sound vibrations and bursting pick on scythes. The crowd of goons were defeated by the Muccian who used his victory to make fun of Bear Badger. To celebrate, he removed his Bear Badger “face”, deflated his belly and held Celyn in his arms. The two left the mall, while Bear Badger threatened to kill Midlore and his friends.

### LGBTQ Advocacy

Unlike Bear Badger himself, when Midlore took on the identity of the bookstore king, he advocated for LGBTQ rights and attended rallies. All in a seemingly short time after assuming the identity. Midlore even preached how just because he’s gay doesn’t give him the right to bully others.

In later appearances, this form of Midlore returned with Nomad Bradley to advocate for LGBTQ, by launching a jet ski into the air, and throwing Anti-Homophobe comics at random people. A confused Cecilia Sanchez and Dill Clay watched the loudspeaker chanting Bear Badger Midlore shout for equal rights as he screamed in Muccian.

## Powers and Abilities

Midlore West-Stein retains his normal abilities, but also combines them with Bear Badger’s white claws for additional hunting abilities. He can also trigger homosexual thoughts in his targets, but according to Midlore, they’re not from using Bear Badger’s DNA and originate from using black magic.

## Story Appearances

* Literally Every Time I Goto the Bookstore

## Trivia/Notes and Disclaimer

* This form of Midlore can speak gag dialects, but doesn’t seem too skilled in Pig Latin or Pig-Squealing like the original Bear Badger.

***Disclaimer***: *To whom this may concern, the characters in their entirety, while they borrow inspiration from events, ideas, themes and other sources from the original author's life, they are incredibly different and fictional entities inside the Rage Knights Red God and under no circumstance are they expressing a real person's actual views, ideologies, names and likeness to cause harm or defame them. Any names bearing similarities to any person(s) is unintentional unless stated otherwise and under special permission. The Rage Knights Red God is a work of fiction and solely for entertainment and educational purposes. Please note, the series does not represent events that have happened, events to come nor does it condone the very human evils the series itself is/was meant to advocate against. © Khaliq Trevor X*