Kane

The legend known as **Kane** is the *First Reaper* of God's faction known as the *Four Soultakers*; Notably a Panamoan sheriff before voluntarily chosen to become the Grim Reaper. He is widely dubbed as "Kane the First" and "Kane the Progenitor"... Due to being the first reaper in entirety of nevian history.

## Biography

### Early Life

No one knows his full name; But according to a few confidential sources, his full name is **Kane Marduk Galloway**. Born in May 18th 1710, in Sunview, Ruxas to *Magnus Paul Galloway* and *Heather Galloway*, his father was a Ruxan ranger and Heather is a bartender of a famous "Socorro Deluxe" saloon. As a child, Kane was famously billed to play extreme sports such as football, baseball and wrestling.

At a young age, he displayed unusually high amounts of gigantism to his body, as well as the so-called "Superhuman syndrome". It manifested to his adolesence; Despite living an idyllic life with his family on a small house and farm. At age 18, his father and mother were killed in an accident; Kane was approached by an aryan-looking, mysterious figure that he only refers to himself as the Devil.

### Deal with the Devil

Kane, despite being a smart intellectual individual, was inevitably forced to shake his hands with Lucifer, thinking it would be the way to bring his parents back; So he agreed to the deal, granting him immortality and the state of being an alpha. This was due to Lucifer's ability of coercion. An imposter of Lucifer was claimed to regularly scout Lucifer whenever he interacts with Kane. When he turned twenty-one, he was already beyond seven foot tall and has an extremely muscular build thanks to him turning his body into a the ultimate weapon.

As a result, he was able to enter Hell and was personally invited to test his worth against the Devil's mightiest warriors. Kane's colossal size and monstrous strength proved too much for many of his warriors, and Lucifer Servius granted him Hellfire power.

However.... He can't stop himself from avenging his parents, so he physically beats up Lucifer to the point where he begs for mercy and asks for help! This was the day Kane earned the moniker "The Alpha whom the Devil fears himself"!

### Irregular Power inside the Body

Kane received a vision from Osiris in which he stated that he wanted him to become one of his soultakers, an elite group of Grim Reapers destined to reap the souls of the damned on Nexus Prime's surface... In the Lands of Vile, he meets Osiris' avatar and decides to become a Reaper after successfully completing a series of challenges and trials.

Kane, being mountain of a man, voluntarily (but power-hungry) absorbed a component of Darkness itself, which is Villyen. Kane was transformed into the first reaper as a result of the fusion, screaming in pain and agony and overdosing on the power itself.... Almost causing mass murder with the scythe and instilling infernal rage within him, though Osiris was able to control his rage. It was also worth noting he is discreetly capable of returning to his normal form like the soon-to-be reaper Nicholas Wolfgang Bale though not often like the latter.

Now known as the "**Kane the First**" or notably the "**First Reaper**", Kane utilised his new form as being the personification of Death himself. However, he keeps himself from causing atrocities due to his good-nature inside him.

### Wild West

In the Wild West, Kane decided to settle his life back again in Ruxas as a cowboy. However, the armed outlaws and terrorists causing havoc throughout the west forced the Ruxan police to make him a member. Kane easily accepted the offer... Stating he wants to establish order amidst the Panamoan frontier after his heartbreaking encounter with the Devil himself. His strict yet efficient way of implementing the law gained the trust of Sheriff Lockwood. This puts him in a great reputation. Years of killing and arresting outlaws for justice has made Kane, in fact.... a living legend!

Due to this, he crossed paths with the cowboy-turned *mercenary* known as Nicholas Wolfgang Bale. The two are infamous because Kane values honour and pride, he despises Wolfgang's excessive ambitions and lust for a better reputation. In fact, Sheriff Lockwood considers Kane as a "worthy adversary" to Wolf due to his combination of sheer size, strength, seemingly comparable skill and intelligence.

### The Clash of Legends

After hearing small, yet true rumours about Wolf slaying the Devil.... Kane decides to confront Wolf himself. Kane was utterly disappointed that he wasn't able to lay his hands on the devil for redemption and purging the evil on this very planet. Nicholas Wolfgang Bale, being the cold and calculating hero, shrugs off his concerns due to his hard-fought victory that killed the devil (temporarily).

Kane forced him into a one-on-one fight (without using weapons) hosted by Sheriff Lockwood. A group of rangers and a large crowd of spectators are watching the fight. The historic clash, known as the "Mighty Kane against the Legendary Wolf" was the spotlight title. The fight ensues after Sheriff pulls up his Cattleman revolver to start by firing in the air.

Kane is astonished by Wolf's superhumanly fast reflexes and prowess. However, He is slightly overwhelmed due to his far more knowledge of unarmed combat. Kane decides to get the upper hand by delivering body shots and a jawbreaker fist to Wolf's jaw, a punch said to be loud as a bell, and the force of a tank ramming over a person, which killed Wolf. It was known that Kane won a hard-fought victory after a single loss, and backed away after Wolf glimpsed his Reaper form though partially morphing his right arm with the scythe.

## Personality

> "I'm the one who sees the truth; Lucifer.
>
>

Considered by many as the planet's first and finest legend, Kane has been defined by his courage, patriotism, and righteousness. He has always had a noble, charismatic and honest spirit, intolerant towards injustice and abuses of power. Since he grew up weak and small, he learned on his own that true strength is having the courage to fight against abuse, no matter one's power, and having compassion for the innocent.

His morals shifted when he became a Reaper. He possessed an insatiable bloodlust to any hostile souls and evildoers; Even going so far to lose control and nearly kill innocent victims, mainly due to his lust for power, indicated by selflessly absorbing a full dose of *Villyen* throughout his body, which sometimes causes him to lose control is some occasions, but he learned to control his body as an Alpha-Reaper physiology. However, he tries to be a better person despite being overdosed with Villyen itself as an Alpha Reaper hybrid individual.

His most noticeable characteristic is his skepticism toward ambition. He considers ambition to be dangerous, which caused a permanent schism between him and Nicholas Wolfgang Bale in the wild west and even to this day. Furthermore, he sees Wolf's cold exterior as a shield for evil agendas, which is entirely based on his own delusions that the latter is secretly evil.

## Abilities

> "No one, I said NO ONE is stronger than Kane."
>
> - Sheriff Lockwood

* **Alpha-Reaper Physiology**: Kane's physiology is far superior to that of any ordinary nevian, and this is due to his status as a Nevian Alpha. He can withstand a great deal of physical punishment that would easily kill a mortal, as well as shrug off severe wounds from impalements, bullets, and other means. He is a cross between Alphas and Reapers; an Alpha-Reaper hybrid.
	+ **Soul Absorption**: He had the ability to absorb souls as a reaper. Either with his body or with his own scythe.

> "Finally! A warrior whose size and strength shows amazing intelligence!"
>
> - Astaroth

* + **Superhuman Strength**: No legend is stronger than Kane. It has been heavily stated he can lift 85 tons max. His monstrous physical strength allows him the ability to destroy a normal man with his bare hands, tear them apart, crush them effortlessly, tear metal and stone walls with ease, and lift giant 80-ton boulders with ease and even have the stamina to jog with it. His immense strength is an important asset for fellow Reapers or allies on any situation at hand. He is so strong that he has been known to perfectly cleave men in two with a single blow on his weapon or easily disembowel them. Kane's strength has been a topic of debate, since Craig Taggart has a similar level of physical strength. However, his strength is still inferior to the infamous Astaroth.
		- **Might of Astaroth**: His accomplishment of defeating Astaroth gained him the ability to channel his own strength through hellfire flowing through a chosen part of his body. This give him the opportunity to delivered heavily empowered punches and kicks equivalent to the devil's own full strength!

* + **Superhuman Durability**: Kane is extremely durable and resilient; He is bulletproof except for anti material ammunition. He can easily take an endless amount of spears, swords and knives driven to various parts of his body without dying; Survive point blank headshots to the head, Immune to fire as well. He can easily shrug off hits from weaker opponents. In fact, stabbing him in the head only triggers his rage.

* + **Superhuman Physical Condition**: Kane extensively went through intense training and specialised dieting, represents the pinnacle of Nevian physical prowess all of which have naturally heightened his abilities to the highest levels of peak Nevian potential, pushing far beyond the Superhuman conditioning. While biologically Nevian his physical capabilities are far beyond Nevian physical standards resulting in very high superhuman physical prowess, far exceeding that of even Olympic-level athletes, making him immensely physically powerful even by higher Nevian standards. Some of his regular workout feats are bench pressing over 70 tons, squatting, leg pressing a one hundred sixty thousand pounds, performing weighted pull-ups, as well as pulling and dragging heavy plates or even huge rocks of an excess of sixty metric tons, to name a few.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: Despite his incredibly large and muscular body, his humongous and advanced musculature allow him to run at the speed of thirty eight miles per hour; But due to his immense weight, size and build, he needs to form a running start position to allow his massive body to propel at breezing speeds.
	+ **Nevian Healing Factor**: Kane has incredibly reactive healing factor; He can regenerate even from severe wounds with relative ease.

* **Expert Tactician**: He is an expert in the field of tactics, but sometimes it is usually overcompensated, due to his tendency to utilise Brute force whenever he would implement tactics and strategies on the field.

* **Expert Swimmer**: Kane held his breath underwater for nearly 10 hours, according to a report.

* **Master Combatant**: Kane is a notable master of combat; He is in fact combining multiple martial arts to complement his unrivalled strength, therefore making him much more deadlier than Craig Taggart, who usually relies on strength and ferocity at the cost of skill. However, he is surpassed by the 19th century Wolf and in the 21st century, Kane is *no match* for Wolf when he stopped stalling the fight and decides to showcase his skill at hand by perceptively dodging and countering his attacks, much to his chagrin.

* **Expert Marksman**: Kane is actually skilled in firearms. His preferred firearms are revolvers and heavy weapons such as machine guns; Able to use them with maximum destruction and deadly precision.

* **Beastly/Animal Instinct**: This enhances his five senses, his reflexes, rage, intellect and overall physical ability. While utilising his animal instincts, he becomes more induced with rage, anger, skills and sheer determination to finish any hostile souls at all costs.

## Trivia

### General

* Ironically bored of his own physical strength, Kane looks eager to see someone with a similar level of strength.
* He is actually 7ft 3 inches tall right after eating sufficiently in any morning.
* Kane's monstrous physical strength has been a topic of debate, which was often compared to Craig Taggart.
* Kane once admitted to being the Devil's bounty hunter; But he ended up using his own powers against evil.
* He took a dangerously high amount of *Villyen* absorbed through his body, granting him a variety of immensely powerful abilities as a Reaper.
* Obsessed with demonology and exorcism; According to some *Osarian priests*, they chose him as a personal exorcist or demon hunter.
* Born with extremely great leadership qualities.
* According to Adler the Second, if Kane ever witnessed his granddaughter Sasha Galloway's failures and shortcomings, he would be disgraced and would probably kill her.

## References

1. ↑ The First Reaper Analysis
2. ↑ The First Reaper Analysis
3. ↑  Deal with the Devil