King Kong

## MONARCH DECLASSIFIED

* Kong
* Warrior King Kong

"*That's Kong. He's king here. He's a god to these (Iwi) people.*"
―Hank Marlow[src]
**King Kong** is a giant simian MUTO and the alpha of the Hollow Earth who was born on Skull Island (and the last of his species on the island).

Kong's parents were killed when he was very young in the middle of a skullcrawler onslaught that wiped out his species on Skull Island. He was then left to fend for himself against Skull Island's violent environment, which made him a tough and formidable character.

Kong's existence would later be known to humankind outside of Skull Island in the 20th century, when the organization Monarch set out an expedition to the island in search for Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms.

## Powers and abilities

* **Kong giant physiology**:
	+ **Super strength and combat**: Kong is enormously strong and has tremendously powerful arms, possessing sheer feral strength. As an adolescent, he was able to throw a boulder around half his own size, uproot large trees and throw them a great distance at flying targets with accuracy.
	+ **Super speed and agility**: Kong is very apparently much faster than Godzilla seeing as he is less heavy.
	+ **Super leaps**: He is also able to leap very high. He could jump from one point of the Skull Island to another and cover a high distance. Kong could leap from building to building and skillfully avoid Godzilla's atomic breath.
	+ **Super stamina**: Kong is immensely tough and able to his his enemies for a long period of time.
	+ **Super senses**: Kong's senses are keen and powerful. Kong was able to sense the approach of Godzilla from a mile away while humans had to use radar devices.
* **High intelligence**: Being a simian, Kong has a higher intelligence and can differentiate his allies from his enemies. He takes advantage of his surroundings while fighting, using tools such as boulders and trees as weapons.
	+ **Sign language**: Kong is the only MUTO that knows a form of human communication, he learnt American sign language through Jia.
* **Climbing**: Kong has extraordinary climbing abilities, as he is capable of scaling massive cliffs and mountain faces with relative ease. Kong utilizes this skill to great effect in his battle against Godzilla, where he scales buildings to avoid Godzilla's atomic breath.
* **Axe proficiency**: Kong is highly skilled in using the axe created by his ancestors.

### Weaknesses

* **Limited durability**: While Kong is nearly invulnerable to all human and environmental damage, he cannot stand against any incineration attacks.

## Equipment

* **Armor of the King Kong and weaponry**: After becoming king of the Hollow Earth, Kong constructed a battle armor from various bones of deceased MUTOs, and was enhanced with Anderson-Maeda technology.
	+ **Axe of the King Kong**: During the Godzilla/Kong Crisis, Kong discovered an axe used by his ancestors in the Hollow Earth during the Great MUTO War, he would then own the axe to be used in fighting against his enemies.
	+ **Turtle shell shield**: Kong obtains a shield and uses it during the Great MUTO War II.
	+ **Kong iron armor**: Monarch developed an iron armor for Kong, coincidentally just in time when he faced Mechani-Kong.

## Relationships

* Mother
* Kalia - mate
* Kiko - son

Allies* Godzilla - rival and former enemy
* Mothra
* Wukong - best friend
* Monarch
	+ Jia
* Kong giants of the Hollow Earth
	+ Koda
	+ Zimba
	+ Mero
	+ Gabo
* Drukr
* Rodan
* Quetzalcoatl
* Typhon
* Winged MUTO - victim
* Six-legged MUTO
* The Hollow Earth Alpha - rival and victim
* Scourge - victim
* Mechagodzilla - victim
* Xilien sentries
* Gigan
* Mecha-King Ghidorah
* Mechani-Kong - victim

## Trivia

* Kong was originally planned to have dark fur, but was changed into brownish in order to contrast Godzilla.