Kraid

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**Kraid** is an antagonist and member of the Space Pirates, usually the brute and aggressor in their ranks. Despite his low, primal intellect, he makes up for it with his unmatched size, strength, brutality, and hunger.

## History

### Capturing Mother Brain

Kraid's first notable mission was an important one; the acquisition of Mother Brain. His size and raw strength turned out to help the Space Pirates, leading to the destruction of the sanctuary and the deaths of many Chozo. Following Mother Brain's placement as the leader of the Space Pirates, Kraid was sent of many more missions to help aid in the Metroid Initiative.

### The Metroid Initiative of Zebes

Kraid was stationed in lower Brinstar, residing in a massive, overgrown, mossy area to guard one of the data keys that could open Tourian. He fended off many Federation troopers sent down to apprehend him, but they were slain in combat and saved as snacks.

As he slept, he awoke to find Samus Aran in the room he was guarding. He clawed her out, but it was too late due to Samus already acquiring the data key needed to unlock part of Tourian. Kraid flung gravel and chunks of the arena at Samus, and shot out the spikes from his body, but despite the damage done Samus marched on. Eventually, Kraid was defeated with a charged throat to the throat, which smacked the back of his head into the wall and rendered him unconscious.

Kraid was retrieved from Brinstar before the destruction of Zebes, and put in medical care due to blood possibly clogging his throat.

### The Final Conflict

Kraid was back in action by the time of the Final Conflict, having grown larger since his defeat on Zebes. Kraid was used to ambush the ground forces of the Federation, dragging them into the tunnels of Brinstar. When word of Samus invading Brinstar spread, Kraid was the first one who moved towards her. He ambushed her once more, their battle now even more chaotic and dangerous due to his enlargened size causing the tunnels to collapse around them.

Just as Kraid seemed to have Samus cornered, he was ambushed by Adam Malkovich and his platoon. Kraid was defeated once Samus rolled into one of his open sores in her Morph Ball form, and unloaded bombs inside of him. Kraid's stomach burst open, and he collapsed.

### Imprisonment on ZDR

Following his second defeat at the hands of Samus, his body was repaired by the Federation and kept to be experimented on for biological warfare. However, they wanted to make up for the lack of Metroid data their secret client, Raven Beak, wanted, so they sent Kraid and other reclaimed bodies from the Final Conflict to ZDR for Raven Beak's studies. Kraid was submerged from the stomach down in the magma facility of Cataris, severing his pain receptors in order to properly test him for a possible Kraid clone army.

When Samus arrived in Cataris, Kraid immediately recognized her and wanted to get revenge. He broke out of one of his restraints, and destroyed the platform Samus was standing on. Samus had to climb on the severed cuff and parts of the wall in order to evade Kraid. However, she eventually baited him into breaking the restraint of his other arm, causing his weight to break apart his neck brace connecting him to the ceiling. He tried holding himself up, shooting one more thorn at Samus that she carelessly sidestepped. Parts of the ceiling collapsed onto Kraid, as he drowned in the magma and died for good, his melting claws sticking onto the platform Samus watched him die from.