X-Men First Class character study: Emma Frost

Emma Frost aka the White Queen is a mutant telepath who can also change her body into diamond form; also a member of the Hellfire Club. Actress January Jones will portray the character in the 2011 film X-Men: First Class.

Powers and abilities

Telepathy
Since her introduction, Emma Frost's primary mutant power has been telepathy. She is capable of extraordinary psionic feats, including the telepathic standards of: broadcasting and receiving thoughts, mind-control, altering perceptions and memories, psychic shielding, astral projection, mind switching, brain engram modification, mental sedation, and induction of mental pain via touch. She is also able to boost or activate a mutant's powers through access of their brain's neurological pathways, and can communicate across global distances unaided. The exact level of her telepathic power has varied depending on writers and has ranged from weaker than other prominent telepaths to rivaling the abilities of Charles Xavier himself. She has also been referred to as a "psi of the highest order," been ranked among the five most skilled telepaths on the planet, and has demonstrated the ability to overcome more powerful telepaths, such as Nate Grey, or Rachel Summers, through greater experience and skill. Later, under the writing of Matt Fraction, Emma was classified as an "omega-level" telepath, the highest ranking for mutants, defined as having "unlimited potential".

Diamond form
At the moment of the destruction of Genosha, Frost manifested a secondary mutation giving her the ability to transform her body into organic diamond. In this form, Frost is translucent and retains mobility while being nigh invulnerable and able to support incredible amounts of weight, though different writers have shown varying accounts of her strength.

Emma's diamond body is virtually tireless as she does not produce fatigue poisons and has no need for water nor food. She is also numbed from emotion, pain and empathy, impervious to cold, and resistant to heat in this form. Despite this high level of invulnerability, her diamond form has a single molecular flaw, which if exploited – such as being shot with a diamond bullet – can cause her body to shatter. Though the exact location of the flaw in her diamond body has not been stated outright, clues point to it being located in between her eyes.

Frost's full range of abilities between her diamond state and regular form have been inconsistent; however, later occurrences depict that Frost cannot access her psychic powers in diamond form, explained by different writers as either a distinct genetic flaw or suppression by her diamond form's adamantine luster. Depictions have also stated that Emma has a degree of telepathic immunity while in diamond form, though the extent of this immunity has been portrayed inconsistently as well, ranging from total shielding from psychic invasion to vulnerability to psychic attack. Her diamond form is also stated to emit low-level ultraviolet light, causing it to glow in darkness.

Innate traits and expertise
Frost has a gifted intellect with college degrees in multiple fields, including a Bachelors of Science in Education with a minor in Business Administration from the prominent Marvel Universe's Empire State University. A superb businesswoman, Emma Frost for many years was founder and CEO of Frost Enterprises, a major multinational conglomerate headquartered in New York City that rivaled Stark Enterprises and Worthington Industries and specialized in shipping, aerospace engineering and new technology R&D.

Frost is also a highly capable planner, an electronics expert, and can invent machines that grant various psionic abilities, such as "Multivac", a mutant locater capable of monitoring the psionic levels of mutants; the "Hallucinator" used to induce hypnotic hallucinations to brainwash others; the gun-like device that enabled her to exchange minds and powers with Storm; and the Mindtap mechanism which enhanced and enabled her Hellfire cohort Mastermind to project his illusions directly into the mind of the Phoenix.

X-Men First Class character study: Sebastian Shaw

Sebastian Hiram Shaw is the leader of the Hellfire Club, a secret society bent on world domination. He possesses the ability to absorb kinetic energy and transform it into raw strength and speed. Shaw will be portrayed by Kevin Bacon in the upcoming 2011 superhero film, X-Men: First Class.

Powers and Abilities
Sebastian Shaw is a mutant with the unique ability to absorb kinetic energy and other forms of energy like electricity, although to a lesser degree, and use this energy to augment his strength, speed, stamina and recuperation capabilities to superhuman levels. He absorbs the energy of any blow he is struck by, including not only physical strikes, but also bullets, and less successfully, concussive energy beams; notably Cyclops' optic blasts. By absorbing enough blows from an opponent, Shaw can surpass the strength level of said opponent and then over power them. Whether it is possible for him to reach Hulk-level strength (or surpass it) is unknown, but he has, in the past, been known to over power Colossus who is close to 100 ton strength level. He is capable of absorbing the cutting, piercing and thrusting energy from a blade which makes it exceedingly difficult to cut or stab him with sharp edged weapons. While Shaw is highly resistant to injury, especially kinetic ones, even he can be damaged by powerful enough blows. Because of this, it would stand to reason that with enough physical punishment, even Shaw could possibly be killed during a fight, but, so far, no one has caused him any more damage from a physical fight than moderate bruising.

Without any absorbed kinetic energy Shaw is merely a strong ordinary human in excellent physical condition, but regularly works to keep his strength at a superhuman level. For example, in one instance, he was shown to spend time hitting a wall after waking in order to build up his power reserves before starting the day. It is not known how long these power levels can be maintained without absorbing more kinetic energy. If Shaw is captured and bound so he could not move at all, he would be helpless. (But even the slightest give could start to increase his strength, such as friction from rubbing against his bonds.)

Shaw also can forgo sleep if he receives enough kinetic energy. Often he will have his mercenaries pummel him so that he need not sleep for some time. As a way of aiding himself in combat, Shaw is adept at taunting, and will not let enemies realize his power until they have hit him one too many times. Members of the X-Men have learned the best way to defeat him is to remove him from the field of battle. The most dramatic example of which was when Rogue threw him hundreds of feet directly up into the air and away from the fight, essentially temporarily defeating him. It is not known if other human limits apply to Shaw, such as, among other things, whether he can be hurt or killed from drowning or from a lack of air.

Shaw is vulnerable to being incapacitated, or being attacked psionically. Shaw has also been overloaded by being struck by lightning and by falling a great distance when his gravity was increased.

Other key traits are his successful business acumen and his access to sophisticated weaponry. He not only prides himself on his power and the connections it allows him, but on knowing his opponents and how best to defeat them, whether in battle or in business. He also possesses technology that can block telepathic intrusions by Professor X.

X-Men First Class character study: Magneto

Erik Magnus Lehnsherr aka Magneto is the leader and founder of the Brotherhood of Mutants and one of Professor X's best friends until conflicts of opinion create a rivalry between them and their teams. A powerful mutant with the ability to generate and control magnetism, Magneto has been the X-Men's most prominent enemy ever since his first appearance. In his early appearances, his motives were bent on megalomania, but writers have since fleshed out his character and origin, revealing him to be a Jewish Holocaust survivor whose actions are driven by the purpose of protecting the mutant race from suffering a similar fate. His role in comics have varied from supervillain to antihero to even hero.

Sir Ian McKellen portrayed Magneto throughout the first X-Men film trilogy, while Michael Fassbender will play a young version of the character in the spin-off X-Men: First Class.

Powers and Abilities
Magneto is a mutant with the power to manipulate the electromagnetic force to achieve a wide range of effects.

The primary application of his power is control over magnetism and the manipulation of metal. He can affect a very large quantity of metal at one time. For example, he has levitated objects as heavy as a 30,000 ton nuclear submarine and has used his power to move large asteroids several times. The maximum amount of mass that he can manipulate at one time is unknown. He can manipulate a large number of individual metal objects simultaneously and has assembled complex machinery with his powers. He can also affect non-metallic and non-magnetic objects to a lesser extent and frequently levitates himself and others.

Another way in which Magneto frequently uses his power is the projection of force-fields which selectively block out matter and energy. These fields are strong enough to withstand the detonation of multiple thermonuclear weapons; hence Magneto is invulnerable to most harm when surrounded by his shield and can survive in deep space thanks to it.

Magneto can also channel his powers through his own body to increase his strength and durability far beyond human limits and has a baseline reaction time 15 times shorter than that of regular humans.

On occasion he has altered the behavior of gravitational fields around him, which has been suggested as evidence of the existence of a unified field which he can manipulate. He can also generate electromagnetic pulses of great strength and generate and manipulate electromagnetic energy down to photons. He can turn invisible by warping visible light around his body.

Although Magneto has been shown capable of manipulating matter on a subatomic level (insofar as the electromagnetic force is responsible for bonding electrons to protons within an atom), the use of his powers in this way seems to be difficult for him, and he has not been frequently depicted as doing so.

He has demonstrated the capacity to produce a wormhole and to safely teleport himself and others via the wormhole. His powers have also demonstrated that he can condense planetary objects into subatomic size.

Magneto has been consistently and frequently depicted as able to resist all but the strongest or most unexpected of telepathic attacks. A number of explanations have been proposed for his unusually strong resistance to telepathy, among them:
(a) technology wired into his helmet (the explanation given in the X-Men film series and several comic plotlines),
(b) some physical aspect of his electromagnetic powers that can interfere with telepathy (he once used the Earth's magnetic field to dampen the powers of all telepaths within his reach)
(c) latent telepathic powers of his own or,
(d) sheer force of will (cf. X-Men Vol. 2 #2).

In some of his earliest appearances, Magneto was depicted as capable of engaging in astral projection. He has also, on rare occasions, been shown reading other's dreams, issuing telepathic commands, and probing the minds of others. He has demonstrated the ability to shield his mind, while in intense meditation, so completely that even Emma Frost was not able to read his thoughts, despite being directly in front of him and actively attempting to do so.

In addition to his powers, Magneto has many other skills. He is a genius with competence in various fields of advanced science, especially in genetic manipulation, particle physics, engineering, and other fields of technology. He has engineered advanced weaponry, space stations, superpowered humanoid lifeforms, devices that generate volcanoes and earthquakes, devices that block telepathy, and devices that can nullify all mutant powers except for his own. He has reconstructed computerized devices from memory. He is fluent in many human languages and once single-handedly deciphered the unknown language of a lost civilization. He possesses extraordinary skill in "reading" the microexpressions on others' faces and sensing what they are thinking and feeling, whether they are lying, fearful, etc. a skill which he refers to as "taking your enemy's measure." He also is a master strategist and tactician with extensive combat experience, and has often been successful in single-handed combat against entire groups of superhuman adversaries. He also has some military training in hand-to-hand combat and has been shown to be effective with his fists, but he prefers to use his powers when in combat situations.

X-Men First Class character study: Professor X

Professor X is the telepathic leader and founder of the X-Men and one of Magneto's best friends until conflicts of opinion create a rivalry between them and their teams. Throughout most of his comic book history, Xavier is paraplegic, although his body houses one of the world's most powerful mutant minds. As a high-level telepath, Xavier can read, control and influence human minds. A scientific genius, he is also a leading authority on genetics, mutation, and psionic powers. Patrick Stewart has portrayed Professor X throughout the X-Men films, and the X-Men Legends games. Actor James McAvoy will portray the character in the upcoming 2011 superhero film, X-Men: First Class.

Powers and Abilities

Professor X is a mutant who possesses vast telepathic powers, and is among the most powerful Earth-born telepaths in the Marvel Universe.

Professor X is able to perceive the thoughts of others or project his own thoughts within a radius of approximately 250 miles (400 km). With extreme effort, he can greatly extend the range of his telepathy. He can learn foreign languages by reading the language centers of the brain of someone adept, and alternately "teach" languages to others in the same manner; Xavier once trained a new group of mutants mentally, subjectively making them experience months of training together, while only hours passed in the real world.

Xavier's vast psionic powers enable him to manipulate the minds of others, warp perceptions to make himself seem invisible, project mental illusions, cause loss of particular memories, and induce pain or temporary mental and/or physical paralysis in others. Within close range, he can manipulate almost any number of minds for such simple feats. However, he can only take full possession of one other mind at a time, and must strictly be within that person's physical presence. He is one of the few telepaths skilled enough to communicate with animals and even share their perceptions. He can also telepathically take away or control people's natural bodily functions and senses, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or even mutant powers. A side effect of his telepathy is that he is gifted with an eidetic memory. However, he cannot permanently 'reprogram' human minds to believe what he might want them to believe even if he wanted to do so, explaining that the mind is an organism that would always recall the steps necessary for it to reach the present and thus 'rewrite' itself to its original setting if he tried to change it.

Professor X can cause the loss of specific memories or even total amnesia. He can also project powerful mental 'bolts', enabling him to stun the mind of another person into unconsciousness or even cause death. These 'bolts' inflict damage only upon other minds, having a negligible effect on non-mental beings, if any. The manner in which Xavier's powers function indicates that his telepathy is physical in some way, as it can be enhanced by physical means (for example, Cerebro) and can be disrupted by physical means (for example, Magneto's alteration of the Earth's magnetic field).

Xavier can perceive the distinct mental presence/brain waves of other superhuman mutants within a small radius of himself. To detect mutants to a wider area beyond this radius, he must amplify his powers through Cerebro and subsequently Cerebra, computer devices of his own design which are sensitive to the psychic/physical energies produced by the mind.

Professor X can project his 'astral form' into a psychic 'dimension' known as the 'astral plane.' There, he can use his powers to create objects, control his surroundings, and even control and destroy the astral forms of others. He cannot project this form over long distances.

Charles is a genius with multiple doctorates. He is a world-renowned geneticist, an expert in mutation, possesses considerable knowledge of life sciences, and is the inventor of Cerebro. He is the leading authority on genetics, mutation, and psionic powers, and possesses considerable expertise in other life sciences. He possesses a Ph.D. in genetics, biophysics, and psychology. He is highly talented in devising equipment for utilizing and enhancing psionic powers.

During his travels in Asia, Xavier learned martial arts, acquiring "refined combat skills" according to Magneto. When these skills are coordinated in tandem with his telepathic abilities, Xavier is a dangerous unarmed combatant, capable of sensing the intentions of others and countering them with superhuman efficiency. He also has extensive knowledge of pressure points.

X-Men First Class - Summary

X-Men: First Class is an upcoming 2011 American superhero film directed by Matthew Vaughn. It is based on the characters appearing in Marvel Comics and is the fifth installment of the X-Men film series and prequel to X-Men. X-Men: First Class is scheduled for release on June 1, 2011 in the UK and June 3 in the U.S.

The film is set in the 1960s and will focus on the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the origin of their groups, the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants. The film stars James McAvoy as Professor X and Michael Fassbender as Magneto. Other cast members include Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Zoë Kravitz, and Lucas Till. The film was mostly shot in England and parts of the United States. Fox envisions this film as the first in a new trilogy.

The film is a prequel to the first three movies, set in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. X-Men: First Class parallels the history of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Civil Rights Movement. The villains of the film will be the Hellfire Club. The plot is as follows:

"X-MEN FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men."

Kamen Rider Onyx

Kamen Rider Onyx is a copy of Kamen Rider Dragon Knight armed with a black Japanese Dragon Advent Deck. His Rider appearance resembles Dragon Knight, but with a black look ripped all over and is similar to Dragon Knight's Blank Form. Onyx is a newly created Kamen Rider, which is why no other Rider recongnized the armor, thus increasing the total number of Kamen Riders to 13. He first appeared to ambush Kit Taylor and knock him into Ventara. When Kit is taken down by Onyx, it turns out to be a nightmare. The next time Onyx shows up is actually Kit (as Dragon Knight) retransforming into the black-armored Onyx venting Wing Knight and confronting Siren. However, it turns out to be just another nightmare.

Onyx originally represented the struggle that Kit was going through, confronting Onyx when he was feeling useless because of his jealousy towards Kase and using Onyx's power when confronted by Xaviax about his father. This was due to a phenomenon that Chance and Price refer to as the Advent Beast's rage imposing its will on the rider's mind.

When Kit is taken out of the Advent Void, Eubulon tries to give Kit the Onyx Advent Deck. Kit initially refuses to use it due to his nightmares, but accepts it when Eubulon and Kase reassure him that those events were only nightmares. Kit uses its power to help Len and the other Riders. He later confronts Adam, who has the Dragon Knight deck, and fights him until Eubulon interrupts the battle. Kit joined forces with the Ventaran Riders, and worked with them to defeat Xaviax, first by defending Earth from attacking Mirror Monsters and also working to render Xaviax's teleporters useless via the virus used to negate them. Kit is present when the team travels en masse into Ventara to storm Xaviax's headquarters, and also joins the other twelve Riders in using the Link Vent to destroy the alien tyrant.

Kit retains the Onyx armor until the final episode of the series, when he reclaims the Dragon Knight deck/armor when Eubulon gives him the choice of which deck to use. The current whereabouts and user of the Onyx deck, if one exists, are unknown.


Fighting Style

Being an exact copy of Dragon Knight, Onyx is a "balanced" Rider with equally powerful melee and far-range fighting capabilities, with a variety of cards at his disposal using his own dragon to help fight. Because Onyx is exactly the same as the Dragon Knight armor, Kit has no trouble using it. The Onyx deck is unique amongst the Advent Decks as the dragon emblem on the deck is black rather than gold.


Visor and Advent Deck

Like Dragon Knight, Onyx slots his cards on the dragon-like slot on his left arm called the Black Drag Visor.

• Attack Vent (AP: 6000): Summons Dragblacker to directly attack his opponents. Dragblacker is essentially a black version of Dragredder.
• Sword Vent (AP:3000): Conjures a black dragon-designed broadsword, modeled after Dragblacker's tail.
• Strike Vent (AP: 2000): Attaches a black dragon-like gauntlet on his right hand to shoot a burst of black flames assisted by Dragblacker.
• Guard Vent (AP: 3000): Attaches black dragon-like guards on his arms.
• Final Vent (AP: 7000): Summons Dragblacker for Onyx'sFinal Vent. It consists of Onyx jumping into the air to emit dark energy that paralyzes the opponent's legs and then deliver a flying side kick with Dragblacker flying behind to boost the attack's power with its dark flame.

Kamen Rider Wrath

Kamen Rider Wrath is a fictional character in Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. He possesses incredible strength, the ability to teleport around the battlefield, and many powerful Advent Cards such as Time Vent and Survive (centre). His Contract Monster is Goldphoenix, who possesses the highest Attack Points of any monster in the Rider War.
Kamen Rider Odin is apparently named after "Odin" the chief god in Norse Mythology. Aside from his ability to turn back time in conjunction with Xaviax's abilities using Time Vent, Odin had the ability to traverse time and warp to any location he choose. Even compared to Kamen Rider Dragon Knight and Wing Knight in their Survive Forms, Kamen Rider Odin is easily the most powerful of the 13 Riders.

Vic Frasier is a powerfully-built construction worker who was in a coma due to a construction accident. Xaviax drains his life energy like he did with Kit's father and uses his body to transform into Kamen Rider Wrath, a Kamen Rider with a phoenix Advent Deck. Xaviax decides to use Vic's body as he decides that eliminating Len, Kase and Kit are more important. During his first fight using Wrath's body, Xaviax and JTC easily overpower Len and Kase forcing them to retreat. They give chase but lose them. Later, they find Kit and introduce him to the gold armored Wrath. After a long battle, Wrath ends up distracting Kase as Strike vents her. He fights Kit, but is unable to make it to Strike in time to save him. He then fights Kit and Len in their Survive Modes but overpowers them. Readying his Final Vent, he is attacked by Kit's Final Vent, but dodges via teleport and aims his own Final Vent at Kit, venting him. However, the impact ends up venting Wrath as well, making him the eleventh and final rider vented immediately following Kit. Even when vented, however, only the body of Vic Frasier is sent to the Advent Void, leaving Xaviax intact. Soon after, Vic was rescued from the Advent Void and was possibly healed from his coma.

Nolan is the original Kamen Rider Wrath and was Len's mentor, similar to how Len currently mentors Kit. Because of this, Len despises how Xaviax is using the new Wrath's body, especially since Xaviax also uses his human form. During the final battle, Nolan was rescued from the Advent Void and joined forces with the other Riders to destroy Xaviax.


Fighting Style
Wrath is one of the most powerful Riders, easily taking on stronger Riders, especially when Xaviax uses the body. He is a balanced Rider, relying more on magic than physical ability or firearms, although he did possess melee weapons. Wrath's lack of concern towards living left him fearless, which was his most intimidating factor against the other Riders. As a fighter, Wrath was observant, methodical, silent, and usually only moved when using a card or attacking, otherwise relying heavily on his ability to teleport, and his opponent's brashness. He can easily overpower others with two swords for Sword Vent. He is also the only Kamen Rider who can teleport in a flash, leaving behind a cloud of gold feathers which he can use even when preparing his Final Vent. These technique does not require a card to perform. In addition, he can also teleport with others.


Visor and Advent Deck
Wrath slots his cards in his staff called the Gold Visor, tipped with a Phoenix ornament.

• Attack Vent (AP: 8000): Summons Goldphoenix (a mechanical phoenix) to directly attack his enemies.
• Sword Vent (AP: 4000): Conjures dual Gold Sabers in the shape of a phoenix's wings.
• Guard Vent (AP: 4000): Conjures a Gold Shield in the shape of a phoenix's tail.
• Steal Vent: Steals any equipment (weapon, defense object) that the target rider has conjured.
• Time Vent: Allows Kamen Rider Wrath to reverse time.
• Final Vent (AP: 10000): Summons Goldpheonix for Wrath's Final Vent. Goldphoenix lifts Kamen Rider Wrath into the air and enables him to do a body slam upon an opponent while engulfed in flames. Unlike other Final Vents, Wrath's Final Vent is suicidal as he can possibly vent himself in the process if he's not careful.

Kamen Rider Siren

Kamen Rider Siren is one of the 13 Riders featured in the story, and the only female Kamen Rider. Kase is the original Kamen Rider Siren, with a swan Advent Deck, and is a fellow survivor of Ventara like Len. She is eager hunter who acts the complete opposite of Len, who was unaware that she had survived. During the time Adam betrayed the other Riders, she quickly took herself and Len out of suspended animation and managed to throw him into a mirror and is thought to have been lost by both Len and Xaviax. Before escaping, she managed to steal two Survive Mode cards for Dragon Knight and Wing Knight (unable to get her own in time). She battles Xaviax's monsters in secret and slowly makes her way back to Len.

Maya Young is a young woman who is investigating the mysterious disappearances and believes in conspiracies, getting caught up in the Kamen Rider battle. She is a member of the website WayAboveTopSecret.com, which is themed around conspiracy theories and strange anomalies, especially those centering around the Mirror Monsters. To this end, she enlists Kit's help in uncovering the mysteries surrounding Ventara and the Mirror Monsters, although Lacey thinks she's just trying to ask him out. Due to her attempted abduction by one of the Newt Monsters, she is able to see the Mirror Monsters when no one else can.

While discussing how to counter Xaviax's plans, Eubulon reassigns the Siren deck to Maya to help Len while he goes to retrieve the other Riders. He gives her the ability to fight by installing the memories of the previous Siren owner, Kase, making her the second Kamen Rider Siren. She later meets Chance, Price, and Hunt, some of the original Riders. Due to her past experiences with JTC, she feels uneasy around Price, despite his attempts to befriend her. During a confrontation against several Mirror Monsters, Maya meets up with Adam who attempts to befriend the Earth Rider since he failed with the Ventaran Riders. She is put off by his attempts, though not once did he attack her. Kit later shows up, and after arguing, Kit and Adam fight each other, though Maya wants them both to stop.

After Kase comes back from the Advent Void, Maya returns the Advent Deck back to her saying that fighting as a Kamen Rider was one of the best experiences in her life, but her journalistic career comes first.
She also manages to patch the bad relations with Price realizing that Price and JTC, though they look the same, are two different people.


Fighting Style

Though they share similarities in appearance and visor, Siren and Wing Knight have opposing combat styles. While Wing Knight specializes in chivalrous one-on -one combat, Siren leans more on multiple combat, using her Sword Vent to take down multiple enemies. She also has a set for on-on-one combat, using her Blanc Visor in conjuction with her Guard Vent. While Siren is more agile and forceful than Wing Knight, she is physically weaker, and she doesn't enjoy the use of Wing Knight's special vents (Trick Vent, Nasty Vent). But because Siren and Wing Knight have very similar styles, they work very well together. The Siren deck is the only deck that passes from two different people of two different DNA structures due to Eubulon's influence.


Visor and Advent Deck

Because of her appearance, Siren is often compared to Kamen Rider Knight as both have similar designs, contract monsters but in opposing color schemes and that Siren's cape is feathery. With her Blanc Visor rapier, she can conjure her Wing Slasher or execute her Final Vent Misty Slash.

• Advent (AP: 4000): Summons Blancwing, a white mechanical swan whose name is derived from the French word "blanc", meaning "white", being combined and "wing".
• Sword Vent (AP: 2000): Conjures Wing Slasher, a twin-bladed naginata.
• Guard Vent (AP: 2000): Conjures Wing Shield, modeled after Blancwing's wings.
• Final Vent (AP: 5000): Executes Misty Slash. Blancwing attacks the enemy from behind by producing a gust with it's wings sending them flying into the path of Siren's Wing Slasher.

Kamen Rider Spear

Kamen Rider Spear is one of the 13 Riders the story revolves around. His original name 'Imperer" is based on "Impala", a medium-sized antelope from Africa. His true identity is Chase from Ventara, and his Earth counterpart is Albert Cho.

Albert Cho is Danny's younger brother who will always fight by his side. Like his brother, he was approached by Xaviax who offered him and Danny a big paycheck in exchange for participating in "the biggest heist on Earth." He ends up becoming Kamen Rider Spear, a Kamen Rider with a gazelle Advent Deck. He likes being a Kamen Rider, as it makes him feel much tougher. He is extremely inexperienced in fighting with Len quickly stealing his Advent Deck while transforming. Like Drew and JTC, he is completely aware of Xaviax's true nature and will go along with him to get what he wants. After Sting is vented, Albert and Danny ambush Kit along with JTC, but Kit repels them and uses his Final Vent on Spear thus sending him to the Advent Void. His Advent Deck is claimed by Kit but is then given to Len. Soon after, Eubulon rescues Albert from the Advent Void and erases his memories to return him to normal life. Chase is also rescued from the Advent Void and joins forces with the other Riders to destroy Xaviax.


Fighting Style

Kamen Rider Spear is a melee based Rider. He utilizes Muay Thai - Style attacks such as knee strikes enhanced by his Gazelle Visor. He also uses Spin Vent as his primary weapon. However, his biggest fighting advantage is in numbers, since his Contract Monster Gigazelle is accompanied by Megazelle and Omegazelle (later additions were Magazelle and Negazelle). His significant number of Contract Monsters can easily overwhelm other Riders.

However, Spear's numbers strategy can be disrupted, forcing Spear to fight Riders by himself. Another weakness is that the accompanied Contract Monsters are not really Spear's, since they just follow Gigazelle, and often prove to be inconsistent, either helping or attacking Spear.


Visor and Advent Deck

Spear is unique among the other Riders because unlike the rest of them, his color scheme is inconsistent with his respective monster (his color scheme is brown, but Gigazelle is purple in color). Moreover, he is the only Rider to have more than one Advent Monster from the start (unlike Kamen Rider Strike, who had to vent Kamen Rider Thrust and Kamen Rider Sting to gain Metalgelas and Evildiver). Being melee-based with Muay Thai-style attacks, Spear doesn't have much fighting experience, using the Gazelle Visor on his right knee to use his Spin Vent card which gives him a double-drill Gazelle Stab guantlet. Aside from his Spin Vent, Imperer relies on his mass amount of Zelles to do the fighting for him, after which he lands the final blow.

• Advent (AP: 4000): Summons Gigazelle along with copies of Omegazelle and Magazelle (due to the fact that these Gazelle-type Mirror Monsters travel in groups). Although these monsters have aided Spear time and again, he possessesd no cards for the others, save for the primary Gigazelle; this sometimes results in Megazelle and Omegazelle attacking Spear.
• Spin Vent (AP: 2000): Conjures Gazelle Stab, modeled after Gigazelle's horns.
• Final Vent (AP: 5000): Executes Drive Divider. The Zelles stampede a target before Spear unleashes a powerful knee strike to the enemy's head.

Kamen Rider Axe

Kamen Rider Axe is one of the 13 Kamen Riders that the story revolves around. His Earth counterpart is Danny Cho, a money-hungry thief who always puts his family first. He lived a harsh life with only his brother Albert to help support him and vice-versa. Following a recent motorcycle heist, he was approached by Xaviax who offered him and his brother a big paycheck in exchange for participating in "the biggest heist on Earth." Danny becomes Kamen Rider Axe, a Kamen Rider with a tiger Advent Deck.

Hunt is the original Ventaran Kamen Rider Axe. He was rescued by Master Eubulon from the Advent Void. He's a lone wolf type person who tends to fight on his own rather than with the other Riders. This serves as a strong contrast to his Earth counterpart, Danny Cho, who would often be with his brother Albert during jobs. He continues to fight as a Kamen Rider from remnants of Xaviax's army and helps to rebuild Ventara.


Fighting Style
Similar to Kamen Rider Incisor and Kamen Rider Thrust, Axe relies on brute force to win his battles, using his Dest Visor battle axe as his weapon. As an alternate weapon, his Strike Vent equips him with his Dest Claws; arm-claws which he can use to hack and slash away at an enemy. He also relies on his contract monster Destwilder to assist him in battle. Additionally he has the Freeze Vent card, which allows him to immobilise an opponents monster in battle.


Visor and Advent Deck

Axe slots his cards in his axe through the tiger like top called the Dest Visor. The axe can be used as a weapon if he's not using his Strike Vent.

• Advent (AP: 5000): Summons Destwilder, a Mirror Monster that resembles an armored humanoid white tiger.
• Strike Vent (AP: 3000): Equips Axe with 2 Dest Claw gauntlets, modeled after Destwilder's claws.
• Freeze Vent (AP: 1000): Axe uses this card to freeze the opponent for a certain period of time. In the series, the Freeze Vent froze Kamen Rider Torque's Contract Monster to an advantage, preventing Torque from executing his Final Vent.
• Final Vent (AP: 6000): Executes Crystal Break. Destwilder drags the target across the floor and lets Axe finish his prey with a Dest Claw-based stab in the torso.