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Ky Kiske is the eternal rival to Sol Badguy. Ky and the latter fought alongside one another during the Crusades, with Kliff Undersn and Testament. However, Sol’s deptaure with the Outrage weapon, the Fireseal sword, earned Sol Ky’s hatred. During the Crusades he was orphaned at the age of 10 and found by Kliff. He was then recommended to join the Holy Order to fight against the Gears, but to do so in 5 years time. Five years had passed and Ky, now 15, joined the Holy Order and in one years’ time, became one of the Order’s most decorated knights. With his promotion as the new Chief of the Holy Order, Ky was presented with the Thunderseal sword, one of the Order’s most sacred treasures. After his accomplishment, he went on to lead the Holy Order Knights to victory against the Gears and effectively ended the 100-year war.

After the Crusades had ended, the Holy Order was disbanded and Ky is now part of the Internation Police Force. He is a charismatic and pious individual. His strong sense of morals, virtues and justice makes him a role model for his subordinates. Ky’s devotion to God is unwavering and possesses a strong religious standpoint. Despite his good intentions, he is considered easily manipulated by those in higher positions of various, shadowy organisations who now control the world from behind the scenes. Ky’s strong-willed, religiously devout nature puts him at odds with Sol, which further fuels their rivalry.
In the events of Guilty Gear, he enters the tournament due to rumours of the possible ressurection of the Gear Commander, Justice. After Sol Badguy defeats Justice, Ky is compelled to strike the old enemy, but is compelled to do so. Justice then asks Ky to question is motives and what he truly calls “justice”. After Justice’s passing, Ky resolves to humour Justice’s last words and decides to do some soul-searching.

Guilty Gear X sees Ky entering the grove where rumour has it a new Gear Commander has been located. He finds a beaten Dizzy and offers to help her, rather than destroy her, as she is a Gear. Showing his ever helpful nature sparks relationship that would continue in subsequent installments of the series between Ky and Dizzy. He entrusts her to Johnny and May and returns to his duties in the IPF, still questioning his sense of justice.

Ky now delves into the shadowy organistation known as the “Post-War Administration Bureau” and finds a sinister plot that involves robotic clones of himself, a new antagonist by the name of I-no and the unravelling secrets behind the nature of his eternal rival, Sol Badguy. In the events of Accent Core Plus, he separates himself of the police force, but now firmly believes that his actions are true and just. He later runs into Dizzy yet again, and assists her in regaining control of herself and returning her to the Jellyfish pirates. Ky then continues to protect her, being the two closer together.
Guilty Gear 2: Overture sees Ky assume the position of king, reigning over the land of Illruyia, armed with a new blade as he is keeping his love sealed within his old sword to preserve her existence. Having grown much more mature and composed over the years, his rivalry and animosity towards Sol has diminished entirely, having entrusted his half-Gear son, Sin. Ky is shown at constant conflict towards his own ineptitude of being a father and a husband due to the racial issues regarding Gears.

Ky, next to Sol Badguy, is one of the most prolific characters in the series as well as being the second main character. He fights with straight-forward melee attacks, simplistic swordplay and lightning-based attacks. Using his Thunderseal sword, Ky and generate many different lightning projectiles to assault his opponents from a distance. Utilising his projectiles in conjunction with his swordplay is paramount to using Ky Kiske to devasting effect. His "bread and butter" gatling combos make him very easy and efficient to use in battle. His signature Overdrive, "Ride the Lightning" is a double-edged sword. It can be easily linked into combos, yet if the opponent does manage to block the move, it leaves Ky vulnerable to reversals. His Vapour Thrust has extremely high priority and a large arcing hit box and a staple for the majority of all Ky’s combos.

Fun Fact: The wife of Ky Kiske is Dizzy, the Maiden of the Grove. Their son is Sin, a half-Gear. One can find this ironic as Ky hunted and fought against Gears in the Crusades, yet he marries a Gear and his son is a Gear.