History Characters / TheKingOfFightersXIV

* TheFaceless: Averted, she wears a mask most of the time but removes it briefly during her Climax Desperation Move, as well as during one of her victory poses and her team's ending.

* CynicismCatalyst: Averted, Nelson has seemingly only become more determined and idealistic by his fiancée's comatose state.

[[Characters/TheKingOfFightersHeroes Protagonists]] | [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersRivals Deuteragonists]] ([[Characters/TheKingOfFightersIoriYagami Iori Yagami]])\\

-->[[Characters/{{Athena}} For tropes on Athena]]\\

[[Characters/TheKingOfFightersIoriYagami For tropes on Iori]]\\
[[Characters/TheKingOfFightersRivals For tropes on Kula]]\\

[[Characters/FatalFuryKingOfFighters For tropes on Andy, Joe, Tung, and Billy]]
--->[[Characters/FatalFuryTerryBogard For tropes on Terry]]\\
[[Characters/FatalFuryGeeseHoward For tropes on Geese]]
-->[[Characters/FatalFury2 For tropes on Mai and Kim]]\\

[[Characters/TheKingOfFightersHeroes Protagonists]] ([[Characters/TheKingOfFightersAshCrimson Ash Crimson]]) | [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersRivals Deuteragonists]] ([[Characters/TheKingOfFightersIoriYagami Iori Yagami]])\\

* TheThingThatWillNotLeave: Given their contrasting personalities and Gang-Il's tendency towards inflicting gratuitous TrainingFromHell on his students, Kim doesn't want Gang-Il to overstay his welcome on the new Korea Team. Much to Kim's dismay, Gang-Il and Luong seem intent on sticking around, though Kim eventually escapes his clutches to join the fifteenth tournament as a solo competitor.

* Foil: Like Sylvie, she dresses very flamboyantly and uses a theatrical dance-based fighting style. Unlike Sylvie, who is a loud, garish, over-the-top pop idol with wild mannerisms, Mian is a traditional Bian Lian operatic dancer and conceals her face out of shyness.

* CynicismCatalyst: Averted, Nelson has seemingly only become more determined and idealistic by his fiancee's comatose state.

* KickChick

* HonestCorporateExecutive: He's a legitimate success in business with no dirty laundry, hosted the tournament in ''XIV'' simply to entertain people and have a good fight, and humbly took responsibility for all the damges that happened [[spoiler:because of Verse]]. He seems to pride himself on being one of these too, if his win quote against Heidern in ''XV'' is any indication.

* RichesToRags: Downplayed. He's still well-off after the events of ''XIV'', but having to deal with at least ''75'' separate lawsuits causes him to lose much of his wealth, enough that he's no longer a multi-millionaire.

* MakeMeWannaShout: One of his specials ("The Rage") is him screaming and knocking his foe off their legs.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: A very strong and skilled boxer with cyborg implants. [[spoiler:Apparently, it was enough to hand Tizoc a defeat so devastating it warranted a FaceHeelTurn.]]

* RapidfireFisticuffs:

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[[caption-width-right:999: Vigilante Vixen]]

More of her backstory is revealed in ''XV''. Najd is a descendant of those who first discovered the otherworldly being known as "the Dimensional Beast" - Otoma=Raga. They passed down tales of the entity and the terrifying power it possesses throughout history. Eventually, these legends made their way to Africa, where a certain tribe of mystics became adept at foreseeing Otoma=Raga's potential arrival, worshiping it as a god of destruction and rebirth. Having been trained to fell the beast should it appear, Najd has taken it upon herself to investigate everything she can about Otoma=Raga and all those connected to it. She travels to Africa in order to find the whereabouts of Dolores, the latest in the line of the mystics who revered Otoma=Raga as a deity, only to discover that she had died in a bizarre sandstorm. Najd's search for any clues that Dolores might have left behind points her in one direction - towards Kukri, the mysterious hooded man she knew from the previous tournament. Knowing full well that Otoma=Raga's arrival is nigh, Najd enters the latest ''KOF'' tournament to fulfill her duty.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Her interactions with other female fighters (Elizabeth and Luong in particular) come off as flirty rather than just admiration and in her interview, she only states interest in other female participants in the tournament when asked about it.

* CombatStilettos: Fights on some pretty elegant looking high heels.
* ConnectedAllAlong: Her backstory reveals that she has been connected to the Verse plotline, being the descendant of the oens who first discovered Otoma=Raga and bearing a secret duty to slay it should it ever break the dimensional boundaries and enter our world.

->''"My friends just saw what a good job I did! See?"''

* BoyishShortHair: Downplayed, as it's only featured in her promotional artworks. It is otherwise hidden underneath her headscarf.

* InTheHood: Wears a headscarf, with the same general effect.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Her headscarf.

* BadassLongcoat:Her abaya functions like this.

* ArchEnemy: Najd seems to have him on her sites. She has a special intro pose and win quote against him.

->'''Fighting style:''' [[CastingAShadow Umbrakinesis]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Just about checks out.

->'''Fighting style:''' Unknown

* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When he realizes that Geese already knew he was a traitor ever since he was first employed back in ''XIV'', he's none too pleased. Both he and Yamazaki end up forced to retreat after a brief skirmish.]]

* TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler: Or in his case, the butler ''tried'' to do it. He took up a job as Geese's butler in order to get close enough to fulfill the hit on him. Unfortunately for him, Geese knew his plan already, letting him get as far as he did for the sheer amusement of it.]]

* GracefulLoser: Upon his defeat, he's willing to give his champion belt for the winner (before [[spoiler:the disaster strikes,]] that is). He then also says to one of his fans that calls him "Mr. Champion" that he's not a champion anymore.

* LovedByAll: He's well loved by his fans and the media, [[spoiler:for good reason. Ultimately he's the series's most noble sub-boss since 96's Chizuru, 2001's Original Zero and 2003's Adel.]] By the time of ''XV'', the trope doesn't fully apply to him because he now has some in-universe baggage due to taking responsibility for the [[spoiler:Verse incident]].

* CastingAShadow: She uses shadows in her attacks.

-->''I've never seen a real ninja before! Just like in the mangas!''

-->''No ninja dresses that scantily! Even I know that!''

* MysticalHighCollar:Her outfit includes one particularly ornate, as seen on her profile image.

* OffWithHerHead: Her climax Scorching Fate'ends with Najd pulling this on her opponent.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: [[spoiler:While he is both foul-mouthed and perverted, it's also subverted somewhat in the ending of his team where he was looking for Ash that whole time. His relationship with Dolores subverts it even further since she was basically an adoptive mother to him.]]