Gill (Street Fighter)

Gill is a male video game character who features in Street Fighter.

Biography

Gill (Japanese: ギル, Hepburn: Giru?) was the son of parents that were long term members of the mysterious Secret Society who had manipulated events in the world for over 2000 years. They were dedicated to the salvation of mankind and creating a new utopia. Unlike other members who were kidnapped and brainwashed, both of his parents held Ph.Ds in their respective fields with his mother being an Olympic level athlete with a doctorate in Sports Dynamics where she along with his father being candidates for the presidency of the cult. Around this time, Gill was born where he had a younger brother by the name of Urien. Around this time, the cult believed that the soul of their previous Secret Society Emperor was set to be reincarnated into a new body after death. Through a special training program, they determined that the latest incarnation of the Emperor was Gill and by the age of 22 he was appointed as the new President of the Secret Society. His brother Urien was overlooked due to his emotional instability and instead he was appointed as his brothers vice president. Later, Urien challenged Gill for the presidency of the Secret Society and succeeded. Urien then became the president of the Secret Society. However, Gill was not demoted - in fact, he was promoted out of the title of president and became the new Emperor and messiah.

Years ago, he came upon Kolin who was the only survivor of her unit that were part of an unnamed country destroyed in a war. She had been wandering in the tundra landscape until she collapsed where she was about to die. Gill appeared to her in that moment where he asked for her name to which she replied by saying she had none. He then asked her about her country to which she said it was gone. He then offered to build a new Country of God where she could live if she so desired where he took her in leading to her transformation as one of his followers.

Under Gill, the Secret Society continued to gain power and resources, acquiring capital and estates through various business transactions. When the organization came into possession of a certain Jaguar automobile from the father of a British heavyweight boxing champion known as Dudley, Gill himself was challenged by the pugilist in order to have the automotive heirloom returned. Gill, being respectful of powerful fighting ability, agreed to return the precious car, as its worth was both petty and insignificant compared to the coffers of his organization. Sometime before the World Warrior Tournament, Gill had fought against a military martial arts instructor by the name of Tom, and had done so to the point of nearly crippling him and sending him off to the hospital. Unbeknownst to him, Tom's disciple and ward, Alex, distraught and angered, had entered the World Warrior Tournament to exact revenge on Gill for what he had done to Tom. The Secret Society continued to conduct genetic enhancements and other intrusive mutations on humans, either kidnapping their subjects or creating and/or enhancing them artificially, in a development series known as the G-Project. These experiments resulted in the creation of the super soldiers known as Necro and Twelve, enhanced beings designed to carry out the bidding of the Secret Society. This project also led to the abduction of a young girl who was under the care of the ICPO agent Chun-Li.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Gill had a distinctive appearance where he had a half red and half blue muscular body and flowing blonde hair. His likeness was distinct and intentional resemblance to a Greek God. In keeping with that theme, Gill fought completely unclothed except for a white thong around his hips.

He was presented as a cult leader who would become a benevolent and compassionate monarch over his worthy subjects akin to a cult of personality. Worldly, majestic, impressive, and charismatic in his pursuits.

Gill was not without flaws however, being haughty, arrogant, disdainful, manipulative, and even outright draconic and elitist at worst, with his cult using immoral and Machiavellian ways such as kidnapping, coercion, DNA manipulation, brainwashing, and extreme force in a similar way to Shadaloo in order to select their chosen people, and they have been behind a majority of the world's events and criminal organizations to attain their ends. Gill was also not above murdering innocent people to complete his ultimate ambition, and claims his faults and flaws are absolved and sublimated by the same supremacist exceptionalism the Secret Society hold themselves to, including a god complex and the excuse that self improvement of the Emperor excuses him from moral responsibility.

Gill also holds an esteemed spiritual pursuit for learning and the arts, and especially the martial arts, sharing the same drive as Ryu to hold the title of the World's Strongest. However, unlike Ryu's sojourning warrior's pilgrimage to just about every far corner of the globe to know the interconnected and intrinsic core of the fighting spirit that goes beyond boundaries face-to-face, Gill seeks merely power and the prestige to gather greater influence for the Secret Society and to honor their dubious fringe beliefs of the Messiah, and his self image of godhood in this sense provides only a misguided motivation for his cause to seek power and spiritual development.

Urien positively dislikes Gill due to the fact that his older brother won the election of being President of the Secret Society, and when the two fought, Gill purposely threw the match so that he can be emperor, which made Urien upset, hating him even more. Gill takes no chance to belittle his brother whenever they encounter. It is shown that the two were very close before acquiring their powers and eventually falling out, mainly due to Urien's jealousy. Some brotherly concern remains in him, though subdued.

After saving her life, he came to be accompanied by Kolin who acted as his personal assistant and managed aspects of his plans.

Powers and abilities

In his youth, he was genetically enhanced where he gained increased strength and speed whilst also participating in an intense hand-to-hand combat training program. Among the hundreds of enhanced warriors involved, Gill came to be the top student and even surpassed his brother.

Among the techniques known to him included:

• Pyrokinesis (パイロキネシス, Pairokineshisu) :
• Cryokinesis (クリオキネシス, Kuriokineshisu) :
• Meteor Strike (メテオストライク Meteo Sutoraiku?) :
• Seraphic Wing (セラフィックウイング Serafikku Uingu?) :
• Divine Comet :
• Resurrection (リザレクション, Rizarekushon) :

Gill was born into the Secret Society (秘密結社 Himitsu Kessha?) that secretly operated in the world and arose to be its leader.

Notes

• Gill was created by Capcom and featured in the setting of the Street Fighter universe.

Appearances

• Street Fighter III:

External Links

• Street Fighter Wiki Entry

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