Koba

Koba was born and raised in a primate research facility, where he lived with mother and their kind caregiver, Mary, who taught them sign language. One day, Koba disobeyed Mary's assistant, causing him to assault Koba in a rage. Koba's mother passed when she attacked the assistant to defend Koba which devastated him. As a result, Mary's project funding was cut and Koba was sent to a new home.

Koba was sold to a TV studio under the care of an abusive alcoholic TV producer named Tommy. There, he lived with and befriended another ape named Milo. Tommy regularly forced them to do tricks, torturing them if they failed or disobeyed him. Tommy's show was eventually cancelled. When Koba tried to defend himself from Tommy's abuse, Tommy punished him by slashing his face with a knife and blinding his left eye with a lit cigarette. When Tommy passed, the two apes attempted to escape his home but were caught and separated by animal control.

Koba was then sent to a laboratory, where he was subjected to painful experiments. When he wasn't being experimented on, Koba was kept locked up in a cage with no enrichment. As a result of boredom, loneliness, and trauma, Koba became depressed.

Koba was eventually discovered by a neuroscientist named Amol and his boss, Steven Jacobs. Amol knew sign language and, since Koba knew it too, selected him as his test subject for an experiment. Koba came close to forming a bond with Amol when Jacobs fired the Amol after his experiments failed, resulting in a severe financial loss. Jacobs confronted Koba in his cage, callously deriding him as a "stupid, ugly monkey", claiming he would put Koba down if he could. This caused Koba to develop a strong dislike of Jacobs.

Eventually, Koba, along with nine other chimpanzees, was selected and taken to Gen-Sys Lab where they tested new ALZ-113 retrovirus on them. Koba was visited in his new cage by Jacobs, who had become the CEO. Jacobs sadistically taunted the long-suffering Koba, calling him the "ugliest ape in the world", telling him that there would be no more "hand-talking nonsense," and no matter how human Koba thought he was, he was nothing more than an animal. This proved to be the breaking point for Koba, who, after reflecting on how much pain and suffering humans had caused him, Koba lost all remaining affection he had for humanity, filled with pure hatred and a desire for revenge.

Koba was later freed by Caesar during the early stages of the Ape Rebellion. 10 years after being freed, Koba has risen to great prominence in the newly created Ape Colony. He lives in a village residing on the mountains with 1000's of other apes. He has grown close with his leader Caesar, serving as an honorary brother and advisor. Koba is now a mentor to the younger apes, idolized by Caesar's son, Blue Eyes, who sees the Koba as an uncle. His best friends are two chimpanzees, Stone and Grey.

Koba is highly intelligent, belittling, ruthless, violent, cruel, sadistic, manipulative, and vindictively vengeful. He has PTSD, suffering from flashbacks and nightmares. He is reluctant to emotionally connect with others. Despite this Koba has a kinder side which he occasionally shows when he is in the company of his own kind.

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