Kukri

[Character("Kukri"), Gender("Male" + "Man"), Height("Estimated 180 cm tall"), Alias("Kukri" + "The Sharp Tongued Sandman"), Personality("Rude" + "Foul mouthed" + "Arrogant" + "Sadistic" + "a bit of an openly perverted affection for women" + "Observant" + "Short temper" + "Potty mouth" + "Talkative" + "Talks really fast" + "Speedy mouth" + "Pervert" + "Ruthless") Species("Human") Appearance("Dirty grey longcoat with a hood" + "Hood covers his face in complete shadow, covering everything except for his eyes, and occasionally his mouth" + "Brown boots") Goals("Winning the tournament") Place of birth("North Africa") Relatives("Dolores, master and adoptive mother") Fighting Style("Hot Sand Assassin's Fist - It consists of handling sand to attack. Kukri acquired the skill in North Africa (possibly in Egypt or Mali, his hometown)") Power("Fighting strength" + "Sand manipulation") Abilities("Sand manipulation" + "Create a parallel universe, out of reality, and trap people within it" + "Psammokinesis - Kukri has the power of sand in order to trick, attack and defend against his opponent(s). In some cases he can also build constructs out of pure sand.") Skills("Social engineering - Through sharp ears and gossips, Kukri can easily find out details and gossips about a particular person or object. He has once threatened to 'cancel' someone over sheer dislike in KOFXV, as mentioned to Clemence Bellamy.") Hobbies("Maybe nit-picking on other people (information from Sylvie Paula Paula)") Likes("Brooms" + "Shower")]

Kukri is a fighter of the clandestine society. He hides his face with a hood at all times so nobody discovers his true identity. Kukri uses the power of "sand" to attack his opponents and move around quickly in battle. His official nickname is "Sharp-Tongued Sandman". Kukri's KOF XIV team ending reveals that he is familiar with Verse, especially knowing about the monster's half-power within Shun'ei. He was hired by Elisabeth to enter The King of Fighters XIV Tournament to find and rescue Ash who's residing inside Verse. Kukri is known to be arrogant, foul-mouthed, and sadistic. He also has an openly perverted affection for women which he displayed colorfully as the boss of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy.

Kukri has the main ability of fighting through the manipulation of sand through his Hot Sand Assassin's Fist style of fighting, using anywhere from small clouds to large mounds and pillars in his moveset alongside physical strikes. However, its possible that Kukri is far more powerful than this, as he shows the ability to create and trap others in a pocket dimension in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, in which he also displays the abilities of siphoning the despair and terror from others into powering his dimension to merge with reality and pyrokinesis through his "Fetishism Explosion" ability.

Even with much of his personality being shrouded in mystery, Kukri stands out as easily one of the more villainous rival characters in the The King of Fighters series. Kukri is extremely abrasive, arrogant, and foul-mouthed to everyone around him, shows a degree of sadism towards others (particularly in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy), and is extremely perverted towards women to the point of him willing to turn every woman on the planet into sculptures. This nature is largely caused by his tragic past, living Kukri bitter at the world and jaded towards anyone he meets. Despite this, Kukri isn't completely terrible, as he is willing to aid Elisabeth in order to find Ash. Kukri's appearance largely is one shrouding his true appearance, with a open-chested, black one-piece garment with various black chords attaching the two ends of it together, a tan, sleeveless coat with black tribal markings and a velvet inside lined with zebra-like print, matching gloves, bracelets around his arms, red earrings connected by chains to blue orbs, and tan shoes. While his facial features are intentionally obscured (with Antonov even saying that seeing his face results in a fatal curse being struck upon the viewer), he appears to have gray skin, yellow eyes, and white slick back hair styled into a ponytail.

At first glance, Kukri comes off as a very rude, foul-mouthed, arrogant and sadistic fighter that also sports a bit of an openly perverted affection for women; much of his other interests however, are kept under the shadows and are comically speculated by others.

However, in certain teams' cutscenes and his team ending, it's shown that Kukri is very observant and seems to have a helpful side in him, helping Elisabeth locate Ash's whereabouts when he is brought back to life. This further reveal behind Kukri's bitterness is that he had been a sad man on the inside, following Dolores' sacrifice to save him from his recently awakened power in the past. Additionally, according to Dolores, Kukri has been foul-mouthed since childhood.

Kukri had a very unhappy childhood on desert streets. He was abandoned by his parents and had to struggle for his own survival. His life in the shadows could continue for who knows how long if not for Dolores. Dolores asked Kukri to be her student, which he accepted.

But fate can be really tragic. Kukri discovered the sand powers but wasn’t able to control them. He caused a massive sandstorm, from which Dolores saved him, but at the cost of her life.

Now, living with regret and hate, Kukri decided to enter the fourteenth King of Fighter tournament. He helped Elizabeth to find Ash but wasn’t able to revive Dolores. He doesn’t give up, though, that’s why we see his return.

Kukri grew up as an orphan in the desert streets, fighting for survival. One day, he met a woman named Dolores who took him in and adopted him. The wise mystic taught him how to fight and told him of her spiritual powers, the ability to commune with the "Crucible of Souls" which connects various timelines and universes. His heart hardened by his experiences though, Kukri brushed these off as old wives' tales for years until the fateful day his sand powers awakened. Having no control over them, Dolores was forced to intervene and ended up saving her disciple at the cost of her own life. Since that tragic day, Kukri has been searching for a means to bring back his master from death. Having finally researched Dolores's teachings, he used the King of Fighters tournament as a means to confirm his findings, successfully resurrecting Ash Crimson on behalf of Elisabeth Blanctorche, who herself had been searching for a way to bring him back from his own existence erasure. Although he had succeeded in bringing back Ash, he had still not accomplished his true goal... or so he thought. One day, as Kukri, Elisabeth, and the newly-revived Ash formed their team to enter the tournament again, he saw the unthinkable: Dolores appeared as a contestant in the tournament. Kukri quietly slips back into the shadows in search of his revived master, awaiting her orders while also participating with his own team