Urien


 * Urien (ユリアン, Yurian) is a character in the Street Fighter series. He first appeared in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact and is voiced by Yuji Ueda in it and voiced by Lawrence Bayne in 3rd Strike.

Childhood
Supplementary material on Urien's backstory notes that unlike the other candidates for the leadership of the Illuminati, who are kidnapped and brainwashed into doing their bidding, Urien (and Gill) was born to parents who were long time members of the cult. Both his parents are said to have been candidates to the presidency of the cult; being holders of Ph.D(s) in their respective fields. It is noted that his mother, an olympic level athlete and a doctorate in Sports Dynamics was especially a favourite to become the President.

Urien became a potential candidate for the presidency at the age of 6 along with his brother Gill. After this the brothers were separated from their parents and were made to undergo constant genetic modifications, training and monitoring sessions. During this period, Urien learned to manipulate both his ki and the elements of the Earth, merging them together in his aura. He also learned to perform the Aegis Reflector, one of the 66 secret arts described in the lore of the Illuminati. At the age of 22, the management chose Gill as the president due to his greater strength and charisma over Urien, sometime before the events of Street Fighter III.

Present
In the Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, Urien is introduced as the younger brother of Gill, who bears an intense grudge against him, stemming from an inferiority complex. Like Gill, he too is subject to genetic modifications and intense training programs under the Illuminati. His inferiority stems mainly from his emotional instability. Being the second strongest member of the Illuminati, Urien originally holds the position of the Vice President of the organization during the tournament of Street Fighter III 2nd Impact, outranked only by Gill who serves as the President. Urien stakes his claim to the Presidency by challenging Gill to a match in order to prove his superiority. Gill purposely throws the match and Urien is made the President. Immediately after, Urien learns that the President is outranked by the Emperor in the hierarchy of the organization, his recently promoted brother Gill.

Urien is also in charge of the Illuminati's crisis management unit, the G-Project, which works on the basis of human body remake theory. This unit is responsible for the mutations to a Russian national, Ellia, more commonly known by his code name, Necro. Urien also spearheads the creation of Twelve and similar clones. During the events of Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, Urien longs to overthrow Gill by creating his own army of super-soldier clones with the G-Project. He also kidnaps one of the children under Chun-Li's care to subject her to genetic modifications. He however agrees to let the child go, if the legendary street fighter, Chun-Li, fights him for his amusement. After a brief spar Chun-Li manages to defeat him and rescue the child.

Future
What happens of Urien after the events of the Third World Warrior Tournament is yet unknown. His 3rd Strike ending suggests that he took the leadership of the Illuminati from Gill and destroyed his cryogenically-preserved predecessors including a recovering and thus helpless Gill; however, it is highly unlikely he manages to defeat Gill and as such his ending might not be canon.

Relation to S.I.N
Urien (and Gill) have some similarities to Seth, particularly in their build and stance. Seth's Focus Attack is even similar to one of Urien's special attacks. While their exact relation is unknown, it could be speculated that the methods of genetic modifications and physical training used by Shadowloo and the Illuminati might be similar. While Urien controls the elements and lighting, Gill controls fire and ice; likewise, Seth may have been modified to prefectly mimic the moves of others and augmented with the Tanden Engine.

Appearance
Urien (like his brother, Gill) is dressed like an ancient Roman Olympic athlete, wearing only a white loin cloth, although he is shown lighter-skinned and wearing business attire during the character introduction that precedes every match in Street Fighter III. Similar to Gill, his clothes shred and fly off, his skin darkens to a bronze complexion, and his hair turns from blond to metallic white before beginning the fight.

Personality
Urien's personality can be best described as tyrannical, much in contrast with the benevolant nature of his brother Gill. Urien displays sadism in many of his victory quotes and animations. In addition, he takes a lot of pride in becoming the "True Emperor"; as such, he has no reason to lose to anyone and his anger will only subside when he is proven to be the True Emperor.

Unlike Gill, who recognizes the talent in his opponents, Urien looks down on others, even calling them 'pitiful scum' in one of his victory animations. While fighting, he screams phrases such as 'Crush', 'Destroy' and 'Kill', again highlighting his nature. His mental instability may be reflected in gameplay by being a charge character; while Gill can execute the moves of their composite training program flawlessly, Urien needs to focus intensely for a second or two before he can do the same. His grasp of the more advanced techniques of the training program is fairly limited, reflected by his simpler Super Arts compared to the much more advanced ones of his brother.

Urien also dismisses the cryogenically preserved brains of his predecessors as 'ugly and stupid' and 'a mass of junk with no ability to take positive action".

Gameplay
Urien is primarily a tournament legal version of Gill, being suitably toned down and balanced for multi-user play. While his brother wields fire and ice, he can wield lightning and make his body metallic. Aside from a few exceptions, Urien has virtually the same move list as Gill, except that much of the input motions for performing the techniques are different. Urien's stamina and stun are also very high, although very slightly lesser than Gill.

Unlike Gill, most of Urien's special moves need to be charged, thus forcing the player to work around the necessity for charge times. Urien's moves also do less damage and stun; Urien is also slightly slower, and hence cannot create broken juggles by linking normal, command and special moves. That being said, experienced Urien players can create respectable combos and juggles.

Being a palette swap of Gill, Urien's normal and command moves have the same high priority of his brother's. Along with being a charge character, Urien's Super Arts further distinguish him from Gill: as noted earlier, Urien's Super Arts are basic compared to Gill's. Unlike Gill who can normally access all three of his Super Arts during a match, Urien is forced to choose any one of three during regular gameplay. All three of his Super Arts are executed with the same motion.

Trivia

 * Urien's nickname in the Street Fighter III series is "The Trecherous Disciple", alluding to his status as the Judas to Gill's Jesus.
 * In his winquote to Urien in the console ports of Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, Twelve refers to him as 'Dad' (in Binary), asserting the fact that the G-Project is Urien's brainchild.
 * The names of Urien's moves are inspired by Greek and Roman antiquity.
 * Urien's 2nd Impact stage is possibly set in the archeological sites outside the Temples of Abu Simbel, Aswan in Egypt while Gill's stage is inside the temples.
 * Urien's 3rd Strike stage of the Olmecan ruins likewise is in La Venta, Tabasco in Mexico.
 * Urien is similar to Broly from the Dragon Ball universe, being very powerful and yet mentally unstable. They also share a similar fighting style consisting of wrestling and brawling moves combined with projectile attacks, further paralleling the martial arts with ki projectiles style of their respective protagonists.
 * Urien bears a slight resemblance to Captain Marvel.

Quotes
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 * "I will not forgive anyone who tries to oppose me!"
 * "Writhe in agony! Your body shows the anguish of defeat!"
 * "Scream! Cry out! Suffer to your heart's content!"
 * "I am the real emperor! I have no reason to lose!"
 * "My anger will calm only when I am proven to be the true Emperor!"
 * "Traitor! Devote yourself to the ruler and repent your sin!"
 * "I rule the world! Anybody who challenges me shall be eliminated!"

Tyrant Slaughter:
cannonball!"
 * "My body is as hard as iron! My ultimate attack mashes like a
 * "I have finished you! Stand against me, and be destroyed."

Temporal Thunder:

 * "My enormous power is inescapable!"
 * "Feel the spirit of the true Emperor! Suffer now in your surrender!"

Aegis Reflector:

 * "Can't you see how pathetic your attacks are!"
 * "My perfect guard! Nobody can break it!"

Specific Quotes
strongest!" even try?!" will meet their end." fight for nothing!" your defeat!" to obtain the king's throne!" as you did before!" suits you!"
 * vs. Ryu: "There can only be one. I'll crush anyone who claims to be the
 * vs. Alex: "Tremble before me! Are you ready to meet with death?"
 * vs. Yun: "Wasting my time warrants a punishment of death! Are you ready?"
 * vs. Necro: "You're annoying, and a failure.... Get out of my way!!"
 * vs. Ibuki: "Try as you may, your attempts will not succeed! Why do you
 * vs. Hugo: "My perfect "Iron Body" is invincible.... Anyone who resists it
 * vs. Sean: "A horrible waste of effort! A small fish like you forced me to
 * vs. Urien: "I am myself! Are you myself too? Then you have no excuse for
 * vs. Elena: "Fighting has no relation to friendship. What I fight for is
 * vs. Oro: "You don't understand my sacred thoughts! Go and hide somewhere
 * vs. Yang: "Your defiance was a mistake! I will give you a punishment that
 * vs. Dudley: "What a hypocrite! You are not worthy of life!"
 * vs. Ken: "Your "burning hand" reminds me...I shall make you suffer!"
 * vs. Akuma: "I am not satisfied! You shall compensate me with your death!"
 * vs. Gill: "Brother! Your existence is a sin! You must be destroyed!"

Mid boss: Alex

 * Alex: "You know a man named Tom, don't you?"
 * Urien: "What was that?! Never mention that name around me!"

End boss: Gill

 * Urien: "This world is mine brother.... There can only be one emperor!"
 * Gill: "Not by your dark power. This world has already chosen me."

Street Fighter III 3rd Strike

 * "How can you refuse to bow to a superior being?"
 * "How dost thou suck? Let me count thy wounds! 1,2,3..."
 * "Look! Your cells have betrayed you to serve me!"
 * "Pounding on you is satisfying, but I need something more..."
 * "Your inferior vital fluids are tainting the ground! Clean it up!"
 * "Lie there as long as you want. I've had my fun with you."
 * "That's right... kneel before me! How do you like the view now?!"
 * "You are not even worthy enough to do my bidding! Be gone!"

Boss Battle: Gill

 * Gill: "I understand your jealousy. There is a huge gap between humans and a god."
 * Gill: "You cannot forgive me because you cannot deny me."
 * Gill: "Let me grant you your death as a show of mercy from your brother!"
 * Urien: "When I look into the past, I see dishonor and hatred."
 * Urien: "When I look into the future, I am free from the corruption."
 * Urien: "How glorious it is... A world without you!"}}

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