Necro

Necro (ネクロ, Nekuro) is a character in the Street Fighter series. He first appeared in Street Fighter III and is voiced by Michael X. Sommers in New Generation and 2nd Impact and by Lawrence Bayne in 3rd Strike.

Appearance
Necro is white with bolts on his back and purple boots. He is completely bald and has orange tattoos in his face and shoulders.

Personality
Necro is plucky, optimistic, and ever determined when it comes to his goals, but he can be surly, competitive, wise cracking, and smart mouthed in return. Despite being on the run from the Illuminati and always pressured when they do turn up, Necro still dreams big and has his eyes always on the faintest of hope in the middle of a bleak situation; even as he was transformed into the superpowered mutant he is today, he nonetheless enjoys his newfound powers and abilities that comes with it, and in turn with those powers, he hopes to raise hell and give the Illuminati a run for their money.

While he does hope to attain freedom and liberation from the Illuminati's sights and intrigues along with his girlfriend Effie, Necro aspires to be an opera singer, along with his many other dreams of what to do when he strikes it big, such as to have a drive thru hamburger lunch in his Benz while wearing a Rolex and casual contemporary cosmopolitan clothes.

Story
Necro, or Illia, is the third youngest of his four brothers, and left his small village in Moscow to seek independence and riches since the fall of the Soviet Union. While searching, Gill and his organization confronted him and promised him a better life. They persuaded Necro to join but he was tricked and experimented on. He was given the ability to stretch his limbs and produce electricity from his body at the cost of leaving him looking like a mutant. A cybernetic computer was implanted into his brain that enhanced his fighting abilities as well. Necro entered the third Street Fighter tournament and saw it as a way to gain back his freedom and get revenge on Gill. But he was tricked again and ended being trapped and tied up, and Gill left him to die inside the self-destructing base. However, his companion Effie managed to save him and they escaped before they were killed. They were now both free, but they knew they would still be chased by Gill's organization.

Trivia

 * When Necro wins the round that decides the fight, Effie will run in and copy his victory pose.
 * One of Dhalsim's alternate color schemes in X Men vs Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter, and Marvel vs Capcom 2 is a reference to Necro.
 * Necro also looks similar to the Mortal Kombat fighter Quan-Chi in skin tone.
 * Necro's abilities seem to be inspired by Dhalsim and Blanka; while he can stretch his limbs similarly to the former and generate electricity similarly to the latter, his play style is completely different in comparison to them.

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