

When he receives an expensive contract from rival corporation Trilodyne to steal data regarding Ultratech's top-secret "Project Cinder", he infiltrates the organization, discovering the project to be of extraterrestrial origin. In this version, Ferris is a former military special operative-turned- career criminal, stealing information and secrets for corrupt corporations. However, Cinder ultimately fails to defeat Glacius and is killed.Ĭinder returned as part of the second season of Killer Instinct for Xbox One, retconning his backstory.
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Now going by the code name Cinder, he is promised a return to his original form if he is able to defeat Glacius in the tournament. As a result of an accident during testing, his body is composed entirely of flame. Cinder Voiced by: Ray Chase (KI 2013)īen Ferris is a convicted criminal who was promised early parole in exchange for participating in Ultratech's chemical-weapons research. In December 2016, a new "Legend of Thunder" costume was released as part of a game update, designed in direct collaboration with members of the Nez Perce tribe with the intention of being as accurate to Nez Perce tradition as possible. His character design was also revamped to be more culturally sensitive towards Native Americans, with help from a Nez Perce tribesman. In the 2013 Killer Instinct, his fighting has been revised to be based more heavily around grappling than the other characters.

In 2011, Dorkly ranked him the most stereotypical Native American character in fighting-game history. In 2008, GamesRadar featured him on a list of top seven Native American stereotypes in games as one of three examples of the "Warrior" stereotype in fighting games. He later frees Aganos from Ultratech's control, and the two form an alliance, working together to find both Eagle and Kan-Ra. Upon discovering evidence that his brother may have been used in the construction of a Fulgore unit, he swears vengeance for the mutilation and begins eliminating Fulgores in a search for Eagle. Determined, Thunder dons his war paint and enters the second Killer Instinct tournament in the hopes of finding Eagle's remains and receiving closure. Going into hiding in New Mexico for a year, Thunder goes on another vision quest, this time receiving a vision of a metal eagle. Grieving and enraged, Thunder attempts to break into an Ultratech plant and is imprisoned, but the plant is later burned to the ground, destroying any evidence regarding his parents' deaths and Eagle's disappearance, and Thunder is framed for arson. Trying to infiltrate Ultratech, Eagle joins the Disavowed and enters the first Killer Instinct tournament, and is later reported by Ultratech as having been killed in a match, though they refuse to return his body for burial. In their late 20s, Thunder and Eagle's parents are killed by Ultratech, though the circumstances are covered up. As a teenager, Thunder goes on a vision quest and receives a vision from his spirit animal, a giant crow, telling him he would one day battle an evil monster and should begin training to use tomahawks. In the series' reboot, Thunder-AKA hinnamatoom-is the grandson of a chief and son of tribal police officers, living on a Nez Perce reservation in Idaho with his brother Eagle. Main article: Black Orchid (Killer Instinct) Chief Thunder Voiced by: Ken LobbĬhief Thunder, a Native American chief armed with twin tomahawks, enters the tournament to find out what happened to his missing brother Eagle in the previous year's tournament.
