Adelheid
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Adelheid Bernstein (アーデルハイド・バーンシュタイン, Āderuhaido Bānshutain), also known simply as Adel (アーデル, Āderu), is a major character in The King of Fighters series, first appearing in The King of Fighters 2003 as the alternative final boss.
He, along with his younger sister, Rose Bernstein, are the only known children of the infamous crime mogul, Rugal Bernstein. As such, he is exceptionally gifted in the art of fighting and while still young, is introduced as a very powerful and talented fighter. Together with Rose, Adel commands the flying fortress Sky Noah, where he confronts the winners of the 2003 King of Fighters tournament.
When Rose falls under the control of an impending esoteric, inhuman threat known only as Those From The Past, Adel coordinates with Heidern, his father's mortal enemy, to stop them from releasing Orochi and save his sister.
Appearance
In the official story, Adelheid is established as a tall young man, standing at 183 cm (6 ft),[4] with an extremely muscular, well-proportioned build and a gentleman’s poise. He has blonde hair, red eyes, and pale skin due to albinism,[a] and his appearance is generally reminiscent of that of a nobleman. Additionally, he wears red earrings shaped like small rounded rectangles and is often depicted with a somewhat androgynous face, occasionally complemented by slightly long, pink-colored fingernails and red lips, the latter detail being particularly prominent in his in-game sprite.
He is almost always seen wearing a combat uniform with a dark green color scheme. This uniform includes a sleeveless turtleneck, wide-legged pants tucked into his combat boots and secured by two thin belts, and long fingerless gloves adorned with gold studs on the back and knuckles. Additionally, his gloves feature two gold stripes and an emblem with a golden letter "R" on a red background framed by a golden border. He also sports black suspenders secured by gold clips attached to his belt, along with two gold chains clipped onto his belt loops that hang down at his sides.
In The King of Fighters XIII, Adel returns with a slightly updated look. He now wears thicker, pink-colored belts, a black sleeveless turtleneck, and matching pants and gloves that maintain their original design. Additionally, his suspenders now attach to his belt loops and his usually pale skin appears slightly less so, though his KOF XIII Trading Card Series sprite maintains his ghostly pale complexion and, strangely, his original design entirely.
Personality
Adelheid is an aristocratic young man who, despite sharing several physical and fighting traits with Rugal, is an honorable fighter who exhibits good sportsmanship, as demonstrated when he is defeated in The King of Fighters 2003. While he does not like his father, he loves his sister, even though sometimes he has his own doubts about her sincerity. Even so, upon realizing something is wrong with her in KOF XIII, he cooperated with one of his father's victims, Heidern, to get to the bottom of Those From the Past's plot, and at the then-strange behavior of his sister. He does not exhibit the evil ways of his father and has helped those Rugal has wronged on many occasions, particularly and most notably with Heidern.
History
At the behest of his little sister Rose, Adel challenged the champions of the 2003 KOF tournament, Team Ikari, in their flying fortress, Sky Noah and lost. Two years later, he entered the tournament as a single entry, and was under investigation by Heidern until he assured him he was a different person from his father.
In KOF XIII, he becomes a key player in regards to investigating Those from the Past, who have brainwashed Rose into assisting them.
Abilities
Athleticism
Attacks
Creation and Development
In order to broaden the world of KOF, developers sought to create a side story independent of the main story, thus leading to Adelheid and Rose's addition to the series.[4] The creators have also stated that he is the "other protagonist" of the Tales of Ash.[citation needed] Curiously, concept artwork in the art gallery found in the PlayStation port of The King of Fighters '99 depict characters strongly resembling Adel, Rose, and their panther mascot Gwan.[7] The background music for Adelheid's stage in KOF 2003 begins with Chopin's Revolutionary Etude, but trying to make this piano sound realistic on the Neo Geo required an enormous amount of data, which ended up taking up space on the voice data for other characters.[4] In The King of Fighters ALLSTAR, this theme was remixed for his KOF 2003 version, adding more elements from the Revolutionary Étude.
Casting
In all of his voiced appearances, Adelheid has been voiced by Tetsuya Tanaka. His lines in KOF ALLSTAR are reused from KOF 2003. However, on December 28, 2023, the KOF XI version of Adelheid was added as a UE fighter, with old voice lines being re-recorded, and entirely new ones being added as well.[8]
Notes
- ↑ According to concept art for KOF 2003.
References
- ↑ ALL ABOUTシリーズ Vol.7 ALL ABOUT ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ'94. Japan: Denpa Shinbunsha, 17, November 1994. (p. 86)
- ↑ A.A.GAME HISTORY SERIES VOL.2 ALL ABOUT SNK対戦格闘ゲーム 1991-2000. Japan: Denpa Shinbunsha, 08 December 2000. ISBN 4-88554-677-X. (p. 388)
- ↑ "KOF Year-end Party 2005 Ainori Bus Tour Group Report (in Japanese)" (Archived), geocities, Accessed on 2018, October 08.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Adelheid - KOF Successive Characters: THE KING OF FIGHTERS OFFICIAL WEB SITE (in Japanese)" (Archived), SNK, Accessed on 2017, October 12.
- ↑ "The King of Fighters 2003", Behind The Voice Actors.
- ↑ Netmarble [@KOF_ALLSTAR] (2020, April 27), "Adelheid Reveal Trailer", on Twitter.
- ↑ D.J. Tatsujin [@gemubaka] (2020, December 10), "The King of Fighters '99 (PS1) Unused Character Art Menu", on Youtube.
- ↑ The King of Fighters ALLSTAR [@TheKingofFightersALLSTAR] (2023, December 26), "KOF ALLSTAR New UE Fighters 2001 Heidern & XI Adelheid", Netmarble.
