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Toku sprite - Forseti (Dragon Energy Arms)

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Appearing at the end of the post-finale Gaim fanfiction is... someone who was mentioned but not shown until now! Yeah. 

So, to preface... when I came up with this design, I had no idea we were going to be getting Gaim Gaiden 2, so I had no idea Duke would become so heavily featured this year. Kinda makes this design more eyeroll-y as a result. 

Anyway... Back when I was working out final details for the end of the Gaim fanfic, I made a quick mention that O'Donovan of the Australian sector of Yggdrasill (represented by the Australian man we see in the show briefly in that one ep) is their Rider. Specifically, chapter 67 mentions "He's on the battlefield with a few newly recruited Troopers backing him up." Also they'd probably be Kurokage Troopers, as an aside.

The basis of this design was to take the Mecha!Duke from Drive & Gaim and repurpose his new armor bits, since I had no intention of using that design in my own fiction. It went through several tweaks until I finally ended up with what we have here. Bits of Sigurd (mouthplate and fur) were added to make him more Norse based. Also faux hair added to the top and sides of the helmet which are made of the same fur. Lastly, in my not-overly-stated style of "reusing" "suit material", he's using Shinra's colors as if the suit has been repurposed. The last big change was to give him two big shoulder pods, to contrast with Tyrant who doubles up on the smaller one. Green is also my color for Australia's Genesis Driver gear, to go with Indonesia's blue when I made Raja. 

Yes, he's quite Duke-ish. But he's also a brief appearance of a Rider who's very briefly referenced, and just so happens to appear in the post-finale fanfic special at the final battle. So he has some right to not be as amazing as the other designs. XD
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is he a good guy or moraly ambigious one?