Ky Kiske

Ky Kiske (Japanese: カイ＝キスク, Hepburn: Kai Kisuku) is a fictional character in Arc System Works's Guilty Gear video game series. He first appeared in the 1998 video game Guilty Gear. In the series, Ky Kiske is the captain of the International Police Force, and later the king of the nation of Illyria. Talented with both sword and magic, he was the former commander of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights during the Holy War that was fought between mankind and the Gears, man-made bio-organic weapons.

Despite of critics about being a generic character or "nancy", the video game reviewers has commended his fighting abilities and some of his personality traits. Additionally, his relationship with his main rival, Sol Badguy, that was compared to that of other notable video game characters, has been mostly met with positive critical reception.

Creation

Ky Kiske is named after German band Helloween's former members Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske. Ride the Lightning and Rising Force, two of his moves, had inspiration on albums by Metallica and Yngwie Malmsteen respectively. His theme song, "Holy Orders (Be Just or Be Dead)", is a reference for Iron Maiden's "Be Quick or Be Dead".

Kiske

Kiske is an album released by the German musician Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween) in 2006. Of the four solo efforts produced by Kiske, this is the one most removed from his metal roots/past having little to no electric guitar. Of all his solo albums Kiske refers to this as his favorite. He says this because he believes this to be the album that he had the most creative and expressive freedom in the recording process.

According to Kiske "It's a healthy-careless and musically free album. I am very proud of this record because it is a true statement from myself and I could easily build up new things from it, but also can let it stand there as an artistic closing-comment from myself, because I am sure I will still like this album in 10 years time"

Track listing