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List of Killer Instinct characters

The following is a list of characters in the Killer Instinct series of fighting games.

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Introduced in Killer Instinct

Black Orchid

Chief Thunder

Chief 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.

In the series' reboot, Thunder, AKA Hinmatoom, is the grandson of a chief and son of tribal police officers, living on a Nez Perce reservation in Idaho with his brother Eagle. As a teenager, Thunder goes on a vision quest and received 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 their late 20s, Thunder and Eagle's parents are killed by UltraTech, though the circumstances are covered up. Trying to infiltrate UltraTech, Eagle 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. 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. Going into hiding for a year, Thunder goes on another vision quest, this time receiving a vision of a metal 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. Upon discovering evidence that his brother was used in the construction of a Fulgore unit, he swears vengeance for the mutilation and begins searching for the Fulgore containing Eagle's body. He later frees Aganos from UltraTech's control, and the two form an alliance, working together to find both Eagle and Kan-Ra.