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==In other media== | ==In other media== | ||
* In the 2006 movie ''[[Shin_Kyūseishu_Densetsu_Hokuto_no_Ken:_Raoh_Den_Junai_no_Shō|Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in Love]]'', Souther's death scene is different from the original manga. There is no reference to his sensei, Ogai, or the motivation behind the Holy Emperor's Cross Mausoleum. Refusing to die from Kenshiro's Hokuto Shinken, Souther rejects his pity and stabs himself in the heart. | * In the 2006 movie ''[[Shin_Kyūseishu_Densetsu_Hokuto_no_Ken:_Raoh_Den_Junai_no_Shō|Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in Love]]'', Souther's death scene is different from the original manga. There is no reference to his sensei, Ogai, or the motivation behind the Holy Emperor's Cross Mausoleum. Refusing to die from Kenshiro's Hokuto Shinken, Souther rejects his pity and stabs himself in the heart. | ||
== Personality == | |||
Souther was an extremely ruthless tyrant, who governed his legion with an iron fist and spared no one in his quest to build his Holy Empire. Killing adversaries in cruel ways, taking and using hostages and even going as far as enslaving children to build his mausoleum, reasoning they'd be far more unwilling to resist than adults, reveal a cold and evil mind that easily sets him as one of the most malignant antagonists in the series, leaving streaks of villages ransacked, and scores of people killed. | |||
Souther decried love and compassion, believing them unnecessary for an emperor, and he regularly boasted of his might and high status although not unjustified for he was a frighteningly powerful warrior. Souther was emotionally scarred after killing his own master in a rite of succession as he deeply loved his master as a father, and the pain of losing him made him vow to discard love. His actions, however, hint that he may not have discarded love as he declared, as he decided to build his Mausoleum as a tomb to honor his master, still thinking deeply of him. In fact, after suffering his defeat, Souther had a childish look as he approached his master's corpse as he only wished to feel his warmth, thus demonstrating that despite his villainy, he only wanted to be with his one parental figure. | |||
== Abilities == | |||
Souther was the sole successor of ''[[Nanto Ho-oh Ken|Nanto Hōō Ken]]'' making him the most powerful of all the Nanto martial artists. His fighting style lacks any stance, because a stance is used for defense, whereas his method relies on dominance. Like most Nanto warriors, Souther fights mostly through slicing techniques to eviscerate his opponents using power and speed, carving Southern Cross shaped cuts into his victims. | |||
Although Souther is a powerful fighter on the level of Kenshiro and Raoh, what makes him truly frightening is the secret behind his body. Because of his dextrocardia and reversed pressure point locations, typical ''Hokuto Shinken'' techniques are ineffective against him, which is how he defeated Kenshiro and made Raoh wary of fighting him. Once his secret is discovered he's just as vulnerable as any fighter to its effects, although he still remains a lethal combatant. His strongest attack and only stance, [[Tensho Juji Ho|Tenshō Jūji Hō]] is an aerial technique that attacks through the opponent's defenses as he glides. | |||
==Character Rating== | ==Character Rating== | ||