Rugal Bernstein

"Repeat after me: I'll never defy a god again!" ~Rugal Bernstein

Rugal Bernstein is a fearsome criminal, who is also billionaire and eccentric. Rugal is the king of the cheap bosses from fighting games, responsible for many game overs and the happiness of arcade owners.

Story
Rugal Bernstein was a wanted criminal all around the world. He traveled the entire world on his aircraft carrier, the Black Noah, living on weapons smuggling. Many tried to capture him, but to no avail. Heidern, who had lost his family at the hads of Rugal, tried invading his ship with his army, but Rugal wiped them all alone, and left Heidern without one of his eyes. Later on, Rugal sponsored the “King of Fighters” tournament, sending his trademark invitation to the best fighters from the world, most of them champions from other tournaments. He also invited Heidern, who was shocked by the invitation, but entered his game to know what were his true intentions. A martial arts master know as Saisyu Kusanagi challenged Rugal alone to stop his plan, but was defeated and brainwashed by him. Kyo Kusanagi, son of Saisyu, was also invited for the tournament, and it was also him and his team who won the tournament. Soon, his intentions were revealed: Rugal wanted to find the strongest fighters from the world to add them to his collection of stuffed people to decorate his ship. Rugal was defeated, and activated the self-destruction system from his ship. Kyo and his friends escaped, and the ship was blown in a huge explosion. Rugal was considered dead, but he managed to survive somehow, and sponsored a new tournament on the next year, seeking revenge.

Personality
Rugal is a twisted person, being very arrogant and narcisist, but calm and collected.