Alexei

Alexei
Race	Fiend
Gender	Male
Professional Status
Affiliation	Vazdah
Rank	Greater Fiend
Title	Graceful Master of Lightning
Personal Status
First Appearance
Debut	Ninja Gaiden II
Voices
Japanese Voice	Hikaru Midorikawa
English Voice	Robert Atkin Downes

Alexei, Graceful Ruler of Lightning (電撃のアレクセイ Dengeki no Arekusei; lit. Alexei of the Lightning Strike) was one of the Four Greater Fiends of Vazdah, Alexei's hatred for humankind knew no bounds. He took the city of New York in his evil grasp and waits perched atop the Statue of Liberty, challenging Ryu Hayabusa to come and face him.

History

Long ago, the Dragons banished the Archfiend Vazdah, one of the evil deities, deep beneath the Earth, and Alexei, as one of Vazdah's Four Greater Fiend Lords, was trapped in a neverending sleep as well.

Plot

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2

Several millennia later, Dagra Dai and Elizébet broke Alexei's seal using the Demon Statue, in New York City. Perched atop the Statue of Liberty, Alexei turned the entire city into a Fiend's paradise. To further his power, he cast a spell on the Statue of Liberty, enjoying her company. As the Dragon Ninja approached, Alexei took Ryu to a warped space, reflecting the spheres of the universe, and battled him. However, Alexei was no match for the power of the Dragon Sword and was defeated. Plummeting, he cursed the Dragon Ninja and used his power to animate the Statue of Liberty as a last resort against Ryu, only for the latter to have defeated it.

Later resurrected in the Underworld, Alexei kidnapped Sonia, who had been following Ryu, and trapped her in a giant bird cage. As he was reveling in Sonia's distaste towards him, Alexei sensed Ryu Hayabusa enter the Abyssal Underworld, and fell victim to the ninja once again. With his final breath he proclaimed Ryu a fool and dispersed in an explosion of electricity, leaving behind the Heart of Azure Lightning.

Powers & Abilities

General

• Agility: Alexei was very fast , able to move at lightning speed and performing acrobatic moves with ease.
• Teleportation: Alexei was seemingly able to teleport, appearing and disappearing in a burst of electricity.
• Strength: Alexei possessed supernatural strength, as befitting of a greater fiend.
• Lightning: He possessed great control over lightning, utilizing lighting-based attacks against Ryu.
• Weather manipulation: Alexei possessed a great deal of power, allowing him to cause Weather anomalies like thunder storms and heavy winds.
• Hand to Hand: He was skilled at hand to hand combat through slashing attacks and the like.
• Animation: Alexei had the ability to animate inanimate objects, as demonstrated with the Statue of Liberty.

Techniques:

• Balls of Lightning: He was able to send balls of lightning at his opponents.
• Lightning Cyclone: Alexei was able to spin at high speed, creating a small tornado infused with lightning, dashing at his opponents.
• Electricity power: When damaged, Alexei could create a field of electricity around himself and become faster and stronger.

Quotes

• "You humans have the lifespan of flies. I have experienced things your feeble minds could never comprehend... the music of the spheres echoing through the cosmos. You... may call me Alexei! One of the Four Greater Fiends and Master of Lightning!" - to Ryu at their first encounter.
• "That maggot! The Dragon Ninja is here!" - Alexei appears that Ryu comes to save Sonia.
• "You... will... DIE!" - Alexei frustrated at how he can't shake Ryu.

Gallery

NG2: Alexei render

NG2: Alexei artwork

NG2: Alexei artwork plus storyboard

NG2: Alexei artwork with concept sketches

Trivia

• He is one of the Four Greater Fiends of Supreme Archfiend Vazdah along with Elizébet, Volf, and Zedonius.
• He is somewhat cocky of his abilities as shown when he fought Ryu for the first time.
• He doesn't appear to like "the décor" of Hell.
• The only Greater Fiend he met during the game was Elizébet.
• He is fond of women: he's first seen with the Liberty Statue and ends up kissing it, the second time he´s with Elizébet, the last two times are with an unconscious and caged Sonia.
• He reappears in Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge as Day 7's Test of Valor, he shares the voice lines of Theodore voiced by James Brinkley altogether shared with Robin Atkin Downes originally.