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[edit] Types, Kings, and Roads
In Air Gear, every Storm Rider places an emphasis on a certain aspect of their "Run", which determines their "Type". Over time, the Rider's Run develops into a characteristic style and repertoire of tricks, which is termed as their "Road". Riders who master a Road to a high degree are called "King-level" riders, and King-level riders who possess their Road's "Regalia" are called "Kings".
Regalia are special Air Treck parts specifically engineered to use the air to work in conjunction with the King's Road; this is referred to as an "Infinity Atmosphere". There are 8 Regalia in total, each of which represents one of the 8 major Roads. Regalia are a double-edged sword: Deploying one gives a huge power boost, but puts a huge strain on the user; a King can only use a Regalia a limited number of times before both their bodies and the Regalia give out. If the King doesn't have a "Tuner" to optimize the Regalia, it will become uncontrollable and the King will sustain terrible injury. There is a separate class of Regalia called "Subregalia", which are degraded copies of the 8 originals.
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Wing Road
The first Road introduced, it is said to be the "purest" and closest to the sky. Wing Road is broken down into several levels:
- The rider runs a low pressure current by breaking the barrier front. The rider may also be able to dissipate impact forces throughout their body, greatly reducing injury.
- The second element is "Gravity Control", or the shifting of one's centre of gravity in order to extend the height and distance of jumps.
- The third element is "Wings", a phenomenon which takes an existing tailwind and adds the user's own wind to it.
- The fourth principle is the rider's ability to see and predict the wind and differential pressure via scattering light.
- The final principle is "Catching Moon Drops", or interfacing with the air. The rider interfaces with and creates a surface of air via differential pressure. This principle is needed to use the Wind Regalia properly.
Regalia: Moonstruck Drop Bagram is the Wind Regalia. It is the back wheels of an AT with the words "Welcome To NightMare" scribbled on them. Bagram can make an AT anywhere from a dozen to several hundred times more efficient at using the air, allowing a Run truly comparable to flight. When activating Bagram, the wheels split into spiralling sections. Deploying Bagram by feeding wind into the core causes the skull emblem to glow, and the wheels unfurl into wings. Further adding wind causes Bagram to deploy fully, in which its wings run lengthwise along the AT to resemble talons.
- The Wind Road is a variant of the Wing Road.
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Flame Road
The Flame Road is similar to the Wing Road in that both Wind and Fire are said to be "free". There are several principles to the Flame Road:
- The first is the generation of heat via friction. This can bend light, create updrafts, and create the illusion of flame.
- The second is the use of fast and precise attacks to freeze the movement of their victims. These tricks are collectively referred to as "Time".
The Flame Regalia is a pair of back wheels decorated with a Kitsune. When activated, the wheels run to produce torrents of flames.
- The Apollon Road is a refination of the Flame Road which both Time and Flame are used simultaneously.
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Bloody Road
Nicknamed "fang" because of its "slice" characteristic, the Bloody Road is literally carved into the flesh of one's adversary. "Slice" describes the practice of abrupt acceleration and deceleration (0-Max-0) to gain inertial energy, which exerts tremendous pressure on the thigh muscles. Bloody Road riders also use chains and hooks to bind their opponent.
The Fang Regalia: Bloody Armor is the Fang Regalia of Bloody Road. It comprises all 4 wheels of an AT, and its core mechanism converts inertial energy into a shockwave, robbing the AT of the ability to jump. When deployed, the wheels split into a sawblade shape.
[edit] Sonia Road
Unique to women, Sonia Road users are defensive experts. It is the opposite of the Bloody Road, in that it shreds the user's body instead of the enemy's. The Sonia Road constantly burdens the users body with high pressure, which is why the Sonia Road can reach its full potential at areas of high pressure. The principles of the Road are as follows:
- The hip are the axis and the base point for all moves instead of the knee. This improves maneuverability by moving the rotational axis closer to the centre of gravity.
- Supersaturation of the bloodstream with nitrogen through hyperventilation, which is used to form cushioning bubbles at joints.
Regalia: Unknown. The whereabouts of the original Thorn Regalia are currently unknown
The Thorn Subregalia: Thorn Reaper is a pair of back wheels. When deployed, it disassembles into a superconducting whip with a forked end. The fork allows the whip to cut through the air, creating small sonic booms called "Thorns". Combined with Sonia Road's wide area of acceleration, Thorn Reaper can attack in many directions at once although its not as strong as Fangs. Thorn Reaper is a Subregalia, and has recently been redesigned by Kilik. The output's been increased by 25%, the material was changed, and it's become more efficient at energy recovery via an attenuation mechanism. The new Subregalia's core is no longer a whip. Instead the area of the back wheels is a 'fork' shaped heel which creates the same "Thorns" that the whips did while depending more on kicking power.
[edit] Rising Road
Rising Road specializes in the offensive applications of electric and magnetic energy. It converts kinetic energy from the Rider's run into an electromagnetic field.
The Thunder Regalia is a full body suit capable of destroying an entire town.The rotation of this regalia generates electricity, and it becomes even stronger when conducted through special piano wires, based on Fleming's theory. It can create a strong magnetic force, attracting metal objects. It can also create electromagnetic waves that make people see illusions. Its core is a pair of dynamos capable of generating electricity and storing it in battery reels. When deployed, these battery reels undergo Roulette Wave Expansion and unreel massive amounts of cables through which current is dispensed.
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Over Road
The Over Road's principle lies in the windmill theory - it compresses wind to form walls of air. Its strength grows with the strength of the wind it faces, as a strong wind can be compressed even further.
Regalia: Ram Jet is the Rumble Regalia. Its core is a turbine chamber into which air is forced, compressed and heated into supercritical fluid, increasing its destructive capabilities. The Regalia has two distinct iterations: The original was a boombox-shaped piece of equipment that attached to the user's arms upon activation. It depended of the user's strength and when deployed, the attachments transform into claw-like appendages. The second iteration is completely integrated the core into an AT. When deployed, the wheels split apart to reveal nozzles, increasing air intake. The wheels themselves act as the turbines.
- The Hurricane Road is a fusion of the Wind and Over Roads. The Regalia's core was used to supply the missing material required for the Storm Regalia and while its inclusion enhanced the original capacity of the Storm Regalia it was not a necessity in the Storm Regalia's schematics.
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Gaia Road
A Road that specializes in interactions with the ground. Its principles are:
- Using the piezoelectric effect, riders can paralyze opponents by numbing them.
- Creating seismic waves to create a 'Sonar' that reveals information about the opponents.
- Creating vibrations to levitate objects and induce seismic activity.
The core of the Gem Regalia: Hardest Apostolica is a 'wheel' attached to the front of an AT via a swivel arm., When deployed, the arm swivels to the back wheel. The Core attaches to the wheel and "blossoms" into a transduction device that digs into the ground, essentially immobilizing the user for the duration the Regalia is deployed.
- The Jade Road is a variant of the Gaia Road formed by fusing it with the Wind Road.
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Ring Road
The only non-offensive Road, the Ring Road is a supportive road that consists of Link Tuners - mechanics who fix and tune other riders to their A-Ts. Not all Ring Road users can actually ride A-Ts. Ring Road focuses on sound - every rider and A-T has a rhythm. The Link Tuners match the rhythm of the A-T to it's rider's, increasing performance. A person with the potential for Ring Road will know the exact time without reference.
Tools: Link Tuners tend to carry an arsenal of tools and parts for fixing and tuning A-T or other machinery. Some modify their bodies in order to fit more tools, or increase productivity. When directly interfacing with a king, link tuners use special suits called "SC". The SC is skin tight, elastic, and translucent, containing 7600 sensors within its fabric. Tuners also can carry a small machine that resembles a stenographer's typewriters. This machine allows them to monitor and retune regalia on the fly.
The Pledge Regalia is a metallic cross, roughly the size of a human. When deployed, the cross splits into a ring of 8 thinner, numbered sections intercrossed by a maze of wiring, each with a set of headphones which other Tuners can put on. Standing in the middle of the formation, the Pledge Queen synchronizes herself with these tuners, essentially granting her abilities to them for the duration of the Regalia's activation. However, this process is extremely exhausting to the tuners involved.
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Gabishi's Road
Gabishi's road is unnamed; he carves it on the faces of his opponents.
The Horn Subregalia: Hatch Venom is the front portion of the AT it is equipped on. It appears as skulls adorning the front of both A-Ts. The Regalia operates by converting the energy produced by the wheels during high-speed braking into heat, which is kicked outward as a "shell" of compressed, heated air, then kicked again to produce a laser-straight current of molten wind. Hatch Venom is likely the degraded form of Bloody Armor.
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Lather Road
Lather Road operates by sealing air into water to create explosive bubbles. The ability to ride in bodies of water is likely related.
The Water Subregalia are the wheels of the AT, and resemble rain tires. It operates by vibrating at high speed creating superpressured bubbles that rotate with great intensity and burst with immense force. The Regalia can also be used to resonate with the water inside of a target's body to cause further damage. The bubbles can also be used for communication. The Regalia's weakness is that it is only usable when the user's back is facing the opponent, which creates an opening for attack.
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Gladius Road
Unique to Gawain, the riders AT is fitted with interconnected blades capable of piercing flesh and machines easily.
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Smell Road/SmeRoad
Unique to Onigiri, the Smell Road specializes in using body excretions to hinder opponents.
[edit] A List of Kings and Roads
[edit] Current Kings
| Title | Road | Infinity Atmosphere | Incumbent | Original※1 | Predecessor | Regalia Name | Tricks | Current Tuner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind King 風の王 | Wind Road 翼の道 | Infinity Airdoor 無限の風 | Takeuchi Sora | Takeuchi Sora | Minami Itsuki | Wind Regalia ・Moonstruck Drop Bagram 風の玉璽 | Infinity Airdoor ・Moonstruck Numberless Grappler | Hako Isawa |
| Flame King 炎の王 | Flame Road 炎の道 | Infinity Inferno 無限の煉獄 | Mikura Kazuma | Spitfire | Spitfire | Flame Regalia 炎の玉璽 | Flame Road ・After Burner | -- |
| Fang King 牙の王 | Bloody Road 血痕の道 | Infinity Jail 無限の牢獄 | Wanijima Agito | Falko | Udou Akira | Fang Regalia ・Bloody Armor 牙の玉璽 | Agito ・Bloody Blade Fang | Nakayama Yayoi |
| Thunder King 雷の王 | Rising Road 紫電の道 | -- | Nue | Black Burn | Black Burn | Thunder Regalia 雷の玉璽 | Get Together ・Atmosphere Max ・Lightning Spider Net | Kana |
| Thorn Queen 荊の王 | Sonia Road 荊棘の道 | Infinity Chain 無限の荊鎖 | Noyamano Ringo | Noyamano Rika | Noyamano Rika | Thorn Regalia ・Thorn Reaper 棘の玉璽 | Infinity Chain ・Turquoise Sonia | Kanon |
| Storm King | Hurrircane Road | -- | Minami Itsuki | Minami Itsuki | -- | Storm Regalia |
Pile Tornado ・Null Wind ・Limited Express | Sumeragi Kururu |
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Rumble king 轟の王 |
Over Road 轢藍の道 | Infinity Shield 無限の轍 | -- | Dontores | Yoshitsune | Rumble Regalia ・Ram Jet 轟の玉璽 | Infinity Shield | -- |
| Pledge Queen 契の王 | Ring Road 閃律の道 | Infinity Scale 無限の音階 | Sumeragi Kururu | Makigami Ine | Makigami Ine | Pledge Regalia 契の玉璽 | -- | -- |
| Gem King 石の王 | Gaia Road 大地の道 | Infinity Stratum 無限の地層 | Takeuchi "Nike" Sora※2 | Kilik | Kilik | Gem Regalia ・Hardest Apostolica 石の玉璽 | Infinity Stratum ・Glabito Suffocate | -- |
※1: The original Gravity Child who ran the Road, with the exceptions of Noyamano Rika of the Sonia Road and Makigami Ine of the Ring Road.
※2: Nike combined the Wind and Gem Roads to create the Jade Road (緋翠の道)
The current eight kings belong to teams Kogarasumaru (Minami Itsuki, Wanijima Agito, Mikura Kazuma), Sleeping Forest (Noyamano Ringo), Genesis (Takeuchi Sora, Takeuchi "Nike" Sora, Nue), and Tool Toul To (Sumeragi Kururu).
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[edit] Other Kings
| Title | Regalia | Road | Incumbent | Regalia Name | Signature Trick | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky King 空の王 | Sky Regalia 空の玉璽----Regalia of Regalias 究極の玉璽 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Horn King 角の王 | Horn Regalia 角の玉璽 | -- | "Faceless" Gabishi | Hatch Venom | Air Cannon | Sleeping Forest |
| Water Queen 水の王 | Water Regalia 水の玉璽 | Lather Road 泡翠の道 | "La Molybdenstar" Orm | -- | Bubblegum Crisis | Sleeping Forest |
| -- | -- | Ring Road | Shiraume "Ume" Noyamano | -- | -- | Sleeping Forest |
| -- | -- | Gale Road | Mikan Noyamano | -- | -- | Sleeping Forest |
| -- | -- | Blitzin' Road 轟雷の道 | Kaji "Crazy Mask" Seigou | -- | -- | Crazy Mask |
| Wind King 風の王 | -- | Wind Road 風の道 | "Edda of the Snowy Plains" Utgardr-Loki | -- | Sleipnir: Cyclone Destiny----
Muspellzheimr's Shining Wind | Jiggy (Sleipnir) |
| Wind King 風の王 | -- | Wind Road 風の道 | "Asgard" Thor | Mjollnir | -- | Jiggy (Sleipnir) |
| Wind King 風の王 | -- | Wind Road 風の道 | "Hrimfaxi" Nott-Dagr | -- | Light's Skinfaxi | Jiggy (Sleipnir) |
| Wind King 風の王 | -- | Wind Road 風の道 | "Spring of Life" Freya | -- | Asgard's Bifrost----
Dance of the Einherjar's Sword | Jiggy (Sleipnir) |
[edit] Other Riders and Roads
| Road | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Apollon Road 燭の道----Flames of Time 炎の刻 | Spitfire----
Yasuyoshi "Aeon Clock" Sano | Burnin' Blood |
| Gladius Road 剣の道 | "Killer" Gawain | Genesis |
| Smell Road 腐臭の道 | Onigiri | Kogarasumaru |
| Neck Road 死出の道 | Potemkin | Potemkin |
| Bloody Road 血痕の道 | Udou Akira | Wind G-Men |
| Flame Road 炎の道 |
Yasuyoshi "Aeon Clock" Sano | Genesis |
| Flame Road 炎の道 | "Coke in Magician" Black Flame | Coca Fire |
| Gaia Road 大地の道 | Mimasaka "Gorgon Shell" Ryou | Behemoth |
