Grand Battle Kukku XV

Battlekukku XV is a Mobian bird who is the current leader of the Battle Bird Armada. His station grants him the designation "Battle Lord" to all others, in addition to being the fifteenth member of the armada's Battlekukku lineage as his name implies. He is a towering figure who stands well above most of his subordinates and dwarfs even the average Mobian's stature. He is also the father of Speedy.

Battle Lord
The Battle Lord's duty is to lead his people in their efforts to "command the skies, find our fabled homeland, and unlock the mysteries of our forebears" while providing them with the proper life he believed could only be found in their organization. At some point, XV forged a loose alliance with the Eggman Empire and became their main military force for a region of the Mobian Ocean. He then had the Battle Fortress camouflaged near Cocoa Island ao make use of it as their personal training grounds. Not being part of the Dark Egg Legion forces worldwide, the Battle Lord realized any news reaching them would be out-of-date and focused mainly on achieving the armada's goals. He would suffer a severe setback with the desertion of a number of less-committed members, most notably the Babylon Rogues, whose disloyalty and ignorance of the Battlekukku lineage lead XV to regard them as nothing more than disdainful vagrants. Bunnie D'Coolette was the first Freedom Fighter to encounter him, after he mistook her for a Dark Egg Legion member; taking advantage of the ruse, she managed to get quite a bit of information out of him before her husband Antoine escaped his cell and was intercepted by XV's successor Speedy. Following Antoine's apparent "death," Bunnie would report back to the Battle Lord who later dispatched her to deal with an assault lead by Tails on the Armada's island base through their own invasion conduit. Still oblivious to Bunnie's deception, he ordered Speedy to not get in her way this time around, unaware that he was only helping to unite their enemies. (SU: #18, #19)

After Tails and his friends did heavy damage to the Battle Fortress by wrecking its storage area and the fortress flew into the sky away from Cocoa Island, Speedy and Dr. Fukurokov reported to Battlekukku's throne room. Here, the Battle Lord yelled at Speedy for not telling him that Bunnie was a Freedom Fighter, and told Fukurokov that he would have to repair the fortress by himself. Battlekukku then began to talk about how the Cocoa Island mission was a complete failure, and the Armada could do better if it managed to get those who had left it to rejoin, including the Babylon Rogues. Battlekukku continued on about how once the Armada regained its former members, it could overthrow the Eggman Empire, conquer Mobius, and that the "little brat" who sabotaged the fortress would pay. Speedy promptly informed his father that the fox's name was Miles Prower--or as his friends called him--Tails. (SU: #20)

Personality
Somewhat regal in his approach and inclined to treat (supposed) allies with respect, as the head of the "true" rulers of the skies he acts afloat to lesser creatures. However, when things do not go as how Battlekukku wants, he immediately drops his "gentleman" nature and bursts into a rage, even yelling at his own son, Speedy. He also has a deep hatred for Tails after the young fox foiled his plans on Cocoa Island. He also wishes to cast off the Eggman Empire and establish the Battle Bird Armada as the dominant force on the planet.

Background Information
Battlekukku XV is based on the final boss in the classic Tails Adventure, Gureito Batoru Kukku Juugo Sei, whose designs are virtually identical to each other with minor alterations.

Appearance
A tall avian dressed in a red coat (similar to Eggman's though far less flamboyant) and dark green pants with high-heeled shoes and tail feathers of the same color, light orange/brown feathers and white gauntlets. A large beak upon which rests a pair of small glasses also similar to Dr. Eggman's and a large, black hat with the Armada's insignia on the front.