Folka Albark

Folka Albark is a fictional character from the Super Robot Wars series. He has appeared as a playable character in Super Robot Wars Compact 3 and was briefly playable in the bonus segments of Super Robot Wars Original Generations. Folka is slated to reappear in the upcoming Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden as a fully playable character. In canon, he pilots the Shura God, Ialdabaoth.

Personal Data

Name: Folka Albark

AKA: Folka

Voice Actor: Yasunori Matsumoto

Status: Shura

Rank: N/A

Affiliations: Shura Army (OGs, Compact 3), Londo Bell (Compact 3)

Relatives and Personal Affiliations: Fernando Albark, Altis Tarl(Sworn Brother)

Mecha: Ialdabaoth (Compact 3, OGs/OG Gaiden), Apoetheosized Ialdabaoth (Compact 3, OG Gaiden)


Personality

Folka Albark is known to be a rather cold hearted man, preferring to deal with the business at hand as quick as possible. However, after meeting the allies in the Londo Bell, he began to open up his heart and warms up. He greatly values his brotherhood bond with Fernando and Altis, and is confident that he will succeed in his goal, in this case, finding a new way for the Shura race to live.

History

Folka is a member of the humanoid race called 'Shura', a race that lived only through battles. He is an adept fighter, proving himself worthy to ride on the Shura God machine Ialdabaoth. He is close with his brother Fernando, and both of them study martial arts style "Machine God Fist".

One day, Folka is pitted against Fernando in a death match to decide who has the right to be a Shura General. Folka emerged victorious, but he began to question why the Shura needs to keep fighting and refused to kill Fernando even though the rule decreed that the winner kills the loser. Folka instead ran off with Ialdabaoth, branded as a traitor and infuriating Fernando.

Folka arrived in the dimension of Earth, when the Shura lay waste of the city of Jaburo. He meets up with the Londo Bell squad and ends up joining them, trying to discover a new meaning in life. He fought against his Shura brethren, but his will remains set that he would not abandon his quest. Unfortunately, Folka was forced to kill his big brother Altis in the ensuing battles, and although he managed to regain the trust of Fernando and Maysis, Altis' friend and lover, they sacrificed their lives for Folka to continue on. With his intent renewed and strengthened, Folka eventually faces off the Shura King Alkaid and emerges victorious. Folka revealed to him, based on his experience with the Londo Bell, that there is a way for the Shura to live without continuous battles, they just didn't know how. And he has achieved it.

After the death of Alkaid, the distorted balance between the dimension due to the battles were restored and Folka returned to the dying Shura world. Super Robot Wars Compact 3 concludes with Folka leading the rest of the Shura race to live on the new lifestyle, confident that he will succeed in his quest.

Folka appears in the bonus section of Original Generations, and the events here will probably be carried over to the Original Generation Gaiden. During his days when he was loyal to the old lifestyle of Shura, he, along with Fernando and Arion came to Earth looking for good battles. Stumbling upon Kouta Azuma, who went under the guise of Fighter Roar, and his Compatible Kaiser, Folka challenged him into a fight, in which he acknowledges his strength. To drive Kouta further, Folka abducted his sister Shouko Azuma and brought her to the new fortress of Shura, the Swordian. He also had several more run-ins with the Original Generations protagonists. However, ultimately, it would seem that it was Shouko who made Folka doubt about the current lifestyle of the Shura at the first place.


 
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