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Orphaned at a young
age, Venom was taken under the wing of a group of assassins known as the
Assassins Guild. As an assassin, he excelled in all areas, but he showed a
reluctance to kill. His sensibilities
hindered his growth as an assassin. Time passed as he pondered the meaning
of his existence. Before long, the organization saw him as worthless and
ordered him to be executed. Prior to his execution, Zato,
the new leader of the organization, recognized Venom's talent and spared
his life. Venom pledged his loyalty to Zato out of deep gratitude for saving
his life and giving him his raison d'etre. Zato soon fell out of favor,
and rumors of his disloyalty abounded. Venom, who had served as Zato's
right-hand man for many years, knew that this slander was not true. But,
the evidence of it was very strong. While doubts are rising, Venom receives
information regarding someone thought to be Zato.
In Guilty Gear X, Zato-1 was missing, and Venom sets off to find his
master. Eventually, he finds Zato-1, but Eddie has almost taken complete control
of Zato-1. In one ending, Venom defeats Eddie, but Zato seems to be inert, if
not catatonic. In the other ending, Venom feigns defeat to lure Eddie into his
own body, whereupon he reveals his trickery to Eddie and indicates that he will
sacrifice himself to kill Eddie and save Zato.
During the time of Guilty
Gear XX, Slayer
is cutting his ties with the Assassins Guild. Angry at the perceived disrespect
for Zato-1's authority as leader of the Guild (albeit absent authority), Venom
trains himself to eventually challenge Slayer, defending all that is left of Zato. In one of
his endings, Venom defeats Slayer, although, as Slayer wryly points out, Venom
is still not strong enough to destroy him. He then locks Slayer in an iron
coffin. In another ending, Venom is distracted by a chance encounter with Eddie
and chases him. Soon after fighting and defeating Eddie, he collapses and dies.
In his third ending, he also meets Eddie by accident, but when he finds him, Millia
Rage has already fought and won, and killed Zato as well. Enraged, Venom
kills Millia, then pledges his loyalty and life to Zato's soul.
In GGXX Accent Core, Venom can't seem to find any joy in his work, despite
saving the Guild back from the edge of destruction. He sets out to find Millia
so he may stop having nightmares about Zato. In one of his endings, he spares
Millia after deciding her death would accomplish nothing, and turns his
attention to the Post-War Administration Bureau, if only for the sake of picking
a fight. In the other, he kills Millia and, still feeling empty and unhappy,
destroys all feelings he had for Zato. He disbands the Guild and becomes a
traveling pool player. Upon his travels, he meets an orphaned boy named Eddie,
whose village had just burned down. After confirming he had nowhere to go, Venom
adopts him and takes him on his journeys.
 
 
 
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OTHER
APPEARANCES:
Guilty
Gear XX, Guilty Gear X Advance,
Guilty Gear X2 #Reload,
Guilty Gear XX Slash, Guilty
Gear Judgment,
Guilty Gear Isuka, Guilty Gear
XX Accent Core, Guilty
Gear XX Accent Core Plus, Guilty Gear Xrd
-sIGN-, Guilty Gear Xrd
-REVELATOR-, Guilty Gear Xrd
REV 2, Guilty Gear -STRIVE-
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