Kenzi

Kenzi is also a lonely high school student who is struggling to understand the difference between right and wrong – he is also short of good role models – a super-villain named Roadkill left a impression on him when he was at the age of twelve after Roadkill robbed a grocery store in front of him – his first live encounter with a villain.

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He explains to Kenzi that he knows about the nightmares/visions and confirms that Kenzi is responsible for all the violence, death and destruction seen in the nightmares – a futuristic dystopian world oppressed by a global corporate security company – a world organisation of evil called the Shadow Alliance.

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Kenzi is then approached by a muscular, dwarfish, middle aged-looking man calling himself only Gauntlet.

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Kenzi is a teenager in conflict with the criminal upbringing of his father and his good-natured honest side ingrained in him by his mother.

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Concerning the last bit you mentioned about Marty Stu concerns, as a character Kenzi is a bit of an ass and can be selfish and self-centered at times.

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–” Kenzi is a bit of an ass and can be selfish and self-centered at times.”

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– I think Kenzi is an ok name, although I’d kind of recommend thinking about shortening it to just Ken for relatability reasons.

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Kenzi is the main character since that is Paladin’s real name.

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I will post the revamped version of Paladin’s origin later and in more detail because I didn’t go into too much detail and it came off as dull and boring in regards to Paladin’s personality and charateristics (I also changed his name from Kenzi Tenno to Kerrim Kasem pronounced Ke-rim Cas-um) (I took B Mac’s advise on changing the name, Kenzi is a bit of a flimsy sort of name like Timmy).

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Kenzi is surprised at himself over the fact that he doesn’t feel guilty about his involvement in the shooting but feels some remorse and realises he must become Paladin and change his dark destiny or his soul will fully succumb to the dark side.

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