Haunted by her past, Krystal abandons her life and flees to a distant galaxy. Changing her name to Kursed, she survives by collecting bounties on the worst scum in the galaxy. Years later, she runs into Fox during a job on planet Kew... He does not recognize her.The Star Wolf Returns, ending where Krystal becomes Kursed due to bad publicity.
Kursed is Krystal's bounty hunter alter ego and a minor antagonist of the video game Star Fox: Command.
Biography
Before she was Kursed, she was Krystal, the sole survivor of her doomed home planet of Cerinia. She managed to take shelter in Sauria, after her planet's destruction. However, just when she was about to save Sauria, which was breaking apart, she was encased in a crystalline cell.
After Fox McCloud stops General Scales from doing any more harm, she is freed, and Fox saves her from falling to her death and she joins Star Fox. She, along with the team got involved in the Aparoid War and defeated the Aparoid Queen. Her relationship with Fox began at the end of Star Fox: Adventures, but ended at the beginning of Star Fox: Command, when she was fired from his team. After she left Corneria, she started a relationship with Panther Caroso, a member of Star Wolf, and joined the said team.
In the non-canon 4th Ending of Star Fox: Command, Krystal outright refused both to forgive Fox for relieving her of her duties and his offer to rejoin the team. She betrays Star Fox, and she steals their flagship, the Great Fox, leaving Fox and his team stranded on Katina. Taking Leon Powalski and Panther Caroso with her, they meet with Wolf O'Donnell on Venom, where they defeat the Anglar Emperor themselves. After Star Wolf's victory over the Anglars, Wolf still feels unsatisfied.
Krystal explains that it was because they had to betray Star Fox to do so. Leon, on the other hand, is overjoyed that they can get the bounty lifted and expects a celebration in their honor. Indeed, Star Wolf is praised for their efforts, but Krystal’s rash actions against her old teammates have tarnished her reputation; the people of Lylat have grown hostile towards her, believing that Krystal was wrong to swindle Star Fox the way she did.
Eventually, the comments of the populace become unbearable, as they start to hiss as she walks by, or even call her a traitor to her face. She became extremely miserable and dejected and regrets her hasty actions which she can’t change at this point. Unable to face her wrongs head-on due to the severity of the consequences and having nobody to turn to for help and comfort, she pulls away from Star Wolf to find a new life, fleeing to a distant galaxy and changing her name to Kursed (though the Japanese version contradicts it). She becomes a bounty hunter, chasing the worst criminals in the galaxy in her visibly wearing-out Cloud Runner, and making as many ruthless decisions as possible to get her jobs done. She runs into Fox years later on planet Kew, but she has changed so much, that Fox did not recognize her. Even if Krystal wouldn't tell him who she is, it's possible that Fox will eventually find out in the long run and will try to overcome the obstacles and rekindle their lost love, though how things will turn out for them is unknown.
Trivia
- In the Japanese version of the game, Krystal's changed dub name in this ending is Krazoa instead of Kursed.
- It is likely that this ending links to The Curse of Pigma, where Fox and Falco have already started to forget their lives as part of Star Fox anyway. This is supported by the fact that the Wolf's Plot Mission is connected with the last missions being Star Wolf Returns where Wolf brings his team together in one path and in the Curse of Pigma where Fox and Falco attempt to go after him in another one. This would most likely mean that Krystal didn't stay in the Star Wolf Team during The Curse of Pigma ending for long either, due to garnering negative publicity that came with how poorly she treated her old teammates over a breakup with Fox.
- Under most circumstances, Krystal is very kind-hearted, pure, and selfless from the Plight of Sauria to the Aparoid Invasion. In Star Fox Command, however, Krystal happens to be way out of character after her relationship with Fox strains, as she becomes cold and hostile towards Fox and her teammates, with the path leading to the Star Wolf Returns ending depicting her at her worst.
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