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CHARACTER DETAILS Technically, Kai died 2008 years prior to the events of "I Worship His Shadow", defending his home planet Brunnis-2 against attack by His Divine Shadow 's flagship, the ''Foreshadow''. This desperate defense failed and His Divine Shadow destroyed the Brunnen-G homeworld. Knowing all was lost, Kai rammed his small fightercraft into the control pod of the ''Foreshadow'' in an attempt to destroy the Divine Shadow. Catapulted out of his cockpit and personally killed by His Divine Shadow, instead of having the Carcass incinerated, His Shadow had Kai "de-carbonized" and turned into a Divine Assassin . For 2008 years, Kai served His Shadow, killing heretics and revolutionaries, until he was called to secure the Lexx from heretics. The Time Prophet had made a prophecy that the Brunnen-G would destroy the Divine Order and, with Kai the last of the Brunnen-G, the responsibility fell on his shoulders (Despite his lack of life). The current Divine Shadow refused to believe in the prophecy and called Kai to action to show his mastery of the Universe. After a confrontation with rebel leader Thodin, Kai found Zev Bellringer and Stanley Tweedle on the bridge of the Lexx. However, before he could eliminate the attempted hijackers, he was called away to help the Divine Predecessors who were under attack by cluster lizard, a vicious animal which feasted on the flesh of the living. When Kai, having killed the cluster lizard, picked up a piece of the brain of the Divine Predescessor that killed him, he regained his memories and joined Stan and Zev. Kai is animated by proto-blood, a substance secreted by the Gigashadow (the vast insect body of His Divine Shadow). This liquid can only reanimate Kai for a limited amount of time, so he must remain in cryogenic suspension between bouts of activity to prolong his existence. Because he is dead, Kai lacks the ability to perform most bodily functions - a major let-down for Zev/Xev, who loves the dead man. He also lacks motivation and most emotions, and is unable to love, care or truly feel for others. When questioned about his motivations (or lack thereof), he often begins his answers: "The dead do not..." However, in his very emotionlessness he frequently gives the appearance of expressing passive-aggressive disapproval of the other characters' actions. At the end of the final season, Isambard Prince , the former ruler of Planet Fire , granted Kai life after promising it as a prize in a Chess game. However, Prince could not resist the urge to play yet another twisted joke on the forces of good in the Universe and restored Kai to life only moments before Kai would sacrifice himself to destroy the asteroid-ship harbouring Lyekka and her kind. He is last seen flying through the interior of the asteroid with a Particle Collider , singing the Brunnen-G battle hymn, and finally crashing at the asteroid core with the device. Surviving the crash and finally alive, but next to the about-to-explode particle collider, the last shot is Kai laughing for the first time in millenia. Kai is played by Michael McManus . |
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