Name: Li-KhonTM
Subtitle: last king of Tahron
Line: KR|Enmity
Item type: action figure - Nº 13 in the line.
Character details
Name: King Li-Khon
Family name: AmhalgaardTM
Classification: primivod mammal
Sex: male
Relationships: King Tah-Ron's direct descendant; father of Ir-Ash, Tir-Hing and Gax-Uhr
Home: Tahron
Era: 20 years before Foundation
Affiliation: Theriom
Rank: king of Tahron; supreme commander of the Theriom Armed Forces (formerly general).
Background
First appearance: KR|Enmity #1 - Flares of enmity
Brief bio: before been crowned king of Tahron, Li-Khon served as an elite soldier in the heavy infantry of the Theriom army and later as their general. Together with his sons, he admirably fought the Dark Legion and forced Duke Wordron to reside in the shadows of the peaks in the UcamurTM region. Wishing to alleviate the devastating effects of the revived reptilian threat, King Li-Khon pondered Tir-Hing's proposal of a new political system that would allow the people of Tahron to choose their ruler. Eventually, after hiding half of his dual-halberd for safety in the ancient Quartz Tower, he agreed to set aside the monarchy and gave his son the permission to transform the kingdom into a democratic republic.
Articulation
Description
Head: predominantly ursine (even if he's a primivod, a fictional anthropomorphic marsupial), characterised by a thick cinereous fur (with a double-pointed "beard") that covers most of the face, including a cranial crest and a pair of subtly pointy ears, and surrounds the light brown-skinned mouth. He has blue eyes with jagged eyebrows and a large dark nose, while the slightly open mouth exposes a number of sharp whitish teeth. Compared to Li-Khon's head that came with Tah-Ron, this head shows a much younger look and suggests that this guy is definitely in charge. He also wears a silver crown decorated with eight prongs all the way around; each prong is shaped in a similar fashion to a fleur-de-lis (⚜) and bears a red gemstone at its centre
Body: thick cinereous fur (but, like the mouth, his breast, and most parts of his hands are bald and light brown-skinned), black nails
Wearables: a red robe with silver lapels, cuffs and hem, two red leather boots with turn-down blueish-grey tops and studded silver shin guards, and a silver chain mail skirt. The robe, whose hem falls to the knee, is completely open and has a high standing silver-lined red collar, while the skirt is secured by a red leather belt, whose buckle looks like an elaborate silver version of the Theriom emblem (i.e., a seven-pointed star with the two side points elongated) with a red gemstone in the centre, and holds a long strip of blueish-grey fabric. Also, the robe features a pair of rather short sleeves, which expose two metallic red bracelets decorated with arabesque patterns and silver studs, and a silver necklace, from which a pendant very similar to the belt buckle hangs down in front.
Action feature
In the comics, Li-Khon is portrayed as both a sage ruler and a skilled combatant. Since fighting whilst wearing a robe and a crown must be pretty uncomfortable, PoliganToys gives us the possibility to display the figure in two different configurations: an institutional look and a combat look. The former has been described above, while the latter is obtained by detaching the head and the arms, and allowing the robe, which is a one-piece component including the necklace, to slip off the torso. Then, a chest harness (composed of a metallic blueish-grey breast plate with silver details plus a golden Theriom emblem at its centre, and four silver&red-leather straps) must be worn by securing two little fasteners on the sides. Finally, a pair of alternative arms must be plugged in and the head reattached (the crown is a clip-on piece that can be easily removed). The arms show a thick cinereous fur and two red leather gloves that are reused from Khon-Uhr (each with a large studded silver wrist guard that has four small claws projecting forward); additionally, the right arm sports a blueish-grey pauldron with silver details. This combat look basically renders a younger version of the Li-Khon figure that could be produced using the add-ons packaged with Tah-Ron, and now we can finally use the robe+necklace piece to create a more accurate Foundation Li-Khon variant.
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| Li-Khon's stylised combat harness; the oval at the centre of the chest plate represents the Theriom symbol. |
Weapons and accessories
Apart from the the alternative arms and armour, Li-Khon comes with three accessories: two pairs of silver halberds, which encompass all the four components of the Key, and a non-removable sheathed sword. The first pair of halberds belongs to him (as the legacy from his Origin ancestors) and is formed by the weapons that used to be held by Myneran and Elkymor (whose blades have four tips and a sawtooth inward-curved cutting edge, respectively) five centuries ago. The two halberds are fused together (as a matter of fact, they are cast as one piece) and they actually look cool this way. The other pair is a very similar piece composed of the two remaining halberds (whose blades have an "S" shape and an outward-curved cutting edge, respectively) that were stolen from Kai-Xi and Khon-Uhr; this dual-halberd weapon is meant to be clasped by Bi-Harr, who is shown to wield it at the end of the third Enmity comic book.
The only visible part of the sword is an interesting Theriom emblem-shaped red hilt, while its blade is permanently inserted in a beautifully ornamented silver scabbard; this sheath is connected to a brown leather loose fitting belt that can be repositioned to one's liking.
Additionally, the figure includes a Baryanoid, which serves as the third instalment of the Build-a-Figure plan that will lead to the completion of the Baryanoid-Cart. Everything related to this topic has already been covered extensively in Ir-Ash's review.
Final thoughts
Character value: ♦♦♦ I think I like him even more than I would with any proper Foundation variant, because this version actually plays a pretty prominent role in the Enmity story
Articulation: ♥♥♥♥ The inclusion of the alternative arms that easily allow me to make a battle-ready variant is exactly the kind of thing I’m looking for in my KR figures
Sculpt and paint: ♣♣♣♣ He looks perfect from crown to toe and I’d still like to see PoliganToys re-release him in his Foundation whitish fur colours
Accessories: ♠♠♠ I'm happy with everything he comes with, but I wish the double rhino-horned helmet that he's briefly shown wearing during the final battle in the third comic issue were included
Playability: ♪♪♪♪ It might sound crazy, but I think this figure could also be a perfect army builder. I could end up buying one or two more and customise them a bit. That way, I could have a nice army of these furry guys without them all looking exactly the same
Overall: ☺☺☺☺ This is actually a really great figure and I wouldn't regret buying it.
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