Krystal

Krystal is a fictional, female character from the Star Fox series. She is a vixen with blue and white fur, and has telepathic powers. She made her official debut appearance in Star Fox Adventures, although she was originally meant to be in a non-Star Fox game called Dinosaur Planet. Her personal Arwing in Star Fox Command is the CloudRunner.

Krystal originally hails from Cerinia, which is believed to be a doomed planet which used to exist in either in the Lylat System or beyond. Apparently, she ultimately ends up on Sauria, where she was raised. After the events of Star Fox Adventures, she becomes a member in the Star Fox team, and eventually has a brief romantic relation with Fox McCloud. She eventually befriends Peppy's daughter, Lucy and Peppy begins to think of her as a second daughter. At this time, it is unknown what is Krystal's official path after the events of Star Fox Command, as one of the nine possible endings depicts Krystal settling with Fox, marrying him, and having a son with him. Another ending depicts Krystal leaving Fox all together, and eventually ending up as lonesome bounty hunter, under a new alias: Kursed.

In game History

Early History

Much of Krystal's early history remains unknown. She is stated to be the only survivor of the destruction of the planet Cerinia.

Krystal Meets Fox

A short time before the events of Star Fox Adventures, Krystal had picked up a telepathic distress signal from the planet Sauria. With the help of a CloudRunner rebel, she learned that the planet was being torn apart due to the results of the tyrannical General Scales. Shortly afterwards, the two are set upon by the General's flying galleon and Krystal's staff was shot from her hands. The CloudRunner managed to damage the airship greatly before Krystal jumped onto the ship itself. Unfortunately, she was captured by General Scales and, after a quick dialogue, was thrown overboard only to be saved by the CloudRunner. The CloudRunner then flew Krystal to the Krazoa Palace which had been overrun by the SharpClaw where she found many gravely injured EarthWalker warriors in the palace. After journeying through the palace, Krystal found a strange altar with an entity called a Krazoa Spirit. The spirit tasked Krystal with a test so that she may host the Krazoa, and the mission to collect the other five spirits. Unfortunately, her mission was cut short as she released the spirit into one of the Krazoa Shrines. Doing this allowed an unknown entity, one that Krystal seemed to recognize, to imprison her in a large, crystalline mechanism.

Twice in the game, Fox McCloud heared her voice through telepathic messages. The first was a message from within her staff which he had found in ThornTail Hollow. This told him about the staff and how to use it. The second message Fox recieved in Moon Mountain Pass. Here, Krystal pleaded for help from Fox and Tricky while the Krazoa she freed tasked Fox with finishing her mission to save her. It is unknown whether this was real or an illusion by Andross. After finding the second spirit and going to the Krazoa Palace for the first time, Fox first saw Krystal and instantly fell in love.

Once Fox had defeated General Scales, claimed his Krazoa, and released it into the palace, the Krazoa Spirits began to float around Krystal. They then entered her body and were shot out into the statue of the Krazoa. As the spirits were released, Krystal's prison shattered and she plunged from the top of the palace. Fortunately, Fox had been quick enough that he was able to stick Krystal's staff out fast enough for her to catch it. The two locked eyes and there was an immediate spark between the two. Fox hoisted Krystal up and she proceeded to take her staff back, against Fox's wishes. She uses the staff's power to blast at the statue head now floating above them, but the monster escaped and Fox followed with his Arwing.

After Andross, the true identity of the statue, was defeated and the Star Fox team reunited, Peppy told Fox about a message he had recieved from Krystal. In the message, she stated that she was eternally grateful to him and was sad that they didn't get a chance to thank him. To everyone's surprise, Krystal appeared in the Great Fox to do it personally. The other team members quickly saw that Fox was entirely smitten with her, especially after ROB unintentionally revealed his rising temperature and asks if he's okay. The game ends with the two staring into each other and Fox telling ROB he will be perfectly fine.

Her First Mission

Krystal's first major mission with the Star Fox team began about a year after the Sauria ordeal. In the Great Fox, Krystal and the rest of the team appeared in the space above Fortuna to fight Oikonny, the leader of the leftovers of the Venomian Army. Krystal, Fox, Falco, and Slippy followed Oikonny to the surface of Fortuna where they fought him controlling a mechasim with a similar appearance to Andross. When the ship was destroyed by laser from an Aparoid, Krystal tried to sense its mind, but found its thoughts incomprehensible and was blasted by the creature. Fox quickly dispatched the creature and the group went to rejoin Peppy and ROB.

The team then responded to a distress signal from the planet Katina. When Fox went on foot, Krystal tried to get assigned to the ground too, but Fox chose to go it alone. Fox later fought a giant Aparoid monster and Krystal helped him locate the weak point of the creature. When the distress signal stopped transmitting Pigma Dengar flew out of the base and captured the Aparoid's Core Memory, something the team needed to find the location of the Aparoid Homeworld. The team gave chase and ended up in the Sargasso Space Hideout led by rival team leader, Wolf O'Donnell. Fox and Slippy went into the base to destroy any enemy transfer devices and Krystal and Falco took out the space fighters around the base until Star Wolf appeared. Fox left Slippy to handle the base while he delt with Wolf's team and managed to defeat them with help from Krystal and Falco. After defeat, the team's newest member, Panther Caroso, fell for Krystal and, in a moment of weakness, gave her Pigma's location. Krystal is forced to stay behind for most of the mission on Fichina while went on foot and Landmaster to destroy the shield to the climate control center. After Fox fixed the control center, he was set upon by the security drones and was saved only by the speed of Falco. Krystal and Slippy went to their aid and, together, they managed to save the control center and follow Pigma to his base in the asteroid belt where they fought him, possessed and infused into a gargantuan Aparoid machine.

The team sent the retrieved Core Memory to General Pepper, who told them they had located the Aparoid Homeworld. Before they could hurry to Corneria, Krystal telepathically sensed another distress signal from Sauria, telling of an Aparoid invasion. The team flew to Sauria as fast as possible only to find that any ressistance had been wiped out. Krystal finally got her ground mission with Fox when the two were sent to destroy a series of Aparoid hatchers. The destruction of the hatchers cleared most of the Aparoids from the area and Krystal and Fox soon found Tricky, who offered them a ride back to their Arwings. Along the way, Tricky poked fun at Fox saying that, when this was all over, he and Krystal could eventually come back on their honeymoon. Krystal watched as the two bickered and even sound enticed when Fox said they weren't engaged, yet. Approaching the Arwings, Krystal knew the fun was over and broke up the fight.

Game Appearances

• Star Fox Adventures
• Star Fox: Assault
• Star Fox Command
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Cameo Appearance)

Gallery of Game Art

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  The Cloud Runner, Krystal's variation of the Arwing from Star Fox Command.

Quotes

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External links

• The Krystal Archive - a fansite that is about everything Krystal.
• The Krystal Lovers' Association - a message board community for Krystal fans.