Editing Fist of the North Star (section)

====Souther====
[[Image:Souther.jpg|right|thumb|Look at that smug-ass look. You know he just sipped a [[Martini]].]]
Also known as Thouzer depending on your localization (it's pronounced the same either way). One of the only characters in the series Raoh genuinely fears, he claims to have a special armor that protects him from fucking exploding.  The truth is somewhat more mundane: born with dextrocardia, a condition in which his heart is on the opposite side, all of Souther's pressure points are reversed, ergo meaning that he is virtually invulnerable to the Hokuto style of pressure-point-striking-make-body-fucking-explode punches unless his opponent knows that.  And he isn't about to tell them. 

A master of Nanto Ho-oh Ken, the strongest of the Nanto styles, Souther's power is virtually unmatched and he reigns over a huge stretch of territory without an ounce of pity, empathy, or mercy. Basically, he's what [[Abaddon|Failbaddon]] could do if the fucker actually applied himself. The self-proclaimed Holy Emperor, Souther rules Commissar-style, openly executing anyone who pisses him off and using child slave labor to construct a massive pyramid as a declaration of his power. His army clashed with Raoh's countless times, and though Raoh's superior troops usually ensure victory, the fact that Souther is damned-near-invulnerable to most has done a bang-up job of keeping Raoh in check.  He's also a ''dick''.  In the games, his soldiers ''can't betray him fast enough'', because he kills them in fits of dickery like normal men take a piss.  In the manga, there's a scene where he rounds up countless starving orphans, makes them watch as he has a twelve-course banquet set in front of him, and takes ''not even one bite'' of it before ordering the rest thrown away.  ''Just to watch orphans cry.''

Ironically, Souther actually has a fairly impressive background despite being a complete monster of the most despicable sort. Nanto Ho-oh Ken successorship demands that the student kill their teacher, and Souther killing off his master (the only person he ever gave a shit about) left him [[grimdark|a bitter fuck of a man who abandoned all humanity for the sake of ambition]]. Ironically, when Kenshiro finishes Souther off, he unwittingly ensures that nothing lies between Raoh and total domination of the world. Way to break it, hero.

Souther's troops are, like Souther himself, assholes, often to a hilarious degree. Several of his men are seen in the manga and animated series alike killing "undesirables" in the wasteland with flamethrowers. The [[Sisters of Battle]] approve of both this and their screams of "cleansing the filth." Sadly, a Flamer does not stop Hokuto Shin Ken from making you fucking explode.