last night when we were watching mgs2 cutscenes my partner noticed Solidus has parallel to Zahhak and its kind of cool lol when he revealed his power suit equipped with the snake arms my partner brought up Zahhak and I agree lol
Zahhak is a king from the Shahnameh the Persian Book of Kings his name has many meanings but some include Snake, Serpent and Dragon. He has two snakes sticking out of his body one in each shoulder that he has to feed with human brains. While that last part doesn't necessarily connect to Solidus, in The Last Fiction its portrayed that Zahhak would harvest brains from younger men and in the 80s Solidus had an army of boys so there's a connection in a way of destroying the minds of the youth for his own power
They're both kings, Zahhak was the king of the world in the Shahnameh and the members of Dead Cell hardly refer to Solidus by that code name they mostly called him "King"
They both command an army of otherworldly strength Zahhak had an influence over demons and Solidus had the Arsenal Tengu, named after the yokai knonw as Tengu, monsters that are disruptive mischievous beings that symbolized harbingers of war
They both dual wield swords in their final fight lose their snakes(zahhak's regenerate but ignore that lol) and are defeated but aren't killed. Zahhak is spared by Fereydoon on the request from an angel and imprisoned in Mount Damāvand for eternity. Solidus was paralyzed unintentionally by Raiden and left to be collected by The Patriots stolen by EVA and used as spare parts for Big Boss then later burned by Liquid Ocelot. Just something we noticed and couldn't seem to find anyone else who saw the similarities not much is like 1:1 but I still think its p cool
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