Banas (The Forgotten)

"I hope you're not implying you wish to kill me? That would set such a bad example."

- "To Cooler, With Love"

Banas is a character in Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten. He is featured in the second saga, and is introduced in the chapter "To Cooler, With Love".

Appearance
Banas is tall, muscular. He has yellow skin, and long, black hair. He wears armor similar to Bardock (in protest of Cooler's standard issued armor). His clothes are simple, standard. He wears the standard boots and gloves as well.

Personality
Banas has a leadership quality about him, that sometimes makes it hard for the average soldier to tell who's really in charge of 92; him or Guva. He is also very sarcastic, but at the same time calm. His command over his soldiers is more informal than his personality might suggest. Payar actually does a lot of the technical aspects of his command. While, in theory, Banas could overthrow Guva quite easily (with the help of all his soldiers) he has chosen not to, based on his strong sense of honor. This does not mean, were to two alone, he would not try to kill the governor.

History
Banas has a long history with his governor, Guva. The two, long ago, were friends who rose in the ranks of Cooler's army. Naturally, when Cooler went to choose governors for certain planets, both Banas and Guva were chosen to be possibilities for 92. After a long fought battle, though many tests and tribulations (explained in detail in the special Rise Of Guva), Guva rises victorious. And, in a gesture of respect, Guva takes Banas as his captain for the planet. Despite this, Banas, remains bitter, and Guva wary.

Fighting Technique
Banas' fighting style is, in contrast to Guva's, very sporatic and uncontained. It is very hard to predict what he will do on the battlefied, as he has very few "fallback" techniques. It actually seems that each battle he makes up attacks as he goes along, and then discards them never to be used again.

Trivia

 * All of Cooler's soldier's names are based on fruits. In Banas' case, this is the "banana".
 * The concepts for Banas' design were not influenced by any previously introduced characters.