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- “Oh, you didn't really think Kaos was the strongest Portal Master on the side of darkness, did you?”
- —Kaossandra
Kaossandra, usually refered to as Kaos' Mom, is the mother of Kaos and an antagonist in the Skylanders series. She first appeared in Skylanders: Giants on a family photo inside Kaos' Kastle. Later her silhouette briefly appeared in the end after the credits shortly after Kaos returned from being defeated by the Skylanders. Kaossandra makes her full debut in Skylanders: Swap Force as a Dark Portal Master like her son.
Character Development
During development, Vicarious Visions brainstormed for a name that would fit the mother of the evil Portal Master Kaos. In the end, they chose "Kaos' Mom" as the name.[2]
Physical Traits
Kaossandra typically wears a dress somewhat similar to Hex's, with some attributes that represent her title as a Dark Portal Master. The top half of the dress is a V-neck blouse with two collars. The upper half is black, with pink rhinestones that form half of Kaos' symbol and splits on her lower body with deep pink, thick borders that flare outward. The second half, on the inside, is a two-piece with gold lining that resembles a hood. Kaossandra also wears a pink-jeweled hair net that shapes her black hair like horns, a pink diamond above her forehead, magenta eye-shadow and lipstick, a gold choker with a large pink pendant, black gloves that reach below her elbows, and one pink gemstone ring.
Personality
Before battle, Kaossandra displays a warm aura and a nurturing tone of voice towards her opponent, speaking to them directly as if she were their actual mother, though not without a threatening and assertive tone when explaining her position. Towards her own son, however, she acts rather abusive; she constantly puts Kaos down over his failures of conquest, flawed schemes and ego. She believes her powers as a Dark Portal Master to be stronger than those of her son and is convinced that this makes her a better ruler of Skylands than Kaos. However, she does display something close to pride for Kaos when he abandons her in her mirror prison to fulfill his own plan.
Unlike her son, Kaossandra tends to treat her underlings rather well, such as playing Skystones with the Wilikin and spending quality time with Glumshanks (complete with tea and snacks) and her other underlings rather than taking out her frustration on them. She is also more focused on calculated efforts, sending out specific minions and using kidnappings, only relying on all-out attacks when pressured for time, such as the Fire Vipers in her attack on Mount Cloudbreak. However, she does not easily admit defeat, and spins her failed attempt at conquering the volcano as successful as the Skylanders were banished, even if not by her hand.
As stated by Kaos (and demonstrated by her first two "appearances" to him in Swap Force), she has a flair for the dramatic.
Abilities
As a Portal Master, Kaossandra possesses control over Portals, through which she can teleport and hover above. She also channels powerful dark magic, which manifests as levitation, telekinesis, beams of purple energy. However, this energy can be turned against her, as demonstrated by its role in imprisoning her in her mirror.
Unlike many Skylanders villains, Kaossanda demonstrates full awareness of the new Portal Master, whom she directly addresses prior to battle.
Story
History
Despite being a Portal Master herself, Kaossandra often blamed Portal Masters for the problems in Skylands, and she wasn't happy when she discovered that Kaos had Portal Master powers.[3] According to the Wilikins, Kaos's Mother used to play Skystones with them before she left. Although she is brilliant strategist with a strong grasp of Dark Magic, she has nevertheless been unable to fulfill her dream of conquering Skylands - a fact that greatly frustrates her.[4]
Skylanders: Giants
Kaossandra had returned to her castle sometime during the events of Giants. When her son returned, she approached Kaos, and Glumshanks hid at the sight of her.
Skylanders: Swap Force
A hundred years ago, Kaos' Mom was revealed as a dark Portal Master who had launched an attack on the Cloudbreak Islands with a swarm of Fire Vipers at her command. The attack was repelled by the SWAP Force Skylanders, but the effort caused the Skylanders to be banished from Cloudbreak by the volcano's eruption, leaving the Islands unprotected for years.
Years later, Kaossandra contacted her son, Kaos, and scolded him for drawing too much attention with his all-out invasion (an action which brought the Skylanders to save the Cloudbreak Islands). She later came to Kaos' Kastle in person to help her son with his conquest, bringing the help of a few minions she had enlisted, including the magical puppeteer Mesmeralda. When the Skylanders saved all of the Ancient Elementals, Kaossandra interrupted the celebration and announced that their victory was far from over, saving Kaos (who was captured after his attack on the Fantasm Forest) and kidnapping the new Chieftess, Tessa.
In Kaos' Fortress, the Skylanders confronted Kaossandra, who taunted the young Portal Master by proclaiming herself as "a true dark Portal Master" and revealing her plan to rule Skylands. She then engaged them in a battle "they will never forget", summoning evilized creatures and unleashing dark magic upon the Skylanders.
After defeating one of her "pets", a mutant named Bubba Greebs, the Skylanders tricked Kaossandra into firing her dark magic onto a nearby mirror dropped down by Tessa. The magic refracted off the mirror and zapped Kaossandra, pulling her in and trapping her inside. Kaossandra, recognizing that she couldn't escape the mirror, called out for Kaos' assistance, but realized that her son had already gone to the Cloudbreak Volcano to fulfill his own evil plan, leaving his mother to her fate (something for which Kaossandra expressed pride in Kaos). She was left trapped inside the mirror as the Skylanders, Flynn, and Tessa moved on to stop Kaos from his evil scheme.
Relationships
Kaos
Kaossandra is distant from her son, said to have "never exactly been the picture of a loving mother" and the cause of his behavior according to Glumshanks. She attempted to abandon him several times, locked him in the dungeon as a child, and mistreated him constantly, considering his soft spot for the Wilikins proof that he has no talent for villainy. [5] Despite the fact that Kaos put his own selfish desires before his own mother and left her sealed away in her mirror, in Swap Force Kaossandra praises him for this very betrayal, which appears to have demonstrated his ability for ruthlessness. As of SuperChargers, she still attempts to teach him by sending books through her prison.
Glumshanks
Unlike Kaos, Kaossandra treats Glumshanks kindly, and even notices that her son still mistreats the troll butler. It is frequently brought up that she and Glumshanks used to meet, take, and have tea and cake together.
Gallery
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Trivia
- Kaossandra is well over a hundred years old, she attacked the Cloudbreak Islands in the magical eruption that took place a century before Swap Force, in her prime as a Dark Portal Master.
- Due to Swap Force being made by a different game developer, Kaossandra was given a different character design than her appearance in Giants.
- Her sudden status in Swap Force as an evil Portal Master conflicts with her earlier dislike for Portal Masters, as Kaossandra once blamed them for causing problems in Skylands according to the Skylanders: Giants Strategy Guide. This backstory plothole is the result of Swap Force being developed by a different game developer other than Toys for Bob, who are the creators of Kaossandra's original backstory.
- In the same strategy guide, Kaos' relationship with his mother was troubled, but not to the point of the new canon as seen in Book of Kaos.
- Her defeat is a reference to the defeat of Claudia, a villainess witch in the movie, A Simple Wish, as both characters were pulled and became trapped inside a mirror by their own dark magic.
- In one cutscene, Kaossandra mentions that she turned a female villager undead, burned her castle to the ground, and froze her village into a vast eternal glacier, despite telling the villager that she harbored no hard feelings toward her.
- Despite being imprisoned inside a mirror, Kaossandra is still able to somehow send self-help books to her son.[6]
- Kaossandra bears a slight resemblance to Maleficent from Disney's Sleeping Beauty.
- She makes a cameo in Skylanders: SuperChargers in a photo in Skylanders Academy.
- She is briefly mentioned in Ambush's backstory.
- Though Kaossandra's real name was initially created solely for the Skylanders Academy TV show, the name would later be retconned into her game canon name in Skylanders: A Portal Master's Guide to Skylands. However, according to Kaos, most people would rather refer to her in relation to him instead.[7]
- Even though Glumshanks has previously stated in Skylanders: Giants that Portal Masters should not use portals on themselves, Kaossandra in Skylanders: Swap Force is shown freely hiding inside the portal with no unwanted consequences.
- Developer David A. Rodriguez figured that the only person Kaos would really be afraid of was his mom.[8]
References
- ↑ Skylanders Portal Casters Christmas Episode 2023 - Celebrating 10 Years of Swap Force. (Date Posted - Dec. 25, 2023.) Youtube.
- ↑ Skylanders Portal Casters Christmas Episode 2023 - Celebrating 10 Years of Swap Force. (Date Posted - Dec. 25, 2023.) Youtube.
- ↑ Skylanders: Giants Official Strategy Guide, page 169
- ↑ Book of Kaos, page 38
- ↑ Book of Kaos, page 39 and 46
- ↑ Kaos Diary - Evil for Dummies, Skylanders: SuperChargers
- ↑ Skylanders: A Portal Master's Guide to Skylands, page 21
- ↑ Strata: The Art of Skylanders Swap Force. (Date Posted: Feb. 19, 2024).