Heinlein, who reveals himself to be both the host and Rock's uncle. During this time, a new King of Fighters tournament arose, dubbed Maximum Mayhem, to which Rock decides to join to search for his purpose in life.īy the end of the tournament, Rock finds his final opponent is Kain R. Approximately ten years after Geese's death, Second Southtown was established.
After their scuffle, Terry quietly accepts him and they begin their travels together.Īs the years go by, Rock becomes a formidable fighter, due in no small part to having been trained by Terry. Rock angrily charged at him once after learning about his father's death. Since Terry left the scene soon after, the boy followed him and attended his street fights. Rather than hate his father's enemy, he felt a complicated mix of loneliness and joy knowing that his father died. Marie died the same night and Rock has had a grudge against his father ever since.Ī year later, Rock meets Terry, who finally settled his vendetta against Geese. Though the boy pleaded for medical aid and told him that Marie desperately wanted to see him, Geese would have nothing to do with the matter and sent him away. As her illness worsened, Rock went to Geese Tower and met his father for the first time in his life. When Rock was seven, his mother contracted a mysterious disease and he tried his best to nurse her to health. He often wondered about his father and was excited at the prospect of someday meeting him. Although he knew of his father's existence, he grew up living a modest life with his mother in a small apartment. Rock is the son of the most noteworthy crime lord in Southtown, Geese Howard.