Fun Facts #1: La Reina

¡Hola mis amigos!

So the idea for La Reina is a mix of a lot of my favorite "Kingpin of the Crime" characters in comics (Wilson Fisk, Lex Luthor, Tobias Whale) and some characters from my favorite arcade games (Mr. X, Shredder).

For Belza's first rival, I was thinking she should go up against a force that would change the status quo of the city. So I found myself going "Y'know, what if I had Belza fight Sofia Vegara, only pure evil and crazy murderous?" So, there was the very first villain. Now, I needed a backstory to why Belza hates La Reina.

My first idea? Just have La Reina be an evil gang member, and that's it. Vali decides to be a hero, gets dressed up, goes for revenge. Nah, back to the drawing board. Then I thought, what would personally and tragically bind these two together?  So I had the idea that La Reina, the unforgivable evil she is, would commit a killing spree in Union City, that would claim the lives of Belza's family.

So for that work, I promoted La Reina from small time gang member to an untouchable crime lord with a standing history for causing Union City pain.