Eian Joseph Blanford is one of the playable pilots in Star Fox: Insurgency, and the older brother of Kaylee Blanford.
Early life[]
During the Aparoid Invasion, Eian was a commander in the Cornerian forces, leading the Vulpine Squadron. When Corneria fell victim to a large scale attack by the Aparoids, Eian did his best to fight them off, but nearly lost his entire squadron in the ensuing chaos. To make things worse, his two sisters, Kaylee and Sabella, were in the city during the attack, and the latter was attacked and infected by an Aparoid crawler.
Rise of the Mastiff regime[]
After the defeat of the Aparoid Queen, Eian's father, Admiral Cormag Blanford, along with General Pepper's second in command, Admiral Wilhelm Mastiff, had criticized the current state of the Cornerian government, believing that a reform was in order. Mastiff had forcibly removed the Cornerian president from office, and appointed himself "Supreme Leader of the New Cornerian Empire". Eian was not pleased with this decision, and attempted to flee to Papetoon with Kaylee, but Cormag had convinced him to stay. Eian blamed the Star Fox team for the attack on Corneria, and he blindly wanted to get his revenge on them.
Ship Stats[]
Dark Star (Wolfen)[]
- Shields: Low
- Boost: High
- Bomb capacity: 5
- Laser: Twin
- Lock: Multi
- Special ability: Decoy Ships
Dark Star (Arwing)[]
- Shields: Low
- Boost: High
- Bomb capacity: 5
- Laser: Hyper
- Lock: Single
- Special ability: Sabotage Shot
Quotes[]
In-game[]
Trivia[]
- Every member of the Blanford family speaks in a different accent. Eian speaks with Received Pronunciation, Cormag has a Northern Irish accent, and Kaylee's is Southern Welsh.
- Eian is voiced by Adam Howden in English and Hiro Shimono in Japanese.
- Eian's Arwing is one of two ships in the game with hyper lasers, the other being Fox.