Kage (The Legend of Kage)

==Summary==
Kage, the protagonist of The Legend of Kage (1985) and its sequel (The Legend of Kage 2, 2008), is a ninja loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate, who is ordered to protect, and then rescue, princess Kirihime from the grasp of the demonic Yukinosuke and his armies, who seek to steal her power to destroy the world.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | | At least , possibly far higher
Key: The Legend of Kage | The Legend of Kage 2 | Endgame (Kirihime's Power Absorbed)
Name: Kage
Origin: The Legend of Kage
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Ninja
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 </tabber>Attack Potency: Wall level (Can pulverize ninjas, smash stone lanterns and pull off huge jumps) | Multi-City Block level (Can fight bosses that can withstand Stardust's meteors) | At least Small City level, possibly far higher (Defeated Yoshiro, who had absorbed Kirihime's power, after being gifted the rest of it. Kirihime's power was stated to be capable of destroying the world with easeThe Legend of Kage 2 (2008) - Chihiro Campaign, Prologue, as well as destroying mountains and splitting seasThe Legend of Kage 2 (2008) - Kage Campaign, Onslaught, and even just a controlled test of that power being enough to destroy "one or two mountains"The Legend of Kage 2 (2008) - Kage Campaign, The Tower. However, Yoshiro could not absorb all of it, with the leftover power being all gifted to Kage, and with them being roughly evenly matched, they likely both inherited about half of the totalThe Legend of Kage 2 (2008) - Kage Campaign, The End. Destroying the average mountain requires at least this much power)
Speed: Superhuman (Can easily swat thrown shuriken out of the air with his weapon) | High Hypersonic movement speed, Massively Hypersonic+ combat speed (Can move at speeds comparable to Stardust's meteors) | High Hypersonic movement speed, Massively Hypersonic+ combat speed
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Can jump very high while carrying a woman) | Class 5 (Can pull off massive jumps and land without issue from a very long fall) | Class 5
Striking Strength: Wall level | Multi-City Block level | At least Small City level, possibly far higher
Durability: Wall level | Multi-City Block level | At least Small City level, possibly far higher
Stamina: Peak Human. Capable of defeating dozens of foes while running through long stages. | Superhuman. All of The Legend of Kage 2 takes place in at most a couple days, with Kage never having a chance to rest between any of the many fights he is put through. Can regenerate from deadly wounds.
Range: Extended Melee Range, Tens of Meters with shuriken | Extended Melee Range, Tens of Meters with shuriken and ninjitsu
Standard Equipment: A Nodachi and a great amount of shuriken in 1, with the Nodachi being swapped for a flaming katana in 2.
*Optional Equipment: (Only applies to TLoK1)
**Red Scroll: While Kage is reading this, it causes all enemies on screen to die.
**Blue Scroll: Temporarily allows Kage to create a clone of himself that moves in sync with him.
**Shoes: Allows Kage to briefly run much faster.
**Shuriken: Allows Kage to throw three shuriken at once in a fan pattern.
**Helmet: Renders Kage resistant to attacks.
Intelligence: Unknown, Gifted in combat (Capable of defeating dozens of ninjas through various stages) | Unknown, Genius in combat (Can grow in skill at an incredible pace, going from struggling with a foe while he holds back to beating him in an all-out fight in a couple days at best.
Weaknesses: None notable | Ninjitsu skills need to be inscribed on a scroll, preventing Kage from having more than a couple available at once, and they consume a limited supply of energy, as does bodysplit.
Notable Attacks/Techniques: (Only applies to TLoK2)
*Ninjitsu: A magic system reliant on combining elemental orbs on a scroll to mix them into powerful spells. Reliant on a limited supply of magic power.
**Fireball: Shoots fireballs in three directions (one directly forward and two at a 45° angle up and down) in front of Kage.
**Thunder: Summons a lightning bolt to strike the enemy.
**Shield: Creates two spinning ice crystals to protect Kage.
**Blaze: Summons a pillar of fire to incinerate enemies.
**Storm: Summons multiple lightning bolts to strike enemies.
**Barrier: Summons four spinning crystals to protect Kage.
**Ironskin: Temporarily reduces damage taken by Kage.
**Glow: Restores a small amount of Kage's health.
**Flash: Temporarily increases Kage's attack strength.
**Gust: Temporarily increases Kage's speed.
**Inferno: Summons pillars of fire to assault enemy.
**Tempest: Summons a lightning serpent to inflict great damage to an enemy.
**Phoenix: Summons a storm of phoenixes from the ground to attack foes.
**Shell: Summons bubbles and ice crystals to protect Kage, rendering him immune to attacks for a bit.
**Nova: Summons a storm of rotating lightning beams.
**Dragon: Summons a giant dragon.
**Stardust: Calls forth a shower of meteorites to rain down from above.
*Skills
**Body Split: By gathering energy, Kage can create a clone behind him that copies his actions. Up to five can be created at once, but this drains his magic meter.
**Slide: Kage slides forward a good length, kicking at foes.
**Jump: Kage is capable of jumping extreme heights.
**Multislash: Kage performs an attack combo that ends with a massive flaming slash.
**Helmsplit: Kage performs a downward stabbing slice.
**Leapfrog: Kage can leap off enemies' heads.
**Parry: By slashing at projectiles, Kage can send them back at the enemy.
**Pierce: Kage's shuriken pierce through multiple enemies.
**Mistblade: A rising attack that incorporates kicking on the way down.
**Half-Cost: Cuts the cost of Ninjutsu spells by half.
Note: It is unclear if The Legend of Kage 2 is a sequel or a reboot of the original, which is why, for the purpose of acknowledging the possibility of the two being different characters, all of Kage's statistics do not cross-scale between the first and second game.
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==Notable Matchups==
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