Yang Fang Leiden

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==Summary==
Yang Fang Leiden is a loyal warrior in the Kingdom of Fabul, and one of the protagonists of Final Fantasy IV. He runs into Cecil and his group after fighting off a group of monsters, and tries to defend his kingdom from the upcoming Baron forces with aid, only to fail once Golbez and Kain intervened. After a brief struggle against Leviathan and snapping out of Golbez's mind control with the aid of Cecil, he joins his cause once again to stop Golbez's rampage for the Crystals and the ultimate power in the Moon.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , far higher with Augments | At least , likely , far higher with Augments | , far higher with Augments
Key: Final Fantasy IV | The After Years | Dissidia
Name: Yang Fang Leiden
Origin: Final Fantasy IV
Gender: Male
Age: 35 | 52
Classification: Monk of Fabul | King of Fabul
Powers and Abilities: 
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Type 1; He can breathe on the moon with no issues), Blessed (Is blessed by The Crystal, which grants him the abilities of the Crystal), Precognition (Predicted Leviathan's attack with enough precision to lash himself to the ship he was on), Non-Physical Interaction (Is capable of harming noncorporeal, intangible and abstract beings like Zeromus), Pressure Points, Durability Negation, Elemental Manipulation, Death Manipulation (Knows the Tenketsu technique despite not using it in-game, as Ursula learned it by watching him), Energy Manipulation (Can enchant his attacks with energy, as shown in Bands), Invulnerability and Attack Reflection (Can nullify any physical attacks and reflect magical attacks via the Lunar Curtain), Extrasensory Perception (Can sense other beingsFinal Fantasy IV), Weapon Mastery (Is skilled with Clawed weapons), Martial Arts (As a Monk, he's been trained to be one of the best fighters in his kingdom, which excels in martial arts), Regeneration Negation (Mid-Godly) and Immortality Negation (Types 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9; Is capable of killing undeads and beings who resurrect in Mount Ordeals. Additionally, destroyed Scarmiglione whose true power manifests by coming back as an undead after death. Is even capable of permanently killing the Leshy creature, which can live on via possessing another corpse.Final Fantasy IV Settings Guidebook Is also capable of killing beings who are blessed with the Crystals, who grant these immortalities and regeneration abilities), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, and Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Has access to different weapons and items powered by Fire and Ice magic, Both Fire and Ice related abilities are stated to affect the target's electrons, being able to even negate durability in the process), Resistance Negation (Can bypass the enemies innate resistance to status ailments and being analyzed via the Bestiary item and the numerous Lunar summons, which can affect Zeromus despite him being resistant to these effects), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Lightning abilities are capable of attacking the nervesFinal Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54), Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Morality Manipulation (Can inflict targets with the Confuse status ailment, driving the target insane and attack anyone, even their allies), Soul Manipulation (can utilize Ifrit's hellfire, which is stated to burn the soul awayFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 160), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can inflict Poison with the Hellish Claws, which is also stated to corrode the target), Sleep Manipulation and Biological Manipulation (Can put enemies to sleep with the Cat Claws, which can affect the target's cerebral cortex), Paralysis Inducement (Can inflict Paralyze on the target with Tiger Fangs), Holy Manipulation (via Holy Claws). Has gained the abilities of the Lunar Summons, which should grant him the following: Mind Manipulation and Age Manipulation (via Lunar Mist DragonFinal Fantasy IV), Earth Manipulation (via Lunar Titan), Fire Manipulation (via Lunar Ifrit), Ice Manipulation and Absolute Zero (via Lunar Shiva), Electricity Manipulation (via Lunar Ramuh), Healing, Resurrection, and Statistics Amplification (via Lunar Asura), Pocket Reality Manipulation (via Lunar Bahamut and Lunar Ramuh since they made their own pocket dimensions in their dungeons), Water Manipulation (via Lunar Leviathan), Death Manipulation (via Lunar Odin), Radiation Manipulation (via Megaflare, which is statedFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 270 numerous times to be a nuclear powerFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 271), Shapeshifting and Power Mimicry (Lunar Bahamut was able to shapeshift into Kain and copy his abilities)
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Resistant to the Following: Subjective Reality, Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Characters are capable of surviving and resisting magical abilities, Which is shown to project one's inner mind onto reality, and as shown with the creation of the Devil's road, remove entire concepts and warp space and time to where the past, present, and future exists as one), Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite the natural order of things), Gravity Manipulation (Unaffected by the gravitational pull of the True Moon, which even the Lunar Whale couldn't escape from), Disease Manipulation (Can remain in the Impact Crater for extended periods of time despite its presence rotting the landFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 83 and making it diseased), Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (Can withstand the attacks of Atomos, who manipulates space, ,Dissidia Final Fantasy ), Life Manipulation, Absorption (Can cross the Devil's Road without their life force being drained), Extreme Heat (Can fight for extended periods in the lava-filled chasms of the underworld), Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations (Can fight and survive on the moon), Absolute Zero (Can survive Lunar Shiva's ice attacks, including Diamond Dust), Hellfire Manipulation (Can survive the heat and flames of Ifrit's hellfire), Age Manipulation (Can withstand the effects of the Lunar Mist Dragon's presence, which is capable of reverting Rydia to a child), Resistance Negation (Can resist the status ailments from the Lunar Summons, which can affect Zeromus despite him being resistant to these effects), Soul Manipulation (Is capable of resisting the ability of the Trap Door to being absorbed down to his very soul, on top of surviving the Devil's RoadFinal Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 4, page 195 which can rip apart one's soul, and can withstand Ifrit's Hellfire, which is stated to burn the soul away), Possession and Necromancy (Is able to resist the effects of the Leshy's possession ability regardless if he's dead), Empathic Manipulation, and Madness Manipulation (Type 3; Resistant to the effects of the True Moon, which is capable of affecting the hearts and minds of all living beings on the planet), Curse Manipulation, Void Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Time Stop, Statistics Reduction, and Corruption (Type 2; Is shown to withstand the effects of the Darkness from Final Fantasy III more than once, which is shown to have these abilities), Regeneration Negation (High-Godly) and Immortality Negation (Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8; Is capable of withstanding hits from numerous foes blessed by the crystals and is still capable of healing from his wounds and not lose his immortality), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can resist the darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blindFinal Fantasy V GBA Manual), Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status, which would render the target's ability to use magic null), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Is able to resist the Lightning spells, which is capable of attacking the nerves), Petrification (Can resist the petrification status effect), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Can resist the Death spell, which is even stated to solidify the victim's blood), Attack Reflection (The Piercing Magic Augment allows the user to bypass reflect spells as a whole), Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Morality Manipulation (Can resist the Confuse status ailment, which can drive the target to attack anyone, even their allies), Sleep Manipulation (Can resist the Sleep status effect), Paralysis Inducement (Can resist the Paralyze status effect), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, and Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Is capable of resisting the Fire and Ice spell in particular being capable of affecting the target's electrons), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can resist the Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target), Transmutation (can resist the Toad and Pig spell), Size Manipulation (Is able to resist the Mini spell)
|-|With Augments=Instinctive Reaction (Auto-Potion causes the user to automatically use potions when in danger, and Counter automatically counters physical attacks when hit), Statistics Amplification (Item Lore doubles the effectiveness of healing and damaging items, including weaponry. Fast Talker doubles the rate at which one can cast magic, Bluff can increase one's intelligence, etc.), Curse Manipulation, Reactive Power Level (Last Stand doubles defense when the user is at low health, and Adrenaline does the same with offenses), Statistics Reduction (The Curse augment allows the user to curse others and halve their strength and defense. The Cry augment further halves enemies' defenses), Water Manipulation, Death Manipulation (Tsunami emits a massive wave of water that inflicts instant death), Fusionism (The Twincast augment allows the user to cast different spells with those they share a strong bond with), Sound Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Transmutation, Regeneration (Mid-Low, possibly High-Mid), Time Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation (Bardsong allows the user to cast magic through singing, including turning enemies into pigs, granting regeneration, casting haste, and increasing all stats. The bard's powers can also drain the target's will to fight), Stealth Mastery (Hide allows the user to take cover, using ranged attacks such as aim and throw while hidden), Magic (Including Statistics Amplification, Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, and Transmutation. Recall allows the user to cast random magic spells, including Toad, Bubble, Bravery, Faith, and the three Elemental tiers), Subjective Reality (Magic,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 1, page 29 in its basest form,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 107 is projecting one's innerFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 109 mind onto reality,Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and is powered by intelligence and mental strength), Non-Physical Interaction (Magic as a whole is shown to affect a wide variety of different beings, from intangible/immaterial beings to non corporeal beings, to abstract concepts like Chronodia, who's the flow of time itself,Final Fantasy I to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness), Law Manipulation (Magic is stated to rewrite the natural order of thingsFinal Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 198), Limited Durability Negation, Forcefield Negation, and Intangibility (Magic negates conventional physical durability, barriers, and armor, requiring specific defense against magic which is powered by the Mind and Spirit), Power Modification (Including Duplication, Fusionism, Statistics Amplification, Size Manipulation, Homing Attack, Danmaku, Aura, Breath Attack, and Energy Manipulation; Magic users across the games have consistently shown the ability to manipulate the shape and properties of their own magical abilities, with even higher tiers of spells simply being considered stronger versions of the same basic abilityFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2 page 114), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself, like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 199 and time and space were twisted to the pointFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 67 the past, present and futureFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 73 existed as oneFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 147), Air Manipulation (Whirlwind surrounds the target with a tornado and renders them weak to fire magic), Perception Manipulation (Eye Gouge allows the user to blind enemies), Information Analysis and Clairvoyance (Analyze allows the user to study enemies to see their stats, and is stated to Clairvoyance), Power Modification (Upgrade allows the user to use items to enchant their weapons with different elements), Fire Manipulation (Inferno coats the battlefield in an eruption of fire), Darkness Manipulation, Life Manipulation (The Darkness augment allows the user to sacrifice their life in the form of greater attack power), Martial Arts (Focus, Kick, and Brace are all various different martial arts techniques), Accelerated Development (Level Lust increases the rate at which the user gains experience. All augments increase the stats of the user as they gain experience), Energy Manipulation and Restoration (Omnicasting allows the user to vastly increase the area of effect of their spells, even normally single-target ones. Bless gradually restores the MP of one's allies), Resurrection (When the user is slain with the Phoenix augment, they resurrect all of their allies), Awakened Power (Limit Break allows the user to shatter their previous limits)
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Attack Potency: Multi-Solar System Level (Is capable of defeating Bahamut and Dark Bahamut, the former is capable of creating a pocket dimension with stars with its summon, and is comparable to Kain, who's able to defeat Lunar Bahamut by himself, who's also capable of doing the same feat and said dimension vanishing when Lunar Bahamut loses and is capable of summoning Lunar Bahamut, and it's stated in the lore that In order for anyone to summon, they must be stronger than the summon in order to control them. Is also capable of taking on Zeromus, who's stated to be capable of destroying all in its wake, which would include the entire moon of FF4, which is shown in the novelsFinal Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 11, page 243 and the actual game to have a starry sky in the background), far higher with Augments | At least Multi-Solar System level (Is able to take on and harm the Creator, The Creator merely duplicating himself was enough to destroy his entire moon vessel,Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, epilogue, pg292 which is shown to have numerousFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years stars, nebulaes, and black holes), likely Low Multiverse level (The Creator was vastly superior to the Four creatures of darkness from FF3, which could each fight the endgame Warriors of Light in a 1v4, can also take on Gilgamesh and win), far higher with Augments | Multiverse Level+ (Borrows powers from the gods of the cycle. Contributed to the defeat of the Planesgorgers and Shinryu), far higher with Augments. Can negate conventional durability in a wide variety of ways.
Speed: Speed of Light (Stated to move at light speed) | Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with Gilgamesh) | Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with Shinryu)
Lifting Strength: Class Y (Is capable of contending with Bahamut, who's able to move numerous planets through his summon) | Multi-Stellar (Is comparable to the Creator, who's able to carry his entire moon on his own, which is shown to have numerous star clusters inside) | Multi-Stellar (Should be comparable to her previous self) | Immeasurable (Is superior to Neo Exdeath and Enuo)
Striking Strength: Multi-Solar System level, far higher with Augments | At least Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level, far higher with Augments | Multiverse level+, far higher with Augments
Durability: Multi-Solar System level (Has tanked attacks from Zeromus, who is the manifested hatred of Zemus, far surpassing Lunarians like Golbez and Fusoya), far higher with Augments | At least Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level (Tanked attacks from The Creator and Gilgamesh), far higher with Augments | Multiverse Level+ (took hits from Shinryu), far higher with Augments
Stamina: Superhuman (He can fight through entire gauntlets of monsters without tiring, even against the likes of powerful beings like Zeromus. He has also faced the God of Eidolons, Bahamut, his Dark Counterpart, as well as an even more powerful version of Zeromus named Zeromus EG)
Range: Extended Melee Range with his Clawed weapons. Multiversal+ with magic (Magic as a whole is shown to affect omnipresent beings such as Exdeath when he's become one with the Void itself, which spans across the entire Final Fantasy Multiverse, can even banish foes into the Void with the Teleport ability)
Standard Equipment: A wide variety of Clawed weapons with a wide variety of innate abilities; a vast array of different armors and equipment that grants enhanced resistances to elemental attacks and status ailments; and a wide collection of items that can boost the user, recover their abilities in a wide variety of ways, and inflict numerous status ailments on their targets. A Crystal
Intelligence: Gifted. Is a skilled fighter in the Kingdom of Baron, even becoming a mentor to his soldiers in The After Years, and should be at least comparable to Cecil and Kain in terms of combat experience, who are superior in combat experience than the Baron knights, who are trained to analyze their targets in a few seconds to determine their weaknesses to take them down.
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks / Techniques:
*Item Lore: The user is capable of increasing the effectiveness of both healing and damaging items.
*Counter: The user automatically counter attacks when they get hit by the enemy.
*Curse: The user inflicts curse on the enemy, dropping their overall stats as a result.
*Tsunami: Casts a giant wave of water upon the enemy that can potentially cause instant death.
*Bluff: The user's intelligence increases drastically, increasing their spell's effectiveness.
*Cry: The user starts crying and drops the enemy's defenses by half.
*Dualcast: the user is capable of casting two spells at once.
*Bardsong: The user is capable of using the bard's ability to sing, being able to use a variety of abilities, such as healing, inflicting status ailments on the enemy, or damaging them.
*Hide: The user hides from the enemy, being undetected while capable of attacking from a distance with throwing items and bows.
*Recall: The user casts a random spell that can cause random effects to the target.
*Last Stand and Adrenaline: The user's strength and defenses increases when their health is low.
*Fast Talker: The user is capable of casting spells at a far shorter time than normal.
*Whirlwind: The user casts wind magic upon the targets and decreases the target's innate resistance to fire.
*Eye Gouge: The user inflicts blind on the target, enveloping them in darkness and messing their optical senses.
*Analyze: The user is capable of analyzing the target to determine their stats, strengths and weaknesses.
*Upgrade: The user can mix an elemental attack item with their weapons, gaining their innate powers in their weapons as a result.
*Inferno: The user casts a giant fire spell, damaging all foes in the area.
*Darkness: The user sacrifices some of their health to gain a massive boost in power.
*Focus: The user can store in energy to deal massive amounts of damage in their next attack.
*Kick: The user flies at the foes with a flying kick, attacking everything in the vicinity.
*Brace: The user reduces the damage taken by a large amount.
*Level Lust: The user is capable of increasing their stats at a faster rate than normal.
*Piercing Magic: The user is capable of bypassing spells that are capable of reflecting attacks back.
*Bless: The user's magic power recovers at a steady rate.
*Phoenix: The user can revive and restore other members should they die.
*Limit Break: The user breaks their previous limits, being capable of dealing damages tens of times greater than they could previously.
*Tenketsu: A special technique created by Yang, he deals pressure points on his target that negates durability, inflicts elemental damage, and even inflict instant death upon his target.
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