The Shiftling

==Summary==
The Shiftling, also known as Hide, is the child of Saito Dosan and Miyoshino. When they were a child, they witnessed the murder of their mother at the hands of Kashin Koji and nearly died at his hands themselves. From this point onwards, they would live in solitude, slaying evil yokai, until an incident with a villager fated them to visit a nearby village under attack. Investigating the attack, they nearly turned mad with rage in their yokai form had it not been for the timely intervention of a merchant named Tokichiro.
Hide and Tokichiro would then go on to work for different masters, Saito Dosan, then Oda Nobunaga, who had granted the name 'Hideyoshi' onto both of them. Soon however, the assassination of Oda Nobunaga would force a rift between the two as Hide realized that Tokichiro had been corrupted by Kashin Koji, their parents' murderer. Tokichiro and Hide would eventually have their fated clash, with Hide forcing Kashin Koji out of their friend, and sealing the evil alongside themselves.
Upon being reawakened by Lady Maria, Hide joins forces with Anjin to destroy the corrupting force of Otakemaru once and for all.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | At least | At least , possibly 
Key: Early Game | Mid Game | Late Game
Name: Determined by the player, Hide, Hiddy
Origin: Nioh
Gender: Determined by player
Age: Unknown, older than 43 years old 
Classification: Half-yokai half-human, Shiftling, Yokai, Samurai
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Excels in the usage of swords, spears, axes, hammers, kusarigama, tonfa, odachi, and various thrown weapons such as kunai and shuriken; considered to be the most skillful warrior in all weapon types in all of Japan by masters of each weapon.Nioh 2, 2020, Winds of RuinNioh 2, 2020, Weapon skill treesNioh 2, 2020, Wave of Terror), Acrobatics (Hide is capable of advanced maneuvers to get around an opponent, jumping and flipping as they fight), Martial Arts, Non-Physical Interaction (Is part Yokai, which are composed of emotions and spiritsNioh, 2016, The Man with the Guardian Spirit), Regeneration (Low-Mid, shown to be capable of healing lethal gunshot wounds in short time; can use items to hasten their healing. With the Rejuvenation Talisman, Hide can heal over time from debilitating injuries like thrusts through vital areas.Nioh 2, 2020, Elixir item), Ki Manipulation (Capable of exerting ki around themselves to cleanse corruption, regain stamina, and achieve other niche effectsNioh 2, 2020, Ki Pulse), Magic (In the form of Onmyo Magic and NinjutsuNioh 2, 2020, Onmyo skill treeNioh 2, 2020, Ninjutsu skill tree), Corruption (Some of Hide's weapons are imbued with Corruption, able to debilitate enemies after build-up, draining their kiNioh 2, 2020, Corruption), Purification (By exerting their ki around them he can cleanse corruption. Hide can also cover their weapon with purifying energy that debilitates yokai after build-up.), Extrasensory Perception (Can detect and see invisible creatures such as Kodama and Spirit Guardians.Nioh 2, 2020, Twilight Missions Hide can also use Divination Talismans to enhance their compass and detect treasures and notable items in the area much better. Hide is also able to fight even when blinded themselvesNioh 2, 2020, Blinded Status Effect), Air Manipulation (Hide can use Gust Talismans to summon the winds and deflect projectiles thrown against them. Hide can also use the Tengu Fan to send a vortex against their enemy.Nioh 2, 2020, Tengu Fan item), Shockwave Manipulation (Hide's many active skills can generate shockwaves, their Shockwave Talisman in particular can cause them to generate stunning shockwaves whenever they attack. Hide can also use Ki Burst Talismans to create a shockwave that hurts enemies.), Fragrance Manipulation (Hide can throw piles of excrement at their enemies, which builds up the Stench status effect, reducing the effectiveness of healing items.Nioh 2, 2020, Dung Ball ItemNioh 2, 2020, Stench Status Effect), Energy Manipulation (Through Onmyo, Hide manipulates dualities and the spiritual energies of the world to achieve magical effects), Stealth Mastery (Is trained by Kato Danzo, and is a master of many complex ninja arts, and also trained with Hattori HanzoNioh 2, 2020, Way of the Ninja), limited Invisibility (Sneak Thief Scrolls makes Hide undetectable until they attack or touch an enemy.), limited Status Effect Transferal (With Impurity Transference Jutsu, Hide can transfer any Status Effect they suffer onto their opponent.), Illusion Creation (With the Quick-Change Scroll, Hide can barely avoid death by switching themselves out with a smoke clone, returning to battle with a small portion of health.), Afterimage Creation (With the Yokai Burst Counter: Feral, Hide can make an afterimage that stuns an enemy when hit.Nioh 2, 2020, Shiftling skill tree), Soul Manipulation (Can manipulate Amrita, AKA Soul Stones, to strengthen themselves and perform countless superhuman feats- he can also extract Amrita from slain foes, effectively taking their soulsNioh 2, 2020, Amrita), Absorption (Capable of absorbing the Amrita of slain enemies), Elemental Manipulation (Through Onmyo and Ninjutsu, Hide can conjure attacks based on fire, earth, water, wind, and lightning), Summoning (Hide can use various talismans to summon Guardian Spirits, Elemental, and Shikigami that explode and deal elemental damage. Hide can also summon yokai to attack with their Yokai Skill.Nioh 2, 2020, Yokai Skill ), Homing Attack (Hide with the use of onmyo can create projectiles and elemental familiars that hone in on an enemy. The Blessed Blot Talisman in particular can be summoned and automatically flies toward an enemy's weakspot.), Transformation (The Shiftling can change into their Yokai Form during battle. They can also shift into various yokai They can also overload an enemy with Amrita, as it is theoretically possible to transform them into a mindless rampaging beast, as seen with Ishida Mitsunari; doing so is not in-character for the ShiftlingNioh, 2016, A Defiled Holy Mountain), Memory Manipulation (Hide can access people's memories via absorbing their AmritaNioh, 2016, Amrita Memories), Teleportation (Capable of teleporting back to shrines and places of worship. Hide also can move back and forth between the land of the dead and the living.Nioh 2, 2020, Travel Amulet), Healing Aura (With the Oasis Talisman, Hide creates a space that can heal their allies when they are close to each other.), Life Manipulation (With the Life Leech Talisman, Hide can heal every time they damage an enemy.), Portal Creation (Capable of creating portals to the Yokai realm, a purely energy-filled place that overlaps our ownNioh 2, 2020, Yokai Water Pot item), Statistics Reduction (Through various means he can lower the strength, speed, stamina, etc of their opponents- such ways include Sloth and weakness talismans, Yokai Water Pots, and others), Statistics Amplification (Constantly grows stronger through usage of Amrita, can further amplify their own strength through magic and ninjutsu alike, such as via the Carnage talisman or the Power Pill. Hide can also use Barrier Talismans to increase their own stamina regeneration. Can also increase their speed with Tiger-Running Scroll.), Damage Boost (Hide can use various talismans to increase their damage, Carnage Talismans do so at the cost of their defense. Talismans of the Fist increase Hide's bare-handed attack.) Shapeshifting (Hide can do this via the Teahouse transformations as wellNioh 2, 2020, Hidden Teahouse), Afterimage Creation, Explosion Manipulation (Maintains a variety of explosive weapons and ammunition.Nioh 2, 2020, Horoku-dama item Hide can also use several talismans that can cause enemies to blow up upon death.), Smoke Manipulation (Via Smoke Ball can conjure smoke to hide them from their enemies), Status Effect Inducement (Hide can use various items to debilitate their opponents, Lifeseal Talismans reduce an enemy's ability to recover ki.), Paralysis Inducement (Hide maintains multiple magic and ninjutsu based means of placing a foe in prolonged paralysisNioh 2, 2020, Antiparalytic Needle), Poison Manipulation (Carries several poisons on their person), Limited Precognition (Guardian Spirits can detect and warn them of incoming dangerNioh 2, 2020, Saoirse Guardian Spirit), Immortality (Types 4 and 8, being a yokai, Hide cannot truly die and resurrects at Shrines. Even when killed with a yokai-killing dagger, Hide simply woke up in the Interim.Nioh 2, 2020, The High-spirited Demon), Limited Power Nullification (With the Barrier Talisman, Hide immediately dispels Yokai Realms upon contact.), Adhesive Manipulation (Can hurl pots of sticky goo at foes to slow them down and entangle themNioh 2, 2020, Sticky Pot item), Holy Manipulation (Maintains several items blessed by one of the many gods of Zipangu, such as the Hyottoko MaskNioh 2, 2020, Hyottoko Mask item), Limited Reactive Evolution (Can increase the Amrita gained from each consecutive kill, for a time, via calling upon Saisetsu-shinNioh 2, 2020, Saisetsu-shin's Sake item), Clairvoyance (Signpost Talismans inform Hide of the next step in their journeyNioh 2, 2020, Signpost Talisman item), Weapon Creation (Onmyo Magic allows them to create spectral blades that float around them and serve them, slicing enemies that come too close), Light Manipulation (Can also form weapons from pure light), Damage Reduction (The properties of their armor and magic can significantly reduce incoming elemental and physical damage.Nioh 2, 2020, Armor Hide can use the Devigorate Talisman to reduce enemy attacks, as well as Steel Talismans to increase defense and reduce incoming damage. Hide can use Protection Talismans to absorb a fixed amount of damage though it only absorbs a certain amount of damage before its effect wears off. Hide can also use Arrowproof Amulets to turn themselves invincible against projectiles.Nioh 2, 2020, Arrowproof Amulet Item), Limited Supernatural Luck (Can increase their own luck, increasing their odds of finding exceptional things), Mind Manipulation (Through Onmyo, Hide can somewhat control the actions of an opponent- such as forcing them to do a single gesture or follow a single basic command), Sense Manipulation (Can blind enemies with equipment), Self-Destruction (Touch-Me-Not scrolls teach the art of exploding upon death), Limited Flight (Hide can slightly levitate to avoid difficult terrain via ninjutsu), Sound Manipulation (Can negate sound and thus use it to muffle the sounds of their presence), Limited Power Mimicry (Hide can copy and learn the skills of various opponents and yokai), Accelerated Development (Hide has learned various disciplines and mastered them in a far shorter span compared to other masters), Resistance to Fire Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Poison Manipulation, Statistics Reduction (Has numerous items through ninjutsu and onmyo that allows them to take less or reduce build-up resist the stamina-decreasing effects of the Yokai Realm and Dark Realm with Barrier Talismans), and Soul Manipulation (Retains their soul when they are slain, even when done by enemies known to be capable of absorbing Amrita.)
Attack Potency: Small Building level (Fought and killed Waira, who can dig underground Nioh 2, 2020, An Error in Calculation) | At least Building level (Superior to Honda Tadakatsu who is comparable to Umi-Bozu, who can destroy naval ships with casual easeNioh, 2016, The Ocean Roars Again) | At least Multi-City Block level (Fought a post-game William Adams when they reawakened, who scales to this featNioh 2, 2020, The Blue-eyed Samurai), possibly Mountain level (Fought Daidara-Bocchi who could purportedly shatter mountains, cause earthquakes and create lakes with his footprints.Nioh 2, 2020, Yokai illustrations)
Speed: At least Supersonic+ (Should scale to William Adam's feats of dodging long-range lightningNioh, 2016, The Spirit Stone Slumbers as well as nearly point-blank cannon and gunfire), higher with special skills | At least Supersonic+ (Should be superior to before, can somewhat keep up with even quicker enemies), higher with special skills | At least Supersonic+, higher with special skills
Lifting Strength: Class 100 (Can parry blows from Onryoki, whose metal weights are in the tens of tons of massNioh, 2016, Isle of DemonsNioh 2, 2020, A Hollow Fortress) | Class K (Capable of contending with Honda Tadakatsu, who is comparable to both Umi-Bozu and The Great Centipede, both of which weigh in excess of 100 metric tonsNioh, 2016, The Silver Mine Writhes) | At least Class K (Far stronger than previously, fought UminyudoNioh 2, 2020, A Song to Calm the Storm, a being comparable to Umi-Bozu in size and did similar damage to a fleet of ships)
Striking Strength: Small Building level | At least Building level | Multi-City Block level, possibly Mountain level
Durability: Small Building level | At least Building level | Multi-City Block level, possibly Mountain level
Stamina: Superhuman (Able to undergo long campaigns and fight for long hours without exhaustion. This is much higher with Barrier Talismans)
Range: Extended Melee Range with weapons, up to Hundreds of Meters with ranged weapons and magic
Standard Equipment:
*A list of all swords Hide can use
*A list of all dual swords Hide can use
*A list of all spears Hide can use
*A list of all axes/hammers Hide can use
*A list of all kusarigama Hide can use
*A list of all odachi Hide can use
*A list of all tonfas Hide can use
*A list of all bows Hide can use
*A list of all rifles Hide can use
*A list of all hand cannons Hide can use
*A list of all suits of armor Hide can wear
*A list of Ninjutsu tools Hide can equip
*A list of Onmyo Magic talismans Hide can prepare
*A list of special tools Hide can use
*A list of common items Hide can use
*A list of projectiles Hide can use with their ranged weapons
*A list of smithing materials Hide has
Intelligence: Gifted in combat, Hide is a talented warrior, having mastered many of these skills and fought opponents with large amounts of experience and training. Their study of the weapons of Japan was so miraculously advanced that masters who had dedicated their lives to single weapons praised them, rivaling even the great William Adams in skill and feats.
Weaknesses: Hide is vulnerable to going berserk in their yokai form
Notable Attacks/Techniques: 
List of all possible techniques that Hide is capable of
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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