Morgan (Pre-Crisis)

* Blue

 You think I'm a Ronin because I like this? Or-or I think it's cool? **Asteria**, I committed **the** capital sin the eyes of everyone involved. My master died, I have no clan, and Oni are slowly killing our world. **I had to become this.** I was forced to become something darker and betray the Bushido because the enemy does not fear swords; **they fear monsters.**
—**Morgan**[src]
Overview TBA.

## History

### **Prior to Bushidō**

#### **Birth & Adoption**

Morgan was born to two individuals in Las Vegas, Nevada, who immediately put him up for adoption. Later, this would be revealed to have been done by Agat, who influenced Morgan's life from the beginning. He wasn't given a last name as the parents refused to provide him with a full name but did state that they wished for his name to be Morgan. He would be placed in foster care for a few years before being adopted by Kanako Kamada and moved to Cilvia City, where she worked as a kenjutsu teacher.

#### **Bushidō: Book of Katana**

##### **Silas' Return**

After moving to Cilvia City with Kanako, Morgan would be raised to become a proper kenjutsu student and be instilled with Bushido's basic principles. However, Morgan and Kanako's lives became complicated as an individual from Kanako's past, Silas Shio, returned to kill Kanako for betraying the Shio Clan and stealing an ancient sword, the Musashi Masamune. Torn by her feelings of attempting to move beyond her Ronin past and her responsibilities to the child Morgan, Kanako takes Morgan and flees Cilvia City with the Musashi Masamune.

##### **Traveling With Oni**

The two would venture to Japan with Kanako hoping she could seek forgiveness and repent for stealing the blade by returning it. However, along their journey, they are attacked by a series of Oni, each of which tempts Kanako to give the Musashi Masamune over to them. Kanako successfully fended them off, but when they arrived at Shio Castle, she discovered that the Oni had killed the Shio Clan whenever Kanako returned to Japan with the blade. In her momentary grief, Morgan was absconded by an Oni named Naki, who sought the sword for himself to kill Akuma and become the ruler of Yomi.

##### **The Spirit of Yasuke**

Finally, coming to terms with being a Ronin, Kanako takes the blade as her own and travels to the Izumo Province to enter Yomi. As Naki brought Morgan to Yomi, he began to tell the young boy about his heritage and why Morgan was unique. However, when Naki brought the boy to Akuma and presented him to the devil, Akuma condemned Naki for bringing the descendant of Yasuke to his doorstep and claimed that he had killed them all. In the same breath, Akuma was slain by the lost soul of Yasuke, who retrieved Morgan from Naki.

As Kanako arrived, Yasuke and she killed Naki. Yasuke returned Morgan to Kanako and thanked her for watching over the boy. However, when Kanako went to ask Yasuke questions about his descendant, Yasuke ventured deeper into Yomi, disappearing in the distant supernatural snowstorm. As Morgan and Kanako returned to Cilvia City, she smiled and watched Morgan play with their dog. She would then start teaching her class, bowing to her students with hope for the future once more as a ronin.

#### **Bushidō: Book of Lucas**

##### **Friendship Everlasting**

As Morgan aged, a young man in Kanako's class eventually became friends with him. Morgan was roughly fourteen, and the young man, Lucas, was around sixteen. While the age difference should have been a factor in their friendship, it developed a healthy little brother, older brother dynamic between them. Lucas and Morgan often spared, with Lucas using his hands while Morgan used a bamboo sword. However, as they aged, Lucas began to utilize a greatsword after starting training with a family friend. However, this family friend would spur on a journey between the two brothers-in-arms.

##### **Ancestral Sins**

After a class with Kanako, Lucas invited Morgan over to play video games and watch movies. However, when they arrived at Lucas' home, the family friend, Edward, stood between them and the living room. Edward told Lucas that he needed his help and that his training would be put to the test. When Morgan asked what was happening, Edward drew a blade and began to attack him. This resulted in Morgan and Lucas fighting against Edward by approximating their respective weapons, with Morgan utilizing a metal broom as a katana and Lucas using a weightlifting bar as a greatsword. Seeing the two work together unexpectedly led to Edward's defeat, who submitted before Morgan and Lucas rendered him unconscious.

Injured yet impressed, Edward finally explained what was happening. A long time ago, Lucas' ancestor, Beowulf, defeated a being named Grendel and his mother. However, someone foolishly revived Grendal and his mother, who have now been seeking out the Beowulf lineage for revenge. Lucas was stunned, but Morgan said they would help, which made Lucas agree. Edward told Morgan to meet him at John's Diner tomorrow night as he took Lucas to the basement, and Morgan was sent home.

##### **The Way to Dusty Death**

The following day, after Morgan regaled Kanako with the story, Kanako brought Morgan to the outside combat area of the dojo. First, she commended Morgan on agreeing to help but then criticized him for doing so without being adequately prepared. Kanako would place a blade on the floor and continued. She said she would prepare him and then suddenly attacked him with a sword. Morgan dodged easy enough but suffered a blow to the face. Before Morgan could recover, Kanako attacked again, stating that his enemies would not give him a chance to gather his bearings.

However, Morgan dodged the follow-up attack, and when Kanako tried to attack a third time, Morgan grabbed the katana on the floor and brought it up to block the attack. It was here that the game began. Kanako would attack, and Morgan would deflect, then follow with an attack, and she would parry, which forced Morgan to dodge. This dance continued for hours until Morgan finally landed a blow against Kanako, a small cut on her thigh. At first, Kanako commented on how he missed a fatal blow, but when she surprisingly staggered and fell to one knee, Morgan commented how she always told him to work smart, not harder, and the cut had made a small tear in her leg tendon.

Kanako was impressed, to say the least, and commended him on the move. Helping her to her feet, Kanako told Morgan that he could undergo the adventure and take the katana with him. Inspired, Morgan donned a more minor samurai armor and ventured to John's Diner.

##### **The Black Swordsman**

When Morgan arrived at the diner, Lucas and Edward were awaiting him. Lucas, donned in black armor with a greatsword, greeted Morgan while Edward brought them inside the emptied restaurant. They planned to sit and drink mead to bring forth Grendal and his mother, which greatly confused Lucas and Morgan. Here, Edward explained that when Grendel's mother was killed, she was killed in a mead hall; thus, if they drink mead within the diner, it could be considered a modern mead hall as it is a gathering place.

Reluctantly, the two boys drank the mead. Then, they drank more and played music. Then Edward began to cook food as they continued to drink. Then, the festivities stopped when an unearthly screech came from outside the diner. Readying themselves, the three stepped out and found Grendal with his mother next to him. Lucas stabbed the greatsword into the floor, and as they stared each other down, Morgan lifted his sword gently and slid the blade forward slightly, which began combat.

Edward was restricted and then killed by Grendel's mother almost immediately, but Morgan slaughtered Grendel's mother with a swift strike that unnaturally summoned a lightning strike behind him. Leaving only Grendel, the two brothers fought valiantly against the beast, but Morgan cut the beast's tendons in his legs. The severed tendons led Grendel to fall to one knee, and Morgan cut off Grendel's right arm. Now immobilized and dismembered, Lucas cleaved Grendel's head off his body. And Morgan saw Lucas become who he was meant to be—the descendant of Beowulf, Killer of Grendel, The Black Swordsman.

#### **Bushidō: Book of Mari**

##### **To Be Young & In Love**

When Morgan became sixteen, he and any other young boy his age began to see women. However, Morgan was not like other boys, as he had fought mythical beings of death and destruction and was a Samurai-to-be, limiting his options. Though, there was one girl in Kanako's class who was beautiful. She had begun the advanced lessons with Kanako, utilizing actual blades as he specialized in kenjutsu, and Morgan often was the one who sparred with her. He would take this time to use their sparring as a means to communicate, using it as a dance of sorts. While Morgan believed that she did not understand, he used it to express his love, which he thought was unrequited. However, she did understand and responded in kind. Her name was Mari, and she was the greatest thing to happen to Morgan.

After a while of this dance, Morgan asked her on a date. The first date turned into more, and their friendship became more as time progressed. They fell in love, and it was everything that Morgan could've wanted. Their love language was sparring, and she soon surpassed Morgan in kenjutsu. She ended up exceeding everyone in the class, but there was one who was a rival of Mari's, Lilith. What began as friendly quickly became vindictive as Lilith grew jealous of Mari's rise in power and sought to defeat her. However, Lilith's belief of defeat became darker as she planned to kill Mari.

##### **Moments Before Disaster**

As Mari soared with her training and experience, Lilith stooped lower as she began to court an Oni for power. She sought out darker training and planned to use it against Mari with the intent to kill her and disgrace her. While her attempts were in vain, it wasn't until Lilith challenged Mari to a Sendo Kai (death meeting) for the right of Renshi over the class that her attempt succeeded. Kanako attempted to sway Mari from engaging in the combat. However, Mari, feeling the need to defend her own, agrees.

The night before the Sendo Kai, Lilith is greeted by an Oni who introduces himself as Gata (Agat in disguise) and promises her the power to defeat and kill Mari. With Lilith agreeing, Gata transforms Lilith into a Kitsune and prepares her for the coming Sendo Kai. Elsewhere, Kanako attempts to stop Mari from going through this and reveals that she knows of Lilith's darker attempts to court Oni. Morgan agrees it is a bad idea, but Mari challenges him to a sparring session for the right of Mari's choice. Knowing that Mari would win that session, Kanako takes his place.

As their battle begins, Kanako goes for attacks that would immobilize Mari to prevent her from fighting. However, Morgan becomes increasingly more concerned as Kanako has stopped using techniques and switched to more savage attacks. Just as Mari has fallen to one knee and submits, Kanako raises her blade to cause an indefinite injury, but Morgan leaps in front of the katana and takes the slash to his back. Not dead but deeply injured, Mari asks him why, and Morgan states that it was always her choice as he passes out from the injury. And the gauntlet for the Sendo Kai is thrown.

### **Bushidō**

#### **Agat & All of His Friends**

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#### **The Sengoku Period**

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#### **Training with Minato**

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#### **The Honnō-ji Incident**

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#### **Becoming a Ronin**

 *...I'm gonna kill you. Maybe not **today,** maybe not **tomorrow**. But... **I'm gonna kill you.***

—'***Morgan** to **Agat** at the Demon Gate.*

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### **Bushidō Book Two**

#### **Agat's Revenge**

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#### **The Legion Calls**

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#### **Honor Killed The Bushidō**

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#### **Dastardly End**

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### **Bushidō Book Three**

#### **50 Years Exile**

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#### **The Daughters of Agat**

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#### **Raven's Song**

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#### **Harakiri's Lament**

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#### **The Bushidō Ronin**

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### **Bushidō: Book of Peace**

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### **Bushidō: Blood On The Leaves**

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### **Bushidō Book Four**

#### **Twilight of The Heroes**

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#### **The High Priestess**

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#### **Friday Night Firefight**

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#### **Life Is But A Dream**

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### **Bushidō: Book of Shadows & Leaves**

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## Personality

 *...I think once this is all over, **I'm going to move back to Las Vegas and melt into the sand.** Slow dance with Elvis and The Rat Pack. Maybe drink with Frank Sinatra. I love Cilvia City and it made me who I am. But... **It's not that good of a person.** I think I will go to Vegas and **feel something again.***
—'***Morgan** to **Kanako** about what he had hoped to do after killing Agat.*

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## Attributes

### Powers

 *He won't boast about it or speak on it but Morgan is... Morgan is something else. **His only power is agelessness.** He doesn't age. You would think this makes Morgan an easy target but because of his skills... Morgan is immortal unless someone is a better fighter or they can stop him before he starts to attack. But **there's nobody better than Morgan with swords.***
—'***Raven** about **Morgan'**s abilities.*

**Agelessness/Enhanced Longevity**: Due to an unintended consequence of Agat's time-traveling spells, Morgan can no longer physically age, potentially living indefinitely. As a result, he has retained his youthful prime and vitality chronologically in his eights after being trapped for fifty years in the 40th Century. However, it is essential not to confuse this with immortality. Morgan can still die and is susceptible to cold, starvation, or physical injury. He can still be killed as an average human would. After killing Agat at the beginning of time and then being revived by Izanami, Morgan still retained this ability, and when asked why, Izanami explained that it was a reminder. His agelessness does not apply to his metabolism or hair, as Morgan still needs to eat, drink water, and sleep, and his hair does continue to grow. There is, however, an upside to his agelessness. Morgan does heal from wounds received faster than usual. While not remarkably fast, Morgan recovers relatively quicker than some of his contemporaries, such as when he healed a broken bone in a single night.

### **The Spirit of The Ronin**

As revealed by the 40th Century version of Raven, Morgan is the current iteration in a long line of individuals known as "The Ronins." Being the present spirit of The Ronin, Morgan can seek out his previous incarnations for wisdom, guidance, and training to deepen his combat knowledge. There have been several Ronins, but the one that continuously assists and seeks Morgan out is Minori, considered the greatest Ronin to exist. She warned Morgan of the impending danger that Agat posed to the future and warned him against attempting to save his ancestor, Yasuke. While there is no actual ability outside of his being able to interact with the previous Ronins and allow others to view them, it is considered a power as it is unnatural.

### Abilities

* **Ken to Jū no Gakkō Swordsman**: Above all other abilities, the one that makes Morgan so dangerous is that he is a master swordsman. He is hailed as one of, if not the greatest, sword fighters in the past, present, and far-flung future. Karate Kid of The Legion has stated that Morgan's techniques are taught in the future, not just on Earth but across the galaxy. He has bested individuals from the Sengoku Period of Japan who were hailed as legendary swordsmen and has fought against and defeated several Oni's that are supernaturally enhanced. Morgan gives off the air of being superhuman with his combat prowess, as some of his things are impossible to comprehend, such as cutting metal in half, dismembering Oni with skin as tough as titanium, and cutting trees in half with a single swing. Morgan has mastered all forms of Kenjutsu and their derivatives, such as Kendo and Iaido. However, when he turned eighteen, Morgan began to experiment. He eventually developed his style known as Ken To Jū No Gakkō (School of Swords and Guns). It is an off-shoot of Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū ("the school of the strategy of two heavens as one"). Whereas Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū utilizes two blades, Ken To Jū No Gakkō utilizes a blade and a handgun. This style has made Morgan expectedly dangerous as he can fight at all ranges effectively. The only rival Morgan had to himself was Kanako, later proven false after Morgan was exiled in the 40th Century for fifty years. His defeat of Agat strongly showcased the capabilities of his style. Later, when he and Twilight defeated The High Priestess, Morgan showcased the ability to utilize lethal moves non-lethally. Even Asteria Locke was surprised by Morgan's swordsmanship and complimented him. Before Morgan killed The High Priestess, Asteria was the better swordsman of the two. After defeating The Cult of Agat, Morgan handily defeated Asteria in their sparring session and began to further her teachings by utilizing Ken To Jū No Gakkō, a concept she did not know prior.
	+ **Rigorously Conditioned Physiology**: As a result of being rigorously trained by Kanako, Mintao, and later, Mari, Morgan's body has been mystically and physically enhanced to the point of being near superhuman. He is physically capable of lifting close to a thousand pounds but is lean enough to run at speeds under 30 miles per hour. He can exert himself for several hours before getting tired and has shown the ability to go nearly weeks without eating or drinking by using meditation to sustain himself. Following this, Morgan has gained a better sense of self and can manipulate body parts to achieve unnatural effects. Such as healing faster, slowing his heartbeat to appear dead, or even filtering out toxins.
	+ **Adept Marksman**: As Ken To Jū No Gakkō is predicated on understanding and utilizing handguns, Morgan is a pretty accomplished marksman. His specialization is revolvers, as he has hit targets in very harsh conditions. Morgan's prowess with pistols is highly respected, as Morgan has shown to be able to shoot warning shots accurately, purposefully graze individuals, and hit targets that exceed the typical range of pistols. His sharpshooting ability was so great that he could shoot a released arrow aimed at him while riding a horse. While Morgan can utilize a sword very well, his preference is to use a gun over everything. This preference was shown whenever Morgan encountered Mari in the future, and he threw her his sword while he used his handgun.

* **Maestro Stealth & War Tactician**: At the beginning of his career as a Samurai, Morgan followed the Edo Bushido to the letter. He consistently attacked head-on, was always forward with his opponents, and was honest in combat. Morgan would even telegraph his attacks to let the enemy know what he was doing. However, after Minato's death, which resulted in him becoming masterless and feeling great shame, Morgan forsook the Edo Bushido. Morgan took a much more silent and deadlier approach after becoming "The Bushidō." Thanks to his superior speed and agility, Morgan has invaded entire compounds of Oni and taken them out without anyone realizing it. He has become an army of one in his time, even only being equipped with a katana and wakizashi. His strategic mind was why Twilight defeated Agat's forces and how The Titans defeated The Cult of Agat.

* **Teaching Prowess**: As his life has recently become relatively normal, Morgan took up teaching nitōjutsu at Kanako's dojo. What started as a means to make money and to keep himself sharp quickly became a passion of Morgan's. He profoundly loves teaching and cares deeply for his students, such as assisting a student who ran away from home. Morgan believes this is a secondary calling for him and plans to do it seemingly forever, as he cannot age.

* **Handloading Expert**: The process of making bullets is known as "handloading," and Morgan was forced to master it over the years. Initially, Morgan learned how to do it, as Kanako wanted him to be independent if he ever found himself in a situation where he couldn't buy bullets. This skill proved helpful as Morgan was able to create shells during the Sengoku Era and later, in the far-flung future during his fifty-year exile. After becoming accustomed to building them himself, Morgan rarely spends money on them and instead creates them.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Father's Fur Coat**: While his parents are unknown, Morgan does have one thing of his father's. When his parents were in the hospital, his father left his fur coat in the seat he was sitting in. After being adopted by Kanako, he was given the jacket when he turned thirteen and has since never taken it off. It has gone everywhere with him, even during his fifty-year exile.

* **Themysciran Gun-Belt**: As Morgan utilizes a unique fighting style that he developed himself, he has consistently needed a holster. The first was a simple police holster that he gained from Kanako when he turned eighteen and began to develop the technique. The second was created in the past by a leatherworker inside Kamada Castle, but this was lost when Morgan traveled through the Demon Gate. The last and most recent gun belt was created by the Amazons of Themyscira when Morgan was there briefly. It resembles his original gun-belt but is made of mythical leather to be more resilient to the elements. It also is cosmically linked to Morgan, meaning that if he loses it, it follows itself to him, even through space and time.

### Weapons

* **Ushinatta Musuko Mitsukatta**: After completing his training, the Ushinatta Musuko Mitsukatta is a sword given to Morgan by Minato. Ushinatta Musuko Mitsukatta translates to "Lost Son Found," which relates to Morgan's orphan status, unknown parents, and his ancestor Yasuke. While on the surface, the blade has no properties outside of being incredibly sharp, it was later revealed that it is mystically enhanced. Morgan lost the blade during his fifty-year exile but regained it after encountering Raven of the 40th Century, who bestowed him with his future deceased counterparts.

* **Oni no Satsujinsha**: At first, Morgan utilized a simple Colt Python with rubber bullets to practice his swordsmanship. However, this was later changed to real bullets whenever he first faced off against Agat, but during his travels in the 31st Century, he lost his Colt Python. However, when he met with Raven, who had survived in the 40th Century, she gifted him his future counterpart's Colt, which was named Oni no Satsujinsha (Demon Murderer). While it is a simple Python, it has been etched with ofuda's (Japanese sigils) to allow for the killing of Oni and the incapacitation of human enemies. These ofuda remove the need for the gun to use physical bullets as it draws on mystical energies from Yomi to be used. This weapon was used to significant effect as it was the one that killed Agat and has since become highly sought after by various Oni.

## Notes

* Morgan (Pre-Crisis), and by extension, Europa exist outside of mainstream DC Universe continuity. Themselves, their stories, and other characters are unrelated and not connected to the DC Multiverse.

## Links and References

### References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bushidō Book Three
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bushidō Book Two