Ken Katayanagi

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

### Relatives

Matthew Patel, Lucas Lee, Todd Ingram, Roxy Richter, Kyle Katayanagi, Gideon Graves ("Exes")

### Debut

VOX Box: Scott Pilgrim VS the Party Crashers

## Biographical Information

### Marital Status

Single
Exes (Ramona Flowers, Ex-Lover)

## Physical Description

### Ken Katayanagi: The Time Before - 888

Legends say that there was once a Daimon of the Void who did something forbidden and was punished by having its eight souls torn from its body and exiled from their eldritch domain, cursed to walk on Earth as eight beings with no memory of their former self.

### Ken Katayanagi: 888 - 1877

Two daimons emerged from a basalt cave together. Having formed together for unknown reasons, the two had an identical appearance and the two assumed they were twin brothers. As they discovered their own divine nature, they had differing opinions on how to proceed.

One chose to undertake a spiritual pilgrimage, seeking to gain wisdom by visiting many shrines and temples, and hoping that in so doing he would learn more about his purpose. The other refused to believe they were bastard gods of the dominant pantheon of the land and instead sought to build himself a heretic cult to usurp the local worship. Both would benefit in their early endeavors by virtue of having been born during the start of the Heian period of Japan, an unusually peaceful time.

After over two-hundred years apart, Fate would bring the twin daimons together again when both suffered violent injuries which forced them to release their corporeal vessels and form again in their basalt womb. The two had died only days apart and came across one another while they were preparing for their next move.

Upon seeing one another once more, the two spent weeks exchanging stories with one another and found that while each had exciting adventures, they had both ultimately failed to achieve their goals. After coming to this realization, the two decided to remain together.

Posing as samurais of the Katayanagi Clan, the two spent centuries among the nobility of Japan. At first, they kept their immortal nature secret from the mortals around them by employing a variety of tactics, such as one willing their body to age and having the other assume the identity of a son or sharing a single identity between them with one living as a recluse in a hidden workshop.

### Ken Katayanagi: 1877 - Present

With the restructuring of the late nineteenth century failing to honor the Katayanagi with positions in the ranks of the Kazoku, the brothers believed it was time to explore new horizons. As they prepared, they met a daimoness. Her arrival during a shift in Japanese industrialization, inspired the twins to use science as a way to further explore their shared nature. She stuck with them as their shared lover until war broke out and they chose to use their technological abilities to aid their homeland.

After the war, the two left Japan to search for their lover, but found her with another daimon: Gideon Graves. Interested in learning more of the Katayanagi's dual-nature and the discoveries they had made with science, Gideon proposed they join forces.

With Gideon's vast finances and the aid of other exiles, particularly Matthew Patel's mysticism and Todd Ingram's access to occult libraries in the Dreaming, the twins not only learned they had all once been one god, but believed they had the solution to bring them together again.

### Supplemental Reports

* (*Submitted by Four-Eyes*) Kyle & Ken represent duality, knowledge, and opposition. Since the start, they have considered each other "brothers" and have embraced mortal science more than the other exiles upon arriving on Earth and have fused that knowledge with their ancient magic to become mechanomancers able to create mechanical masterpieces and dominate cyberspace.
* (*Submitted by Four-Eyes*) Early into their shared travels, they came upon an elderly man in the mountains of Tochigi. The man was mostly blind and dying, telling the daimons he had set out to search for his two sons who rode off to join a war many years ago and never returned. Seeing an opportunity, the twins took care of the man, keeping him alive as they probed him to tell him more about his sons and his home. When he succumbed to death, the two robbed him of his possessions and buried the body. The two sold many of the noble's valuables to purchase armor and horses then rode to the man's home. Upon arrival, they claimed they were the missing heirs of the Katayanagi Clan and had been returning home with their father before his death. There were no shortage of skeptics, but the twins had their "father's" ring and intimate knowledge of the family to offer as proof against the claims of the naysayers. Eventually, the two found that many of their clansmen did not mind keeping their secret and the pair dropped the charade for daily life, only taking it up again when entertaining dignitaries or traveling, but mostly kept to the same story of being the twin sons of last daimyo.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* Daimon Physiology
	+ *Invulnerability & Immortality*
	+ *Gift of Tongues*
	+ *Mythic Intellect*
	+ *Mythic Might & Stamina*
	+ *Sorcery*
		- *Mechanomancy*
	+ *Supernatural Senses*
	+ *"Twin Link" (Aura Joining)*
* Master Hackers
* Master Martial Artist and Swordsman
* Master Roboticist and Engineer

### Weaknesses

* Adamant
* Ancient Rules
* Lust
* Sloth

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 5 - Master / Remarkable
* **Occult:** 5 - Master / Remarkable
* **Weaponry:** 5 - Master / Remarkable
* **Expertise:** 4 - Expert / Enhanced
* **Range:** 4 - Expert / Enhanced
* **Strategy:** 4 - Expert / Enhanced
	+ **TOTAL:** 75
	+ **RANKING:** Moderate Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Kyle & Ken Katayanagi are the fifth and sixth souls of the broken god. Originally, the "twins" took the same mortal appearance, that of a Japanese male, but have since embraced different aesthetic themes to reflect their unique identities. Kyle has changed his hair color to a golden brown and dresses in white while Ken keeps his hair dark and dresses in sleeveless red and black shirts.
* They met Ramona Flowers for the first time in Japan. She left them when science failed to explain their nature.
* During the contest he and his brother have antagonized Scott Pilgrim and sent a robot after him.
* He was defeated by Scott and exploded into a token.

### Notes

* Ken Katayanagi is a character from the *Scott Pilgrim* graphic novel series.

## Network Files

Network Files Katayanagi Twins.pngNetwork Files: Katayanagi Twins
## Appears In

Scott Pilgrim VS Everything Cover.jpgScott Pilgrim VS Everything CoverThe League of Exiles.jpgLeague of Evil ExilesRamona's Seven Evil Exes.jpgRamona's Seven Evil ExesScott Pilgrim vs The World.jpgScott Pilgrim vs. The World

## Links and References

* Appearances of Ken Katayanagi

1. ↑ Network Files: Katayanagi Twins
2. ↑ The Exiled Hebdomad
3. ↑ Network Files: Ramona Flowers
4. ↑ VOX Box: Scott Pilgrim Wins Some and Loses More