Kirito

## **Kazuto Kirigaya**

**Kirito**, real name Kazuto Kirigaya, is a Spriggan solo-player, and one of the POV characters of Fairy Dance of Death.

## Profile

### Background

Kirito was one of 2000 people lucky enough to partake in the closed beta for Alfheim Online, and spent more time wearing his Nerve Gear and playing in the beta than he did interacting with his family.

### Appearance

Kirito's player avatar in the closed beta was based on one of his favorite manga protagonists.

## History

### Chapter 2 (1)

Kazuto Kirigaya logged into Alfheim Online for the first time since the beta test at 1:00 PM, JST, just in time for the opening of ALO's servers. He chose to load his character profile from the beta test, not expecting it to carry over anything beyond character appearance.

After appearing in Arun, and checking to confirm that indeed, nothing had carried over, he was approached by an NPC who explained that the High King Oberon had summoned all the faekin under a flag of truce to hear an announcement. Kirito was surprised by this development, but didn't let it distract him overly, and found an NPC Vendor to buy new equipment from. With that done, he chose to head outside of Arun to a low-level area to farm some mobs and get back into the swing of the game.

After taking a minute to re-familiarize himself with flying, Kirito was interrupted by a Salamander named Klein who had recognized that Kirito was a beta-tester, and asked for help learning how to play. Kirito agreed, and began by teaching Klein how to fly.

The two spent around four hours together, and went on a dungeon delving trip to complete the tutorial quest and level up to level 3. Around 5:30, Kirito reminded Klein of his pizza, only for the older man to discover that the log-out button was non-functional. Soon after this discovery, the pair was teleported to Arun's plaza alongside every other player in ALO. Expecting 'High King Oberon', Kirito and Klein were instead met with a GM avatar making an announcement.

### Chapter 3 (2)

Kirito was present for Kayaba's announcement of ALO becoming a death game, and was transported to Penwether along with every other Spriggan. Almost immediately, he set out for Lithjagg to complete a quest, knowing that all the farming spots near Penwether would be taken. Along his way, he received a DM from Argo.

## Abilities

* **Voluntary Flight**: Kirito is skilled in flying without the use of the flight controller, and as such can fly faster than any player using it.

## Trivia

* Kirito's avatar in the closed beta for ALO was based on one of his favorite manga protagonists.

## External Links

Kirito article at the Sword Art Online Wiki, a wiki for the Sword Art online series

Kirito article at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

## References

1. ↑ "he'd spent a long time crafting the appearance of his final character, modeling it after one of his favorite manga protagonists." (https://archiveofourown.org/works/2393225/chapters/5289278)
2. ↑ "Now they appeared at need as Kirito tried to remember what it had felt like to train himself to use Voluntary Flight, imagining that he could feel the wings growing from his back and getting them to respond to specific muscle movements. It took a few twitches and false starts, but it was like riding a bicycle: a little tough to get at first, but once you did, you never really forgot. In moments he heard the familiar deep thrumming sound of his wings beating, shining iridescently with the stored power of the sunlight that allowed him to fly." (https://archiveofourown.org/works/2393225/chapters/5289278)