Nogitsune

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## Nogitsune 野狐

* Corporal Rhys
* Stiles Stilinski
* True Form

## Biographical Information

### Born

* Late 10th/Early 11th Century (Aged 1,000+)

### Occupation

* Causing and feeding upon pain, chaos, and strife

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Kills

* Numerous Camp Oak Creek Employees
* Numerous Camp Oak Creek Internees
* Katashi
* 3 Oni
* 2 Hospital Visitors
* Unknown number of Sheriff's Deputies
* Unknown number of BHMH Employees
* Allison Argent (indirectly)
* Aiden Steiner (indirectly)

### Cause Of Death

* Impaled by Werewolf claws/Magical Katanas (as a vessel) (1st Time)
* Werewolf Bite/Impaled by Magical Katanas (as a vessel) (2nd Time)
* Impaled by Hope's Magical Katana/Burned to Death (3rd Time)

### Killed By

* Rebekah Mikaelson, Satomi Ito, and Noshiko Yukimura (as a vessel) (1st Time)
* Hope Mikaelson, Lizzie Mikaelson, Josie Mikaelson, Scott McCall, and Kira Yukimura (as a vessel) (2nd Time)
* Derek Hale and Theo Raeken (with Hope Mikaelson and Jordan Parrish)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Aaron Hendry  (Corporal Rhys' Form)
* Dylan O'Brien (Stiles' Form)

**The Nogitsune** was a major antagonist in Season 3 of *Teen Wolf*. He is a Void Kitsune who feeds on chaos, pain, and strife. He was first mentioned by Katashi in *Silverfinger* when Chris Argent, Allison Argent, Hope Mikaelson, Josie Mikaelson, and Isaac Lahey came to him to ask him about the Oni demons who had recently come to Beacon Hills. Katashi explained that the Oni were hunting a Nogitsune, or a Void Kitsune, by examining every supernatural creature they came upon to make sure they hadn't been possessed by the dark Kitsune in question.

It was then revealed at the end of the episode that the Nogitsune had possessed Stiles Stilinski at some point following his death and resurrection as a result of the surrogate sacrifice ritual performed by Allison, Scott, and Stiles in *Alpha Pact*. As a Void Kitsune who fed on chaos, strife, and pain, the Nogitsune used Stiles' body to create the very feelings in others that he needed as sustenance to increase his power, and used the Nogitsune flies that he could produce from his body to infect others with anger in order to create more chaos, purposely distracting the McCall Pack to the point where they would be too overwhelmed to interfere with his plans.

In *The Fox and the Wolf*, it was revealed that Noshiko Yukimura was responsible for summoning the Nogitsune in 1943, when the aftermath of the riots at the Oak Creek internment camp (and the government's subsequent cover-up of the deaths of the internees) made her so angry that she prayed to her Kitsune ancestors to allow a powerful Nogitsune to imbue her injured body with power and heal her so she could take revenge on those responsible for the deaths of her fellow internees.

However, instead of possessing her as intended, the Nogitsune actually possessed the body of her recently deceased lover, Corporal Rhys, who then went on and killed the remaining campers and employees at Oak Creek before Noshiko and her friends Rebekah Mikaelson and Satomi Ito neutralized the Nogitsune by expelling it from Rhys' body with Noshiko's and Rebekah's magical katanas, causing him to revert to his fly form, which was then trapped in a jar and buried in the roots of the Nemeton. The Nogitsune would remain a prisoner in this jar until Stiles Stilinski, Allison Argent, and Scott McCall's surrogate sacrifice ritual, in conjunction with Jennifer Blake's geokinetic abilities causing the Nemeton's root cellar to collapse, unintentionally released the Nogitsune in autumn of 2011.

The Nogitsune then possessed Stiles' weakened body at some point afterward, using his then-limited control over Stiles to commit acts of chaos, strife, and pain that killed multiple people over the span of several weeks. After eventually amassing enough power to leave Stiles' body and create his own human body that was identical to Stiles, he went on to attempt to force Stiles to kill himself, claiming to end the game if he did so. However, when Stiles, Scott, Lydia Martin, Hope Mikaelson, Lizzie Mikaelson, Josie Mikaelson, Cora Hale, and Kira Yukimura finally saw through the illusions he had created around them, they were able to fight back. They eventually defeated the Nogitsune after Scott gave him the Bite, weakening him enough for Kira to stab him with her katana, turning his vessel to dust and once again reverting him back to fly form, which was trapped in a box made of the wood of the Nemeton before it was cut down, where he remains to this day.

In 2026, Liam Dunbar, Hikari Zhang, Paxton Yoshida, and Selena Parker were attacked and overpowered by a mysterious hooded figure, who freed the Nogitsune from the Urn so they could seek retribution together against Scott, Hope, and their packmates. Upon stealing the nine tails of Kitsune Deputy Ishida, the Nogitsune summoned nine Oni demons and manipulated a recently-resurrected Allison Argent and Brett Talbot into helping him in his revenge plot. The Dark Kitsune had his Oni target and abduct the majority of Scott and Hope's packmates and allies before bringing them to his illusionary world, where he hoped Scott and Hope would die at Allison's hands. However, Allison and Brett's memories of their life were restored by Lydia and the twins and they helped their loved ones vanquish the Oni, prompting the Nogitsune to reveal that Scott's Bite nearly twenty years ago allowed him to assume a malformed and monstrous Werewolf appearance. Despite the Nogitsune's best efforts, he was overpowered by Scott, Hope, Theo Raeken, Isaac Lahey, Derek Hale, and Derek's son Eli before being incinerated into nothingness by Jordan Parrish along with Derek and Theo, who was keeping the creature immobilized.

## Early Life

Very little is known about the Nogitsune's early history, though it can be assumed based on his own comments about being one thousand years of age that he was born in the late 10th or early 11th century at the latest. What he did with his life between then and the 20th century is a mystery, but in 1943, the eight-hundred-year-old Celestial Kitsune Noshiko Yukimura, severely wounded in a riot at the Oak Creek internment camp in Beacon Hills, California, prayed to her ancestors for *kitsune-tsuki*, or possession by a fox spirit; specifically, a Nogitsune, also known as a Void Kitsune, which are notable for the fact that they feed on and are empowered by chaos, strife, and pain; since Noshiko wanted to give herself a necessary source of power with which to heal and get revenge on the government officials who were covering up the riot, the Nogitsune's natural personality fit well with her current agenda.

Unfortunately for Noshiko, Kitsune are also notorious for having dark senses of humor, which makes requesting *kitsune-tsuki* a dangerous task. This was soon proven to be the case, when, instead of possessing Noshiko as she had asked, the Nogitsune possessed the body of her deceased human lover, Corporal Rhys, who had died shortly beforehand from complications resulting from being hit with a Molotov cocktail in the riot. After taking control of Rhys' body, the Nogitsune went on a rampage, killing everyone in his path at the camp, regardless of whether they were American soldiers or Japanese-American internees.

Noshiko, horrified by the death and destruction that she had inadvertently wrought by summoning the Nogitsune, grabbed her magic katana from under her bed, and, with help from her friends an Original Vampire, Rebekah Mikaelson and a bitten Werewolf named Satomi Ito, she was able to use her sword to exorcise the Nogitsune from Rhys' body. The Nogitsune was then reduced to its fly form, making it easy for Noshiko to capture it in a glass mason jar, which she buried in the roots of the Nemeton, a magical and sacred tree used by the Druids which had yet to be cut down at this time; the power that the ancient tree possessed allowed it to keep the Nogitsune imprisoned within its roots for the next seven decades. However, during this time, the Nogitsune, deeply offended by the fact that Noshiko had summoned him to Earth only to imprison her for doing what she wanted, made plans for his revenge in the event that he was released from his prison.

## Personality

The Nogitsune, as an ancient Dark Kitsune, is a true trickster who relishes in creating chaos, strife, and pain, along with other negative emotions, in order to feed himself and gain more power. He is exceptionally skilled at reading people, and knows exactly how to manipulate others in order to cause the maximum amount of drama and pain. This was evidenced on numerous occasions, including: when he threatened Stiles' loved ones, knowing that Stiles would allow him to take control of his body in order to protect them; when he used the secrets Stiles had overheard as a child in order to emotionally manipulate Melissa and Rafael McCall; and when easily convinced Scott to absorb the pain from Isaac, Coach Finstock, and a dying deputy so that he could then take that pain from Scott and convert it into more power.

Another example of this is how the Nogitsune used William Barrow's obsession with "children with glowing eyes" to manipulate him into capturing Kira, and knew exactly how to trick Kira into activating her foxfire for the first time so that it would shock Stiles and jumpstart the Nogitsune's powers so he could gain greater control over Stiles' body. He was also skilled at setting up multiple distractions to ensure that no one would try to interfere with his plans, and had several contingency plans in case of any unforeseen complications. Like most Kitsune, the Nogitsune is easily offended, and it was implied that part of the reason why he caused so much chaos in 2011 was because he was trying to get revenge on Noshiko for summoning him to Earth, only to imprison him after he did what she wanted.

## Physical Appearance

Since the Nogitsune has only ever been seeing possessing the bodies of others, it is unknown what he truly looks like. However, like all Void Kitsune, he appears to have chrome fangs that he can extend and conceal at will, and he can take on the appearance of a fly.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

The Nogitsune, as a 1,000+ year old dark Kitsune, was an especially powerful Fox spirit who seemed to have a high skill level in his powers. However, it is likely that he has many more powers than those that were shown on the series. The powers he was shown to use on-screen are as follows:

* **Super Strength**: As an ancient Kitsune, the Nogitsune possessed superhuman strength, though unlike many Kitsune, his strength was at least equal to that of an Alpha Werewolf. The Nogitsune could easily break out of handcuffs and other restraints, and was able to throw Derek Hale across the room with little effort. Despite his great strength, The Nogitsune preferred to use his intellect and trickery to destroy his enemies as befitting a trickster spirit.
* **Super Speed, Agility, and Reflexes**: As an ancient Kitsune, the Nogitsune possessed superhuman speed that allowed him to look as though he was a blur when he ran. He is also incredibly agile and had rapid reflexes, allowing him to quickly dodge attacks and catch projectiles. He used this ability to catch the taser darts when Allison Argent shot at him with her stun gun.
* **Accelerated Healing**: The Nogitsune possessed an enhanced regenerative healing ability that gave him immunity to all human diseases and conditions and allowed him to heal from the majority of wounds; mild to moderate wounds healed within minutes, while more serious wounds could take several hours. He was presumably unable to get drunk on alcohol or high on drugs due to the fact that his body healed too quickly.
	+ **Longevity**: Kitsune are very long-lived creatures who can potentially live for centuries, due in part to their advanced healing factor. The Nogitsune claimed that he was over 1,000 years old, and since no one has yet found an effective way to truly kill him, it is quite possible that he's actually immortal—all attempts to kill the Nogitsune have ended in his vessel being destroyed with his spirit living on in the shape of a fly.
* **Electricity Immunity**: As a Kitsune, the Nogitsune is immune to all forms of electricity, as proven when he caught a taser dart and was completely unaffected by the electricity surging through his body. This immunity is usually related to a Kitsune's foxfire ability, but since the Nogitsune was never seen producing electricity of any kind, it is unknown if he has the ability to create, control, and release foxfire.
* **Aura Manipulation**: All Kitsune have flaming auras around their bodies in the shape of a fox that is undetectable by the human eye. With age and wisdom, they can learn to both conceal it from supernatural eyes or make it visible to anyone, regardless of their human or supernatural identity. Given the Nogitsune's immense age and advanced control over his powers, it is likely that he can conceal his aura from many different supernatural creatures, allowing his possession of Stiles Stilinski to go unnoticed for many weeks.
* **Shapeshifting**: Kitsune are often referred to as shapeshifters due to their trickster nature, and it has been said on several occasions that a Kitsune can shapeshift into a human form after they reach 100 years of age. The Nogitsune has been shown to take the form of a fly, which he can then use to possess others, though it is unknown if he has further shapeshifting abilities.
* **Possession**: Also known as *kitsune-tsuki*, the Nogitsune has the ability to possess the bodies of humans (it is unknown if they can possess other supernatural beings as well, though it has been implied that they can possess other Kitsune who are in human form). The Nogitsune used this power to possess both Corporal Rhys and Stiles Stilinski, possibly among many others in his millennium-long life.
* **Pain Absorption**: Like Werewolves and Werecoyotes, the Nogitsune possesses the ability to absorb pain from living beings through tactile contact. This ability manifests in the form of darkening blood vessels that begin at the point of contact and work their way up from the fingers to the arm toward the chest and neck. As a Void Kitsune who feeds on chaos, strife, and pain for sustenance, the Nogitsune's pain absorption power was much more advanced than that of other creatures. However, it is unknown if the Nogitsune can siphon the effects of other negative emotions during his feedings in this manner as well.
* **Illusion Casting**: As a Void Kitsune, the Nogitsune possesses a very powerful ability to create lifelike illusions to confuse and disorient his victims. He has used this ability on numerous occasions, including: influencing Stiles' dreams while he was possessing him; causing Stiles to believe he was playing *Go* with him on the Nemeton in the White Room while inside his mind; causing Scott McCall and Lydia Martin to believe that they were making out with Allison Argent and looking for Jackson Whittemore, respectively; and making Scott, Stiles, Lydia, and Kira Yukimura believe that they were in the snow-covered garden at Ikeda's house in Japan rather than at the high school in Beacon Hills.
* **Zoopathy**: As a Void Kitsune, the Nogitsune had the ability to produce and control swarms of flies from within his body, which he then could use to turn humans and supernatural creatures into his thralls. The flies would enter the body through an orifice (such as the mouth, nose, or ear) or through a wound and would take root in the back of the throat. From there, the Nogitsune could control what the possessed person would do. In some cases, such as with William Barrow and Oliver, they were simply given a task to perform, usually in order for the Nogitsune to gain control of their host or to give him more power. However, in other cases, the Nogitsune would lower the thralls' inhibitions and increase their anger, causing them to act on their rage when they ordinarily wouldn't; for example, Isaac Lahey went after Ethan and Aiden to gain revenge on them for killing Erica Reyes and Vernon Boyd, despite the fact that they were then packmates and had made peace, while Derek Hale attacked Chris Argent in retribution for his sister setting the Hale House Fire that killed his family. There are two known methods to free a person from the control of the Nogitsune fly: the person can either be fed wild purple reishi mushrooms, which will cause them to cough up the fly, or the fly can be physically removed by another person by reaching into the back of their throat and extracting it.
* **Teleportation** (possibly): In *De-Void*, the Nogitsune/Void Stiles completely vanished during a skirmish between the Oni and Sheriff Stilinski, Chris Argent, Derek Hale, and Allison Argent and then appeared at Eichen House so he could confront Noshiko Yukimura. It is unknown if he used teleportation to accomplish this feat, or if he simply had an exceptionally powerful form of super-speed to achieve a similar effect.

### Abilities

* **Cunning/Wisdom**: As a 1,000+ year old Kitsune, the Nogitsune has had over ten centuries to learn an exorbitant amount of knowledge and to gain a mastery over strategy and human psychology/behaviour, making him a formidable opponent and very difficult to outsmart.

## Weaknesses

* **Letharia Vulpina**: Canine supernaturals, such as kitsune, werewolves, and werecoyotes are vulnerable to a specific type of lichen called *letharia vulpina*, also known as "wolf lichen." This lichen has been used for centuries to kill real foxes, coyotes, and wolves by mixing it in with meat and broken glass, but instead of killing supernatural creatures, it simply weakens them considerably, particularly when the lichen has grown from the blood of a nogitsune like the kind that Alan Deaton obtained in Japan. Deaton once injected Void Stiles with an infusion of letharia vulpina, which allowed Stiles to regain control of his body for roughly three days before the Nogitsune became strong enough to take control back from him, though this effect was hastened by the sedatives and antipsychotic medications that he was given by Brunski while in Eichen House.
* **Change to Host**: According to the Shugendo Scroll, the most reliable way to neutralize a Nogitsune is to change its host, such as by having the host bitten by an alpha werewolf. When Scott McCall did this to the Nogitsune, he was weakened enough by the bite that Kira Yukimura, Hope Mikaelson, Lizzie Mikaelson, and Josie Mikaelson were able to stab them in the chest with their katana's, turning his vessel to dust and reverting the Nogitsune to his fly form. However, this will not kill the Nogitsune—it will only eliminate its host and make it weak enough that it can be put into a strong prison, if such a prison is available.
* **Oni**: Oni are Japanese demons who hunt down and eliminate various Void Kitsune, and the Nogitsune can be killed by the Oni if it is weak enough. However, if the Nogitsune amasses enough power from feeding on exceptional amounts of chaos, strife, and pain, he will be strong enough to kill the Oni, who are otherwise very difficult to kill.
* **Lack of Sustenance**: The Nogitsune survives and empowers itself by feeding on chaos, strife, pain, tragedy, and other powerful negative emotions that are occurring in his presence. When he is sequestered from other beings, he is unable to feed on these emotions and becomes weakened, as is what happened during the nearly seventy years he was trapped in the jar within the roots of the Nemeton; upon his release, he was forced to manipulate his host, Stiles Stilinski, into putting himself in the position to be electrocuted by Thunder Kitsune Kira Yukimura's foxfire, which jump-started his powers within Stiles' body and gave him back a significant portion of his strength.
* **Silver**: While not confirmed, it is thought that the Nogitsune is vulnerable to silver arrows like the Oni, given they are both built of one or more fireflies.