Sage Rellandawn

### Relatives

Raizen Rellandawn XI (Brother), Kaichi Rellandawn (Brother), Hikari Kamakura (Partner)

## Physical Description

### Eye Color

Dark Violet (Prior to selection), Navy Blue (Inactive), Electric Blue (Active)

### Hair Color

Black (Prior to selection), Navy Blue (Inactive), Electric Blue (Active)

**Kazuo "Sage" Rellandawn** (Referred to by most as **Sage**) is an eleventh-generation Lightning elemental and the central Protagonist of UnitEleven. Orphaned at the age of one, he is eventually selected to become the Eleventh-Generation Peacekeeper by complete accident.

## Appearance

Sage is a slightly below average height young adult with dark skin and a slender build. He is not underweight, but is physically out of shape and doesn’t have much muscle on him. Because of the middle school incident, Sage has a gold lateral incisor implant in place of one of his teeth that he lost. Before he was selected, Sage’s hair was originally jet black, paired with dark purple eyes, which are two definite characteristics of an Akumare. After becoming a Peacekeeper, in his passive state his hair and eyes become a deep shade of navy blue. When his powers are activated, they both become a glowing electric blue. As another characteristic of Akumare, he also sports a mole above his nose and above the eyebrows, slightly offset towards his left eye.

In terms of clothing, Sage’s outfits tend to vary greatly. His signature outfit is his white tracksuit, with powder blue highlights. Additionally, during the winter months, Sage can typically be seen wearing varsity jackets and jeans. When he’s alone at home, he can usually be seen wearing sweatpants and a random graphic tee. When it comes to shoes, he was known for wearing the same pair of tennis shoes every day since he could not afford/find good pairs of shoes. However, after meeting Hikari, who is known for being a shoe game expert, he began to be seen with many different pairs of shoes, especially Jordan brand shoes.

## Personality

Originally, at a young age Sage was upbeat and full of energy, supported by his mother who promised to uplift him no matter the situation. He also gravitated towards machines from a young age, looking at car magazines before he even knew how to read. His personality was unable to develop very far before the death of his mother, and afterwards he grew up very secluded from his peers. Living amongst strangers in a group home seemed to accentuate this as well, and as a result Sage kept to himself and preferred to live life that way, even from a very young age.

In the present day, Sage is very set in his ways. He believes that the best way to survive is to fall into line and make as little trouble as possible for the ones who run society. Part of this involves him refusing to make any friends and insists upon being alone. Despite this, he tends to hold onto and grow attached to people that he meets, even if he doesn't show it. This is only a small bit of evidence that suggests that Sage's distant exterior is nothing more than a façade, and that his true personality lies beneath. In reality, there is more to him that meets the eye.

At his core, Sage isn't very brave, but is compassionate and believes in respect for others because he thinks that it takes too much effort to be hateful towards another person. Even though he believes in respect for all, he rarely ever stands up for what he believes in, given past events. Additionally due to this, Sage is usually passive in his behaviors, choosing to follow along and let his peers lead him, including situations where he needs to assert himself. Despite his shortcomings, Sage can be dedicated to any given task as long as the motivation is there, as evidenced with his grind to catch up to his peers in terms of strength and elemental prowess. He is also shown to be slightly overly obedient, often handling any task asked of him that he is qualified for, or at least attempting to carry out the order. His obedience to authority figures is something that developed after the incident as he believed that it would keep him out of any more danger, and it was one of the “positives” that the Peacekeepers found in him after he was selected.

## Relationships

### Hikari Kamakura

Sage first meets Hikari during senior year of high school, when she asks if she can sit at the same lunch table as him since she had nowhere else to sit. The two sat with each other over the course of the year but never conversate until they become Peacekeepers, after which they begin to have full conversations. These conversations begin to carry the two outside of school together one day, where they encountered a group of delinquent students giving them trouble. Using martial arts, Hikari manages to take out all of them, which causes Sage to ask her to teach him how to fight.

Over the course of their training together, Sage begins to feel a close friendship forming, and is secretly extremely grateful to have her as a friend, as he's never truly had one before, even if he acts like it's no big deal. But after the night of the Vera Retrieval and rescuing Hikari, he starts to realize he may view her as more than just a friend, and confirms that he does have feelings for her.

### Ria Ward

While their first encounter was awkward between the two, Ria quickly befriends Sage and becomes something of a older-sisterly figure in his life. Ria provides Sage with emotional support during the early arcs when Sage lacks confidence, and tells him to keep his head high and never stop believing in himself. She plays a pivotal role in developing Sage's self confidence and supports him in battle. She also finds the relationship between him and Hikari to be very endearing and is frequently protective of the two, perhaps to a level of overprotectiveness. When she finds the two in rough shape during the Vera Retrieval sequence, Ria is overcome with anger and sadness towards Virian and urges the couple to escape while she exacts revenge on him for attacking the two.

### Niko Harper

Initially, like most other people, Sage does not get along with Niko. Sage finds Niko to be embarrassing most of the time, but would rather see him get his life back on track than laugh at his suffering. Once Niko gets evicted and Sage finds Niko sleeping on his doorstep, Sage begins violently lambasting him, telling him off for how much of a failure and a disappointment he's been and how he needs to be better for his own sake. This moment marks a turning point in Niko's life, as from this point forward he begins his journey of self improvement and tries to piece his life back together.

After this point in their relationship, the two gradually begin to become acquainted with each other and even become friends at a certain point. Niko credits Sage with saving his life with his early morning rant on his doorstep. The two can be seen hanging out at times later on in the story.

## Background

Sage spent his early years living alone with his mother in the Bottom West neighborhood of Northport, located in the Beckford borough. At the age of six, his mother was murdered in a home invasion that left him in a group home with no connection to his biological parents. In the aftermath, Sage became reserved and considered a pushover by others, believing it was smart to fall in line with what is expected from him by society, and not stray from the path laid out for him. This attitude alienated almost everyone he spent time around and thus Sage rarely ever had anyone to call a friend, a reality that he seemed to accept. As a result, his childhood years following his mother's death were largely uneventful.

As Sage grew older, he began to rummage through abandoned buildings for materials to sell to scrapyards. In this process, he developed an interest in using these scraps to create machinery, typically automobiles. This continued throughout high school

## Trivia

* From an early age he decided to go by Sage instead of Kazuo, and only likes it when Hikari calls him Kazuo or Kaz.
* Sage is an avid listener of hip-hop and has practiced music production in the past. He has said his favorite music artist is JID, and his favorite hip-hip producer is The Alchemist.
* As well as being a music enthusiast, Sage is primarily passionate about mechanics and wishes to become an auto engineer, a passion he developed whilst stealing materials from abandoned buildings for money. As evidence of his interest, Sage has been working assembling a motorbike from scratch since he was in the 7th grade.
* His favorite TV show is Mob Psycho 100.