Kagaseo (JARS)

Ace Roguerider

* Roderick Roguerider (father)
* Meteora Roguerider (mother)
* Adonis Roguerider (brother)
* Cyrus Roguerider (brother)
* Ashera Roguerider (sister)
* Legiel Roguerider (brother)
* Meteos Roguerider (brother)

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*"Even if my power is only good for destroying, if I can destroy the Civilization Annihilation Game..."*
―Kagaseo[src]
*"Love connects our two realms together. Love of people, of cultures, of the world. Strive to preserve that which inspires hope in your people like those who walked the land before you, and you will find yourself standing at the pinnacle of Heaven's embrace."*
―Kagaseo's encouraging words to Meteos.[src]
**Kagaseo** (香香背男) is the God of Star from planet Earth. Also known as **Amatsu-Mikaboshi** (天津甕星), he has an obscure origin, but what is certain is that he is mentioned as someone who opposed the will of the Amatsukami. According to *Nihon Shoki*, he was the last obstacle to the pacification of Japan. At present, Kagaseo is the de facto leader of the covenant of gods who oppose the Civilization Annihilation Game. After Death used his power to forcibly modify the second timeline into a "third timeline", Kagaseo is inserted into Ars Goetia's plane existence to live as a human named **Ace Roguerider**.

## History

### Background

Kagaseo's original home was that of Earth before the Great Reset caused by Mu's forced disappearance took place. Worshipped by the Linto, a tribe inhabiting the ancient Honshu, Kagaseo performed his duties as a deity while adhering to the non-interference principle. That's why, Kagaseo did nothing when the Linto was exterminated by the invading Yamut Empire. However, the death of his people had driven him into anguish that he decided to depart the planet to clear his head.

Upon returning, Kagaseo learned that Amaterasu had broken the non-interference principle and sent Mu to another world. Disgusted, he confronted Amaterasu about this violation, but found out that she had already manipulated the Amatsukami and turned them against the Star God. It was unknown what happened after that, but Kagaseo ended up leaving Earth again.

Kagaseo learned about the Civilization Annihilation Games sometime during his wandering, rescued the captive Astarte, and visited planet Yggdra to make contact with the sibling gods Ashir and Mirook. Informing them about the future events, the siblings were initially skeptical, but soon allied themselves with Kagaseo after the prophecies came true one after another.

### Second Timeline

#### P[R]OL[OGUE] Arc

Appearing in Meteos Roguerider's Angel Fruit-induced dream sometime in April 1615 Central Calendar of the new timeline, Kagaseo is revealed to be the god who reincarnated Meteos, but not before putting his soul through a fight to the death to determine if Meteos deserved his right.

After the vision ended, Kagaseo appeared before Meteos and brought him to the sleeping Astarte in a bid to restore the goddess' diminishing divinity by making Meteos able to remember her name. He also informed the human about the nature of Japan and the Gra Valkas Empire's summoning to his world as a part of the Civilization Annihilation Game, a form of entertainment by the higher beings where the mortals' misery are cultivated and harvested by making them suffer in one way or another. Even though Kagaseo never spoken about his goal directly, Meteos is able to guess that his reincarnation and dream are merely a part of a larger scheme to help Astarte. When Kagaseo asked if it's alright with him, Meteos agreed.

After returning Meteos to the waking world and giving him a parting gift in the form of siblings, Kagaseo was visited by Ashir and Mirook, where the former informed him that he had finished gathering the souls as Kagaseo ordered. Kagaseo then instructed the distressed sibling gods to convey his knowledge of the future to the Kainian Priest-King to allow their people achieve the most desirable outcome, and when inquired by Ashir about this ability, Kagaseo simply smiled and told him that he has his own methods.

## Appearance

Kagaseo takes the form of a tall pale-skinned man dressed in a white traditional garb with red accents and ornaments. He has short, spiky white hair - two locks of which are wrapped in bandages framing either side of his face and wears a red patterned headband around his forehead.

## Personality

Initially appearing to be malicious and sadistic, Kagaseo openly belittles Meteos' worldview by insulting every single word that came out of his mouth and especially mocked his motivation. In addition, he also refers to mankind and other mortals as overhyped insects and monkey who are made to suffer for the higher beings' enjoyment. However, as Meteos, who transformed into Rogue, gets progressively stronger in the challenge to fight him, Kagaseo began to show genuine happiness as the human assaulted him with finishing moves after finishing moves.

However, it is later revealed that his antagonism toward Meteos is just an act which obscures his origins and how he ends up reincarnating Meteos' soul. After managing to restore the memory about Astarte in Meteos, Kagaseo is shown to be unabashed and extroverted, but civil toward the human and holds him in high regard for being a man who desires to defy fate.

Kagaseo has a deep hatred toward the Civilization Annihilation Game for wantonly destroying any world they deemed 'unrealistic' and sacrificing benevolent gods to fuel the games they hosted, as well as the audiences for cheering on the misery of mortals. While Kagaseo's stance toward humans at present is unclear, his declaration that Astarte's ideal world of love and peace is his ideal world as well suggests that he possesses a set of morals that differentiate him from 'higher beings' that comprises the Civilization Annihilation Game and its audiences.

Kagaseo is noted to have a rather interesting way of speech, in that in contrast to the polite and regal disposition possessed by other gods, Kagaseo instead incorporates modern-day slang to his speech. He also seems to have a fondness for professional wrestling which he refers as the "soap opera for men", in that he even relishes in his role as a 'Heel,' or antagonistic character in a storyline.

## Abilities

* **Godly Strength:** Kagaseo possesses godly physical strength, to the point that he has to wear a suit that greatly reduces his strength during the fight against Rogue lest he accidentally erases the human's soul from existence. It is also mentioned that he is stronger than at least Ashir and Mirook, and has killed many higher beings himself. Later, Kagaseo is shown to be able to effortlessly hold off three Civilization Annihilation Game's players at once and ripping one of them's arms without difficulty.
* **Future Knowledge:** Kagaseo has access to the knowledge from the future and is able to use it to his and/or his allies' advantage. It is mentioned that the structure of time itself is so complicated that not even gods can properly control it, yet Kagaseo somehow can.
* **Soul Guidance:** Kagaseo is able to pick souls from the afterlife and reincarnate them in another world.
* **Dream Manipulation:** Kagaseo can penetrate someone's dream to communicate with them.
* **Blessing:** Kagaseo can give his blessings to the people he chooses, just like he guarantees Meteora Roguerider's safe pregnancy despite her age.

## Etymology

"Kagaseo" is written in kanji as "香香背男", which means "Brilliant Male."

His other name, "Amatsu-Mikaboshi" (天津甕星), means "August Star of Heaven". In Western pop culture, Amatsu-Mikaboshi came to be seen as some kind of primordial evil god, but such notions have absolutely no basis on actual Japanese mythology where he's just a god like any other, not even seen as an evil one.

## Trivia

* The 'mika' in 'Amatsu-Mikaboshi' is written using a kanji that means "jar", which somehow fits with the acronym of the story that is began with Kagaseo's deeds, "**JAR**S".