Kagerou Kizen

**Kizen Kagerou** (跪前 蔭狼 (キゼン かげロウ), *lit: Kneel before the Shadow Wolf*), currently living in America, he's a wandering Jujutsu Sorcerer for hire, who will accept nearly any job as long as it pays enough for his journey as he collects various cursed tools and treasures.

## Appearance

Kagerou Kizen is tall man, with a lean muscular frame. He has shoulder length wavy, black hair, which hangs slightly under his shoulders. It's usually tied back, leaving his bangs to frame the side of his face. In his casual attire he will often let his hair down messily or stylise it a bit when in the mood. Kagerou's main feature are his vibrant amber eyes, known to resemble the sky during dusk. They are usually hidden by his dark, nearly opaque, aviator sunglasses.

While working, he wears an all-black, high-necked open coat, which hangs over his shoulders, with matching pants. Underneath he wears a crimson, patterned dress shirt, and black shoes. His different casual attires, usually consist of dark colored or black long-sleeved shirts or hoodies, often times wearing jackets on top unless its too hot to do so, in which case he will simply wear a dark colored dress shirt with rolled up sleeves with matching pants or slacks or a simple black T-shirt.

## Personality

Kagerou is a usually very nonchalant and casual individual, cracking jokes with friends and foes alike. Nonetheless, he pays close attention to the people he cares about, often using his families name to his advantage in political scenarios. He is also known to become sadistic, and merciless to anyone he deems an enemy. He is extremely confident in his abilities as a powerful sorcerer, casually dismissing threats from both Special-Grade Sorcerers and Curses. In spite of his nonchalant attitude he is not a loud person and prefers to stay silent unless he believes he can have a pleasant conversation with whomever he is interacting with. But will make it obvious when someone has wronged him or someone he holds dear. Despite his sadistic disposition towards his opponents, he has a warm personality which is often covered under an indifferent attitude. In fact, even under an agitated state where his Cursed Energy begins to run wild, if a family member or best friend were to approach him in safety, he would calm down quickly. He will often put the needs of those people above his own, rarely taking time to indulge in his own desires and feelings unless he has taken care of theirs first. On another note, Kagerou is extremely good at cleaning and housework, and is known by his friends to be a great cook as well. This also lead to him being a bit of a clean freak, going out of his way to keep things clean and maintained.

In moments of crisis if finding an efficient and possible solution to save everyone is unlikely then he will prioritize saving the many and sacrifice the few. Thus, prioritizing the destruction of his enemy. However, he will not actively harm or kill innocents, although he is cold-hearted enough to let them die by the opponents attacks. This causes him to become increasingly impatient or agitated if too many innocents end up killed, as the fight prolongs until he reaches a certain emotional threshold where he then becomes completely taken over by his desire to win and falls into a cold-blooded, sadistic, and cruel frenzied state. During this state his control of his Cursed Energy reaches an all time peak as he bombards enemies with incredibly refined and mastered techniques one after the other with little to no rest in between, following with domineering physical prowess as well.

Kagerou wishes to break the binding vow set by Dōji which binds him and his soul to his weapon, Dōjigiri. Thus, he set himself to travel the world in search of Cursed Tools and Cursed Objects which can help him achieve his goal. Although this may be the case, he still tries to stay in contact with friends and family as much as he can, especially considering his current broke situation as he has no other skill besides fighting and housework.

## History

### Early Life

A child born between two rival families, the Kizen and the Katsurai, as well as being as being related to the person who abandoned his right to be Family Head for a woman of said rival family. Thus, Kagerou Kizen was hated and stigmatized in both Families due to his origins. The scorn he would receive from the adults of the clan influenced the children, who began to scorn him as well. Hence, he became ostracized. This lead to him becoming cold, distant and even antisocial to a certain extent in his childhood.

The only reason Kagerou was untouched was due to the high amount of power his father, Kenrou Kizen, possessed within the Kizen clan. If they moved in with the Katsurai, then there would be nothing to protect Kagerou from the clan members as his mother was just the average Grade 2 Sorcerer in the clan. Their treatment in the Katsurai would have been worse as well, due to him possessing Todomeki, an Inherited Jujutsu of the katsurai Family and mutated which they saw as a corrupt version due to it possessing the blood of their rival Family. As Kagerou grew, he became more and more apathetic and spiteful of the two Families. He would use his spatial sight to prank and hurt young members from afar, and thus his sadistic traits came to bloom.

However, one thing changed as he grew, his younger sister, Byakko Kizen was born. This, odd and truthfully the only child which he could take solace in, was similar to a ray of sunshine in the dark perspective of the world he had grown into. Although, he spent the first few months avoiding his younger sister, Kagerou quickly drew attached and began nurturing her with all he had to offer. Kagerou would read her stories to sleep and take care of her when their parents were busy. He would spoil Byakko and when he thought the world was all but cold and dark, this innocent child he cared for, showed him that happiness can be found in any depth of darkness. Thus, he vowed to keep his sister from suffering the same treatment he did within the Family. Kagerou would keep Byakko away from any potential sources of bullying or mistreatment as possible.

Thus, he became a protective older brother which only cared for his younger sister. But by the age of 9, Kagerou and his sister were unlucky enough to come across a Second Grade Cursed Spirit which attacked the young children as they were easy prey. Kagerou quickly decided to shield Byakko and run as far as possible. This moment is when Kagerou first unlocked his abnormal Cursed Energy and awakened his Innate Technique Perfect Zero. Although they were later saved by a Jujutsu Sorcerer, Kagerou was traumatized by the event and began shielding his sister from Curses as well and became even more protective. After his Cursed Energy awakening, his father regularly gave him lessons on Curses and Jujutsu.

### Jujutsu High

Kagerou entered Tokyo Jujutsu High at the age of 15. Due to his knowledge on Curses and Jujutsu and his distaste towards people, especially sorcerers and sorcerer families, Kagerou was arrogant and oppressive in his first year at jujutsu high. He would often pick fights on purpose and mock weaker sorcerers and students.

## Abilities and Powers

*Note:* This depiction of his abilities is only based off his fully unsealed state. Under his seal his abilities are extremely nerfed.

### Overall Skill Level:

Kagerou has self-proclaimed himself as one of the strongest, if not the strongest jujutsu sorcer, holding both immense curse energy, dangerously powerful techniques and superhuman physical abilities. He has also demonstrated the use of the Domain Expansion technique, even capable of activating it multiple times in a row with little to no drawbacks. Although, he is not known to be book smart or scholarly smart. Kagerou is known for his fighting skills and tactics to win any encounters.

**Proficient Learner:** They're a curious person, asking many questions to gain as much information as possible. Through his jujutsu he is of instantly processing any information attained to quickly learn and master new weapons and martial arts in little time.

**Genius Tactician:** Kagerou is a tactical genius capable of figuring out his opponents plan with minimum information. Although, his curiousity and proficiency in learning allows him to create even efficient plans with ease. He is shown to be extremely adaptable, learning how to counter opponents and figuring out their cursed techniques and processing knowledge at an insane rate. He is known to often overindulge himself in theoretical situations and potential tactics when he has the time which often leads to overcomplicated planning.

### Physical Abilities:

**Immense Strength:** He possesses great physical strength, capable of fighting against powerful curses without a problem. He oftentimes toys with the curses he's fighting if he is in an area where they pose no threat to anyone's safety.

**Superhuman Speed and Reflexes:** Kagerou is an extremely speedy fighter, managing to blitz powerful curses effortlessly, seemingly disappearing from sight as if teleporting. His immense speed is the trademark of his fighting style, even Special-Grade Sorcerers and Cursed Spirits are unable to follow his speed or cursed energy. This allows him to eliminate thousands of weaker cursed spirits in minutes.

**Incredible Stamina and Durability:** Kagerou couples his superhuman speed and reflexes and strength with his incredible stamina and durability. He is capable of being thrown through multiple concrete walls, survive multiple stab wounds, and fight for multiple days and nights.

**Master Hand-to-Hand combatant:** They are an extremely skilled hand-to-hand combatant, making quick judgements of their opponents movements and counter or dodge with refined movements and masterly body control. They can make refined attacks as well, stopping their movements instantly or adjusting the power in their strikes. Their proficiency allows them to learn an incredible amount of martial arts. Although, his main fighting style seems to be a fusion of Krav Maga, Muay Thai, Kick-Boxing and Capoeira with a side of Judo and Brazilian Jujitsu for grapples.

**Weapon Mastery:** Due to their sheer physical prowess and knowledge of martial arts and techniques, they are capable of learning and mastering many weapons with ease, although their favorite weapons seems to be their pistols and cursed tool, a double-edged longsword.

### Jujutsu:

However, this immense cursed energy of his is also a major drawback and one of the reasons for his Cursed Seal binding vow. Kagerou cannot fully control his potent Cursed Energy when he becomes agitated, as it goes berserk. His Cursed Energy is so potent he will begin to suffer from major mood shifts and uncontrollable negative feelings at random which causes it become even more volatile and harmful to himself and those around him. It has additionally be noted to spread a curse of misfortune onto him and those around him unintentionally.

Through his years travelling overseas, Kagerou further refined his Cursed Energy Control. He adds onto his impressive physical power, by strengthening his entire body with constant flow of Cursed Energy in combat. In this state, his speed and strength are tremendously increased and make opponents unable to read his energy flows.

 **Revealing One's Hand**: A commonly used Binding Vow by many jujutsu practitioners. By divulging how his cursed technique works, Kagerou can maximize the output of cursed energy in his next attack.

## Trivia

* The name Kagerou (蔭狼), means "Shadow wolf" although, Kage- (蔭) can alternatively mean "backing" or "support". His first name may also mean "Supportive Wolf", as he does support and back up the people he cares for and his friends. On another note, his surname Kizen (跪前) which means to "kneel before", which hints to his superior status and power compared to others.
* His alias, Black Hound (黑獹 (くろいぬ), *Kuroinu*), may also be understood as "Evil Hound" from the kanji (黑) which alternatively means "Dark", "Evil" or "Sinister". which references to his attitude and acts mid battle, being cold and ruthless and willing to sacrifice innocents if need be.
* His second alias Wicked Winter (犲冬 (サイトウ), *Saitō*), may also be read as "Wolf Winter" or "Cruel Winter" from the kanji (犲) which can alternatively mean "Wolf", "Cruel" or "Mean". Which is another reference to his cold and ruthless nature in battle, but also due to his favorite technique being the **Cursed Technique: Absolute Zero**.
* His favourite foods are sweet, salty, and spicy but will mostly eat anything.
* He hates bitter drinks such as coffee and will sustain himself on tea and chocolate milk or pour a large amount of sugar into the coffee.
* He is currently very broke living in America on the streets.
* His favourite animal is the wolf, although he likes and gets along with any animal, he often calls animal shaped curses "cute" as a result.
* He has a fear of alcoholic drinks, or Methyphobia, due to past traumas involving a specific cursed spirit.