Black Kaze

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<label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> Black Kaze was a cell-block leader in the Birdcage.

Appearance & Personality

Black Kaze is described as an "ordinary looking" Japanese woman with her hair in a ponytail in prison sweats<ref name="27.3"/>. Her fingers constantly twitched, as if searching for a weapon they expected to find<ref name="27.3"/>. She was very measured in her movements during combat<ref name="30.2">Speck 30.2</ref>.

Her experience with the Endbringer attack (Leviathan) broke her psychologically, driving her into homicidal frenzies that could be triggered by any combination of stress, exhaustion, hunger, pain, grief, despair and any other negative emotions that were in abundance in the ruins of Kyushu<ref name="playtest"/>. When she was captured and put on trial she remained cognizant and controlled <ref name="27.3"/>. In none of her appearances has Black Kaze spoken.

Abilities and Powers

Black Kaze is capable of teleporting by using her weapon's movement<ref name="playtest">Playtest Capes</ref>. The greater the arc of her swing, the greater distance she can cover with a maximum range of about 50 feet. She is capable of striking an approximately 40 foot radius with ten feet of leeway from her start and end point. While teleporting, innumerable versions of herself occupy space in the area between herself and the target point<ref name="email1">Private Email by Wildbow, archived on Spacebattles</ref>, moving for a fraction of a second (not long enough to be seen<ref name="30.2"/>). Black Kaze has an enhanced physique and is highly skilled in fighting with in depth awareness of her surroundings brought on from years of practice and untreated PTSD<ref name="playtest"/>.

In actual combat she is able to moderate the swings she makes with her weapon, for example multiple small swings allow for multiple short range teleports. She is also able to strike the ground a hundred times, kicking up clouds of dust, moving chaotically within the created effect, executing available targets with one final swing of her blade, or focus<ref name="Reddit1">Comment by Wildbow on Reddit</ref> to absolutely shred a single target with a thousand small cuts by teleporting past them<ref name="email1">Private Email by Wildbow, archived on Spacebattles</ref>.

Her experience left her with a superb connection to her Agent, though this has heavily damaged her ability to interact with others<ref name="Reddit1"/>.

History

Background

Following Leviathan's attack on Kyushu, Black Kaze went around killing anyone she saw. She purportedly killed tens of thousands of people, killing survivors, killing rescuers, boarding the ships that approached too close to the ruined area and killing the crews, and rendering a widespread area devoid of life. She was considered an urban legend<ref name="27.3">Extinction 27.3</ref>.

Living on her own, scavenging, and possibly as a result of health problems that went untreated on her own, she started to slip. She may or may not have fainted during combat<ref name="Reddit1"/>. She was captured and sentenced to the Birdcage<ref name="27.3"/>, where she became a cell block leader<ref name="I16"> Interlude 16</ref>.

Post-Slaughterhouse Nine

Black Kaze attended a meeting of cell block leaders in the Birdcage, but did not speak<ref name="I16"/>. She was one of the twelve cell block leaders to engage in dialogue with the various factions at the Cauldron forum.

Golden Morning

She was given the okay for release from the Birdcage to fight against Zion<ref name="27.3"/>, she stayed close to Masamune during these events. She engaged Zion alongside Acidbath<ref name="30.2"/> before the various parahumans began coordinating.

Trivia

• Kaze means wind which makes her name black wind, or possibly dark wind or foul breeze or similar.

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