Forum:Tatsuyi Kirigaya, Vibebreaker of Shadows

"If we are to strike a truly damaging blow to the Swordsman’s army of traitors, we must eliminate their most powerful commanders....such as his vermin spawn."

- Viznoor, the Black

Tatsuyi Kirigaya, Vibebreaker of Shadows (also known as Tatsuyi Kirigaya and Tatsuyi, Son of the Black Swordsman) is the eldest son of Kirito, the Black Swordsman and Asuna, Kirito's Betrothed and the brother of Yuji Kirigaya, Konno Yuuki, and Yui Narusaka.

As the scion of Kirito's army known as the Shadowkeepers, he commands the Shadow Collective, his personal group consisting of the members of the Shadow Army.

He is the main antagonist of the Paradox expansion, having played a role in the deaths of Rudolph McAlister and Robert E.O. Speedwagon's associates and appeared in the High Orbit Dungeon as the final boss.

Childhood
Born on October 7th, 2028 during the aftermath of Japan's destruction, Tatsuyi was raised by his parents Kirito and Asuna, whose memories of Aincrad would lead him to work alongside them.

Rebirth of Aincrad
Some years after his parents killed countless Auradonians and heroes, including Zavala, Tatsuyi participated in various events of the Shadowkeeper Apocalypse, one of which involved killing Vibe, a metahuman whose real name was Cisco Ramon, before stealing all of his powers and implementing them into his Necrotic Grip gauntlets and his signature weapon, the Thorn Hand Cannon.

The Rogue Empire
Sometime during the Apocalypse, he and his family would decide to meet with mob boss Castris in the hopes of uniting her crime syndicate with the Shadowkeepers. However, when they realized that the mob boss, instead, refused the offer, the Vibebreaker became outraged and plotted the syndicate's downfall. With the help of an equally angry Tyranaks and his lieutenants, he would begin to organize a plan to rope the Criminal Empire into war by framing them for slaughtering their Vanguard associates and supplying the Shadowkeepers with weapons, while framing the Vanguard remnants for capturing and killing their trusted members, starting with the murder of Ashe-5. In the process of this conspiracy, he would also discover that Vanguard agent Rudolph McAlister has been investigating the syndicate, keeping him alive long enough to send the false leads of the Criminal Empire's allegiance to the Shadowkeepers before finally sending Kotrik to finish him off. He would also discover that Robert E.O. Speedwagon is also investigating the Syndicate for its alliance, to where he plotted to deceive him with a fake Castris, with the help of the Fusion lieutenant Lilthis. After confronting Speedwagon himself and seeing him convinced about the falsified evidence, he would paralyze and render the agent unconscious and escape. Since then, he has remained in the shadows, leaving his newfound, Fusion-empowered associates to continue to enact his will.

Family

 * Yukito Narusaka, grandfather
 * Aoi Narusaka, grandmother
 * Kazuto Kirigaya, father
 * Asuna Yuuki, mother
 * Yui Narusaka, sister
 * Konno Yuuki, sister
 * Yuji Kirigaya, brother

Appearances

 * Destiny 2
 * Paradox