View source for Kazuo Kagayama

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| fullname=Kazuo Kagayama
| alias=Sewer Monster
| arcana=Tower Reversed
| nature=Shadow Possessed
| gender=Male
| age=Early 40s
| faction=Unaffiliated
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!The Lurker Beneath, the Insatiable Beast of the Depths, the Hunter of the Dark Hour
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| [[Image:LurkerBeneath2.jpg|250px|center|The Lurker Beneath]]
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! Stat !! Natural + Shadow = Total
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| style="text-align: center" | STR
| style="text-align: center" | 60 + 65 = 62
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| style="text-align: center" | MAG
| style="text-align: center" | 50 + 55 = 52
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| style="text-align: center" | AGI
| style="text-align: center" | 52 + 64 = 58
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| style="text-align: center" | VIT
| style="text-align: center" | 63 + 69 = 66
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| style="text-align: center" | LUK
| style="text-align: center" | 50 + 57 = 53
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! Weak !! Resist
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| style="text-align: center" | ELC
| style="text-align: center" | WTR
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| Kazuo's Resonance is of a very dark sort. Dark and heavy and somewhat cold, like the air in a tunnel that is not reached by the sun. Violence lurks around the edges, but also a sort of thin, breathy fear, threaded throughout the whole works. Like the quickened breathing and widened eyes of someone desperately certain that a predator has their trail.
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| At the moment, largely all of Kazuo's "relationships" are more the Lurker declaring this person or another as known threats and/or prey.

* The only exception to this so far is [[Hinata Itoh]], who he met in nicer circumstances. The fact that the Lurker regards her as something of a threat is causing a bit of dissonance within the man. [[Minako Arisato]] is in a similar situation.
* Also of note is [[Mitsuru Kirijo]], for even more drastic reasons. While Kazuo's conscious and logical mind acknowledges the reasons behind her actions, in his current state that part of his mind is rather badly damaged. Which leaves the Lurker to scream and hate her with a rage like the heart of a star.

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| ''Constant work in progress, suggestions welcome''

; The Lurker:
* Apocalyptica - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTD2lKew4iI Path]
* Apocalyptica - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOdwUDOCZT0 Until It Sleeps]
* HalfLife OST -  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLxu2W9k5eU Cavern Ambiance] (The Lair of the Lurker Beneath)
* Jesper Kyd - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obs2f42Q0tU Wetlands Escape]
* MDFMK - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e6H3bboKKU&NR=1 Missing Time]
* R3FORGED - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swdo_aqsgjQ Omen]
* Sonic Mayhem - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku6bYX2VyMs Noize Purge]
* Static-X - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeM44jONxMg Night Terrors]

; Kazuo:
* Assemblage 23 - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMekl53C9zA Infinite] (Past events)
* Mediaeval Baebes - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiUm-fVwKPk Kinderly] (Look up the translated lyrics, trust us)
* Metallica - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKM_VAbd5o Until It Sleeps]
* Nightwish - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLzfZ_47XSk For the Heart I Once Had]
* Sarah Brightman - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65CFK8YNuE Fleurs Du Mal]
* Vast - [http://youtube.com/watch?v=8S_R13jV11Q Touched] (His lost wife)
* VNV Nation - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOUOJ9_POw Beloved (Grey Dawn)] (Another one for his wife)

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| <blockquote>"The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility."

: '''[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Eric_Hoffer/ Eric Hoffer]''', ''"The True Believer", 1951 (1902 - 1983)''</blockquote>

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| Men can be pushed in strange directions by what Fate hands to them. Once he was a prominent scientist, with a wife, a home, a life. Once he was working towards the salvation of humanity. Ten years ago, that was all ripped away in one hour of chaos and terror. Now, the broken, lonely wreck that was Kazuo Kagayama skulks in the darkness of Port Island, clinging to the only things he has left: Time and his own pain. He always wanted to make the world a better place, a safe place, and in a weird way, he still does. Even in the grip of his Shadow, he hunts the wicked. But with your eyes clouded by darkness and loss, it can be so difficult to tell who is the predator and who is the victim...
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| Tick Tock, Feed the Croc, Fallen from Grace, Ravaged Heart, Shattered Dreams, Pride Goeth, Like Sands Through the Hourglass, Time is Precious, I Can Hear My Thoughts Touching Every Second, Almost An Enemy, Darkness Will Swallow All Life In Its Own Pain, Time is Fleeting, Devourer of the Dead, Moments Lost Though Time Remains, Eater of Hearts, Got Your Scent, Eat Your Bones, Broken, Twice Scourged
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| When he's calm or focused, Kazuo speaks in a markedly educated mode.

* Conversely, if his more 'animal' emotions are in ascension (fear, hunger, rage, etc), his speech loses coherence and cohesion, though is ''usually'' still understandable. Usually.
* On the extreme far end of this, if the Lurker Beneath takes full hold, its speech is remarkably coherent, though it's hardly much of a conversationalist. It has full access to Kazuo's intellect and memories, and applies them directly and brutally to fulfilling its needs (usually hunger).
* There are times when the damage to Kazuo's mind proves too great even for his Shadow to work through, leaving the man nearly comatose, or beset by delusions and flashbacks. During these periods, if he responds to outside stimuli at all, it is usually in a confused and/or confusing manner.

Known to frequent the Port Island train station in particular, but has also been sighted at similar facilities around the area. Apparently something about the trains themselves interests him.

Though the trail has long gone cold, someone with determination and connections might be able to track Kazuo back to the handful of survivors from the Port Island Kirijo disaster.

Kazuo's Shadow, the Lurker Beneath, is an inversion of the Egyptian demon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammit Ammut]. Presumably, if he could be freed from the grip of his Shadow, it would revert to a proper Persona.

* In Egyptian mythology, Ammut was closely associated (in a subservient role) with Ma'at, the Ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice. In its currently inverted state, this expresses as a fear and avoidance of things enforcing a "lawful" effect (i.e. constraining its hunger), most notably police and similar officials.

It is a very real possibility that some factions know of Kazuo's existence, if not the details of his condition.

* [[Strega]], for one, has probably encountered him or signs of him down in the sewers.
* The [[NWO]] may have retained enough interest in him to keep track of Kazuo after the Kirijo Disaster.
* [[SEES]], by this point, knows rather directly and horribly of his existence, as they were instrumental in removing the Key of Time given to Kazuo. Though they might not have realized just what they were pushing him back into at the time, they certainly do now.

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