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'''The Black Swordsman''' (alias, original name '''Kazuto Narusaka'''), also known as '''Kirito, the Shadow Emperor''', is the partner and husband of [[Forum:The White Angel (Renovated)|The White Angel]] and the father of [[Forum:Yui Narusaka|Yui Narusaka]], [[Forum:Tatsuyi Kirigaya (Renovated)|Tatsuyi Kirigaya]], [[Forum:Yuji Kirigaya|Yuji Kirigaya]], and [[Forum:Konno Yuuki|Konno Yuuki]].

Prior to the events of ''[[Destiny]]'', he was chosen as one of 1,000 beta testers for a new state-of-the-art virtual reality MMORPG called [[Wikipedia:Sword Art Online|Sword Art Online]], a game that he and Asuna completed on November 7th, 2024. Raised by his foster parents as a son, he originally trained with his cousin in the neighborhood kendo dojo under their grandfather's tutelage. Due to his aunt's influence as an editor for a computer systems magazine, he fell in love with computers and dropped kendo after two years of training. He has immense skill as a programmer, managing to build a computer from parts during elementary school, finding his erased records in the national registry at the age of ten, as well as managing to stop the SAO server from deleting Yui by converting her program into an object and storing her into his Nerve Gear as environmental data.<ref>'''Reki Kawahara (2014/8/26)''', ''[[Wikipedia:Sword Art Online|Sword Art Online]] Light Novel: Volume 2, [[Wikipedia:Dengeki Bunko|Dengeki Bunko]], [https://swordartonline.fandom.com/wiki/Sword_Art_Online_Light_Novel_Volume_02#The_Black_Swordsman The Black Swordsman]''</ref>

First reintroduced to humanity as an a-life program once in service to [[Rasputin]], designed and modeled upon an ancient Japanese military program known as A.L.I.C.E., for the development of better weapons and defense protocols for the betterment of humanity during the [[Golden Age]], he would become corrupted by the [[Forum:The Black Fleet|Black Fleet]] during the [[Collapse|First Collapse]] and go rogue, losing all trace of his former identity and reverting to what he knew: killing or be killed.

He went dormant throughout the majority of the [[Dark Age|Dark]] and [[City Age|City]] ages until the Black Fleet reawakened him in preparation for their assault, restoring his memories and abilities at full capacity.

As the dark leader of the notorious [[Forum:The Shadowkeepers|Shadowkeepers]], he commands the [[Forum:Avatar (Renovated)|Avatar]] army, along with numerous elite factions of various enemies that lingered in the atmosphere of the Solar System, infecting the surfaces of humanity's worlds with the Darkness. While the minions of the Darkness look up to him, there are a special few within the inner circle who hold him in high regard as their savior.

He is the main antagonist of the ''[[Forum:Paradox|Paradox]]'' expansion, having killed countless [[Guardian]]s, one of them being [[Vanguard]] Commander [[Zavala]], and destroyed both [[The Last City]] and the [[Traveler]], which earned him both the favor and respect of the [[Darkness]] as its champion.
==Biography==
===Childhood===
Born to Yukito Narusaka and Aoi Narusaka on October 7th, 2008, Kazuto Narusaka was adopted by Midori Kirigaya, his aunt; Minetaka Kirigaya, his uncle; and Suguha Kirigaya, his cousin. Throughout his childhood, he grew fond of computers and gave up kendo. When he was 10, he managed to find out the identities of his biological parents.
===The Death Game and Beyond===
''See the full chronology surrounding Kirito's history [https://swordartonline.fandom.com/wiki/Kirigaya_Kazuto#Chronology here].''

On November 6th, 2022, Kazuto Kirigaya, now known as Kirito, was among the ten thousand players who got trapped in Sword Art Online by Akihiko Kayaba, his idol and the creator of said game who adopted the identity of Heathcliff, the leader of the Knights of the Blood Oath. Despite all the sufferings and traumatic nightmares that came his way, he, along with Asuna, Klein, Agil, Lisbeth, and Silica, managed to defeat the creator and beat the game, freeing all the surviving players in the progress.

Two months after the end of the SAO Incident, Kirito enlisted the help of Suguha and his daughter Yui, along with his other good-hearted friends, in order to defeat Sugou Nobuyuki and save Asuna and the other 299 kidnapped players within the heart of ALFheim Online.

Some time after Sugou's arrest by the police, Kirito accepted Seijirou Kikuoka's request to enter the world of Gun Gale Online to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the GGO players' deaths. Along the way, he teamed up with Shino Asada to defeat Death Gun, who was later revealed to be Shouichi Shinkawa, Kyouji's older brother, and avenge their deaths. At some point, he caught a glimpse at Excalibur, the rumored Holy Sword that once belonged to King Arthur, and gathered Asuna, Lisbeth, Silica, Klein, and Shino for an expedition to Jötunheimr to retrieve the sword before anyone else could steal their chance. Following the success of this mission, he encountered Yuuki Konno and later teamed up with her and the Sleeping Knights to beat the boss of the 27th floor several days before paying tribute to her at a funeral in New Aincrad.

Later on, he and his friends would test out Ordinal Scale. Expecting to immerse themselves into a new world, they instead came face-to-face with Dr. Tetsuhiro Shigemura, who sought to harvest memories from all of the SAO players in order to resurrect his daughter Yuna; fortunately for them, Eiji showed up to help them thwart the doctor's plans, restoring the memories of those players.

Some months later, he was recruited by Kikuoka to help Rath with its experiment known only as Project Alicization. When he woke up in a forest, he met Eugeo and Alice Zuberg and became friends with them. Upon returning to the virtual world, he reunited with Eugeo and Alice, teaming up with them and a few other friends, including Selka, Ronye Arabel, Tiese Shtolienen, and Cardinal, to overthrow Quinella and return to the real world. However, upon defeating Quinella, his return was intercepted by Gabriel Miller and his allies Vassago Casals and Critter, all of whom launched an attack on the Space Turtle at the behest of the National Security Agency in order to retrieve the Soul Translator technology. However, he later returned to help his friends defeat Gabriel's forces and protect Alice.

A few months after the end of the War of Underworld, Kirito teamed up with Asuna and Alice to defeat Mutasina and the Virtual Research Society in order to beat the Unital Ring game.
===Fall From Grace===
{{Quote|Sugou, Vassago, and Gabriel... they may have done terrible things to you and your friends, especially Asuna, but did you ever stop to think that you might be the real monster?|Alice to Kirito.}}
Following the end of Unital Ring, Kirito and Asuna accepted a mysterious request from the Overworld Village to prevent a growing disturbance from engulfing the Ancient Forest, culminating in their encounter with the Eldritch Witch, who would later be revealed as the first ancestor of [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]]. Upon defeating her and bringing her to justice, they would earn the respect and honor of the Overworld Village's denizens, along with a fabled [[Sword]]. However, before leaving the village, Kirito visited the Eldritch Witch again within a nearby prison where she spoke to him about a prophecy, explaining that his life would never be the same again upon his return to the real world, revealing that he would soon be destined to steal for Asuna, to lie for her, and to kill for her. Before being enshrouded into a huge crystal, the Eldritch Witch told him to do her and the entire world a favor: to savor the darkness within him.

Upon returning to the real world, he began having simultaneous nightmares, seeing himself walking over a destroyed city while numerous united hordes of the [[Fallen]], [[Hive]], [[Vex]], [[Cabal]], [[Taken]], and [[Scorn]], led by the dark commanders, slaughtered many innocent villagers and royal members and set fire to various buildings. Towards the end of the nightmare, he saw himself standing next to a corrupt Asuna who pulled his hand holding the [[Thorn|gun]] directly at a broken, weakened, and now mortal Superman, who pleaded for him to stray from his current path and kill himself to end the nightmare and restore truth and justice, claiming that he still has some good left in him. His eyes suddenly glowing red, he asked Superman how his mother was doing shortly before shooting bullets all over him, laughing as a bullet laced with a weaponized blend of a fatal variant of [[Wikipedia:Suxamethonium chloride|succinylcholine]] and [[Wikipedia:Kryptonite|Kryptonite]] sped into the Kryptonian's head, waking him up from a nightmare, covered in sweat and panting uncontrollably.

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===The Swordsman's Arrival===
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===The Second Collapse===

===Retaking of Sol===
===Legacy===

==Gameplay==
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==Personality and Traits==
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==Family==
*Yukito Narusaka, biological father &dagger;
*Aoi Narusaka, biological mother &dagger;
*Midori Kirigaya, aunt and adoptive mother &dagger;
*Minetaka Kirigaya, uncle and adoptive father &dagger;
*Suguha Kirigaya, cousin and adoptive sister &dagger;
*[[Forum:The White Angel (Renovated)|Asuna Yuuki]], wife
*Yui Narusaka, daughter
*Konno Yuuki, daughter
*[[Forum:Tatsuyi Kirigaya (Renovated)|Tatsuyi Kirigaya]], son
*Yuji Kirigaya, son

==Trivia==
''See the rest of the trivia [https://swordartonline.fandom.com/wiki/Kirigaya_Kazuto#Trivia here].''
*He is based upon a [[Wikipedia:Kirito (Sword Art Online)|character]] of the same name from [[Wikipedia:Sword Art Online (2012 TV series)|Sword Art Online]].
*He is voiced by [[Wikipedia:Yoshitsugu Matsuoka|Yoshitsugu Matsuoka]] and [[Wikipedia:Bryce Papenbrook|Bryce Papenbrook]].
*The name Kirito is a contraction of his real name, Kirigaya Kazuto ("Kiri" from '''Kiri'''gaya and "to" from Kazu'''to''').
*He uses a self-made PC with a 24 GHz octa-core CPU and, by extension, [[SIVA]], which can be found within the lair room in Aincrad.
*His favorite dishes are brown stew chicken with mushrooms due to its similarity to Ragout Rabbit Stew from SAO and, due to Asuna's influence, teriyaki and mayonnaise hamburgers, shio ramen, and honey pies.
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]:''
**''[[Forum:Paradox|Paradox]]'' {{1st}}
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