Katana/Lore
Background
Katana is a Phighter from Thieves' Den. Formerly from Lost Temple, he was affiliated with the Church of the TRUE EYE and later defected.[2] His ultimate goal is to slay the corruption.
Timeline
Appearance
Katana wears a porcelain[3] mask, fully covering his face until halfway through his scalp with eye slits reminiscent of an owl. The mask is held in place by a red strap across the back of the head. A graphic of the Thieves' Den logo is on the forehead and the area between the eye slits. A smaller set of wooden[4] tusks juts from the lower jaw, ostensibly being a part of the mask rather than his jaw. He also sports a haori-jacket fusion, but with his chest more revealed. He has a rope that ties his outfit together at the waist. On his lower body, he wears kyahan, paddings on his legs with laces that tie them. His footwear is a pair of geta — traditional wooden slippers worn by samurai. His weapon is a large katana with glowing markings.
His horns are that of a bull's. Protruding out from the side of his head then curving forward and upwards; tapering into sharp points.
Personality
Lore
Interactions
Hyperlaser
Hyperlaser and Katana are seen to be particularly friendly towards eachother despite their stoic natures, in fact, it has been confirmed that they are friends and drinking buddies.[5]
Shuriken, Slingshot, and Vine Staff
These three demons consider themselves a friend of Katana, but Katana does not consider himself friends with them.[6]
The Broker
The Broker considers him a traitor for leaving the Church and wishes to kill him.
Scythe
Scythe and Katana have known each other in the past. Despite Katana's threats of killing her, Scythe replies by quoting, "How violent! It's funny how some things never change."
Scythe tries to persuade Katana to rejoin the cult again but Katana refuses with the prospect of "bowing down to that monster".
On one occasion, they seem to share silence with each other. This is the only dialogue in the game to be like so.
Trivia
- Katana is neutral with everyone in the PHIGHTING! universe.[6]
- Katana's mask was inspired by the hannya, a mask used in classic Japanese theater representing jealous female demons.
- Katana's orignal design had more owl motifs, but it was ultimately scrapped by Soda except for the mask.[7]
- His favorite alcoholic drink is sake.[8]
References
- ↑ Confirmed in the second boggio developer Q&A in the boggio community Discord
- ↑ @Soda_Stuff on Twitter, 2 April 2024 (Link | Image) - "Katana is missing an eye because he was part of the cult" "A+"
- ↑ Soda on stream at 01:16:25, 20 December 2023 - "wait what material would his mask be" "It would be porcelain, like a glass, probably"
- ↑ Soda on stream at 01:16:44, 20 December 2023 - "wait what material would his mask be" "[...] and then maybe the bottom part with his teeth would be wood"
- ↑ @7GB0_, "hyperlaser and katana are now canonically drinking buddies"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Version 2 of the PHIGHTING! character relationship chart
- ↑ @Soda_Stuff on Twitter, 14 June 2023 (Link | Image) - "Oh, Is the mask suppose to represent some kind of animal, an owl? Or maybe elephant??? Why is it designed like that..." "I based it loosely off of Japanese Hannya masks (pic for ref) in my old beta design for him he had more of an owl-motif but last minute I decided to scrap it but kept the mask design since I thought it still looked neat"
- ↑ Soda on stream at 03:35:52, 20 December 2023 - "soda, what's katanas favorite (alcoholic) drink? (asking again)" "Uh... favorite alcoholic drink...? Uh... OH! Uh... what's the... what's the one... is it called sake? I think it's called sake... probably sake"
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