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| “ | One differs so one may fight and kill and persecute until but a single species is left standing. Only the last surviving species will prove itself worthy of inheriting this world. Thus does evolution wield the scythe. | „ |
| ~ Kai Yan explaining his philosophy |
| “ | We are Agito, the iron rulers of all. | „ |
| ~ Kai Yan |
Kai Yan is a major antagonist in Dragalia Lost, being one of the Agito. He is a Qilin with a Social Darwinist view who seeks to weed out the weak in order to facilitate the improvement and survival of the strong. This puts him in conflict with his arch-nemesis Luca, who oppositely aims to bring about a world where all can coexist in harmony.
He was voiced by Hiroshi Shirokuma in Japanese and an uncredited English voice actor.
Appearance[]
In his normal form, he is a pale, possibly elderly muscular Qilin with shortened black horns, light hair and a beard, and purple eyes. He dresses in black metal armor for his lower body and ties his hair into a ponytail. On his chest he has several golden orbs embedded along with black and white patterns, and his fists are black and white. His right eye, possibly the Vajra Orb, is yellow in color and sparks with electricity when he is enraged, with his left eye's sclera also turning black when he does so. Kai Yan's lower half is covered in black fur and he possesses a small bushy tail.
Upon transformation, he resembles a minotaur with four horns, black and white fists, and longer hair. His pants disappear and instead his legs are colored black.
Personality[]
Kai Yan is a sociopathic and remorseless killer, seeing all his victims as simply nuisances to be purged by evolution. Despite his remarks on Luca's arrogance, he himself is incredibly proud, declaring himself the pinnacle of evolution and considering himself its champion, while frequently commenting on his own strength during his boss fights. Kai Yan also despises harmony in all its forms, massacring villages to erase the peace and harmony they bring as well as being so enraged by Euden and Luca helping each other that he tries to kill them.
However, despite these traits, Kai Yan is shown to be an honourable man, killing his victims swiftly so as to not cause unnecessary pain and when he visits a village being robbed by bandits, he chastises the bandits for picking on common folk weaker than them before finishing them off. He is also somewhat affable to his allies, being quite polite to Nedrick and being a voice of reason for the Agito.
Biography[]
Backstory[]
Judging by the descriptions of his Agito weapons, Kai Yan was once a peaceful man who ruled over a beautiful settlement along with his brethren, preaching messages of peace and harmony between species. That is, until the settlement is attacked and his followers and kin who were too peaceful to fight back were all slaughtered, leaving him as the sole survivor. Unable to accept their deaths, he comes to the realisation that he only survived because he was stronger than all of them, and as only the strong can survive, he must train himself to be the ultimate lifeform, training his body to its physical peak and absorbing the powerful Vajra Orbs, into his body to enhance his power even more. He begins to preach his message of evolution, only to find that nobody wants to listen to his sermons of chaos and disharmony, and thus decides to cull the weak by himself. Fortunately he is stopped and enters a deep sleep, where he remains unconscious for millennia before his awakening.
Sometime in his life, he meets Nedrick who gives him an Agito mask, enhancing his strength to even greater levels as well as granting him the power to transform into a beast of black mana.
The Agito Uprising[]
The Pinnacle of Evolution[]
The cutscene begins with Kai Yan felling a town founded by Luca. As he prepares to kill his last target, a Rokkan man, the man curses him for erasing all their hard work bringing harmony to the region, but Kai Yan silences him and deals the finishing blow. As he dies, the man apologises to Luca for being unable to do anything, so Kai Yan infers that the Sylvan was the one responsible for the "weakness" in the region.
Hearing of the destruction, Luca and Euden rush back to the town only to find it in ruins. Kai Yan emerges and reveals that he was the one responsible. Horrified at his actions, Luca questions him on why he did this, to which he explains his philosophy that the village was too peaceful and would not have been able to survive in the current state of the world, with the Dyrenell empire running amok, so he culled everybody there. Luca is enraged, stating that the villagers were all refugees who escaped from the violence around them and that Kai Yan is simply coming up with excuses to destroy harmony, swearing vengeance against him. The Qilin accepts this as a threat and, calling upon the power of the Vajra Orbs and his Agito mask, creates a feral shroud and, announcing himself as an Agito, engages in battle.
Tools, Together[]
Kai Yan is present at the Agito meeting, where he rebukes Tartarus's statement of him following orders, stating that the Agito do not take orders from Nedrick or anybody, simply rallying together to rebel against the world. He and the rest of the Agito remark on the Halidom party's weakness until Tartarus sees through their insecurity and notes that everybody in the room knows the party possesses strength enough to match their own, with Kai Yan anticipating them being true opponents to battle. Tartarus tells everybody that they should stick together if they all want to achieve their common goal, to which Nedrick arrives and tells everybody the key to their goal is the Dawnshard. He tells the Agito to always do their best to stick to the goal, to which Kai Yan responds that he doesn't have to worry about that since they were rejected by the world long ago. Together, they all announce their joined union as rebels against the world: Agito.
Powers and Abilities[]
Kai Yan possesses immense strength, visibly shattering the ground with his mace in many of his attacks. He can also summon balls of light that damage players, as well as generating a shield around himself that nullifies all damage and damage attackers until it is broken or dispelled. He also passively generates a field around him that increases damage to him and the player characters.
In his beast form, he possesses an even greater amount of durability and strength, able to deal massive damage by swiping and punching the ground. He also has a stronger control over light energy, being able to trap players in balls of light that he throws or explodes, damaging the player trapped inside unless it is destroyed. His shield is also stronger.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Memories of the Sacred Tree, which are in-game lore, mention a war during the reign of the Qilin before the rise of Ilia in which many Qilin, envious of the happiness of others, waged war against each other causing their prosperous age to end. If this is the war that caused Kai Yan to adopt a social darwinist view, he may be thousands of years old and one of the oldest non-dragon characters in Dragalia Lost, being even older than many of the dragons in-game.
- According to his Who's Who profile, Kai Yan's favorite food is grilled chicken breast.
- Kai Yan's namesake is based off the Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty who was a famed military man, and may also be based off the Yan Emperor who was a predynasty Chinese ruler and is said to also be Shennong, a legendary man credited with being the inventor of agriculture and is frequently depicted with short horns like Kai Yan, referencing his formerly peaceful life.
- He is the only member of Agito whose fate remains completely ambiguous at the end as Ciella and Ayaha & Otoha are confirmed to have survived while Volk and Tartarus appear either having also survived or having been revived in the final chapter. Kai Yan, meanwhile, makes no return.
- It's been noted that while Kai Yan's armor resembles pants, he in fact does not wear them as evidenced by his model's exposed rear end.
