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The '''Corrupt Blade''' (died 1582) was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[rōnin]]'' and participant in ''[[kabukimono]]'' culture located in [[Harima]].
The '''Corrupt Blade''' (邪刀丸; died 1582) was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[rōnin]]'' and participant in ''[[kabukimono]]'' culture located in [[Harima]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
As a ''kabukimono'', the Corrupt Blade was one of eight ''rōnin'' who attacked the communities across the provinces of [[Izumi Settsu]] and [[Harima]]. Alongside the [[Laughing Man]] and the [[Peacock]], he was one of three elite ''kabukimono''. However, the priest [[Shin'nyo]] of the [[Nishinomiya Shrine]] sought the help of the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] to eliminate the ''kabukimono''.<ref name="Kabukimono">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Kabukimono]]</ref>
As a ''kabukimono'', the Corrupt Blade was one of eight ''rōnin'' who attacked the communities across the provinces of [[Izumi Settsu]] and [[Harima]]. Alongside the [[Laughing Man]] and the [[Peacock]], he was one of three elite ''kabukimono''. However, the priest [[Shin'nyo]] of the [[Nishinomiya Shrine]] sought the help of the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] to eliminate the ''kabukimono''.<ref name="Kabukimono">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Kabukimono]]</ref>


By 1582, the Corrupt Blade believed the whole [[Earth|world]] was corrupt and thus needed to be destroyed and then reborn. He recruited and twisted any ''rōnin'' willing to follow his beliefs. However, Naoe soon found and assassinated the Corrupt Blade and acquired a [[katana|long katana]], the [[Kabuki Corruptor]], from his personal effects.<ref name="Kabukimono"/>
By 1582, the Corrupt Blade believed that the entire [[Earth|world]] was corrupt and thus needed to be destroyed and then reborn. He recruited and twisted any ''rōnin'' willing to follow his beliefs. However, Naoe soon found and assassinated the Corrupt Blade before acquiring the ''[[ōdachi]]'' [[Kabuki Corruptor]], from his personal effects.<ref name="Kabukimono"/>


==Personality and traits==
==Behind the scenes==
The Corrupt Blade wielded a [[katana]] as his main weapon.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>
The Corrupt Blade is a character in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'', serving as one of eight targets in the memory "[[The Kabukimono]]". After eliminating all other ''kabukimono'', the player is given a choice how to approach the Corrupt Blade, the Laughing Man, and the Peacock when posting a reply to their recruitment message on a board at the Nishinomiya Shrine. Depending on this choice, Naoe will either kill the Corrupt Blade at the [[Habayama Camp]] or assassinate him alongside the other two elite ''kabukimono'' at a small outpost in southern Harima.


==Behind the scenes==
==Gallery==
The Corrupt Blade is a character in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' and serves as one of eight targets in "[[The Kabukimono]]". The player is given the choice when posting a reply on a board at Nishinomiya Shrine to the elite ''kabukimono''. This leads the player to either killing the Corrupt Blade at [[Habayama Camp]] or killing him along with the Laughing Man and the Peacock at a small outpost in southern Harima.
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACSH Corrupt Blade Portrait.png|Portrait of Corrupt Blade in the Animus' objective menu
ACSH Corrupt Blade closeup.png|Closeup of the Corrupt Blade
</gallery>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==

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The Corrupt Blade (邪刀丸; died 1582) was a Japanese rōnin and participant in kabukimono culture located in Harima.

Biography[edit | edit source]

As a kabukimono, the Corrupt Blade was one of eight rōnin who attacked the communities across the provinces of Izumi Settsu and Harima. Alongside the Laughing Man and the Peacock, he was one of three elite kabukimono. However, the priest Shin'nyo of the Nishinomiya Shrine sought the help of the Kakushiba ikki member Fujibayashi Naoe to eliminate the kabukimono.[1]

By 1582, the Corrupt Blade believed that the entire world was corrupt and thus needed to be destroyed and then reborn. He recruited and twisted any rōnin willing to follow his beliefs. However, Naoe soon found and assassinated the Corrupt Blade before acquiring the ōdachi Kabuki Corruptor, from his personal effects.[1]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

The Corrupt Blade is a character in Assassin's Creed: Shadows, serving as one of eight targets in the memory "The Kabukimono". After eliminating all other kabukimono, the player is given a choice how to approach the Corrupt Blade, the Laughing Man, and the Peacock when posting a reply to their recruitment message on a board at the Nishinomiya Shrine. Depending on this choice, Naoe will either kill the Corrupt Blade at the Habayama Camp or assassinate him alongside the other two elite kabukimono at a small outpost in southern Harima.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]