Cagnazzo (Final Fantasy)

“	I'll save a briny pit for you in hell!	„
	~ Cagnazzo's threat to the heroes

Summary

Cagnazzo is the Archfiend of Water and one of Golbez's Four Archfiends. A crafty beast with the title of "The Drowned King", he murders the King of Baron and takes his place, tricking Cecil Harvey into gathering the Water Crystal for him to further Golbez's plans.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 4-A | At least 4-A, likely 2-C

Name: Cagnazzo, "The Drowned King"

Origin: Final Fantasy IV

Gender: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Archfiend of Water, Member of the Four Archfiends, Demon

Powers and Abilities:

• Abilities
• Resistance

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 7; is able to live on as an Undead), Blessed (Is blessed by The Crystal, which grants him the abilities of the Crystal), Shapeshifting (As a demon, he can shapeshift into other beings), Extrasensory Perception (Demons can sense others), Acausality (Type 2 and 4; scales from the Demons; who can walk down the devil's path naturally, where the concept of time doesn't exist, and the past, present and future are merged as one in this realm), Possession (as a Demon, he can possess others), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself, like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost, and time and space were twisted to the point the past, present and future existed as one), Magic, Subjective Reality (Magic, in its basest form, is projecting one's inner mind onto reality, and is powered by intelligence and mental strength), Non-Physical Interaction (Magic as a whole is shown to affect a wide variety of different beings, from intangible/immaterial beings to non corporeal beings, to abstract concepts like Chronodia, who's the flow of time itself, to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness), Law Manipulation (Magic is stated to rewrite the natural order of things), Limited Durability Negation, Forcefield Negation, and Intangibility (Magic negates conventional physical durability, barriers, and armor, requiring specific defense against magic which is powered by the Mind and Spirit), Power Modification (Including Duplication, Fusionism, Statistics Amplification, Size Manipulation, Homing Attack, Danmaku, Aura, Breath Attack, and Energy Manipulation; Magic users across the games have consistently shown the ability to manipulate the shape and properties of their own magical abilities, with even higher tiers of spells simply being considered stronger versions of the same basic ability), Water Manipulation, Mind Manipulation (https://imgur.com/o4pz5co Is shown to control the minds of the Baron castle]), Healing (Can heal himself while drawn in his shell), Gravity Manipulation (The Slow spell can affect the target's gravity), Status Effect Inducement, Paralysis Inducement and Biological Manipulation (The Hold Spell can affect the brain's nervous system to paralyze the target), Power Nullification (Can prevent his foes from using magic via Silence), Absorption (Can absorb water attacks to heal himself, Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Tsunami can inflict Instant death on his targets, and can solidify the target's blood)

Resistant to the Following: Subjective Reality, Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Characters are capable of surviving and resisting magical abilities, Which is shown to project one's inner mind onto reality, and as shown with the creation of the Devil's road, remove entire concepts and warp space and time to where the past, present, and future exists as one), Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite the natural order of things), Information Analysis and Clairvoyance (Is unaffected by Libra, which is stated in lore to be a thing), Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, and Madness Manipulation (Type 3; Resistant to the effects of the True Moon, which is capable of affecting the hearts and minds of all living beings on the planet), Disease Manipulation (Is unfazed by anything from the Moon despite it's pieces being able to rot the land and make it diseased), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can resist the Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can resist the darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blind), Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status, which would render the target's ability to use magic null), Berserk Mode (resists the effects of the Berserk spell, which drives one to attack any enemy in a blinding rage), Petrification (Can resist the petrification status effect), Biological Manipulation (Can resist the Sleep and Hold spell, which these particular spells are stated to affect the brain's fundamental functions), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Can resist the Death spell, which is even stated to solidify the victim's blood,), Soul Manipulation/Life Force Absorption (Can survive Ifrit's hellfire, which can burn the soul, and resist the death spell, which is capable of reaping the souls of its victims, is also capable of crossing the Devil's Road without their life force being drained), Status Effect Inducement (Is capable of resisting a wide variety of status ailments), Morality Manipulation and Madness Manipulation (Type 2; Can resist the Confuse status ailment, which can drive the target insane to attack anyone, even their allies), Sleep Manipulation (Can resist the Sleep status effect), Paralysis Inducement (Can resist the Paralyze status effect), Absolute Zero (Can survive Shiva's ice attacks, including Diamond Dust), Transmutation (can resist the Toad and Pig spell), Size Manipulation (Is able to resist the Mini spell), Curse Manipulation (Is capable of resisting the Curse ailment)

Attack Potency: Multi-Solar System level (Fought the entire party in the Giant of Babil along with the other Archfiends) | At least Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level (Battled the party in the penultimate dungeon shortly before they went on to fight Gilgamesh)

Speed: FTL (Can keep up with characters that far surpass the speed of light) | Massively FTL+ (Should be as fast as the After Years cast)

Lifting Strength: Class Y (Should be comparable to the main cast, who can take on Bahamut, who's able to move numerous planets through his summon) | Multi-Stellar (Should be comparable to Golbez)

Striking Strength: Multi-Solar System level | At least Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level (Can consistently damage the party members with his physical attacks)

Durability: Multi-Solar System level (Fought the entire party once more in the Giant of Babil along with the other Archfiends) | At least Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level (Survived attacks from the party in the penultimate dungeon shortly before they went on to fight Gilgamesh)

Stamina: High (Fought Cecil and his party for an extended period of time and had enough energy left over to bewitch an entire antechamber to crush the heroes even after being mortally wounded)

Range: Extended Melee Range, Multiversal+ with magic (Magic as a whole is shown to affect omnipresent beings such as Exdeath when he's become one with the Void itself, which spans across the entire Final Fantasy Multiverse)

Standard Equipment: A Crystal

Intelligence: Cagnazzo is possibly the most devious of the Four Archfiends, murdering the king of Baron in cold blood before taking his place to manipulate Cecil and the populace. In combat he harasses his foes with a variety of status effects, completely paralyzing them, nullifying their ability to use magic, and putting them to sleep so they cannot resist his signature Tsunami attack. However, he is somewhat overconfident, and consistently taunts the heroes prior to their battle.

Weaknesses: Cagnazzo is somewhat arrogant and overconfident, His Tsunami can be vaporized prematurely by a well-timed and sufficiently powerful lightning attack, He is more vulnerable to ice-based attacks normally and vulnerable to lightning-based attacks while surrounded by water

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Hold: Cagnazzo completely paralyzes his foe, rendering them incapable of any action.
• Silence: Cagnazzo mutes his foe, preventing them from using verbal magic.
• Sleep: Cagnazzo puts his foe to sleep to prevent them from fighting back.
• Slow: Cagnazzo slows down time around his foe, reducing their effective speed.
• Tsunami: Cagnazzo's signature attack, in which he gathers water around him for a short time and nullifying his weakness to ice in exchange for a weakness to lightning. After a certain amount of time, Cagnazzo unleashes this water as a massive tsunami, dealing heavy water-elemental damage and potentially inflicting instant death on all affected.

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