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The Black Samurai wears a full suit of black [[Demonica]] armor, completely concealing her identity. She carries a calm and collected demeanor, showing little hostility even when surrounded and threatened with arrest.
The Black Samurai wears a full suit of black [[Demonica]] armor with red eye lens and shoulders, completely concealing her identity. She carries a calm and collected demeanor, showing little hostility even when surrounded and threatened with arrest.


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A public execution is arranged for the Black Samurai at the [[Obelisk Plaza]] later that day. The Casualries, many of them devotees of the Black Samurai, have been encouraged to attend the execution---a ploy devised by the monastery with confidence that the Black Samurai's death will quell further unrest.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Innocent monk:''' It was Sister Gabby who proposed that we hold a public execution for the Black Samurai. The Sabbaths caused pilgrimages of the people from village to village… leading to an exchange of ideas. Presumptions and hearsay will induce fear and anxiety. This execution will dispel it and right the people again.|title=Shin Megami Tensei IV|developer=|publisher=|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> During the execution, the Black Samurai is permitted to give her final words. She declares to the crowd that they will find no love from God, sparking outrage as [[Hugo|Abbot Hugo]] demands for her immediate execution. As her helmet is removed, the crowd discover that her face is identical to [[Gabby|Sister Gabby]]'s. In the midst of alarm and confusion, the Black Samurai taunts that the Samurai have already realized the kingdom's bias and swears that she will resurrect. She is executed shortly afterward and her coffined body is kept under close guard by patrolling Samurai. Her parting words remain with the Casualry populace and encourage them to hold more Sabbaths to pray for her return.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Guiding Samurai:''' The Black Samurai said she will live again… The subjects who attended the public execution spread word of her claim far and wide across Mikado. In some regions, they are only holding more Sabbaths to pray for her revival! This turn of events is alarming…|title=Shin Megami Tensei IV|developer=|publisher=|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> Despite her striking resemblance to Gabby, the matter is not pursued any further.
A public execution is arranged for the Black Samurai at the [[Obelisk Plaza]] later that day. The Casualries, many of them devotees of the Black Samurai, have been encouraged to attend the execution—a ploy devised by the monastery with confidence that the Black Samurai's death will quell further unrest.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Innocent monk:''' It was Sister Gabby who proposed that we hold a public execution for the Black Samurai. The Sabbaths caused pilgrimages of the people from village to village… leading to an exchange of ideas. Presumptions and hearsay will induce fear and anxiety. This execution will dispel it and right the people again.|title=Shin Megami Tensei IV|developer=|publisher=|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> During the execution, the Black Samurai is permitted to give her final words. She declares to the crowd that they will find no love from God, sparking outrage as [[Hugo|Abbot Hugo]] demands for her immediate execution. As her helmet is removed, the crowd discover that her face is identical to [[Gabby|Sister Gabby]]'s. In the midst of alarm and confusion, the Black Samurai taunts that the Samurai have already realized the kingdom's bias and swears that she will resurrect. She is executed shortly afterward and her coffined body is kept under close guard by patrolling Samurai. Her parting words remain with the Casualry populace and encourage them to hold more Sabbaths to pray for her return.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Guiding Samurai:''' The Black Samurai said she will live again… The subjects who attended the public execution spread word of her claim far and wide across Mikado. In some regions, they are only holding more Sabbaths to pray for her revival! This turn of events is alarming…|title=Shin Megami Tensei IV|developer=|publisher=|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> Despite her striking resemblance to Gabby, the matter is not pursued any further.


When Flynn and the other Samurai return from rescuing the masked prisoners from [[Kagome Tower]] in Tokyo, they learn that the Black Samurai had resurrected in their absence and escaped to Tokyo again. The incident had resulted in the death of one of the guards while the other claims that the Black Samurai had bore a demonic resemblance.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Gabby:''' One of the two guards guarding the corpse was killed... The surviving guard reported thusly: "The Black Samurai resurrected and fled to Tokyo... "|title=Shin Megami Tensei IV|developer= |publisher= |platform= |version= |lang= |transl= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Stern Samurai:''' I heard this from a fellow who was guarding the Black Samurai's remains... The Black Samurai opened the coffin by herself and gave him a beautiful, cold smirk... And at that moment, the fellow swore he saw a monstrous silhouette that couldn't have been human...|title=Shin Megami Tensei IV|developer= |publisher= |platform= |version= |lang= |transl= }}</ref> The party are once again tasked with searching for the Black Samurai in Tokyo, while the rest of the Samurai search Mikado;<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Hope:''' Sister Gabby proclaimed that we are to thoroughly investigate every region of the kingdom... That we might sooner find the Black Samurai and end her life.|title=Shin Megami Tensei IV|developer= |publisher= |platform= |version= |lang= |transl= }}</ref> this time with the express order to kill her. The party's mission takes an unexpected detour when [[Tayama]], the leader of the [[Ashura-kai]], stages a forced meeting by taking a fellow Samurai hostage. Tayama orders the party to kill [[Yuriko]], the leader of the rival [[Ring of Gaea]]; however, this quest also gives the party a potential clue on the Black Samurai's whereabouts, as Tayama suspects the Ring of Gaea may know more about her.
When Flynn and the other Samurai return from rescuing the masked prisoners from [[Kagome Tower]] in Tokyo, they learn that the Black Samurai had resurrected in their absence and escaped to Tokyo again. The incident had resulted in the death of one of the guards while the other claims that the Black Samurai had bore a demonic resemblance.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Gabby:''' One of the two guards guarding the corpse was killed... The surviving guard reported thusly: "The Black Samurai resurrected and fled to Tokyo... "|title=Shin Megami Tensei IV|developer= |publisher= |platform= |version= |lang= |transl= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Stern Samurai:''' I heard this from a fellow who was guarding the Black Samurai's remains... The Black Samurai opened the coffin by herself and gave him a beautiful, cold smirk... And at that moment, the fellow swore he saw a monstrous silhouette that couldn't have been human...|title=Shin Megami Tensei IV|developer= |publisher= |platform= |version= |lang= |transl= }}</ref> The party are once again tasked with searching for the Black Samurai in Tokyo, while the rest of the Samurai search Mikado;<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Hope:''' Sister Gabby proclaimed that we are to thoroughly investigate every region of the kingdom... That we might sooner find the Black Samurai and end her life.|title=Shin Megami Tensei IV|developer= |publisher= |platform= |version= |lang= |transl= }}</ref> this time with the express order to kill her. The party's mission takes an unexpected detour when [[Tayama]], the leader of the [[Ashura-kai]], stages a forced meeting by taking a fellow Samurai hostage. Tayama orders the party to kill [[Yuriko]], the leader of the rival [[Ring of Gaea]]; however, this quest also gives the party a potential clue on the Black Samurai's whereabouts, as Tayama suspects the Ring of Gaea may know more about her.