Originally posted by Eclipse_XII
"Could" isn't going to cut it unless there's something claiming that he can pull it off.Secondly, it said "Vigoor" split the Earth, not the Emperor. The Emperor is infused with more power than just Vigoor's. Read:
Source with all text: http://www.ninjafortress.com/story.htm
Vigoor is the ancestor of all evil deities meaning he's not the only one. Vigoor does not just possess Vigoor's power but the evil deities' as well. In addition, he possesses the power of the Dark Dragon. All this occurs when Ryu appears to fight him/her, as explained in the text above.
I'll concede that. It won't matter much in this fight though.
I apologize. It's late. It was a typo. But Eclipse_XII my friend, just hear me out.
Now, Vigoor IS the Holy Emperor just with the power of the dieties as well. The dieties honestly won't add much, if anything, to Vigoor's power here. If you recall, the Evil Dieties were too weak to actually stop Vigoor. In fact, they had to use 13 dragons that evolved independently in power from the dieties to combat Vigoor.
In this age of panic, the Serpent, Deity of Creation was the only one of the Deities who managed to keep some semblance of sanity. The Serpent gave birth to a tiny presence, something that no other being would even notice... the seeds of life. These seeds managed to take hold and grow in the storm of chaos, and ever so slightly began to evolve, eventually becoming thirteen Dragons, whose destinies were to be found in battle. The Dragons waged an endless battle against Vigoor, who never ceased in his attempts to bring the world into chaos of hatred. Eventually the Dragons were able to banish Vigoor to the very ends of the world.
Furthermore, the Dark Dragon is canonically the lowest of all the dragons as shown here. Hell, the Dark Dragon even suffers from low self esteem.
However, it was at this time that the youngest and lowest in position of the Dragons, the Dark Dragon, summoned the Hatred with its feelings of inferiority.
Throw in the fact that all of the aforementioned dieities and their offspring are defeated at the hands of humans as shown here.
The Dark Dragon, now full of evil intent, joined with Vigoor and his spawn of Evil Deities to further capture the territory of Gurdu . This conflict continued throughout the eons of history, and during its struggle the first spark of human life appeared in the form of the Ancient tribes. Of course, old conflicts never cease, and even in the age of the Ancient tribes of the Dragon Lineage and Evil Deities continued their battle for tens of thousands of generations, a struggle that finally ended when the members of the Dragon Lineage were able to seal away the Evil Deities and their spawn.
You basically have Vigoor = Emperor. The only "feat" we have of Vigoor is splitting the Earth in an indefinite amount of time possibly not even under his own power and scorching the ground in front of Hayabusa.
Also, I'd like to take this time to point this out to everyone. The scorching of the earth in front of Hayabusa is the combined power of all the evil dieties, the Dark Dragon, and Vigoor.
Yes, the combined efforts of all those guys are still well under planet-busting level. I'm sure some of you knew already, but the texts of Ninja Gaiden are mostly hyperbole and should be taken as such. These dieties, save for maybe Gurdu, are not nearly as powerful as some would have you believe.......and Hayabusa still needed a plot device to win.
Hayabusa loses to Urien and Gill.