James

{article|Ex-Aid's Awakening

James is the main protagonist of Ex-Aid's Awakening, he is the tactician of a peacekeeping militia known as the Shepherds. He also fights along side them as Kamen Rider Ex-Aid. =history=

Early Life
not much is known about James's early years at this point, only that he spend time in an orphanage and that he eventually became friends with Yume and Daiki Takahashi, as well as Jonathan Maxwell.

Original Career
Prior to being transported to Ylisse he was a video game developer who was nearing his first commercial game release.

Arriving in Ylisse
While enjoying a day of fun with his friends, they had been interrupted by a strange man at the door. this man referred to one of the gathered Kamen Rider fans as "Master" before they all blacked out.

When he awoke, he found himself lying in a field in what he would later deduce to be a separate world. He was met with a group of people he would later know as the Shepherds.

He assisted them in driving a group of bandits out of a nearby town by transforming into Kamen Rider Ex-Aid for the first time.

As a member of the Shepherds
After assisting the Shepherd with the bandits, he is offered join, witch he accepts and become their tactician. It was on their way to the capital to introduce him to the rest of the Shepherds that they first in countered creatures that would come to be known as the risen it was also at that time that they recruited Yume, who transformed into Kamen Rider Brave.

Afterwards they arrived in the capital and James became acquainted with his new comrades.

=Forms=

Levels
=Equipment=

Devices

 * Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
 * Gamer Driver - Transformation device.
 * Rider Gashat - Transformation trinkets.
 * Kimewaza Slot Holder - Carrier strap for the Rider Gashats.
 * Scan Visor - Enhancement to his helmet that allows him to see a given target's statistics.

Weapons

 * Gashacon Breaker - Standard sidearm weapon, can be a hammer or a sword.

=Notes=
 * The idea of James having a scan visor was meant to explain the game mechanic of being able to see enemy unit's stats
 * At the start of the story, he is the only rider to posses more than one Rider gashat, having both regular Mighty Action X, but it's proto version as well.