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Character Name: Cayde-6
Journal: exorion
Canon: Destiny
Canon Point: post-Rise of Iron
Species: Exo
Age: Unknown, (Destiny's timeline is very ambiguous,) but he's likely several centuries old.

History: on Detinypedia, on Destiny Wikia

Personality:

Cayde is one of those people who really makes you question why he has such a position of responsibility. He rarely seems to take things seriously, is known to play pranks on and make bets with his fellow Vanguard members, and fairly openly hates his job. A cavalier attitude that sometimes seems more well placed on someone with no ties to any organisation, rather than one third of the team leading the charge to try and save their system from endlessly encroaching darkness.

The thing is, Cayde's entire life as an Exo has revolved around protection. Despite being on his sixth iteration, he has vague memories of his first assignment being a security detail — protecting a scientist silently with the knowledge he could take down anyone who tried to get past him to her. Before that, even, he thinks he might have been a soldier. (One with a gambling problem, something that seems to have stayed with him based on the amount he mentions bets and his fondness for playing cards. If the Guardian is a hunter, he even has a gun commissioned for them called The Ace of Spades.)

He has a naturally investigative mind, likely part of the reason Brask pegged him for the Vanguard, being someone who takes notes and ferrets away information, secrets, and items that may be of use later. His fellow Vanguard may tire of his attitude, but there's ample respect for his capabilities. Despite the jokes, Cayde has a very straightforward manner when it comes to dealing with problems. See an enemy? Shoot it. See an obstacle? Get around it. He doesn't have patience for arguing the things that need to be done, so much as he wants to just get them done. When figuring out how to deal with the Taken, he secretly sends the Player Character on a mission to retrieve a stealth drive he stole and hid some time ago, and then to take that ship straight behind enemy lines. Not once does he mention it to his colleagues until the Guardian has successfully (-ish) landed aboard the Dreadnaught.

Being Hunter Vaguard is a role Cayde took reluctantly, having lost the Vanguard Dare he took over after his friend — Andal Brask, the previous Vanguard whose cloak he wears in remembrance — died. He'd say his heart belongs to the stars, and it's not untrue. Cayde is an explorer and a treasure hunter in his heart, one who feels deeply stifled by staying in the Tower, managing assignments for other Guardians. He longs for travel, and frequently implores passing Guardians to tell him stories or bring him with on their next mission. He loves seeing new things and finding interesting artifacts, having stashed weapons, books, and treasure in hidy-holes across the system with a labelling system based on a deck of playing cards.

Like many Hunters, he seems something of a natural loner. Something likely amplified by being functionally immortal twice over. Not that he doesn't like people, because he does, and seems to have a fairly decent amount of friends, but if someone isn't in his immediate area he feels no pressing need to check up on them. He cares though, quite deeply. When he finds out Tevis is dead, he's obviously broken up about it despite attempting to hide it with jokes about how he'll never get back the money Tevis owes him. And he expresses concern for the Guardian's safety on numerous occasions. Usually when they're unexpectedly ambushed even though it happens so often they really should expect this sort of thing by now.

There's a lot of depth hidden behind the veneer of someone who seemingly can't take anything seriously. It's hard to say how much of that is intentional and how much is just Cayde.

Powers & Abilities:

As a Guardian, Cayde has a lot of Space Magic at his fingertips. As long as he has access to the Light, he's immortal and heals rapidly. Guardians are also stronger and faster with the Light - an experienced Guardian is effectively a one-person army. Cayde is also a Hunter with the Gunslinger specialisation, which means he's fast acting and an excellent shot. Able to use the light to create throwing knives, grenades, and if pushed, craft a powerful gun that will kill most things in one shot. All with a touch of fire to them.

(Of course, Destiny is ambiguous in just about all aspects of the lore and it's hard to know exactly how Light works. Resurrection is handled by Ghosts, but not all aspects of the Light are housed in the Ghost? For instance: Eris, who lost her Ghost, seems to have survived at least decades without it, remaining unaged, and comments that she can feel her Light fading rather than that it's gone. For the sake of avoiding headaches on everyone’s part though, it's probably best to say he doesn't have the Light in Atlas, and so I've provided this explanation as context more than anything.)

Light aside, the skills bestowed upon him by the traveller still transfer. Cayde is adept with a broad range of guns, a quick and accurate shot, and able to nail someone in the face with a knife from a significant distance. Though he may not be a Hunter in class terms anymore, he's been one for several centuries, and he is a deft hand at navigating the wilderness. Any Hunter worth their salt is a skilled scout; one who can assess danger from a distance, find the information others can't, and stay hidden because frankly they're much squishier than Titans and their skills depend more on close range than Warlocks. He's been doing this for centuries, and there's a reason he's responsible for all the other Hunters in the Tower.

As I mentioned in his personality, he has a sharp mind that's naturally investigative. Though he resents the responsibility, Cayde is very good at assessing threats and deciding how best to tackle — how to allocate troops, effectively. Harvesting information is something he's also very good at, something you see in the scouts under him too. Shiro-4, for instance, is much more no-nonsense than Cayde, but he has that same straightforward problem solving attitude and need to know everything about a given situation. It's likely why Cayde’s day-to-day role is handling bounties and assassination targets.

Being a Guardian has sort of been the driving force behind what he is and what he's capable of, but that he’s an Exo is also of note. Exos were originally built as sentient war machines to fight some threat that's long since been forgotten. They're consistently described in Golden Age literature as being tireless and unyielding; built to fight and protect their creators, Exos are far stronger and hardier than the humans they served. Characters like the Exo Stranger show that even without the Light, Exos are highly capable and adaptable so long as their personality is too, which Cayde’s certainly is.

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