Aden

"Not that you’d understand anyway, but I was trying to figure out if it was possible to create a living mechanism by transmitting human thoughts over to a Chroma-imbued hexacore using radio waves sent through an HCS over several different frequencies."

### Notes

Although Aden is not an Aion, she can still attack with Chroma through the use of her homemade blasters.

Aden is a pretty typical snarky supporting character, who always has a sarcastic remark ready and is rather guarded about how she really feels. Aden, while not an Aion, has always been fascinated by Chroma and its uses, and has dedicated her life to studying it. Others often find her strange and alienating, leading to her becoming somewhat of an outcast in the village where she lives. She becomes interested in Seles upon learning about the mysterious crystal she was left with as a baby, and ends up joining her to help her learn more about it.

## Personality

Aden has a bit of an attitude, and is frequently sarcastic or rude to others around her. She can be described as something of a tsundere, frequently acting like she doesn't care and taking great care to keep a tough exterior. Deep down, however, Aden does care for her friends, though she would be loathe to admit it. Over the course of the story, Aden does soften up quite a bit, despite being abrasive in the beginning.

Aden also has a keen interest in Chroma and its properties, and spends most of her time researching it and building various Chroma-powered inventions, often with ridiculous names. She is known to become completely absorbed in her work, and will often get lost in her thoughts when something catches her interest. Aden's interest in Chroma is what leads her to join Seles on her journey, as she is fascinated by the Exceed that Seles owns.

## Story

### Lanylisse

Aden chose to live in Lanylisse due to its proximity to a Chroma Spring, hoping to be able to use the spring to advance her research. Unfortunately, when the town was taken over by a guild, Aden was unable to continue said research, since the guild began to closely safeguard the spring and prevented the residents from going anywhere near it.

In an attempt to drive the guild out, Aden began developing special ropes that could be used against their Aion leader in order to nullify her powers. The guild leader found out about her plan and threw Aden out before she could complete the prototype, forcing Aden to flee to Cantamille.

### Cantamille

Aden began developing a thought-powered robot, which was meant to act as a helper or servant that could detect whenever people needed assistance. However, due to a miscommunication, the robot "received the wrong information" and began terrorizing the entire town, tying up girls in the streets and throwing it into disarray. Aden is blamed for the fiasco and thrown into a jail cell, where she meets Seles. The guards demand that Aden rectifies the situation, and send Seles along to help her.

Aden and Seles track down the robot and deactivate it, at which time Aden notices that Seles has an Exceed and wants to know how she came by it. Because Exceeds are rare and normally only given to high-ranking nobles, Aden is excited by the prospect of being able to study one up close.

The robot enters its second phase and is destroyed by Seles when Aden is unable to deactivate it in time. Aden demands that Seles repay the debt, and insists on going along with her until she is paid back what she is owed. Aden considers the opportunity to examine Seles' Exceed as payment enough in the meantime, and goes with her to Alverona.

## Family

Aden doesn't talk much about her family, but describes them as ignorant and closed-minded when Seles asks about them. It is clear from her attitude that they don't get along, and likely don't approve of Aden's lifestyle.

## Combat

Aden is unique in that she is able to use all Chroma types despite not being an Aion, through the use of her blaster and the various crystals that it can be equipped with. Changing the crystal in Aden's blaster changes the type of Chroma damage she will deal, and will in some cases allow her to do things such as apply debuffs or damage over time effects. Aden can also learn some Chroma skills through the use of special cards found throughout the game.

### Strengths

* Can use any Chroma type
* Able to adapt to most battles
* Self-heals when tied through the Masochism skill
* Deals both decent physical and Chroma damage

### Weaknesses

* Low AGI
* Not very many learnable skills
* DEF is on the lower side

## Trivia

* It is heavily implied that Aden is interested in bondage, due to the general nature of most of her "inventions" as well as the fact that she starts out with the Masochism captive skill.
* When visiting Aden's workshop in Cantamille, a bunch of ropes and a pair of scissors can be seen on the floor behind a chair, suggesting that Aden was practicing self-bondage.
* Aden talks to Seles about the theories of someone named Dr. Bunt, which are supposedly widely regarded as crazy. Dr. Bunt is the name that appears on the book Seles picks up in the restricted section of the Alverona Library.