Kado

Kado is a supporting character in Beacon Pines. Usually found volunteering at the Library, he takes pleasure in helping people find what they’re looking for, whether that’s books or knowledge.

He is one of 4 characters created due to a Kickstarter backer donating towards the $1,000 "Help design a main character in the game" reward (the others being Dawn, Natt and Geoff).

## Profile

### Appearance

#### Development

The first pass of Kado’s design is mostly the same, though his shirt is instead collared and lacks the red ring around the rib.

#### Final design

Kado is a penguin with white and black feathers and aqua-colored eyes. He also has a black upper beak and a gray lower beak.

He has a ribbed t-shirt with red and orange stripes as well as a red ring around the rib, which he wears under dark gray overalls. His shoes are brown, and he wears a dark gray sun hat with a chin strap.

### Personality

Kado is a boy with a thirst for knowledge, particularly in regard to honeybees and random trivia. Every summer, he dedicates himself to becoming an expert in a single subject.

Despite being timid and unsocial, he’s outgoing when it comes to helping people, wiling to scour through books just to find out the answer to somebody’s question (when he doesn’t already know it or the book that should contain said answer).

### Background

Before the events of the game, he spent so much time at the library that Ms. Novak (who owns the building) offered him a job working there.

## Story:

### If “Shit” Was Chosen at “Rendezvous with Roxy”

Due to Rolo's disappearance, Luka is tasked by Roxy to check the library, leading to a conversation with Kado. Being too invested in a book, he initially didn’t notice Luka until he cleared his throat to get the librarian’s attention. Finally noticing him (and after reciting some facts about bees), Kado is asked if he had seen Rolo recently. He denies this but promises that he’ll inform Luka if he sees him later.

### If “Struggle” Was Chosen at “Warehouse of Horrors”

During or after Luka’s jam delivery, he can visit Kado in the library and ask about the recent activity within the old Valentine warehouse. While he doesn’t know anything about it, he guesses that somebody new is using it (comparing it to how beehives are taken over by other bees when one is found empty).

### If “Rumble” Was Chosen at “Whether Weather”

Being lead to the library by Rolo’s riddle, Luka enters and sees Kado excitedly waiting to recite the riddle he’d been instructed to give. Emphasizing certain key words of it and eager to give him hints, he tells Luka that he has to bring the “answer” back to his desk to verify it. After finding the appropriate book, Kado turns on a lamp with a purple lightbulb (given to him by Rolo after trading his entire Halloween candy stash to Geoff) to show hidden writing on and in the book. Deciphering the meaning of the words quickly, Luka leaves, Kado wishing him well with the rest of the scavenger hunt.

### If “Hard” Was Chosen at “A Beginner’s Guide to Hostile Interrogation”

Luka, Rolo and Beck enter the library, with Beck complimenting it and commenting that Kado might be a little too “adorable” to be a librarian. Flustered by her statement, Luka explains how he started volunteering here (with Kado downplaying his involvement). Beck concludes that he’s working here for free, though Kado mentions that he gets to have a quiet place to read all the books he wants, which is reward enough for him.

Asking what he can do to help the three, Luka mentions a favor, and though Kado initially assumes he and Rolo want to get the next Hank Atomic comic sooner, they correct him by expressing their want to research the town’s history. Impressed by their want to learn more, the young librarian points them towards the county record archives.

After spending most of the day pouring through the records, Kado informs the trio that it’s the library’s closing time, and they all head home for the night.

During William Kerr's speech, Kado is seen in the crowd and gets trapped in ice along with the rest of the residents of Beacon Pines (a fate that most likely befalls him whenever the town becomes frozen in other endings).

### If “Hum” Was Chosen at “Fire and Ice”

Kado is seen in the crowd when Sharper Valentine makes his return.

### If “Malice” Was Chosen at “Windows to The Soul”

He is seen in the crowd of Sharper’s speech and witnesses his ultimate fate.

### If “Change” Was Chosen at “The Vile Vial”

During the time between Chapter 8 and Epilogue, Kado and Bert become close friends, often sharing facts with each other and trying to find something the other didn’t know about. They can be found doing exactly this in the library during Epilogue.

## Trivia

* During the game's marketing campaign on TikTok, the Beacon Pines account released a video highlighting Kado. While mostly featuring his initial dialogue from the game, Luka eventually breaks the fourth wall and asks why they're making a video solely about him, to which Kado responds that somebody on the marketing team felt guilty after accidently trimming his face out of his first art reveal.
* Before the Adorable charm was implemented into the game, Beck instead said Kado was “too young” to be a librarian.

## References

2. ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2141050/Beacon\_Pines\_Artbook/ Beacon Pines Artbook, page 75
3. ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2141050/Beacon\_Pines\_Artbook/ Beacon Pines Artbook, page 146
4. ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2141050/Beacon\_Pines\_Artbook/ Beacon Pines Artbook, page 78
5. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@beaconpines/video/7125084230350261550?lang=en
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxPm8abk\_Ao&t=65s
7. ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2103234672/beacon-pines/posts/3209825