Kaiden Sperto

> Neuri Acvid is dead. I'm the boss now. Anyone
> who defies me will not make it out of this building alive. Is that understood? IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?
>
> —Kaiden Sperto after taking over Kaicreed

## Kaiden Sperto

### Aliases

Lucas Lee
Tony Trizo
Raiden

### Affiliation

Kaicreed
7corp (formerly)
Neutral

### Occupation

Bounty hunter
CEO of Kaicreed

## Appearances

### Appears in

Thorns Season 4
Creed's Pain
Thorns Season 5

### Debut

Thorns Season 4

Kaiden Sperto is a minor character who first appears in Thorns Season 4 and later on becomes a major part of Arthur's journey in Season 5. He was hired by Draco Narciso to assassinate Yuno Surame which started the Great War.

He dyed his hair white after the assassination and was hired by the Crusaders of Paraiso to assassinate Arthur Kesselring and his group. After several attempts of trying to kill Arthur, he eventually gave up and leaves Arthur and his group on neutral terms.

## Appearance

Kaiden Sperto is a man of average build and black messy hair. He wears ragged clothes in his childhood, but when he joins Kaicreed, he wears a black trench coat with short sleeves and a white button-up with a harness. On his arms he has two cloth gauntlets and black gloves. He wears two belts and brown pants with strapped armor on his thighs and greaves on the lower legs with brown shoes.

After the assassination of Yuno, his hair color becomes ombre silver.

## Personality

Kaiden is a kind charismatic person that likes to joke around a lot, but after killing Carl Lester, he would be brooding a lot. He was serious and didn't take shit from anyone. When he went to the small town of Reville his playful personality rekindled a little. After a massive battle between 7corp and the bandits, his playful personality fully revived. He would make jokes even in the most inappropriate situations. He would kill any person that would get in his way, good or bad. It's because of this that his enemies think he is very unpredictable.

## Abilities

During his childhood, Kaiden grew up in the streets so he learnt how to pickpocket and fight people for survival. His fighting at the time were based on instincts. When he went to the Kaicreed Training Center, he excelled in his classes due to his experience in the streets.

Kaiden's fighting and survival skills improved drastically after he graduated from the Training Center. His skills include: hand-to-hand combat, charisma, and gunslinging.

## History

### Backstory

Kaiden Sperto was an orphan, homeless, and broke. He decided to steal an unsuspecting businessman's wallet not knowing he was Patrick Hodgenns, the Kaicreed chairman. Hodgenns sent out Carl Lester, a bounty hunter, to get his wallet back. When Kaiden noticed someone was tailing him he ran. Carl chased him, when he finally cornered Kaiden. Kaiden knocked Carl over and ran. While he was getting up Carl noticed Kaiden's potential. When Kaiden was finally cornered, he evaded his attack and told Kaiden to give back the wallet and come with him. Carl told Kaiden that he has potential and should join Kaicreed, a bounty hunting company. Carl brought Kaiden to Kaicreed Training Center where they train new recruits to become certified bounty hunters. Kaiden was homeless at the time which made him discriminated among his fellow hunters. However, due to his experience on the streets, he has experience with fighting and survival in general. He excelled at training that his teachers praised him. The praise made Noah Ocelot jealous. thus start the rivalry between Kaiden and Noah. He became friends with Miko Andrews who was one of the only people nice to him besides Carl.

### Usurping of Kaicreed

Kaiden had great fighting skill so he was able to become a certified bounty hunter easily. He started to take various jobs varying from prominent business figures to dealing some guy cheating on the client's wife. He sometimes does jobs with Carl, who he owed for getting him out of the homeless life. One day Neuri Acvid, the CEO of Kaicreed, personally approached Kaiden to kill Carl, who is suspected of conspiring against the Kaireed Executives. When Kaiden refused, Neuri threatened to kill Miko, which made Kaiden think. In the end he agreed to kill Carl, but he wasnt sure if he can do it. He remembered all the times Carl helped him, but he couldn't let Miko die. So he called Carl, met up with him and stabbed him in the chest. Kaiden told him he was sorry and he had no choice. Carl understood and to find his younger sister, Emily, and try to take care of her. Kaiden, moved by this, decided to get revenge at Neuri. He went by Noah Ocelot's apartment, who was Miko's boyfriend, and urgently advised them to get out of town for a few days until he "sorts a few things out". After the both of them left, he stormed the main Kaicreed HQ and fought a load bounty hunters. Neuri, who was hiding in his office, sent out Eric Mert, regarded as the best and most skilled bounty hunter, to stop Kaiden. Kaiden and Eric had an intense fight. Kaiden emerged victorious with him having cut off Eric's left arm and shot his head. He barged in Neuri's office where Neuri was attempting to escape out of the window. Kaiden grabbed the back of his collar and pulled him back to his office floor. Neuri pleaded with Kaiden, where Kaiden remarked on how pathetic he looked and coldly put a bullet into his head. He went into where the Kaicreed Executives were hiding and announced Neuri Acvid's death and his new position as the CEO. Everyone was silent, but Kaiden made the cowardly executives submit. Kaiden walked out of the building after he announced Neuri's death. On the way out he noticed Patrick Hodgenn's corpse in a hallway. He ignored it and walked past it. Kaiden was only 21 years old.

### Emily & 7corp

After the purposeful "rebranding" of Kaicreed, Kaiden set out for Reville where Emily Lester lives. There he met Wendel Williams, Alicia Verbatel, and Erika Kline. He befriended these people and they helped him find Emily Lester. Kaiden learned that Emily was born with a terminal illness that was treated when she was a kid so she was now in the danger of dying, but any action that pushes her body too far would kill her. After finding Emily, Alicia invited Kaiden to the 7corp, which is an organization that fend off bandits from Reville. Kaiden was reluctant since he was think about the future of Kaicreed but accepts in the end since he wanted to watch over Emily. During his time in the 7corp, his friendships strengthened, feelings are confused and he fend off Reville from bandits or anything similar. After 3 years, Kaiden decided to return to Redcut City since Kaicreed needed its CEO. His goodbyes were painful, but needed to tend to Kaicreed. Before he left Reville, Erika asked Kaiden to come back to Reville. Kaiden was uncertain since he didn't know if he will be alive to come back. but he promised to Erika that he will come back. He said goodbye to his 3 dearest friends, and then he left for Redcut City.

### In Usonia

Kaiden, under the alias of Lucas Lee, was doing his usual business as the CEO of Kaicreed when Draco Narciso came to him. Draco offered Kaiden a large sum of money for secret information on Usonia and the assassination of Yuno Surame, the "Mother of the Republic". Kaiden accepted the deal and moved to Philadelphia to join the army. In the Usonian army, he rose the ranks and became a trusted general. (INFORMATION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF YUNO TO BE ADDED)

## Relationships

Patrick Hodgenns —

Carl Lester —

Miko Andrews —

Noah Ocelot —

Neuri Acvid —

Eric Mert —

Emily Lester —

Wendel Williams —

Alicia Verbatel —

Erika Kline —

Draco Narciso —

Arthur Kesselring — During his time in Usonia, Arthur Kesslering was a rising star but Kaiden didn't care. He cared about assassinating Yuno. However, that did not stop him from extracting state secrets from Arthur. After the Great War, Kaiden was hired to kill Arthur, Ariel, and Kazuhiko. Though Kaiden didn't have a personal grudge against them, Kaiden still hunted Arthur and his crew. After several failed attempts of trying to kill them, Kaiden came up to them and set up neutral/friendly terms.

Yuno Surame —