Cayde-6

**Cayde-6**, Born **Cayde Reynolds** who was originally a Human from the planet D'Hoonnib where he served the Gaia Union military under general Blanque during the war with the Triceraton Republic until he was discharged, becoming a Mercenary and bounty hunter for hire to do many jobs. When he arrived to Earth, Cayde suffered a fatal near-death and was revived as a Exo, done a few missions such as helping Anastasia Bray to stop a rogue Eliksni faction on Europa and later assisted the Megas team as his final mission and death to change the future.

Kiva Andru knew him well from an alternative future in which the Glorft waged war across the Milky Way Galaxy, Cayde-6 fought for the Earth Coalition alongside Kiva to steal the MEGAS prototype to change the course of the war for Humanity.

## Personality

Laid-back, carefree, down-to-earth, reckless, and adventurous are among the best words to describe Cayde-6. Though Cayde can appear to be lazy and bored with his duties he is actually takes serious in his work, more so than he would admit.

Cayde was known for making bets, most of which he loses, and ends up with a large debt that he had to pay off.

## Biography

### Early Life

Cayde had enlisted in the Gaia Union's military at the age of 18. Years later he would be discharged by General Blanque for being "creatively reckless" and would then find work as a bounty hunter. During this time he got married and had a son, records of their names are unknown and only the nicknames he gave them "Queen" and "Ace" have been discovered after their deaths.

During his bounty hunter profession, he came across the Eliksni mercenary Taniks, the Scarred who would kill several of Cayde's friends. Cayde would eventually go to Earth and learn how to use Aura and Semblance giving him the power he would need to take out Taniks. But because Taniks was more machine than Eliksni his crew would find a way to resurrect him every time he died.

Cayde would eventually get in an accident on Earth and end up an Exo. During the first few weeks as an Exo he lost some of his memories and spent time remembering them.

### Mission on Europa

In November 201X, he was hired by Anastasia Bray to help her investigate a secret Clovis Bray facility located on the Jovian moon of Europa. It was here Ana's fireteam discovered rogue Eliksni making use of a dark power from another universe and had begun to search for the Spiral Gem of Creation. Cayde and the members of Ana's fireteam would gain the dark power Stasis and use it for good. In the final battle against the House of Salvation, Cayde would confront Taniks, the Scarred one last time and kill the mercenary for good.

## Relationships

**Kiva Andru**: In the alternate 31st Century, Cayde fought alongside Kiva and trusted her enough to reveal his dark past, helped her to capture the Megas prototype from the Glorft. The information he gave her would provide his past self to help her in capturing Siviks to change the past.

**Coop**: Upon meeting the Megas pilot, Cayde instantly bonded with him over the works of his mech and their common interests, offering a trip to San Fransokyo for a sandwich or spicy ramen.

**Jamie**

**Drifter**

**Rakis**

## Alternate Timeline

In the alternate future created by Aion, Cayde-6 was given a band of surviving Huntsmen and Huntress a 'rousing' speech to take down Aion for their personal ideals which encouraged the future versions of Jonny 2/4, Ruby Ross, and Nora Valkyrie.

In the alternate 31st Century, Cayde would continue to exist by the time the Glorft became a major threat to the Milky Way galaxy and invaded many worlds, including the Earth Coalition. when he fought in the Battle of the Last Stand in the year 3035. He would at one point meet Kiva Andru and eventually open up about his past to her in which would reveal that he can’t remember the real names of his wife and son.

## References

* *GrimmFall:*
	+ Chapter 247
* *Beyond Light:*
* *Dark Side of Light:*
* *Lost to None:*
	+ Chapter 2
	+ Chapter 3

## Trivia

* His origins were changed in the GrimmFall verse, being a human from another world in the Gaia Union instead of Earth and time era.
* His surname was never mentioned in the Destiny series, as he is called Reynalds, it may be a reference to the Character Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly as both characters were played by Nathon Fillion.