Kayne

An enigma.

## Personality

Manic, capricious, unpredictable. Kayne is spontaneous, evidenced by making up the name Kayne on the spot. He enjoys making deals and uses subtler means of manipulation such as lures.

Kayne enjoys dramatics. He speaks with a dramatic tone, shifting it to mock Arthur and John as he speaks. He will adapt accents, give out condescending nicknames, and add sound effects to his motions.

Kayne is easily distracted. He can show impatience, but can also be entertained by situations if he himself cannot understand them.

## Description

Wears a black suit and no shoes. During his first encounter with Arthur and John, his hands and feet are stained red with blood.

## History

Prior to canon, Kayne meets The King In Yellow and becomes familiar with many of his versions. He also becomes acquainted with an entity named Lillith, whom he considers a "bitch."

### Season Two

In the Dreamlands, Arthur and John encounter Kayne for the first time. After destroying a city in the Dreamlands, Kayne walks up the steps of a destroyed amphitheater with bare bloodied feet, leaving red footprints leading up the stairs to the center of the amphitheater. He sits, wearing an all-black suit, playing Faroe's Lullaby on the piano while Arthur and John approach. While Kayne refuses to answer Arthur's questions, John confirms that he does not recognize Kayne but that Kayne is not human. Kayne shushes John, confirming he can hear John. After implying that he was the reason the city was destroyed, Kayne handles Faroe's music box with bloodied hands, getting blood on the box. Kayne confirms he made the music box and has "hundreds of them" as they are a lure. The reason he lures them is to meet Arthur; he wants to know what's so special about Arthur. When Arthur doesn't have a good answer, Kayne dismisses them, but Arthur wants to know if Kayne has more answers. Kayne says he knows the King will win because John will sacrifice himself for Arthur. Arthur and John plead with Kayne to help them; Kayne refuses, but says he'll place a wager on them. He gives Arthur a dagger and tells him to use it when the time is right; if he doesn't know, he can always flip a coin. He sings a song to prove he knows everything in Arthur's bag, but significantly does not name the lighter. Then he disappears.

### Season Three

Immediately after the King transports Arthur to Addison, Arthur flips the coin and calls on Kayne.

## Known Abilities

### Reality Warping

The ability to change, create, or destroy parts of reality, including physical matter, laws of nature, malevolent entities and gods, timelines, and abstract ideas.

Examples of Kayne's reality warping:

* Space-Time Manipulation - Experiences Arthur's entire timeline
* Space-Time Manipulation - Appears and disappears at will
* Biological Manipulation - Heals Arthur's wounds
* Meta-Reality Awareness - Breaks the 4th wall and is aware of the audience

#### Omnificence

Under the umbrella of reality warping, Kayne especially uses powers of omnificence: the power to create absolutely anything and everything without limit. Kayne's omnificence is likely partial, rather than full omnificence, as he relies on John to follow through on a deal. Examples of Kayne's omnificence include:

* *Object Manifestation or Materialization* (the ability to create or summon mundane objects such as chairs and music boxes)
* *Arcane Object Manifestation or Materialization* (the ability to create or summon objects of arcane power, such as the dagger)
* *Cloning or Replication, Possibly Existence Replication* (the power to replicate the existence of others) *or Life Replacement* (the power to replace the life/existence/identity of someone)
	+ Places the entity known as Yellow in Arthur's head. Yellow is the King In Yellow in some form; could be a replication, replacement, one half of Arthur's universe's King with amnesia, or a King or a John from another timeline
* *Object Replication*
	+ replicates hundreds of Faroe's music box

## Trivia

* The character is named Kayne because Kayne is Harlan's middle name.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Part 20.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Coda
3. ↑ Part 28
4. ↑ Spooky Stream