Kane Noble

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> “I can't tell what's real and what's a dream anymore.”
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> — ***Kane**, speaking to **Kolton** shortly after emerging from **cryogenic hibernation** in 2690*
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## Kane Noble

* 2698
* 2690
* 2142

### Relatives

Richard Noble †
* Father

Alyvia Noble (née Whitaker) †

* Mother

## Biographical information

### Age

**2690**:
37 (biological)
559 (chronological)

**2698**:
45 (biological)
567 (chronological)

### Place of Birth

Pontazure, Fennic, Albion,
Hyperion, Hathor
The Core,  Coalition of Congressional Republics

## Relationship information

### Children

Elsie Noble †
* Oldest daughter

Scarlett Noble †

* Youngest daughter

Sean Noble †

* Son

## Faction Information

### Former Affiliation

 Hyperion Police Department (HYPD)* Investigative Services Bureau (ISB)

## Physical attributes

### Eye color

Blue (original)
Brown w/ amber glow (augmentation)

### Cybernetic augmentations

MinervaCorp Augmented Psychoanalysis Enhancement (APE)
2✕ MinervaCorp CyberEye 8

* EyeShield Flash Suppressant
* MinervaSee Pro
* Hinata Low Light

MinervaCorp Infolink 11Plus
Vomlel Reactive Dermarmor Lvl. II

## Media

### Music Theme

Vangelis — Rêve

**Kane Noble** is a first-generation Coalition citizen, former detective for the Hyperion Police Department, and revenant. He has joined the legends of the Hyperian underworld as a result of his actions in *Quiet Until the Thaw*, enshrining him in history as **the Revenant** for his resistance against the Stapleford Group and his alliance with Goldberg. He becomes an important ally to the Scarlet Suns following their involvement in the Eastern Albion Gang War, at the behest of Goldberg.

Born on the world of Hyperion in the 22nd century during the apex of the Planet Rush, Kane was raised in a low-income household of shipbreakers in what would later become the Pontazure neighborhood of Fennic prior to joining the novel HYPD in 2141 as a police officer. Having gone through the ranks to become a detective by 2150, Kane had amassed a small family of his own with his wife and childhood sweetheart, Fenne, having three children and a steady life in the quickly urbanizing and gentrifying city.

Kane suffered mortal wounds after failure to apprehend a suspect in 2158; at the consent of his family during his near-death state, he was purportedly accepted into an experimental medical procedure that involved tissue repair during cryostasis, thereby placing him under cryogenic hibernation at a Sub-Bio Cryogenics facility. However, during Sub-Bio's massive stock slide in 2159, the bankrupting of the corporation and its subsequent purchase by the Stapleford Group led to the usurpation of its assets. Having been deemed an asset worthy of investment over time, Kane was pronounced dead to his family later that year, leaving him doomed to be frozen in hibernation for centuries and to survive the deaths of everyone that he had ever known.

Kane finally awoke in the year 2690, nearing the cusp of the 28th century, after he was activated by the leaders of Stapleford's Hyperian branch to track down test subjects Izanagi and Izanami—two espers that were a part of Project Shukra who escaped containment in VISTA Biotechnologies' facilities on the Fallveil Archipelago. He was chosen by Stapleford for this mission, according to his handler DeWald, due to his skills in detective work having been enhanced over the centuries by psychological simulations as per his profile. Due to being over five hundred years old and having disappeared from almost all public records, Kane's inability to be detected and biologically tracked was further reinforced by modern augmentations bestowed unto him by Stapleford, making him a true revenant and ghost in society. Having also been frozen before the advent of mid-cryostasis neurosuggestive therapy, he avoided becoming what many refer to as a "corporate thrall"; retaining not only his memories but also his personality and concept of free will.

## Description

Kane is a revenant from the 22nd century, awakened from cryogenic hibernation by the Stapleford Group in the year 2690 to locate two fugitive espers somewhere on the world of Hyperion. Previously a detective for the then-nascent Hyperion Police Department, Kane finds himself a total alien to the future, with no one that he can call friend or family still alive to anchor the man in such a turbulent world.

## Appearance

Prior to entering cryostasis, Kane lacked any form of augmentations; however, his augmented self in 2690 is similar to his original appearance from 2158.

He is a man of tall stature, standing six feet in height, with messy short hair and a trifecta of an unkempt beard, mustache, and sideburns. Due to receiving a pair of Minerva Corporation CyberEye 8 optical augmentations while in partial-cryostasis, his eye color has changed from a natural blue to an artificial brown that emits an amber iris glow. As a result of one of the aftereffects of undergoing cryosleep for several centuries, his superficial skin is still pallid and monotone in shade, lacking vascularity and color.

In a bid to connect his mind to his own identity centuries ago, Kane still wears the same type of clothes that he had worn as an undercover cop and detective for the HYPD; a thick leather jacket and black turtleneck shirt, usually accompanied by black or blue jeans and black leather shoes. However, unlike during his service with the HYPD, his clothes have no markings or icons that notify of his work as a private investigator for Stapleford. He only varies this attire when the task at hand requires it, such as dressing up as a fake HYPD officer with apparel given by his master megacorporation.

## Personality

Prior to his mortal accident, Kane was an easygoing family man, working long hours so that his wife and children could have a chance at surviving a world at the brim of exploding with opportunity. However, he always secretly carried the guilt of accidentally killing his partner, Detective Fred Kisembo, with crossfire during a shooting with criminals in 2154. This soured his mood for the next four years, leaving a noticeable aura of stoicism or even sadness that was felt by his friends and family.

After being fatally wounded and involuntarily transferred to Sub-Bio Cryogenics for their experiment, Kane personality disappeared as he became immersed in the numb darkness of cryostasis for over five hundred years. However, during this time, his nigh-dead mind slowly repeated the emotions of guilt, sadness, doom, and despair, permanently changing his mentality to a much darker shade without even attaining true consciousness.

After awaking from cryosleep and being informed of his situation, any semblance of a shell of light emotion for Kane finally disintegrated. His family and friends all gone, and with being stuck in a world that he cannot truly recognize as his own, being forced to bear augmentations against his will, and having no person to confide in except for strangers that only "resurrected" him for their own material reasons, Kane has become a broken man.

Kane now spends most of his time in silent despondence, unable to fully grasp his place in a universe that had moved on without him a long time ago. He also now lacks the social skills of his past, constantly struggling to socialize with others beyond the topics of what is mandatory for his assignment. This has led to his adoption of drinking as a coping mechanism, temporarily abating the existentially depressive (and often suicidal) thoughts that invade his mind. Nevertheless, he hangs on to life by the skin of his teeth only through his (albeit shaky) belief that God has spared him for something more than the hell that he faces.

## Trivia

### Etmyology

* *Kane* derives from the Biblical name of Cain, who was cursed by God to walk the earth for eternity following the murder of his brother, Abel.
	+ The name fits Kane as a result of not only his status as a revenant, but also of the accidental murder of his partner during a shootout in 2154, named Detective Fred Kisembo; this is revealed in...
* *Noble*...