Kayden

* Human Form
* Cat Form

**Kayden** **(카이든** *Kai-deun***)** or more commonly known as **Kayden Break** **(카이든 브레이크** *Kai-deun Beu-lei-keu [Kaiden Bureiku]* **)** is the deuteragonist in the manhwa, *Eleceed.* He is notorious as one of the strongest unaffiliated awakeners who challenges the strong. Due to being heavily injured and needing to hide as he healed, he was forced to transform into a cat and can only maintain his human form by spending his energy.

His main ability is Electrokinesis, though he can also transform into a cat and use Spatial Isolation. Currently, Kayden lives with Jiwoo as he recovers his power and energy. He is currently training Jiwoo.

## Background

Not much is known about Kayden's family or history, however, he has the reputation of being a strong Awakened despite being independent. He is a loner who lives in search of tough and powerful opponents. He is known to ruthlessly destroy anyone standing in his way, earning him the nickname of Break. There were many groups who wanted to work with him, but he turned them all down. He thinks that it's too bothersome to join a group because he wouldn't be able to fight freely. He is self taught and learned to control high-level force control abilities on his own.

After getting into a fight with the top three of 10 world greatest awakened members, where he was ganged up upon, he was forced to attempt to transform into a fat ginger tabby cat while he was heavily wounded and needed to hide as he recovered. After that, he could only stay in human form for a limited amount of time.

## Appearance

### Human Form

Kayden has a pale complexion and long black-bluish hair which he usually ties it up in a bun, a ponytail or a half up half down hairstyle. He has narrow grey slit eyes, but when using his main ability, his eyes turn blue. He has a tall slim and muscular build and his face is extremely handsome to the point his 'enemies admitted he was good-looking', which made him popular. This was also proven to be true when Miyoung Ko, who thought the rumors bluffed his good-looks admitted he was 'way hotter in person'.

In Episode 1 and in multiple flashbacks into Kayden's past, he is seen wearing a long green jacket with a hoodie and a plain white ripped-shirt accompanied with black pants and shoes. His current and main attire consists of a plain dark blue button-up polo shirt tucked in his black pants and dress shoes, which may be borrowed clothes from Jiwoo.

### Cat Form

Kayden in his cat form is called Casein Nitrate and has white and orange fur with darker orange stripes around his body. He is a tabby cat and has quite an ordinary appearance for a cat other than the fact that he is immensely obese. Although his human form is quite skinny. He has broad shoulders and some muscle but thin arms and legs quite ironically. A veterinarian once said that Kayden needed to diet. Although Kayden in his cat form is very large, it doesn't seem to affect his stamina much.

## Personality

Kayden is passionate about fighting and is infamous for challenging any strong awakener. He used to be a brash loner and refused to take any disciples. After meeting Jiwoo, Kayden has become less harsh- although he still enjoys fighting, he doesn't challenge anyone recklessly. Kayden is also very confident often refers to himself in third person to emphasize his greatness. Kayden cares for Jiwoo and will punish anyone who dares to harm him. He is cautious as to not let his identity be revealed and is even willing to place those he cares about over his own pride, going as far as begging Shinhwa to heal Jiwoo when he is abducted.

## Abilities and Fighting Prowess

### Human Form

As one of the most powerful awakeners in the world, Kayden has a long experience fighting other awakeners. Unlike most awakeners, Kayden never received any form of training and is entirely self-taught. He was able to create a high-level force control for himself and so far, he has taught this method to Jiwoo only. His power is so tremendous that people who have not seen it believed the rumors to exaggerate it, though its shown he is able to single-handedly blast a building that was built to specially endure the powers of strong awakeners and one-hit kill Dusik Kang, one of the strongest awakeners in South Korea.

### Cat Form

**Cat Punch**: This is a special move developed by Kayden to effectively hit opponents while in cat form. Kayden had extensively researched how to efficiently move his power around his body in cat form and developed this special move by viewing how cats attacked each other. It is quite effective in annihilating his opponents.

**Nose Sensitivity**: As a cat, Kayden's nose is heightened to a point where he is able to locate someone just by sniffing their scent or blood.

## Quotes

* (To the cats) *"You're eating the Great Kayden's food?"*
* (To Jiwoo Seo) *"The Great Mr. Kayden will handle this."*
* (To Jiwoo Seo) *"Aw shucks, kid."*
* (To himself) *"Why am I so good at everything?"*
* (To Jiwoo Seo) *"I, the Great Kayden, taught you so that should've been a piece of cake!"*
* (To Siyeong Seong) *"Here's a kitty punch, you punk!"*
* (To Jiwoo Seo) *"We all know I'm great, no need to mention the obvious"*
* (While dreaming) *“How dare you?! I am the great Casein Nitrate…zzz…”*
* (To himself) *“N… No… The Mr. Great Kayden… can’t… succumb… to… napping… I… can’t…”*
* (To Suman Kang) "Lightning straight to your heart, oh, yeah bastard"

## Trivia

* Kayden is one of the few characters that does not have a last name. Break is a title given to him due to the destruction he causes around him, though people often thought of it as Kayden's surname.
* He does not know his own age or birthday.
* Jiyoung Yoo stated that Jiwoo's force control (the force control Kayden taught him) is 'probably even high-level', which meant Kayden's method (who he did not teach anyone the method other than Jiwoo) is extremely powerful and effective.
* The name Casein Nitrate essentially means “Milk Bomb.” Casein is a protein commonly found in a mammal’s milk. Nitrate is an ion commonly found in fertilizers and bombs.
* Kayden came 1st in the 1st Popularity Poll with 148 votes
	+ His cat form, Casien Nitrate came 2nd with 140 votes
* Kayden came 1st in the 2nd Popularity Poll
* Although being an asshole 99% of the time, he seems to greatly respect Jiwoo’s mother, his first interaction with her, he even went so far to slick his hair into a bun and using polite language to speak to her.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 3
2. ↑ Episode 91
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Episode 97
4. ↑ Episode 15
5. ↑ Episode 46
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Episode 6
7. ↑ Episode 43
8. ↑ Episode 98
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Episode 89
10. ↑ Episode 41
11. ↑ Episode 10
12. ↑ Episode 19
13. ↑ Episode 59
14. ↑ Episode 88
15. ↑ Episode 61
16. ↑ Episode 100
17. ↑ Episode 11
18. ↑ Episode 135
19. ↑ Q&A Answer
20. ↑ Episode 64
21. ↑ Casein - Wikipedia
22. ↑ Nitrate - Wikipedia

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