Jaime Payne

### Relationships

Spencer Payne (adopted brother; best friend), Rylan Payne (adopted brother; best friend), Miles Kyber (mentor; longtime friend), Nico Spruce (close friend), Sam Vivid (close friend), Katie Adams (longtime friend, sister-figure), Achillean Kyber (enemy), Danny Herrera (enemy), Andy Vivid (enemy), Lucan (enemy)

## Other Information

### Debut

Meet the Paynes

James (Jaime) Payne is a fictional character created by Alejandro Pineda, and a major character in the short story Meet the Paynes and the ongoing series The Kyber Realm. He is the main protagonist of Season 1, the deuteragonist-turned-tritagonist of Season 2, and one of the main protagonists of Season 3.

## Appearance

Jaime is a teenage boy of average height with light skin, disheveled, brownish-blond hair, and brilliant blue eyes. He is often seen with an energetic and wired expression due to his intensely wide eyes, which were described by Andy Vivid to be "the only remarkable thing about him". Jaime wears a white t-shirt with red trimmings around the sleeves and down the sides, a navy blue collar, and colorful mosaic patterns on the shoulders. along with blue jeans rolled at the bottoms, and grey shoes. His clothes were also said to be slightly too large for him, possibly due to him inheriting them from Rylan. After the founding of Crystalland, he dons a cyan-colored blazer with the revolutionary armband on his left arm, a cyan, red, and yellow sash around his waist, and brown combat boots. After fleeing from the newly formed Diamond City Union under Joel Scovill, Jaime returned to his original clothes.

## Personality

Jaime is cocky, hotheaded, short-tempered, and stubborn, fitting the stereotype of the average teenage boy. He tends to act recklessly and without caution, often leading him into trouble. He is also incredibly rebellious, despising following orders or listening to others. This often makes him unpopular in other factions aside from Crystalland due to his destructive tendencies and mischievous nature. He has also been shown to be something reminiscent of a kleptomaniac, stealing irresistibly from other people whenever he sees a chance, as shown when he impulsively grabbed Patrick Donovan’s sword as he walked by and later stole several diamonds from Achillean Kyber’s base despite not initially intending to. Despite all of his flaws, Jaime is very kind and compassionate towards his friends, and has an incredibly strong sense of right and wrong. He has proven to not be able to tolerate injustice of any form, believing in freedom to act and to speak much like his older brother, which would ultimately lead him to found Crystallandd alongside Rylan He often carries out his version of justice in a very chaotic way, without regard for making a mess or “going over the fine print of right and wrong” in his own words.

It was stated by Alejandro Pineda that Jaime’s D&D alignment is Chaotic Good.

"Disregarding all order or law, Jaime has always done what he feels needs to be done to do good. While occasionally mischievous and often reckless, he does everything for his family and friends, having no tolerance for tyranny. Despite his constant battle against what’s wrong, he sometimes forgets the meaning of what’s right, resulting in his often rash and damaging decisions. Nevertheless, he stands strongly for his family, having their interest always in mind when he acts."

## Abilities

**Water Bucket Proficiency**: Jaime has displayed surprising proficiency with a water bucket, particularly as a way to cushion his landing.

**Immense Strength**: Jaime was blessed with a shockingly well-built physique, with physical strength that far exceeds his appearance. He put this on display when he accidentally punched a dent in the courtroom bars, smashed the partially damaged stone wall with his body, and later managed to overpower both Andy Vivid and Ron Spruce effortlessly. Jaime himself even mentioned that he was capable of wrestling down vindicator illagers bare-handed, which are confirmed to be superior on average to humans in physical abilities. Most impressively, Jaime is able to casually throw cubic meters of dirt and granite without having to store them in his inventory.

**Enhanced Speed and Reflexes**: Due to his body's complexion and his experience in theft, Jaime is an incredible runner, being able to outmatch most trained soldiers by his own account and run over 100 meters in 16.7 seconds. He outmaneuvered an iron golem, which can catch and blitz most undead. Achillean remarked on Jaime’s ability to dodge arrows from bows even without the use of Combat Energy. He later somewhat reacted to Elea Norte’s crossbow bolt, which travels at well over the speed of sound.

**Immense Stamina**: Despite being very young and smaller in size, Jaime possesses outstanding stamina, being able to keep up an exhausting game of cat-and-mouse with the Runner, who possesses immense prowess as an experienced fighter. He was able to withstand several powerful blows from Achillean throughout the fight, as well as an arrow to the arm, and still be able to hold his own. He showed virtually no signs of immediate mental trauma despite dying and being revived, and went on to take a shot through his arm and black out for only a few seconds, and fight an entire battle the very next day. Most impressively, Jaime was able to attempt an escape from the Rhinestone District after being grievously injured by Elea Norte, trying to stand up and run even as he was being relentlessly shot to death by several pillagers and Diamond City soldiers.

**Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: Jaime is one of, if not the greatest martial artist in the series. He is also one of few fighters in the Kyber Realm that does not possesses a Combat Art. Instead, he uses his Combat Energy in tandem with his incredible physique and hand to hand prowess.

His fighting style predominantly consists of a combination of acrobatic maneuvers and moves he picked up from Rylan, allowing him to protect himself while striking his opponents in sporadic ways and thus increasing his offensive and defensive capabilities.

## Combat Art

**Techniques:**

**Landing Impact**: A technique that allows Jaime to punch twice at once by using an ender pearl to teleport during the moment of impact. This is caused by his explosive physical power outmatching his Combat Energy, essentially causing a “lag” in its effect.

**Artistic Spark**: A phenomenon in which the user’s Combat Energy connects with that of the opponent’s a millisecond before impact. This causes the blow to essentially create a “glitch”, multiplying the area of effect by over two times. As of the current story, Jaime is the only person shown to be able to perform Artistic Spark at will.

**Backhanded Flick**: Jaime performs a downward slash with his knife, then quickly throws an uppercut to catch his opponent off guard.