cayde-6

Cayde-6 is a character from Bungie's Destiny video game series. He first appears in the 2014 video game Destiny as a supporting non-player character with a leadership role within the player-aligned Guardians, protectors of Earth's last safe city against various alien threats. Cayde-6 is an Exo, a highly advanced robot with the mind of a living human being uploaded into its consciousness. Like other Guardians, Cayde-6 is accompanied by a floating robotic companion called a Ghost and wields an otherworldly power called Light granted by the mysterious Traveler, progenitor of the Ghosts. Originally presented as a vendor and occasional questgiver, Cayde-6 is given a prominent role in the series' narrative beginning with the 2015 expansion Destiny: The Taken King. Cayde-6 continued to appear as a major character within series lore, until he is killed off in the 2018 expansion for Destiny 2, Forsaken. Cayde-6 was voiced by Nathan Fillion for the majority of his appearances, and by Nolan North for the character's final chronological appearance in Forsaken.
Cayde-6 emerged as a popular character with Destiny's player base following the launch of The Taken King. However, Bungie staff indicated during interviews to promote Forsaken that they had long considered killing off Cayde and retiring him from the narrative of Destiny, having identified the shock value potential in killing off a fan favorite character in order to generate more interest in the series' narrative from players. Cayde-6's overall characterization and the events surrounding his death, as well as Bungie's handling of the story content of Destiny 2 which include several pivotal scenes that focus on the character, drew a wide array of reactions from both critics and players.

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