Cayde-6

"I don't have time to explain why I don't have time to explain."
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Cayde-6
Biographical information
Homeworld:	Earth
Species:	Exo
Gender:	Male
Eye color:	Light Aqua Blue
Affiliation:	Guardians
Rank:	Hunter Vanguard
Class:	Hunter (Gunslinger)
Service number:	6

"Get up close and personal with Ghaul. Put a bullet in his head. Then maybe eat a sandwich."

— Cayde-6

Cayde-6 is an Exo and the Vanguard for the Hunter class. Cayde-6 sells Hunter armor and emblems.

Personality and Traits

"Everyone loves a bad idea when it works."

— Cayde-6

Laid back, carefree, down-to-earth and adventurous are among the best words to describe Cayde-6. Though Cayde can appear to be lazy and bored with his duties as Hunter Vanguard, he actually takes them serious, more so than he would admit. Originally, Cayde wanted to continue his solo Guardian career but after his friend, Andal Brask, was murdered did he put that aside and assumed his place to honor his friend. Despite this, he longs to get back into the field. Regardless, while he may appear to put Guardians on dangerous paths, deep down he cares about their safety and even calls them his "greatest success story". In addition, he was saddened at the loss of another one of his friends, the Nightstalker Tevis Larsen. As Hunter Vanguard, his carefree attitude and playing loose with the rules annoys if not aggravates his fellow teammates, Zavala and Ikora, he is loyal to them and would support them no matter what. Though Zavala finds Cayde to be unorthodox, he respects him and admits that if there was anything he learned from Cayde is that one should make a grand entrance. With Ikora, she at times retaliates against Cayde's jokes with witty jests of her own. In the rare moments when Cayde is serious, the situation really is dire.

Others in the Vanguard are aware of his attitude and while some can take it like Amanda Holliday, Suraya and Devrim, others like Eris Morn scorn him. In particular, Eris states that Cayde is arrogant and not as funny as he believes. Despite his dislike for Eris, he made numerous attempts to apologize for using her ship to board the Dreadnaught which got it destroyed.

Even in the most tense and harrowing of situations, whether in a warzone or on an adventure, Cayde maintains his light-heartened, jokster attitude but that doesn't stop him from preforming his best in a battle. Ghost notes that after Cayde got stuck in a Vex time-loop after attempting to steal a Vex device is the reason why the Vanguard doesn't want him to leave the Tower, he simply gets into trouble.

Quotes

• "So is the Cosmodrome as nasty as they say?"
• "Yeah, that was a Wolf's Blade from the Reef. So what's their game?"
• "I've got to get out of this Tower and back out there."
• "Ugh, should be out there myself."
• "I need to know what happened on that moon."
• "Plenty of those."
• "Evenin'"
• "Hey how about you stand here and do my job? I'll go out there and do yours. Which is stand around."
• "Not a library. Move along."
• "Ok stop, wait... go back... go back... ok."
• "Yeah you're real sweet and all, but get out of here."
• "Hey you wanna pull up a chair? Get a drink? ...I'm being sarcastic."
• "Psst. Hey, Guardian. Wake Up." - if idling too long nearby
• "Alright, I'll be right here...like it or not." - When the Guardian exits Cayde-6's inventory.
• "Hey, uh..." *whispers* "Take me with you."
• "Okay, creepy sidekick, check. Roguish commander, check. And then we have the Guardian, my greatest success story. I'd say we're ready to get this done!"
• "Oh my cotton socks! Did you not hear what I just said?!"
• "The Cabal are bad guys who do bad things. Yes I get it."
• "This is great. Anyone want a hug? Hugs? No? No hugs."

Cayde's Secret Stash

This conversation can be accessed by finding the secret room near the end of Cayde's Stash.

• Cayde-6: "Hey, you found one of my secret rooms. Good times. Help yourself to some glimmer, but leave the exotics for me. When I get out of this Tower..."
• Ghost: "There's nothing in here but Fallen caches."
• Cayde-6: "They took my loot? It's like there's no rules."

Scanning playing card:

• Ghost: "A Jack of Spades?"
• Cayde-6: "Yeah, I had a whole system to keep track of things. The royal cards stood for weapons, spades meant Häkke, clubs for Crux/Lomar, diamonds for Omolon, and hearts... well, hearts were for this girl I knew."
• Ghost: "What was her name?"
• Cayde-6: "Uh, don't you have a stealth drive to find?"

Trivia

• Cayde-6 is voiced by Nathan Fillion. He has previously voiced characters from Bungie's Halo series, as well as appearing in Firefly.
• Cayde's role in The Taken King was originally possessed by Uldren Sov in the original story of Destiny. Cayde's personality is how Sov (known then as "the Crow") would have been portrayed.
• Cayde appears to not given up his gambling ways, even after he lost the Vanguard Dare, as he kept his own custom gambling cards and he was impressed with Eva Levante's Dawning gift of gambling dice that rolled the same numbers after every roll.
• In Destiny 2, it is revealed that Cayde is a Gunslinger, a proficient user of the Golden Gun in battle, and his choice of weapon is the exotic Hand Cannon Ace of Spades.
• Strangely, while Cayde's Grimoire card has him appear with red eyes, his in-game appearance has him with blue eyes. This may be a development oversight.
• Cayde-6 is particularly fond of Chickens.
  • He has even named one, Colonel, and used it to place ambushes during the liberation of the Last City.

Gallery

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  Cayde-6 in the Tower.

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  Cayde-6 in the Tower hangar.

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  Cayde-6 and Amanda Holliday discussing plans to infiltrate the Dreadnaught.

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  Cayde-6 during the invasion of the Red Legion.

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  Cayde's supposed "serious face".

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List of appearances

• Destiny (First appearance)
  • The Taken King
• Destiny 2