Hayden Lancaster is the Warden Instructor of A.R.M.S practical combat within the Warden Academy in Reinhold. Avery straight laced instructor his focus in on improving the students of the academy and readying them for the difficulties and losses that can come with being a Warden. He is missing his left arm from past combat out in the wastelands but has still been able to hold his own with only one arm. Hayden is portrayed by Morpheus
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Origin[]
Hayden Lancaster, was raised by their father after losing their mother while giving birth. Had a simple childhood lacking a maternal figure, things were complex for him during his growing up but eventually managed to gather the basics for social interactions.
His father worked with the main vanguard to deal with the constant attacks of the beasts. From time to time Hayden always wondered how things came to be but he admired the efforts of his father to protect the remainder of life putting their own lives on the line. Deciding to help his father in his fighting, he decides to learn more about the A.R.M.S System on the side, mainly to see if he one day can bring the best use of them when his turn to join the combat joins.
After years and years of learning and training combat with his father, at the end of his school years, he finally got a letter of acceptance to the Academy, though destiny decided to remove the last bit of happiness away by later hearing his father passed away in one of the fights against the Magical Beasts. Devastated he later was given financial support due to his learnings in A.R.M.S, providing him a stay in the Academy even without financial support, though he was tasked to assist in jobs provided by the academy itself to support both the Academy and his future income. Months passed and after mourning the death of his father, Hayden passed his school life learning and polishing more his skills as a Warden until the day of graduation came to be so he too could be in the frontlines to continue his father’s legacy. In action he was known as the “Baron Caster”, due to his unparalleled capability of using his main dual bladed A.R.M.S., making him the fastest caster from their group.
But, after a long set of missions, one day he faced the impossible. Numbers were too big causing his group to suffer major casualties alongside his left arm and some of left eye’s sight. Devastated by the loss of his comrades he noticed but to see a lack of training/knowledge of their friends in their skills and himself, wondering if he was pushing his team too much in comparison to him. After a time of recovery, the Academy approaches him one more time, and invite him as Instructor, to take advantage of his prior knowledge and experience with them, he accepts and makes his new goal but to make the new set of Wardens but the finest of Wardens so they are ready to not commit the same mistakes he faced in the past.
History[]
TBD
Traits[]
Strengths[]
- One Handed Control - With his missing hand, Hayden had to adapt his control over to one handed style, practicing his skills, techniques, grip, etc. Making him more capable of handling the understanding of weapons, giving him an edge on their usage even if they are meant for 2 handed.
- A.R.M.S Understanding - With the extra knowledge of weapons due to his missing limb, he concluded that depending on the weapon, the A.R.M.S will manifest power in a way to benefit that missing strength said weapon is missing. He also insinuates that the Focus are more variant in styles due to the complexity of elements, meaning there is limitless possibility of learning more new usages of them. Provides Hayden an upper hand on A.R.M.S of different shapes and forms. (Casting speed, type, etc)
- Combat Knowledge - Increased experience after surviving face to face against Magical Beasts on his prior encounter, his training and skills became more polished alongside a vast understanding of military tactics during the pass of years, having at least a strong fighting chance even with his flaws.
- Reasons Behind the Motive - With the world changing everyday, Hayden understands that communication is key to a successful life, he will come to terms in a vocal scenario first than considering fighting. Everyone has motivations, reasons and emotions to do what they do, Hayden listens thoroughly in order to decipher them first hand to achieve a peaceful solution beforehand.
A.R.M.S. & Spells[]
| A.R.M.S & Spells | Description |
|---|---|
| Core | Type: Lightning |
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Hayden wields two Lightning Core the key pieces needed to operate his A.R.M.S. and cast any spells. |
| Dual Blades/Glaive | Attunement: Fighter |
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| Spell Name | Type: Innate/Spellweave |
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- *Non-canonical/unofficial name
Weaknesses[]
- Lost Arm - In the past a Magical Beast took a lucky swipe and ripped off Hayden’s Left Arm.
- Injured Eye - Within the same injury sustained from the Magical Beast, it also slightly hit’s Hayden’s face causing his eye to be permanently injured. Causing His left eye to be nearsighted.
- Phantom Limb Pain - As a painful side effect, the physical trauma of losing his arm, even though the limb is gone, the pain still remains. Taking an on-going treatment to cure his condition, he still has sensations of pain from the moment he lost his arm.
- Smoking Addiction - To endure his lapses of Phantom Pain, he became addicted to nicotine in cigarettes, causing his mind to relax and ignore most of the pain but when lacking a smoke for a long time, he becomes more irritated and harsh until getting a puff later in the day.
Links[]
Social Links[]
- Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/MorphTM
Episodes[]
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