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About Kaiyde Mort'hildek IX

A spitting image of the Kaiydes before him, but much smaller in stature due to him being the family runt. He shares his namesake's penchant for self experimentation, though with mechanism over biology. This is best seen in his custom datajack, which like the claw of some great bird grips the back of his head, its massive cable dangling three feet behind. You wouldn't know unless you had seen it before, though, as his thick blond dreads are woven through and around it, just the very end poking out the edge. By Dwarven standards, he is wide, though not by imposing physical stature, but genetics.

His clothing is fairly plain and reflective of his financial situation. He wears Second Skin, which is effectively an occupational requirement. It offers the necessary protection from vacuum that any salvage engineer needs while also remaining a relatively inexpensive and unencumbering source of armor. Over this, his well traveled sleeveless shirt and stationwear parachute pants held up by suspenders make up the next layer, each with its fair share of grease stains and scorch marks. The pants are tucked into cheap boots meant for travel, but they are outfitted with functional secondhand maglocks. In addition to the utility belt on his waist, bristling with an absurd quantity of engineering (and demolitions) equipment, he has a Wayfinders faction jacket tied, hanging almost as low to the floor as his hair. On his nose rests the bastard of welding goggles and pince-nez, affixed with a tiny lever to drop the polarized shades; on his left ear, an archaic personal speakerphone with an obsolete antenna and ancient microphone. From a loop on his left hip dangles a very obvious combat hammer among the tools.

Much as his eldest ancestor to bear the name had an odd flying companion, so too does the current iteration. While the Kaiyde I was known for Pseudodragons, Kaiyde IX has a custom "Hedgedrake" drone refitted for salvage work that follows him everywhere. Originally a manned surveillance probe, it now houses an extremely complex AI written by the young prodigy himself in his studies. Freshly graduated from the Star Citadelship Ironstar's university, he was granted passage to join the Wayfinders explorer's guild on Absalom Station, part of the Starfinder Society, with the goal of aiding in his people's Second Quest for Sky, or perhaps recovering the homeworld of his ancestors, Golarion, from wherever it may be.

His impoverished state comes from the vast amount of credits that Vast transport costs, enough so that long range communications to his younger brother and sister, training as Mystics aboard the Ironstar, is still impossible for his budget. Working as a freelance engineer was simply not lucrative enough in this place where such professions are abundant. However, after the recent screenings were lifted and recruitment accelerated, Kaiyde was finally able to join the Starfinder society. May his legacy be as great as the one and only Professor Kaiyde, formerly of the Lantern Lodge, Venture Captain Tavaana Took's favored seeker, commended by Venture Captain Bardak, son of Bardak, foremost in the field of transplant medicine, legendary Eater of Demons, the Hellprince's bane, Chronicler of Jormurdun and Thornkeep, the Runeslayer, and decorated Pathfinder. It’s a hell of a family legacy to live up to.