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Kaden was a lombax and the keeper of the Dimensionator.[1] When his people were driven to use the device to escape to another dimension following Percival Tachyon's attack on Fastoon, Kaden refused to follow them in order to protect the device. He was also the father of Ratchet.

It was ultimately Kaden who was responsible for sending Ratchet to grow up on Veldin in the Solana Galaxy.

History[]

Kaden was presumably born on Fastoon and grew up as childhood friends with Alister Azimuth. Throughout their youth, the two would often go on daring adventures, including hoverbooting in Krell Canyon and carrying out secret rescue missions on Orrack Minor against space pirates. One such adventure involved a 15 to 16 year old Kaden entering the Agorian Battleplex, where he entered the Gold tournament using his own father's ID and became the first non-Agorian to win. He was consequently grounded for a month, but his friend Alister maintains the only other time he ever saw Kaden happier was at the birth of his son.

At the age of 19, Kaden was the captain of the Hoverball team on Fastoon and reportedly could use his Hoverboots to outrace any of the elders. His friend Alister was also on the team and a great teacher in helping Kaden become proficient with hoverbooting. Alister described him as a natural but claimed he was still a faster racer than Kaden.

Kaden and Alister would also sometimes visit Kaden's girlfriend on Vapedia when she was in education and sharing a home with her friend, Lorna Cross.

As an adult, Kaden would go on to contribute to Lombax society with the invention of the CryoMine Glove [2] and being the first to theorize about the existence of the Great Clock based on ancient runes from planet Quantos. He would also later be named the keeper of the last Dimensionator, a great secret invention of the Lombaxes used to defeat the Cragmites in the Great War. At some point in adulthood, Kaden had a son with his spouse, a moment that Azimuth claimed was the happiest he'd ever seen his friend.

Centuries after the conclusion of the war, a mysterious inventor approached the Lombaxes with ideas for new technology in order to help stabilize the chaos from the wake of the war and restore peace to the Polaris Galaxy. As an Elder Councilman for the Center, Azimuth wished to take heed of the inventor's suggestions, but Kaden warned not to trust him as the rest of their kind had grown suspicious.

Kaden backstory

Azimuth recalls Kaden being too late to prevent his wife's murder.

Kaden's warnings were ultimately not heeded. The inventor, Tachyon, used the resources of the Lombaxes granted to him by Azimuth to build an army and attack Fastoon to avenge the Cragmite defeat. Kaden refused to follow his people to the Court of Azimuth for refuge, determined to save his family. By the time he returned home however, his wife had already been murdered by Tachyon's forces. Using the Dimensionator, the other Lombaxes escaped to another dimension, but Kaden decided to stay behind to protect the device. Along with his infant son, Kaden fled from Fastoon.

Tachyon searched for both Kaden and the Dimensionator, seeking to return the banished Cragmites to Polaris. Kaden initially hid the device on Rykan V, but it was later relocated to planet Jasindu by Max Apogee after space pirates gained a map to its location. Knowing that Tachyon would never relent in his pursuit to exterminate the lombaxes, Kaden sent his son to the Solana Galaxy to ensure that he would be spared the Cragmite's wrath. Kaden would also sell the Smuggler his Gyro Cycle after his ship crashed somewhere in the Vorox Nebula.

Ultimately, Kaden was unable to escape Tachyon, where he faced the Emperor in combat but was eventually beaten. In his final moments, Kaden still refused to reveal the location of either the Dimensionator or his son and Tachyon swiftly killed him with pleasure.

In Rift Apart, it is revealed Kaden and the Council had tasked a Lombax named Mags with mapping all dimensions in existence and creating the Dimensional Map so that the Lombaxes could find the perfect dimension to hide themselves in.

Legacy[]

Kaden's death would leave a great mark on Azimuth later in life, holding himself personally responsible after being exiled from joining the rest of his kind for his hand in the attack. Ratchet would grow up safe from Tachyon's vendetta thanks to Kaden, but would know nothing of his heritage or his real family, along with growing into a true intergalactic hero.

When Tachyon eventually came to Kerwan after tracking Ratchet down, the Lombax learned the fate of his people and his father. Ratchet ultimately avenged Kaden's death by defeating Tachyon and ensuring that the Dimensionator could not be used again to bring back the Cragmites.

While on a journey to search for Clank, Ratchet would meet Azimuth, who told him much of Kaden's life and gifted him his father's old Hoverboots. Ratchet was given a chance to change the past and save Kaden from his fate using the Great Clock, but ultimately turned it down after realizing the potential damage to the universe it could bring.

Characteristics[]

Kaden is, so far, only ever seen as a picture inside Azimuth's pocket watch. As noted by the General, he looks remarkably similar to Ratchet in overall appearance, with the addition of extra striping around the fur on his face. He wears clothing similar to Ratchet's own suit used during A Crack in Time and also wields a wrench similar to the OmniWrench 3000 and the OmniWrench 8000.

Azimuth described Kaden as a great Lombax and as smart as they come. In Azimuth's stories of Kaden, he exhibits witticisms and typical personality traits similar to Ratchet. Kaden, however, is said to have been a slower learner than Ratchet in becoming adept at using Hoverboots.

Behind the scenes[]

When Kaden won the gold tournament at the Agorian Battleplex, he was said to be 15 to 16 years old. This is also about the same age Ratchet was in the first Ratchet and Clank, when he and Clank first met and saved the Solana Galaxy from Chairman Drek.

After completing the main story of A Crack in Time, Lord Vorselon claims to have once been Kaden's accountant, though it is ultimately unknown if he is being truthful.

Notes and references[]

  1. In Tools of Destruction he was mentioned as the keeper or guardian of the Dimensionator in several cut scenes
  2. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time - While using the CryoMine Glove in Krell Canyon, Alister tells Ratchet that Kaden invented it.
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