Purity

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Kayden Anders (née Russel), known publicly as Purity, is an enforcer of Empire Eighty-Eight and Kaiser's right-hand woman as well as his ex-wife.

Personality

Kayden didn't believe in the Empire Eighty-Eight's ideology, but she was still influenced by her many years under their sway, making snap judgements about people based on their apparent ethnic background.

She was nicknamed "the Crusader" by Cherish.<ref>Comment by Wildbow on Plague 12.1</ref>

Appearance

Kayden had brown hair and eyes.<ref name="I3.5" /> She was mousy and shorter than average.<ref name="I18">Queen 18.y</ref>

As Purity, Kayden didn’t wear a mask, but it wasn’t necessary. With her powers active, her hair and eyes became a radiant white, emanating a light so brilliant it was impossible to look straight at her<ref name="I3.5" /> without getting spots in your eyes.<ref name="5.1">Hive 5.1</ref> The fabric of her plain white costume radiated a soft,<ref name="I3.5" /><ref name="5.1">Hive 5.1</ref> rippling glow. Her costume also included "pristine" white gloves. She left a white trail behind her as she flew.<ref name="I3.5" />

Abilities and Powers

Kayden falls into the category of 'flying artillery' capes. She has the ability to create kinetically charged light to move through the air at high speeds while generating blasts that can shatter walls and vehicles.<ref name="5.1">Hive 5.1</ref> She moved too fast for anyone among the Brockton Bay heroes but Dauntless or Velocity to catch, and she hit harder than both of them combined.<ref name="7.7" />

She had an internal supply of energy, which recharged when she basked under special halogen lights in Kaiser's office.<ref name="I3.5" /> Jack Slash noticed that, after periods where there was more sunlight, her powers were stronger, which may suggest that sunlight gives her more power than regular light.<ref>Interlude 11b (Anniversary Bonus)</ref>

History

Background

Kayden went out driving for the first time when she was sixteen years old. She got into an accident on a side road and her car rolled off the road and out of sight of anyone passing by. She was trapped inside the vehicle until she began to starve, and then triggered, gaining powers that fed off of and required light.<ref name="I18" /><ref>Interlude 8 (Bonus)</ref> Her delirium influenced the trigger event.<ref name="SB1"/>

Kaiser would approach Purity sometime later, after she started going out in costume. With his good looks and his way with words, he convinced her of his way of thinking. At some point, she joined the Empire Eighty-Eight.

After working ten years alongside Max, Kayden married him. Eleven months into their marriage, Kayden woke up to who Max really was. She divorced Max and took their daughter, Aster, with her.

Kayden made the ABB a priority target. Three to five times a week, she carried out surgical strikes against the gang's low level operations; interrupting shipments, beating up dealers and thugs, attacking their places of business and gathering information. She clashed with Lung on four occasions and Oni Lee on two and had forced them to retreat on all but one of those encounters. At one point, Lung set a trap for her, and succeeded in returning the favor; it took her two months to recuperate from all of her injuries.<ref name="I3.5" />

Story Start

When Kayden had read about Lung's arrest, she cleared her schedule and went out to clean up the Azn Bad Boys. She failed to get any information as to the recent changes the ABB had gone through and, out of options, sought out Kaiser. She eventually agreed to rejoin the Empire as his second in command on the stipulation that, if a year passed and she wasn't satisfied with his methods, she would own the Empire and he would be her second in command.<ref name="I3.5">Interlude 3.5 (Bonus)</ref> As a member of Empire Eighty-Eight, Purity led a "sub-group" comprised of Fog, Night, Alabaster and Crusader.<ref name="7.7" /> Her identity was revealed to the public alongside the rest of Empire-Eighty-Eight,<ref name="7.6">Buzz 7.6</ref> and her daughter, Aster was taken by child protective services.<ref name="7.7">Buzz 7.7</ref> She fought the Undersiders alongside this group.<ref name="7.9">Buzz 7.9</ref><ref name="7.10">Buzz 7.10</ref>

When Leviathan came to Brockton Bay Purity participate in the defense of the City. She blasted the beast and was able to temporarily pin him down.^{[citation needed]}

Post-Leviathan

Following Kaiser's death Kayden formed a splinter group out of her friends in the Empire, called the The Pure. She also started making overtures to the Protectorate trying to forge an alliance to secure the wreaked city.<ref name="9.1">Sentinel 9.1</ref> She took custody of Theo Anders with the death of his father.

Post-Slaughterhouse Nine

Kayden and the Pure fled Brockton Bay. They trained Theo to defeat Jack Slash, but he didn't trigger. Eventually, Crusader abandoned him, convincing Kayden that it was the only way he would grow strong enough to save the world.

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