Kait Diaz

Kait was born in Fort Umson, Tyrus, in 20 A.E. to Gabriel and Reyna Diaz. Gabriel was formerly a sergeant in the COG Army and Engineering Corps. Reyna was a Stranded, a survivor of the Hammer of Dawn Strikes, and the daughter of geneticist Doctor Torres and Queen Myrrah of the Locust Horde. Reyna met Sgt. Diaz during the first year of the Locust War in his mission to assassinate the Locust scientist, Ukkon. Due to Sgt. Diaz learned about the Locust origins, he fled the COG with Reyna, and spent the remainder of the war as a Stranded and leader of their group. The two were married and had Kait in 20 A.E. At age ten, her father was diagnosed with Rustlung. Kait was horrified by what her father had become and was haunted by dreams of killing him to end his pain. Reyna comforted Kait that her thoughts were from a place of love and asked to be euthanized as well if she were ever put in a similar position. Before her father's death, Reyna revealed the existence of Kait's uncle and Gabriel's father, Sergeant Oscar Diaz. While the Outsiders usually went on routine raids of COG Settlements, the Outsider Movement became too heated as First Minister Mina Jinn threatened war against the Outsiders. Unknown to them at the time, First Minister Jinn's civilians and soldiers had been kidnapped, and Jinn believed the Outsiders, especially Reyna Diaz's villagers, of taking them. Reyna ordered the halt of Settlement raids, but eventually, Fort Umson ran out of power. In Bloom 42 A.E., on the 25th anniversary of Victory Day. Reyna ordered JD and Del to raid Settlement 5 while it was under construction, with the objective of stealing a Fabricator for Outsiders to replenish their power source. Kait volunteered to go with them, and Reyna agreed but sent Oscar with the three.