KADE CARVER
(BandanaMan.EXE)
He/Him — Age 43 — Birthday: Summer 20
Born in Zuzu City General Hospital
Lives in:
• Megalopolis, Corson V (Polaris Galaxy) — permanent residence
• Cindersap Forest Cabin, Pelican Town — family home, festival visits
Married to Shane
Retired Gridball Player — Zuzu City Tunnelers
Former Forward / Offensive Specialist
Zuzu City Royal Conservatory — Sports Science & Performance Psychology (BA)
Kade Carver is a former professional gridball player from Zuzu City, known for his sharp humour, emotional honesty, and the unmistakable Fulham accent and cadence he inherited from his British parents — the same rhythm and delivery that made Example (Elliot Gleave) instantly recognisable. On and off the field, he carried that same mix of intensity, vulnerability, and dry wit, never shying away from talking openly about mental health or the realities of neurodivergence. Even in the quiet of the Valley, his voice still carries that warm, steady Fulham rhythm.
He’s fully human, 6'1", lean athletic build, brown hair, blue eyes, a full beard, a clean‑shaven chest, and extensive tattoos across his chest, arms, back, and legs — a visual history of the life he lived before choosing quiet. Diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and OCD traits when he was young, he grew up with a photographic memory, a love of numbers, and a deep preference for nonfiction. Socially awkward but academically strong, he found his footing in gridball as a teenager and was scouted early, joining the Zuzu City Tunnelers’ development program at 18 and debuting professionally at 20. Known for his precision, speed, and strategic mind, he became a fan favourite — though he never quite knew how to handle the attention.
He’s a lifelong fan of Example (Elliot Gleave), Gorillaz, Calvin Harris, and a wide mix of electronic and alternative artists whose work he admired throughout his life. He’s the kind of fan who refuses to pick favourites — he loves all eight of Example’s albums and all nine Gorillaz records with equal devotion. His cadence, humour, and emotional openness often remind people of Example himself, which only adds to the ongoing mystery of whether this was always his personality or something that emerged after his injury. He still taps out rhythms on his thigh when he’s thinking, a habit he’s had since childhood.
His career ended abruptly at 30 after a severe on‑field collision during a high‑stakes Tunnelers match — a brutal, mistimed tackle that left him with lasting damage to his knee and lower back. The injury was the kind athletes don’t come back from, no matter how hard they train or how badly they want to. Being forced into retirement before he was ready shattered the structure and identity that had shaped his entire adult life. Instead of staying in Zuzu City, he left immediately, unable to bear the weight of a life that no longer fit him.
What followed was a thirteen‑year journey across continents, forgotten places, and eventually worlds far beyond his own — a pilgrimage that reshaped him completely. During this time he discovered the dormant eco energy inside him, awakening into a rare, instinctive mastery of all six forms: blue, red, yellow, green, dark, and light. The deeper he travelled, the stranger the universe became. He learned to slip between dimensions, navigate the seams between realities, and summon objects — weapons, tools, vehicles — from worlds he’d visited or glimpsed. These abilities never made him arrogant; they humbled him. They forced him to confront himself, to grow, to heal, and to become someone softer, wiser, and more open than he had ever been. By the end of his thirteen‑year odyssey, he had shed the bitterness of his injury and stepped fully into the warm, charismatic, Example‑coded version of himself that Pelican Town would come to know.
On his 43rd birthday, he arrived in Pelican Town — not as a lost athlete, but as a man who had finally stopped running. The Valley’s strange agelessness didn’t surprise him; he had seen stranger things. Its magic didn’t frighten him; he carried his own. And its people didn’t question the occasional flicker of dimensional energy around him; in Pelican Town, it simply became an open secret. Nobody made a fuss. Nobody panicked. It was just another quiet oddity in a place full of them.
He met Shane as a neighbour, not a fan, and the two of them spent months orbiting each other — quiet conversations at the saloon, shared chores at Marnie’s, late‑night check‑ins when one of them couldn’t sleep. It took nearly eight months before either of them admitted what they felt. Kade finally offered Shane a bouquet from Pierre’s, marking the moment they became boyfriends, and their relationship deepened through shared routines and mutual healing.
What neither of them knew at first was that Shane carried the same dormant power Kade did — the same eco resonance, the same dimensional potential, the same ability to summon objects from worlds beyond their own. Shane’s powers had been buried under years of trauma, addiction, and emotional collapse, but the Valley’s magic — and Kade’s presence — stirred them awake. His awakening wasn’t dramatic; it was quiet, instinctive, almost gentle. A flicker of light in his palm. A ripple in the air when he was overwhelmed. A moment where he reached for something that wasn’t there… and it appeared.
A year after Kade arrived in Pelican Town — and after nearly a year of steady, grounded partnership — he proposed with a Mermaid’s Pendant he’d earned honestly. Three days later, as Pelican Town tradition dictates, they married in the town square, and Shane moved into the Cindersap Forest cabin permanently. By then he had already quit his job stocking shelves at JojaMart, choosing sobriety, stability, and family over corporate misery; his recovery is steady, private, and supported, marked by small victories rather than dramatic declarations. Kade stepped into that family seamlessly — Jas, Shane’s goddaughter, took to him immediately, often visiting the cabin after school for homework help, stories from his gridball days, or simply the comfort of someone who listens without judgement. Marnie, Shane’s biological aunt, welcomed Kade with the same warmth she gives everyone she loves.
Now, with both of them awakened, the Valley treats their abilities the same way it treats everything strange: with mild curiosity, zero panic, and immediate acceptance. To Pelican Town, they’re not anomalies — they’re just Kade and Shane.
After settling into married life, the two eventually chose a permanent home in the Polaris Galaxy: Megalopolis on Corson V, a bright, safe, technologically advanced city that offered peace, stability, and a future unburdened by their pasts. Pelican Town remains their family home, and they return for every festival, celebration, and visit with Jas and Marnie. Dimensional travel allows them to move freely between worlds, and the agelessness that affects them in the Valley remains stable across universes.
He still has the tattoos, the humour, the intensity, and the history — but now he uses them to live, not perform.
Pelican Town is his family.
Megalopolis is his home.
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Life Between Worlds
Kade’s days are slow, intentional, and shaped by curiosity rather than obligation. In Megalopolis, he explores woodworking, painting, gardening, photography, sewing, pottery, and learning to cook more than toast. He reads more, wanders more, and lets himself enjoy the quiet without guilt. Gaming has returned to his life as a comfort rather than a distraction, something he slips into on rainy afternoons or late nights when the apartment is still. He and Shane maintain a steady, grounded routine, balancing their peaceful life in the Polaris Galaxy with regular visits to Pelican Town for festivals, family, and community. The agelessness that touches them in the Valley persists across dimensions, giving them something they never expected: time. Time to learn, time to rest, time to become people they never had space to be.
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Gift Tastes
Loves:
All Universal Loves, Hot Pepper, Pepper Poppers, Pizza
Likes:
All Universal Likes (except Pickles), All Eggs (except Void Egg), All Fruit (except Hot Pepper)
Neutrals:
All Universal Neutrals, All Milk, Strange Bun
Dislikes:
All Universal Dislikes, Chanterelle, Common Mushroom, Daffodil, Dandelion, Ginger, Hazelnut, Holly, Leek, Magma Cap, Morel, Purple Mushroom, Seaweed, Snow Yam, Wild Horseradish, Winter Root
Hates:
All Universal Hates (except Seaweed and Strange Bun), Beer, Pickles, Quartz
