A fan character for a crossover AU between Persona 5 Royal and the Horizon video game series!

Born December 17th, 3018 in an ELEUTHIA-9 ectogenic chamber, Artekai, also nicknamed Kai, is a highly religious machine hunter from the Cut.

Raised to believe he was a bridge between humans and machines, destined to bring back the Blue Light, he was trained to fight since he was able to hold a spear, until he lost his werak to the Red Raids.

After the end of the war, Artekai left the Cut in search of his destiny. In his way to Meridian, he met Aloy and became instantly attached to her, believing their meeting to be fated, as never met anyone else in possession of a Focus device like him before.

While he can be reckless and self-centered at times, Artekai is fun, cheerful, optimistic and full of energy, wanting nothing more than to be well-liked, ease his loneliness, and be remembered.

Even so, he has no patience for those who hurt those he loves - though he believes everyone deserves a second chance in life, if they choose to do better.

Fics I've written about him: https://archiveofourown.org/series/3071421