Hayden Tenno

Hayden Tenno is the main protagonist of the darkSector game.

Hayden is an operative for an unnamed American intelligence agency. He is sent to the fictional Soviet nation of Lasria to gather information on a mysterious epidemic. Of course Hayden has a dark and troubled past, and is angsting about his current assignment, afraid of being infected or reliving his past misdeeds. Obviously, the virus is on hand to give him superpowers.

Appearance
Hayden is a tall man with a muscular build, he has a messy short black hair and has dark eyes. He wears a brown long-sleeved muscle shirt with numerous straps wrapped around his upper and the right sleeve torn-off exposing his gray metal-like arm, he wears brown pants with numerous straps and holsters wrapped around it and brown boots. He also wears black fingerless gloves.

Personality
In the beginning of Dark Sector, Hayden appears as an uncaring or even ruthless individual, willing to follow orders even if they seem morally questionable. An example of this is when Hayden kills an unarmed prisoner who works for the very same agency he does, due to the possibility that he may be infected by an epidemic that Hayden was ordered to prevent. He is also shown to be calm in most any situation, rarely showing any indications of fear or surprise in the face of danger or unknown environments.

Later on however, he is shown to be a morally ambivalent individual of many regrets, telling Nadia that "[he] never seems to do the right thing." He also believes that the previously unmentioned mission led to numerous casualties which he believed were unnecessary. His regret is corroborated by the fact that during his initial interrogation, Mezner claims that Hayden's C.I.A. psychological evaluation classifies him as "psychotic" and "unfit for duty," to which he does not argue, instead stating that maybe he "deserved [to die from the infection]." After defeating Nemesis (revealed to be Nadia), he again says that he "deserved [to be infected]."

He also is shown to hold grudges, telling the silent Nemesis "I've been waiting for this" as he throws his Glaive at it with the intent to kill in revenge for being infected. He also stabs his A.D. with a syringe for manipulating him for his own benefit. Hayden also demonstrates recklessness during the encounter, throwing a punch which is easily grabbed and countered after his thrown Glaive was easily deflected.

Surprisingly, even with the aforementioned traits apparent in his personality, he continues to try and reason with others despite any negative interpersonal relationships with them, such as with Nadia, who attempted to kill him, and with Mezner, who infected him, then tried to control, and kill him, multiple times. He continues this attempt to reason up to the point where Mezner planned to release the Technocyte Virus, before finally being forced to kill him.

Abilities

 * Weapons Training: Hayden is shown to be adept at using a variety of weapons with ease from the Glaive to various firearms such as the pistol to a rocket launcher.
 * Close Quarters Combat: Hayden uses various melee attacks with and without the Glaive either in assault (slashing at an enemy's throat) or stealth (sneaking up behind the enemy and quickly slitting their throat or twisting it). This is further shown when he tries to attack nemesis with his fist when his Glaive was deflected though he was easily defeated by it.
 * Pain Immunity: Hayden suffers from congenital analgesia, a rare condition in which a person has a severely reduced feeling of physical pain. This is how Hayden was able to maintain his sanity after his infection; he feels severely reduced pain from the infection.

Technocyte Abilities

 * Metallic Skin: After his infection by the Technocyte virus, the skin of Hayden's arm began to mutate and encase itself into an organic, greyish-silver metal. Over time, the infections spread to the right side of his chest and his entire right arm began to transform the skin into this metal.
 * Invisibility: Hayden can become invisible for a short period of time.
 * Shield Power: Hayden can project a shield for a short period of time to deflect various projectiles and attacks before it is disabled.
 * Power Throw: A charged-up throw of the Glaive for deadlier attacks.
 * AfterTouch: Hayden can guide the Glaive through the air, being able to kill multiple enemies.

Glaive Abilities
Hayden's signature weapon is the Glaive, a tri-blade throwing weapon similar to a boomerang which returns to Hayden after each throw. The Glaive is a natural side-effect of his infection and is part of his mutated anatomy. The Glaive can be used for long-distance combat, solving environmental puzzles, and picking up in-game items. When in close proximity to an enemy, context-sensitive actions may appear, allowing the player to execute enemies with "finishers". it can also absorb various elements to inflict various types of damage i.e. absorb fire to put nearby enemies on fire; electricity to electrocute enemies or disable electronics; and ice to freeze enemies.

Hayden also comes across a prototype armor (dubbed 'proto-armor ') that further enhances his abilities significantly, allowing him to fight toe-to-toe with Nemesis and defeat it.

Trivia

 * Hayden is voiced by Michael Rosenbaum.
 * Hayden is 29 years old.