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"It was all a lie. My calling as a hero. My bravery and courage. But I still walk forward because my mother had believed it. Even if what I am is a fake, a phony, I'll trudge through this hell because that's what my mom would have wanted. That's what my mom would have wanted for me, and by extension, for you. So let's continue to live this lie, SHADE, let's continue to swing these swords with everything we got. Because even if we ourselves aren't the real deal, at least our efforts were."

Shane Mayen, born Shardis Licita is the current first mate to Rogue Valian Dekani "Deka" Price. Initially serving as Deka's ranged firearms support in missions, then later as his equal in the battlefield, Mayen was considered the first human to ever wield Toron technology. Due to essentially using his real body in combat, as opposed to the conventional Valian way to pilot a Armoured suit known as the Lance, Shane gained the moniker among many in the Star System as The Unarmored Valian.

It was revealed to Shane and Deka that the Terran was actually not born in this world, but was rather time displaced just like Deka was. The son of Kirin and Caterena Licita, making Arsanios Licita his adopted older brother, and he himself a Reinian and Lualite to the house of Licita. However, the cause of Mayen's time displacement is unknown, as well as how he had been discovered by who he believed was his real parents which turned out to be his adopted ones.

Backstory

Shane Mayen lived with his parents, "Tim Mayen" and "Dana Mayen" in an urban neighbourhood. Struggling financially, Mayen was expected to pursue a degree in STEM to guarantee job prospects by his parents and to live a financially stable life. However, such expectations caused Shane to pursue an academic life he resented. Influenced by various media, Shane strived to become a hero like those in the movies he watched. Even going as far to hoping for a catastrophe to awaken any "hidden powers" he had.

One day, his wish partially came true, when the Severens, a time displaced alien race that the Valians were at war with, invaded. Shane watched as his world was sent into apocalypse, believing he would finally have a means to unlock his potential and to start "living his life", Mayen's delusion led him to engage one of the Severen Infantry, leading to the boy being critically injured. Before he could be finished off, Tim and Dana intercepted the Severen and protected their son, sacrificing their lives.

Struck with tremendous guilt, Shane realized that his goals in life were unrealistic, and attempted to commit suicide, but a dying Dana urged her son to continue living for them. Dana asks Shane why he would do something so foolish, as no normal person would face death the way he did, believing her son possessed incredible bravery. Before Shane could explain that it wasn't bravery that led him to attack the Severen, but rather his foolish delusion to become a hero, Dana reveals that Shane was actually adopted, and that they had found him in a broken pod. She believes that Shane possesses bravery that can only be explained by him not being from this world, but before Shane can ask Dana what she means by this, his mother dies in his arms.

Mayen is rescued by a squad of military soldiers and escorted to evacuation, but before the squad can get there, the Severens had already destroyed the cargo, killing everyone inside. The military troops protecting Mayen along with two other students are defeated by a Severen larger than the others, possessing a face of a woman but her limbs fragmented into a number of parts throughout her alien hide. Dana's final words ring in Mayen's mind, and Shane decides that even if Dana's words were not true, her faith in her son was, and the boy picks up a submachine gun dropped by one of the fallen troops and begins firing at the Severen. Shane's submachine gun bullets deflect off the Severen's hide, and Shane yells at the two students to run as he holds it off. The Severen begins to close the distance, and Shane picks up an assault rifle on the ground and wields it with his other arm, shooting the Severen, oblivious to the fact that he was holding a firearm in each hand and withstanding its recoil, a superhuman feat.

However, despite this, Shane's efforts are fruitless, as he runs out of ammunition in both weapons, and the Severen delivers a nearly fatal blow on the boy, sending him out of the military vehicle and sprawling on the ground. Shane gets to his feet, but realizes he, and the two students are cornered by numerous Severen who have closed in on them. Reminded the dying face of his mother and father, Shane announces that he will not die without giving a fight, and that he may not be a hero, and that he may not be brave, but he will keep fighting because that's what his parents believed in him to be. A fake hero in the eyes of the world, but a saviour in the eyes of his parents, Shane takes out his switchblade and charges the larger Severen, but before he can do anything, the aliens are dispatched and destroyed. Standing between him and the Severen, is an elegantly armoured soldier with patterns unlike the technology of the world.

The armoured figure calls the Severen by the name of Lena, and Lena recognizes the soldier to be a Valian by the name of Dekani Price. Lena is bewildered that a Valian would follow her and her squad to the past, and Price tells Lena that she should not be surprised, since she raised him long enough to guess he would be the one Valian naive enough to follow their mother back to save her from the Severens. Lena tells Price that he is indeed delusional, and calls him a "slave to the void".

Lena attempts to blast Price with her Severen power, but Price splits up with his armour, a human boy with long white unkempt hair and otherworldly attire, as his armoured seemingly gains sentience. The two charge Lena and converge once more in a shower of teal sparks, as the Valian crosses blades with Lena with his glowing sword. Lena pushes Price back and orders her squad to retreat, as Price, an unfactored variable, as delayed her sequence. The Severens soar to the sky, entering a massive ship that is hidden from within the clouds. A smaller ship is pursuing it with incredible firepower, and a landing craft in the shape of a lotus approaches Price, opening up for the Valian to enter in.

Before Price can step in, Shane stops him, and begs Price to bring him along. Price tells Mayen that he should return to his kind, but Mayen tells Price that he wants to come along and stop the Severens along with the Valian, recalling what Dana had told him about being from a pod. Price tells Mayen that his wishes to fight the Severens as a mere Terran is effectively suicide, but Mayen urges Price to take him along, as he has lost everything. His school, his parents, his loved ones are all dead because of the Severens. He can only achieve peace by ensuring that they do not cause any more large catastrophes like the one he had experienced today. Price recalls Mayen's fight against Lena, and senses a presence in Shane unlike the other Terrans on the planet. Price eventually agrees and lets Mayen onboard his ship, nicknamed The Lotuscraft. Price tells Mayen that having a human onboard as his assistant is unheard of for a Valian, but admits that he is not against the idea. From then on, Mayen would serve as Price's first mate, and that Price would serve as his captain.

Appearance

Shane Mayen possesses long shoulder length black hair, with long bangs reaching his round face. His eyes were originally brown, but after a partial modification with Yggdrasil, Deka's ship infestation system that modified his Lances, Mayen possessed green pupils. Mayen is of average height, and possesses a muscular build from his years of weight training prior to joining Price on his ship.

Mayen wears a black fur coat and dark blue-black jeans. Cladded along his shoulders, knees, and combat boots are elegant white Primed armour plating with gold trim, akin to the Toron style. On his back is a greatsword replica of Ais, the Severen weapon wielded by SHADE, a vengeful mercenary that has been hunting the Valians. Underneath his coat, Mayen wears a black tank top along with a utility belt housing more firearms.

A Toron white and gold trim mask covers Shane's face, which serves as a HUD during missions.

Personality

Shane possesses tremendous survivor's guilt, as he witnessed his parents' deaths to the hands of the Severens in an act to protect their son. Because of this, Shane would often put the lives of others before himself, and harbours an intense hatred for Severens.

Due to having lived a life alone, Shane has trouble socializing, and would often remain silent. Combined with his traumatic past and his appearance, many considered Mayen to be brooding and aloof. Serving as Deka's first mate, Shane preferred using actions to communicate; unfortunately these actions were usually acts of violence, leading to many to be put off with his personality.

False Hero

During his childhood, Shane strived to become a hero just like the figures in numerous movies and media that had influenced him. Rejecting the reality of his life, Shane wished for a day where the world would be thrown into apocalypse, so his selfish desire at becoming a greater figure could be fulfilled. When his world was invaded by the Severens, Shane's mother believed that Shane possessed incredible bravery, when in reality he had selfishly wanted to use the opportunity of fighting a Severen soldier to "evolve". This belief was untrue, and because Shane was unable to tell his mother the truth before she died, Shane believed his role as Deka's first mate and his battle against the Severens was anything but heroic. Seeing himself as a "false hero", Shane hated himself and took every victory with a grain of salt.

Similarities to SHADE

During an encounter with the Supreme Severen Gargantua, the Severen Noble remarks the numerous parallels and similarities between Shane and SHADE, as both seek vengeance, both hold guilt in their hearts, and both despise themselves as their very being is that of "a lie".

Stance on Romantic Relationships

Shane is under the belief that all relationships are subject to what he describes as "emotional decay". In a sense, that most relationships start off passionate, but over time, become nothing more than a stale title to hold on top of one's heads. The numerous romantic developments he had seen in the shows and movies he watched is what he considers "an ideal that will never manifest in reality". This way of thinking has caused Shane to have a negative and warped view on girls, and as such, couples into his contempt to socialization.

Mayen despises the notion of finding love as he believes that the current "male meta" is disgraceful, that the whole idea of finding a kind boyfriend overrides one who is strong. Shane sees himself as "the complete opposite of what girls these days want", and would even consider breaking off any communication with a girl if he begins developing feelings for her. This twisted way of thinking has caused Shane to be in a perpetual state of loneliness and emotional turmoil, although he denies it.

Hobbies

Shane spends his free time watching anime and reading manga, but denies it, claiming that such stories are "unrealistic" and are "fantasies dreamt up by lonely men". Deka jokes that Shane must love it because he relates to its creators, much to the first mate's outrage.

Shane also loves working out and scrolling Facepage, but is put off by what he calls "degenerate losers trying to sound funny in the comments".

Shane despises housework, as evidenced when he along with Deka's crew stayed in the city of Trife, where Deka and Rinne urged Shane to sweep the floor after the two of them along with the rest of the crew had already cleaned much of the house themselves while Shane himself spent the day on the sofa.

It is revealed that Shane was a "weeb" in his younger years and was obsessed with the anime culture. This fact was deeply buried and Shane is disgusted by this side of himself.

Relationships

Family

Tim Mayen: Shane loved his father, and was influenced by him at a young age. Tim had a pessimistic outlook on life, teaching his son that every person in the world had a side that they always kept hidden. This mindset caused both Tim and Shane to develop paranoia, and to trust very little people. Tim also taught Shane brutal life lessons, such as the dwindling job market for certain fields. Tim was the first person to tell Shane that his dream to become a hero was unrealistic and stupid, and to force him to go into STEM due to its realistic job prospects. The relationship between Shane and his father had been mostly out of respect, as Shane believed loving his father was "out of obligation as a son".

This view had changed drastically after Tim gave his life to protect his son. Seeing his father's dying face caused Shane to realize that despite all of the things he put him through, his father did these very things and taught him these very lessons because he wanted his son to be prepared for a world that a little boy was not yet ready for. Shane realized that his father's lessons would never have been taught to him unless he was his son, and that Tim didn't want Shane to live a life full of disappointment due to him being very naive.

Tim's death shook Shane to the core, causing Shane to swear to get vengeance against the Severens.

Dana Mayen: Like her husband, Dana wanted the best for her son, and supported Tim's decision to force Shane into the field of STEM for job prospects. On one night, Shane told his parents of his dream to become a hero, and that he was willing to forsake getting into college to pursue his journey, no matter what it took. This level of delusion put Dana into tears, as she begged Tim to talk some sense into their son.

When the Severens invaded, Dana watched as her son left the car and charged a Severen foot soldier head on. Believing her son had done so out of bravery, she finally understood Shane's desire to become a hero. Dana's final words were to tell Shane to pursue his dream, and apologized for forcing him to succumb into something he hated.

Dana's dying words left a long lasted impact on her son, causing Shane to walk forward with his goal to take down the Severens along with Deka Price, and to continue fighting even if he was the cause for her death.