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Kain Highwind (Japanese: カイン) is a fictional character in the Square Co., Ltd. RPG Final Fantasy IV. Childhood friend to both Cecil Harvey and Rosa Farrell, Kain is the leader of the Dragon Knights of Baron. Though Kain is best friends with Cecil, they are rivals in a sense, as they both are leaders of Baron's forces and are quite infatuated with Rosa. Orphaned at a young age, Kain decided to follow his stepfather's steps as a dragoon instead of choosing the path of the Dark Knight like the King of Baron wanted him to. He claims that being a dragoon makes him feel closer to his father. He shares the same surname with Ricard Highwind, a character from Final Fantasy II who is also a dragoon knight, a raft of the same name in Kingdom Hearts, and Cid Highwind, a character from Final Fantasy VII.

After Kain's best friend Cecil, the Dark Knight in command of Baron's Airship force known as the Red Wings, returns from a mission in Mysidia, he is given a mission to deliver the Bomb Ring to the summoner village of Mist. Both Cecil and Kain notice an unusual air about the king, and Kain goes with Cecil on his quest. When the two reach Mist, the ring sets the entire town on fire. The summoner Rydia becomes angry and uses her summon magic to create an earthquake in her battle with the two heroes. However, Rydia soon warms up to Cecil, when they realize the king is trying to conquer the world, and destroyed Mist, thinking it was a threat. The earthquake, however, separated Cecil and Rydia from Kain.

Later, Cecil and Rydia, along with new friends Prince Edward Chris von Muir, Yang Fang Leiden, as well as Rosa, meet Kain again in the kingdom of Fabul. Kain, however, has sided with the King. Cecil will in fact fight him, only to be defeated. After Cecil is out of the way, Kain kidnaps Rosa and takes her to the Tower of Zot, where the new Red Wings commander Golbez waits. Cecil and the others vow to rescue her.

When Cecil and Yang reach the Tower of Zot (this time with Cid Pollendina and the sage Tellah by their sides, instead of Rydia and Edward), Tellah gives his life using the Meteo (believed to be Meteor) spell to kill Golbez. Though Golbez isn't killed, he is severely wounded. It is then discovered that Kain was under the control of Golbez. Kain regains his normal consciousness and frees Rosa. Cecil, Kain, Rosa, Cid, and Yang then face off against the Wind Fiend Valvalis, defeating her.

Kain remains with Cecil for quite awhile, trying to obtain the four Light and four Dark Crystals. However, before departing for the moon, Kain is re-taken control of by the evil Zemus. It was Zemus, in fact, controlling Kain in the first place, not Golbez (Golbez and the King were also being controlled by Zemus). The Lunarian FuSoYa joins Cecil and they defeat the Four Fiends inside the Giant of Bab-il. Kain then, once again, rejoins Cecil to defeat the evil Zemus. He is also one of the few friends of Cecil not attending Cecil's wedding to Rosa. In the end he is seen at the peak of Mt. Ordeals with his hair blowing in the wind, vowing to become a great dragoon like his father. This is expanded on inside the extra dungeon of the GBA Remake, The Lunar Ruins.

Inside Kain's Trial, it's shown that after the ending of FF4, Kain enters the same mirrored chamber atop Mount Ordeals that Cecil used to become a Paladin. There, he is put into a scenario where Cecil, Rosa, and himself are at Baron. Kain wakes up lying on the ground, remembering only that he has been attacked by an unknown person. Cecil finds him and tells him there has been a murder. The victim is discovered to have been killed a lance, quite obviously used by Dragoons. But Kain is discounted as a suspect, because he too was seemingly attacked, and knocked out by this person.

Eventually, you find out that it is the dark side of Kain who was killing the citizens of Baron, and this opposite Kain tries to force the real one to kill Cecil, knowing that he is the one who stole Rosa away from him. There, you make a choice whether to kill Cecil or not. TO BE CONTINUED

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