Kain Highwind's Contest History

Who is Kain Highwind?
Kain Highwind is one of the main characters in Final Fantasy IV. He is a dragoon in the Baron army grew up with the FFIV protagonist Cecil Harvey. Despite having feelings for Rosa, he doesn't get in the way of Cecil and Rosa's relationship. Kain isn't accessible for the majority of the game because he is under the control of Golbez. He goes with Cecil in order to deliver a parcel to the town of Myst. The parcel turned out to be a trap and destroyed the village and Rydia's mom was killed. In her rage, Rydia summoned Titan and separated Kain from Cecil. We meet Kain again when he is under Golbez's control. He is set with the task of collecting the rest of the crystals through any means necessary. After Golbez and Kain capture Rosa, Kain devises a plan to collect the last crystal by exchanging Rosa for it. Cecil obliges and after a tough fight Kain regains his consciousness and joins the party. In a last attempt to stop Golbez, the party collects the last of the crystals. However, Kain falls under Golbez's control again and Kain takes the crystals and allows Golbez to open the path to the moon. In another rescue attempt, Kain is freed from the spell and joins the party again demanding they kill him if it ever happens again.

Kain's ability is the jump command. He makes an appearance in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.

"Forgive me, Rosa. Not all of what I did was because of Golbez's spell. I just wanted to keep you...to keep you by my side."

Contest History
Win-Loss Record: 0-1

Summer 2008 Contest - Division 7 - Second Group
 * Division 7 Round 1 --- 3rd place, 34477 [25.42%] - Master Chief, 49936 [36.82%] - Raiden, 38447 [28.35%] - Professor Layton, 12744 [9.40%]

Kain's first contest appearance and he almost advanced. Final Fantasy characters before VII have never done to well but Kain performed above expectations. The boost was most definitely coordinated with the DS release of FFIV. Perhaps if he can return to a 1vs1 setting he might stand a chance.

Kain made the Winter 2010 Contest vote-in but failed to advance to the actual battle.