Character Page - The Hunter
Oct 28, 2019
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Wary by nature the Hunter is an unsociable character who would rather avoid civilisation and large gatherings of people - however that is often where he hears of prey to hunt and so will not hesitate to enter a settlement regardless of how hostile it may feel.
He is confident enough in his own abilities to feel himself relatively untouchable - and this was his downfall when hunting the creature stalking the Village by the Hill.
Considered an 'old' character, he has wandered for a relatively long time yet still remembers the time before the Folly and has managed to maintain his clarity - perhaps due to isolation from human contact - however that is not to say that the world is not draining away his composure - as it does to everyone.
A slave to his temper at times, he takes measures to remain aware of how that effects his perceptions and reactions - maintaining his clarity is something he is adamant never to lose, and the longer he wanders, the more difficult it is to resist the world tainting him in that way. Violence is too easy for some.
There were once more like him, but they have since vanished, or are so far and few between that they hardly ever cross paths. The Hunter remembers, however, a time when those like him were welcomed to get rid of the things which man allowed into the void left - and who are now pretty much shunned or feared. Thus he is more used to being avoided and left alone unless something needs hunting.
He trades or sells what he can off of what he hunts - including bone, teeth, hair, or meat - for supplies and bullets, which are too precious to waste.
Not all are caught in the same cyclical trap of replayed events as he is - and while he wanders the land, he is aware (in a distant, filth-on-skin, kind of sensation) of his other self still on that hill facing the creature he meant to kill.
There is something lodged beneath his ribs and it burns each time that other self dies.
More art to add when it comes!
Top comment
Intriguing backstory! And it's interesting that there used to be more hunters but now they're fewer. With fewer hunters, are there more creatures, thriving since they aren't challenged? How did he become a Hunter, is it something he chose to be or did it choose him, so to speak? I love that part of his other self too, a creepy thing to be aware of... he must be a strong and quite emotionless person to be able to live with all that.
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