[hider=Daren Metzger] [center][img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjY2LjJiNjQ1NC5SR0Z5Wlc0Z1RXVjBlbWRsY2csLC4w/darkness-of-the-night.regular.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/HExP0cR.jpg?2[/img] [sup][i]Original Artist: Matilda Fiship, https://www.artstation.com/fiship[/i][/sup][hr][hr] [color=12694B][h2]⦋ [b]26[/b] || [b]German[/b] || [b]Male (He/Him)[/b] ⦌[/h2][/color] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INQwuHga-Rg[/youtube][/center] [color=12694B][h3][b]OVERVIEW[/b][/h3][/color][hr] [indent] [color=12694B][u][b]APPEARANCE [/b][/u][/color] [indent]At first glance, Daren appears to be a normal, if a bit eccentric person; Standing at 6"4', weighing roughly 180 lbs, and with an incredibly pale face that sports an unchanging dumb smirk. He has constantly-tired eyes, despite his perpetual jovial expression, and seems to dye his own hair a sort of bluish green. Most of his body is covered in a choice of a butcher's apron and a large, doctor's jacket, going to lengths to cover the rest of his body with a tall boots and long socks, as well as two varying gloves on his hands, his right one being a thin, needled one and the left one being a thick, greenish one. Yet underneath his outfit, Daren's body becomes much more unsettling; His entire body is a sickish gray, covered in all manner of welts, burn-marks, and stitches, almost mixing and matching pieces of various size together into a single body. Even his attire gets stranger the longer one examines it, carrying around tools in pouches more befitting a butcher, including a giant metal cleaver almost as long as he is tall. His "face" as most people see it is actually a plain white mask, that covers his face. Even stranger, his left glove isn't a glove at all, but his own prosthetic hand, with wires barely attaching it functionally. Hell, even his hair's just it's natural color.[/indent] [color=12694B][u][b]BACKSTORY & MOTIVATION [/b][/u][/color] [indent]Daren was originally a member of a family of traveling monster-hunters, who made a life out of seeking out the deadliest game the world had to offer for the best trophies; From urban myths to ancient legends, they lined the walls of their mobile home with the mementos from all sorts of beasts, cryptids, and even stranger quarry. Well-- His family, had. Poor Daren was shafted with making the trophies; Every one of his family's triumphs meant a gruesome, thankless autopsy for him to pull off, never fully receiving the full huntsman training he was promised every time he asked. One night, when he was 22, his family was on a trip to South America, hunting down a jungle beast that had been terrorizing several towns for months. While the rest of his family was off hunting the creature, it attacked their RV where he had been hanging behind. The creature nearly tore the shelter to shreds, as Daren tried to desperately fend it off, already accepting his demise. The beast managed to tear at his throat with it's claws, and had what was left of it in grip of it's teeth... Suddenly, the beast was killed by a flurry of knives striking it along several points in it's back, thrown by a strange woman he hadn't recognized; She wasn't part of the hunting party, but was someone else altogether. Just as she saved his life, she made it abundantly clear that Daren had two options: 1) Die 2) Work for her Just before he lost consciousness, he managed a nod; Good enough for her, he presumed, since when he woke up he was in a hospital of sorts, having his otherwise-mortal wounds healed, his throat covered by a sort of artificial-skin layer. The woman revealed her name, Ivory, and that her group -- Horizon Frontiers -- had been hunting the beast, and several others, for a different reason than his family's own glory-hounding; However, they recognized they had existing skills with monster dissection, the very same reason she had saved his life. And thus, Daren became an operative for Horizon Frontiers, not only being given a more dignified output for his skills in butchery, but also being given the chance to live as the monster-hunter he always wanted to be. Horizon's primary reason for hunting down monsters and mythics was to harness the abilities of their physiology; Through research, they've deducted means of biologically grafting various organs and segments of living beings onto others, granting them some degree of their specific abilities; In the case of the jungle-beast that nearly killed him, it's own heart gave Daren inhuman endurance that allowed him to survive an otherwise crippling bloodloss. Since then, he's been the first eager guinea pig for several other grafting procedures, giving him a questionable degree of humanity -- Both physically, as he's taken on the aspects of several different creatures to both increase his power and repair his damaged body, as well as in spirit, given that he's become progressively untroubled by the idea of extending his butchery to that of other Nomads...[/indent] [/indent] [color=12694B][h3][b]FIGHTING STYLE & ABILITIES[/b][/h3][/color][hr] [indent][color=12694B][u][b]SKILLS & ABILITIES [/b][/u][/color] [indent]Daren combines his own experience with anatomy with his fighting style, relying on absolutely brutalizing an opponent with brute force. Not only is his massive Cleaver capable of tearing even a seasoned warrior a new one, but his prosthetic hand gives him a decent reach and is also capable of infecting the target with a weakening formula. Daren's also inhumanly durable, possessing the heart of a savage beast as well as several other improvements to his body, as well as flesh-meld which can instantly knit and cover any wounds, while also giving an added layer of protection, on top of his bulky outfit and durable mask, which has saved him from one too many shots to the face.[/indent] [color=12694B][u][b]SIGNATURE MOVES [/b][/u][/color] [indent][color=12694B][u]■ Cleave[/u][/color] [indent]Daren swings his massive cleaver in a wide angle, striking a large range and making for a powerful, difficult to avoid attack for any close-ranged opponents. [/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][u]■ Needle-Fingers[/u][/color] [indent]Daren pokes the opponent with one of his sharpened prosthetic fingers, injecting them with a poison that slowly weakens over a short duration; Afterwards, the injectee will be left feeling queasy and sick for several hours.[/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][u]■ Trap[/u][/color] [indent]Daren carries a handful of camouflaged, compact bear traps, which if stepped on will deal immense damage and snare their target until they managed to break themselves free. [/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][u]■ Hook-Hand[/u][/color] [indent]Daren fires his hand as a grappling hook, either to pull himself towards an opponent or reach a preferable vantage point.[/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][u]■ Spare Parts[/u][/color] [indent]Daren carries around a small bag of prosthetic flesh-meld, which act as makeshift bandages. If he suffers any serious wounds in a fight, he can simply slap it over the exposed point, and it will quickly synthesize and attach itself, rendering him good as new. Requires a brief moment to remove and attach, however. Can also be used on others.[/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][u]■ Spinning-Cleave[/u][/color] [indent]Hank quickly swings his Cleaver in a full 360 degrees, buying him some space and hitting everything within several feet of him.[/indent][/indent] [color=12694B][u][b]SUPER MOVES [/b][/u][/color] [indent][color=12694B][u]■ Culling Blade[/u][/color] [indent]Daren swings his cleaver downwards with every ounce of his might, dealing catastrophic damage to an opponent, projecting even enough force to smash through solid stone.[/indent][/indent] [color=12694B][u][b]WEAKNESSES & LIMITS [/b][/u][/color] [indent]Daren's fighting style is pretty straightforward, being easy to predict and while possessing raw killing power, has little versatility. His Cleaver's also pretty bulky and slow, leaving him possibly exposed if he fails to land an attack he's invested effort in.[/indent] [/indent] [color=12694B][h3][b]OTHER[/b][/h3][/color][hr] [indent][indent]What else?[/indent][/indent] [/hider]