Dan Carver
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Cowards die many times before their actual deaths."
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Julius Caesar
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Full Name |
Daniel Wyatt Carver
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Nickname |
Dan, very few people who know him have ever called him Daniel with the exception of his father and his late wife. His mother used to call him Danny but he absolutely hates it from anyone else.
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Birth Date |
1/19/1984
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Age |
32
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Gender |
Male
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Sexuality |
Hetero
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Relationship Status |
Widower
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Occupation |
Bartender
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Role |
Hunter
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Coven or Pack? |
Hunter of both
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In Depth Appearance |
Dan's 6'1 with broad shoulders and a toned muscular build. He trains daily to stay in top physical condition; as human he is already at a disadvantage hunting the supernatural so he does whatever he needs to do to improve his odds. He keeps his hair short and his facial hair well trimmed somewhere between a shadow and a light scruff. His eyes are bright blue though not as bright as they once were but he makes the effort to smile and present and friendly appearance. He has two tattoo's; the Carver family crest on his left shoulder, and a skull with a wolf head on top of it to commemorate his first kill on his right shoulder.
His clothing choices are almost always casual, hunting boots or sneakers, usually jeans, t-shirts, hoodies and maybe a jacket if it's really cold. His clothes fit loosely enough that they don't constrict movement but not to the point where they look baggy. Dan hates wearing suits or a tie, unless there's a funeral, wedding, or something of that nature he won't be dressing up. He wears silver Celtic cross given to him by his mother and a plain gold wedding band.
He keeps several weapons on him including brass knuckles made silver with crosses etched over each knuckle, a small silver tipped boot knife when wearing boots, a wooden stake, a few silver tipped throwing knives hidden in a jacket, and however many vials of holy water he can hide on him without it being cumbersome. He has a conceal and carry permit but normally doesn't carry guns with him unless he's actively hunting as it draws attention and of course he has silver tipped bullets. His favorite weapon is a recurve bow, used for both hunting animals and monsters. He has a few wooden arrows for vampire specific hunting but mostly carbons with silver tips and of course regular arrows for animal hunting.
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Habits | Oddities | Quirks |
He has a few nervous habits like pacing, knuckle cracking and general fidgeting.
He thinks gum chewing is gross, and hates when people chew with there mouth open or talk while chewing.
Has been known to over exaggerate his hunting stories which he loves telling.
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Hobbies |
He spends a lot of his free time training and finds archery and boxing to be his favorite activities to help him unwind. He also enjoys swimming and watching cooking shows. When he's not working he likes to hang out at the bar, drink, play pool or darts, and maybe make a wager here and there.
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Likes |
Hunting, not just vampires and werewolves but deer and such as well other outdoor activities.
Cooking, his mom was a chef and he does alright in a kitchen, nothing fancy but he enjoys the memories it evokes.
Games of skill or chance especially in a bar or casino, he likes the risk and excitement of it.
Live music, while he can listen to almost anything he prefers punk, hard rock, and heavy metal, something with real energy in it.
Action and Horror movies.
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Dislikes |
Vampires, even more so than werewolves, he sees vampires as pure evil while werewolves are more like rabid dogs who need put down.
Flying, it's not natural and he hates being stuck in a confined space like that.
People who are selfish or cowardly
Situations in which he has no control
People who complain a lot.
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Fears |
Having already lost what mattered most to him Dan has no real fear of his own death but fears that through his own mistake or inaction he could cause the death or even harm to another. His biggest fear is being bitten or turned by one of the monsters he hunts, to become a monster himself would be a fate worse than death.
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Personality Traits |
Brave, impulsive, protective, hot tempered, loyal, dedicated, unforgiving, self-sacrificing, and distant.
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Personality |
Dan is not the easiest person to get to know, while he's friendly he tends to steer conversation away from himself. He likes people, likes to get to know new people but unless they're fellow hunters he doesn't really let new people into his life. He feels it's safer for normal people that way, he doesn't want to bring the dangers of his life into their lives and still feels a large amount of guilt over the death of his wife. He tries not to dwell on pain and guilt though, Dan has become very good at compartmentalizing his emotions and not dealing with them. He keeps himself busy with hunting and training in order to avoid remembering what he's lost. Most of them time he just feels numb and to make himself feel more alive he searches for risks and danger; anything to get a rush of adrenalin. Sometimes it's picking a fight, sometimes it's hunting something dangerous and sometimes it's just gambling with money or possessions.
Despite his predilection for danger he is a good hunter. He respects and obeys his leader, he'll speak up if he disagrees with a decision but unless he has an ethical reason not to he will follow orders. He is very loyal to any hunting party he is apart of and is protective of his fellow hunters and of other humans. He rarely has a second thought about rushing into danger especially if it is to help another. The work they do is important, and while he didn't always put hunting first he does now. Dan is impulsive, he listens to his gut and his heart over his head and while he isn't always right his intentions are almost always good. He can be hot headed, especially in a fight and he's doesn't easily forgive those who betray his trust.
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Place of Origin |
Alaska
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History |
Dan was born into hunting, his father and mother both had been hunters and while they gave him a normal childhood they encouraged him to take up activities like boxing, archery, and martial arts. His mother worked as a chef and his father would frequently be on long business trips but as a child he was never sure what exactly his father did. His mother had temporarily given up hunting to raise Dan but his father would travel to take part in hunts hoping to keep the violence of it away from his family. They lived a fairly simple life, his parents didn't have much but Dan always had what he needed. Their backyard was basically a forest and he was almost always outside exploring it. His father started teaching him to hunt animals at ten and had a natural talent for archery. He always looked forward to the family camping trips they would take and hunting with his dad.
He was thirteen when his family was attacked by wolf during a camping trip. His mother died protecting him from that wolf before his father killed the beast. It was that night that his father explained to him about the existence of vampires and werewolves. The beast that had attacked them was werewolf, a member of a pack his father had hunted who had come looking for revenge. After the death of his mother he and his father moved around a lot. Dan was trained to be hunter and he spent all his spare time training and learning. He did well enough in school to get by, but it was his hunter training that he truly focused on. At eighteen his dad started taking him on hunting trips and Dan made his first kill, a werewolf, shortly afterwards. His father was proud of the hunter he was becoming and of how dedicated a hunter his son was.
Eventually he and his dad grouped up with some other hunters and spent some time in Texas going after a large werewolf pack. It was there that Dan met a woman, Jenny, and he was infatuated with her from the beginning. He kept hunting with his dad and their usual hunting party for a year as they dated but things began to get serious and he fell in love. Although he struggled with the decision, Dan gave up hunting the day he decided to propose, he didn't want what happened to his mother to happen to his wife to be. His father was furious, hunting was the family legacy and his father always believed hunting should come first, that it was their duty. He and his father had a huge fight and they didn't speak for months. His father didn't even show up to the wedding and a few weeks later a fellow hunter called to tell him his father had been killed raiding a vampire nest. Losing his father was difficult but his wife helped him get through it. Although he had given up hunting he still trained like a hunter, always expecting something to come after him or Jenny and eventually it did.
He was working a late shift one night when he got the call, Jenny's body had been found in a park, exsanguinated. He was informed that the baby hadn't survived either, they hadn't known about the pregnancy and he tries not to think about it as one loss was hard enough. The news broke him, he had lost everything that mattered by trying to protect them from hunter life. He quit his job and spent months drinking, grieving and tracking down the vampire that had killed his wife. When he did find the vampire he killed it in the slowest and cruelest way he could after finding out why it had come after him and his wife. Turns out the vampire didn't even know who he was, Jenny had been a random choice and the vampire had simply been hungry that night. After that he found a new hunting party and became an even more dedicated hunter than before, it became what he lived for. He hunts to keep the violence and tragedy away from others, those who know nothing about the monsters out there. He takes solace in his kills, every monster he puts down is a monster that will never destroy another life.
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