Stinger (Gregory Houst)

=== BackStory ===
Gregory Houst used to be a young youth who was taught to believe in duty, family, patriotism, honor and faith. A promising soldier commonly known in the army as the “Rapiers Sting” due to his agility with a rapier. Married at 28 with Cassidy Thruin and father to Cassandra Houst.
Served in army since 14, promoted to Captain at 36 and forced to resign at 40 due to a Pillage incident.
Until at 38 after a won battle, Gregory arrives to his hometown with his unit at night, being faced with a view of his hometown being under attack he and his man manage to withstand attack with few and heavy casualties. When arriving home, he noticed the unlocked front door and slightly whispers but did not recognize them, fearing for the worse he firmly sneaks in and saw the terrifying view of a group of 3 grey hide brutes slashing his wife and child corpses, upon witnessing this event Gregory barge in rage dealing deathly blows managing to kill them, he noticed a serpent like tattoo in the corpses of the brutes.
Devastated by the death of his 36-year-old wife and 7-year-old child he merges into a deep mourning that change him radically becoming hot tempered and thirsty for a fight, being overwhelmed with the thoughts behind the origin of the snake like tattoo, due to his prestige to the army he was deemed unfit to command so he was gently forced to resign at 40.
Since nothing else hold him to his hometown, he packed up equipping a dagger that was meant for his child a arming sword from his wife which he hold them tight, craved his own Rapier next to the graves of his wife and daughter. Letting behind his own name and giving himself a new name “Stinger” and embark on a journey to investigate on the origin of the snake like tattoo.
Calling the dagger “Little pumpkin” and the arming sword “Cassy”.
=== Season 4 ===
For 7 years his thirst of vengence attemps to consume him whole, but his weapons reminds him what he must do first "I'll make sure no one else will share the same pain through them. NONE!!". He knows what this path will bring him in the end, until than he can not afford to forsake his own life for they're end will come before his own. 5 years for searching for that tattoo and no tracks, no leads, no information they simply vanished like it was nothing.
His next stop, Karmia, he still has a few silver to spend for a couple of meals. He'll see what he can do to get some income in this new place, after a good meal of course. These folks seemed a bit to light, the guards dont look much qualified for they're tasks.
During the meal Stinger overhears a conversation about some jobs and bounties and offers to join the group, also mocking the guards for their utter incompetence in the mean time. A practitioner of the magical arts, Gideon, a weaponless fighter, Akuma, a large religious man, Balasar, and a young elvish hunter, Laedina, that despite being an elf resembles of what his daughter could have grown into, reviving some painfully memories.
After a few bounties Stinger was challenged to a duel by Akuma which end up on Stingers defeat, Akuma extend his hand to help Stinger get up on his feet and cheer him up but Stinger dissed away. With this he recognized that he could not perform his task on his own, that he would require help.
There was one of the bounties that the group was suprised by the large beast in which they manage to slay it, but there was another party that wanted to claim it by force. This end up in a clash between the two groups, there were some members of the foreign party that recognize that claim it was wrong, but the leader wanted so bad that he died his party wanted to fall back with the leaders corpse. Due to the dishonnored acts of the leader Stinger did not let them take the body. Upon looking at the leaders corpse, he recognized the tattoo and with it released a barrage of raging blows on the body. Stingers teamates manage to calm him down and so he explained the situation of what happen to his family. Although it was situation to big for them to handle to themselves they offer to help at least investigate it and do as much as they could.
The search for the cult behind the tattoo begins, attemping to unveil their true reasons, at last some progress.
Category:PC