Victor Freeman

Victor Freeman is the main protagonist of the short lived Western themed manga Blaster Knuckle. Living as a black man in the Old West during the 1880's, Victor is a former boxer on the run from the law after allegedly killing nine people but in truth he is a demon hunter specialized in hand to hand combat, which he uses to take down monsters preying on his people under the guise of humans.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Though Victor's origins aren't explored in full detail, it is known that he was born somewhere in the middle of the 19th Century when racism was running rampant and making life hard for him and other black folks. 
At a very young age, Victor was forced to watch helplessly as his father was taken away and pinned to a cross to be lynched by members of the Ku Klux Klan. What he saw next horrified him to his core, as he witnessed the Klansmen morph into demonic creatures that devoured his father right in front of his eyes. The incident left him traumatized but it also fueled his desire to hunt down and exterminate all demons. 
Some time later the young Victor came across a group of hunters belonging to the Silver Kreuz, a secret organization of demon hunters that dedicated themselves to fighting and hunting down demons since ancient times. A senior hunter took him in and raised him as one of their own along with other orphaned children, immigrants and former slaves they found during their missions. 
The Hunter Class instructed Victor on their ways, teaching him how to kill demons by exploiting their weakness against silver weapons. There he learned more about the demons, of how they could spread by biting humans and turning them into their kind and how they would revert back to human form after death, preventing the world from finding out about their existence. But most importantly, they taught him that their war was to be fought in the shadows, away from the eyes of normal humans. 
Victor showed a natural talent for boxing, allowing him to unleash devastating combinations in hand to hand combat. It was there after finishing his training that he acquired the Blaster Knuckle, a gauntlet weapon that combined gunpowder and silver, designed to slay demons. He exceled in its use, which coupled with his boxing skills made him a fearsome opponent for demons and bounty hunters alike. 
During this time he also met and befriended Alex McGregor, a fellow demon hunter specialized in firearms who lost his right arm to the demons but made up for his handicap using a prosthetic arm cannon. 
=== Blaster Knuckle ===
Codenamed Brass Knuckle, Victor climbed up the ranks of the organization, proving to be a formidable demon hunter with many kills on his name. After the years however, he had a fallout with his colleagues due to his lack of stealth and subtlety when carrying out his assignments. Since the organization had been built on the principle of secrecy they were outraged to see one such as Victor draw unnecessary attention to them. 
The trauma of his unresolved childhood was still present, it seemed like the rage inside of him would never die down and so he became more vicious on his hunt, leading to him turning into a wanted man due to his kills standing out too much. It was then that the higher ranks of the Silver Kreuz chose to cut him out, 
Years later, now on his own, Victor still took it upon his own two hands to wage war against demons, occasionally facing off against law enforcement officers and bounty hunters out for his head. 
== Personality ==
At first sight Victor is a reserved individual with a grim personality and a strong character, as expected of someone in his line of work. He is a man of few words, not even trying to explain his actions to the townsfolk and authorities around him when he was accused of murder for trying to eliminate a demon posing as an innocent young girl. This is mostly due to being fed up with the racism in America during those days, which is what enabled the demons to abuse his people in the first place.He does however show a more human side of himself after the first chapter when he meets a young black girl named Cecile and her family in need of protection after being targeted by the Ku Klux Klan and their local boss (also a demon in disguise). He is shown to still be traumatized by unresolved events in his childhood, such as the lynching and subsequent death of his father at the hands of demons who were part of the Klan.
Underneath his rough exterior, Victor still maintains a personal code and set of morals, which put him at odds with the other Demon Hunters. Although he can be very brutal against demons and their minions, he rarely (if ever) goes out of his way to kill humans even if he despises racists and the way they treat black folks like him.
== Gallery ==
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== Trivia ==
* Victor shares some similarities with Django Freeman from Django Unchained.
** Both are black men who were saved from slavery and taken in by foreigners.
** Their benefactors saw potential in them and trained them to be killers.
** They have the same last name (Freeman).
== External links ==
* Victor Freeman on the VS Battle Wiki
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