Hugo

Hugo is the leader of one of the three largest anti-RUC resistance forces during the Peninsula War. A bit of an eccentric, though many consider him kind of a weirdo, his unconventional tactics and way of thinking has proven to be very effective in combatting the RUC's advances. He is somewhat of an inventor, able to put together makeshift contraptions that work wonders in repelling the RUC. His odd way of thinking and his ingenuity has gotten him described as the "chaotic genius" of the three leaders.

## Personality

A bit of an oddball, Hugo is nevertheless fair and patient with his allies. He has been known to stay up all night jotting down plans for his next move... said plans being a bunch of scribbles on a sheet of paper. As many in his force would attest to, he actually consults these scribbles in some weird spiritual way to receive a vision of the most optimal move to make. That, or he's already thought of the plan on his own and just pretends he gets them from the scribbles, who knows.

He's also fairly messy and disorganized, not really taking certain things with the seriousness they deserve (aside from dealing with the RUC at least, but even then...) He could be fixated on one topic one moment and instantly switch to another the next. In addition, he's quite a paranoid man, often going to fortune tellers to learn of his own future death and work to prevent it.

If that wasn't enough, he's also a sucker for weird gadgets and contraptions. He's built many such things in his fight against RUC forces, sometimes making use of whatever's around at the time. The strangest part is: they work, they actually work. Some of his contraptions may be detailed at a later date.

## History

Hugo grew up in the town of [name] in the central Peninsula, where he spent much of his youth learning about the history about the Peninsula, as well as the architecture styles that developed within it before it became territory of the Republic. This would also awaken a love of tinkering and building in the young lad, who would put together sticks and stones to build simple small contraptions, such as a makeshift Ferris wheel ornament.

Later on, he began working as a carpenter operating mostly in the central regions of the Peninsula. He would be unlucky enough to fall into many close calls during the massive earthquake that hit the peninsula many years ago, but lucky enough that he survived each and every one of them. This has caused him to start fearing for his life every day, which lead to his regular visits to fortune tellers to predict and prevent his own "deaths."

## Peninsula War

### The Beginning

When word got out that a military force known as the RUC was pillaging and slaughtering their way through the peninsula, Hugo knew that they were going to reach his home soon. As such, he gathered several of his colleagues from his workplace, and began deliberating whether to flee or perhaps try to fight. Of course, having no combat experience whatsoever, everyone preferred to just run away. Before they could however, they realized that the RUC had already gotten too close for them to just simply slink away. They witnessed the RUC breaking into buildings and dragging people out of their homes, either to be taken away or to be gunned down on the spot. This would inspire fear, but also anger in Hugo and his colleagues.

With seemingly no safe way to escape, the group decided to pack whatever they could use as weapons (mostly some hammers and blunt objects) and set up in secluded areas of the wilderness. They picked off several RUC troops trying to pass by, hid their bodies, and repeated for the next group they encountered. It was then that Hugo remembered a project he was working on. I wouldn't be able to describe it to you if I could, but it's some sort of device that swirls a bunch of mud and swamp water or something. Either way, Hugo thought to lure a large detachment of RUC troops out of the city, and then use the device to trap them all within an artificial mudslide. Hugo and his group would have a safe passage further down south, as the mudslide prevented the RUC's advance.

### After the war

After the war, he was one of the people who moved into Justice Tower. Most of the residents, new and old, elected him to be the Director of the Tower, and he now manages the workload for the tower staff and leads the restoration efforts.

### Evaluation

Out of the three major forces, Hugo doesn't seem like much on the surface. However, he gained some attention from Peninsula residents when he set up an ambush that wiped out an entire RUC unit and heavily delayed their advance. Many of his soldiers admit that while they don't quite understand what's going on in that head of his, they nevertheless trust him to get the job done. Bizarre, yet effective formations and strategies are the main strengths of his faction, being able to confuse the RUC to the point where they won't notice their entire city has been encircled until it's too late. They also have the widest variety of wild gadgets and weapons to blast away the RUC with, some are admittedly rather silly (like a catapult that launches massive ball-clumps of rotting fish)

### Possible War Law Violation

Due to him loading catapults full of rotting carcasses to deter RUC forces, this could possibly constitute as a form of biological warfare. Hugo has gone on the record as saying "If this ever becomes a problem for us in the future, I'll imprison myself on everyone's behalf!"