Gerard Argent

### Aliases

Dad (by  Chris and Kate)Grandpa (by Allison)"Sociopath with a Broadsword" (by Talia)"Geriatric Psychopath" (by  Peter)"The Old Guy" (by Liam)"Stupid Old Man" (by Kate)

### Nicknames

Dad (by Chris and Kate)Grandpa (by Allison)"Mom's Quarterlife Crisis", "Creepy Old Man" (By Aurora and Lila) "Sociopath with a Broadsword" (by  Talia)"Geriatric Psychopath" (by Peter)"The Old Guy" (by Liam)"Stupid Old Man" (by Kate)

### Occupation

HunterKanima Master (formerly)Principal (formerly)Nursing Home Patient (formerly)Mentor of Monroe's Army

## Physical Information

### Species

Human Werewolf (formerly; rejected/cured)

## Relationships

### Significant Others

Mary Argent (Wife) †Raven Pierce (Affair) †

### Children

Chris Argent (Son) Kate Argent (Daughter)
 Aurora Pierce (Daughter; with Raven)
 Killian Walker (Son; with Raven)

### Parents

Mrs. Argent (Mother) †Mr. Argent (Father) †

### Relatives

Victoria Argent (Daughter-in-law) †Allison Argent (Granddaughter) †
 Bexley Hale (Daughter)
 Talia Hale (Daughter)
 Declan Hale (Son)
 Silas Hale (Son)
 Clarke Hale (Son)
 Emery Hale (Daughter)Henri Argent (Ancestor) †Marie-Jeanne Valet (Ancestor) †Sebastien Valet (Distant Ancestor) †

## Supernatural Information

### Affiliation

Argent Family Argent Hunters
 Monroe's Army

### Significant Kills

Unidentified Beta Werewolf (indirectly; on his orders)3 Unidentified Hunters2 Unidentified Beta WerewolvesUnidentified Omega WerewolfMatt DaehlerJackson Whittemore (indirectly; under his control) (1st time)Brett Talbot (indirectly; on his orders)Lorilee Rohr (Indirectly; on his orders)10 Unidentified English Omega Werewolves (indirectly; on his orders)12 Unidentified Members of a Brazilian Pack (indirectly; on his orders)

## Appearances

### Actors

Michael Hogan

**Gerard Argent** was the brother of Alexander Argent, the father of both Chris Argent and Kate Argent and the biological father of Aurora Pierce and Killian Walker, the father-in-law of Victoria Argent, the grandfather of Allison Argent, Talia Hale, Declan Hale, Bexley Hale, Silas Hale, Clarke Hale,and Emery Hale, and a descendant of Marie-Jeanne Valet and Henri Argent.

Gerard, as an Argent, comes from a long line of Hunters who have made it their mission to protect humans from the supernatural. However, unlike most of his family, he was willing to use the supernatural if it suited his needs, which was evidenced when he convinced his son, Argent, to let his wife, Victoria, commit suicide after she was bitten by a Werewolf, but had no issue with manipulating Scott McCall into forcing Derek Hale to give him the bite to cure his cancer.

Unfortunately for Gerard, his plans to obtain the bite failed when it was revealed that Scott had replaced his medication with pills full of Mountain Ash, which caused his body to reject the transformation. This forced Gerard to move into a nursing home for treatment, because though the bite did seem to heal his cancer, his body began to produce black blood from most of his facial orifices, which seemed to cause him a significant amount of pain.

He continued to suffer in this condition until Season 5, when his son Argent brought him a rare wolfsbane plant that appeared to fully heal Gerard after he ate it, though he only gave it to him under the condition that Gerard join him in assisting the McCall Pack in their fight against the Dread Doctors and the Beast of Gevaudan. The wolfsbane ultimately cured him of the bite, and kept him human.

Gerard returned and helped Tamora Monroe to build her army of Hunters, wishing to use them to exterminate any and every supernatural being in the world. To this end, and to finally kill Scott, Gerard allied himself with the Anuk-ite, though the creature was ultimately defeated before he could fulfill their deal. During a confrontation with Kate and Argent, he was mauled to death by Kate in her Werejaguar form in retribution for shooting her with yellow wolfsbane and for rejecting her as his daughter due to her status as a shapeshifter.

Gerard was a member of the **Argent Family of Hunters**.

## Biography

Almost nothing is known about Gerard's life prior to his introduction in the series. He was born to two Hunters (with his father presumably being an Argent) and had at least one sibling, a younger brother named Alexander. According to Gerard, he was not very close with his mother, and his relationship with his father is unknown as well.

In 1977, Gerard's brother was attacked and bitten by an Alpha Werewolf during a hunt which led to him committing suicide, as per the Argent Hunter Code, by shooting himself in the face with a shotgun in the Glen Capri Motel.

At some point, Gerard married Mary Argent, who bore him two children; his firstborn son Christopher, and his second-born daughter Katherine, who would go by "Kate." He had an affair with Raven Pierce when she was twenty-one and had two children with her, Aurora and Killian.

He raised his two older children in the Hunter tradition, though they ultimately took on wildly different philosophies; while Argent grew to obey the Code like it was the law, Kate took her father Gerard's very loose interpretation of the Code that allowed them both to essentially do whatever they wanted in the name of protecting humanity from the supernatural.

In 1988, after Chris successfully learned all of the skills necessary to be a Hunter and graduated by forging a silver bullet as a testament to the Code, Gerard sent his eldest son to Japan for his first gun deal. However, he purposely kept the fact that Argent would be dealing with the Yakuza, or Japanese mafia, a secret, as he wanted to test his son's ability to improvise and survive under pressure.

In the early 2000s, Gerard, accompanied by Argent and several other Hunters, returned to Beacon Hills to catch a Werewolf (who happened to be a Beta in Ennis' original pack) who was accused of killing two of their own. Though Argent was insistent that they follow the Code and ensure that the Beta truly took innocent human life before killing him, it was clear that Gerard intended to do things his own way. It was during this time that Gerard learned about the Nemeton and its use by Druids.

When Deucalion, concerned about the losses on both sides in the war between the Argent Hunters and the central Californian Werewolves, proposed a truce, Gerard agreed to meet with him and his representatives at an abandoned distillery. However, it was then revealed that Gerard had set this up as an ambush when he let off a great deal of wolfsbane fog that incapacitated both his own Hunters and the Werewolves in attendance.

After injecting himself in the leg with an antidote, Gerard grabbed a spike mace (made from a wooden baseball bat covered in Werewolf claws that he had extracted from his victims), which he first use to kill his own men, as he was angry that they, too, wanted to make peace with the Werewolves, and he knew that the claws on the mace would resemble a Werewolf attack so closely that he could later blame the ambush on Deucalion's pack.

After killing his men, Gerard took out Deucalion's Betas while Deucalion himself crawled out of the distillery to get away from the wolfsbane fog. Gerard quickly caught up with him, and after Deucalion insisted he had a vision of peace, Gerard joked that it sounded "short-sighted" before stabbing him in the eyes with two flash-bang arrows, blinding Deucalion permanently, though he could see somewhat with his Werewolf vision. It was this attack that led Deucalion to create the Alpha Pack, who would cause even more destruction in the years that followed.

## Personality

Gerard was a typical run-of-the-mill psychopath. He had shown on many occasions to be absolutely ruthless, especially when it comes to his survival. When pushed to the edge, he was capable of doing the unthinkable, such as killing his own family, as evidenced when he threatened to kill his granddaughter Allison Argent if Scott McCall didn't give him what he wanted. Gerard even admitted to Chris Argent that he would kill his son if it meant his own survival.

## Physical Appearance

Gerard is an elderly man in his late sixties or early seventies with pale white skin, short white hair (that is starting to thin and go bald), and hazel eyes. He is slightly above average height, being six feet tall, and he is often shown to wear neat but casual clothing, usually in darker colors but always in neutral tones; this includes khaki, navy blue, or black slacks, long-sleeved button-up shirts with stripes or plaid patterns, and occasionally a sweater or a dark jacket over top of it.

## Skills

He is a very experienced Werewolf Hunter who has presumably been raised in the Hunter lifestyle since he was born, and he has taught both of his children the ways of hunting as well, making them both formidable warriors. However, unlike his children, he doesn't seem to engage in hand-to-hand combat if he can avoid it; whether this has something to do with his age or is just a preference is currently unknown. Regardless, he prefers to use long-ranged weapons, such as firearms or ultrasonic emitters to incapacitate his prey before then using closer-ranged weapons like a spiked mace or a broadsword to finish them off.

However, his greatest skill is his ability of manipulation, a skill at which he has demonstrated a strong talent. He has also demonstrated a talent in strategy and battle-planning despite the fact that, as a male member of the Argent Family, Gerard would have been trained to be a soldier rather than a leader or general like the women of the family.

## Equipment

* Broadsword
* Ultrasonic Frequency Emitters
* Small Knife
* Various Handguns
* Homemade mace covered with Werewolf claws

## Etymology

* **Gerard**: Gerard is a masculine English, Dutch, Catalan, and Polish name. It is of Old German origin, derived from the Germanic elements *ger*, meaning "spear," combined with *hard*, meaning "brave, hardy;" together, this name means "strong and brave spear-wearer." The Normans introduced this name to Britain in the early 9th century, and it was initially more common than the similar name, Gerard, with which it was often confused. Variants of the name in other languages include: Gerhard (Ancient Germanic); Cai, Caj, Kaj (Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish); Kai, Kaj, Kay (Danish, Finnish, Frisian, German, Norwegian, Swedish); Gérard (French); Gerrit, Jorrit, Jurryt, Jurre (Frisian); Gerhard, Gerd, Gerhardt, Gert (German); Gellért (Hungarian); Gearóid (Irish); Gherardo (Italian); Gerardo (Italian, Spanish); Sjra (Limburgish); Geert (Low German).
* **Argent**: Argent is a surname with two known origins. The first is from the Old French *argent*, meaning "silver," likely used as a nickname for someone with silvery hair, as an occupational name for someone who was a silversmith, or as a topographical name for someone who lived near a silver mine. There are also several French towns and villages called Argen or Argent, particularly in Aude and in Bassey-Alpes, due to silver being mined there, so the surname could also be a locational name derived obtained by being a resident in those villages. The town name derives from the Late Latin personal name *Argenteus* or *Argentius*, meaning "silvery." Argent as a surname dates back to the late 12th century, and variations of the spelling include Argente, Arghent, Argentt, Argont, and Argontt.