Argent Family

> "*Our family has a surprisingly progressive tradition. Knowing war and violence are typically started by men, we place the final decisions, the hard ones, with the women. Our sons are trained to be soldiers, our daughters... to be leaders"* - Chris
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The **Argent Family** is one of the main families in the *Teen Wolf* series. They are a well-known, respected, and very wealthy bloodline of Werewolf Hunters, and, as far as it is known, all the Argents are immersed in this lifestyle; there has yet to be a member of the Argent family introduced who was not a Hunter, or at the very least in the business of protecting innocents and killing monsters. The family is literally legendary in the supernatural world-- because Argent is French for "silver," the myth has always been that silver kills Werewolves, but in reality, it's the Argent family who does that due to their legacy as Hunters.

## History

Their family name goes as far back as the late 1700s; in fact, the first ever true Argent Hunter was a young woman by the name Marie-Jeanne Valet. Their history began with Henri Argent, who had collected the materials and skills to protect himself against Werewolves (such as mistletoe and mountain ash, suggesting he may have been a Druid) but was not actually a Hunter. However, he did teach Marie-Jeanne what he knew about these materials and skills, which, when combined with Marie-Jeanne's expert hunting abilities, allowed her to slay the famous Beast of Gévaudan.

As the years went by, the Argent bloodline continued to grow, raised with the hunting skills of Marie-Jeanne and the herbal skills of Henri. In the late 20th century, the brothers Alexander Argent and Gerard Argent were born, the latter of whom later married and had two children, Chris Argent and Kate Argent. Though the Argent family is proud to have matriarchal leadership, it was Gerard who acted as the patriarch as he raised his son and daughter in the Argent Hunter tradition. His family also trained the children to work in their family business-- a security consulting firm and a federally-licensed firearms dealership known as Argent Arms International-- which acted as a front or cover for their hunting activities. Kate would eventually become more of a rogue Hunter who followed her own rules, similar to her father, who often eschewed the Hunter Code; conversely, Chris would grow up to be a Hunter that followed the rules and was strictly by the book, following the Code to the letter and believing in its principles wholeheartedly.

Chris later married Victoria Argent and they had a daughter, Allison; however, unlike the children in earlier generations, who were taught to hunt at a young age, Chris and Victoria waited until their daughter was seventeen years old before they introduced her to the supernatural world.

The Argents are known for their often brutal training sessions; the first lesson a Hunter ever has involves being captured and brought to a secluded location, where they are tied to a chair. In the background, a recording plays, *"Ever wonder what happens if a Hunter gets bitten? Ever wonder what happens if you get bitten? What do you think your father would do? What do you think he’d have to do? When all it would take to change everything is one bite."* The neophyte Hunter is then given an implement of some kind (in Allison's case, this was a broken arrow with a steel arrowhead) and are left to free themselves from their restraints. They are then timed to see how long it takes them to break free; Allison took two hours, Argent's Hunter cohort Bennett took three hours, and Chris allegedly was able to break free in seconds by thrusting himself backward with such force that he smashed the chair under him.

The Argents, along with others Hunter clans such as the Calavera Family, are said to follow a code of honor known as the *"Hunter's Code."* Since the Argents are a French family, the translation of the Code, "We hunt those who hunt us," into their mother tongue is *"Nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent."* However, in early fall of 2011, Allison, the newly-ascended matriarch to the Argent Hunter family, changed their Code to reflect the alliance that she and Chris had made with the McCall Pack-- *"Nous protégèons ceux qui ne peuvent pas se protéger eux-mêmes,"*or *"We protect those who cannot protect themselves."* This new Code meant that Allison and Chris would be protecting innocent supernatural creatures as well as innocent humans against supernatural threats.

Also, like other Hunter families, the Argents, for the most part, follow the section of the Code that states that any Hunter who is bitten and turned by an Alpha Werewolf must take their own life before the next full moon to ensure that they do not transform. While most members, such as Victoria and Alexander, did successfully kill themselves on the night of their first full moon as intended, two other members, Gerard and Kate, did not follow this rule; in Gerard's case, he purposely sought out the bite to cure his cancer, whereas Kate was unintentionally transformed into a Werejaguar after Peter Hale tried to kill her by clawing her throat out, and decided that she would prefer to live as a supernatural rather than kill herself as the Code and its enforcers, the Calavera Family, demanded.

After Allison's death, Chris has grown a affection with Ryo as he reminds of her and after he lost his family, including his older sister, the hunter decides to adopt him as his son and train him to be a skilled fighter. After Allison and other deceased friends were revived by Dragon Balls, Chris forms a new family with his three children; Allison, his oldest sister, Mine and Ryo, as he quotes *"A beginning of a new generation"*.

## List of Members of Argent Family

* Marie-Jeanne Valent (Deceased)
* Henri Argent (Deceased)
* Gerald Argent
* Alexander Argent (Deceased)
* Chris Argent
* Kate Argent
* Victoria Argent (Deceased)
* Allison Argent
* Ryo (Adoptive son of Chris)
* Mine (Adoptive daughter of Chris)

## Trivia

* The Argents are a well-known name within the hunting community, even despite the family only having two known living members (one of which is no longer even completely human). As a result, most supernatural creatures know their name and their Code.
	+ The family lost most of their power in the supernatural world after the deaths of Victoria Argent and the believed death of Kate Argent, though the latter was intent to return the family to their former glory even despite the fact that she broke the Code by not killing herself after being transformed into a werejaguar.

* Allison becomes Matriarch of Argent Family after her mother's death.
* In the end of Saiyan Twins' Adventures of Akame ga Kill!, Chris decides to adopt Ryo just to stay with his new family and not to be alone, forming a close father-son relationship (just like Riley and Melissa's relationship).
* In Rebirth of Our Friends!, is formed a complete family with Chris and his new children (Allison, Ryo and Mine)
* In Sisters of Robin Hood, features the new Argent Family, revealing a new photograph of them together.