Song Taewon

Volume 8 profile

* Post-regression
* Pre-regression

**Song Taewon** (Korean: 송태원, RR: *Song Taewon*) is an S-rank Hunter affiliated with the Hunter Association. He is the only S-rank Hunter to work under the nation rather than a guild, which is a subject of dissent between him and the other South Korean S-rank Hunters.

## Appearance

He has black eyes and a heavy build, with a calm expression usually on his face, which is essential for a civil servant.

## Personality

Despite coming off as complacent and demure at his first introduction, Song Taewon is just as determined and dangerous as any other S-rank. His stubbornness is integral to keeping the rest of the nation's Hunters, particularly the high-rankers, in check. He is willing to take whatever steps needed to maintain the balance of power and protect Unawakened people and low-rank Awakened people, going so far as to physically threaten low-rankers to keep them away from S-ranks and hold an S-rank's pet hostage to rein in her destructive spree. Through this, he has a remarkably steady temper and remains patient, which makes him the primary candidate for helping control (particularly A- and S-ranking) Hunter-related incidents.

His motives are a mystery to many, with a number of the South Korean S-ranks wondering why he does not take advantage of his power and lets himself be ordered around by the government. He himself believes it his responsibility to protect the weak, being unable to attack anyone he perceives as weaker than him. In particular, he thinks of himself and other S-ranks as detestable, inhuman "monsters" who need to be "tied down" lest they wreak havoc; for this reason, he allows his superiors to order him around at their whims, despite technically being the Chief of the Awakening People Management Office, a high-ranking position.

## Abilities

He specializes in close-range combat, implied to be the strongest and fastest S-rank in South Korea. Little is known about Song Taewon's abilities because he does not participate in ranking competitions or any Hunter-related programs.

### Skills

* **Pervasive Looting (S)** (Korean: 스며드는 약탈, RR: *seumyeodeuneun yaktal*): Can temporarily and partially invalidate an opponent's skills. With prolonged contact, it can temporarily drop the effective rank of one of the opponent's skills, generally by about 3 ranks. The length of time for which the skill rank is lowered depend on the opponent's own rank; it lasts half a day against an A-rank and at least three days for an F-rank. This skill appears as a black fog surrounding the body part or item it is being channeled through.
	+ Before Song Taewon died in the original pre-regression timeline, he gave this skill as a gift to Sung Hyunjae for reasons currently unknown.
* **Unnamed weight manipulation skill (rank unknown)**: Allows the user to manipulate the heaviness of themself as well as other objects.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 82
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 83
3. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 149
4. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 110
5. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 135
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 132
7. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 141
8. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 158
9. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 118