Hector D. Monticarlo

> Don't look back...The world isn't meant to be nice. When you are idealistic and nice all the time, everyone will take advantage of you. But you can still be good. You can still be nice. But when you have to make a decision, do it, and never look back
>
> **Hector** to Zara

## Biographical Information

### Aliases

Montie
The Child Criminal

### Relatives

Santiago Di Medici Monticarlo (*Father*)
Aveline La Reina Monticarlo (*Mother; Deceased*)
Vaude Flint (*adoptive father*)

## Affiliation

### Occupation

Thief (*formerly*)
Mercenary

### Organization(s)

Black Mast Training Camp
The Band of Roses

## Combat Information

### Other Affinities

*Ritual Magic*
* *Blood Magic*

*Light Magic*
*Spatial Magic*
*Enhancement Magic*

## Appearances

### Last Seen in

Farewell

**Hector Di Medici Monticarlo Espinoza**, otherwise just known as **Hector** or **Montie**, is a member of the The Band of Roses and is the best friend of Arryn (II) Asa. Unlike the rest of the crew who were born within the walled countries, Hector was born in the sandy plains of the free state of Jambres, in the central territory of Magnolia. Hector serves many roles in the group. He is, however, the main information broker, due to his many affiliations with criminals and gamblers. He is also seen as the de-facto leader of the group in the absence of Arryn.

## Appearance

Hector is of an average height of 189cm. He has green eyes and brown, puffy and long hair. His physique is leaner than even that of Arryn. He usually is seen wearing cream-colored shirt and black trousers.

## Personality

Hector is best known as the 'free guy' to his friends in The Band of Roses. As a child, he was reclusive and rarely ever interacted with anyone outside his parents. He was suspicious of all adults, based on his experience with his own family. He particularly despised those who were rich, as they had much more than he ever did. As a result, his childhood personality was marked by hatred, suspicion and envy. After meeting with and learning from Vaude, his personality shifted drastically. He became more light-hearted and started behaving more child-like than his childhood self. He became more outspoken and more interactive, though he maintained his suspicious side, keeping with his original paranoia. After Vaude's death, he slowly fell into his original personality, before the appearance of Arryn, whose accomplishments lit a fire under him, forcing a competitive side out of him. However, his goal surfaced again when Kaleena showed up. As a member of Arryn's mercenary band, Hector is a good teacher and appears kind and open-minded. He is calm, humorous, tactically astute and dependable. He also is the emotional backbone of the group, as he is the most open to emotional dependency.

## Background

Hector grew up in the free states of Magnolia. While he was born in Jambres, his family got bounced around by debt collectors and Imperial tax collectors very often. While life was rarely easy for anyone living in Magnolia, it was particularly hard on Hector. He was born to Santiago Di Medici Monticarlo, a former Baron to the Count of Colt Ridge, and his wife, Avelina La Reina Monticarlo.

A little before he was born, his parents were disgraced out of power and retreated into Jambres. He was born almost a year later, and soon after, his family was knee-deep in debt. Hector grew up mostly in the state of Julot, the farthest state from Ruffield. Hector's family was dirt poor, so he had little in the way of a single meal a day. His parents blamed him for their fall from grace and he was beaten often, especially when he'd complain of hunger.

Hector would run away several times, stealing food and water to survive on his own, before someone would find him, beat him and take him back to the custody of his parents, who'd beat him up after that. His parents never made an effort to find him when he ran away. Hector was notorious as a child criminal, and soon, the family had to move to Nadina, a free state very close to the territory of Ruffield, when he turned twelve. His parents were sick of him at this point, and when recruiters came from a School of Magic (who were actually from the Black Mast Training Camp) to find the infamous child criminal, his parents essentially pawned him off to the group, not caring at all for the safety of the child. Hector, not caring what would happen to him on his arrival, agreed to go with them only if they would feed him. Hector joined the camp at the age of 13 and was trained and taught specially by Vaude Flint, a special instructor in the camp, and the one who negotiated the deal with his parents. Vaude practically became Hector's father figure, teaching him things about the greater world beyond the mortal plane, magic and its applications. However, on a special reconnaissance mission past a rift point to The Veridian, a realm of lush green forests and colossal guardian creatures, Vaude was killed in an effort to rescue all of the remaining mercenaries including Hector. While he was devastated by the death of his only father figure, a man he'd known for over five years in the camp, Hector chose to live like his master. A few days later, He would meet Arryn, who was a newcomer to the camp.

## Plot

*Main Article: Hector D. Monticarlo/Synopsis*

## Relationships

### Arryn

At first, Hector and Arryn had an extremely volatile relationship. Hector was the best student in the camp. When Arryn first arrived, his only challenge, was Hector and the instructors. And even at that, Arryn was quickly declared the best student, dethroning Hector. As they were both the best students, they got missions of their own, and were in a league of their own, with Hector striving to regain his position as the best. However, after one year of Arryn's stay in the camp, a certain girl, about the same age with him and Arryn, Kaleena Greywater, would join in the camp and easily usurp Arryn as the best. Hector saw it as a sign to return to his goal of living like his master and started fraternizing with Arryn rather than bickering with him. The two would go on to become the best of friends.

## Powers and Abilities

### Natural Ability

Hector is a natural at stealth moves and is very familiar with the ways of thievery. While being well-versed in many forms of melee combat and usage of ranged weapons, Hector prefers to sneak around, and has excellent situational awareness, even without using his magic. Hector is also naturally intelligent, and though he is in no way a genius or prodigy, he is a quick learner and adapts to difficult situations on the fly. He, just like his best friend, is an excellent judge of character, and can easily sense evil intent. Hector is in no way a physically gifted person.

### Magic

Hector was born with a randomized magical affinity, not in any way related to his mother or father's affinities, due to them never actually training or honing it. His affinity, Water magic, was honed through his training with Vaude. His other affinities are:

#### Imprint

Hector's Imprint is derived from his specialized use of Water, Space and Ritual Magic. His Imprint is called "\*\*Ripple\*\*", which allows him to scan an entire area completely and see everything within a large radius by sending out his wave energy like ripples. Since it is an Imprint, it bypasses varied forms of Light and Spatial Magic like invisibility, intangibility and the like. It allows him to also manipulate his spilt blood easily and freely without chants or incantations, which he can use to create explosive blasts of energy; thin, almost invisible blades to cut through most people and objects, and bullets of fluid form, capable of incapacitating most people.