Jonathan Hunter

Jonathan as Human

Hellfire is the arch-nemesis of Ghost Strike. He was a part of the black ops group that betrayed Ethan Cross. After learning of what happened to Ethan, he underwent a process to give himself similar powers. However it was unsuccessful and he instead sold his soul to the devil and became a demon host.

### **Origin**

Jonathan Hunter was born into a very strict Catholic family in Brooklyn, under the name Jonathan Garrett. However, following the deaths of his mother and father, he was placed into the care of his grandparents. Shortly after he was placed in their care, they both died very similar, ritualistic like deaths as his parents. After his grandparents' deaths, he had no living family left so he became a ward of the state.

For the following years, Jonathan was raised by a former CIA agent, a man named Cecil Hunter, who he would get his surname off. During his years under Cecil, Jonathan was raised into a skilled fighter. He would go days without eating because he couldn't beat Cecil in combat, who refused to feed him until he knocked him down.

The day Jonathan turned 17, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. And due to his wide array of skills, they quickly accepted him. In the following years, Jonathan became feared across multiple foreign militaries and groups as well as within his own squad who had seen him do brutal things to people to get information. After a few years within the Marine Corps, Jonathan was invited to join a secret Black Ops group, known as "The Headhunters" that were sent across the world to kill individuals on behalf of the United States government. None of these missions ever officially happened.

On one mission, the group was deployed to the north African country, Berberonn where they had to kill the rising warlord Almaki Huudoom. Following his assassination, instead of moving to the next mission, the group stayed in the area. This was because Hunter had organised a meeting with a black market salesman who Hunter was selling ancient relics that he had taken from Almaki Huudoom's presidential palace. At this meeting, Hunter began to make plans with the buyer to work for another Berberonian warlord who would pay the marines to be a private army for him to enact his dirty work and killings for him. Most of the team agreed because they either saw the monetary value in this deal or they were in fear of Hunter. The men who disagreed were killed in the desert by Hunter. One of the men who disagreed was Ethan Cross, who after his murder his soul would not move on. Instead his soul wandered Earth until he discovered ancient tomes that told him of how to be resurrected. By the time Ethan had returned to life, the team had already betrayed the war lord in place for a rival warlord. This warlord was also killed by the team who staged a successful coup on Berberonn.

After Jonathan learnt of Ethan Cross' resurrection, Jonathan began to experiment in ways to get supernatural powers himself. However, after months of trying, he decided the best way to do this was to meet with the Devil. To do this, he shot himself and was sent to Hell after all of the horrific things he had committed. Once in Hell, Jonathan made a deal with The Devil and became a Demon Host. A Demon host, being a Human who sells their soul to a Demon or The Devil or a Hell Lord to gain supernatural abilities and powers.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Pyrokinesis**
* **Superhuman Strength**
* **Superhuman Durability**
* **Superhuman Agility**
* **Astral Projection**
* **Ability to Control and Speak to Demonic Beings**
* **Immunity to Fire**

### Abilities

* **Expert Marksman:** Due to his time in The Headhunters
* **Hand-To-Hand Combat**
* **Espionage**
* **Tracking**