Gunther Venator

*"Never assume the layman knows more than you, analyze everything and come to a conclusion yourself".*

## Early Life

As a young boy, he'd enjoy killing birds with slingshots that he'd make himself. His mother was quite alarmed by this, thinking that he'd come to be a danger to society, especially since he wasn't a good socializer and had few friends. His father, on the other hand, came to be known as his greatest supporter, even impressed by his ability for violence.

## Parents

His father, Avash Venator, was of Sironian descent, and served in various militaries throughout Rathnir, and gravitated towards warhawk ideologies. He became a retired general in Yimmu-Audal at a young age and married a woman of average standing. The life of a soldier never truly left Avash, and thus he supported his family with that mentality and never saw it as a weakness. Sometimes he'd go to extremes: in a letter to a friend, Gunther Venator described an incident with his father becoming extremely angry over qualms that had built up over the day, and just at the age of ten years old, Avash Venator had woke up in the middle of the night to meet a cold and thirsty Gunther which had come up to his chambers to ask if his father could help him get water from the nearby well. In a rage, Avash forced the boy to fill up a bucket of water, pull it up himself, and try to take it into the house, and each time Gunther would attempt to take the heavy bucket inside, he'd be met with cold water splashing his countenance in the still darkness of night, and the repeating words of his father saying "now, again!". It's unknown if this was routine or just one instance as Gunther never elaborated, but this contributed to his do-or-die behavior in his career as a bounty hunter.

## Education and Affiliations

In the beginning, Gunther wanted to study law as he was lost for a long time. He didn't want to serve in the military, as when he was of age to be in the workforce he'd begun to have frequent nightmares which concerned themes such as death, gods, mutilation and murder. He didn't want to be a weapon, as that is what he thought of himself if he were to be enlisted in a military of any kind, and when he asked advice from his mother she had told him to study law as it was "a civil thing" and it would, importantly, "help people". Things were rocky when he went to law school, at first his family sent him funds, and notably, his father didn't particularly approve or disapprove his choice of study, as he said that "the world will find him a suitable existence, whether wanted or unwanted". Financial difficulties arose when Gunther's father had to pay off some old debts from the military, and also some local officials needed a certain amount of money from all the residents due to chances of war coming to ravage the land. This left the family very distressed, and multiple letters were sent to Gunther telling him to return home due to these circumstances. For some reason, there's no documentation of Gunther's response to these messages; but it is known that he continued to study law, but due to studying law he was estranged from his family. Neither his mother or father heard from him for years until a message came to their doorstep, from Gunther, expressing that he found a means to make his own money and study at the same time-- all of it was efficient and he wasn't worrying too much.

Gunther had left out that the job he had taken to satisfy his pockets was a hitman operation which was highly illegal. He was being contracted by a rebellious organization which worked under the nose of authority, any kind of information spilling out would mean the end of the operation and indefinite jailtime for Gunther Venator.