Belo Ti Hills

Stren Ti Hills (Older Brother)

Sweetie Ti Hills (Younger Brother)

Divi Ti Hills (Younger Sister)

## Biography

Born into a well-off Gray family who've maintained the hunting grounds of Golds for almost two centuries, Belo Ti Hills was the product of a careful selection of Gray lineages native to the area of the Yellowstone Caldera, the Hills, and one purchased from a House Falthe banner family, the Silesias. Belo would show immense promise from his youth onwards, if lacking in personal ambition beyond tending the family business as game wardens and trappers on the estate of the Gold house Grimmus-Romani. Quick with his hands and possessed of a firm, if quiet presence, he was noted to be unusually advanced in his vocabulary and speed of thought, and deep latent empathetic responses. In a stunning display of the horseshoe effect, all three of these traits looped back around into presenting as an overwhelming lack of empathy, reluctance to speak, and a grounded aloofness, three traits prized in special operatives amongst the Society's Lurchers.

### Early Life

While he was earmarked from a young age for legionary service, Belo would be groomed into becoming the next Huntmaster of the Grimmus-Romani estate, in charge of backing up whatever Gold client came to hunt and providing local guidance where desired. This led to long nights out in the wilderness of the estate, where he would develop not just a professional interest but a personal love of the outdoors of Earth. He would hunt, fish, and trap all through the caldera his family called home. While not helpful towards the end of socializing, Belo and the team of Gray huntsmen that he worked with would develop into a healthy sense of professionalism, even at a young age. Belo would ship out for the Legions at age 16, though not nearly the same young man he'd been up to that age.

###### Boudica

It is frequent that those most impactful on life are those who are in it most briefly. For Belo, this would manifest in a Pink valet of Grimmus-Romani, simply named Boudica. Beautiful, even for a Pink, Belo would quickly see the undercurrent of resentment and anger that formed the young woman's iron spine. Perhaps out of personal curiosity, or just playful spite for her natural disposition, Belo would take her out into the wilderness with him. For the course of six months, they would ride off from the main estate whenever Boudica could be tagged for valet duties regarding the Huntmaster's office, quietly supported by Merry Ti Etrusca. They would spend days out in the wilderness, where Boudica would be honest to herself away from the prying eyes of her masters. A casually cruel woman with a highly mechanical mind for a Pink, the two of them would naturally settle into a rhythm when only amongst themselves. Belo would act as her lever to move the world where her brittle bones and frail frame would deny her, and give her an avenue on which to be genuine. The two were incredibly smitten by the time Belo would be shipped off, when he planned to save his earnings so that the two could live together. But it wouldn't last. To help offset the costs of shipping off his Grays to the Legions, Marcus Au Grimmus-Romani, owner of the estate, would sell Boudica, along with most of his Pinks, off to other Golds. Boudica would be taken from Earth, and whisked away to Venus, just a few days before Belo was shipped off to the Ludus.

### Time in the Legions

Belo, along with most of his kennel, would be fast-tracked for Lurcher augmentation and additional training on Luna, after his preliminary training in the Grimmus Ludus. He would graduate towards the top of his class, however his natural propensity towards professional distance from his fellow Lurchers would hamper his capabilities towards the end of leadership. For five years, he served as a frontline Legionnaire, where he developed a reputation for never cracking under pressure, regardless of how dire the situation got for his unit. Belo would frequently be left with adhoc command of his turma as a result of battlefield casualties, providing him ample opportunities to prove his skill at leading in the midst of combat, inspiring his men to be as capable under pressure as he appeared to be. By five years in, Belo was a Centurion in technical rank, though he only led his century for a month before being transferred to a house Legion under the banner of Grimmus. For the next three years of his service, Belo would operate as part of a clandestine kill team operating mainly on Phobos, Luna, and Earth. Unsuited for the networking of the command positions within the group of twelve, Belo would act as a triggerman and bodyguard for those that House Grimmus wanted dead or protected. Though, he would request transfer to a similar team on Venus on more than one occasion. It was here that he would kill his five Golds. Countless Silvers, midColors, and lowColor collaterals. Eliminating those that House Grimmus wanted gone, nothing high profile, but needed to move a gear here or there. After 8 years of service to House Grimmus, Belo would be transferred again to the House Legion of Marcus au Grimmus-Romani. Merry Ti Etrusca, rangemaster of Belo's house Legion, was now elevated to subLegate in response to the Lion's Rain and Mars' independence. The Grimmus-Romani Legion would become Societal Legion LVI, deployed in a garrison and counterterrorism capacity on Earth and Luna, though Belo would be retained as part of bridge security aboard the Legion's lead torchShip for two years, until the Rising came to Luna.

### The Hotboxer Revolt

After the defeat of the Sword Armada and the muster around Luna, Merry Ti Etrusca would tell Belo of her allegiances to the Rising, and remind him of Boudica. Belo was not difficult to convince. Much of his surface of professional calm was akin to a shock response, mental adrenaline keeping him from totally breaking. Focusing on the job, all aspects of Legionary life served as a shield to keep him up and moving. Merry had quietly arranged for a revolt aboard the Legion's torchShip, the Redoubt of Terra. A small but strong force of discontented Legionnaires and ship crew, amidst a sea of already angered and disloyal lowColors.

When the commGreens would play the Rising's message to the lowColors aboard at Merry's orders, it would ignite a riot in the main hangar. Merry would suggest that her security team leave to secure the ship, but Belo, would tell Marcus to vent all of them if the ship was not secured within twenty minutes. Giving themselves a window, the two Grays would kill those of the bridge team that were not loyal to the Rising, and make their way to the hangar to link up with their smaller loyal force. Acting quickly, these 800 men and women would pass out magBoots and oxygen supplies, anticipating the inevitable venting. When it came, the core of the modern Hotboxers leapt into the void of their own will, tied together with cord.

Limited on time, Belo would lead his Grays and Reds along the hull, carrying thermal drills and breaching munitions, teams splitting off to secure vital areas of the ship. Belo, would go to the bridge with a turma of Grays. The thirteen would prepare to breach the protective shields over the bridge, drills burning hot and through the lid before evacuation could happen. Marcus au Grimmus-Romani standing his ground in gravBoots and pulseArmor, would die as the team of Lurchers breached the bridge. Belo would slam the muzzle of his railRifle under the Gold Legate's chin after railgun slugs had subdued the Gold, and end his rule over Belo's Legion.

## Appearance

Belo falls on the heavier, larger end of the spectrum for Grays. Broad shouldered, with a thick neck and a blocky, but sharply angled head, and two small dark grey eyes far back in his head giving him the look of constantly squinting at everything and anything.

Despite his height, he's not lanky, but stocky in build, deep-chested and broad hipped, with an overall thicker torso than some as tall as him. He is noted to have exceptionally smooth but hard skin for a Gray, as well as very large teeth and very thin lips. Standing at 1.95 meters makes him imposing for a Gray, and made him a wonderful propaganda piece for all of three months.

Belo keeps his hair closely cropped to his head, and shaves meticulously ever since his helmet failed to seal properly because of his beard, causing him to pass out while flying high in GravBoots.