Hector Paxton

Hector Paxton

## Relationships

### Family

Judith Norheim (mother), Guy Paxton (father), Hugo Paxton (younger brother), Veronica Sterling (sister-in-law)

## Game Info

### Mysteries

Crybabies, Fall Foliage, Winged Wicked Thing, Mysteries of the Inverse Spring Part I, The Dog Days Are Over, Vampire Hunters' Ball

## Hard Case

> *"I've fought anything that you can fight, and won. Now I found monsters needing a beatdown, and there ain't nobody that can give 'em the thrashing I can. Stand back, I got this."*
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## Gumshoe

> *"You won't understand this...When I take a case, I'm supposed to do something about it. You're supposed to do something about it whether you like it or not. You've got to pay for what you've done, whatever it is I might feel about you. Yes, I'll have some bad nights, but I'll still have myself."*
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## Introduction (Original Timeline)

Hector is a resident of Saint Mary Vincent who can often be found at Hemlock Creek Draft House or in nearby Mary Vincent Park. Under normal circumstances, Hector appears as a quiet, well-mannered young man, but around town he is notorious for his hair-trigger temper and explosively destructive behavior when provoked, which happens relatively often.

At the beginning of the campaign, Hector has just found an injured "dog", who he has named "Waffles". Though it is fairly obvious to most people that his new pet is a feral wolf, no one seems to want to tell him, and after Buck Hazard confidently assured him that it was a stray German shepherd dog, he stopped worrying about it. Now he has someone to hang out in the park with besides Nessie MacDonal.

## Moves

* Street Fighter
* Furnace
* Unstoppable
* Inspired Guesswork
* Stone Cold
* Occult Confidential
* The Naked City
* Out of the Past

## Items

* laptop
* liquor flask
* night vision camera
* digital sound recorder
* .38 revolver

## Retrocausal Paradox

The Hector of the current timeline reacted to learning about the original timeline from the Hazard Squad with general confusion. He's just a lonely, ambitionless small-town bartender with a bad temper, after all. Its difficult for him to imagine a world where he has accomplished anything or been of help to anyone, let alone someone like Nana Hazard, who he viewed as beyond his reach.

On the bright side, the idea that some other version of himself seemed even a little less aimless makes him consider how he can bring some purpose to his life, and become closer to the people he cares about.

## Conversations

### With Delia Lovejoy

* Hector has been secretly working towards becoming a private investigator. He hasn’t told anyone, because he’s too shy to talk about it, and he’s not confident that he’s actually going to pass the test. The only person that knows besides you is the cop Erin Diskin, who suggested it to him one night when she was really drunk and sad at the Drafthouse and needed someone to talk to. He mentioned to her that when he was a kid he really wanted to be a detective. She made it her mission to help him study for the test, and even helped to fudge the paperwork to ensure he met all the requirements.

* Tom says he doesn’t believe in ghosts, but when he has to go down into the basement at night to change the kegs, he apologizes to the “ghosts” for the interruption. There’s actually just a family of squirrels living down there. Hector considered calling an exterminator, but one time he saw one share a peanut with Nathaniel and decided they were probably pretty decent guys, so it’s alright if Tom continues to think his bar is haunted.

## Fire and Rain (Current Timeline)

Though Hector did return to Saint Mary Vincent with Millicent Battersby, Delia Lovejoy, and Mary-Anne McGravie, he parted with them shortly thereafter, travelling to Hoboken to look into some information the group received about Marvin Carver.

When next he spoke to them, finding them at the Broadway Grill & Pub, he seemed amused to learn that the ladies had been working with his mother during their last assignment. He took a call from Pixie Hazard, who explained in a panic that Jarsten Kimblew was missing, and passed the call on to Millicent. He plans to travel with the others to Gortys to help locate Jarsten.