Hunter of Mortals

## Hunter of Mortals

### Relations

Vinter (Archdemon)
Willow Wisp (Rival)

### Affiliation

Demonic Courts
Court of Death

## Attributes

### Colors

Red
Blue
Yellow

The Hunter of Mortals was an NPC in Reflection. He was played by Jay. While alive, he was the Stranger of the Demonic Court of Death

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

The Hunter of Mortals looked like a human-esque adult man, although he had blue skin and black eyes with gold irises. His hair was white with a small golden pin with a blue triangle symbol in it. He rarely wore shirts, although in terms of other articles of clothing, he wore jeans and a gray cloak, as well as a large feather boa.

### Personality

The Hunter of Mortals was primarily motivated by the desire to fight strong opponents. In stark contrast to his Archdemon, he mostly saw his duty as a member of the Court of Death as a kind of game, taking great glee in fighting powerful foes even if he lost against them. Even as he died, he was mostly content to have been felled in a suitably dramatic manner.

On a personal level, the Hunter was excitable and had a flair for the dramatic, always speaking with a bombastic tone and treating most conversations as an excuse to poetically narrate about the nature of the situation, much to the annoyance of most of his opponents.

## History

### Early Life

The Hunter of Mortals was summoned in the distant past by Vinter to serve as his Stranger. During the summoning process, the Hunter's body and core identity were based on a deceased person Vinter knew. The Hunter served the Court of Death throughout several cycles, acting as a specialized enforcer of the Court of Death's mandate by hunting down people who had disrupted the cycle of life and death, as well as fighting against various reincarnating Flames. The Hunter of Mortals described his early life as "tragic".

### World Twelve

The Hunter of Mortals first made himself known to World Twelve sometime after the opening of the Coda but before the establishment of FLOW Wave Two. Following the revival of Willow Wisp, he attempted to attack her within a virtual reality simulation and kill her a second time, but failed. Two years later, he had another chance to retrieve Willow while Wave Two was on a mission on the first layer of the Coda. After hijacking a GEIST probe to channel Fio's song and knocking most of the nearby agents unconscious, he engaged Willow in single combat, but was eventually beaten back after Arg0s used Singlehanded Savior to revive his allies.

Following his retreat, the Hunter of Mortals began conversing with GEIST on the surface in preparation for the Court of Death's planned assault against OPIA on the grounds that they had and continued to utterly disregard the cycle of death and rebirth. Following Basilisk Id's disappearance into the Coda, he asked GEIST CEO Number Five if the Court of Death should hold off on their plans, but he was given the go-ahead.

Returning to the third layer of the Coda, the Hunter oversaw the mobilization of an army of Death-aligned Demons alongside Satyr. He then joined Satyr in ambushing a group of FLOW agents who had come to the third layer to retrieve the Flame of Ruth Galatine. He once again fought Willow, and was once again defeated after Ace Galatine channeled Ridill Arondite's ESP to send him flying a great distance away. After recuperating from his wounds, he ascended to the surface alongside Rio Fenrir, where he engaged Willow a final time. After once again being pushed to the brink of defeat, he assumed a monstrous new form and collapsed the OPIA lobby beneath him. In a final showdown, FLOW united to kill the Hunter of Mortals once and for all, with Willow injecting him with Flame as he died to ensure his death was truly permanent.

## Abilities

The Hunter of Mortals' specific role within the Court of Death was to recollect lost Flames and fight against reincarnating humans. To that end, he had a unique power that caused him to grow stronger against an individual every successive time he fought against that individual. This ability persisted between reincarnations, as he was incredibly powerful against the storied Flame of Ace Galatine, whereas while fighting Willow Wisp, who was a brand new Flame, he fought nearly at the level of an ordinary human. As a Stranger, he was also immortal and also had limited teleportation abilities.

While in his transformed state, the Hunter of Mortals could fly and release devastating energy blasts. In addition, he had some kind of power related to Divine Eyes, but the specifics of this ability were not fully revealed before his death.

The Hunter of Mortals was said to have the ability to "erase concepts", but this was never displayed onscreen.

## Trivia

* The Hunter of Mortals notably had uniquely poor dice rolls in nearly every combat he was present in

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Superhero
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 For Today
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 For Tomorrow
4. ↑ Take Your Time
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Forgotten Hero
6. ↑ Chasing Ghosts
7. ↑ Night Ride