Héctor Sebastián Tafalla

Héctor Sebastián Tafalla is a private contractor, often employed by DynaCorp, who has been hired to assist the newly recommissioned Bloodhound unit of the NLAPD. He has a fascination with Japanese culture, and uses a modified katana said to be of Masamune origin.

## History

Héctor was born in Tijuana, Mexico to a relatively well off family who dealt in real estate and private collections from his father's businesses. From an early age, Héctor was exposed to a wide variety of cultures from the items that came and went from his father's collection and stock as it went to the highest bidders. What enthralled him the most, however was the Honjō Masamune, a Japanese sword crafted in the 16th century by one of the finest swordsmiths Japan had ever seen. The blade had been considered missing for nearly 250 years before finding its way into his father's personal collection.

Naturally, this grew Héctor's desire to learn more and delved into ancient Japan's culture and history, becoming enamored with its traditions of warrior and honor as well as its famous samurai. His fascination grew so much that he even enrolled in a local Kendo school to learn Japanese swordfighting as a pastime.

Unbeknownst to Héctor, his father also dealt with the New Sinaloa Cartel unwillingly as a means to prevent their ire from being drawn onto his family. However with good intentions also came bad tidings, as for unknown reasons, the Sinaloa Cartel had Héctor's father killed by beheading as Héctor and his mother hid in a closet. The young boy watched as the enforcers murdered his father in cold blood, and with a ruthlessness that scarred his mind.

When the grief settled and his father buried, only rage set in Héctor's heart as he took the Honjō Masamune from his home and set about for vengeance. Carving a path of bodies and blood leading from Tijuana to the capital of Sinaloa, Culiacán, and straight into the house of its boss, Angel Joaquín Leandro Aguirrez "The Ruthless". In the end, Héctor ended the cartel boss the same way his father was ended in a fit of poetic justice.

With the New Sinaloa Cartel in shambles, and a trail of bodies behind him, Héctor went about taking jobs for corporations that needed his services, as well as hunting down gangsters and criminals in his spare time in the more lawless regions of Mexico in between contracts.

## Equipment

### Porter Weapons DT-7 High Frequency Blade

At some point, Héctor had his Masamune blade modified into a high frequency blade, though of a newer version and via a new experimental process. As a result, the blade vibrates at a frequency that causes it to glow red. The original blade's high quality, combined with its newer properties have led to the creation of an extremely potent blade.

### Novus Industries Cybernetic Arm

In a bid to compete with enhanced humans and cyborgs, Héctor had his sword arm replaced with that of a cybernetic prosthetic from Novus Industries to improve his speed, stability, and performance in combat.

### Novus Industries Exoskeleton

Along with replacing his arm, Héctor bought an exoskeleton overlay for use in combat only as a means of enhancing the rest of his body without replacing anything as well as to offer protection from gunfire, blades, or any other harm that might come his way. It comes with a battle mask that extends over Héctor's head when engaged in combat in order to offer head protection as well.