Guide

> *"You're all now my targets."*
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Guide is a Neutral Survivor and INT type Technician.

## Background

"Like father, like son."
That's what Guide had heard from his mother after following in the footsteps of his father, also a wildlife park ranger. His father had been adamant that they live in the woods despite his mother's protests. His mother eventually made the decision to leave and asked Guide to come with her, but he refused, wanting to stay close to the nature he grew up with.

He found himself at home alone in the woods. He knew how to survive there and he thrived.
The year he turned 15 was the year his life changed. His father was killed by poachers while trying to protect the wildlife in his charge.

The heavy rains that immediately followed served to erase the poachers' trail and local authorities were unable to track them down. But Guide was able to pick up their trail.
He tracked them to the ironic scene of the two unable to escape from a trap his father had laid out to catch poachers.

The men begged to be let out, to be allowed to live. Guide's conscience became burdened by the power to choose their fate caused him to pause and hear out the two poachers. Apparently, they had never meant to shoot his father and had mistaken him for the game they were trying to poach. But that knowledge didn't bring his father back to life, and he believed that it shouldn't save the lives of the two. But thoughts of his father only served to quell his anger, realizing that this isn't the way his father would want him to handle things.

The authorities that came made a point to not question if the trap the poachers fell in could have left them with such wounds as Guide silently watched them be taken away, massaging his sore knuckles.
Years passed, the world changed, but Guide still remained in the woods as always.
His area was fortified and the behaviors of the dead were simplistic and predictable.
He would help friendly survivors that became lost in his forest and track down others that stole from him. He was tracking down such a pair when he came across another survivor he had helped out of the forest sometime before.

The man revealed his name as Eric, explaining that they had founded a safe settlement nearby and had come to ask Guide to join them and assist them using his survival skills and knowledge.
Eric left some food and water and other useful supplies that he had brought to give to Guide after posing the invite.

Guide had bagged a buck after having tracked it for days, but he realized that there was more meat than he could go through. He skinned and dressed the deer back at his cabin and packed the fresh venison, placing it next to other bags of necessities he had just packed.
He turned to look at the cabin he had grown up in before leaving. The windows were dark but he could still imagine his father's weathered face peeking out the window, encouraging him.

"This place will always be here for you."

Nodding, satisfied, he slung the bag of fresh venison over his shoulder and began his way to the settlement.

## Skills

 41 | Shot Trap | Installs a Shot Trap around a random comrade that lasts for 5 sec. Triggering the trap deals 80% ATK as damage, reducing SPD by 25 for 7 sec.