Warren Faulkner

## Appearance

Warren is about 5’10” tall and weighs in at around 175 pounds. He has close cut black hair in a bit of a fade, and he has piercing gray eyes. He stays clean shaven and has a few small scars around his chin, neck, and temple area. He looks skinny, but is more built than he appears. He likes to wear loose clothing, such as sweatshirts, loose jeans, sneakers, and hats.

## Personality

Warren is outwardly reserved, but among those he considers close, he is expressive, talkative, and often dwells on questions that concern more existential topics. He is assertive and driven, but also prone to mood swings. He can fluctuate between calm, rational approaches to those of frustration if the mood takes him, and he tends to be unpredictable. His upbringing has lead him to be more callous than the average person, and he often may seem bored. He has a strong sense of loyalty, and is more than willing to help someone with minor tasks if asked. He is most compatible with personalities that buck the status quo and reject oppressive authority, while also managing to stay independent of those around them.

## Backstory

Warren was born into the harsh landscape of Meteor City, a vast ramshackle space that has no official place in the census books. He made a living by running messages between gang leaders and their crews, and developed a keen sense of honor from his father, Gavin, a freelance thief who was contracted often by the Mafia for jobs. He lived in the city up until the age of 15, when his family decided that it would be best if they ducked out of sight of the Mafia for the time being: his father had botched a job and people died as a result, and there was a price on his head. In order to protect Warren, they separated, with Warren moving to Yorknew with a cousin and his parents heading underground.

He found out they were killed three years later. There wasn’t a funeral.

While Warren adjusted to life without his parents and in the care of his older cousin, Renee, he struggled, as life in Yorknew City was far different from life in Meteor City. Things he once considered routine and normal were strange; he found the lack of the camaraderie that all citizens of Meteor City feel was missing in Yorknew, and it left a hole in his heart. He got in fights often, and eventually dropped out of school.

His life changed a year after he found out about his parents’ murders. This was when he met their killer.

He walked into the small apartment that he lived in, up four flights of stairs, and found the door off of its hinges. Inside, at a small dining room table, he saw Renee, sitting terrified and pale. Next to her was a small man in a three piece suit with dead eyes and a butterfly knife.

He explained what had become of his parents: the killer never revealed his name, but he revealed that he felt an obligation to him to let him know that he was responsible for their murders, and that it was he who Warren should direct vengeance on. If he could.

Warren’s vision went red, and he woke up three hours later in the hospital, wracked with pain and clinging to life. He had six stab wounds and a broken nose, and Renee was sobbing in the waiting room.

In that moment, Warren felt his purpose more keenly than he ever had before: use what he knew from his life amongst the rubble, learn more about the trade his parents were involved in, and hunt down the man who killed his parents, and the others like him who profited off of the evil things that humans do to each other.

He enters the Hunter Exam ready to move forward, relentless and determined.

## Abilities

### Physical Stats

 Strength
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### Fighting style

At first cautious and calculating, but will eventually turn vicious when he senses an opening or a moment of weakness. A “turn and burn” style. Seeks decisiveness, and doesn’t really have a “go easy” switch. He isn’t great with the combat knife, but he knows which end is the pointy part.