Tommy Hunter

**Thomas "Tommy" Hunter** (born February1985) is the son of the Malcolm Hunter and the late Rebecca Hunter, the childhood best friend of the Charles McLance, the longtime friend of the late Laura Sladen, older the paternal half-brother of Tom Brown, Freddie Parkhurst, Lauren Chance, and the younger paternal half-brother of Ariana McLance. A billionaire "trustafarian" who enjoyed an extravagant party-boy lifestyle, Tommy helped ease Charles back into life in Glasgow when the latter returned after five years. At the same time, he began a blossoming romance with Amanda Haydock following a previous no-strings-attached affair. A selfish and reckless spoiled brat until Malcolm completely cut him off, Tommy worked for Charles at McLance Industries, and grew more responsible.

When Tommy discovered Charles was the Scottish vigilante known as "Saltire", this, combined with Charles and Amanda having feelings for each other, caused him to become distant from his friend out of jealousy and anger. Upon learning the truth about his father, Tommy was fatally wounded while saving Amanda’s life during the attack on Glasgow, but made amends with Charles before dying.

Tommy's death served as the motivation for Charles to become a better hero, sent Amanda spiraling into depression for a time, and fueled Malcolm's determination to be involved in Ariana and Freddie’s lives.

## Tommy Hunter

### Relatives

Malcolm Hunter (father)Rebecca Hunter (mother)

Lauren Chance (paternal half sister)

Ariana McLance (Paternal Half Sister)

Freddie Parkhurst (paternal half brother)

Tom Brown (paternal half brother)

## Biography

#### Early Life

Tommy was born in February 1985 in Chicago to his parents Malcolm Hunter and Rebecca Hunter. When Tommy was eight years old, his mother was killed by Alexander Dell as gang initiation. This sent Malcolm into a state of depression, even leaving Tommy for two years. When Malcolm had an affair with a woman, the affair also led to the birth of Ariana McLance, Tommy's paternal half sister.

In between the two years, Tommy met Charles McLance and became best friends and hung out with Charles at the McLance Castle more often than his own, and even saw Angus McLance as more of a father to him than his own father. Around that time, he also met and became best friends with Christopher Chance and Laura Sladen.

In their youth, Angus took Tommy and Charles to their first Rugby game and their first R-rated movie. In their early 20s, Tommy and Charles got into many social scandals and media-related incidents which saw them both in court more than once. In one such example, Tommy rented out an entire football stadium to play "strip dodgeball" with models. At some point, he met Sarah Sladen.

#### Search for Charles

When Charles made an attempt to send out an email acknowledging being alive in Hong Kong but was stopped by Akio Quon yet still partially successful due to a log-in setting off an account alert, Tommy took his father's jet and flew to Hong Kong in search of Charles. Charles was surprised to learn that Amanda Burns had ordered Tommy to be executed, but Charles and Akio devised a plan in order to keep Tommy alive. Charles kidnapped Tommy and claimed that he hacked Charles’ account in hope that a family member would come searching, satisfied that it was Tommy, the son of Malcolm, that had come. Akio then "rescued" Tommy while posing as Hong Kong police. Tommy left believing that his best friend was truly dead.

#### Charles’ Return

When Charles was rescued from a deserted island, Tommy reunited at Castle McLance, overjoyed to have his best friend back, and spent dinner catching him up on current events. The next day, Tommy took Charles on various car trips to ease him back into life in Glasgow. However, he protested when Charles decided to visit Sarah which, as expected, didn't end well. Just then, Tommy and Charles were abducted by a gang wearing red skull masks. Tommy was knocked out and apparently saved by a vigilante, as Charles claimed to Detectives Harry Black and Billy Pike.

#### Death

Tommy goes to his father confirming to Tommy what he is unwilling to believe from Charles, that he is going to destroy the City to avenge his mother. Then he plays a recording as Rebecca died. Malcolm was, suddenly, shouting to his son how they deserve to die. When Mhairi confessed Malcolm's plan and the police arrived to which Malcolm easily dispatched, Tommy grabbed one of their guns and tried to kill Malcolm with the weapon but failed and was knocked unconscious.

Later, Tommy woke up when Charles and James arrived to stop Malcolm. Tommy asked if Charles intended to kill Malcolm, but he told Tommy to go. Once Malcolm was seemingly killed the devestation proceeded because there were backup earthquake generators. Tommy headed to the law firm to save Amanda from the rubble of the building during the earthquake, but as Amanda escapes, the building collapses with him still inside. When Charles arrives at the building, he finds Tommy trapped inside and impaled by a concrete reinforcement bar. Tommy reconciles with Charles and they become best friends again before Tommy dies, leaving Charles by his side and Amanda waiting outside in tears.