Desmond Hall

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**Desmond Hall** is one of the 16 students of Eden's Garden Academy and a participant of the Killing Game featured in Project: Eden's Garden. He is the Ultimate Marksman, and his motif is the **shark**.

## Biography

**"If there's a target, then Desmond can hit it. Doesn't matter how fast or how far, as the Ultimate Marksman, Desmond can land his shots with whatever ranged weapon of his choice. Favoring the bow, his precision is feared in competition, and is only contrasted by his upbeat demeanor towards helping his friends accomplish their goals as well."**
## Appearance

Desmond is a young adult man of average height and athletic build. Desmond has light brown skin with bright blue eyes. He has long black hair in the form of dreads, with brown highlights on the bottom. He also has a shark tooth earring on his left ear.

He wears a blue jacket with diamond patterns on them. Tied around the jacket is a brown quiver filled with black arrows. Tied around his neck is a tan bead necklace that goes down to his stomach. There's also two zippers on each size of the jacket, serving as pockets. On the end of the jacket is brown edges.

He also wears baggy black pants with a zipper on the right leg and a gray bag tied to the left leg. He also wears black lace-less shoes.

## Personality

Desmond is a friendly and good-natured man who looks out for others before himself. Upon introducing himself to Damon and his group, he only gives a slight wave. However, when Toshiko calls him out for his apparent rudeness, Desmond immediately apologizes. Despite committing such a minor misdeed, he immediately accepted responsibility for not being more friendly, showing himself to be someone who wishes to please others and doesn't want to give them the wrong impression. Futhermore, despite Desmond admitting he prefers to keep to himself in serious situations like this, he agrees to his terms when Wolfgang asks for him to look after Eloise, thus showing his caring side. On top of all of this, his bio mentions that he wishes to help "his friends accomplish their goals" through his upbeat demeanor, which combined with his cooperative effort to fight against the mastermind as revealed in the quote above, all reveal Desmond to be nothing but selfless.

Desmond is also a very relaxed and chill person, giving a more introverted sense of friendliness unlike more extroverted characters such as Jett and Diana. His introvertness is best shown when he admits his partner Jean was a bit extreme to be around, but otherwise harmless, unlike fellow introvert Damon who immediately shows contempt for him. As stated above, he prefers to keep to himself during distressing situations, but will absolutely help out if needed. His calm demeanor is shown when Wolfgang immediately asks him very seriously if he's ever killed anyone with his talent. Despite being so shocked by the question, he immediately calms down and states that he's never taken a human life, which is lampshaded by Damon, commenting that he's someone who knows how to keep his cool. During the trial, he remains levelheaded and rational, while still very cooperative. Overall, Desmond is shown to be a chill, yet very friendly and selfless person.

## Quotes

### Chapter 0:

* "Sorry about that. I didn't mean to act like a dick. Today's just been all over the place for me. Not an excuse, I know."
* "Hm... I'm Desmond Hall. They call me the Ultimate Marksman."
* "I realize my talent may leave some people on edge...but I only practice on stationary targets. Moving targets are really outside my comfort zone. Believe me, I've never taken a human life."
* "In situations like this, I prefer to keep to myself. I know that sounds less cooperative, but...y'know."
* "We're all going to escape...we have to!"

## Name Etymology

The name "Desmond" is of Irish origin and means "from south Munster". It's also correlated with independence, creativity, and a strong sense of purpose, which matches up with Desmond's introvertness yet confident determination to escape the Killing Game. His last name "Hall" is also of Irish, English, and Scottish origins, and traditionally means "someone who works in a hall or manor", although it currently seems to have no relation to Desmond's character overall.

## Trivia

* Due to his darker skin tone and dreadlocks, Desmond Hall is likely an African-American, the only one of the cast.