Rush Gardner

## Appearance

With 1.70 m Rush is quite short for a man and his broad shoulder and build overall make him look even shorter. While he is not in top form anymore people can see that he is still training and boasts great arm and leg strength.

He has a hard face with a broad nose that has been broken several times. He has short brown hair with white spots and a big red mustache that also contains white (I will add a picture later). He has an intimidating clare and looks much more evil or angry than he actually is. His left leg is prostethic but he tries to conceal it as good as possible with his clothing.

He prefers to wear a simple green shirt with brown trousers and a big belt. On top of that he often wears a simple coat.

## Personality

While he seems to be an intimdating person at first he is quite friendly and likes to talk about animals, especially monkeys and various fighting sports. He has a great tolerance for many things but cannot stand animal cruelty and poaching.

While he has a tendency to be slow trusting and more catious than probably would than he should he can be open hearted when he has the feeling to meet somebody with similar goals. Additionally, he is very serious about his job and hates doing things half hearted.

## Backstory

Rush grew up in a village within the monkey forest, a area usually that is restricted for outsiders. The people of his village often supported the rangers to fight off the poachers that hunted the monkeys, which were sacred to his people due to their ability to see the life and potential of people. A wording he should only understand later. The high ranking monkeys, like the horned gorilla, in the forest avoided him and most of his people and only some elders were capable to interact with them, keeping the reason for this a secret. Only after finishing an initiation rite one was capable to meet the high ranking monkeys. He wanted to end the poaching in the monkey forest and became one of the fist rangers of his people, learning more about the poachers and the way they operated but also other things about the outside world. He got the idea to become a hunter and trained

boxing and fighting in the heaven’s arena to prepare for the hunter exam. After some years and reaching the 200th floor he was “initiated” and lost his left leg and parts of his hair turned white as a result of the trauma. He returned to his home but was mentally instable for some time. He wandered the forest often alone during these times and noticed that he monkeys treated him differently and seemed differently. The high ranking monkeys were surrounded by a ominous aura like he was since the fight and did no longer avoid him or run away when he approached them. By observing these monkeys he learned the basics of Nen and with the help of the elders from his village he created his own Hatsu. With his new found powers he entered the hunter exam and became a Hunter. He has three goals at the moment:

· Defeat the guy that took his left leg (when you have an npc for that I would be happy) and

· Stop the poaching of his forest! He wish that he could stop poaching at all but that is a dream far away at the moment.

· Become strong enough to undertake the test of the monkey king, a mystical beast of the forest that only the worthy have seen.

## Abilities

### Physical Stats

 Strength
 Speed
 Dexterity
 Aura
 Control
 Total

### Fighting style

He is a boxer, capable to switch between orthodox and unorthodox stance (left and right hand front) and prefers an in-fighting style.