The Huntsman.

[huntsman]

Vonderstiltskin

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Age: Immortal, appears to be in his mid-twenties.
Species: Legend
Kingdom: Third
Occupation: Bounty Hunter / Mercenary
Playby: Ricki Hall






Father: Old King Cole
Mother: Queen of the Golden Thread
Siblings: None.
Other: Raised by Rumpelstiltskin.





Likes:
- The Wilderness
- Sharing a smoke and a drink with good company
- A certain Queen... *cough* Snow White *cough*
- The thrill of the hunt
- Clean kills
- Secrets, they can give you more power over someone than holding a sword to their throat
- Animals of all kinds
- Freedom

Dislikes:
- Being tied down
- Being asked what his real name is
- His "Father", Rumpelstiltskin
- That asshole, Charming
- Royalty in general
- Ironically, having secrets kept from him
- Everyone elses "happy ending"
- Sleep, Huntsman is an insomniac who suffers from frequent nightmares

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- After a lifetime of training and honing his aim, Huntsman is unparalleled with a bow. The only person he considers a better shot is Robin Hood. Rumpelstiltskin also had Huntsman trained in fighting with a sword but he never really took to it. Instead, while in close quarters he prefers to fight using a hatchet. An odd weapon choice, but he has bested many swordsmen using an ax.

- The wild was Huntsman's only friend growing up. He is deeply in tune with nature and can survive in the wild indefinitely. He is able to communicate with animals in the same way that Snow White can.... only, you know, manlier.

- Huntsman considers himself to be one of, if not the, most "streetwise" people in all the nine kingdoms. Over his long career of doing other people's dirty work, Huntsman has developed a long list of contacts in every kingdom. He is never short on information or work when he needs it.


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- The Huntsman is a man of little conviction. He'll devote himself to your cause as long as you pay him more than the other guy. However, the moment that other guy offers a cent more than you did, Huntsman will change his loyalty at the drop of a hat.

- Despite his loathing for his goblin of a father, he can be guilted into doing practically anything by the man. Even though Rumpelstiltskin raised his "son" more or less like a slave, he's really all the Huntsman has got. All Rumpelstiltskin has to do his pull the "tired old man" card and claim that his "ungrateful son is too good to help his poor old father" and the Huntsman will reluctantly help him with anything. That's how he got into his current line of work in the Third Kingdom.

- The Huntsman's blunt, sarcastic ways can be seen as charming by some, but to most people he just comes off as a prick. This makes him a lot of enemies. Huntsman may have a few loyal friends out there but most people who he rolls with are either only keeping him around for his "services", just too scared to refuse him or he is blackmailing them in some way. What I'm saying here is Huntsman isn't the easiest person to get along with and he doesn't work well with others.

Personality:[/size][/font] In the world of fairy tales, The Huntsman is a bit of an oddity. These stories have got the good guys and then the bad guys; that's usually it. The Huntsman doesn't identify with either side, but rather just as a man trying to make a living in a world that isn't as black and white as it leads on to be. Huntsman tries his best to live in the grey area.

The Huntsman keeps up a very sarcastic and disrespectful attitude. He doesn't care in the slightest what anyone thinks of him so he can often be very rude without even meaning it. He has a rebellious nature and a tendency to swim against the current. Some people find him funny and charming, while others find him vile and crude. It's all a matter of perspective.

To put it bluntly, Hunt kills people for a living. Sure, he has been known to carry out "friendlier" mercenary work, but it always seems to come down to him riddling another man with arrows. He doesn't particularly like killing; he's rather indifferent to the idea. His selfishness leads him to believe he's just doing what he needs to do to put bread on the table.




Eyes:[/size] Coffee brown
Hair:[/size] Dark brown
Physique:[/size]Years in the woods make a man as strong as the trees that surround him. After living his entire life off of the sweat of his brow, Hunt has acquired a finely sculpted body that he has since desecrated with tattoos. His entire body is covered in various ink images; his most prominent ones being on his hands and neck. His skin tone changes with the season with it leaning on the paler side towards the winter months.
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History: [/font]The tale of Rumpelstiltskin is a classic. However, not many people know the details or the real ending. Jolly Old King Cole, ruler of the third kingdom, was quite the prankster in his younger days. A peasant man was trying to impress him by bragging that his daughter could weave golden thread. Cole didn't believe his claim so he thought he'd get back at this liar with a little prank. He had the daughter, whom he by now realized was quite beautiful, locked into a room for the night and he told her father and her that he was going to cut off the girl's head if she didn't produce a certain amount of gold yarn by sun up.

Cole was completely kidding. The girl, however, hadn't the slightest clue.

Rumpelstiltskin showed up and offered her this magical ability to weave golden threads in exchange for her firstborn child. However, he'd only collect this tax if she didn't know his name by then. The girl was desperate, so she accepted. The next morning Cole was flabbergasted that the old man hadn't lied and the old man himself seemed even more surprised. After explaining the cruel prank, the girl did the unthinkable; she smacked her king across the face. The two were soon head over heals for each other and were married a year or so later.

Of course, they had a son. The Queen of the Golden Thread had neglected to mention her little deal with Rumpelstiltskin to her husband so Cole was beside himself when Stiltskin showed up to take their newborn child. However, Rumpelstiltskin reminded her all she had to do was say his name and she could have him back. This is where most stories tend to branch out into the "public image damage control" zone. The story was changed into having Rumpelstiltskin babble some little song with his name in it and the Queen saving the baby by noticing this and calling out "Rumpelstiltskin!"; but that was just to save the Queen's reputation.

In reality, the past two years had been such an unexpected joy to her that she had completely forgotten her deal. She hadn't even attempted to learn the mans name. So, Rumpelstiltskin vanished into the night with the young prince. Old King Cole was furious at his wife but the world would never knew how she felt on the subject. She never spoke again. It was as if for the rest of her numbered days; she was stuck in that moment. Staring at Stiltskin, forever tongue-tied and searching for his name. She died of unknown causes a year later.

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But what did Rumpelstiltskin do with the child? Well, in the prince, Rumpel found himself a son. Albeit he was a terrible father and was only using the baby for his own political agenda but he became that boy's dad either way. He chose the name "Vonderstiltskin" for his son and only called him by it on a handful of occasions. Ever since Vonderstiltskin was a baby, Rumpel taught him the importance of a name and why it must be kept a secret.

The boy grew up in a dense forest. To this day he isn't quite sure where it was located or if it was even a real place and not just some illusion created by his father. The forest had a small cabin and that was really it. Rumpel raised the boy in the cabin during his youngest years. After Vonderstiltskin turned five, Rumpel completely left for an entire year leaving him with one simple task; survive. The boy had to learn to fend for himself and he learned how to live off of what the forest provides.

Rumpel returned a year later and told Vonderstiltskin he was very proud he wasn't dead. This would be the only time he'd ever say anything like that to the boy. Rumpel would come and go at weird intervals; always leaving the boy with a task to complete or a skill to learn and coming back with some type of small reward for completing the task.

This strange childhood all culminated into one life changing day where Rumpelstiltskin showed up and told his son it was finally time to leave the woods. Vonderstiltskin was fifteen and the only interactions he had with anybody were his dad, the forest animals and the occasional trainers Rumpel would bring to him to help him become a better fighter. Rumpel had decided his son was finally ready to start making him some money.

Before finally exiting the woods Rumpelstiltskin made it very clear for his son to never reveal his true name and to come up with something different to call himself. He didn't even have to come up with anything; the moment The Dark Queen, former ruler of the fourth kingdom, referred to him as a "huntsman" he knew that is who and what he was meant to be. It was what he had trained to be his entire life.

Rumpel had been marketing The Huntsman for quite some time now. He was letting everyone in the nine kingdoms know he had created a hunting machine that was willing to take any job... for the right price. This was only his first step in his plans for the boy, but the rest would come later. The Dark Queen was intrigued at the idea of a fifteen year old assassin. She thought it would be the perfect thing to take care of that pesky little Snow White.

After paying Rumpelstiltskin for his sons services, the Queen sent her Huntsman out to kill Snow White and take her heart. At first, Hunt was thrilled to be making his dad proud. He didn't care what he had to do. However, after meeting the girl, all that changed. Snow White was so... beautiful. Maybe it was because at this point Hunt hadn't really met a girl before, but he felt what he thought was love at first sight.

At first, he stuck to the plan. The Huntsman introduced himself to her and convinced her to come and hang out with him. They spent the day together and Huntsman looks back on it as one of his fondest memories. He lost himself in the excitement and accidentally revealed his true name to her, making Snow the only other person to know it besides Rumpelstiltskin; and that remains true to this day. The shock of this failure on his part reminded him of why he was really there.

Towards the end of the day, Snow was picking some flowers in an open field with her back turned to him. The Huntsman drew his knife and crept up on her but he couldn't bring himself to bring the blade down on her. The Huntsman broke down and told Snow White that he was sent by the Queen to kill her. He told her to flee and never look back. She had no problem leaving The Huntsman behind but Vonderstiltskin has never forgotten her.

He returned with a Pig's Heart to trick the evil queen. She bought it without question and commended Rumpelstiltskin on his sons good work. However, Rumpel knew the truth. He had been spying on his son the whole day. When they left the castle Rumpelstiltskin went off on The Huntsman and threatened to lock him in a tower for the rest of his life if he disobeyed him again. The Huntsman lost it. He had enough of being his father's tool.

So, he ran. He ran as far away as he could get.

The only open act of love Rumpelstiltskin ever performed towards his son was let him go. This is where The Huntsman kind of separates from Vonderstiltskin. He would travel the nine kingdoms doing whatever he needed to survive. It turned out people needed a lot of dirty work done to ensure their happily ever afters stayed that way. Humpty-Dumpty need a little shove off of a great wall? The Huntsman was your guy. Need to keep some maids quiet about that time they "polished your royal scepter"? The Huntsman would deal with it for you. If you had a problem, he had a price and an answer.

The Huntsman didn't hear from his dad again until ages later. Rumpelstiltskin appeared to his son with a job offering in the third kingdom. He would become Queen Morgan's personal attack dog. The Huntsman didn't like it particularly but it payed great and his father would guilt him out of quitting whenever he tried. Rumpel had his own reasons for wanting his son working so close to the Queen and himself but that will be revealed in time. One night The Huntsman was approached by a man in a cloak who handed him a note and disappeared. The note had merely a time, a location and a sack of coins attached to the parchment. This was how Hunt met King Adam. Adam offered Huntsman a job as a spy. He eagerly accepted; he was giddy to be earning even more money than he was before for doing something as easy as passing on information. These days The Huntsman has just been doing what he does best, hunt.

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Role-play Example:

Jan 9, 2013 5:22:40 GMT @therealpetetodd said:

Croc was flirting with the crowd. Pete sneered; and people called him cocky.

That was part of the reason why Hood kind of liked fighting Croc. They were always both positive that they were going to win. On paper, Pete always had the underhand. Not so much anymore. After his "training" period in China, Hood was more capable. Today he saw himself as more than a match for Casey. As the big lug stepped into the ring, Pete grinned.

“Ya've five seconds ta leave before ur doom is sealed little man. Because you’re not leavin here cept in a body bag!” Casey growled.

The challenger stood up and his robe fell off. The crowd gasped. It was The Red Hood! The crowd went mad. People sprang up and guns were drawn.

"It's that little red asshole!" "Shoot him" "Fuckin kill him!" "Get him Croc!"

"Awwww, is that any way to talk to an old friend?" Pete cooed. He tapped the side of his helmet. "It's go time boys." Hood said into his communicator. He then turned to the crowd "Everybody run! It's the cops!" Pete screamed as he flapped his arms in mock terror. The crowd went silent in confusion.

Seconds later, the room was swarmed with SWAT Officers. It was chaos. Gangsters and cops were clashing everywhere. The room was on fire with the sound of gunshots and screaming mob-wives. Hood and Croc were still in the ring. Hood slowly drew his knife and got into fighting stance as he paced around the arena, squaring himself up with his old foe.

"While I was gone I missed my prom. You're just going to have to be my date, Croc. Let's dance."

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