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[Hawke.]

Verudo is under siege by monsters, tearing at the walls desperately, ripping down cannons and destroying other defenses, leaving guards and hunters alike overwhelmed. While outside the kingdom, monsters of all kinds have begun ransacking even the most well protected villages and towns. Normally peaceful monsters stampede and destroy a rider settlement who were already dealing with their monsters turning on them, fleeing or even mauling their riders.
From wherever you came, you gather in the city center, where you will be given an assignment to help investigate the cause of these strange attacks.
You'll explore ruins from the old civilization, capture monsters for study, and help raise defenses inside and out of the city.

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Character sheet

Name:
Age:
Background:
Preferred weapon:
Palico/other friends: (optional)

Spoiler: Harn Proulx

Art by Middaydecay
Name: Harn Proulx
Age: 30
Background: Harn grew up in a small farming village, always admiring the guild hunters who protected them from monsters lurking in the forests surround his home. He knew early on he wanted to be like them, much to his parents dismay.
While he was still young his town was decimated overnight by a monster that only Harn saw, it was like smoke, there one moment, gone the next without so much as a whisper or a paw print to give itself away. The image was burned into his mind and still is.
He was trained by several different masters, eventually earning his place in the guild and leaving with the fifth fleet for the new world, where he would have a hand in ecological studies, and of course, helping to slay Xeno'jiiva.
He was called back to Verudo before the attacks started and sent to castle Schrade along with a group of other hunters just as skilled to slay Fatalis. It was during that fight that Harn lost his arm, and was nearly baked alive inside his own armor.
Preferred weapon: insect Glaive
Palico/other friends: Chowder, his loyal orange tabby palico, usually seen wielding a hunting horn. Chowder and Harn have been friends since he started hunting with the guild.

 

[Sleipnir]

Spoiler: Art/Pictures

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Art by MiddayDecay

NAME: Timber
TITLES: Wildwalker

AGE: 26
GENDER: ——
PRONOUNS: They/them

JOB: Behaviorist; studying wildlife interactions
WEAPON(S) OF CHOICE: Switchaxe; Dual Blades


PERSONALITY:
Timber comes off as slightly odd, often displaying somewhat strange behaviors such as distinctive fidgets, bobbing their head back and forth when they’re otherwise understimulated, and failing to display typical facial expressions. That combined with their poor social skills and sourness about being moved to the Old World has a tendency to cause Timber to come off as a little standoffish and asocial.

Their somewhat cold or dismissive shell is hardly a complete image, though, and gives a terribly false impression of the person underneath: Despite Timber’s distaste for being taken away from their home in the New World and their difficulty interacting with others, they’re boundlessly curious and enthusiastic about their work and exploration of the world as a whole. They’ll eagerly engage with anything new and exciting, even well beyond the scope of their typical area of study in animal behavior and ecology. Timber has a deep-seated love for jewelry making and cooking both, often voluntarily slotting theirself into the role of camp cook on any expedition. They can be a cheerful if not somewhat oblivious companion, with a tendency to get almost excessively attached to others. They have a tendency, too, to hide a somewhat mischievous and troublesome streak behind their obliviousness and perceived innocence.


COMPANIONS:

KATSU: A palico who fights alongside Timber. Timber sees them more as a friend than a battle companion but that hardly stops Katsu.

ORANGE-ON-THE-FALLS: Naturally called “Orange” for short (the color, not the fruit), this woodland pteryx has highly unusual orange and yellow coloration from a genetic mutation sometimes found in birds. Except for a tendency to collect shiny objects, Orange functions nearly exclusively as a pet and comfort animal for Timber and has no outstanding qualities aside from its affectionate nature and striking appearance.


HISTORY:
Timber, the Wildwalker, was born and raised in the New World as the child of a hunter and a member of an ecological research team. Timber’s story started out a tragic one: They were orphaned by the age of 3, too young to remember now the pain they grew out of. The only family Timber truly recalls are the rest of their father’s team of researchers, who opted to take the child on after their father’s death.

As a result, Timber grew up almost exclusively in the realm of science and ecology. Their bright-eyed and curious nature drove them to assist in studies even from a very young age, and they were brought along in the safety of various camps and outposts throughout the New World from the time they could walk. Timber was never allowed to work independently— even once they were an adult, they were rarely allowed to even leave Astera on their own.

Timber fought for their acclaim and their independence both throughout early adulthood, both to be considered a worthy hunter and a worthy scientist. Over time, they did gain some confidence from the members of the commission as a behaviorist, studying the nature of monsters, their interactions with one another and the environment, and oftentimes the diseases affecting them (whether or not Timber initially won their independence by hunting and slaying a large monster suffering from a disease not unlike rabies is the subject of many rumors).

After a short lifetime of studying the various monsters and habitats in the New World, Timber Wildwalker was considered a top choice to investigate the strange behaviors occurring among monsters in the Old World. Timber was assigned to the matter (certainly against their will) and set sail to the Old World for the first time in their life, where they would gather with the rest of the new army in Verudo.

 

[Yakov011001]

Name: Liyág Lancaster
Title: Steel Sundering Sword
Age: 28
Job: Phial-smith, Hunter
Weapons of Choice: Charge Blade, Switch Axe, Longsword

Personality: Liyág Lancaster is a proud person who understands the value of his work as a hunter and a smith, but it's transformed him into a bit of a work-a-holic. He looks like he hasn't had a full night of sleep in his entire life, and for a reason. Of course, it's all in service of the greater good, for other people. Ask him for anything you need, he will always try his best to deliver, be it a quality product, or a quality monster skull.

Companions:
Loba — a tuxedo printed palico that's done much study in the field of medicine and shares her meowster's work ethic. Often brews special energy cocktails to aid him in his all-nighters at the forge.

Cerebro — a wirebug gifted to Liyág from his family connections.

History: Born into the greatly renowned hunting family of the Lancasters, Liyág was set up perfectly to move into a life of hunting, but he wanted more. His parents took great care in teaching him to love and help others to the best of his ability, and he wanted to be able to do that as soon as he could. He began to work in the forges of Riveru at the ripe age of eight, and in that time he crafted many blades that didn't do very much except function as expected and nothing more. However, when he was fourteen, he assisted in the creation of a revolutionary new development in the hunting industry: the Switch Axe. His high mechanical reasoning allowed him to develop the phial system that would be the basis for the weapon, and three years later, the Charge Blade as well. His reputation only growing when he joined his family in the guild at eighteen. Culminating in his assistance in slaying the elder dragon Shagaru Magala at 23. Liyág had since taken a back seat to hunting, focusing on his craft as a smith. That was until his invitation to Verudo.

 

[Hawke.]

Looks great! Glad to have ya

 

[ThAtGuY101]

Name: Fawke Wither
Aliases: Fawke the Weird
Chuck (fake name)
Scarlet Beetle(Fawke will deny it)
Age: 28
Personality: Fawke has always been a paranoid ever since he was a young lad. Fawke loved monster tales growing up. Creatures of the swampland dragging people away in the mist. Monsters the size of houses digging underground and attacking unassuming travelers to the beasts that soar above the night sky. To cults and unexplainable stories and occasionally paranormal. Fawke always had a wild imagination and could imagine over a dozen possibilities of a monster attack just walking through his house.

He's constantly looking over his shoulder and thinking of new possible traps. Some more explosive than others. He's also something of a conspiracy theorist and enjoys sharing his unhinged and bewildered thought process with others, and is extremely stubborn in his beliefs no matter how unlikely they are.

Background: Fawke grew up with his two parents and five siblings. His father was a farmer and his mother helped out around the house and farm. Fawke was an adventurous spirit, despite being paranoid. He and two siblings and three other friends had formed a small gang in their childhood known as 'The Golden Sect'. His brother Poll was Pale Mantis. His sister Cammie was magenta fly, his friends Cade/Silver Wasp, Welma/Cian Ant, and Jon/Emerald Locust.

They were trouble makers mostly who hung out in a cave bear town with a entrance too small for an adult to fit through without squeezing through. They also occasionally caused mischief around town and had their own calling card. A large leaf with the drawing of a golden dragonfly on it.

Over time, the golden sect members would grow up and the group would fade away. The cave decorated with the group's symbol along with random trinkets and lost items acquired over the years. Occasionally Palico can be seen entering and leaving this place wearing the golden dragonfly symbol. Perhaps The Golden Sect lives on...? Fawke wouldn't know anything about that however.

As Fawke got older, he had seen hunters before and one of whom he knew way back when he was still referred to as the Scarlet Beetle. An older veteran hunter named Wilhelm. Fawke had gotten into quite a few scuffles with Wilhelm which were all failed attempts as Fawke was just an immature kid with a stick going up against an experienced hunter. At some point along the way, he inspired Fawke to join the ranks and hone his trap skills and do something truly good.

Preferred weapon: hunting horn

Palico/other friends:

Yew - An orange and white kaliko palico with really poofy fur. Brown patchy fur covering his left leg, around his right eye, left ear and right hand/paw. His eyes are green and he has a perpetually confused expression. Yew wears a bunch of scarves of varying mismatching colors, materials and patches of different shapes.

Whiskers - a yellow and blue macaw with a thin leather material covering her torso and a pair of tiny goggles. Why would you name a bird Whiskers? Nobody expects to find out Whiskers is actually a bird.

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(Details in this bio are subject to change.)