āØMonster Hunter OCsāØ
Hereās a big ol post of all of my monster hunter ocs!
Shale (MH Wilds)
Personality:
Shale is outwardly a confident and stubborn person, building those walls high around herself as a self defence mechanism. The loss of her previous party left her terrified of connection and emotional vulnerability, and though she doesnāt have the best coping mechanisms and can be abrasive at times, she is getting better at the whole vulnerability thing. Sheās a supporting role at heart, always preparing to look after those she cares about both inside and outside of hunts and wearing her heart on her sleeve. Sheās a surprisingly skilled strategist, being unafraid to take a calculated risk if needed.
Backstory:
Hailing from Cathar, Shale and her twin brother Flint left home to become hunters, with the two of them being stationed in Moga village after earning their guild license. It was there that they met the felyne Duke and the seafolk Lotus, the four of them becoming a hunting party and quickly rising through the ranks, eventually moving to Port Tanzia. After they slew Alatreon, when Dire Miralis appeared and threatened the port Shale called home, Shale accepted the challenge with a grin on her face. She and Lotus entered a relationship during this time, but it was cut tragically short when the Dire Miralis hunt went terribly wrong. Both Flint and Lotus didnāt survive the fight, and though Shale managed to slay the elder dragon, the hunt left her broken. Duke retired from hunting in favour of becoming Shaleās palico as she threw herself into solo hunting for the next two decades, travelling from place to place and taking hunt after hunt and wearing herself thin. She was passing through the guild hall in Dundorma when she met Alma, with Shale passing out from exhaustion and Alma rushing her to the infirmary. After this, Alma ended up putting Shaleās name forward for the expedition to the forbidden lands and the rest is history.
Vanguard (MH Wilds)
Personality:
Vanguard is a very proud and cunning individual, unafraid to scheme to get what they want and always thinking that others are trying to use them as a pawn as well. Theyāre very blunt and to the point but also speaks very eloquently and they carry themselves with their chin raised all high and mighty. While they do care about their creations, itās with the love of an emotionally distant parent. They rarely trust, the closest thing to a friend they have being Alma whoās shown a genuine interest in their past.
Backstory:
Vanguard was born in and spent a large part of their life in the kingdom of Schrade. Around 200 years before Fatalis brought ruin to Schrade, they heard whispers of Wyveriaās experimentation with creating life and, being a biologist, was immediately intrigued, leaving Schrade behind to pursue knowledge in Wyveria instead. While it took them a century or two, they made huge strides in guardian technology, refining the methodology and becoming the lead biological architect of the guardians. When war came to Wyveria, and shortly after Schrade fell, they began a very ambitious project to create a guardian with power equal to the dragon who destroyed their home. They dubbed it Zoh Shia, their magnum opus. However, Zoh Shia ended up lashing out at the people of Wyveria, destroying the city and mortally wounding Vanguard in the process. Vanguard had been anticipating this outcome, and with their remaining strength created a guardian of themselves that held their memories as a failsafe, lying in slumber for a thousand years. They were eventually found and awoken by Shale and Alma after the events of low rank.
Argent (MH stories 3)
Personality:
Argent is an incredibly gentle and kind soul, easily excited by new ecological knowledge. He is very stilted and awkward when it comes to his royal duties, however. After his mother left, acting as prince left a bad taste in his mouth, especially when his father has never been the same since and now looks upon him with scrutiny in his eyes. He became timid and closed off after that, only being comfortable letting his guard down around the other rangers, smiling and laughing easily when around his ranger buddies, Simon especially. Heās rarely seen without him.
Backstory:
He was found as an egg by Amara, in an egg quartz within what remained of a Wyverian village that was abandoned after the accord. The king and queen decided to raise him as their own. Empathy aside, a Wyverian was a valuable, especially if you're rulers of a kingdom and have stumbled across an heir who can live for centuries. Argent was very weak and sickly as a hatchling because of his time spent preserved in the egg quartz, almost not surviving through childhood. He thankfully managed to push through, growing into a strong young rider and using his time with Ratha and the rangers as an escape from the scrutiny he faced with his royal duties. He and Simon have been practically attached at the hip ever since they first met, with Simon being the first person that didnāt see Argent as the son of the turncoat queen or the prince of Azuria, but just Argent, his best friend. He does harbour feelings for Simon, but keeps it close to his chest thinking that Simon isnāt interested in him like that (He is, but has his own reason for not voicing them). It took him a long while to get comfortable wearing the shoes of the captain of the rangers after Lucas died, feeling Simon, Kora or Gaul to be more suited to it, but he eventually grew into it.
Juno (MH4U & MH Rise)
Personality:
Juno is a rather quiet person who tends to keep to himself. Heās got a bit of a resting bitch face but in actuality is just a big ol softie, heās just a sweetheart. Being an insect glaive user, he has a care and appreciation for the little guys. He is however very good at hiding when heās struggling, it is a Feat to get him to actually open up about how heās doing.
Backstory:
Juno became a hunter fairly late in life compared to the rare few other Wyverian hunters, being inspired to join at just over a century old after his village was destroyed by a monster two years before the events of mh4U. Juno was the only survivor and was left heavily injured, owing his survival to the arrival of the ace hunters who slew the monster and got Juno back on his feet. He grew incredibly close to Nadia during this time, though the two eventually having to part ways once Juno recovered, with Juno leaving Nadia with one of his shed tail feathers as a good luck charm. He spent the next two years training to become a hunter, joining the Caravaneer once he becomes a hunter. During the events of mh4u, he reunites with the ace hunters, and over the course of the story he and Nadia enter a relationship. When the Rusted Kushala Daora attacked Dundorma, the hunters managed to repel it, however it fled with Juno hanging limp from its jaws and he was presumed dead. He manages to survive and winds up in Kamura, spending the next ten years recovering from his injuries before the rampage starts to begin again and he takes up the mantle of hunter once more. He retires from being a hunter after the events of Sunbreak, becoming an entomologist within the guild. After the events of Wilds, heās transferred to the forbidden lands to assist in research and reunites with Nadia. The two rekindle their relationship and Juno becomes Nadiaās handler.
