Hunter

"There was no long-term, and trying to cling to one would only spoil it all."

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<label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> Hunter<ref name="II2.4">Flare 2.4</ref> is a recently triggered cape with control issues.

Personality

Her pre-Amy character is unknown. After Amy's alteration she is often manic with noticeable shard-influences, such as careless use of power and preoccupation with masks.<ref name="II16.y">Interlude 16.y II</ref>

Relationships

Has a friend named Sam<ref name="II2.3"/>, who asked Victoria Dallon for help when Hunter triggered.<ref name="II2.2"/>

Amy maintained some imprinted loyalty in Hunter, rationalizing it as a necessity to work with her.

The Red Queen's entourage has a very mixed influence on Hunter.<ref name="II16.z">Interlude 16.z II</ref>

Appearance

Delicate-built blonde. Amy finds her similar to Victoria.<ref>The girl was beautiful, blonde, more slight than Victoria had been at that age, but with some of the same traits. Poised with back straight, even though her hands were trembling as they rested on top of Amy’s own. In another reality, she could have been Victoria’s sister, more inclined to ballet than any competitive sport. Amy could sense the girl’s toes, the damage her feet had taken, months ago, before the girl’s emergent power had spoiled things. Ballet could be hard on the body. Even months after abandoning the sport, Hunter’s muscle tone was strong, her heartbeat confident. Her proprioception was top notch. - Excerpt from Interlude 16.y II</ref>

Abilities and Powers

Hunter produces a mass of thin black wires within thirty feet around herself, that cuts everything in its way.

Initially her power is completely uncontrollable. Amy was able to make it more restrained, but with ensuing personality alteration it makes little difference.<ref name="II16.y"/>

Hunter's power permanently maintains her heightened psychological state, she does not get mentally tired.<ref name="II16.z">Hunter wasn’t one of those people. In this state, she had no recharge or need to recharge, drawing energy from a bottomless well. It made her hard to deal with, because they had to take shifts to keep an eye on her. - Excerpt from Interlude 16.z II</ref>

History

Early-Ward

Triggered with an uncontrolled, messy power and nowhere to go. Her friend found Victoria Dallon at the hospital and asked for help. She put him in contact with Tempera and the Wardens, and asked Jessica Yamada to help smooth her passage.<ref name="II2.2">Flare 2.2</ref><ref name="II2.3">Flare 2.3</ref> Ended up at the new parahuman asylum in Europe.<ref name="II14.6_asylum">“I know Hunter,” I said. I was pretty sure, anyway. After the community center attack, before Breakthrough, I’d worked with Ms. Yamada to get Hunter sent to the Asylum-like spot in Europe. - Excerpt from Breaking 14.6</ref>

Post-Time Bubble Pop

Traveled to Shin to be treated by Amy Claire Lavere, who made a mistake that altered Hunter's personality.<ref name="II14.6_damage">“What’s the damage?” I asked, my neck stiff from tension.

Amy answered, eyes downcast. “Altered personality, memories not connecting. She came over with a friend and he said she was different after. There was a gap and the passenger wedged itself in there.”

“When the passenger butts in, it saves over your work, and the the undo button on the metaphysical keyboard stops working,” Chris said. - Excerpt from Breaking 14.6</ref>

Post-Attack on Teacher

Amy continued failing to subdue the power.<ref name="II16.y"/>

When reality broke due to the broken triggering of Fume Hood, Hunter was one of many capes to also broken trigger and become a Titan. She began attacking everybody around her, intentionally targeting high powered capes.

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