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After several missions leading Daemon Wing, Hunter took the [[Trivoli Exam]] and was given command of the [[G.S.S. Saratoga]] along with promotion to the rank of Captain. He would later use the Saratoga as his flagship when he made Admiral.
 
After several missions leading Daemon Wing, Hunter took the [[Trivoli Exam]] and was given command of the [[G.S.S. Saratoga]] along with promotion to the rank of Captain. He would later use the Saratoga as his flagship when he made Admiral.
  
At the school, Hunter earned the [[GS Ranks|rank]] of Admiral Commodore and commanded the school's entire Western Fleet. He earned 5 of the six [[Gudersnipe School Comendations|comendations]] awarded by the school, including Star Unit and Star Student.
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At the school, Hunter earned the [[GS Ranks|rank]] of Admiral Commodore and commanded the school's entire Western Fleet. He earned 5 of the 6 [[Gudersnipe School Comendations|comendations]] awarded by the school, including Star Unit and Star Student.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:47, 30 September 2011

The main protagonist of the Course Books

Physical Description

(Taken from First Impressions) He was tall and stocky in build, with broad shoulders and already well-defined muscles. The years of training with Amuro had gifted him with excellent balance and good coordination, as well as a number of scars. His hair was dark brown and cropped short. He didn’t need it in his face so he kept it that way. He had a firm, chiseled jaw and a sharp chin, which framed his piercing green raptor-like eyes. His eyes were set far apart and introduced a well-proportioned nose that was also sharp with somewhat of a rounded nub at the end. He took a moment to trace the lines of these features with a hand, reminding himself that he was himself, and if anyone asked, he could tell them as much. Then, he hiked his duffel bag up a little higher on his shoulder, and started his new journey.

Early Life

Hunter was born to Hygelic Jusenkyou and Sahar Jusenkyou on a round planet in an un-named finite dimension. His parents raised him until he was around 3 years old, when his mother was murdered by Ryoga.

Foster Care

Following his mother's dead, Hunter's father abandoned him to the nation's foster care system. He was never formally adopted, and was raised in a variety of homes, never staying in any one place for more than three or four months.

Early on, trouble seemed to follow little Hunter, as a wide variety of unexplained accidents and fires dogged him. As a young boy, he was clearly troubled, often violent. While clearly possessing very high inteligence, he never went to the same school long enough to qualify for special treatment.

As he grew, his stunts became more elaborate. He dabled in magic, though used his abilities in primarily positive ways. Arson, not so much. He would often run away from home, sometimes for days or weeks at a time, and even made a game of eluding search parties and other attempts to find him.

Teen Years

By his mid teens, Hunter had been transfered to a group home. This was perhaps the most stable part of his childhood, though he was loathe to admit it. For the first time he went to one school and had a steady group of friends.

Training

From the age of around 13, Hunter began training with Amuro Tenken, who taught him many important skills and lessons. The two would maintain a master/student relationship throughout the rest of Hunter's life.

Gudersnipe

At the age of 17, Hunter was offered admission to Gudersnipe Assassin's School, which he immediately accepted. At the school he found opportunities that would never have presented themselves in his old life.

Together with his roommate, Jason Bur'I, the two immediately set about getting into trouble. They learned the ins and outs of the school in no time, and were keen to pursue independant projects, often ahead of proper tutalige. His team set their sights high, and competed in most of the ranked fields.

As an atmospheric fighter pilot, Hunter was quick to volunteer for SEAD Dudty before even learning what it was. He and Jason would fly almost exclusively SEAD missions, with a handful of high-profile reconnaissance and bombing missions. He flew almost no direct combat sortes, but was awarded the Air Medal for his work on weasel duty.

From atmospheric combat he moved on to space, where he lead the Daemon Wing unit of Harpies. Daemon Wing was made up primarily of his team and his neghbors, the ThunderFlash Team. Daemon Wing did not recieve any commendations but was invovled in several very high-profile battles. Their slogan was "If you strap enough thrust onto a brick, it will soar like an eagle. If you strap enough thrust onto an eagle, it will soar like Daemon Wing."

After several missions leading Daemon Wing, Hunter took the Trivoli Exam and was given command of the G.S.S. Saratoga along with promotion to the rank of Captain. He would later use the Saratoga as his flagship when he made Admiral.

At the school, Hunter earned the rank of Admiral Commodore and commanded the school's entire Western Fleet. He earned 5 of the 6 comendations awarded by the school, including Star Unit and Star Student.

Bur'I

After graduation, Hunter traveled with his roommate and friend Jason back to Jason's home planet Bur'I, where he served as a Royal Squire to the crown, and generally made mischief. During much of his time on Bur'I, Hunter was plagued by nightmares he believed were warning him of Draco's impending death.

Arindell

After three years, Hunter would leave Bur'I for Arindell, initially with the goal of meeting Draco, the Great Dragon. He arrived, however, to discover that the visions were not warning, but rather informing him of Draco's death.

At Hokori's suggestion, Hunter entered training to become a Slayer Dragon and took The Trials. Because of his status as a Gudersnipe graduate(the first ever to take The Trials), he was given special dispensation to skip the two years of training and one year of written examinations. Only the physical tests would be required, and he completed those in a record 2 years.

Slayer Dragon

Hunter was anointed in A.Y. 6903 along with Lina Rowen, whom he had taken The Trials with and with whom he had a close friendship. Hunter would spend 5 years as a Slayer Dragon before a conflict with Ryoga and the First Army of Darkness saw him recieve a rather sudden promotion to Pendragon.

Pendragon

In A.Y. 6910 Hunter took up the Sword Excalibur and became Pendragon of Slayer Dragons. Because the sword was passed to him in the heat of battle with the previous Pendragon's dieing breath, many contested his station, but his influence both within the Alliance and with the Gudersnipe Foundation was enough solidify his position.

Marriage

The same year he became Pendragon(and in fact only slightly before the event), Hunter was married to Lina Rowen, though she still used her maiden name as a Slayer Dragon. The two were not the first couple to wed as Slayer Dragons, and the practice was not at all uncommon. The Slayer Dragons even have a special marriage ceremony, officiated by the Pendragon. One of Hokori's last official acts was to marry the two.

Random Trivia

Hunter actually smoked ciggarettes for a short time around when he was first a student at Gudersnipe School, the habbit begining in the short story Tale of a Gun from The Road to War. Though it is revealed that Jason Bur'I already smokes in Introductions from The Concourse to Victory.

Personality Cult

The Gudersnipe Foundation is always quick to capitolize on it's more enigmatic members. Hunter, being both interesting and successful, was ripe for championing the goals and accomplishments of the illustrious Foundation. While still a student at Gudersnipe School and already turning heads, the Foundation sponered an animated telvision show based on a highly fictionalized version of Hunter, as well as a series of graphic novels and juvenile fiction books. The events of these stories were entirely an invention of the writers, and only vaguely borrowed his likeness and the names of his companions and vehicles.

By graduation, the fictional exploits of Hunter Jusenkyou were quite popular throughout the Foundation and Joint Space. A live-action TV series and several movies spawned, as well as rising popularity in the comic book series. All of this gave way to a wide assortment of merchandise, including a very extensive line of Hunter Jusenkyou action figures.

Everything from the Gudersnipe-sponsored works was complete fiction. Storylines and plot ideas were drawn from public knowledge about the Foundation and invented to be "similar to the sorts of things he actually did". Only a few very high-profile missions were made public.

As interest waned in the Foundation, Hunter rose to prominence first as a Slayer Dragon and later as Pendragon, leading to a resurgence in interest in Joint Space and the Alliance. For a brief time, the fictional exploits were mistakenly believed to be dramatizations, though they were quickly exposed. Seeing the potential market, media franchises within the Alliance were quick to pick up and begin producing new material. With everything the Slayer Dragons do being a matter of public record, this time they had the option of basing things in real life events, though many still dramatized situations or resorted to outright fiction.

All of this led to an extensive fan-following and personality cult that persisted until his death. Interest would be revived many millenia later, during the transition from the Long Night and into the New Day.

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