Please excuse the double post, but this is worth it.
Note, Hunters species; the Pernese Grey Wolf, are extremely long lived. A healthy male will live on average to 400-500 earth years, whereas the females of the species, are rumoured to live up to 600 earth years.
Ok so, just had the perfect backstory idea for hunter.
he's a bounty hunter from a planet called Pern. Situated on the largely unexplored western continent that was rarely explored by the basic, but spacefaring human colonies that were based on the planet's other two continents (North & South)
He attempted to flee Pern when the humans stumbled upon his small society, as they mistook them for animals and began slaughtering capturing them for science. He was caught and experimented upon for 3 years, where he underwent what could practically be described as torture.
The experiments that he underwent left his entire torso covered in surgical scars (if you want this story, ask in character, although he may be reluctant to tell. It's heavy, and I don't even know it yet, only Hunter can come up with this stuff haha)
Before he was captured, his species could only talk as if they were actual wolves. When the scientists discovered that it was an actual language, they developed a sort of 'Translation collar' that resonates at a specific frequency over his vocal cords to allow English speech. Even though he does speak proper English, he does have an accent, so to speak, meaning he sounds like a wolf, if that makes sense. His collar is removable, but without the key for the back, it is forever stuck on.
How this is science, he has no idea, but whatever they did to him was nothing compared to watching his litter-brother be shot in front of him (wow heavy. writing this all as it comes to me, by the way)
Hunter had managed to escape the testing facility one night with 3 others (yet to come) with the aid of some sympathetic scientists . They parted ways shortly thereafter, each trying to find a place to best fit in the galaxy.
Despite the fact that he does hold resentment towards humans, however it is only the humans from his Galaxy (ya all other humans are safe XD) at the bar, as long as your character isn't from Pern, you're all sweet lol.
This all happened 5 years ago. He was 55 when it hit the fan. In human terms, he's still only in his mid to late 20's.
The last 5 years for Hunter have been a bit of a wild ride. He started out working for the gangs on a couple backwater planets, smuggling drugs, weapons, all sorts of nasty stuff. After doing that for a year or two he went down the path of bounty hunting and has never looked back. He's still a beginner at it, but he tries his absolute best lol. He at least makes enough to be able to practically live at the GESB on some occasions.
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Wow how about that. Didn't even know half of that myself when I sat down and started typing haha.
If any of it doesn't make sense, or I could improve how it's written, please don't hesitate to tell me and help me fix it lol