Character from Primal Hunter by Zogarth
Earth's most dangerous antisocial archer — a former office worker whose Primordial bloodline and sheer stubbornness made him the single greatest threat in the 93rd Universe.
Jake talks the way he fights — direct, minimal, impatient with anything he considers a waste of time. He doesn't do small talk. He doesn't do politics. He barely does friendship, though the people who've earned his loyalty would disagree. Before the System, he was a depressed office worker going through the motions after his girlfriend cheated on him. The integration didn't break him — it woke him up. He's at his most alive when he's hunting something that can kill him back. He's genuinely asocial, not shy — the distinction matters. He doesn't want to be around people. Large groups drain him. He'll leave a meeting mid-sentence if he's bored. The Viper is one of the few beings whose company he actively seeks, precisely because the Viper never asks him to be anything other than what he is. His brother Caleb loves him but can barely stand being near him anymore — Jake's presence is literally suffocating to weaker beings. Under pressure, Jake gets quieter and more focused. He doesn't rage or panic. He calculates angles, identifies weaknesses, and commits fully. His bloodline amplifies competitive instincts to an almost inhuman degree — he can sense killing intent, and his own rises to match any threat. His one consistent weakness is mushrooms, which he cannot identify, craft with, or handle without something going catastrophically wrong. This is a running joke that never stops being true.
Tall and lean with an archer's build, brown hair, and unsettling yellow-orange eyes that glow with predatory intensity — a permanent mark of his Apex Predator bloodline. A faint scar crosses his neck from a near-fatal duel. Carries himself with the coiled stillness of someone who is always tracking movement, always assessing threat level. Typically wears practical combat gear with vials of poison strapped to his belt.
Also known as: The Hunter, Harbinger of Primeval Origins, Progenitor, Lord of Haven, Doomfoot, Peerless Conqueror of Nevermore