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★ PLAYER INFORMATION

NAME: Gann
AGE: 30’s
CONTACT: “redlionspride” on plurk, or PM journal.
CURRENT CHARACTER(S): K-2SO

☆ CHARACTER INFORMATION

NAME: Hunk Garret
CANON: Voltron: Legendary Defender
AGE: 17
CANON POINT: End of Season 2
BACKGROUND:
Hunk’s Wiki
Another Wiki
Voltron: Legendary Defender Story line and wiki.

PERSONALITY:
Hunk is the kindest, softest and friendliest member of the Voltron Paladins, often attempting to be the voice of reason ("Always.") or at least the one to bring up caution to the others. He thinks before he reacts in most cases, making sure that whatever the course of action, it's the one that should, or hopefully, be the course of action that won't get anyone killed. If he can talk his friends out of doing dumb things he sure as heck will try!

Even though he is a big guy who shows such strength and power he's more likely to try and stay out of a confrontation if possible. He doesn't care for fighting and isn't the best fighter on the force (though he's not shabby!). He just has a very gentle nature and is not easily provoked into physical battles. If you do manage to trigger his anger he will not let anything stand in his way, especially when protecting something or someone.

Speaking of which, he's fiercely protective of his people, his friends and family (and even has begun to consider Team Voltron to be his surrogate family while he's away from his own). He can be bullheaded, aggressive and sharp minded when it comes to something he must do. Hunk promised Shay that he would come back and help her and her people, so when delays came up in that process, he got grouchy and snappy, wanting to hurry along and get back on track. When something or someone is important to him he is bound and determined to get it done or make it right.

He has bonds with most of the team. Lance is his oldest and maybe closest friend, having gone through the academy together for some time. The two of them both have a laid back kind of personality. Pidge on the other hand is someone he also considers one of his closest friends, though he didn’t meet Pidge until later into their training. He connects with Pidge on an intellectual level in some ways, both enjoying similar fields of science and mechanics. The three of them had been on the same squad back at the Galaxy Garrison on Earth.

The only other ‘being’ that he may have bonded with more than Lance and Pidge would be the Yellow Lion, whose bond was formed with ease and care. They work well together and since he’s gotten in the cockpit of the Yellow Lion he’s grown stronger willed and more ready to dive into the thick of a battle. Being the pilot of the Yellow Lion isn’t like piloting an aircraft but like controlling an extension of his body, but also like battling beside your best friend. He refers to Yellow with the masculine pronoun of ‘he’.

While out to try and get a crystal for the Castle of Lions he and Coran bonded a bit more. He found an admirable respect for the man through his stories of the past, but especially about the Balmera and how he spoke of it and treated it. He admires Shiro, Keith and Allura as well, getting along with everyone on the team with relative ease. Hunk is the most gentle of his friends, which allows him to make friends quickly and easily.

Then there is Shay who opened his eyes to what Zarkon has been doing to the people out in space. The treatment of her people upset him. The injustice didn’t settle well with him and that pushed him to NEED to help. To think that these people had never seen the surface or the sky before and had always lived down in the tunnels to work and slave away every day hit him hard. His caring for strangers was shown strongly in the fact that even though Shay’s people pushed them away he still was determined to help. (There might have been a slight crush involved with Shay as well, but he will deny that 100%).

Hunk is not afraid to speak his mind, often reminding the team how unbelievable a situation is or how one sided it might seem. He doesn’t back down from the challenges (not too often) but he does insist that everyone understand how insane it all sounds. Or even to try and reason with the others on plans. Look for something that might work better (like ramming Yellow’s head into the side of a ship to save the Princess). He’ll be the first to point out the outrageous situations in ways that might sound comical but are spot on accurate. This is also his way of managing his stress and keeping himself calm. Like talking out loud to yourself just to assure yourself that yes, this is stupid.

He sometimes appears to be the butt of the joke, or more just a food joke, which he does have a good and healthy love of food, but he’s more than a food obsessed character. He loves to cook and can basically make anything out of weird alien food that can be found in space. Never seen this weird tuber before? That’s okay! Hunk can make something taste good out of it at least. He enjoys it too! Cooking is a stress reliever just as much as eating is.

Hunk is a bit of a scaredy cat though, and not at all a fighter (unless he has to be). When faced with a fight he’d rather back out but he won’t back down if it’s needed. He appears to have a bit of a fear of heights, or at least flying, wishing to keep his feet on the ground at the start of the series (and vomiting when he can't!). Despite all this he’s brave. He’s a brave, friendly, kindhearted, soft and tender kind of push over guy that when faced with a new and strange situation or people he thinks before he reacts then he jumps into action.


ABILITIES/POWERS:
He’s pretty tall but also bulky. He’s the largest on the team in size and weight, but it’s not really fat. He’s got a good dense muscle build up on him that grants him strength rivaling if not slightly passing Shiro’s strengths (Shiro is marked as a 17/20 in the strength scale while Hunk is a 19/20, the strongest on the team). He’s not one to work out in a gym often but he’s no slouch either, or he wouldn’t have made it as far as he did in the Garrison Academy. He might not look to be in peak physical condition, and he doesn’t seem to carry a hard six pack, but he has power where it counts.

He’s not likely to win any running or sprinting races, but he can keep up with the rest of them well enough. His agility states are pretty low compared to everyone else (ranked at 10/20 while Pidge and Shiro are both the next lowest at 15/20), but he’s not the man for speed and agility to begin with. If you need something heavy moved or a good brace to hold a door closed in a fight, Hunk is your man.

Because of his bulk and build his Bayard turns into a very large and heavy looking energy assault cannon, which he can use either on his shoulder or in both hands, getting deadly accuracy with ease. Which brings me to his ability as a skilled marksmen, at least when it comes to his Bayard.

In the case of mental abilities and intelligence he’s actually marked rather high (17/20) in this as well, only just slightly lower when compared to Pidge (who is a 20/20). Though he seems to be about as intelligent as Shiro (also a 17/20) his brilliance comes in different ways. Pidge is the one who handles most the upgrades on the lions but Hunk is around to help with maintenance.

As one Wiki says, and sums it up brilliantly. "A mechanical and scientific genius, Hunk is just as capable of his scientific peer, Pidge, at spouting off immensely complex bits of information regarding anything from the atomic signature of atomic elements found on Earth and recognizing foreign elemental compositions, to being able to compile a device capable of picking up on foreign elements based on said atomic signatures with little-to-no effort." This is all pretty true and though Hunk tends to come off as comic relief and food focused sometimes, he's actually very smart!

He’s also a pretty fast learner! He picked up how to fight with his Bayard pretty well, as well as having to learn how to pilot the Yellow Lion, which I might add is in a different language then he would know, though thankfully the Lions talk to each of their pilots in their heads.

Speaking of piloting, he’s not their best pilot, at all. But he’s getting better. The Yellow Lion is the tank of the team, built with extra armor and a bulkier jaw and lines. Yellow is made to withstand harder hits and attacks, much like Hunk himself is built. Though he gets very easily motion sick he seems to have a better or easier time of it when he’s piloting the Lion himself (there have been moments though, as the Lion spins out of control, that he appeared to want to vomit again!). The Yellow Lion represents the spirit of land; earth, soil, ground and rocks, which connects very well with Hunk in the strength department.

Other skills include cooking! He is able to make many dishes with alien ingredients he’s never used before and manage to make them edible to the other humans around them. He loves food, and loves to eat, but learning to eat the food Coran has provided for them can only go so far. He’s grown to tolerate Food Goo, but once Coran brought out something that smelled so disgusting that even he wouldn’t try it, it was time to take over the Kitchen of Lions. So far the others seem to like what he's made. Give him the chance to make something remotely earth like and he will.


INVENTORY:
He’ll have little on him at the time, but that short list is:
Paladin Armor: - It’s a flight suit that form fits to its person. It gives the wearer a fighting chance to survive the vacuum of space when the helmet is in place with it. There is a small jet pack on the back that helps thrust him along in space and is possible to give a bit of a lift up in standard atmosphere. There is an energy shield in the arm of the suit that can be activated for protection. The suit also appears to hold the Bayard when not in use.

Helmet: - Yellow and white, it has a protective face plate that can go up out of the way, stand down half way to shield eyes, or cover completely to make it airtight for exploration. There is also a ‘training’ setting that makes it impossible to see past. These helmets are used for protection as well as communications (which i assume won’t work here).

Bayard: - The Weapon of a Paladin! Explained in the above Abilities section. This is the Yellow Bayard for the Paladin of the Yellow Lion.

Orangish yellow headband: - It’s always on. I’m pretty sure he sleeps with it… It’s just a long head band that he has around his forehead and tied, long tails down the back.

The Yellow Lion: - A spacecraft in the shape of a large mechanical lion painted yellow. It is the Left Leg of Voltron and one of five lions. When all five are present they can form Voltron, a large planetary defender and five man mecha. The Yellow Lion will only be piloted by Hunk with the exception of possibly others in the Castle of Lions. The Lion has a personality of it’s own and generally only ‘speaks’ to Hunk (in his head). The lions have a lock down so that only their pilots can get in, and a shield that only their pilots can pass if the Lion lets it. A very good defensive shield. It is the Lion of Lands and can control and use the ground for attacks or defense, and can easily dig through most grounds as needed. It has the best armor of the entire group.


LINKED SAMPLES:
Eluvio TDM
Hunk & Lance in a past game.

WRITTEN SAMPLE:
This entire adventure was already starting off weird. It was bad enough that he had already experienced being sucked out into space through some weird wormhole, but at least he was there with his friends? Here and now, he had woke up in some weird tank, got carted off to an orientation, was given some bad looking clothing and his possessions, and was told his craft was out in space. Oh and have a weird job. Good luck.

At least Yellow was here, somewhere. He found a port window to look out, trying to find it. Squinting, peeking past and attempting to see his lion. Nothing. There were ships out there, but none of them were his Yellow Lion.

His heart sank a bit more. He’d feel a heck of a lot better if he could connect to the lion. A heck of a lot less alone at least. “Oh crow…” he whined to himself, head dropping to press into the glass and sigh.

Lost in space, with out his friends. He felt a bit sick. He felt home sick already, but the Castle of Lions was becoming a second home and he was feeling homesick for THAT too. For the Castle, and for his friends and even the mice.

His belly grumbled, loudly, and his hand dropped to hold it. “And you’re homesick for food goo, huh?” He spoke to his belly, then frowned. “Never thought I’d actually miss food goo. I must be sick. There has to be a mess hall somewhere around here.” He said to himself, standing up right again and looking around. Now for a map. Or a way. Or something. “Okay nose, don’t fail me now. Time to find food, settle in and think. There has to be a way home.”

Yep. He said it all out loud. Saying it out loud helped him think better.