Saffron Hurst

"What else is there to say? I am a monster, and we all know what happens to monsters in this world...."

- Saffron Hurst

==Appearance == Saffron is a medium sized young man with red eyes and long, thick bright orange hair which he wears in a rather ragged and uncared for style. Saffron’s hair goes just down past his shoulders and completely covers all parts of his head and it often obstructs his vision, so he can often be seen just moving it away from his face. On his chest Saffron wears a black t-shirt and on his legs he wears a pair of black slacks with a pair of brown boots on his feet. Over his clothes Saffron wears a large, hooded, brown robe. Saffron keeps an orange sash strapped around his waist over his robes, keeping the robes tight and making them less baggy. On his eyes Saffron wears a pair of circular goggles with black tinted lenses. Saffron’s teeth have been removed and in their place is a set of metal fangs. Saffron keeps these fangs in perfect condition, and they are always sharp and shiny. On his right shoulder Saffron has a small tattoo which reads ‘SAF 001’.

==Personality ==

Saffron’s personality is difficult to understand and even harder to explain. When first met, Saffron appears to be an incredibly shy, quiet and a pretty gloomy person and he almost never acts happy and really never has a smile on his face. Saffron strongly fears people, as he knows any second at any time a person could trigger him. Saffron tries his very hardest to avoid people and if there is a large amount of talking people in 1 direction, Saffron will always try and head the other way. If Saffron is forced to go near large groups of talking people he will become visibly distressed (some would even say upset) and will often just stand around, put up his hood, and attempt to block out all sound. Even when talking to just one person in private Saffron will still attempt to hide in his robes, although he will still talk to the person he is with if they persist. The reason why Saffron avoids people so much is because he is afraid of hurting people he likes or people who don’t deserve it, and most of all Saffron just likes to sit down alone and in peace. Even though Saffron appears ‘soft’ he will not hesitate to stand up for himself. Despite his normal mindset Saffron is surprisingly easy to cheer up, and when happy Saffron will still try to avoid people but he will allot less gloomy around the people/person who managed to cheer him up in the first place.

The reason Saffron acts the way he does, is because he is a man engineered to kill at the mere utterance of a sentence. When Saffron hears the sentence ‘tear them apart’ he will literally freeze on the spot, no matter what he was doing previously, before attacking the person closest to him. While in this state, Saffron’s personality also changes dramatically. He will no longer respond to people trying to talk to him and his only focus will be on getting to a person and killing them. Saffron's pain tolerance will also greatly increase in this state, and he will pretty much completely ignore and injuries he obtains. The only way to snap Saffron out of this state is by repeating the trigger phase or by knocking him out (when he wakes up he will be normal). If Saffron isn’t untriggered he will simply continue to hunt down and kill people until he himself dies. When in this triggered state Saffron himself claims he feels like he is ‘asleep’ and he does not remember what he has done after he returns to normal. Saffron both hates and blames himself for what he does in his triggered state, and he constantly puts himself down about it, letting himself know that he deserves to be punished for what he does.

==Backstory  == Saffron’s past is not one to be told to most decent people. Saffron was born the son of 2…….for a better word, scientists. Saffron’s early years were pretty basic, and he raised and taught by his parents alongside his sister Fredja. Most of Saffron’s early life was much like any other person’s, and he spent much of his time just learning new things and hanging around with his sister. During this time however Saffron was heavily experimented on by his parents. At the time Saffron didn’t know what these experiments were or what they were even for, and they were performed so long ago that Saffron doesn’t even remember them. As Saffron progressed through his childhood, his parents had him trained in combat by private teachers, but apart from that everything seemed normal to him. Close to Saffron’s 10th birthday however, things changed dramatically. Fredja started acting more erratic and began to go around looking scared. She began telling Saffron about what had been going on that he didn’t know about, that she had been hearing screaming around their home, and that their parents had done something to him, but Saffron thought it was her playing a game and ignored her. One morning not long after this Saffron woke up with a horrible pain in his mouth and on his shoulder and upon further inspection he realised his teeth had been removed and replaced with rather fearsome looking fangs and a tattoo had been done on his shoulder. Saffron immediately went looking for Fredja after this, and when he found her she told him that it was ‘time to leave’. The next thing Saffron remembers after this is waking up in a policeman’s home on the far side of Vale with Fredja by his side. When he awoke, Fredja immediately explained to him what had happened, how he had been made into a person used for killing, and how Fredja had used him to break out of their home, and how this policeman had taken them in. Saffron spent the next few years in turmoil, simply trying to understand and cope with what had been done to him. When Saffron finally learnt to deal with himself, both he and Fredja were enrolled into Signal by their policeman carer. Saffron both hated and loved it, learning more things but having to be around people, people always talking, always threatening to set him off. Saffron lasted however, and he passed with almost flawless grades, seeing as he had learnt much of the combat stuff before even going to Signal. After his graduation Fredja suggested that Saffron enrol into Beacon with her, but Saffron refused. After a large amount of convincing however Saffron finally agreed to enrol with her, and he attends beacon now, hanging around Fredja, avoiding people and working hard.

==Weapons and Abilities == <span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">Saffron’s weapons are a matching pair of massive gauntlets wrapped in barbed wire. These gauntlets are incredibly large and they are incredibly heavy and literally impossible to wield without proper strength and training. The finger parts of these gauntlets are more like claws than anything else, and they can effectively be used to slash at opponents or even be stabbed into opponents like knives. Saffron also uses his gauntlets to block attacks, and due to their size they are very affective at this task. When examined these gauntlets appear as if they are made out of stone, although they are actually made out of thick chunks of steel made to look like stone. Wrapped around the middle part of these gauntlets is a set of barbed wire, as this greatly adds to how dangerous the punches of these gauntlets are. Saffron gauntlets have no transformations, as they were never intended to be used out of combat or be hidden and Saffron simply carries them around with him when required, dealing with the burden.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">Saffron’s fighting style is violent and incredibly aggressive. He is incredibly strong despite his looks, and he swings his gauntlets as if they were his own fists. Saffron’s punches are devastating as well as his slashing attacks. Saffron’s most frightening attack however his is when he forces his claws into his opponents, and if he successful does this to an unarmoured combatant, combined with his strength, he can literally tear them in half with enough effort. Saffron also uses his teeth allot in combat and his bites can cause rather large amounts of damage to unarmoured opponents. Speed wise Saffron is surprisingly fast in both in and out of combat but his attacks are greatly slowed down by the size and weight of his gauntlets and althought his swings are devestating, he often ends up leaving himself open. Saffron’s fighting style in his triggered mode is not much different from his normal style apart from the fact that his attacks are literally unending, and he will not retreat, surrender or stop his barrage, and he will simply continue to attack until he can no longer do so. The downside to this is that he is rather single minded, and when triggered it is rather easy to lure him into traps or ambushes, although he still shouldnt be underestimated if the battle isnt in his favour.

==<span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">Relationships ==

<span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">Fredja Hurst – Saffron’s sister. Saffron loves Fredja with nearly all of his heart, as she is the one person he knows has always been good to him. Saffron makes sure to always stay as close to Fredja as he can, because he knows that if he is triggered she will make sure to stop him from killing anyone. Unknown to Saffron however is how much Fredja has actually used him, and it is thanks to this that both she and Saffron will never be bothered by their parents……ever again.

==<span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">Trivia == <span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">- Saffron is a orange spice used in cooking.

<span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">- <span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">Saffron was given a triggered state early in his childhood, and pretty much all of his life he had been slowly trained and experimented on while in his triggered state, but he simply isn’t able to remember it.

<span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">- <span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">The barbed wire on Saffron’s gauntlets is from an incident where he was triggered and ran through a barbed wire fence. When he returned to normal and noticed the wire, he simply thought it was fitting so he kept it.

<span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 242); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 242; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2F2F2; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">- For those who havent yet gotten it yet, Fredja used Saffron to murder their parents.

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