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OOC INFORMATION
Name: Gem
Contact: vapeslug
Age: 31
Other Characters: Vicious, Seras Victoria

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Hanna Falk Cross
Age: 24
Canon: Hanna Is Not a Boy’s Name
Canon Point: 3 :: In Which A Clock Stops Ticking just before arriving at Tibenoch's place.
Character Information:
Like all people, Hanna has history. (Whether or not they actually remember is something else entirely.)

Like some people, Hanna doesn’t exactly want to talk about it, and that’s totally cool.

What sets him apart from those people, however, is that instead of politely requesting that it not be spoken of or getting all up in arms about it, Hanna will immediately divert the conversation elsewhere. He’ll pretend he didn’t hear you or just disregard the question entirely and go on to some other topic of importance (which is probably not important at all, he just really doesn’t want to talk about it.)

Hanna’s history, canonically, had been left intentionally vague by the creator and unfortunately did not get revealed before the comic itself stopped updating. As dodgy as Hanna is about that subject, canonically, it’s unlikely that it’ll actually come up in-game, and, while I do have a few head-canony bits for him, the time between his early teens to now will be left obscured. He keeps it to himself and will do anything and everything to get out of conversations about it. There also isn’t anyone in his canon that actually knows about it (except for Worth, who is equally sworn to secrecy on the matter) so the chances of him actually having to explain anything about his past are ridiculously slim.

What is known about Hanna is that he’s 24, dammit, and he’s been using magic for the past several years.

When he was 16, Hanna had—what is assumed to be—his first paranormal encounter that was likely the cause of his parent’s deaths (or disappearances, once again it’s not something he talks about or has been explained by the creator of HINABN.) At 19 he met a man who called himself Doc Worth (who is not a real doctor, by the way, don’t let him tell you any different) who helped him along in his journeys. It appears that he was there to offer a sort of medical support to Hanna, in regards to his magic-using taking a bit of a toll on Hanna’s body. Worth, it would seem, has always been aware of the paranormal and knew how to treat the strange “side effects” of Hanna’s magic use. Because of this, Hanna has to be given a form of medication after such magical tasks either when he’s used too much of his power or ends up badly injured. Once again, it’s one of those things he (and Worth, who is apparently the only one who knows Hanna’s deal) would rather keep to himself when asked about it.

Since his first paranormal experience Hanna dabbled in magic and learned everything he could about it, going so far as to give himself the title of a “Paranormal Investigator” and started up his own business. (Though many tend to question whether or not he’s actually good at his job or not. Hanna believes he is and in truth he would be if he’d learn to think things through instead of diving head-first into them.)

And that brings us to the beginning of the story.

Hanna is in his office, which appears to be a little one-room apartment on the not-so-great side of town, and is presented with a zombie at his doorstep. The zombie, to his surprise, is not on a hunt for brains, but a hunt for a cure to his aimless wandering and boredom. Somewhere along the way he acquired a business card with Hanna’s name on it, advertising “Hanna Falk Cross: Paranormal Investigator.” He doesn't remember where he got it, only that he’d been holding onto it for a very long time. Since {…} couldn’t remember who he was, only that he died ten-or-so years prior to meeting Hanna and he couldn’t remember his name. Which of course, meant that Hanna had to take it upon himself to start coming up with names for the zombie, and always refers to him by a different name every time they speak. Thinking that since the red-headed magic enthusiast dealt in this sort of thing regularly, Hanna wouldn’t exactly be averse to having a zombie hanging around, {…} posed an interesting question to Hanna, asking if he was hiring for the little business he had going for him.

Enthusiastic as ever, Hanna replies “Yes! F#CK yes.” as a helping hand could always be needed (even if he hadn’t done a lot up until this point.) Besides! {...} was a person who actually seemed interested in being around him and really, nothing could be better than that! From that day forth, Hanna had himself a partner. A sidekick. A real friend.

And that frickin' rules.

The story continues with Hanna actually doing things with his business! The first case he investigates is that of the mysterious and crabby Sassybat.

A rude and decidedly spicy vampire bat decides to take shelter in Conrad Achenleck’s home, making a pest of herself and attacking the homeowner for having the audacity to live in his own home– though it’s entirely possible that Conrad didn’t exactly have kind words for the vampire as it stood. In the process of clearing the nuisance from his client’s home, Hanna manages to get conned into releasing the vampire woman from her bat form. She then takes off after lashing out at the three men, stealing Conrad’s unconscious form on the way so that she could feed. She leaves his body on the roof and appeared to have flown off into the night, but just as they discovered Conrad lying there, dying, she attacks them from behind. Luckily, {…} happens to be wielding Hanna’s trusty hammer and fends her off with a swing to the back. Beaten and bloody, the vampire finally flies the scene for good.

Hanna, always the quick thinker (sometimes too quick with not enough consideration to the consequences) retrieves the bloodied hammer from {…} and has Conrad– who is about two seconds from death– drink what blood was remaining on it, thus turning him into a vampire. While he’d still technically be dead, he would… still get to live out the rest of his life? …Forever? Eheh.

Conrad, of course, is none too thrilled, but at least he was alive! Sort of.

Hanna may have technically failed his first case, but… it could have always been worse?

Thus began a series of decidedly odd encounters with paranormals of all sorts, as well as further complications to his—and his newfound friends’—life. …Even if Hanna himself didn’t really seem too terribly concerned with what sorts of trouble he found himself in.

Not too long after the Sassybat Incident, Hanna is called in by a local werewolf (Toni Ipres) who has suspicions that there was a ghost haunting the theater she frequented. They come to find that there is indeed a ghost, who first attempts to attack and/or possess Hanna’s body before being inexplicably removed, passing right through him as if Hanna were the ghost. Once the ghost disappears, he tells the others that "he's just fine, kinda cold, though!" and apologizes for "dragging [them] into stuff [they] didn't sign up for..." as he draws a rune on his hand with his trusty sharpie before collapsing, unconscious.

{…} calm as ever, and Conrad in a tizzy (he was insistent that they go to a hospital instead, but {…} thought otherwise) take Hanna back to Worth to have him looked at. The “doctor” then administers some “classified” medication and a good tongue-lashing to Hanna for going after a ghost and tells him not to go back. Hanna –-the ever-obedient one– goes back anyway. He knew that for the ghost to be able to project himself in a semi-corporeal state, the body it belonged to had to have been somewhere in the building. Hanna obviously can't just leave it there, since that would ultimately go against everything his business (and personal mission) was about.

This time they decide to take the back way into the theater, breaking into a room that apparently already had one occupant, a one Veser Hatch—part selkie and NOT A SHARK—who {…} takes the pleasure of punching before he could attack. …Even if Veser had no intent to really harm them in the first place, he was just the one roaring through the darkness at them with giant glowing green eyes and shark teeth. You know, nothing too terribly horrifying.

After determining that Veser was in the building to search for a friend, Veser ran off, leaving Hanna and {…} behind for only a few moments before they caught up to him in another room. It's there that they find Veser’s friend, Lee Falun. Much to their collective horror, Lee's body is the one they stumble across and find to be the source of the furious spirit in the building.

Enraged at Veser’s appearance, the ghost lashes out at them, ultimately possessing {…}’s body and using it to attack the young selkie. Hanna steps in, in the nick of time, runes scrawled all over his body, and forces the ghost from his temporary home in {…}’s body with his magic.

Meanwhile, Conrad and Toni meet and beat—or get beaten by, in Conrad’s case-- two other vampires who later hire Hanna to lure the Sassybat, Adelaide, back to them. They don’t necessarily give him the option of otherwise, threatening that “If you do it, we will pay you handsomely. If you don’t, we’ll kill you all.” …Which of course means that Hanna will of course take the case. OR ELSE.

They collect an odd gear and a note with an address on it from the scene of the crime and use it to track down a man named Ples Tibenoch, thinking he might have a link in the death of Veser’s friend. It is on their way to this man’s house that he will end up blacking out and waking up in Ryslig.

Personality:
If you asked any of his friends, they would probably tell you that Hanna Falk Cross is… annoying as all hell. That is unless you asked {…} who would just explain that Hanna is simply excitable but he means well.

Hanna seems to take the most enjoyment in the smallest of things and is always eager to do everything ever for anyone ever, always, all the time. He’s easily distracted by everything, (though it’s unclear as to whether or not that’s intentional…) super enthusiastic and seemingly carefree, taking everything in stride with a big ol’ grin on his face. He has a childish innocence about him; the kind of naiveté that those that have had happy, uncomplicated lives tend to express. In reality, that is far from the case, but he doesn’t like to act otherwise. Not so much because he doesn’t want people to know, or be concerned about him, (even though he REALLY, TRULY DOESN’T) but because he’s positive he’s fine and things could ALWAYS be worse.

In a way, that’s sort of his motto, in that he’s been through worse and if he got out of that okay, nothing else could possibly measure up to it. He firmly believes that without the bad things in your life, you’d never see the good, and as such, takes little hiccups (which usually end up MASSIVE ORDEALS) with a grain of salt. That’s not to say he’s ignorant of the bad aspects of life, but he doesn’t believe that dwelling on things will make them any better. So, he would rather pick himself up, dust himself off, and keep on truckin’.

With his “BRING IT ON!” attitude, he usually ends up in far more trouble than it’s worth. He’s a do first, think later kind of person, and that line of thinking typically gets him in over his head more so than not. To most, it probably seems like his rushing headlong into the unknown is done intentionally and without consideration of the consequences. This, however, is not entirely the case so much as Hanna honestly thinks he can get himself out of it someway or another. But he does very little to dissuade people from thinking otherwise, as it would appear that sometimes life is made easier when everyone thinks you’re an impulsive idiot. Not to say he can’t be an impulsive idiot sometimes, because he most certainly can, but he Has A Plan, he promises. He may have not discussed it with you beforehand, but it’s there and It Will Work. It’s cool, everything will be fine.

Hanna is actually far more mature and intelligent than many give him credit for (himself included). Yet, he’s just as content acting like a kid than being a STUFFY OLD ADULT because, hell, that’s boring. It’s very likely that having a good portion of his childhood taken away during the years following the ghost incident contributed to that attitude. So, in an attempt to regain the happiness brought in his earlier years, he instituted an attitude change, if only just to make his life easier to cope with. Besides, who wants to hang out with a big ol’ Negative Nelly anyway?

When it comes to friends—if you can stand being around him long enough—there isn’t a better example of the definition of “loyal” than Hanna. He loves his friends with his heart and soul and would do anything in the world for them. He protects and comforts, is completely willing to be an ear or a shoulder, and will try his absolute damnedest to solve a problem if he can. Hanna’s the type of bro to give you the shirt off his back, the shoes off his feet and whatever change is left in his pocket—and maybe his pants if you need’em that badly but please let the guy keep his boxers on. He’s got some modesty, okay.

Unfortunately, his fervent desire to make friends tends to get him in trouble when he seems to think people are being nice to him for the sake of being nice, and rarely puts any thought into whether or not they actually want something from him. In a sense, he’s entirely too credulous; he’s easy to manipulate if he doesn’t have any prior suspicions about you, and is the slightest bit gullible. Seldom does it ever occur to him that people may want to use him for terrible reasons—an example of this is when he freed Adelaide from her bat form, thinking he’d be doing her a favor. At which point, once freed, she proceeded to attack every last one of the people in the room. It definitely came back to bite him in the ass, but he was really just trying to do her a solid. Though, he’s learned from that mistake by now, so he’ll be trying to avoid helping shady and/or sassy bats from now on. …Or well, anyone shady and/or sassy. Okay, maybe sassy. He does like sassy.

--Anyway. So, truth be told, if you seem like an okay enough person, he will take to you like a puppy, and even if you kick him a few times he’ll still stick by your side. If you’re willing to stick by his, you can expect the most devoted, reliable friend you could ever have. The poor boy was picked on a decent bit as a child, so when he did find people willing to actually be nice to him, he held tightly to them and treated them like kings and queens, cherishing their time together.

Hanna, as a general rule, is friendly with EVERYONE. Unless you happen to be pretty dangerous or threatening at which point he will just make a note to be polite to you if he HAS to talk to you, just so nothing terrible happens to his friends. If you’re just a douche, however, he has no problem with being a douche right back if the situation calls for it, sticking up for himself or anyone else that may need it. He doesn’t have time for bullies. But he’s not exactly one for starting confrontation —he won’t start a fight, it doesn’t give him kicks—but he's certainly down to finish it. When his zombie friend becomes possessed by a vengeful ghost, he prepares his runes and fires magic at him, threatening: "Ghost dude, if you seriously do not get out of Izanagi right now I will fuck you up something fierce. I will count to fucking three."

So sure, he may not come at you to fight, but he's more than ready to take you on. His determination and loyalty has him dead set on fighting for those he loves, no if's and's or but's about it. He’s entirely selfless when it comes to those sorts of things, and would fight to the death if he really had to. Like hell he’ll let someone walk all over him or the people he cares about!

His selflessness isn’t limited to just friendships, however. Hanna possesses incredible empathy to the point of wanting to help clearly insane people, sassy vampire bats or literal zombies appearing at his doorstep –-not to mention even people who CLEARLY don’t like him (hello Conrad)—when they’re in need. That empathy is what got him into his business, after all, to help anyone and everyone and to “be prepared next time.”

While it seems like Hanna’s outlook on life is generally one of sunshine and sparkles, there’s a side to himself that he doesn’t like to explore and will likely never show to anyone ever. The trauma from the ghost incident never faded, exactly, but he’s done so well keeping it buried under all that enthusiasm that you’d never know it was there. Besides, he won’t talk about it, no matter how many times someone brings it up. Generally, if anyone taps into anything regarding his past, he’ll act like he doesn’t understand the question or change the topic immediately. That sort of reaction might look a tad hypocritical, however, as he will ask you a thousand and one questions about yourself and expect you to answer wholly and sincerely. He could claim that it's his inquisitive nature-- he's an investigator, after all! Helps to know all the details-- but really, he's just nosy and doesn't have any real hang-ups about getting the information he needs out of someone. He wants to know your deal! Front to back, top to bottom, inside and out, he wants to know what you're about. You know, so long as you don't ask the same of him.

Otherwise, Hanna’s a pretty cool dude, and would like to be friends with you. That cool? Awesome. Let’s ride off into the sunset together.

5-10 Key Character Traits:

+ Enthusiastic
+ Spirited
+ Loyal
+ Determined

+/- Selfless

- Credulous
- Impulsive
- Avoidant
- Nosy

Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, EITHER, or opt for 100% RANDOMIZATION? FITS, please!

Opt-Outs: I am only opting out of ONE of the monsters I already play!
-Shade (Vicious)
-Slime
-Lich
-Simulacrum
-Troll
-Arachne
-Nymph

Roleplay Sample: Hanna on the Test Drive Meme!