Bloodhunter

Name
Bloodhunter

Lifespan
A Bloodhunters lifespan is lengthened to 150-200y, this is due to the use of many magic potions that manipulated their blood and body, blessing them with a longer lifespan.

Adult (age)
18y is the age a Bloodhunter makes the step from pupil to full-grown Bloodhunter. It is at this age that the master will grant the pupil his personalized weapon, specified to the strengths of the pupil and to counter his weak spots.

Common Height
The Heights depends upon the race the Bloodhunter is. Most Bloodhunters are Humans as most originate from the Human race.

Alignment
In the past they obeyed kings, but in the present, they became independent mercenaries and became neutral.

Lore
Hunters were originally Humans who started hunting monsters for kings that got troubled by them. They started as ordinary monster hunters, but when they started to use magic blood potions of mages to make them stronger to fight bigger monsters, they rapidly became known as capable monster killers best suited for the job. They created a bloodthirst for killing monsters and are considered to be the best hunters. The use of potions overtime gave them a longer lifespan but made them also more aggressive and thirsty for blood. It became more common that a hunter got lost in Bloodlust and murdered multiple humans in its rage. A hunt against the hunters was held: "The hunt for the Hunter" as the common people got scared by these Bloodhunters, and many of them got executed. Those who survived stared living in the wild or under a false ID in towns. After many years the hunters started to be noticed again as capable hunters and were mostly used as mercenaries now by the common man. No longer did they serve kings. The mutation over centuries of the special blood potions gave the Bloodhunters special traits. Some Bloodhunters work close with wizards to get new potions and so to get new abilities. Most didn’t use any potions anymore and became ‘accepted’ (not everybody trusts them) by the common man.

Extra

When a Bloodhunter gets caught by bloodlust and is unable to snap out of it, and gets killed by a monster during the bloodlust. Then his corpse will start to mutate into that monster. He will become a hybrid mutant also known as a  “Bloodmonster” also referred to as “Darkhunters” by the common townsman.

Timeline
In Ardor (200), they had problems with the still lurking and multiplying monsters that Izaroth had released into their lands many years before. Normal hunters got killed as they were not capable of killing them, the monsters were just too strong.

When the Bloodhunters became more effective at hunting down the monsters, Izaroth started hunting as well by sending out their most deadly servants: Reapers.

A reaction came with the creation of the first Bloodhunter. These were men whose blood got altered to give them abnormal abilities so they could fight off the monsters. These Bloodhunters were very respected and did most of the time work for kings as a special unit.

Bloodhunters Became a different race to Humans as they didn’t share the same blood structure anymore. There personality and lifespan were also not the same anymore.

(510) Bloodhunters have become a very respected unit for many kings, but the blood manipulation they do becomes darker and more dangerous. At this moment the first Bloodhunters lose their control over there bloodlust and become Darkhunters. It's from this point that many people become skeptical of Bloodhunters.

(530-590) More and more Bloodhunters lose control over their bloodlust and turn into Darkhunters, commoners decide to take down the Bloodhunters as they have come to a danger to them as well. Over the span of 55 years Bloodhunters get hunted down and killed, many due resign and go into hiding as well. In (590) The last Bloodhunter who worked for a king gets killed and brings an end to the large hunt on them.

Personality
Serious, aggressive, creepy, lone wolf (except in pair when the hunter has a young hunter),

Favorite environments
Dark forests, swamps, monster-filled regions

Appearance
Mostly covered in black leather cloths, some armor pierces, most of the time they cover their face, making only their eyes (sometimes wearing a sort of goggles) visible

Strong’s
hand to hand combat, and stealth attack, use of special abilities: basic magic spells, small wind blasts, heath vision (to hunt blood)…

Weaknesses
fighting multiple enemies isn't one of their specialties they're better at fighting one large enemy. Most Bloodhunters travel and work alone, they do not have a companion most of the time (this was the case during their peak years, in the present, they are often seen with companions).

A Bloodhunter is always vulnerable to Bloodlust. This is when their lust for blood takes over and makes them brainless killing machines. This wair off after some time most of the time, but it happens (no often) that one can't escape the bloodlust and becomes a "Darkhunter"/ "Bloodmonster".

Weapon of choice
Every Hunter has a custom weapon made by his mentor that he gets at the age of 18, during his training his mentor experiment with many types of fighting and sees what’s best suited for his pupil.

Loves
getting paid, killing things, being in the wild

Hates
other humans

Clothing
The clothing of a Bloodhunter can be diverse. Every hunter has custom armor of clothes, some choose to wear armor, others have rather flexible cloths. What signifies a Bloodhunter is that they almost all of the time wear black color and something they protect their mouth with. This is to protect themselves from any toxins a monster can produce.