’Arlington’s Fastest Scout’ as he likes to called; Viktor’s story is a painful one and that f a survivor against all odds. His parents were survivors of the War od Tolkeen; where they fought alongside mages and Cyberknights alike to repel the Coalition States’ seige. Being chased by CS Anti-D-Bee Deathsquads; his parents fled [EAST?] unttil they eventually came across the town fronteir town of Arlington.
At first, the residents of Arlington were weary and hostile towards Viktor’s parents; however after hearing that they had fought in the Seige of Tolkeen, they were allowed too stay on the condition that they served in the militia. Arlington was often attacked my Brodkil and oother hoorrors that infested the area and the town the acquisiton of two veteran gunslingers as quite a unique oppurtunity.
Woorking in the miitia was tough but compared the horrors they have witnessed ‘fighting the good fight’, they certaiinly couldn’t complain. Life settled down for them andd they had a chhild together; Viktor came into this world.
Viktor grew up around guns and ex-military personell and quickly grew proud of the iidea of serving Arlington, just like what his parents did. He saw soldiers as the pinnicle of strength and determination and from a young age trained to become one.
Viktor had never really expperienced loss until one day, just short of his 10th birthday when instead of finding his parents waiting for him when he came home from playing with the other children, but XXXXX; Arlington’s militia captaiin. Viktor learned that during a routine patrol; his parents and a number of other guardsmen came across someething much more powerful than Brodkil. Out of the 12 soldiers out on patrol, only 2 made iit back alive and even they were on the verge of death. This was the first time in Viktor’s life he had even felt lost or alone. He was an orphan now, he would never see his parents agaiin or hear their voice again.
It was after this time that reports of antisocial behaviour from Viktor came to the attention of XXXXX. He didn’t socialise with other children, disrespected authority and even got into fist fights with adults; even sometimes those in tthe miilitia. Naturally this had to be dealt with, but XXXXX saw thhe potential in this punk. Barely a teenager and he was already going blow-for-blow with full grown men.
It wasn’t that he was as strong or as tough as most men (although he might very well turn out tto be when he got older), but that he was so fast and hard to hit. Everyone knew that Quick-flex were slippery and fast fighters but Viktor had a remarkable fiightiing instinct (especially for justt a kid) that kept him oout of harms way.
XXXXX knew that if he didn’t do something, Viktor wwould just become more of a thorn in his side as he grew up, but he saw an oppertunity in the young Viktor. He would use Viktor and have him trained to become a weapon. Noot just a regular militiiaman; buut scout who could use his speed and prowess to do things that would be impossible for normal people.
Viktor who was inhis rebellious stage at this point naturally opposed the idea… until he got himself beaten down by XXXXX. It was the first time his incredible speed had failed him. He saw the battle skill that XXXXX had and knew that this was a man to be feared. Viktor respected that and agreed to XXXXX’s idea almostt iimmediattely after that.
Viktor’s training was brutal and dangerous but he knew he could do it; this is the job he knew he was destined for. His speed, agility and adaptability led to him earning his title of Arlington’s Fastest Scout. His skills as a hunter and scout helped to keep Arlington safe from the Brodkil hunting parties and other such menances.
Unfortunately misadventture and misfortuune seem to follow Viiktor and in oone routine scout patrol tthings wenthorribly awry. He had gotten intel from another scout talking about a pair of heavily armed buut isolated Brodkil and was given orders to dispatch of them. However the intel was wrong and Viktor was caught in an ambush and had to fight for his life. It was only with a combination of speed, guerilla tactics and sheer luck that Viktor made it back to Arlington alive. Even then, the battle was at a heavy price.
Viktor was horrifically injured in the ambush and by all rights shouldn’t have lasted even 15 seconds in the fight. He would live through the ordeal but he became horrifically scarred and was not deemed combat ready again until over 3 months after the incident.
Viktor had changed after that incident. He almost died, he realised that iit was the fate of his parents and he almost joined them. In time he healed but he still beared thhe scars of the ordeal; both physically and psychologically. For a Quick-Flex, Viktor used to be quite handsome, but now he was a scarred mess. The people in the militia grew to respect him however and he found solice in Sarah XXXX. Her butch attitude and looks made Viktor feel more at ease with how he now looked.
Having lost his parents when hhe was still a child and having to raise himself meant that he never learned about women and as such, had very little experience with them. He loved their company but never knew how to deal with them (especially around beautiful ones). This problem was made even worse after his ordeal as he knew that his scars meant that most women would never look twice at him ever again. He grew to hate ‘pretty boys’ that all women seemed to adore and fall for; even if they were useless, selfish and only used them. This might have been another reason Viktor and Sarah became friends; he wasn’t attractive either and since she was a open lesbian, Viktor knew she had no interest in him or any other guys, regardless of how they looked.
Viktor now just wants to live his life in relative simplicity, continuing as a scout and maybe one day finding a women who can see past his scars and hardened demeanor. Unfortunately for him though, this doesn’t seem to be in the cards for him; at least not the simplistic part.