Pazel Coal

Pazel Coal is a former car mechanic turned sniper and jack-of-all-trades for the Hunters, a cultlike organization. He does not have any living family, having cut himself off from his father after graduating high-school.

Appearance

Pazel has light purple eyes, large scars on his face, and long, straight hair that is off-white. He is 6'5" and extremely muscular. Pazel is noted to be unusually handsome or pretty by other characters, primarily Altair Viridian.

He usually wears a dark shirt, dark jeans, and combat boots.
Pazel binds his hair into a loose, messy braid at all, with the front left loose and covering his face. He takes it out to shower; if his hair is loose, it is typically a sign of being unwell. Occasionally, he switches the braid out for a bun, but only within trusted company. Pazel's body is covered in various large scars, most notable among them being a burn that spans the entirety of the right (the viewer's left) side of his chest, and wing-like scars on his back.

Pazel usually smells like metal, sweat, cheap deodorant and shampoo, and very faintly of expensive perfumes, which have rubbed off on him from interacting with Altair.

Personality

Irritable • Stubborn • Protective • Loyal

Pazel consistently portrays himself to be a blunt, unapproachable, and very private person. He has stated on multiple occasions that he considers other people a burden, and is shown to go out of his way to avoid personal information or interacting with other people.
When forced to engage with other people, his default state is sarcastic, rude, and insulting. He is fond of underhanded remarks and belittling others. The only individuals he has show outward fear towards are Altair Viridian and members of the Hunters who assisted Altair in torturing Pazel.

Despite his gruff exterior, Pazel does have a vulnerable side. He puts on a front of callousness because he's terrified of forming bonds with other people and then losing them or being rejected.
Pazel is kind and gentle towards those he cares for, softening towards people who aren't scared off by his angry fascade. He's a very sappy person if you come to know him, who loves cuddles and giving sentimental gifts, though if anyone comments on this he'll deny that he's anything other than an irritable bastard.

At Pazel's core, he is unshakably convinced that he is broken in some way that cannot be fixed. He sees himself as something similar to a weapon or attack dog, and believes that his only use to others lies in his unusual ability to inflict horrifying amounts of violence and pain onto others. He suffers from chronic nightmares due to the ordeal that the Hunters put him through.

Biography

Pre-Hunters

Pazel was raised by an abusive father, and never knew his mother, Details about his childhood are vague, but it can be surmised that the early years of his life were dark. Pazel is said to have been a bright student in school, excelling in maths and sciences. He has mentioned getting into frequent fights with other students and even staff, a fact he plays off as humorous but avoids discussing in depth.
After dropping out of high school in order to pursue money making ventures, he acquired a GED and enrolled in collage, eventually earning a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering. It is known that he funded his way through collage by offering his services as a body guard and assisting in the manufacturing of illegally modified guns. After collage, Pazel seemed to settle down, founding a car repair shop, although his personality didn’t do much to earn him customers. While Pazel started the business with pure intentions, he started offering less than legal services on the side for extra cash as his profits stopped being large enough to live off of. Using his previous connections, he involved himself in the manufacturing of weapons for a second time, this time personally creating small explosives and manufacturing ammunition in his garage.
Small-time criminal schemes were not enough to keep his business afloat, and Pazel eventually had to turn his attention fully towards the world of crime and the black market. He garnered a bit of good reputation among locals, and was generally considered very skilled in anything involving mechanics and engineering. His reptutation is how The Hunters caught wind of his existence.

One of Pazel's interests in school was human biology, which he later utilized by performing minor, simple surgeries illegally in the back of his shop. When Pazel was in his late 20s, a woman with multiple gunshot wounds was brought into his shop, on the brink of death. Pazel attempted to remove the bullet and stablize her condition, but ultimately failed. The woman, who was a low ranking Hunter, died during the proceedure. Her traveling companions were not happy and accused him of letting her die on purpose, and left after threatening to kill him. Pazel did not take the threat seriously.

Before and During Capture

Months after Pazel had forgotten about the whole ordeal involving the botched surgery, he was abducted from his garage at night. The group responsible for this calls itself 'the Hunters', and they are notorious for running everything from drug manufacturing to dark web 'redrooms' and livestreams where viewers can request violent acts for donations. Pazel's slip-up with the group of recruits was not enough by itsself to get him bagged, but when looked at in combination with his prior work, it was enough that higher ups decided they wanted him taken off of the playing board.

Post Capture / Current Day

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Health

Fair Overall

Pazel is in surprisingly good health for someone's whose taken as many bullets as he has. This can be attributed to luck, good genes, and Altair's dedication to keeping him in top condition despite the 'games' he plays with Pazel.
Pazel used to be a semi-functional alcoholic, though Altair refuses to let him touch a drop unless he's severely injured, so he's a lot more functional in present day than he was during coll

Relationships

Altair Viridian

he/him/his • Teacher/Master, former torturer

Altair and Pazel have a very confusing and, frankly, disturbing relationship. Altair shows a continous disregard for Pazel's safety & boundaries, and even derives great levels of pleasure from torturing his former charge in creative ways, but Pazel continues to show intense loyalty towards his tormentor and former jailer.
Pazel has made it clear that this relationship is not enjoyable for him, and that he has a strong contempt towards Altair. It is assumed that Pazel's loyalty is the result of psychological conditioning from torture.

Altair is responsible for most of the scars adorning Pazel's body, including the filigree patterns and the large dragon wings on his back. The winged scar in particular was a cruel joke on Altair's part, playing on the irony of the imprisoned man bearing a symbol of freedom he can never obtain.

Wilhelm Sayer

he/him/his • Boss (head of the Hunters)

Wilhelm and Pazel do not frequently come in contact with each other. Pazel is not terribly fond of Wilhelm, but Wilhelm has shown Pazel a modecum of kindness in the past, which Pazel has not forgotten.
Shortly after meeting each other, Wilhelm took Pazel to a gun range to teach him how to handle heavy-duty firearms. Pazel accidentally shot a few dents in Wilhelm's thermos, and Wilhelm promptly shot Pazel in the shoulder, telling him "now we're even". Wilhelm finds Pazel's brazen attitude oddly endearing, though he dislikes Pazel's use of dirty tricks in combat (groin shots, throwing sand in eyes, etc) The pair typically play chess while conducting business.

Name

pronouns • relationship

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Trivia

• Pazel has stated before that he would love to design escape rooms if he was not involved with the Hunters.
• While in collage, Pazel took courses in blacksmithing and glassblowing for extra credits. He enjoyed both of these hobbies greatly.
• Pazel's favorite foods are pancakes and baked beans. As a child, his father would make him pancakes on the rare occasions that he was in a good mood. He likes baked beans because they're easy and fast to make, and very filling. He refers to baked beans as 'apocalypse food'.
• His favorite animals are cats, especially black cats. He has a soft spot for snakes as well.
• Pazel uses a flip-phone for personal communication.
• His hair is long because Altair likes how it looks and doesn't let him cut it. Pazel keeps it in a braid so Altair can't pull him around by it as easily.
• Due to a familial history of premature greying combined with high stress conditions, Pazel's hair started going white in his 20s.

Notes

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