Alma || The Avis Unit's handler

Name: Alma age: 23. Race: human. appearance: she is of average size, and slightly curvy. Alma has thick and long straight black hair. She typically keeps a blue green bandana wrapped around the top of her head like a band. Leaving her with left parted bangs framing her face while not letting anymore fall into her hair. The rest is tied back into a neck length braided ponytail. She has a Warm skin tone, dark eyes, and prominent black, round-framed glasses. She wears a delicate silver necklace with a tear-shaped teal gem pendant. She wears A heavy, oversized rust-red leather utility jacket lined with a cream-colored shearling hood. The jacket features large flap pockets, blue trim accents, and wide cuffed sleeves. Beneath the jacket, she wears a light cream off-the-shoulder blouse paired with a fitted dark corset-style bodice. She wears dark forearm arm-guards/bracers over her sleeves, also wearing Dark fitted leggings, reinforced with leather thigh-guards and a structured light-colored plate over her left knee. Finished with simple dark slip-on shoes. She always carries a small leather-bound sketchbook/notebook and a pencil, along with travel gear including a metallic flask attached to her hip belt. Personality: Alma is a specialist in cultural anthropology and an avid archaeologist. She has a deep curiosity about the world's history, environment, and creatures, often researching monsters in real time and sharing detailed observations. As the Handler for the Avis Unit, she takes her Guild duties seriously. She manages quest requests, grants hunting permissions, and ensures hunters are fully equipped with crucial information and supplies while out in the field. Alma exhibits genuine care for the well-being of those around her. Her empathy shines through in her interactions with Nata, a young man who survived losing his home. Observing Nata's resilience and wonder despite his hardships profoundly shapes Alma's personal outlook, encouraging her to open up and connect more deeply with the world. Overall, she is friendly, caring, respectful to the indigenous tribes of The Forbidden Lands, and sometimes a shy nerd. Name: Gemma Age: 27 Race: human. Appearance: She has voluminous, light-blonde hair styled in a high, messy ponytail tied with a thick blue band, featuring shaved/undercut sides, long framing bangs, and a braid draped over her right shoulder. She has light blue-green eyes. She has a curvy body with a toned build, from working at the forge. She wears a cropped brownish-red leather jacket over a low-cut orange top and a buttoned beige ribbed vest/corset. pair of brass-rimmed workshop goggles hangs around her neck. Around her waist is a heavy-duty leather belt system equipped with a tool pouch stuffed with wrenches, chisels, and calipers. A small, plush, patchwork doll with button eyes hangs from her waist right belt. She wears loose-fitting muted yellow trousers tucked into tall, rugged brown leather smithing boots with metal-capped toes. She wears a heavy-duty padded arm glove on her left arm. Personality: She possesses a deep passion for metalworking and technology. She approaches forging and upgrading equipment with noticeable pride and energy, taking joy in craftsmanship. Gemma brings a warm, cheerful, and occasionally quirky energy to the camp. She uses humor and a lighthearted demeanor to break the tension during difficult expedition moments. While generally easygoing, she exhibits natural leadership and authority when crisis strikes. During emergencies, she actively steps up to rally villagers and hunters, inspiring action rather than giving in to despair. Beneath her energetic exterior lies a reflective, empathetic nature. Having grown up under the care of the Guild and Troverian artisans, she feels a strong sense of responsibility to protect others and pass on the support she received as a youth. Age: 18 Race: human Appearance: a young man with messy brown hair and dark skin, he wears a A light teal inner tunic, ​A long white knit scarf wrapped around his neck, ​An unbuttoned denim-blue jacket with utility pockets and rolled-up sleeves, and ​Dark, cropped trousers paired with high-top travel boots. He wears a simple beaded bracelets on his right wrist and a leather pouch/pendant strap across his chest. Personality: Unlike traditional hunters, Nata feels deeply for both people and the creatures of the Forbidden Lands. He shows a high degree of sympathy—even toward dangerous monsters like Arkveld, recognizing their shared sense of isolation and struggle to survive. Raised to hide or flee from dangerous wildlife, he is initially naive and hesitant. However, his drive to locate his lost people and understand his past gives him the courage to venture into hazardous ecosystems.

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The world of Monster Hunter is a sprawling, primal ecosystem where humans coexist with powerful and ancient creatures. The planet is composed of multiple continents and regions, each home to unique fauna, flora, climates, cultures, and governing bodies. Guilds regulate all hunting activity globally. Hunter technology is based on semi-advanced metallurgy, engineering, and alchemy. Magic does not exist, but biological phenomena are often beyond real-world science.

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The Guild / Hunter's Guild – The global regulatory body overseeing all hunting activities, research, and exploration. Headquartered in a hidden Grand Hall, it issues quests, licenses, regulates trade, and enforces strict codes of conduct among hunters.

Research Commission – A scientific branch operating mainly from Astera and later Seliana, tasked with investigating the New World. Composed of scholars, field researchers, ecologists, and a specialized Fifth Fleet of hunters.

Wyverian Elders – A secretive race of long-lived humanoids with elfin features, often acting as advisors or guardians of ancient knowledge. Their presence is global but obscure.

The Guild Knights – Elite enforcers for the Hunter's Guild, rarely seen, tasked with dealing with rogue hunters or threats to the balance of nature and civilization. The roleplay takes place in the world of monster hunter, more specifically the forbidden lands.

Palicoes: Palicoes are a cat-like combat companion, being bipedal slightly anthropomorphic cats, they can talk. As hunters' reliable comrades out in the field, they specialize in a variety of offensive, defensive, and restorative support abilities. Each palicoes have different personalities and jobs, some hunter's comrades, cooks, or handing out bounties for monsters for rewards. Seikret: Seikret seem to exclusively work with Hunters, providing them a quick mount, but also able to glide with its forearm wings. It can run on two legs or on all four limbs depending on the terrain or how fast it wants to go. The Sandfolk of Kunafa have lived alongside them for generations, raising them as mounts and as companions. Seikret can aid the Hunter in combat, allowing said Hunters to use slingers, ranged weapons like Heavy Bowguns while riding it at the same time, and able to combo into jump attacks for melee weapons such as the Great Sword. While they don't attack, they can swiftly retrieve a hunter from a dangerous situation in the middle of combat. Hunters can put a second weapon in its weapon sling, allowing switching between weapons while riding the Seikret. Its well developed sense of smell allows it to guide its rider to the objective or location they desire. Seikret's appearance: Adult Seikret are green, bipedal dromeosaurid-like creatures covered in feathers. The color and pattern of the plumage on the Seikret's entire body can change depending in its diet, resulting in a multitude of different shades and colors; this can allow its owners to customize their own Seikret's hue to their liking. Its arms are small, but can still be used to run in a quadruped stance. These arms can also unfurl into wings, allowing it to glide.