PROFILE
"I can give quite the bang with the member between my legs, but I'm a bigger hit with my guns." - August Starfinder
Name: August Starfinder
Alias: The Best Bounty Hunter From Texas, Sly Shooter
Country: Mayland (The State Of Texas)
Species: Human (Is considered part Fairy due to having Queen Billie use her blood to save his life)
Age: 75
Height: 5'11”
Weight: 198 Pounds
Hair Color: Ash Blonde (Formally dirty blonde)
Eye Color: Baby Blue (Formally blue)
Skin Color: Sandy
Powers: August possesses nearly perfect aiming abilities, mild durability, dexterity, and the usages of his magically enhanced pistols
Allies: Queen Billie, Hellin Strongs, Orsela Geno, Vritra, Damage, Scylla Baros, Trevyn Aliyu, Setback, Xin Xin, King Onyx, Love
Likes: Attractive people, polishing his guns, training young Bounty Hunters, horseback riding, venturing bars, spas
Dislikes: His sister and her lover, being summoned for duty while on his downtime, long train rides, kernel, avocado
BACKSTORY
Prior to becoming a respected Bounty Hunter, August was once a gun for hire working with his elder sister, Maxine. Taught by his father at a young age how to use a gun efficiently and the value of money, August knew that both he and his sister would follow in their father's footsteps and become hitmen when they reached legal age. Years later, after their father lost his life at the hands of a heroic Cambion, Maxine and August joined a weapon users only guild. They received missions from multiple shady businessmen to handle various oppositions to their ambitions. Eventually, after becoming discontent by the mediocre payouts because of members having to split the profit, Maxine convinced August to leave their guild and become a duo, allowing them to make a bigger return from mission payouts. Over the years, despite his beliefs, August began to dislike the life of being a lackey. Maxine realized that her brother was going "soft" on her and knew that she needed to make sure he aided her in completing one final assignment before she cut him off cold turkey. The Starfinders received a request to assassinate a fairy by the name of Billie, who was going to become the next Queen for her fairy tribe. August agreed to help Maxine one final time before they went their separate ways.
The two siblings arrived at their destination the next day as the ceremony began for Billie to become the next Queen for her tribe of fairies. Queen Billie would succeed her mother, Yolanda, as the next Fairy Queen of the Plum Fairy Tribe, a group of fairies located at a reservation between Texas and Mexico. Upon seeing the dark-skinned gothic-dressed future Queen, August began to feel conflicted. He couldn't bring himself to kill such a lovely woman unprovoked. Even though the reward money was generous, August began to struggle within about going through with the mission to assassinate Billie. Right before it was time to kill Billie, August finally met the individual who hired him and Maxine to take out Billie. It was none other than Billie's twin sister, Tillie, who was a light-skinned fairy dressed in a typical princess theme. Tillie wanted Billie dead, so that she, by default, would become the next ruler of the Plum Fairies. Making matters worse, Maxine and Tillie were lovers and Maxine had a backdoor deal with Tillie to handle August after the job was complete. Not to necessarily kill him, but to ensure that he wouldn't expose the truth behind her sister's assassination.
Despite not knowing Tillie and his sister's plot against him, August knew right at the moment of meeting the selfish Tillie that he could not allow Billie's assassination to come to fruition. Right as the ceremony began and Billie was in a vulnerable position, Maxine searched for August who had gone MIA the moment he was needed most. Refusing to be bothered by her brother's sudden disappearance, Maxine had Billie right in her sight as she was about to pull the trigger. August appeared as Maxine shot two bullets towards Billie. August managed to position himself in front of Billie in the nick of time. A bullet struck August's abdomen and another struck near his heart. Realizing that her brother had fucking betrayed her by sacrificing himself for the intended target, Maxine quickly made her exit before she became swarmed by the Fairy warriors. Tillie, angered by the failure of Billie's assassination, decided to leave everything behind and chase after Maxine.
August was losing blood fast and wasn't going to live much longer. Billie and her subordinates acted quickly and sent August to the infirmary. Shortly afterwards, Billie performed a spell that transferred the necessary amount of her own blood into August in order to save the mortal's life. The spell was a success. All Billie needed was rest to regain her strength. August, on the other hand, because he now had fairy blood in his body, received minor physical changes such as his eye color turning from a normal blue to baby blue and his dirty blonde hair became ash blonde. After the commotion settled and Billie was officially Queen, the new Queen confronted August and asked him how did he know to save her when he did. August revealed that he and his sister were hired by Tillie to assassinate her; however, August had a change of heart and sabotaged the mission. Billie, while rightfully angry with him, couldn't bring herself to hate him or turn him over to the authorities. Instead, the Queen made August promise to right all the wrongs in his life by using his talents to help others and to defend the good of the Mortal Realm. Appreciating the display of mercy and kindness shown to him, August swiftly turned his life around. It wasn't long before he became a respected Bounty Hunter and a future legendary hero of the Mortal Realm.
TRIVIA
1. August Starfinder was the first male character I officially created for FORBIDDEN.
2. While August Starfinder is 100% my creation, I did receive help from my friend, Devon, to properly draw the character to life since I had a hard time drawing a cowboy type character.
3. August is bisexual, but does have a preference for women.
4. August's name is inspired by the month I was born.
5. August is one of the core six heroes, which consist of Hellin, Orsela, Trevyn, Lea, Scylla, and himself.
6. August takes minor influences from the Mortal Kombat character Erron Black.
