Striker

Affiliation

Helluvaboss

Appearance

Striker is a fairly tall imp, even rivaling Blitzo in height. He possesses a serpentine/lizard-like face with a large gold tooth in his sharp-toothed mouth. He has pale red skin, bright yellow eyes with green rings, a small black mustache, ivory white hair with a pair of black and white-striped horns. Striker's horns point upward and, compared to other Imps, the stripe pattern is more jagged. His tail has four black stripes at the base, with eight spines lined up on them, and one on his tail fork. Striker's attire resembles that of a southern cowboy, with a stereotypical large grey sun hat, cowboy boots, and a light red bandana around his neck. He wears a black turtleneck shirt with a dark grey vest and a light gray jacket with dark gray cuffs and black tassels below. He wears black fingerless gloves and ivory white pants that are ripped by the thighs. Striker is also commonly seen holding a straw of wheat in his mouth.

Personality

Striker is an arrogant, prideful, violent, ruthless, and sadistic individual. He views himself as superior to most of his own kind, having no hesitation to mock and belittle those he views as being beneath him, both physically and mentally, as shown by his constant humiliation and torture of Moxxie. He holds a deep hatred of the nobility of hell, deriding them as bluebloods who treat Imps as a lesser class. Because of this, Striker gleefully takes the opportunity to assassinate demons of a higher social standing to prove himself as superior, such as accepting the job to murder Stolas, and mocking him while conversing with Blitzo. His violent nature belies his sadism. When confronted by Moxxie after his discovery of Striker's blessing-tipped rifle, he chose to corner and attempt to slowly strangle Moxxie to death rather than dispatching him in a faster or less cruel manner. He is also not above random acts of violence against innocents, such as assaulting a by standing Imp for simply getting too close to him. However, Striker is a cunning, socially smart, manipulative and fearless person who is willing to show respect towards those he views as acting decisively, even with the odds stacked against them. As demonstrated when he admired that Blitzo was able to start a assassination business in spite of his assertions that Imps rarely succeed in operating businesses in Hell. His manipulative manner is evidenced when he was able to make Blitzo lower his guard by psychologically manipulating him; stating that he was working for lower classes that couldn't care less about him and wasting his great potential by limiting himself to be Stolas' sexual plaything when he could do much better than that, to subsequently suggest that they should work together. He is able to maintain a aura of fearlessness such as being able to keep a cool head when Blitzo stopped him trying to assassinate Stolas, even cornering the latter against a wall in spite of being held at gunpoint. He as also been shown to be a highly ambitious individual as he has aspirations above being an assassin and seeks to use his job and connections to gather powerful weapons, with a stated desire to be able to murder powerful hellish entities such as Overlords and demonic nobility. Although he hypocritically has to rub shoulders with "bluebloods" such as Stella to accomplish this goal, which he has shown to be respectful and reserved when conversing with. Striker shows hatred for demon royalty as he expresses not only eagerness to kill Stolas, but also a personal vendetta against royals, believing all they do is they only talk over lesser demons and take away everything they have. As an assassin, he has shown competency in making usage of ranged projectile firearms, however he is also highly proficient in close-range combat as evidenced by him single-handedly defeating Moxxie and Millie in melee combat, in spite of Millie ambushing and stabbing him in the back several times with a knife, as well as being able to hold his ground against Blitzo.

Likes

Violence, Himself, Singing, Eating pâté

Dislikes

The weak and helpless, Demons of high rankings: Overlords and The Ars Goetia a.k.a. "Bluebloods", Sexual innuendos, The imp mariachi-oriented vocal quartet singing his ballad

Species

Imp Demon Rattlesnake Hybrid

Abilities

Occular Illumination, Charisma, Enhanced Durability, Enhanced Strength, Prehensile Tail

Skillset

Hand-to-hand Combat, Weapon Mastery, Rope Mastery, Horse-riding, Musical Talent, Guitar-playing

Lore

Striker is a former farmhand at Rough n' Tumbleweed Ranch and a hitman hired by Stella to assassinate Stolas during the Harvest Moon Festival. He is later called off begrudgingly by Stella, as per Andrealphus' orders, as having Stolas alive would benefit the siblings than having him dead, much to Striker's own chagrin.

Accent

Striker has a Southerner twang in his dialect and He also knows some Southern slang.

Pet

Bombproof is a flaming demon horse and he likes to eat meat. Bombproof's appearance is a dark gray horse with black stripes on his body and a flaming mane and tail. He has two pairs of orange glowing eyes, a set of glowing fangs, and what appears to be orange horseshoes. His lower body possesses a lava-like appearance.

Enemies

Employees of I.M.P: Blitzo, Moxxie, Millie, Goetian Prince Stolas, Prince of Lust Asmodeus, Fizzarolli

Arsenal

Carmine-Crafted Blessing-Tipped Rifle, Blessed Knife, Blessed Rope, Blessed Dual-Wielding Revolvers, Normal Rope, Normal Revolver, Red knife

Mind

Smart, Determined, Sadistic, Cruel, Arrogant