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Player Information
Name: Gray
Age: 24
Contact: graycalls, graycalls#2766
Current characters: N/A

Character Information
Name: Hunk
Series: Voltron: Legendary Defenders
Appearance: Hunk, in armor, with bayard
Age: 17
Canon Point: Season 2, Episode 7
Canon History: Here
Personality:
Hunk, as Yellow Paladin, represents stability. He's the heart of the team, constantly concerned about keeping them safe, whether from blocking shots with his thickly armored Lion, or just making sure that they have some kind of variety in their diet while out in space. Kind, devoted, and determined to keep the promises he makes, Hunk is a good friend to his teammates, and is almost the exact picture of what it means to be the pilot of the Yellow Lion, the left leg of Voltron.

"The Yellow Lion is caring and kind. It's pilot is one who puts the needs of others above his own. His heart must be mighty. As the leg of Voltron, you will lift the team up and hold them together."

None of that, however, means that he is particularly brave, or that his heart is as mighty as it needs to be in order to fully fill his role as Paladin. Concerned with the safety of his friends, Hunk is usually the first to point out the holes in their plans, usually the proponent of the concept of 'run to fight another day'. It's not so much that he's a coward- it's just that he's smart enough to know when the odds are against them, which, until they'd gathered all of the Lions, they were. It would take him something massive to get over this particularly large character trait- which it does, when he's confronted with the reality of the Galra empire, and their influence on the galaxy.

This reality is shown when Hunk travels to a Balmera to pick up a new part for their ship, and he sees how the natives of that planet, the Balmerans are treated by the Galra, made into slaves who spend their entire lives in the mines on their planet, having never seen the sky. All it takes is for Hunk to meet those actually affected by Galra rule, and for the abstract concepts to become real to him in the faces and actions of Shay and Rax, two Balmerans. After that, it's easy for Hunk to transfer that protective, caring nature from just his team, to those affected by the Galra, swearing that he would free their people from their slavery.

When Hunk makes a promise, he is single-minded on ensuring that he follows through, mind and body focused on one single plan of action, to the point of becoming aggressive to his teammates when he thinks they might be trying to get him to renege on his word. He swore to Shay that he would return to help save her people, and free their planet from the Galra, and he puts everything he has into keeping that promise.

Once Hunk has given his all into the fight, he becomes the strength of the team, using his heavier weaponry and thick armor to their best advantage. However, brute strength isn't all that he brings to the table. Hunk is a genius engineer, and finds it easy to understand the alien technology they find themselves surrounded by. From building a sensor to find a previously unknown alien element out of scraps, to hot wiring an alien mining rig, Hunk is right at home surrounded by machinery, a talent that is often overshadowed by his other skills.

The other primary talent Hunk brings to the team is an innate understanding of chemistry and molecular gastronomy. In other words, he's able to not only be able to easily tell what alien foodstuffs would be poisonous for human consumption, he's able to turn what they can eat, into something that they would want to eat. Constantly experimenting with ingredients and recipes, Hunk is usually found in the kitchen, not just due to his love of food, but also because, in his own words, he's a stress baker.

This is key, because the Paladins are under a lot of stress. Not only tasked- seemingly at random- to fight against the Galra who rule the galaxy, they are also far from home, with no way of getting back. Hunk compensates for this stress by trying to make things more like home with his cooking, or lightening the mood with jokes, as he is generally good at reading people, a skill that comes in handy when one is an outlaw with bounties on your heads.

Abilities:
Paladin of Voltron - As a Paladin, Hunk has a quasi-mystical mental connection with his giant yellow lion, as well as with his team. Although his connection with his team is limited to unnaturally good reflexes when in their combined mode, paladins have been shown to be able to freely communicate with their lions.

Chief - Hunk is a gourmet and a chef, able to take strange, previously unknown, literally alien ingredients, and turn them into food good enough to literally make people cry. With this comes the ability to take over and transform a kitchen, turning even a mall food court restaurant into a high class kitchen.

Inventory:
1x Paladin Uniform - A space suit, colored in bright yellow and white. When the helmet is on, it is both vacuum and deep sea safe. Unlike many space suits, it doubles as armor, and allows for a large amount of dexterity.
1x Bayard - A shape changing gun, Hunk's takes the form of an energy cannon. This is capable of both multi shots, for barrages, and singular streams. Notably, when used in the latter mode, the strength of the beam is weakened enough that it can be used as a welding torch, rather than just exploding what it hits.


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