Opening File: Huntsman and Huntresses

A Huntsman or a Huntress is an individual trained to fight against the Grimm in defense of mankind. Some are motivated by a sense of responsibility while others can be trained by their families who have been Hunters before them. Others may hold a personal vendetta against the Grimm while others hold a deep sense of justice. Regardless of the motivation a Hunter is defined by a willingness to risk one's safety and life without expectation of a reward and the sacrifice sometimes they have to make to protect others.

While it has been said that the first generation of Hunters began with the Emperor during the time of Feudal Japan there have been those who claim that Hunters have existed before recorded time. The history of these great warriors can be divided into four current 'Ages'. The first age is the Age of the Forgotten World, the time before the Grimm marked by first rising of the Human race and fall of several civilizations. Strange ruins have been discovered from these times that have no connection with any known Human, Faunus, or even possibly ancient Mobian civilizations.

The second is the Age of Darkness when the Grimm first rose up and spread across the world, attempting to destroy mankind and all of its creation. These were dark times as the Grimm were believed to be unstoppable. It was at that time that mankind was scattered, struggling to survive against the Grimm Horde. Some opted fight, others opted to flee often by sea while some even tried to go literally underground to escape the creatures of darkness and evil.

The third is known as the Age of the Warriors as the Emperor sent his best warriors and advisers who had been trained to awaken their Aura across the world to find students and apprentices. They saved thousands of lives and spread their teachings. Soon enough the hunted became Hunters, fighting back against the Grimm and following the teachings of their new allies. This age was marked by years of bloodshed and soon enough Faunus and Mobians appeared, fighting against the Grimm as well.

The Grimm were not the only threat however.

Over the years appeared many beings some considered to be demons or even corrupt humans wielding their new powers for their own benefit at the expense of others. These beings came to be known as 'villains' for their attempts at domination and rose Hunters to fight them known as 'heroes'. Since then the battle between these two sides have been recorded in legend in the forms of legendary warriors bringing down evil sorcerers, warlords, demons or monsters and other beings with dreams of domination.

Then began the Golden Age when great warriors and heroes like Valhallen, Major Glory, Birdman, Blue Falcon and Krunk appeared and became the public face of these heroes and becoming an example to young aspiring Hunters. However the so-called Golden Age nearly came to an end when political movement in the American government during the twentieth century moved for all Hunters and Huntresses to be drafted and labeled as part of the military to keep them under the control of the government. This caused many Hunters to retire out of fear for their friends and families and thus ended the 'Golden Age' of Huntsman in America.

However heroes like Major Glory and even retired ones like Phil Ken Sebben were not content to let the Huntsman, only warriors capable of dealing with threats from the shadows vanish and moved to create a special system dedicated to training future Hunters and Huntresses that while was funded by all governments would remain separate from the military and thus prevented the creation of any secret 'Super-Soldiers' that were created by wayward scientists and led to the creation of 'super-villians'. This new system kept the duty of the Huntsman clear: protecting those who could not protect themselves and fight for a better tomorrow.

To ensure these Hunters had the proper training a set of secret academies were set up to properly initiate Hunters who showed the right skills and mindset. The locations of the academy or academies remain a closely guarded secret.

Thus began the 'Silver Age of Huntsmen'.

As many Hunters and Huntresses came out of retirement many were soon quick to take important positions like the Sanban family becoming head of the leading Dust producing company in Japan and others taking important positions in America and Britain. Others formed secret branches like the Plumbers to combat non-Grimm threats such as aggressive extraterrestrials and quickly became an example for people to follow. However a major turning point was when the Faunus group known as Saytra was formed in response to the countries that were xenophobic to Faunus and other non-humans and began violent campaigns in response. Though many Faunus communities speak out against the Saytra some consider them to be freedom fighters.

It is at this point it is unknown just how the Silver Age of Huntsmen will impact future generations.

Close File

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"It's amazing how one little event can impact the course of the world. In one reality mankind advanced through millions of years of evolution, conflict, poverty, disease, and a lot more. In another the personification of evil rose up and enslaved the world and in another monsters from another world were the ones to rise up instead of the demon and change everything. And with that an entirely new history is born." TOM remarked, closing the Huntsman file. "And with that new history comes unpredictability. Just who will you be and where will you fit in? Will you be a hero or a villain?"

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Jack Spicer was a certified genius.

He certainly had the IQ for it and he aced all of his classes online. Quite frankly he had no interest in school what so ever. He was more interested in his machines and robotics as well as making an impact on the world itself.

And what better way to make an impact then to destroy the Enemy of Mankind.

He had studied up on the Grimm, the place they came from and how they have evolved over the years. The only way humanity stood a chance against the Grimm was to be united against the Grimm, regardless of the country or land they came from. He had spent many nights reading up on the Grimm, their abilities, their emotional patterns, and even the many theories for how they had been spawned. He believed they were a virus or space borne entity that had been spawned from absorbing animals and people that had been unfortunate enough to be near the crash site of the meteor the Grimm had been spawned from.

He did not believe they were created from the remains of a God of Darkness.

He was a man of science.

Even when the mysterious two-dimensional being known as Bill Cipher made himself known in Jack's dreams he was able to see Bill as a being from another dimension, interacting with him on a mental plane rather than a physical one. And Bill had shown himself to be a rather smart individual as the two had spent many nights in Jack's dreams, going over advanced physics and science that Jack hadn't even dreamed off. When Jack asked Bill if he knew anything about the Grimm Bill had answered, showing mental images of the Grimm as symbiotic beings, all sharing a conscience even if they were guided by animal instincts. And they all shared a genetic memory dating back to before the galaxy was formed of what entity that the Grimm had been spawned from.

Bill didn't stop there as he showed Jack many other dimensions, showing Jack what could only be described as the ultimate scientific discovery: the existence of the Multi-Verse.

It was enough for Jack to completely trust Bill and he began making plans for what Bill had shown him. If Jack could travel to other dimensions in the Multi-Verse he could find a way to unite his Earth and destroy the Grimm once and for all. Of course despite Jack's confidence in his genius he knew that knowledge and power wouldn't unite the world against the Grimm. He needed to find people who thought like him and he knew where to start.

The World Wide Information Network had come a long way in the twenty first century.

And Jack knew of several network blogs where young people aspiring to be Huntsmen often chatted with each other and among those blogs were people who were smart, maybe not as smart as him who liked trading ideas back and forth on how to create better weapons. Heck, maybe Jack would be lucky and get to speak with someone from the world renowned company of geniuses DexLabs.

"Let's see if there's anyone out there who wants to save the world." Jack sat down at his computer and typed in the web address of several blogs where he might find someone smart enough to help him.

And he did it by posting a formula that Bill had shown him.

That was sure to get the attention of several geniuses.

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"Hm? What is this?"

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"This formula…It theoretically shows a way to reach-"

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"A point in time and space where all forms of energy intersect! If that is possible then this proves Multiverse theory to be true!"

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Jack smirked as he saw names being added to the blog, each of them submitting their own answers to the formula and looked at their names.

Professor Double D

Dex Boy Genius

Cyber-Wizard

SkyKing

"All right, time to show them the world outside the world."

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Hoagie P. Gilligan Junior, secretly known as SkyKing on the World Wide Network watched as the person who sent the formula who went by the name Jack Spicer open a channel and show more advanced formulas. Since the death of his father Hoagie had been somewhat of a recluse, having turned his own room into a mini-lab and usually only left for breakfast, lunch, dinner, mid-night snack, or school. His only source of comfort had been the books on Dust, mechanics and science. And now this Jack Spicer presented an impossible formula that took Hoagie nearly an hour to recognize.

"And as you can see if someone were to build a gateway to reach this point-"

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Dexter, grandson of Dexter Senior who happened to be the CO of Dexlabs listened to Jack's proposal.

"We'd be able to see and understand reality on a new level with all the knowledge in the multi-verse."

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A dark skinned kid sat at his computer, listening to Jack.

"And find a way to permanently end the Grimm."

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Eddward Vincent, better known to his friends as Double D looked over the formula and equations over and over again while listening to Jack Spicer's proposal.

"But I do not want to share this with my country's government or any others. They would only look out for their own interests instead of the world's so I offer you all this chance to learn more about the multi-verse and see things never seen by a human before. If you accept then simply read this and wait until you fall asleep tonight: Triangulum, entangulum. Meteforis dominus ventium. Meteforis venetisarium!"

Under the message was a picture of a triangle with an eye in the center. It seemed strange to Double D and everyone else but perhaps it was a form of initiation so they all read and waited.

And when they went to sleep that was when it happened.

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(Dreamscape)

Jack Spicer grinned as he saw four new faces appear in the dream world that he had named the Dreamscape.

"Where am I?"

"Good lord, what is this?"

"Am I dreaming?"

"Yes, you are all dreaming." Jack said, gaining everyone's attention. "Welcome to the Dreamscape. I am Jack Spicer, resident genius when I am not awake."

"Jack Spicer?" Double D asked. "I read your recording and your message."

"As did I." Dexter said, looking around the strange space like dimension they were all in. "How can we be sharing the same dream?"

"We're not. Our minds have been projected into another dimension that can only be accessed when you are asleep." Jack answered.

"We access another dimension when we are asleep?" The dark skinned kid asked. "How is that possible?"

"Through me, kids!"

Jack watched in amusement as they all gasped by the arrival of Bill. He had the same reaction when he first met Bill as well.

"Hey, don't scream and wake up, kids! You haven't even seen the best parts. Here, let me tip my hat you all." Bill took off his hat and suddenly the dimension they were all in turned sideways, causing them to cry out in shock before Bill put his hat back on and caused the dimension to return to normal. "So, you want to see the secret of reality huh? Want to blow everyone's mind and alleviate humanity's suffering? Well look no further, your buddy Bill has the answers!"

Little did they all know this meeting would be part of events that would change everything.

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(Professor Double D's Dreamscape)

"So how do I help prove you of my genius?" The creature named Bill asked Double D who was in his own personal dreamscape.

"Can you…Heal my injuries?" Double D gestured to his hat.

"You mean the scars caused by the explosion made by you playing with chemicals and Dust? Man you are so lucky to have done something like that. Most kids are so boring." Bill chuckled. "So you want a cure for the nasty scars, huh? No problem. Let me show you."

Bill then created a strange circle like symbol under Double D. "See this fancy circle. Simply draw it on your floor and say the word transmute. You know everything there is to know about the human body right? Never mind, I'll just take over and handle it."

"Uh…Yes but how will this heal me? Simply drawing a circle is not going to help." Double D said.

"It will when you sit in the circle and say the words to summon me." Bill replied. "The circle is designed to tap into a flow of energy that can be used to alter the matter of anything."

"How can a symbol tap into a flow of energy?" Double D said skeptically. "It is not magic."

"Oh look who is so smart. For someone so smart you didn't know I existed until I showed up in your dream." Bill retorted. "Here's a little proposal, I show how the circle works and then you try it out. But it will work and you know why? My impression of you in about ten minutes." Bill conjured a mirror in front of him and took his hat off. "OH MY GOD IT WORKED!"

Double D woke up, gasping as he looked around his room and realized he was awake. "That Bill may be smart but he is rather strange at times."

Deciding to see if what Bill said was true Double D drew an exact replica of the circle Bill showed him and sat in the center. "All right, Bill. I made the circle. So now I am going to say the word now…Transmute."

The circle flashed with bright blue energy crackling around him like electricity, making him scream out in shock but just as quickly as it began it was over and Double D fell over, unconscious but as he blacked out he heard the sound of Bill laughing.

Five minutes later he woke up.

"Wh-What happened?" Double D stood up and walked over to a mirror and looked himself over, seeing nothing different about him.

Taking a leap of faith he took off his hat and looked at him.

"…OH MY GOD IT WORKED!"

When he saw his scars gone, his head healed and even his hair restored Double D wanted to learn more about Bill Cipher and what he had to offer.

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(Dex Boy Genius Dreamscape)

"So Dexter, boy of science with the big brain, what do you want to learn?" Bill asked.

Dexter remained composed even as Bill floated around him. "What do you have to offer?"

"Oh, a challenge!" Bill laughed. "This will be fun!"

Bill then brought up series of equations that Dexter looked over, his eyes slightly widening as he looked them over.

"My God…A way to create an artificial copy of my Semblance combined with my grandfather's invention of free infinite energy. And these designs…Thought Receptors, able channel my Semblance and my grandfather's infinite energy source to gain the same knowledge and wisdom as…Me." Dexter trailed off in awe. "It even incorporates my sister's Imagination Semblance for matter manipulation!"

"Yep!" Bill floated behind Dexter. "The key to world peace right in front of you. Certainly would be fun to see what effect it would have on the Grimm."

Dexter stared at the designs before glancing back at Bill. "And what do you want in return?"

"Me? Like I told my good buddy Jack, I'm a muse! My work is to only inspire the greatest minds in the world. All I ask for in return is you help my buddy Jack with his project." Bill said, holding out a hand that lit up with blue flames. "Deal?"

Dexter stared at the hand for moment before shaking it. "Deal."

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(Sky-King's Dreamscape)

Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr. watched as Bill Cipher appeared before him in the bright blue sky that was his dream. "Well, well, someone has their head up in the clouds. Ha-ha, just kidding."

Hoagie stared at Cipher, slightly afraid but remained brave. "So you want to help me?"

"More like 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' kind of deal. I offer all my knowledge to you to do with whatever you want and I only ask that you help Jackie with his project. What do you say?" Bill asked, holding his hand.

Hoagie looked at Bill. "Could you…Bring back my dad?"

Bill closed his eye and shook his head. "Sorry Sky-King, I'm good but not that good…Yet."

Hoagie sighed, wishing he had a chance to see his father one last time.

"Cheer up, buddy. You may not get the chance to see him again but you can do a whole lot of good. Like having the chance to continue the work he started."

"Really?" Hoagie asked, glancing back up at Bill.

Bill brought up an image of the carrier Hoagie Sr. had designed. "Just a few improvements and it'll be better than ever!"

Hoagie looked at the carrier and nodded to Bill. "All right. I want to do good like my dad wanted. I want to continue his work and I'll start by learning how to catch bad guys." Hoagie narrowed his eyes. "Including the ones who killed my dad."

"Oh! Ambitious! I like it!" Billy held out a hand that was engulfed by a blue flame.

Hoagie reached and shook it. "Deal!"

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(Cyber-Wizard's Dreamscape)

"No thanks. I know what you're selling and I know you're after something." The last so-called genius said to Bill.

"Really? How sad." Bill shrugged. "Still, four out of five ain't so bad. So see ya, kid. We might meet again real soon."

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Van Kleiss was a scientist who participated in the original Nanite Project along with Dr. Gabriel Rylander, Peter Meechum, Rafael, Caesar and Violeta Salazar. Van Kleiss was a greedy man and wanted power to himself and believed that the nanites could help achieve that. When finding out that the Consortium was also behind the same objective, he murdered Rex's parents once they caused the explosion after discovering the same thing.

After the Nanite Event occurred, Van Kleiss was in close proximity to the blast. Later on, he discovered that he was gifted with the ability to control Abysus, infused with the nanites from the blast. As the land was seeded with nanites, he could manipulate the whole environment and summon strong roots, vines, and creepers that could grab, hold up things, and aid his movement. He could even make it rain at just one spot.

He could also form roots out of his body and use them as makeshift weapons. While in Abysus, he seemed to be immortal and could regenerate himself no matter how great the wound. He was so strong in Abysus that his enemies would not dare attack him there. On trips out of Abysus, he was seen transporting nanite-infused soil with him.

It was shown that he would die without the Abysian soil, or at least be severely weakened. His body also acted as an organic stabilizer for the highly unstable nanites in Abysus. Dr. Holiday theorized that he was bonded to them at the molecular level and as a result Rex killing him made them more unstable, eventually forcing Rex Salazar to resurrect Van Kleiss to stabilize Abysus. However upon his resurrection Van Kleiss agreed to absorb the unstable nanites on the condition that Rex joins him and the Pack but Rex later turned the tables on Van Kleiss by curing him.

After being cured by Rex, Van Kleiss lost all of his original powers as an EVO, but claimed he still had his greatest strength: his intellect. When he reappeared later, his entire arm is bio-mechanical, giving him super-strength, nanite absorption, and later the ability to create EVOs. These EVOs are marked with a bright golden handprint where he grabbed them. The EVOs he creates though are highly unstable and if not cured in time will become incurable.

And when Rex Salazar unleashed a worldwide cure Breach saved him along with Beowulf and Skalamander into her pocket dimension to torment them for everything Van Kleiss had put her through but Kleiss had turned the tables on her, attempting to force her to release them back into their Earth only for Breach's powers to be enhanced again by Van Kleiss's gauntlet and thus she took them into a new Earth dimension.

Now she was going to bring him new warriors to take over this world.

As the portal machine came online Van Kleiss used his link with Breach to scan the right worlds for allies to bring over into this one, being able to see new universes and their timelines.

One world was where there are ghosts and three humans who have gained ghost like powers.

And in the same universe was apparently another hero that was a robot made to look like a teenage girl for some reason.

And even more strangely was that the world had more super powerful beings that were apparently fairies.

Another one was where humans had gained the ability to manipulate the elements, earth, air, fire and water to their advantage and one single human that was powerful enough to manipulate all of the elements at once.

This human was powerful enough to even reincarnate themselves after their previous body dies.

Another world had many humans with powers acting like heroes or villains or even super galactic beings capable of eating or destroying planets or warping reality.

Another world was similar to the last one, including a being from another planet believed to be the strongest but was rivaled by a man dressed like a bat.

Then there was a universe with a galaxy made up of thousands of planets, engulfed in war by warriors capable of extraordinary feats, including telekinesis, telepathy, and wielding glowing swords in many forms.

Van Kleiss grinned. "So many worlds. So many beings. How fascinating." He held up his bio-mechanical arm. "And I can now reach all of them."

And they would all belong to him.

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(Dreamscape)

"Well kids, looks like I got my own little team and Vany Kleiss will be calling some extra help from all sorts of universes. So you'll be seeing a lot more of me in the future and not just in Gravity Falls Season 3. Wait, what?" Bill looked to the right. "There's not going to be a Gravity Falls Season 3? Because I gave it away? Oh then does anyone want to read my impression of any Gravity Falls fan reading this?"

He screamed and waved his hands like a maniac. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

He then stopped and laughed. "Well that's it for me for now. And remember kids, reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, all your hopes and dreams are fanfictions, buy gold, bye!"

Bill waved to you, the audience as he disappeared.

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"Just how did that guy get on this channel?" TOM asked when Bill Cipher vanished. "That guy can be so annoying."