Archetype:Supernatural Hunter

Supernatural Hunter
Elsa Bloodstone (Marvel Comics) comes from a line of near-immortal monster hunters, and has been trained by her father and an android nanny called 'Hate Mother' to fight supernatural evils.
The Archetype of:	The supernatural hunter, archetype dealing with the hunting down of supernatural creatures.

"So, it begins again...Moving, always moving, never knowing, following impulses...Then they appear. The Monsters, the creatures, pitiful misfits in the schemes of nature. And again I am here...For such is my destiny...the destiny of Ulysses Bloodstone!"

― Ulysses Bloodstone (Marvel Presents #1)

"In the absence of light, darkness prevails. There are things that go bump in the night; make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back."

― Professor Broom about the BPRD (Hellboy)

"Saving people, hunting things. The family business."

― Dean Winchester to his brother, Sam (Supernatural)

"I am the thing that monsters have nightmares about. And right now you and me are gonna show 'em why. It's time."

― Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

"So, how many times do I have to put you in the ground?"

― Eric Brooks/Blade (Marvel Comics)

The ability to possess the traits and powers of a supernatural hunter. An advanced form of Horror Survivor. Not to be confused with Paranormal Expertise.

Also Called

• Champion of Mankind/Humanity
• Grimm Physiology (Grimm series)
• Monster Hunter Physiology
• Slayer Physiology (Buffyverse)
• The Huntsman/Huntress

Properties

The user possesses the powers of a supernatural hunter, having the innate ability to hunt down supernatural creatures. They are able to physically match and fight off most of the creatures they hunt, have innate combat abilities and information about the paranormal world, ability to detect supernatural creatures, and know how to kill and trap them. They may have immunity towards the creatures they hunt (immune to vampire's compulsion, werebeast's infection, demon's possession, witch's magic, divine influences, etc.).

Associated Powers

• Combat Perception
• Combat Specialist
• Enhanced/Supernatural Condition
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Combat
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Tracking
• Horror Survivor: is driven to survive and kill the monster or killer that threatens their lives by any means.
• Hunting Intuition
• Humanization: may be able to transform or cure a being of their supernatural traits while either trying to defeat or save them.
• Indomitable Will
  • Fearlessness
  • High Resistance
• Killing Intuition
• Martial Arts Intuition
• Paranormal Expertise
• Predator Instinct
• Tactical Analysis
• Tactical Genius
• Tranquil Fear: can control their fear while retaining tranquility and are able to face what they're afraid of with the relentless courage of a warrior while gaining the vigilance and precaution of a survivor.
  • Enhanced Caution
  • Enhanced Preparedness
• Trapping Intuition: can create many different types of traps that are effective in different ways while combating the supernatural.
• Supernatural Detection: can sense the presence of supernatural beings and identify them.
• Weapon Proficiency/Supernatural Weapon Proficiency

Variations

• Anti-Magic
• Intuitive Aptitude
• Ninjutsu
• Power Erasure
• Power Immunity
• Power Negation
• Power Opposition
• Power Weaponry
  • Anti-Power Weaponry
  • Demonic Weaponry
  • Divine Weaponry
  • Spiritual Weaponry
• Special Ops Mastery
• Strong Heart
• Strong Soul
• Weapon Improvisation

Types of Supernatural Hunters

• Alien Slayer: The user can fight and kill an alien of any kind or form while being able to take on even the strongest of aliens there may be. (Example: Isaac Clarke, Dead Space series)
• Demonic Slayer: The user can kill demons/demonic entities of any form while being able to go toe-to-toe with even the strongest while also gaining resistance to their demonic powers and demonic corrupting effects. (Example: Doom Slayer/guy, Doom series)
• Divine Slayer: The user can fight and kill deities or an embodiment of the divine. (Example: The Chosen Undead, Dark Souls)
  • Eldritch Slayer: The user can fight and kill eldritch abominations of outer world origin. (Example: Bloodborne)
• Dragon Slayer: The user can fight and kill dragon entities of any form while being able to go toe-to-toe with even the strongest of them. (Example: Acnologia, Fairy Tail)
• Monster Slayer: The user can fight and kill monsters of any form, kind, origin while being able to fight them no matter how strong they may be. (Example: Sam and Dean Winchester, Supernatural)
• Mutant Slayer: The user can fight and kill mutant entities if any form while being able to go toe-to-toe with even the strongest of mutant creatures (Example: Grayson Hunt, Bulletstorm)
• Undead Slayer: The user can fight and kill any undead being, whatever it may be, and is able to handle the strongest, toughest, most dangerous of the undead while gaining resistance to their powers. (Example: Ashley "Ash" J. Williams, The Evil Dead franchise)
  • Ghost Slayer:  The user is an expert in all matters of fighting, containing, and defeating ghosts and can defeat all types of astral beings of varying levels of power. (Example: Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters series)
  • Vampire Slayer: The user is able to handle the strongest, toughest, most dangerous of vampires and sometimes gain a form of resistance to their powers. (Example: Belmont Family, Castlevania series)
• Immortal Slayer: The user is able to kill immortal entities such as gods, demons, monsters and many other kinds of immortal beings by either negating/bypassing/removing their immortality or even by using a specific kind of weapon that leaves them vulnerable to death, even if targets are still immortal they are most likely killable. (Example: Asura, Asura's Wrath)
• Superior Entity Slayer: The user is able to kill entities who are superior to the norm of their race or have super powers. (Example: Sentinels, Marvel Comics)

Relationships

• Almighty Object
• Ancestral Evocation/Descendant Evocation
• Badassery
• Destiny Chosen/Usurp Worth
• Divinity/Demonic Source
• Hybrid Physiology
• Immortal Slayer
• Instant Learning
• Kresnik Physiology
• Meta-Teaching/Meta-Learning
• One-Man Army
• Omnislayer
• Past Life Awareness/Future Life Awareness
• Past Life Power Access/Future Life Power Access
• Archetype:Supernatural Detective
• Training Regimen

Limitations

• May be unable to hunt transcendent supernatural creatures without the aid of divine, demonic or any other supernatural weaponry.
• If users are empowered by supernatural forces they may be bound to supernatural laws and rules.
• May only be a hunter of a specific supernatural creature (vampire, demons, spirits, etc.)
• Powers may be dormant until the user has an encounter with the supernatural.

Example Characters

See Also: Hunter of Monsters.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Ackerman Family (Attack on Titan)
  • Levi Ackerman
  • Mikasa Ackerman
• Quincy (Bleach)
• Guts (Berserk)
• Devil Hunters (Chainsaw Man)
• Claymore (Claymores)
  • Clare
  • Irene
  • Miria
  • Teresa
• Jeremiah Gottwald (Code Geass)
• Wizards (Fairy Tail)
  • Dragon Slayers; via Dragon Slayer Magic
  • God Slayers; via God Slayer Magic
  • Demon Slayers; via Demon Slayer Magic
• Adventurers (Goblin Slayer)
  • Goblin Slayer
• Hellsing Organization (Hellsing)
  • Alucard; via Vampire Physiology
  • Seras Victoria; via Vampire Physiology
  • Walter C. Dornez
• Iscariot, Vatican Section XIII (Hellsing)
  • Alexander Anderson
  • Heinkel Wolfe
  • Yumiko Takagi
• Exorcists (Highschool DxD)
• Hunter Organization (Hunter X Hunter)
• Hero Tribe (Testament of Sister New Devil)
  • Takashi Hayase
  • Shiba Kyouichi
  • Kurumi Nonaka
  • Yuki Nonaka
  • Jin Toujou
• Kishou Arima (Tokyo Ghoul); via Hybrid Physiology
• Gourmet Hunters (Toriko)
  • Awakened Beings (Solo Leveling)
• Vampire Hunters (Vampire Knight)

Cartoons

• Hoss Delgado (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
• Blood Spider (Ultimate Spider-Man)
• Jefferson Twilight (The Venture Bros.)

Comics

• Atuso Uchida/Silver (DC Comics)
• Miranda Shrieve (DC Comics)
• Cassie Hack (Hack/Slash)
• Hellboy (Hellboy/B.P.R.D.) via Cambion Physiology
• Sir Edward Grey (Hellboy/BRPD/Witchfinder)
• Eric Brooks/Blade (Marvel Comics); via Dhampir Physiology
• Elsa Bloodstone (Marvel Comics); via the Bloodstone
• Ulysses Bloodstone (Marvel Comics); via the Bloodstone
• Ghost Riders (Marvel Comics)
• Hunter of Monster Special Force (Marvel Comics)
  • Robert Hellsgaard
• Eva (Top Cow)
• Shadowmen (Valiant Entertainment Comics)
  • Maxim "Max" Boniface
  • Josiah Boniface
  • Jack Boniface
• Abettors (Valiant Entertainment Comics)
• Vampirella (Vampirella); via Vampire Physiology

Movies

• Gretel (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)
• Hansel (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)
• Kaulder (The Last Witch Hunter)
• Gabriel Van Helsing (Van Helsing)

Literature

• Verroq/The Mercenary (The Bartimaeus Sequence)
• Abraham Van Helsing (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
• Shadowhunters (The Shadowhunter Chronicles); via Nephilim Physiology

Live Television

• Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Buffy Summers
  • Faith Lehane
  • Kendra Young
  • Melaka Fray
  • Sineya
• Grimms (Grimm)
  • Kelly Burkhardt
  • Nick Burkhardt
  • Marie Kessler
  • Theresa Rubel
• Monster Warriors (Monster Warriors)
• Hunters (Supernatural)
  • Dean Winchester
  • Sam Winchester
  • Mary Winchester
  • Jonh Winchester
  • Bobby Singer
  • Rufus Turner
  • The Campbell Family
• Supernatural Hunters (The Vampire Diaries/Originals)
  • Brotherhood of the Five
  • Rayna Cruz
  • Jeremy Gilbert
• Van Helsings (Van Helsing TV series)
  • Vanessa Van Helsing

RPGs

• Inquisitors (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
• Nightmare Hunters (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
• Heroes (Chronicles of Darkness/Beast: The Primordial)
• Hunters in Conspiracies (Chronicles of Darkness/Hunter: The Vigil); via Endowments
• Rangers (Pathfinder)
• Slayers (Pathfinder)
• Anti-Monsters (Rifts)
• Celestial Chorus (World of Darkness/Mage: The Ascension)
• Imbued (World of Darkness/Hunter: The Reckoning)
• Shih (World of Darkness/Kindred of the East)

Video Games

• Yharnam Hunters (Bloodborne)
  • Alfred, Hunter of Vilebloods
  • Bloody Crow of Cainhurst
  • Brador, Church Assassin
  • Djura
  • Eileen the Crow
  • Father Gascoigne
  • Gehrman, the First Hunter
  • Henriett
  • The Hunter
  • Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower
  • Queen Killer
  • Simon the Harrowed
  • Valtr, Master of the League
  • Vitus
  • Yahar'gul Hunters
• Victor Belmont (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2)
• Dante (Devil May Cry); via Cambion Physiology
• Nero (Devil May Cry); via Cambion Physiology
• Trish (Devil May Cry); via Demonic Physiology
• Demon Hunters (Diablo)
• Dante (DmC: Devil May Cry); via Nephalem Physiology
• Templar Order (Dragon Age)
• John Thomas Ward (FAITH: The Unholy Trinity)
• Valkyries (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Hunters (Hunt: Showdown); via Dark Sight
• Vayne, the Night Hunter (League of Legends)
• Juliet Starling (Lollipop Chainsaw); via her "Star Power"
• Aaravi Mishra (Monster Prom)
• Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden series)
• Knights of the Round Table (The Order: 1886); via Blackwater
• Archers of Sirius (Tekken)
  • Claudio Serafino
• Kazama Clan (Tekken)
  • Asuka Kazama
• Hunters (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Devil Hunter
  • Hunter
  • Vampire Hunter
  • Vampire Slayer
• Grünfeld Bach (Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines)
• Geoffrey McCullum (Vampyr)
• Witchers (The Witcher)
• Demon Hunters (World of Warcraft)
  • Illidan Stormrage
  • Deathstalker Rexxar

Web Series

• Blood Hunters (Critical Role)
  • Benicio Lorelei
  • Jorick LaMensh
  • Lawrence Lorelei
  • Mollymauk Tealeaf
  • Otis Brunkel
  • Portia Lorelei
  • Tyffial Wase
  • Zoran Kluthidol
• Huntsmen and Huntresses (RWBY)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Since being marked by the Brand of Sacrifice during the Eclipse, Guts (Berserk) has wandered between the darkness of night and Interstice...

...fighting the unnatural forces that haunt him as they try to kill him...

...and hunts down the Apostles, demonic beings that serve under the God Hand since becoming the Black Swordsman.

The Claymores (Claymore) are an order of augmented hunter-killers dedicated to the elimination of Yomas and Awakened Beings...

...Teresa of the Faint Smile was the strongest claymore to ever have existed. As such she could effortlessly detect and kill Youma posing as humans...

Hunters (Hunter X Hunter) are humans that can use Nen to track down and fight against all kinds of natural and supernatural creature.

Jin Toujou (Testament of Sister New Devil) is a powerful supernatural hunter who can take on the current demon lord. His nickname is the God of War.

Gourmet Hunters (Toriko) have the Gourmet cells to hunt down dangerous and supernatural beasts that no mere human can hunt and takedown.

The Goblin Slayer (Goblin Slayer) is very skilled and highly intelligent in hunting down and killing all kinds of goblins.

Possessing mysterious magical abilities, Awakened Beings or simply Hunters (Solo Leveling) are humans who hunt, fight and kill hostile magic beast found in Dungeons across the world.

Cartoons/Comics

Trevor Belmont (Castlevania), the last of his family...

...has trained for years to fight supernatural beings.

The quintessential final girl, Cassie Hack (Hack/Slash) has made it her life mission to slay the killers of the world after she was traumatized by a Slasher.

Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD) is adept in many supernatural and paranormal subjects such as possession, haunting, exorcism, enchantments, holy amulets, and sacred artifacts.

Eric Brooks/Blade (Marvel Comics) is commonly known as one of the world's greatest vampire hunters...

Blood Spider (Ultimate Spider-Man) became a vampire hunter after his friends became vampires and his New York was overtaken by the Lizard King.

Jack Boniface (Valiant Entertainment Comics) latest inheritor of the Shadowman linage, protectors of the world of the living from the unworldly Deadside.

Despite being a vampire herself, Vampirella (Vampirella) was raised to be good by her mother Lilith and has dedicated her life to protecting humans from vampires, demons, and all other monsters.

After his mother was killed by them, Jefferson Twilight (The Venture Bros.) dedicated his life to hunting down and killing African American variant of vampires known as Blackulas.

Live Television/Movies

Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is a Slayer, a supernatural hunter who can slay any supernatural creature.

A clan of humans who possess the power to see the true form of Wesen, A Grimms (Grimm) is capable...

...Nick Burkhardt is the latest descendant born with the ability but only awakened them later during his adult life.

Sam and Dean Winchester (Supernatural) are hunters who have over the years become demons, gained immunity to direct tracking by angels, etc., abilities that have greatly helped them in protecting humanity from the supernatural and vice versa.

Video Games

The Hunter (Bloodborne) is a hunter bounded and sustained by Hunter's Dream to hunt beasts and Great Ones. The Hunter gains strength from consuming blood echoes and inhuman knowledge.

Unlike the rest of his bloodline, Victor Belmont (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2) has the strength to fight with the vampiric god Dracula with his bare hands, not even taking into account his hunting prowess.

The second son of the Dark Knight Sparda, Dante (Devil May Cry series) is a professional Devil Hunter dedicated to exterminating evil demons and other malevolent supernatural forces.

Once a Holy Knight in the Order of the Sword, Nero (Devil May Cry series) was granted great skills in combat and weaponry to fight against demons and with his own demonic bloodline helping even more.

Vayne, the Night Hunter (League of Legends)

Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden series) is the last descendent of the Dragon Lineage, a bloodline of elite ninja warriors sworn to safeguard the world from the forces of the Fiends.

This Devil Hunter (Valkyrie Crusade) hunts devils that bewilder people.

This Vampire Slayer (Valkyrie Crusade) is confident because of her past successes.

Like all Witchers, Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher) is a superhuman monster hunter, who received extreme training since childhood and was augmented beyond ordinary human limits through mutagenetic alchemy.

Aaravi Mishra (Monster Prom)

Web Animations/Comics/Originals

Huntsmen and Huntresses (RWBY) are super-powered and licensed elite warriors who use their "Semblance" skills, custom weapons, the Dusts and Aura to protecting the world from the creatures of Grimm.

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