Registry of the Non-Evolved Database
File #25 May 2009 20:15
| Name |
Emile Danko |
Aliases |
The Hunter |
| Status |
Registered Non-Evolved |
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| Gender |
Male |
Race/Eth. |
Caucasian |
| Birthdate |
N/A |
Age |
51 |
| Height |
5'7" |
Build |
Wiry |
| Eyes |
Grey |
Hair |
Grey |
| Residence |
Unknown |
| Employment |
N/A |
| Parents |
Jakob Danko †
Magdaline Danko † |
Siblings |
N/A |
| Marital Status |
Single :D? |
Children |
N/A |
| Profile |
Emile Danko, also known as "The Hunter," is an ex-Homeland Security agent, ex-terrorist, ex-fugitive, ex-prisoner and current Lieutenant ex-ex-Marine operating back in New York in an unknown (but indubitably nefarious) capacity. |
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portrayed by
Željko Ivanek |
Danko is tenacious, driven, self-contained and unfalteringly dedicated to the control and/or eradication of the evolved threat plaguing society. He's molded the last several years of his life around his cause at the cost of his personal freedom and a comfortable, peaceable place in the world. Even his living quarters are stripped to the bare bone to cut out on distraction and to minimize the exposure of potential weaknesses to anyone who might be inclined to go rifling through them. I mean. The guy only has one chair.
He is single-minded in his devotion to their neutralization under the guise of responsible, removed neutrality, but his personal disgust and deeper hatred occasionally have cause to writhe their way to the surface when he's provoked.
Face to face he is level-headed, dispassionate and coolly, smugly self-assured, confident both in the righteousness of what he's doing and in his own ability to get the job done. He trusts his instincts to the brink of insanity, so sure that he "knows" that he will go so far as to risk murder directly or indirectly to make a point or set things "right." This makes him difficult to shake, surprise or sneak up on without some kind of supernatural Syleresque advantage. The unexpected is taken in stride in the off chance that he didn't manage to plan for it somehow. Panic isn't his style. Neither is kissing ass, for that matter. He trusts in his own capability to get him where he needs to go and tends to have few compunctions about informing other people of their own failure/shortcomings/stupidity/irresponsibility when their mistakes get in the way of him doing his job. He's a cocky, ironic son of a bitch with a black sense of humor borne of the suffering of others, basically, but it's hard to slap him around for it because a lot of his cockiness is justified and he's solid enough not to have a meltdown when he does wind up on the receiving end of a thorough spanking.
That all said, he is still human. His private, personal needs are attended to with elaborate lies that he plays through without flinching to get whatever he feels like he needs in the way of companionship. He's aware of and affected by the brittle falseness of it, but despite some lost sleep and general unease he doesn't let himself dwell on the disruption. So far as he's concerned, he can't afford to. He moves from lie to lie and second life to second life accordingly, migrating from relationship to relationship until the pressure builds, lies inevitably fall through and he's forced to mail order pay for seek out company through other means. If he ever stopped to really think about it he'd probably be somewhat miserable, just as he is during the odd occasion where the violence and death and general badness manages to eat through his armor, but he works hard to keep his private shit private so that it remains a non-issue. Places to be, mutants to kill. He'll relax when he's dead. Or when all of them are.
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Skills:
Open Fire: Danko has access to and disciplined operational knowledge of a variety of firearms. He's usually carrying a semi-automatic and a knife on his person at the very least, and he's well-versed in the use of long guns, machine guns, grenade launchers, sniper rifles, explosive devices, tranquilizers, knives, etc etc etc.
Ego Justification: He's not a big guy, but he hasn't lasted this long not knowing how to handle himself. He's quick, calculating and detached, all of which makes him remarkably efficient when it comes to subduing assailants (or victims, as the case may be) in hand to hand, ranged or melee combat. He doesn't care how bad he hurts people, and really only cares if he kills them if he needs them for something else so - he's oft inclined to take the shortest route from point A to point unconscious or point begging for mercy with little care for any permanent damage done in the process.
Gut Instinct: Disinclined to trust even the most obvious of certainties, Danko is gifted in his ability to discern likely courses of action people will take, things they might be hiding, and ways to manipulate them or turn other people against them once he's had time to observe them. He's paranoid, but arguably to a justifiable degree owing to the fact that his paranoia is often well-founded. Said paranoia gives him plenty of time to consider alternate courses of action should everything go south with little or no notice. He's rarely caught off guard as a result, and his cold-blooded confidence in his own intuition is enough to drive him to bite the bullet and take stomach-turning risks for the sake of furthering his own agenda (throwing Nathan out a window, intentionally releasing Tracy to kill one of his employees, putting his head to Peter's gun). This skill is a large part of how he earned his nickname, as it's what makes him an efficient tracker, captor, controller and killer of those disinclined to cooperate with his authority. It also has the potential to get him into really deep shit if he gets just a little too confident in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Transportation: He knows how to move, be it in a car, big black moving truck, or plane. Toot toot. He has a pilot's license and probably (I assume) knows his way around helicopters as well.
Command: People shoot kids and teenagers to death when Danko says they are actually dangerous terrorist rebel leaders. He is observant, manipulative, driven, loud and passionate in a way that tends to inspire like-minded individuals to do what he tells them to. Definitely not infallible or immune to risk of losing their faith, but dynamic and capable enough to keep followers stringing along without tremendous difficulty.
Double Life: Rather than live completely on the edge or immerse himself utterly in innocuous family life the way Noah tried to, Danko just lies a whole hell of a lot, and seems to have been doing so for several years. He's good at it as a result, easily capable of seeming fairly blandly innocuous face to face. He blends. Those with highly attuned senses of irony or observation may notice some suspicious cynicism or insincerity about him, but with the short stature and the faded pallor when he smiles he has a way of coming off as painfully average, harmless and well-intentioned. Just some laid back middle-aged dude in sales or private security or whatever it is he's pretending to be a part of, all the way to convincing Noah to turn his back on him at one point. Not that Bennet has been all that sharp lately. …:(
Languages: According to Danko, he speaks six languages. Given his origins I'm going to assume that one of his better ones (aside from English) is Russian. Portuguese is likely another one, along with Arabic, German and a smattering of Mandarin.
Survival/Tactical: Danko spent decades out in bases around the world and has made camp in climates ranging from jungle to desert to urban sprawl. He knows how to make a fire, where not to put a tent, what not to eat and what to do if it rains or if there isn't any water and all that good stuff. He is, in short, familiar with surviving hostile conditions.
Playlist:
Timeline:
| July, 2009 |
| Date |
Location |
Description |
Involved |
| 7th |
A Paine to Watch |
Some thoughtful citizens put together a memorial in the wake of one of Humanis First's most recent attacks. Danko makes an appearance to sympathize and memorize the faces of people he might want to kill later. |
Various |
| 24th |
When the Boss is Away |
An evening at Old Lucy's is briefly interrupted by Danko when he swings in to get a visual on Felix. |
Danika - Faith - Felix |
| 31st |
Anything You Say Can And Will |
Covert information collection makes an unanticipated transition to overt ass kicking in the dark of Joseph's apartment. |
Joseph |
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My Name is Charlie |
Danko uses one of the numbers he's just acquired to call Abby for the purpose of rigging up a trap on short notice. She takes the bait. |
Abby |
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Happiness is a Warm Gun |
A Ferryman goes down for good when Danko springs the trap and makes his intentions clear. Colette narrowly escapes the same fate with Magnes's help and an old acquaintance rises up out of the shadows. |
Colette - Huruma - Magnes |
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The Right Idea |
Phoebe's loyalties and intent are tested over the phone while Danko watches from on high. |
Phoebe |
| June, 2009 |
| Date |
Location |
Description |
Involved |
| 1st |
Guerrillas In The Mist |
Danko's cell makes contact with Aude, a like-minded cop with access to evolved testing kits that she's willing to share. |
Aude - Butch |
| 18th |
The Abyss Stares Back |
Suspicious circumstances surrounding Samantha's most recent operation lead Aude and Danko to pin her down for questioning. Danko loses a soldier when Samantha goes all microwave oven on his ass. |
Aude - Butch - Samantha |
| 30th |
Death Warrants |
A mysterious informant in Horned Rimmed Glasses swings by home base to get Danko up to speed on Phoenix. |
Bennet |
| May, 2009 |
| Date |
Location |
Description |
Involved |
| 23rd |
Business or Pleasure |
Danko swings by Guiding Light as "Robert Kelly" to make Joseph's acquaintance while he muddies the water and drop a few bugs. |
Joseph |
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