Hunter × Hunter is a fantasy adventure manga series drawn and written by Yoshihiro Togashi, who began working on the series in 1998. It's known for many things- its long hiatuses, its large and engrossing world, its colourful cast of surprisingly deep characters that often have as much screentime as the four heroes and a heaping helping of rather extreme darkness that can make it fairly grim for a shonen series.

In this world, you see, there are elite mercenaries known as Hunters. And Hunters truly are elite: among other benefits, they get access to world-class amenities and exotic locales that are off-limits to ordinary people. Of course, the life of a Hunter is also dangerous, for Hunters make their living taking on some of the most dangerous missions on Earth. Some scour the world for treasures or exotic goods, while others are Bounty Hunters who track down the world's most dangerous criminals. Gon isn't so much interested in riches or fame, however: he wants to be a Hunter so he can track down his father.

Hunters are literally the peak 0.0000001% of humanity. Becoming a Hunter requires passing a ridiculous and deadly exam, but passing the exam basically makes you set for life. You can even sell your License to collectors for enough to live comfortably, though most people who have the ability to become Hunters have the ability to easily become rich in other ways. Besides having countless free services available to them, in some places, Hunters are even above the law and their actions are only governed by the Hunter Association.

You can read more about Hunters here on the wiki: hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Hunter_As..



Here, I will give a bit of exposition on the world: The series takes place in a fantasy world that has mostly achieved modern technology; there are cell phones, computers, cars, etc., however at the same time that technology has only settled in a small parts of the known world where civilization is gathered around and only trickled a bit into the rest of the mostly rural or uncivilized world.

Major hindrances to the spread of civilization would have to be the dangerous and even supernatural flora and fauna that inhabits much of the world. This is not a plot point in the original franchise, but I will add in this roleplay there are many sleeping behemoths that exist in the world, and large movements of armies and such may awaken and enrage said behemoths; further hindering human expansion.

The way which civilization is scattered also means that half of these centers of civilization are also quite backwards by our standards, many major powers in the world are monarchies, dictatorships, and theocracies. The six greatest superpowers of the world are known as the V6 and convene regularly at a summit.

More lore unique to this roleplay: It has to be noted that the world is flat as far as we know. There are no poles, and the factors that decide on an area's climate are very obscure, similar to One Piece's Grand Line. Going to the extreme ends of the world will meet one with extreme danger. The few who have said to have passed the edge of the known world and gone beyond have never returned.

Last thing, I'll leave a bit on Nen. Nen is a power which is secret to the public. Even new Hunters do not know about it, and awakening your Nen is known as the secret Hunter Exam. It is a highly versatile power and I'm lazy so I'll leave you a link to the wiki: hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Nen

The plot? Well, we're going to be Hunters. The very first arc of the roleplay will feature our characters going through the Hunter Exam. Being a Hunter then opens us up to a lot of possibilities, however, there is an underlying plot that I've been thinking about.

Every 800 years or so, 108 people known as the Stars of Destiny appear in this world. They range from leaders of countries to heroes to dastardly villains. Various myths exist around these 108 Stars, but it is generally agreed upon that these 108 people will shake up and change the power structure of the world. It is said that over 2000 years ago, they were the cause of the sinking of the supercontinent Atlantis which once existed where the Abyssal Sea is currently located.

The identity of these characters become known once they awaken their power to use Nen as a colored star (like the Joestar birthmark) will appear somewhere on their body. Our characters will be one of these 108 Stars.

I'm going to go ahead and leave the application here, go ahead and fill it out if you want.

Name: (Feel free to make up the most ridiculous of names. Or name your character Bob. Bob is good.)

Race: (If you are making up a race, explain your race in the biography)

Age: (Be somewhat reasonable. I guess you can be like a super old martial arts grandpa or a young prodigy.)

Sex: (Don't be stupid here. I generally prefer not to have transgender characters here because people usually do stupid things with them.)

Appearance: (Be very descriptive or include a picture. Doesn't necessarily have to be animesque.)

Personality: Give me the following things as they are pretty important to this roleplay. You can do point form or you can do paragraph form, I don't care.

• Their character strengths.
• Their flaws.
• Their motivation to become a Hunter.
• Their moral values

Biography: (Let's see some interesting things here. Be as fanciful as you want without delving into stupid cliches and tropes. Also feel free to explain more about your character's race or culture here.)

Abilities: (List your character's talents and special skills that has the potential to put them at the peak 0.001% of humanity. I'd rather not have anyone be able to use Nen just yet. Nen is something most people learn after they become a Hunter, particularly since it's quite powerful.)

Miscellaneous: (Anything else you want me to know. Trivia, theme songs, etc.)