Hunter III

"I let myself get too soft. I gotta toughen up again. It’s only gonna get crazier from now on I think."

- Hunter III, while resting within Ajillo Station's arrival gate

Hunter III of the Third Sphere is an Omenseer bound to Arbitrator II and serving under Norn von Fueller. She is currently aboard the Antenora.

Appearance
When not in leviform, Hunter III is a short, petite woman with extremely pale skin. Her hair is almost entirely white aside from a streak of blue. She wears a simple, long hood that drapes to her knees. Her leviform is malleable, but takes the form of a large, pale reptilian or insect-like creature with six eyes and a wide, flat mouth on her featureless head and gills on her chest. She has heated retractable black claws and a long, thick tail capable of firing spikes of bone or bullets if she has consumed the necessary materials beforehand. Her leviform has almost no sense of hearing, reliant on bio-sensors attuned for use in water to sense vibrations or requiring a psionic connection to communicate.

Personality
Hunter III's personality sharply changes dependent on when she last consumed a fruit from a Garden of Marrow. Without the fruit, she is listless and passive. After being fed, she becomes much more energetic and willing to engage in extended conversations, capable of laughing and making active observations. Hunter III is primarily defined by her seemingly endless appetite, constantly hungering for different forms of protein.

Background
Before the events of Pursuers In The Deep, Hunter III was given a role of some importance in a scheme of Arbitrator II. She completely ignored her duties, instead killing and eating humans before somehow falling unconscious in a pile of gore and viscera, to be eventually found by Norn and recruited to the Antenora, despite a warning from Arbitrator II given through her body.

Plot
Introduced in the first chapter of Pursuers in the Deep, Hunter III is moody and whining on the bridge of the Antenora when Norn demands her attention to ask about nearby Leviathan activity. After fulfilling her orders, Hunter III ignores Norn's command to talk to Adelheid to instead go to the kitchen to beg for protein.

Abilities
The Hunter caste is initially defined by their clairvoyance, extrapolating from both physical and aetheric signs and able to track and find anything, with more information and evidence further empowering their senses. Hunter III was capable of finding where Norn's 'brainself' had been taken after it had been separated from her body by Euphrates and provide Adelheid with guidance for retrieving it.

Relationships
• Arbitrator II - Hunter III is immensely frightened and unable to resist Arbitrator II in any way due to the binding that the Autarch has over her, leaving her completely at the mercy of Arbitrator II's desires. Due to this bond, she also finds it difficult to conceptualize the concept of freedom from Arbitrator II, unable to comprehend Norn's wish to free her.

• Norn von Fueller - Hunter III has very conflicting feelings about Norn, and has been unable to reconcile them within herself. She dislikes Norn for withholding additional rations or fruits, while also finding herself enjoying contact and Norn's kindnesses to her.

• Adelheid van Mueller - She considers Adelheid a friend and an accessory to Norn. Hunter III treats Adelheid casually and cares enough about her opinion to sulk after Adelheid insults her leviform without truly holding it against her. However, she is annoyed at Adelheid's lack of psionic ability making communication between them more difficult.

Trivia
• She can take a pet like no problem.

• Hunter III is currently the only Omenseer bound to Arbitrator II who has been depicted fulfilling the traditional nomadic role of her culture through assisting the Antenora.