Archer Garavon

Archer Garavon is a Mann Co mercenary Sniper, stationed in Mountainlab. He is also known as Weresniper in the Freak world.

Summary
Archer Garavon is the other of two people on the team who are supernatural in a way. He was bitten by a werewolf when he was 26, and has lived as a werewolf since then, transforming on blue moons. He's gotten good at controlling himself when he turns, and not bringing it up when he's not a werewolf.

Biography
RED Sniper Archer Garavon was born and raised in the rural parts of Portlanhd, Australia. His parents were divorced at a young age, and he remained with his father as his mother moved cities. His father was an avid hunter and Archer followed in his footsteps, learning to hunt everything from the smallest of rabbits, to the largest of buffalo, to the fast of hawks.

Archer had a normal childhood and teenage years, becoming a proficient hunter. When he was 26, he had gone out to the woods in the night to hunt. He saw a fast and large figure and believing it to be a buffalo or bison, followed it into the woods. It was larger than any he had ever seen and wanted to be able to catch it, so he pursued it into the forest. He followed it deep into the forest and thought he had it cornered on the edge of a cliff when it turned around, revealing itself to be a werewolf.

Shocked and stunned by its presence, Archer did not think to fight and instead tried to fight it as it charged for him. He treated it like fighting a wild dog and managed to keep it from killing him by striking it with his machete, but the werewolf managed to strike Archer several times and bit into Archer's ankle, keeping him from running off. He was able to free his leg thought it was bleeding severely and dodged to the side as the werewolf charged him again and went crashing off the cliff.

Hesistantly, Archer stayed to make sure the werewolf was dead, peering over the cliff at its still body to make sure it wouldn't come back before he escaped the forest. His father, worried that he wasn't back yet, was waiting on the porch and ready to go look for him with his old hunting rifle and a torch when Archer emerged from the forest, limping, bloody, and tired. His father rushed up to help just as Archer collapsed into his arms and passed out.

With his father's help, the wounds were cleaned and he made a quick recovery except for the bite on his ankle. While his ankle did heal so that he could walk fine and the bleeding, the bite marks never seemed to go away. Archer ignored it and continued to keep it bandaged just in case, but it never went away.

He realised what was going on a month later on a full moon night, when he woke up, greatly uncomfortable. As he got out of bed, he realised he had turned into a werewolf himself and panicked, letting out a roar of terror. His father came running into the room and almost shot Archer, but the werewolf managed to convince that he was his father's son. Archer's father had been hesitant until Archer proved to him that this monster was his son by being able to tell his own history. His father was ready to call a hospital, but Archer convinced him not to. He said they'd wait until morning to see what happened and whenArcher's father returned to Archer's bedroom in the morning, the werewolf was gone and his son was sleeping.

They got used to it, but people panicked whenever Archer went out as a werewolf because he didn't want to stay in the house on those nights and accidentally break something. Authorities did successfully catch him once and tried to take him to the labs for testing, but Archer managed to escape on a rampage that killed two people. Following that, he believed he couldn't stay near anyone except his dad and didn't return to the city.

Through her own leads, Miss Pauling had found out about Archer and his incredible aim and skill with a sniper rifle. Not letting herself be deterred, she approached one night after the full moon to offer Archer a chance to become a mercenary without judgement or problem of his werewolf side. She mentioned one other supernatural human who would likely be able to share his burden. After speaking to his dad about it, Archer agreed.

Personality
Archer is quiet and reserved, very much a listener. He is introspective and easy to talk to, but he likes his solitude and doesn't like constant attention. These qualities make him an excellent sniper and very good at picking up small details in speech that help him to identify targets.

Archer can become aggressive especially when he is a werewolf. During these times he prefers to only have the company of fellow supernatural transforming dragon-demon hybrid and teammate, Axel "Pyro" Bigarsky. They understand each other's burdens, and are okay with hanging out for just that one night with no one else around.