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Hazard
A full body drawing of Hazard.

Basic Information:
ALIAS(ES):Haz (Ballista)
Logo (actual name)
PRONOUNS:They/Them
SPECIES:Oriental Cockroach
AGE:Adult
RESIDENCE:Nomadic
The Roach Village (formerly)

Other Information:
OCCUPATION:Explorer
Mercenary
RELATIONSHIPS:Ballista (close friend)
The Mercenaries (co-workers & friends)
Vicitm (boss)
AFILLIATIONS:Rocket Corp.
STATUS:Alive

Hazard is one of the four mercenaries, and is a roach from the Giant's Lair.

Appearance

Hazard is an oriental cockroach with a mostly dark grey appearance. On their face, stomach, forearms and heels, there's a dull brown color. They only have one antenna with a striped golden pattern, an upside-down golden triangle on their forehead, and they often wear large, handmade, electric brawling gloves. Their eyes are also hollow with a glowing white pupil.

Personality

Hazard has a rather dull and no-nonsense personality. They have no loyalty or fondness to the Ant Kingdom and its Explorer's Association, only sticking around the Mercenaries because they're fellow outcasts and the job pays well. Despite viewing the mercenaries as friends, they still respect and see them as co-workers and on jobs they prefer to be professional.

History

Pre-Canon

Hazard grew up in the Giant's Lair's Roach Village. The family they were born from traced their roots back to the very Roaches from Snakemouth's Den. One ancestor stayed with their search for immortality, the other went with the rest to protect the Everlasting Sapling. Their controversial roots were evident in their eyes, giving away their history. It didn't help that Hazard also had a passion for Roach tech, as their family were main caretakers of the various constructs in the village, and often helped their parents in creating and maintaining them.

What raised red flags were Hazard's specific interests. They never were satisfied with just the constructs, and they deeply wanted to explore magic. Their ancestors never grasped it properly after all-- being limited to the moth's endurance and the flexibility of poison-- but they wanted to perfect it. It wasn't the search for immortality that deeply disturbed the modern Roaches and resulted in the deaths of many Explorers and convinced Bugaria of the Roaches' extinction, but it was close enough.

Hazard had already started a secret project with some gloves and some crystals they had been trying to trap the power of lightning in, and they didn't get far before they were found out. The elder made up their mind instantly, and Hazard was exiled. Hazard wandered from kingdom to kingdom after, lingering around the Termite Kingdom for its constant need of technical maintenance, and eventually found themselves finishing their project. They took on the Termite's beloved Colosseum as a debut for their electric gauntlets, blowing through the competition with the power of a sorcerer. With their passion project complete and a new intrigue in combat, they went to the Explorer's Association for more.

Unexpected Parole

Hazard goes with the other mercenaries to retrieve the Dark Lord from Rubber Prison at Victim's request.

Two Brothers Reunited - Defending a Beast

Hazard, along with the other mercenaries, aids Dark Lord in tracking down and retrieving the Chosen One for Rocket Corporation. They occasionally guard around the Box and Dark's cell. Once Victim successfully brainwashes Chosen One and pinpoints the location of Alan, Hazard goes with him, the brainwashed Chosen, and the mercenaries to aid in the fight alongside them. They focus on keeping Red and Reuben distracted, until the fight inevitably brings the attention of the wandering Juvie.

When the Juvie picks up Victim and the between the two Deadlander Omegas break out, Hazard retreats alongside the others, since just being close to the quarrel was deadly.

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