Hans Tepes

Hans Tepes is a secondary character in the Yäalheim series. He is a Tracker-class mercenary in the employment of the YMS, and the second most powerful non-magical mercenary in the guild.

Appearance
Hans is a young Vampire in his late 90's, standing at 6'4", with dark brown hair in a clean crew cut. He has the physical appearance of a 25-30 year-old due to his species' average lifespan of 250 years. He is incredibly fit, and pale, as usual with most vampires, because his species is an nocturnal predator. He wears a black button up shirt, with usually two to three buttons undone from the top. The shirt has extra holes in the back to make room for his large membraned wings, totaling a span of 6 meters in length. To cover the large appendages, he wears a long, black nobleman's coat, with the collar popped.

Weapons and Abilities
Weapons? None. Hans is a living weapon. Because of his physical biology, and incredibly fast metabolism, he can lift upwards of 1200 kilos. His hands have talons instead of fingernails, and with his added strength, they can rip through plate armor. His large bat-like wing allow him to fly at speeds around 50 km/hour at full glide. His diving speed can exceed 250 km/hour. He uses his incredibly well tuned predatory senses to track down his targets, which has made him the most respected and well paid mercenary of his respective class. He is the only mercenary in the guild capable of going one on one in unarmed combat with Vermithrax.

Personality
Mr. Tepes is one of the most polite and well mannered mercenaries in the guild, and tends to treat all of his fellow employees with respect and kindness. This, sadly, is because of his intense guilt of having to feed off of human blood to maintain his extremely fast metabolism. He has a romantic preference for elves for an unknown reason.