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"One of the thoroughly corrupt. An undead miner with admirable resilience."
—elsen-of-pestilence
"Harbinger of Pestilence. Has an easy going personality but the average inhabitant avoids him due to his sickness and his stench."
—Bx:E's Bonus Room
Huaso is a harbinger and is one of the playable characters in Bx:Execute.
Appearance
Huaso is 5’4”-5”, which is slightly taller than the average elsens from his file. The additional height comes from his burnt feet, which are well hidden under his steel capped mining shoes. His forearms are also burnt, and they have the appearance of large claws. He wears a white shirt reminiscent of the usual elsen uniform, but with the sleeves rolled up above his elbows and without a tie. Over that, he wears a pair of grey overalls. On his head, he wears a white hard hat, the same kind of hat worn by miners in Zone 1 and elsens working at the sugar factory in Zone 3. He wears a pair of airtight goggles, which appear red because of his constantly bleeding eyes.
Personality
"Good Points: Intelligent, Relaxed. Bad Points: Lazy, Stubborn."
—Bx:E's Bonus Room
Grumpy, stubborn, but also considered no-nonsense. To reduce the amount of inhabitants that can potentially become infected, Huaso self-ostracizes himself in the depths of the mines, often in tunnels of his own doing. This asocial behavior has earned him some flack from his co-workers. Since dying and coming back as a harbinger, Huaso has been jaded with the idea of continuing to live. His desire to commit to self-termination is thwarted by either the virus, or his Class as a harbinger. His body will instinctively act in the best interest of self preservation, even going all out against entry-level Purifiers on his file that are drawn to the power of Corruption. The fact that he prioritizes the safety and well being of others above his own, as well as his disdain for safety, further confirms this.
Since meeting Ghost Batter however, Huaso has also shown to be quite pleasant, even chill and content. He can handle living with this disease, as long as it is with someone who cannot get sick because of it.
Ghost and Flo are immune to it, Bad Batter has a robust immune system and will not get sick easily.
Then again, all harbringers are immune to it, too.
Powers and Abilities
Competences
Below is the archived table of competences from the elsen-of-pestilence blog. Skills listed here are not entirely representative of his moveset in Bx: Execute.
| Competence | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Echo-Locate | Analyzes the enemies' characteristics. While it covers the entire party, the selected enemy is afflicted with Identified*. Ignores the effects of Blind (if present) for five turns. | 2 |
| Influenza | Special attack of random impact. | 5 |
| Gangrene | Physical attack ignoring target’s defense. May inflict Poison, or debuff Attack. | 10 |
| Black Plague | Physical attack leeching HP. Rarely inflicts Poison. | 15 |
| Seizure | Special attack of multiple, unimportant impact that inflict Headache or Sleep. Ineffective against Spectres. | 12 |
| Abscesses | Restores a lot of HP for Burnts only, but decreases their defense. Also inflicts Simple. | 10 |
| Coma | Physical attack of important impact, inflicts Sleep, and Migraine after the target wakes up. | 18 |
| Cardiac Arrest | Special attack that debuffs agility. Rarely inflicts Palsy. | 20 |
| Cerebral Mesh | Special attack of mediocre impact. Potentially KO’s targets that are already afflicted with Palsy. | ??? |
| Sulfuric Reaction | Special Competence of unimportant impact. Reanimates the fallen Adversary to work on the user’s side. Only available in Fullmode. | ??? |
Servant
As a Harbinger, Huaso possesses control of an add-on named Miasma. Miasma has its own unique competences, listed below from the elsen-of-pestilence blog archive.
| Competence | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Epidemic Shuffle | A sinister attack of unimportant impact shifting any affliction from the ally to the target, curing the ally. In the three turns following this move, the user must recharge. | 300 |
| Endemic Shuffle | A sinister attack of unimportant impact duplicating a status ailment on one target, and spreads it to adjacent targets on the adversary’s team. In the five turns following this move, the user must recharge. | 400 |
| Pandemic Shuffle | A sinister attack of unimportant impact duplicating a status ailment on one target, and spreads it to the entirety of the adversary’s team. If Palsy is the status ailment, adjacent opponents will get Mute instead. In the seven turns following this move, the user must recharge. | 500 |
| Necroa Shuffle | An unusual attack of unimportant impact. Reanimates and takes control of a dead adversary, but cannot move until CP has run out. | 100 per turn |
| Dissenter be Damned | Special attack of multiple impacts, dealing catastrophic impact to adversaries closest to the team. More likely to KO front row targets if the attack hits, with accuracy rising the higher the user's level. | 1000 |
Relationships
Ghost Batter
Significant other. Huaso met Ghost when Ghost was sent flying into the dead end of the tunnel Huaso was working on. This happened six months after C/S/R. While both are disgruntled with the idea of living, both seemingly bring the best out of each other. But when Bad Batter isn't around to fuck things up on purpose, Ghost will fuck things up on accident. And Huaso won't hesitate to put his foot down when Ghost is about to take it an arm's length too far.
Flo
Habringer of Health, and Huaso's best friend and opposite, but Flo's pyromania and Huaso's pyrophobia can put them at odd ends at times. When Flo isn't busy doing his job, the two will frequently head out together on adventures.
Etymology
Huaso was named after the horse, who sets the high-jump world record by jumping 2.47 m (8 ft 1 in) in Viña del Mar, Chile.
