AESTHETIC & PERSONALITY

Declan wears beige cargo clothing with the shirt sleeves rolled up and the top loosely buttoned, exposing his thick forearms and hairy chest. Around his neck he wears a kerchief, and on his left hand a falconry glove. His shirt is stained with sweat. He wears a worn and beaten hat with a drooping brim. When he crouches he throws his rifle over his shoulder. Although some aspects of his character lean into cliches (he's somewhat influenced by the Jumanji hunter and Theodore Roosevelt), the best comparison in terms of looks is actor Bob Hoskins. Declan is stout and sturdy (slightly shorter than Soldier 76), with a barrel chest and short, thick arms covered with dark hair.



Declan has two goals in life: kill dangerous game and get paid to do it. Brash and brave, he'd happily share a pint with you one day before hunting you down the next; if someone put a sufficient price on your head that is. Declan speaks with an Afrikaans accent. When he's on your team he's dependable and resourceful. When the tables turn and he's hunting you down, he's vicious and unrelenting.

Kifaa, Declan's falcon, wears a hood over her head before the match starts. Five seconds before the game begins, an animation plays where Declan removes her hood. She remains perched on his left hand until he first deploys her. If Declan uses his gun while she is on his glove, she will jump off his hand and fly around above him until he stops using his gun, at which point she will return to his glove. When Kifaa is deployed on the battlefield she has idle animations that involve her head twitching around, scanning the area. Occassionally she will extend a wing and pick at her feathers with her beak, cleaning herself. If someone gets close to her she will turn her head to look at them. These animations are cosmetic and do not have any effect on Declan's ability to use Kifaa.

Declan has no special affinity for Kifaa; at best he respects her effectiveness as a hunter. Her name simply means "useful" in Swahili. He views her as merely a tool of his trade.