Gerard Argent
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Gerard Argent
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"The legend is that you need silver to kill a werewolf. The truth ... you need an Argent." - Gerard to [[Anuk-Ite]]

Series
Gerard Argent is [[Chris Argent]] and [[Kate Argent]]'s father, [[Allison Argent]]'s grandfather and a member of the Argents' [[hunter]] clan. Prior to the series, Gerard answered to the [[alphas|alpha]] [[Deucalion]]'s peace proposal, but betrays and kills his fellow hunters, then frames and blinds Deucalion. He contracts cancer and sought to obtain [[alphas+the bite|the bite]] from an alpha in order to survive. In [[Season 2]], Gerard arrives in [[Beacon Hills, California]], murders an [[omegas|omega werewolf]] to declare war on the werewolf population of Beacon Hills, forsaking the code in revenge for Kate's death to carry out his plan. He spear-heads the hunt for [[Derek's pack]], then blackmails [[Scott McCall]] into being his spy. Gerard orders that [[Victoria Argent]] commit suicide to prevent herself becoming a werewolf, then manipulates Allison into becoming a ruthless hunter and finally becomes [[master of the kanima|master]], of a [[kanima]] [[Jackson Whittemore]]. Gerard finally captures Derek, coming out with his plan then threatens Chris and Allison's lives for Derek's bite and cures his terminal cancer. He is then defeated, his plan foiled by Scott and [[Alan Deaton]] whom had drugged him with [[mountain ash]] beforehand, culminating in him being crippled. In [[Season 3]], Gerard is held at a medical facility, where Chris, Scott and Allison come to him for information. In [[Season 5]], Gerard is healed of his ailment, then recruited by Chris, so to help combat the revived [[La Bete du Gevaudan|Beast of Gevaudan]]. He tells the tale of the Beast's origins including that of [[the Pike]]. He plans to restore his family legacy as hunters to power by killing the Beast once more, planning to sacrifice or betray anyone involved. Scott and Chris double-cross him after securing the Pike, then Gerard is shot, incapacitated once again. In [[Season 6]], Gerard recruits [[Tamora Monroe]], a burgeoning hunter to help build his army, influenced by the [[Anuk-Ite]]'s to purge Beacon Hills and the world of all supernatural creatures.
 
Personality
Gerard is simply nothing more than a psychopath of the highest order. He is an absolutely ruthless hunter who will murder, hunt or terrorize any supernatural for any reason. He constantly proves to be cold-hearted, stoic and merciless, showing little to no emotion. Gerard never discriminates between his victims whether they were innocent or not, human or otherwise, has no care for any collateral damage and does whatever he pleases.
 
Gerard has a thirst for destruction and terror. He feels no guilt, remorse for any of his actions, any sense of fear, nor any regard for life. He feels only pride and pleasure for the monstrosities he commits as a hunter of the supernatural. He easily betrayed and murdered three of his fellow hunters then framed the [[alphas|alpha]] [[Deucalion]] for their deaths, scoffing at the latter's peace proposal between the hunter families and the packs just to perpetuate further conflict and bloodshed between the two opposing forces. Gerard is firmly of the opinion that all supernatural creatures should be put down and has no limits about how to accomplish this even leaving a trail of bodies in his wake.

"Your own people!"
"They wanted peace too. Look what you did to them." - Gerard frames Deucalion

Gerard is a firm believer in the survival of the fittest. He holds self-preservation above all else, and admits without hesitation he will commit the unthinkable to ensure his own survival. He heartlessly endorsed that his own daughter-in-law Victoria commit suicide simply to obey the hunter's honor code. However, his planning to be [[alphas+the bite|bitten]] himself to cure his cancer at the same time, and using the supernatural for his own ends by becoming a [[kanima]]'s master, shows his being a massive hypocrite and highlights his cruel and selfish nature. He even threatened the lives of his own son and granddaughter to this end.

"You monster. ... You'll kill [[Allison Argent|her]] too??!!"
"When it comes to survival, I'd kill my own son!" - [[Chris Argent]] and Gerard

Gerard is a highly skilled manipulator, actor, liar and very crafty. He will take advantage of, betray or sacrifice anyone he sees fit if doing so will benefit him in some way, either for his own self-worth or to satisfy his thirst for blood. Gerard is just as calculating as he is treacherous, having a reputation for bidding his time and always having a plan. He expertly instigated cold tactical advantages to cure his cancer by holding Allison and Melissa's lives over Scott's head while previously exploiting his family's obligation to hunting the supernatural in their feud against [[Derek Hale]].

"I've known Gerard for a long time. He always has a plan." - [[Alan Deaton]] about Gerard

He is very adapt at having people see things from his viewpoint. His upbringing twisted his daughter, [[Kate Argent]] into becoming the sadistic murderer she is. Likewise he molded Allison into becoming a cold and ruthless hunter using well-placed emotional hooks like her mother's death to corrupt her and played on [[Tamora Monroe]]'s paranoia and vindictiveness against the supernatural resulting in her leading his new army when in truth he is pulling the strings.
 
Biography
Gerard Argent is the patriarch of the Argent family, and a feared, bloodthirsty [[hunters|hunter]]. Gerard is [[Chris Argent|Chris]] and [[Kate Argent]]'s father, and [[Allison Argent]]'s grandfather.
 
Gerard had a brother named [[Alexander Argent]] who, according to Gerard himself, was Bitten by the [[alphas|Alpha werewolf]] [[Deucalion]]. Alexander committed suicide to follow the [[hunters|Hunter's Code]].
 
Gerard raised his children Chris and Kate to be hunters of the supernatural, to believe in the Hunters' crusade, serving his own bloodthirsty nature. His parenting and tutelage twisted and brainwashed Kate, her becoming the sociopath she is, though Chris always had a sense of morals.
 
When Chris was younger, one of Chris' dogs contracted rabies. Gerard shot the dog to put it out of it's misery. He iterated to his son a merciless fallacy: "Anything that dangerous, that out of control, is better off dead". When Chris was 18 years of age, Gerard had him conduct his first gun deal, a simple exchange. Gerard purposefully left out the fact the buyers were Yakuza, Japanese mafiya. He wanted to see if Chris could adapt in the heat of the situation, testing his ability to survive.
 
A decade or so before the series time, Gerard and Chris headed a hunt for a werewolf that had killed two of their own people. This werewolf was eventually hunted, killed and cut in half.
 
Some time later a message came to the Argents through [[Alan Deaton]] who was [[emissary]] to the Hale family, a prominent [[werewolf|Pack]], that the [[Alpha]] [[Deucalion]] had proposed a peace offering, to bring an end to needless violence killing between the nearby Packs and the [[Hunters]]. Three hunters who also wished for peace accompanied Gerard to meet the Pack on equal grounds in an abandoned distillery.
 
{{warGerard|size: large; margin-right: 10px; float: left}}{{warGerard|size: medium; margin-right: 10px; float: left}}The meeting commenced. Unfortunately Gerard had planned in advance for everything to go wrong. Incapacitating both parties with knockout gas after immunizing himself, Gerard then unveiled a spiked mace he'd stored in the distillery. Using the weapon to disguise it as a murder committed by a werewolf, Gerard struck down his fellow hunters right afterward, to Deucalion's horror. Gerard mockingly replied that his comrades wanted peace too, then blamed the alpha for their deaths. The psychopathpsychopathic hunter then moved on to kill Deucalion's three Betas.three Betas, Lastly,the he came upon the weakened andalpha. duped alpha. Making fun of Deucalion's peace proposal and taking out two flashbang arrows, Gerard gouged out Deucalion's eyes, leaving the werewolf screaming in agony.
 
Gerard's actions resulted in Deucalion being framed for the faux peace summit and the dark path the Alphaalpha eventually went down, instigating the werewolf-hunter war that persisted to the present.
 
Prior to [[Season 2]], Gerard learned he was dying of cancer. He became dependent on a medication stored in a private container. He decided the way to save himself was to receive [[alphas+the bite|the Bite]] to cure his illness. Learning of [[Kate Argent|Kate]]'s death in [[Beacon Hills, California]] and [[Derek Hale]] becoming an Alpha, Gerard made his way to the town.
 
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