"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]] 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 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 a simply psychopath of the highest order. He is an absolutely ruthless hunter who will murder any supernatural for any reason. He constantly proves to be cold-hearted, merciless, and shows little to no emotion. Gerard never discriminates between his victims whether they were innocent or not, human or otherwise, and has no care for any collateral damage.

Gerard has, not only a thirst for blood, but also for destruction and terror. He shows neither guilt nor remorse for the constant monstrosities he's commits. During a peace summit, 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 groups and the werewolf community just to perpetuate further bloodshed, demonstrating he has no regard for life. Gerard is stoic in his conviction that all supernaturals should be killed 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 framing Deucalion

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

"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 also a highly skilled manipulator. He is as calculating as he is treacherous, having a reputation for always having a plan. When almost succeeding in curing his cancer, he efficiently played all parties involved using cold, clever tactics; he exploited his family during their hunt against [[Derek Hale]], held Melissa's life over Scott's head in exchange for Scott being his spy in Derek's pack and acquiring the kanima as its new master. He is also very adapt at having people see things from his viewpoint. His upbringing twisted his daughter, [[Kate Argent]] into becoming the sadistic murderer she is, something he most likely intended for and took pride in. Likewise he was able to mold Allison into becoming a cold-hearted hunter using well-placed emotional hooks to corrupt her and played on [[Tamora Monroe]]'s paranoia, vindictiveness and xenophobia against the supernatural resulting in her leading his new army in Beacon Hills when in truth he is the one pulling the strings.

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

Biography

Gerard Argent is the patriarch of the Argent family, and a fearsome, 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: 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 psychopathic hunter then moved on to kill Deucalion's three Betas, the came upon the weakened 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 alpha 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.