Daniel Hatchid

Daniel Hatchid (다니엘) is a D-rank Scout who is affiliated with FUG. As a member of Rachel's group he is on the 35th Floor planning something to do with the Hell Express in order to find something that FUG wants. He is highly valued by FUG.

History
Daniel challenged the Hell Express twice before the current time. On his first attempt he, Aka Williams, Boro, Sachi Faker and Roen were his teammates and, during their time on the Train, an unknown Slayer candidate gradually killed everyone onboard the Hell Express until, in the end, they were the only ones left. However after Roen ended up dying, he and the others forfeited the train. Daniel then got on the Hell Express a second time, over two centuries ago, in an attempt to resurrect Roen and apparently died there. The place he went to afterwards seemed like hell to him too, but he found a way to restore Roen to life there. It was at this place that he met Hoaqin; at some point afterwards, Daniel allowed Hoaqin to inscribe a token on to him, making Daniel one of Hoaqin's kind, a being who seeks souls.

Appearance and Personality
Daniel is a guy of average height, fair skin, spiked brown hair and alluring blue eyes. He is also lightly freckled and has sharp canines. From the parts of his body that have been seen from underneath his clothing, band-like tattoos can be seen around his arms and on his neck. Underneath his brown cloak he is seen to be wearing at least blue trousers or jeans.

Somewhat sadistic, Daniel likes to kill an even number of people and even set up every corpse in a neat line afterwards. Being a member of FUG, he doesn't care if he kills someone but seems to admire the strength of Regulars such as Koon Ran. He tends to call Regulars that are new to the Hell Express, "newbies". He is also a self-proclaimed "being of a lie" and apparently he cannot live on if he doesn't tell a lie. To this end he has a trollish nature that causes him to tell lies from time to time.

Prologue
As Apple confirmed that it would be better to get on the train, Daniel bluntly tells them it was obvious as it wouldn't work unless it was "that place". He then said they were all destined to get on the train and finished by warning the "little kids" that the journey to the train was more dangerous than they thought but he didn't think there was anyone there who would have a hard time getting a Ticket by oneself.

Hoaqin
Daniel defeating the last of the train guardians alongside the Mad Dog. The latter noted that his legs had healed and Daniel confirmed so adding that he could recover as long as he had enough souls. He then said that it will be daytime very soon in the train and exclaimed for Hoaqin to wait for them.

He later got stuck when faced with a maths puzzle preventing them from moving forwards. Using Hwa Ryun's knowledge they passed the puzzle and moved into the room where the first part of Hoaqin was sealed. However they were attacked by Bloomer guardian but managed to beat him using Hwa Ryun's help once again. With the guardian down, Daniel freed Hoaqin and the group introduced themselves to him. After that, they left and ran into Ja Wangnan and Yeon Yihwa but after a brief altercation that left Wangnan with a serious injury, they were captured on Daniel's direction. The group later completed the 36th Floor stage test of the Hell Express.

Wooden Horse
In the lounge of the Hell Express, Hoaqin complained to Daniel about his hunger as well as discussing their mutual surprise about what happened in their pasts. When the train announced it would be arriving at the 37th Floor station, Hoaqin said he'd now be able to eat but Daniel told him to be patient. Hoaqin ignored Daniel's plea, saying there was lots of souls waiting for him.

When the train finally arrived Hoaqin tried to exit the train but Daniel stopped him telling him he was bound to the train by his contract with the Guardian. Rachel then appeared with Ha Yura and told them that it wasn't a problem as they had attracted many Regulars with Emile. At that the four came out of the train and Hoaqin announced the event for Regulars to get on the train.

Powers and Abilities
Daniel is a strong D-rank Scout; even in his past, he was shown to be one of the relatively stronger D-rank Regulars. He seems to possess a high level of strength and power as he was able to effortlessly kill 99 people with his bare hands, similar to Koon Ran and Beta. He also displayed incredible speed when he suddenly appeared next to Ran before the latter could even realise he had moved. Daniel has been shown to be able to manipulate three white Lighthouses and was able to use them to block one of Mirotic's spear-like attacks; however, whether the Lighthouses are actually his remains to be seen. When he wields Shinsoo, it tends to be a black colour with a purple tint.

Necromancer: Daniel's ability is one that utilises shinsoo control using the living soul; it is a "living creature" that moves. As such the shinsoo can move as if it were alive and can seemingly move independently of Daniel's actions. To do this he forms a purple wiggling head-shaped orb that looks as if it has a screaming face trapped inside it. This ability makes Daniel similar to a soul hunter; the stronger the souls Daniel collects and consumes, the more powerful the abilities he can use. While he seemingly consumes a lot of souls, he never gets it "fully filled". It is strongly implied that he received this ability from Hoaqin.


 * Shinsoo Blasts: By forming a sphere of purple-black Shinsoo, Daniel is able to fire a powerful blast of energy. So far he has been seen generating up to two impressively large spheres that he can fire into a single large blast. The amount of people each blast is worth seems to be directly linked to how powerful the blasts are.


 * Shinsoo Absorption technique: By forming two decently sized purple-black spheres of Shinsoo, Daniel performed a strange Shinsoo absorbing power that allowed him to absorb the guardian's two spear-like blasts. It was apparently worth "three people".


 * Self-Healing: Daniel was able to return the function of his disabled legs by infusing his legs with some of the souls he had stored. While useful the skill seemed to cause Daniel pain trying to maintain it. He can completely recover from injuries as long as he had enough souls, even from damage as serious as the one inflicted upon him by Baam.

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