Herc

"'Take one life, save a billion. Pick door number one and I'll show you how.'""- Herc, Hellfighters"Herman "Herc" Cole is a Mission Commander introduced in Hellraisers. He oversees the various missions of the Fist and recruits new Engineers

Appearance
Herc is described as a tall, older man in his 40s or so, with grey hair and eyes and a scarred up face. He has a visibly broken nose and is missing one of his front teeth. He notably dresses in all black.

The character poster design depicts Herc as an older white man, with a grey flat top, and wearing a black tank top with dog tags.

Personality
Herc can be easily described as a "tough love" kind of figure. He takes his missions seriously and is willing to fight dirty, believing that ends of saving billions of people, justifies the means of losing a handful of lives. That said, he tends to recruit Engineers who have hit rock bottom with nowhere else to go and providing the option to help redeem themselves and save the world.

He also tends to be very cranky at times with very little tolerance to the Engineer's bullshit. But this is a part of his loyalty to his team and the greater good. Even though he has a hard time expressing this sentiment at times, it is evident in the length he goes to protect his Engineers and his willingness to (sometimes) loosen up around them.

Pan
Herc had recruited her an Engineer when she was 13 and facing jail time for murdering her step father. Even though Herc often comes off as a father figure, this applies especially to his relationship with Pan. As a mentor, a boss and still a friend, Herc is protective and supportive of Pan, but freely calls out her attitude and her behaviours. And as much as Pan enjoys making fun of him, she owes her life to him and deeply cares about Herc.

Trivia

 * Herc is a nickname, not short for Hercules, but as misheard portmanteau of his name Herman Cole when he first started out. He decided to run with it since then.
 * Herc has been the accidental cause of an alarm going off in the Pigeon's Nest from secretly smoking a cigarette in the bathroom.
 * Herc carried around an old squeaky toy that used to belong to his dog, which was how Night was caught pickpocketing him, accidentally squeaking as she ran off.