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\|groups={{tag\|Reckoners}} \|earth=Reckoners \|~~books~~first appeared=[[~~The~~Lux ~~Reckoners~~(book)\|Lux]] }} ~~{{spoilers\|lux}}~~ {{update\|lux}} {{quote Hershel refuses to share the story of how he lost his leg with any other Reckoners until they guess it.{{book ref\|lux\|1}} In the end, it is [[Languish]] who correctly guesses that Hershel got trapped and cut it off himself.{{book ref\|lux\|46}} == Appearance and Personality == {{quote▼ \|Everyone said he was a born leader. Hershel was good at what he did. He was good at leaving things home that were meant to stay home. Emotions, feelings, attachments. That sort of thing. And he was good at being there in the moment as death and chaos rained down around him. \|Hershel{{book ref\|lux\|47}} }} Though he is in his forties, Hershel is still well built and muscular. He is gruff and stoic, and maintains a serious air which can conceal his sense of humor. He does not have much sympathy for people other than his close friends, and sometimes doesn’t think about the ramifications of his actions.{{book ref\|lux\|26}} However, he does still occasionally show mercy towards his enemies.{{book ref\|lux\|27}} He is good at reading people, and thus enjoys playing poker.{{book ref\|lux\|1}} He likes listening to classical music, though he would never let anyone know about it.{{book ref\|lux\|47}} == History == {{quote \|You had a mom? I don’t know. I always figured that, you know, one day, about million years ago, a big ugly rock fell from a rock tree and broke in half, and you crawled out of it. \|Wade to Hershel{{book ref\|lux\|16}} }} Not much is known about Hershel’s early life, but he used to love going to the [[Wikipedia:Cameron Park Zoo\|Cameron Park Zoo]] with his mom and visiting all of the animals there. === In Special Forces === Hershel Black served for many years in the Special Forces. He participated in many missions during his service, including demolition jobs, extractions, and assassinations.{{book ref\|lux\|47}} {{sidequote ▲{{quote \|I ain’t the religious type, but if anyone were to ask me what the pit of hell looked like, I’d tell them it was the Cameron Park Zoo. \|Hershel{{book ref\|lux\|16}} \|side=right\|size=170px }} Hershel once had an assignment where he and his squad had to go the Cameron Park Zoo, where all the animals had been horribly mutated by an Epic named [[Feral]]. Hershel and his men had to put them down, though it was difficult.{{book ref\|lux\|16}} }} Thirteen years prior to the events at Lux, Hershel and his squad, named [[Delta ~~Squad~~Squadron]], were given an assignment in Siberia. They were tasked with stealthily approaching a Russian satellite and hacking it, and they were dropped off a long distance away from the target. On their second night, [[Calamity (Epic)\|Calamity]], the bright red star in the sky, began glowing brighter than normal and pulsing. [[Steelheart (Epic)\|Paul Jackson]], a young member of Delta Squadron, collapsed and began spasming and muttering to himself. He fell into a coma, leaving Hershel and the others unsure of what to do. Later that night Jackson awoke, and when Hershel asked him questions, he refused to answer. Jackson said he didn’t take orders from Hershel or anyone else, claiming that he was “free”. Hershel gave the order to attack the facility in the morning, disturbed by Jackson’s actions.{{book ref\|lux\|47}} They made their attack on the satellite the next morning, but things went wrong and the guards were alerted. Jackson revealed Epic powers, blasting the guards with yellow energy blasts. He started shooting energy blasts at the satelitte, and vaporized one of his squad mate’s arm in the process. The members of Delta Squad, horrified and afraid, threatened Jackson and leveled their guns at him. When they opened fire on him, the bullets doing no damage, Jackson killed all of Delta Squadron. All but Hershel, the only one who hadn’t opened fire. Sparing Hershel, Jackson flew off, blowing up the Russian facility with energy blasts as he went.{{book ref\|lux\|47}} Hershel ran, but a chunk of debris hit him in the head, knocking him out. When he awoke, everything around him had been turned to steel by Jackson’s powers. Hershel was trapped, his leg encased in steel up to his leg. Knowing he had to make it to the extraction point but completely trapped, Hershel used his belt as a tourniquet and cut off his own leg with his knife.{{book ref\|lux\|47}} He passed out, and was later rescued by a helicopter flying over the area.{{book ref\|lux\|48}} === Galveston === Hershel has been in the Texas Reckoners cell for a while, and is their demolitions expert. He participated in the trap in [[Galveston]], and was assigned the task of firing rockets at Ravens as well as using explosives to crack Lux in half. When Jax disobeyed orders and improvised, Hershel piloted several drones to get him close to Wingflare and later to help him escape. Afterwards, when Briggen is injured, Hershel was the one to tend to his wounds.{{book ref\|Lux\|2}}{{book ref\|lux\|15}} {{partial}} {{Reckoners}} [[Category: Viewpoint characters]]