Martin Hunter
Martin Hunter was born an inmate. He escaped as a killer. He returned as the warden. The irony is not lost on the people who do business with the Slammer, the main prison in Georgiabama that Hunter and his twenty-seven family members have operated for the past twenty years.
Hunter and his father were both prisoners when a massive riot coincided with a horde incursion. In the chaos, Martin killed his guards, lost his father, and escaped with his uncle. He sent the uncle to free the rest of the family still locked inside, and when the uncle returned with the freed prisoners, Martin assumed command. He was smarter and more ruthless than his uncle, and the transition of power was immediate and permanent. The freed family members became the new guards. The prison became the family business.
Hunter runs the Slammer with brutal efficiency. Cells are rented to surrounding towns for their criminals. A family member with a sniper rifle monitors each row from elevated positions. Monthly bare-knuckle fights allow inmates to supposedly win their freedom, though freed prisoners are officially recorded as "escaped" and the Hunters keep whatever profit the arrangement generates. Martin has seven children, three daughters and four sons, and has been pairing family members for breeding to produce more guards. His youngest son, a fifteen-year-old described as a goliath, joins the guard shifts next year. The inter-family breeding is beginning to produce genetic defects, but Martin shows no sign of changing the program.
Hunter and his father were both prisoners when a massive riot coincided with a horde incursion. In the chaos, Martin killed his guards, lost his father, and escaped with his uncle. He sent the uncle to free the rest of the family still locked inside, and when the uncle returned with the freed prisoners, Martin assumed command. He was smarter and more ruthless than his uncle, and the transition of power was immediate and permanent. The freed family members became the new guards. The prison became the family business.
Hunter runs the Slammer with brutal efficiency. Cells are rented to surrounding towns for their criminals. A family member with a sniper rifle monitors each row from elevated positions. Monthly bare-knuckle fights allow inmates to supposedly win their freedom, though freed prisoners are officially recorded as "escaped" and the Hunters keep whatever profit the arrangement generates. Martin has seven children, three daughters and four sons, and has been pairing family members for breeding to produce more guards. His youngest son, a fifteen-year-old described as a goliath, joins the guard shifts next year. The inter-family breeding is beginning to produce genetic defects, but Martin shows no sign of changing the program.
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Personal history
Martin Hunter entered the Slammer as an inmate alongside his father and uncle. When a massive riot and simultaneous horde incursion tore through the prison, Martin killed his guards and escaped, losing his father in the violence. He sent his uncle back inside to free the remaining family members who were still imprisoned.
With the freed family in hand, Martin assumed control. He proved smarter and more ruthless than his uncle, consolidating leadership immediately and converting the prison from a place of incarceration into a family enterprise. Over twenty years, the Hunter family grew to twenty-seven members, all serving as guards, administrators, and operators. Martin paired family members for breeding to expand his workforce, producing seven children of his own and establishing a self-sustaining operation that rents cells to surrounding towns and runs monthly bare-knuckle fights for profit. The genetic cost of the breeding program is beginning to show, but the Warden has not altered course.
With the freed family in hand, Martin assumed control. He proved smarter and more ruthless than his uncle, consolidating leadership immediately and converting the prison from a place of incarceration into a family enterprise. Over twenty years, the Hunter family grew to twenty-seven members, all serving as guards, administrators, and operators. Martin paired family members for breeding to expand his workforce, producing seven children of his own and establishing a self-sustaining operation that rents cells to surrounding towns and runs monthly bare-knuckle fights for profit. The genetic cost of the breeding program is beginning to show, but the Warden has not altered course.
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