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Character Basics:

Character Name: Hal Mason
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Age: 17
Fandom: Falling Skies
Canon Point: Season 2, Episode 9
Debt:

Class A: 18 years
Class B: 15 years
Class C: 14 years and 4 months

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GRAND TOTAL: 47 years and 4 months

Canon Character Section:

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Personality:

Hal Mason was a jock turned soldier when the aliens invaded a few weeks short of his birthday. It wasn’t until the death of his mother and the kidnapping of his younger brother did Hal start to take responsibility for helping in the resistance fight off the aliens while trying to survive with his father, girlfriend, and youngest brother.

There’s a part of Hal that regrets losing his senior year of high school. He’s had to grow up fast and learn to fight quickly. Most of his assignments are as a scout, setting him off on his own to check for aliens before missions. Even as a kid, he’s earned the trust of those in the military in the group to serve with them, and more importantly, his father trusts him to go on these dangerous missions. Hal isn’t afraid to fight, or put himself in harm’s way to protect another - especially when it comes to his family. He’s seen a lot of people die in front of him because of this war, but it hasn’t developed a completely hard shell to not feel anything when someone dies in the war. His maturity on the battlefield makes it easy to forget he’s still a kid in the end.

When it comes to family, they are the source of his strength. He has a very strong relationship with his father. There are times where they can butt heads - he gets his stubbornness from Tom - but Tom has watched his son grow up into a man in front of his eyes. They tend to lean on each other a lot, both in the field and with advice. Hal may be a teenager still, but he has become an ear to help his father with planning. There is a mutual respect between them, even if at times Hal knows his father makes choices at times to protect him from getting too deep into the thick of things.

When Tom is taken by the aliens, that relationship as a soldier transfers to Captain Weaver. Hal steps up to fill in his father’s shoes during that time, and gets granted with his own scout unit to make recon runs and insurgent missions to hit the aliens before they can hit them. He’s not as wise as his father was, but Hal grows into a leadership role naturally and has a mind for planning strategies and missions that keeps him involved on the inner workings of the 2nd Mass even after his father returns to take back his place as XO.

Hal is also the eldest of three boys, and he has a different relationship with each of his brothers. When it comes to Matt, his baby brother is a pain, but he’s too young to really understand everything that is happening. Hal is protective of him, taking it as his job to make sure his brother is safe and happy. He continues to tease him, trying to keep his brother living a normal life and from dealing with the pressures of the new world they are living in. He tries to keep Matt out of the war and being a fighter, even as it becomes obvious that Matt will find his own ways to learn how to shoot and help. In some ways, Hal feels that keeping Matt’s innocence is a way to preserve a piece of his own past life as the older brother.

With Ben, his relationship is more complicated. As kids, they always fought like cats and dogs, and their mother was the one who made the peace between them. Hal saw Ben as a math geek, twice as smart as him and a brat. Ben always saw Hal as a dumb jock. When Ben got kidnapped, Hal made a silent promise to his deceased mother that he would find Ben and take care of him. That promise made him reckless in wanting to save Ben once they figured out where he was, but it’s his father that keeps him from following through on just going in and saving him. After Ben is back, there is a lot of tension between them as Hal fears how much the aliens have changed him. In the few months their father is gone, their relationship becomes even more strained as Ben starts to use his new “powers” to help the 2nd Mass, and Hal can’t reign in his brother’s recklessness and anger.

His relationship with Karen is probably the most complicated. They were dating in high school, and the only reason she joined the resistance and became a scout was because of Hal. When she was captured and turned by the aliens, he put the blame on himself for not being able to save her. He swore to save her, and her loss weighs heavily on him throughout the first months after she is gone. When he learns though of how the aliens are using her, he knows - as seen from Rick - that the longer that someone is under the alien’s control, the less likely they will want to be free. The guilt and anger he carries is one of his major forces that keeps him fighting so no one else will lose someone they love like that. When she returns and manipulates him to kidnap Ben, he finally comes to the realization that the Karen he knows is dead, and all that’s left in him is the anger after that.

Maggie, on the other hand, has given him a reason to smile again. When they met, she was holding a gun to his head, but she saved his life then, and many times after. She slipped into Karen’s spot as Hal’s partner on patrols, which gave them a lot of time to get to know each other, first as comrades, and then as friends. When his father was abducted and Hal was left without a confidant since his relationship with Ben was strained, she took over that spot as well. When it comes to anything more beyond friends, they are caught up in a dance around each other. Hal finds himself falling for her, but he keeps getting pushed away due to her own fears. But he’s found himself needing her in his life that he’s willing to wait for her to come around. Any hopes he has left are wrapped up around his budding relationship with her, and having her at his side keeps him from succumbing to the darkness that the world around them.

Teleios is going to be a mixture for Hal when he arrives. He is very dependent on the support he has from his family, and being separated from them will have an obvious effect on him. Maggie’s presence will help with the loss, as he will have someone to hold onto in the first few days. He will, of course, eventually be able to relax a bit in not having to worry about an alien takeover to fight against, though the initial idea of being taken from his home will have him resistant to those in charge. However, he is a good little soldier and given the opportunity to help or be useful, he will jump at the chance to contribute - especially if it leads to getting him and Maggie back home to his family.

Powers/Abilities: No supernatural powers. Hal has been trained in different kinds of firearms. He has shown aim and proficiency in assault rifles, handguns, and knives. He has a mind for planning strategic assaults. He also know how to repair motorcycles.

Appearance: Standing at 5’11”, with hazel eyes and close-cropped dark brown hair, Hal has been told that he looks more like his mother than any of his brothers. He is slender with a toned build, first from his time as a lacrosse player, and now being a scout and soldier with the 2nd Mass.

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