Hugh Reinhart

Hugh Reinhart (ヒュー リーナート, Riinaato Hyuu) is a second generation Bount and Fullbringer born and raised in Berlin, Germany. He is unusual in the sense that he inherited his power through his father, one of the sole members of his species, the Bount, capable of reproduction. Once engulfed in a sea of eternal loneliness and longing the man found solace in the form of a woman. The same woman who would go forth and become the mother of his child. A woman who knew the truth about who and what he was but continued to shower him with her unconditional love regardless of what others thought. The two acknowledged the potential risks of their unusual relationship but chose to ignore them for the sake of love. This error in judgment soon came back to haunt them in the form of a grotesque Adjuchas, which his father once scarred as proof of their encounter, abducting his fiancee and unborn child. Although he managed to smite the heartless beast the damage had been done, the Hollow reiryoku had seeped into his mother's womb and melded its energies with that of the fetus.

He had a fairly normal childhood compared to other high-spec humans, as his father fought against the forces which would try and tear their family apart. However due to his nature Hugh found it difficult to connect with anyone although he did find himself being drawn to the Hollow species and their customs, finding many similarities between him and them. His father discouraged this behavior and forbid him from making contact with one for good reasons. Unfortunately, Hugh Reinhart was not one known to follow the archaic rules and regulations of modern society, finding it easier to act on his impulses. Remaining true to his nature, Hugh decided to go against his father's word and made contact with a female Jibakure in the process of losing her heart. Finding it an interesting site to behold he thought it wise to hide her from his father in fear of her being slain before he could witness her rebirth. A not so simple error in judgement which would go on to cost his mother her life.

A truly horrific experience which forced him into manifesting his dormant spiritual powers for the first time. Although the creature had just killed his mother, he still saw it as a friend who he had forsaken in the pursuit of his own interests. Opposite sides of the same coin. In an act of mercy that he chose not to end the it's life but instead incorporate its essence into his soul, thus caging it and, in a way, letting it live on forever within in his heart and memories. This sole action forced his Fullbring into prematurely awakening. Plagued by the guilt of his mother's murder he chose to flee the scene and pin the entire thing on his resentful father. And upon inheriting his family fortune chose to fund his own research into the hollow species, in pursuit of his dream of finding a way to reverse the deterioration of a soul's heart.