Hugo

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Aliases: none Status: Supporting

Hugo is the Mountainous Man of the Chinatown Kumité, a mountain of muscle with fists that glow red like magma, and Ingrid’s brother. He dismantles a werewolf in the pit with molten palms, then turns out to speak in a voice deep but surprisingly gentle. General Pain kidnaps his sister to force the forfeit.

Description

Pure muscle in motion, serene in the pit, steaming when he wins. His hands ignite when he fights or when his temper rises, the glow fading as he calms down. Off the canvas he is polite to a fault: he shakes Chino, Homeboy, and Chuy’s hands, compliments Chuy’s grip (“quite a grip, fuzzball”), and suggests the Sasquatch think about competing.

Role in Volume 01

In Big Trouble in Chinatown, Hugo opens the night’s fighting by stepping aside from a charging werewolf “like a dancer avoiding spilled wine,” hammering it down with blazing fists until it twitches once and stills. Backstage, Ingrid finds him locked in a heated argument with his pudgy manager and talks them both down, the glow fading from his hands as she does. He meets the crew, shakes hands all around, and heads off with Ingrid to talk strategy. Later, General Pain has him hauled in on a forklift, bound in heavy chains “like a nuclear warhead,” as leverage: forfeit the final match or his friends die. Per Ingrid, Hugo would never forfeit a match.

The Adventures: Volume 02

• The Man of Iga: Makes his hands glow at the barbecue, slams a flaming fist into the Man of Iga’s head, and rains light spheres on General Pain’s legs to knock the demon down.

Relationships

• Ingrid: his sister; she manages his temper and his corner.
• Hugo’s Manager: his manager; their backstage argument needs Ingrid to defuse it.
• Thomas: dating his sister; Hugo meets him backstage with the crew.
• General Pain: holds him chained as leverage for the prize money.
• Chuy: mutual respect at the handshake; Hugo recruits him on the spot.

Notes

• Ingrid introduces him with “Watching my brother get his ass kicked?” He wins anyway.