Henderson Dauntless

About
Henderson Dauntless was a commander of the Helman 3rd Army that worked directly under Thoma Lipton and that participated in the 7th Helman-Leazas War in the year LP0002.

When Prince Patton gave the order to further mobilize the 3rd Army to the Free Cities Alliance after Leazas had been mostly occupied, Henderson commanded a military force conformed by a total of 6000 troops. However, only 2000 of these were Helman soldiers, the remaining members where 4000 soldiers of the Leazas Army that were brainwashed and remotely manipulated by the Apostle Sapphire, who allied along with other members of the Hornet Faction with Prince Patton.

During the assault to the Free Cities, he was in charge of the Siege of Kathtom, where his army fought against the small army that had gathered in an attempt to drive Helman away from the Free Cities. Without him noticing, the adventurer Rance infiltrated among his troops and distracted him by brining one of the key members of Kathtom, Maria Custard, who had previously "agreed" with Rance's plan. She was presented to him tied up by Rance in an erotic way, much to her uneasiness, but unfortunately for her, Maria striked Henderson's fancy and personally took him with her to "savor" her. Rance took the opportunity to infiltrate in the Mayor's House of Henderson's main headquarters, located in the City of L-Zile. Meanwhile, Henderson was playing around with Maria by teasing her after giving her an intense aphrodisiac and remained unaware that Rance managed to free the Leazas brainwashed soldiers from their mind-control after defeating Sapphire. Rance then attacked the inattentive Henderson and they fought a very brief battle where Henderson casted a transformation spell to turn him into a Stone Guardian, however, Rance quickly slashed him with his sword before his transformation was finished, killing him instantly and saving Maria before he managed to have his way with her.

Personality and Appearance
Henderson is a soldier of the Helman Army noted for his elegant and aristocratic manners. He's a flamboyant man, with a deep love for beauty and with an eccentric behaviour. He dresses in a lote more formal fashion than most Helman soldiers do, and seems to be quite skilled at keeping a tidy and spruce appearance. He has a long face, with a big and pointy chin and an elegant moustache. Despite his atempts at looking impecable, he's an unattractive man that mostly comes off as an unpleasant company.

Despite these sophisticated features of his character, he's a perverted man. When he finds a woman that fits his ideal concept of beauty, he would make all in his power to inspect her thoroughly in a way that most people would find grisly. He talks about how he wants to "savour" and "lunch" his preys, and carries a fork with him at all times. The way he talks and acts makes it difficult to determine whether or not he's sexual abuser or just a cannibal, which isn't a far-fetched idea. He's a very distasteful company, and his sociopathic traits perfectly showcase Helman's decay over the recent years.

Abilities
As one of the commanders of the Helman 3rd Army, Henderson has a military rank high enough to command a very high number of soldiers with relatively good ability. While he didn't excel at it, Thoma Lipton trusted him enough to leave him on his own and lead the charge to Kathtom, a city that, while small and very short on manpower, is noted for being highly technological and with powerful guardians on it.

His personal ability as a warrior is very low, and doesn't seem to have much experience or practice fighting on his own, as he was reckless enough to cast his transformation spell at a short range with the thought that his brutish opponent would wait for him to finish transforming into his final form. Despite this, he's supposed to be quite powerful when the transformation spell is fully casted, as Stone Guardians are strong monsters that can give a challenge even to high-level'd adventurers.

Trivia

 * In the Rance 03 Popularity Poll, Henderson was ranked 23rd in the males category.
 * It is believed that he might have been a Lycarman, one of the tribes that were slaughtered during the National Extermination of Foregin Culture that took place in Zeth in GI1011, as he's the only human known with an ability to turn into a Guy Monster.