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Son Hak is the deuteragonist and male lead of the manga and anime series Akatsuki no Yona. He is formerly known as Son Hak (ソン ハク Son Haku?), the former General and Chief of the Wind Tribe. He is an adoptive grandson of Son Mundok, the adoptive brother of Tae-Yeon, and the childhood friend of Princess Yona and Soo-Won. Throughout the Kingdom of Kouka, he is known as the "Thunder Beast" due to his martial arts skills.
He was voiced by Tomoaki Maeno in Japanese and Christopher Sabat in English.
Overview[]
Hak is the childhood friend and personal bodyguard of Yona. As the strongest man of the Wind Tribe, known as "The Thunder Beast", he became their general and tribe chief, but he gives up this title when he is branded a traitor by Soo-Won and accompanies Yona to find the four dragons. He is secretly in love with Yona, but respectfully keeps his distance.
Appearance[]
Hak is described as a tall, well-built, and attractive young man with sharp blue eyes and broad shoulders. He has short shaggy black hair. He wears a sleeveless blue overcoat seamed with bluish-black hemlines over a royal blue robe with black collar and sash. He ties black ribbons in a crisscross pattern over the lower half of his sleeves to prevent them from getting in the way when he is fighting. Underneath his robe, he wears black pants and a pair of dark brown boots overlaid with more crisscross-patterned ribbons.
Personality[]
Snarky, nonchalant, and often found teasing the Princess, Hak was appointed as her bodyguard by Emperor Il at the age of 15. Despite having feelings for her from a young age, Hak's goal in life was to become the right-hand man of his best friend, Soo-Won, once he became the next king of Kouka, and he had resolved himself to serving both of his childhood friends for the rest his life. However, after Soo-Won's betrayal, Hak was forced to save Yona from imminent death, and bring her to the Wind Tribe for her safety. Falsely rumored to be the murderer of Il and to have kidnapped Yona, he attempted to leave the Wind Tribe as a fugitive, but after Yona's persuasion, decided to go along with her as she travelled to find the four dragons to protect them.
Being a deeply loyal and straight-forward person, he was severely hurt by his best friend Soo-Won's betrayal and has arguably had a harder time coming to terms with it than Yona. Originally extremely overprotective of Yona, he later grows out of it when he sees her determination to become stronger and begins taking pride in her fiery side and decided to live for her. Along the way he started to make new friendships within the group and learning that he's not alone in the fight to protect Yona. Throughout his journey he also helped and trained Yona despite not wanting to in the beginning.
Abilities[]
Hak's a master of martial arts and uses a Guandao, a Chinese polearm and with powerful swings and swift direction changes. Likewise, he can deal powerful blows.