Rhamuel (Rham) the Fighter

Rhamuel (Rham) the Fighter 

(he/him, adult, pansexual polyam)

Species: Roach

Design based on: Pill cockroach

Rham was around Colosseum of Fools ever since he’s known about himself. He was drawn to fighting due to his sturdy body and stamina. As a young fighter, the public loved seeing him battle due to always managing to pull through, winning or losing. Fighting became his life.

Although, before he became a little more recognized, Rham didn’t had a place to stay and would rest outside on the outskirts of the arena. He met Gambit there at some point and she offered him to stay and rest at her home at the mines when ever he was not fighting or recovering. They became close and eventually developed a crush on her but only stayed as very close friends.

When Gambit found Silva, he absolutely adored her. Rham looked forward to staying at the mines when ever he wasn’t busy fighting, just playing, talking and sparing with young Silva while enjoying the family like moments he always missed out on in his life. 

Eventually, he was also contacted by Taka, requesting him to find an item to keep in touch with him while dreaming as well and the two became friends. Both of them trained Silva mentally and physically.

Rham was at the Colosseum when the infection struck the mines and he managed to come back to it only after Gambit passed away. He spent some time grieving with Silva but also helped her build a safe home for her to stay until she moves out or leaves when the situation subdued. He had promises from Taka that he would keep her safe. In order to earn Geo for both, Rham always went back to the Colosseum to fight.

When Silva decided to leave the mines, he trusted on Taka to keep him updated about her via dreams but still couldn’t help but worry about the butterfly.

If he is upset, he doesn’t really hide it or keep it to himself for later. He doesn’t hold back on opinions and feelings so his open communicative personality keeps him grounded and easy to understand, respect, love etc. He really hides nothing and it’s not like he can. Reading Rham’s state of motion is easy due to his body language, which isn’t even necessary because he will talk about things.

Rham has colisseum mode where he’s use to appearing big, imposing, visibly tough and maybe a little scary due to his size. He can get this defensive in attitude and posture when his family is danger. Often, he is cool headed because he is capable of taking on enemies and endure strikes. The only time he lost cool is when Zeeke threatened to harm Pim, while also not being a good time to lose it. The big guy doesn’t know about being subtle.

Funny enough, this openness and kindness makes him such a lovely family member. He likes to prep meals and cook, have gentle talks and affectionately care for others while also keeping himself passively firm about his beliefs and mortality. He’s really meant to be the type with a family, since that’s where his softness trully thrives and everyone loves him for it.

Yet, he won’t retire from coli just yet. He trains “the kids” for the fights there and understands he can’t protect Silva and Yonna from dangerous of such place and the arena forever but he will be damn sure they can protect themselves on their own. He’s a good teacher and despite being a big softy and rather emotional, Rham can be rough.

He suffers a similar issue as Silva, where the possibility of losing someone close to them to infection freaks them out. Neither handled the fall of the crystal mines well, especially after losing Gambit. Rham at least had way of occupying his mind with fights he had to earn geo for Silva and him but it wasn’t doing well for him in the long run.

He became a little distant and only took care of Silva when he could. The support he got the most of was from Loy at the colosseum. If it weren’t for him, Rham would have succumbed to depression. Now that there is a new little family group formed, he’s finally himself again!

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Characteristics:

+: Gentle, strong, welcoming, emotional
-: Worrywart, blatant, lonely, tolerant
n: Parental, would give anyone a chance, falls in love easily

Iventory:

• Essentials: Food and water. Probably Geo.
• A simple cloth: A piece of cloth of a cloak of someone from the past. Carries Taka’s ash and the essence of the dead.

Relationship(s):

Rham is a polyamorous fella along with his current partner, Big Loy. The two spend a lot of time together when relaxing after battles and are always happy to see each other and look after one another.