# Rat King Reference

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*-- Rat King*

A reclusive rat-human hybrid living in the sewers of Crossroads who somehow found himself invited to the Leagues.

<details><summary>Table of Contents</summary>

1. [Backstory](#bkmrk-backstory)
2. [Personality](#bkmrk-personality)
3. [Abilities](#bkmrk-abilities)
4. [Weaknesses](#bkmrk-weaknesses)
5. [Gallery](#bkmrk-gallery)
6. [Author's Notes &amp; Extra Facts](#bkmrk-author%27s-notes)

</details>### Backstory

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Rat King is a rat-human hybrid created through unethical experimentation from a hidden medical facility called KILLDECO. As a child, he fled to the sewers when the lab he was born in was burned down. KILLDECO has been searching for him since to little avail, and for this very reason, Rat King has no information on the nature of his creation.

Rat King was raised in the sewers with rats and exposed to all manner of garbage and filth, where the rats began to worship him as their king and a type of god because of his "immortality" (he is not immortal, but because of their shorter lifespan compared to his human lifespan, he appears to them as such). Rat King grew up without human connections or discipline, and as a result knows little about how to socialize with anybody who isn't a rat.

### Personality

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Rat King is reclusive, awkward, prideful and aggressive. Being raised by rats has made his behavior functionally that to an animal itself, as he lacks understanding of social cues and often does inappropriate things such as scratching himself with his leg, crawling like a rat, and not using utensils to eat. He lacks situational empathy and can come across as abrasive and even cruel, but it stems from ignorance rather than malice.

Rat King, despite the filth he lives in, is rather prideful and believes himself to be an amazing fighter and deserving of his own title as King of the Rats and the Terror of the Sewers. Having a habit for the dramatic, he has an intense desire to prove his greatness to the world at large. This paired with his lack of social skills can cause him to do inappropriate or embarrassing things that he lacks the understanding to see as such, like accidentally stealing others' belongings or smacking someone if they infuriate him.

Rat King lacks knowledge of basic things most take for granted, such as currency, basic manners, and social cues like smiling, waving, handshakes, bowing, insults and hand gestures. He also struggles with sarcasm and takes what others say at face value unless he has prior knowledge that refutes them. Despite his naïveté, Rat King is NOT a pushover and will eagerly become vicious when he feels it necessary, and due to his lack of social tact, will often not feel the need to hold back in terms of violence.

Much of Rat King’s treatment of others reflects how they treat him initially; he acts hostile towards those he perceives as hostile or kindly towards those he perceives as kind (however skewed this perspective is, because Rat King can be easily won over with food or gifts). His greatest wish, despite his difficulty around humans, is to have a normal life in which he is truly loved. Because rats have a lifespan of only a couple years, he’s outlived generations of them, which makes it hard for him to get attached to them and has caused him to see them as tools rather than family, though they’ve essentially been the only source of affection he’s had his entire life, making his relationship with them both complicated and dependent.

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</td></tr><tr style="height: 57.7812px;"><td style="height: 57.7812px; border-width: 1px;">**Race**

Rat-human hybrid

</td></tr><tr style="height: 57.7812px;"><td style="height: 57.7812px; border-width: 1px;">**Gender/ Sexuality**

male/ asexual

</td></tr><tr style="height: 57.7812px;"><td style="border-width: 1px; height: 57.7812px;">**Age**

19

</td></tr><tr style="height: 57.7812px;"><td style="border-width: 1px; height: 57.7812px;">**Weight/Height/Build**

Wt: 150 lbs.

Ht: 5' 9"

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</td></tr><tr style="height: 57.7812px;"><td style="border-width: 1px; height: 57.7812px;">**Hair/Eye/Skin Colour**

\[Black/Yellow/Green\]

</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1px;">**Distinguishing Marks**

- N/A

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</td></tr><tr style="height: 57.7812px;"><td style="border-width: 1px; height: 57.7812px;">**Strengths**

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- \[entry 1\]
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</td></tr><tr style="height: 57.7812px;"><td style="border-width: 1px; vertical-align: middle; height: 57.7812px;">**Dislikes**

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### Abilities / Strengths

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**Fighting Style:**

Rat King has no formal fighting training, and everything he knows is either self-taught or a skill his rats have taught him. This means he is incredibly undisciplined and will fight dirty to win with little care for principles and technique. He lacks skills and knowledge, but makes up for it with unpredictability and creative thinking.

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</div><div class="markup_a7e664 messageContent__21e69"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**Night Vision:**</span> Rat King can navigate dark environments with ease.</div><div class="markup_a7e664 messageContent__21e69">  
</div><div class="markup_a7e664 messageContent__21e69">**Claws and Teeth:** Rat King’s default means of defense. His claws and teeth can cut through metal or bone. </div><div class="markup_a7e664 messageContent__21e69">  
</div><div class="markup_a7e664 messageContent__21e69">**Speed:** Due to his light stature, Rat King has incredible speed and will run circles around his opponents.</div><div class="markup_a7e664 messageContent__21e69">  
</div><div class="markup_a7e664 messageContent__21e69"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**Pain Resistance and Invulnerability:** </span>Rat King can get injured, but has a very high pain tolerance and can ignore even the most grievous injuries for long periods of time, and does not get tired easily. He also can heal rather quickly. </div><div class="markup_a7e664 messageContent__21e69">  
</div><div class="markup_a7e664 messageContent__21e69">**King Rat Mode:** In the most dire of circumstances, Rat King can assume a more aggressive, rat-like form with increased strength. This mode allows him to physically overpower a stronger opponent, but Rat King also can lose control of himself and cause a lot of collateral damage that may not be related to the fight. This form also does not last for long periods of time due to the massive amount of physical and mental strain on Rat King’s body required to maintain it.</div></div></div>### Weaknesses

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**Fragility:** Rat King is not very physically strong and is generally not the healthiest due to living in such squalor conditions his entire life. A stronger opponent who is not dissuaded by his unpredictability could knock him out quite easily.

**Lack of Defense:** Rat King can be so single-minded towards winning or beating his opponent that he leaves himself open to attacks VERY often. He has a high pain tolerance, but he is not immortal and can be killed.

**Lack of Skill:** Rat King is a self-taught fighter, and lacks experience and the skills of trained fighters. A skilled opponent could easily cause him to slip up.

### Gallery

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</td><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 0px;">[![Rat King Audition Cover](https://aws-sloct.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-02/cover.png)](https://wiki.summerleaguesoct.com/books/2024-comic-iris-league/page/rat-kings-gallery "Rat King")</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 0px;">Character ref</td><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 0px;">Equipment</td><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 0px;">Rat King's Audition Cover</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Author's Notes

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#### Miscellaneous Facts About Rat King

1. Rat King's favorite food is cheese.
2. Rat King cannot drive vehicles. He does not understand how they work and assumes that "parking" the car is the same as crashing it into something.
3. Rat King does not understand money or the concept of stealing, and will gladly take items that he sees lying around that do not belong to him. He will not understand why taking it is wrong until someone reprimands him.
4. Rat King is childhood friends with Guadalupe Lopez, a blogger who records the Summer Leagues. She feeds him any extra food she has.
5. Rat King has a flat affect and struggles with facial expressions. His default face is a blank stare, and his smile is either awkward or unintentionally scary.
6. Rat King struggles to understand why murder is wrong, as he's outlived many rats and is a bit desensitized to death. That being said, if he became friends with someone and they died, he'd definitely grieve them and feel the full weight of it.
7. Rat King has very poor literacy skills. He can read and write, but not very well and misspells/misreads words.
8. Rat King has been arrested, but has broken out of prison so many times that the Crossroads authorities just gave up looking for him after a while.