Punk Rymarz
Portrayed / Voice Acted by: Josh Duhamel
Brief Bio and Appearance:
Very little is known about Punk since his arrival to Viscara other than he was held in cryostasis for many years. He wields a suit of iridescent, violet Mandalorian armor that shows extremely fine polish, indicating he takes religiously extreme care of it. He is trained and equipped with an array of weapons and tools for combat and surveillance, proficient with both the Blaster Rifle, Vibroblade, and wide assortment of various grenades and thermal detonators that line his utility belt.
Those with a wide understanding of Mandalorian lore would recognize the specific type of jetpack he dons is worn usually only by those who have earned it in a duel; usually against one who is part of a warring Mandalorian tribe. The jetpack however appears to be static, as he is never seen using it for flight.
Upon his vambraces are a series of control panels, buttons and sliders used for various means of communication as well as defense. Every piece of equipment he wears appears to match, but perhaps bolstered or soldered with upgrades here and there, suggesting he continues to remain fitted with the same armor he was found with upon awakening from cryostasis.
Although he is quiet, his physical presence and aura is loud, standing at a powerful for a human height of 6’4. When he speaks, his voice is subtly distorted and filtered due to the COMMS of his helmet through which he speaks with.
Character Inspirations:
Of course, I drew inspiration for the character’s overall demeanor from Boba Fett, but many design and personality elements from the characters Rain, HUNK, and Deathstroke.
Rain is the Ninja prince of Edenia from the Mortal Kombat series, and as a half-god, wields the ability to control both water and lightning. He uses these abilities to pierce with water jet streams, shock and stun with lightning, and even imprison and hold opponents in place via a limited control of the water in their body. He was one of my main and favorite characters in the game. Punk’s preferred method of combat utilizes range to either maim or disable the opponent in these similar ways.
HUNK is the codename of an Umbrella Security Service operator, who was the leader of the ill-fated Alpha Team under the employment of Umbrella. Cold, silent, and devoid emotion.
Almost nothing is known about HUNK’s history, even his real name. In only two years after finishing his military training, HUNK proceeded to carry out a large number of successful operations, many of which he was the only survivor. This earned him the nickname “Grim Reaper.” Overall, he is a legendary mercenary and devised the original fighting style C.Q.B.Z (Close Quarters Quarantined Battle Zone), as well as equipment and custom weapons formulated specifically to destroy zombies and quarantined such as the Zombie Beil, Zombie Eisen, Zombie Jammer, and the Bite Guard. He’s a successful operator and improvised engineer like I imagine Punk would be, in addition to being enigmatic.
Deathstroke is both a skilled swordsman and marksman, as well as a master tactician and strategist. He holds with himself enhanced senses such as hearing, smell and even vision. He carries with him superhumanly enhanced strength, agility, speed, stamina, durability and immunity; something Punk may possess a degree or amount of, given survival is at high risk due to the dangers of being in cryostasis for prolonged periods of time.
OOC:
PUNK RYMARZ is a name I actually picked from a mandalorian name generator LOL. I knew in my mind I wanted a shining violet Mandalorian; the name “Punk” instantly stood out for me given what I had in mind for this toon, so I decided to go with that.
Rymarz is ACTUALLY a hypocorism for his true given name. One with deep knowledge in Mandalorian lore would be able to recognize this. It is simply said and pronounced as Rymarz (rye-marz) to make it easy to speak and spell.
His actual last name is “Riyemavzu.” (REE-yay-mahv-soo), which means Favored, and still free (LIT).
I imagine he has the appearance, physicality and voice of actor/VA Josh Duhamel (Transformers, Batman the Long Halloween, Call Of Duty WW2)
