Let's "Rol"

Reserved

'Vacation'
'Discovery'
'Lizards?'
'FUCK, RAPTORS'
'Scared'
'Porn solves everything'

Okay, because an entirely lack of inspiration, I can't even start to try and finish the chapters in my story. But the only reason I even feel more of the story needs to be told is because Rol's Mental condition doesn't makes sense in the context of the story compared to the RPs. In the story thus far he is almost essentially faking his insanity, it is a persona used to relieve battle stress and keep emotions from getting in the way. However I planned to further expand on the evolution of Rol's psychosis in the remaining two chapters, but as that seems like an unlikely goal I will summarize the reasons for Rol being Rol.


"     Upon joining with Timothy Wrote in forming the country that once was the organization "The Ghosted Bays", as the General of Its military no less. Roltharus is sent with a platoon of men to scout the unexplored areas of the island the Ghosted Bays have settled on. While exploring, the Platoon encounters a dangerous native to the island. Raptors. The platoon is horrifyingly slaughtered with the exception Rol. The raptors intelligence were clearly above that of others and they had organized themselves in a way that would entirely distract Rol while the other platoon members were eaten. The Raptors retreated leaving Rol surrounded by the corpses of his fallen platoon membrs

Scarred emotionally while physically fine Rol continued to follow the raptors, were it to avenge the platoon members, learn more about that raptors? Rol hadn't the slightest clue, but he could not keep himself from following them. He located them in an abandoned laboratory. All signs pointed that due to experimentation this raptors gained an unbelievable level of intelligence (at least for the species), but even with that the creatures were bloodthirsty and violent. They noticed the bounty hunter in their lair and attacked him, vastly outnumbered and honestly frightened, the bounty hunter succumbed to his emotional trauma and physical exhaustion so he began losing conscious before being saved by Timothy. Kind of. 

See Timothy had known about the raptors and had willingly sacrificed his men in order to create a mental break in Rol's mind. Through a large amount exposition that a nervous pacing Tim delivers, Rol learns the origin of his power. While falling from the mountain he died, but another death on the mountain at the same time was that of an Ancient Demon, an original one. Shadow related of course. For whatever reason, the energy of the demon fused with the soul of Rol, dragging it back into his body, returning him to life and with extra perks. While he possessed the powers and even some demon like damage resistances (really, with the explosions Rol survives there has to be something) but his soul had simply absorbed the power and did not integrate with it somewhat limiting his powers, but also not allowing things that normally harm demons affect him anymore than it would a normal human. The shadow energy that existed in Rol began to adapt to his body, reacting specifically to certain emotions and processes (hence the Six Shadows and Cole). It is then revealed that Timothy knows this through a demon of his own. Another Ancient Demon, but it does not supply him power, simply a lasting life (Timothy has been around since the origin of Organized Bounty Hunting, so there have to be some interference for him not to be a prune in a wheelchair) and surveillance, in exchange for food and shelter. The surveillance aspect is how Tim found out about Rol. Tim knowing Rol's potential sought him out to use as an effective tool (powerful soldier, possible politic use), he manipulated things to ensure Rol would be drawn to the bounty hunting world.   

The demon explained Tim's Reasoning for the mental damage to Rol was to create an access point into Rol's mind that was protected by willpower and shadows. The fear of raptors did exactly that, allowing Tim to access Rol brain and eliminate the walls that separate imagination from reality/thoughts from actions/most social conventions. Tim did this, in grief clearly not wanting to do it. But with solid reasoning, Tim had protect the Ghosted Bay in anyway he could. In utilitarian ways (sacrifice a few for the sake of many) he'd kill innocents (the platoon members for example), complete tasks of terrorism, and other crimes to ensure the peace of the island was not disturbed. Because of this Tim hated himself to an extent Rol couldn't comprehend, but he also had to Keep Rol from revolting. Rol was rather moral (do not kill, yo) and somewhat intelligent; had he remained as such he could have rallied forces overthrown Tim. Which in the end would have spelled doom for the island. As Tim's dirty deeds protected the island from conflict. Explaining this to Rol while eliminating any organization in his mind, Rol maintained his ability to do anything he could prior, but with the concentration of a three year old. Forgetting things or prioritizing things in the stupidest order, unable to take things seriously. This made him an effective though somewhat inefficient warrior/bounty hunter, but also unable to revolt or go against Tim, politically. His mind was chaos but not lost. 


Occasionally Rol could step up to the plate as the whole person he once was, his shadows, attuned to emotions and empathetic (as well and formed fully prior to Rol trauma) could occasionally act as guidelines for his mind when they encountered other emotions. (see Rol making sense with the traumatized Jizzy in the first Necropalyse, Rol making sense in a tense situation between Riaden and Az in A Royal Pian.., etc.) And Cole continued to act as the subconscious and logic to Rol's crazy. Rol maintained grasps on a few things that were important to him when he was not crazy, e.g. Not killing, loyalty, comedy (mostly for himself), and complaining. But they have no sentimental personal value to Rol now and simply serve as Rules to live by. 


Tim was never okay with the choices he made but felt he had to make them nonetheless, so he told all of the allies Rol brought with him to the island about what he had done. But before action could escalate Rol, in his final moments of sanity simply told them 'let it happen'. Perhaps he understood he would have fought with Tim over the island, leading to its destruction, or he did agree with Tim's ideology, whatever the case, he's long since forgotten, but his allies listened and continue to live on and assist the island, hoping to eliminate the need for Tim's dark deeds.


Rol unsettled by his change, aware of what happened and who did what, but entirely unable to judge the situation properly, simply left the island to bounty hunt and found himself with an old bounty for a robot unit.. "


There we go.