Roeben

Roeben is a background character in the WCT Anime Mudae OVA, only appearing from behind and in the shadow of Jace at the moment of his death, taking custody of Rem, and later winning Subaru from Wahlig offscreen in a high stakes chess match, as mentioned by Wahlig in the Arc 4 post credits scene. His current or true allegiance is unknown.

Appearance
Roeben's true appearance is that of a thin, brown haired, brown eyed caucasian man of average height. Though he prefers to hide his eyes with a pair of sunglasses. It was revealed in the official Mudae OVA art book that he is almost entirely blind, and hides this fact with his massive prescription sunglasses as he is afraid that if he wears ordinary glasses, his tiny eyes will be ridiculed by others. Exceedingly normal looking otherwise, he can vanish into a crowd of normies almost entirely unscathed, hiding his power level to the point of invisibility.

Personality
Roeben seems to be capable of speech in a variety of languages, though tends to prefer English, Dutch or German for meaningful interactions. While he tends to be generally cooperative and cordial with most WCT characters, his personality reacts explosively with Purv, and despite their loose working relationship in Hell, is not immune to his powers.

Initial Manifestation
On July 3rd, 2020, Roeben appeared in WCT for the first time, arriving late to Mudae, more than a week after it was reinstated in the server. In a matter of weeks, Roeben shot up in the rankings at a speed only matched by S1ck, with whom he would develop a fierce but one sided rivalry. Unable to collect a Harem at the same size and deprived of the constant donations and wealth transfers that S1ck was privileged to, a darkness was born in his heart that would never truly be dismissed. Without Inheritance or Waifus, his soul was saved by Rem, inducting him into the RRF. With a reborn and angered Rem on his side, his fortunes swiftly turned and soon he was perfectly poised to rise to the top, chasing his target with dogged determination.

It is rumored that in exchange for Rem's help, he was contractually obligated to collect Subaru into his collection as well, his own overtures towards her rejected firmly. He accomplished the task with an unspoken of offscreen negotiation with Wahlig, followed by a high stakes winner takes all chess bet. It is unknown how he won, and Wahlig refuses to speak of the matter, though oddly the event has elevated their friendship.

Rising Star of Hell
In a time of chaos, where constant dramatic battles were being started by other mudae users, the ancient moderator council decided to grant moderator powers for someone experienced and knowledgeable in the mudae bullshittery. Roeben had made one fatal miscalculation in the lead-up to the election however, as a falling out with Byren lead to one single vote of no confidence, Whilst S1ck received only one abstained vote. With equal votes for, but with an abstention versus a vote against, the coveted leadership title of Mudamod was given to S1ck with the slimmest of margins.

Despite this setback and lack of inheritance, he was the first non-AI to reach 100,000 Kakera Value even before S1ck, though it had cost him most of his human nature. Even now the amount of waifus in chains, labelled with "For Sale or Trade" are ubiquitous in Hell, and many despise him for his cruelty and lack of divorces.

The Fall
Without a clear goal, his humanity flickering out and with the coveted Mudamod title slipping through his fingers as well, a period of darkness and aimlessness has crept into his behavior, causing rapid mood swings that alternate between extreme anger and passive acknowledgement of his mistakes.

Some whisper that new plans and schemes are forming even now, but whether or not his ambitions will prove a true risk to the newfound stability of Hell remains to be seen.

Powers and Abilities
Idiot Savant: Like how his mood seemingly swings randomly, so does his intelligence. At the low end, he becomes temporarily imperivious to Purv's passive, whilst on the high end, he becomes extremely focused, able to write great political treatises that baffle the average onlooker, with a subsequent fall in resistance.

Custodian of Rem: In addition to having gained control of Rem and able to use her Oni Form as his Stand, Roeben is speculated to passively influence the RRF Gang from the shadows of Hell as a shadow leader, giving him a great amount of soft power. Shockingly, the rest of Hell has accepted this reality without complaint as his reverence of her is the lowest in intensity out of the entire RRF Gang. Whether or not he is hiding his true power and affinity with her remains to be seen, as reuniting her with Subaru seems to have unlocked an unknown hidden potential.

Shining Dragon: Roeben is able to project 4.5V electric shocks from any part of his body. He calls this ability the "Shining Dragon".

Weaknesses
Tuesdays: Working in the "Office" on Tuesday, his reception to Hell is dreadful at best, giving his rivals an opening to strike back and claim his waifus before he even has the chance to send his commands.

Disabilities
Muv-Luv Comparisons: According to him, everything from Rezero to Attack on Titan is just a "MuvLuv Rip-Off, by which I mean, heavily inspired by MuvLuv." Whether or not this is actually true is impossible to confirm, partially because nobody plays 20 year old Visual Novels, and partially because almost nobody on the server was born before 2004 and therefore is unlikely to know about it.

Normie Skinwalker: Posts mainly in #political, #in-real-life and #languages to maintain his Normie facade. Regularly can be found pretending he has a normal life so that he doesn't stand out. This is completely misguided; nobody in this goddamn place knows what the fuck they are doing and being the only old dude in a group of (man)children leads to him looking like an overcompensating self important blowhard. Seriously dude, nobody gives a fuck about your mortgage.