Damien Naumann

Damien Naumann, also known as Populi, is a character in the universe.
==Biography==
During the 2040s, Populi was a recruiter of the Red Chrome Legion alongside Vox. After a series of failures against the Iron Sights and other parties which culminated in the Legion's embarrassment defeat near the smoldering Forlorn Hope, both Vox and Populi killed the Red Chromers' leadership in a bloody coup. Soon after, pieces of the former boss, Maniple, were found scattered around Little China, with Populi and Vox stepping up to fill the vacuum. Not much later, the new leadership swept through multiple homeless encampments around Night City, offering food and shelter for those who needed it in exchange for an oath signed in blood. This dramatically increased the number of Red Chromes, recruiting and radicalizing the new members into true believers.
Over the following months, Vox and Populi used the newfound strength to successfully lead the Legion against the Iron Sights, and after a series of victories, the Red Chromers went silent, fortifying their territory instead of expanding it. With their turf secured, Vox and Populi decided it was time to gain their reputation back by striking at the new Forlorn Hope, a place they had been monitoring ever since it started reconstruction. For that task, they killed Woodland Park residents Arthur and Annie Cartwright, two siblings living in the Shark apartment complex, and took their identities by bodysculpting their faces to resemble them. They also kept full physical scans of their bodies to be resculpted back when their mission was over. While Populi was watching over the Hope from the outside as Arthur, Vox infiltrated the establishment as Annie, a server for the soon-to-reopen Forlorn Hope. This plan was to be executed at the bar's opening night, when the more people would be present.
During the inauguration day, Populi hired a crew of mercenaries to collect a number of ingredients from Stems & Seeds at the University District and to toss them out. These were supposed to be collected by a different crew contracted by Marianne Freeman, with both groups eventually facing off. If Marianne's crew obtained the ingredients, the Forlorn Hope was able to produce their signature drink. Either way, the plan was for the Legionnaires to assault the Hope, with Populi leading them from rooftop. If the Hope's merc crew was able to find about the attack, they informed Marianne. Even with the bar ready, the Legion's attack was chaotic and brutal. Populin and his team used a zipline from the neighboring Shark to led the assault from the Hope's rooftop downwards, planting fire bombs on the top floor, though the the Hope fighters resisted them. Once Populi had planted a large fire bomb on the Freemans apartment, if he was able to, he tried to flee. Otherwise he made his last stand there. At the end of the night, the invading Red Chrome Legion force had been decimated.
==Appearance==
Prior to his bodysculpt to resemble Arthur Cartwright, Damien was described as striking white man with short-crop military-style blond hair and brown eyes.
==Stats & Equipment==
==References==
Category:Cyberpunk RED Characters