Sarumonin

Sarumonin (born during the Winter time, in the early 1900's, according to lore) is a VTuber that focuses on gaming, mostly known for his work on TERA.
==Content==
Sarumonin, usually going by the name Saru, had his first video on March 3, 2018https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQvLVYIOMz4. In it, Saru showed off his character in PNG format (sometimes referred to as a PNGTuber), and revealed his partnership with En Masse Entertainment (the publisher for TERA). The video showcased new games, news and information for the games TERA, Closers Online, Kritika and Mavericks. After this video, on April 1st, 2018, Saru released his first guide video for TERA, "TERA [PS4/XB1] | Ultimate Leveling Guide, Masterwork Guide, & End Game Information!" which garnered over 60,000 views sincehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfaW8Rzf0Os. It became the most viewed video on the channel, skyrocketing his popularity in the TERA community as the new "face of TERA"https://tera-console.com/news/153, as dubbed by publisher En Masse Entertainment and developer Bluehole Studio. So much so, that Bluehole Studio created a TERA x Sarumonin collaboration event in 2021, selling items that were designed by Sarumonin as well. The video was later dethroned two years later by his review of TERA on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2020https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfHwB7k5T3U. Since then, he has been uploading regularly for games that he finds interesting, and recently started focusing on livestreaming. 
On August 5, 2022, Saru announced in a video titled "Goodbye"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47vX8_Zr8xs, that he would no longer be using the PNG format for the content with his original character, and instead would debut himself as a VTuber with a 3D Model, and finally a full story of who Sarumonin is, and how the character came to life.
==Lore==
Sarumonin is a descendant of a group of Puppet Masters that cursed him to have puppets for hands for the rest of his life.
===Puppet Town===
Saru was born in Puppet Town, a home to a group of magicians that has the power to control humans through the trick of puppetry. After defying the President of Puppet Town, Jimmy McBobby Jones, he was sentenced to exile. Saru was thrown in isolation, where a group of Puppet Master Bros (a cult of magicians with dark and weird magic) used their Puppet Magic to turn Saru's hands into the two things he loves the most, cats and dolphins. After this painful encounter, Saru travelled as the years passed by and yet age he did not. As a consequence, with the time that has passed, so had pieces of his memory. Saru has been seen talking to his puppets, even though they are his hands, because of the voices he hears from them. In reality, the voices are just him whispering to himself, but time has not been kind to his poor mind. Now, Saru plays games to pass the time even more so, ironically, and hopes to one day recover his hands.
===Timmy===
Timmy is the cat puppet attached to Saru's left arm. He speaks to Saru, usually in a strange, "gangster" sort of tone. Timmy may be cruel at times, but he takes care of Saru as well as his dolphin puppet brother, Billy. Then again, these are just fragments of Saru's mind attached to the puppets.
===Quotes===
*(YouTube Intros) "Hey guys, it's Saru"
*(YouTube Outro) "Til next time, friends"
*(Collab with the Community Manager in TERA, who started using his Squeaky Toy sound)https://youtu.be/eA8WuSbubFg?t=109 "She took my squeaky toy..."
*(playing My Hero Ultra Rumble, an anime game, against kids) "What now hoe, you talking so much smack? What now? Dead!"
*(Explaining a mechanic in Swords of Legends Online) "So no more playing ping pong with 2 balls, fellas... wait a minute."
*"To be honest with you guys, I have no idea what's going on. I have no idea when its going on, and I don't know how its going on. I'm going to bed."
==Partnerships==
Sarumonin's first sponsorship deal was with En Masse Entertainment, which was the publisher of TERA, Kritika, and Closers. The sponsorship allowed for Sarumonin's guides and news videos to be posted on the official launcher of TERA both on PC and Consoleshttps://mobile.twitter.com/Sarumonin/status/1121155224637464581.
Following this success, Black Desert's developer Pearl Abyss reached out and created a partnership with Sarumoninhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uINcWiDNz6k which allowed for him to give out special codes and gifts to the player-base. He was presented later on with a special gift from Pearl Abyss for both Black Deserthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0YzuTLRrto and Crimson Deserthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNMaodJuNbw, as a thanks for his partnership. 
In 2020, KRAFTON's Bluehole Studio signed Sarumonin to be the first and only Creative Strategic Partner for TERAhttps://twitter.com/TERAConsole/status/1329160847436951553?s=20&t=uwfbBaepyeKan095kaOz2A, allowing to create events, cosmetics and bundled items that players could purchase. This partnership also gave exclusive access to the developer studio, which allowed for Saru too release information such as the publisher migration detailshttps://www.mmobomb.com/news/tera-console-publisher-migration-details-revealed-pc-announcement-still-pending, Roadmap informationhttps://www.mmorpg.com/news/tera-console-receives-roadmap-elite-status-update-in-light-of-en-masse-shutting-down-2000119535 and information on how the new Battle Passes would workhttps://massivelyop.com/2021/02/05/heres-how-tera-consoles-battle-pass-will-work/. 
In 2021, Sarumonin teamed up with Gameforge to create content for the game Swords of Legends Online, which would provide Saru with codes and gifts to give out to the community of players. As of 2022, Sarumonin remains the #1 content creator for Swords of Legends Online, with the third highest viewed video on his channel being the "Swords of Legends Online - Is It Worth Playing in 2021"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a2UDXXP9WI review video, with over 60,000 views.
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Review YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2014