Roderick O'Hara

= DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT INFO: =
DLC character comes with working costumes for Rudolph Barrett (Farmer), Gunnar Rulfson (Baker), Jean DuBois (Bartender) and Rottex (Cook, complete with the quote "Kiss the cook!" in the apron for laughs). Also comes with a patch which allows you to fight against Assad Kadar in Story and Online modes for free if he's not yet downloaded.
= GAMEPLAY INFO: =
== Special Moves: ==
* Tonfa-Hammer Toss: Hold B for three seconds, F + S (He tosses his Tonfa-Hammer like a boomerang, similar to Rody Birts' Revolving Rod, before it returns to his holding hand.)
* Magma Upper: Hold D for three seconds, U + S (He does an European Uppercut-styled strike with his Tonfa-Hammer engulfed with magma to his opponent.)
* Celtic Kick: Hold B for three seconds, F + K (He does the famous Brogue Kick, just like Sheamus, knocking his opponent down.)
* Igniting Lava: Tap D three times + S (He smashes the ground with his Tonfa-Hammer, summoning a lava geyser in the ground. Distance varies depending on the button: [LS] closer, [MS] medium or [HS] farther.)
== Spirit Summons: ==
* Feathers of Foundry: QCB + S and K (Magmagle launches ten magma-engulfed feathers to her opponent.)
* Heat Dive: HCF + S and K (Magmagle dives towards her opponent at contact with lava surrounding her, sending her opponent to the ground.)
== Limit Breaks: ==
* Tonfa-Hammer Fury: Hold B for three seconds, F, B, F + 3S (He tosses his lava-engulfed Tonfa-Hammer, hitting his opponent many times, similar to Shikyoh/Mukuro's Mei Kyo Shisui Kyoki, before it returns to his holding hand.)
* Sulfurous Lava: QCBx2 + S (He smashes the ground with his Tonfa-Hammer, summoning a huge lava geyser in the ground, flying him/her down, similar to Terry Bogard's Power Geyser.)
* Volcanic Blacksmith*: Hold B for three seconds, F, B, F + 3S (Roderick prepares by flexing his armed muscle while he says "Hammer time, fella!" and then hits his opponent with his Tonfa-Hammer. Once it connects, Roderick smashes the ground with his Tonfa-Hammer, shocking it with a powerful wave heading to where his opponent is located. Once it makes contact, he starts to generate lava from his Tonfa-Hammer while he spins it and then smashes it straight to his opponent, bouncing him/her to the "wall" and back, only for him to grab his opponent and slams him/her with the running crucifix powerbomb before he gets off to the hold.)
* = Requires the Maximum Brave Meter to perform
== Murder Acts: ==
* Forged Like a Volcano: U, B, F, F + MS (Roderick smacks his opponent's head with his Tonfa Hammer, flying his/her decapitating head upwards while leaving the headless body to erupt lava from the neck. Then, he engulfs his Tonfa-Hammer with lava and hits him/her so much that it causes the headless body to explode in pieces without leaving blood due to the lava burning it and then grabs the decapitated head with his weaponless arm in triumph. Physical Murder. Close distance.)
* Eagle's Wrath: U, D, D, B + MK (Roderick summons Magmagle, and orders her to attack while he says "Burn him/her!". The eagle spirit then soars to the skies higher and starts to generate lava around her and then she launches a celtic cross-shaped lava from her wings, implaling her opponent's torso, and lastly she directly hits him/her, separating the body in pieces before she returns to her owner. Spiritual Murder. Farther distance)
= MISC.: =
* Voice Actor: Stephen Farrelly (English), Kenji Nomura (Japanese), René García (Latin American Spanish)
* Intro Sequence: The camera focuses on a Tonfa-Hammer spinning backwards before we see a hand grabbing it. Then, Roderick holds his weapon and says "Taste the power of my Tonfa-Hammer!" before he goes to his fighting stance.
* Match Point Sequence: Roderick flexes his armed hand while he turns to his back as he says "Eat that, fella!".
* Victory Sequence: Roderick tosses his Tonfa-Hammer like a boomerang while he says "My Tonfa-Hammer is succesful!" and then returns it back to his hand and then finishes the sentence with "This will generate good sales!". Magmagle shows up flying before he lands to her owner's shoulder and then beaks.
* Stage: Roderick's Forge Workshop
* Rival: Assad Kadar
= STORY MODE: =
== Prologue: ==
(Shows the book in one page a drawing of Roderick tossing his Tonfa-Hammer, followed by his name below, and then in the other page, a series of texts will show up with the following prologue here.)
The blacksmiths are workers specialized in the creation of objects from wrought iron or steel by forging metals for the production of everyday utilities, as well as the instruments of combat themselves, the weapons.
In Dublin, Ireland, lives an ordinary man named Roderick O'Hara, famous for inventing revolutionary weapons ahead of the time. One of the weapons he invented is the hybrid Tonfa-Hammer, which combines the agility and strength of the namesake weapons he combined.
Before he starts to invent more hybrid weapons for mass production, Roderick decides to travel around the world to test the capabilities of the Tonfa-Hammer. Only this way will show that his inventions will change the weapon factory forever.
== Stage 4 Interlude - VS. Gretchen Eillan ==
=== Pre-Fight Cutscene: ===
(Scene takes place in Gretchen's Lab. Roderick opens the door and enters the place.)
Roderick: "Is someone here?"
????: "Yes!"
(Gretchen then arrives and greets Roderick.)
Gretchen: "So you must be Roderick, right?"
Roderick: "Exactly, fella! Do you want to test my Tonfa-Hammer?"
Gretchen: "Of course I am!"
(Roderick gives his Tonfa-Hammer to Gretchen and then she launches it like a boomerang, but during the course, the weapon crashed with the crystal ball, shattering it and then returns the weapon back to the blacksmith.)
Gretchen: "I'm sorry, sir!"
Roderick: "That's because you are not yet experienced with my invention!"
Gretchen: "However, I got a freaking wand!" *she summons her floating wand* "Let's see how this ends, right?"
Roderick: "All right! This is gonna get good!"
(Both are now in their fighting stances.)
=== After Match Cutscene: ===
(Gretchen gets up easily.)
Gretchen: "Nice sparring match!"
Roderick: "Thank you, fella!"
Gretchen: "Forgot one thing to do..."
(Gretchen fixes the crystal ball and puts it back to its corresponding place.)
Gretchen: "Much better!"
Roderick: "Does this thing work?"
Gretchen: "Of course!"
(The crystal back then shows Deathstructor and his Deathopian undead army fighting against the Irish soldiers.)
Roderick: "No way! Is that... Deathstructor?"
Gretchen: "Yes! He's back from his unsealing, and plans to leave our world into a lifeless state."
Roderick: "That's horrible! I don't want my homeland to become like that!"
Gretchen: "I heard you invented the daggers that my sister took?"
Roderick: "Yeah! However, I decided to not make a new pair because I prefer to work for my people, not for the royalty."
Gretchen: "I understand. Hope you return well in your journey!"
Roderick: "Thanks, Ms. Eillan! By the way, please convince your people that you're not that bad."
Gretchen: "I will do that!"
(Roderick and Gretchen shakes hands as the former leaves the lab. The camera focuses on the latter summoning a book for her to read.)
== Fated Battle - VS. Assad Kadar ==
=== Pre-Fight Cutscene: ===
(Scene takes place outside of Deathstructor's Castle, where we see dark brown mountains, a couple of bones and dark gray clouds that cover the entire sky, followed by lightning coming from said clouds.)
Roderick: "One step more and I will become famous!"
(Just when Roderick almost steps the bridge, a wave of sand from the ground traps his feet.)
????: "I don't think so... if I were you."
(The sand dissipates and then Assad lands to the scene in front of Roderick.)
Roderick: "Who ordered you to do so?"
Assad: "I serve the Order of Sand, commoner."
Roderick: "So, are you an assassin by chance?"
Assad: "Don't ask me questions!"
(Roderick challenges Assad and goes to his fighting stance.)
Roderick: "This means you are fighting me, fella!"
Assad: "That's right! Time for you to be vanquished!"
(Assad accepts his challenge and goes to his fighting stance.)
== After Match Cutscene: ==
(Assad is knocked out.)
Assad: "I can't believe I lost!"
Roderick: "For what reason did you come here?"
Assad: "Only this time... My master told me about Deathstructor and his undead army."
Roderick: "Deathstructor, you said?"
(Assad gets up easily.)
Assad: "What he's planning against the Order is unforgivable."
Roderick: "So we have a shared enemy in common after all, fella."
Assad: "The Order wants his eradication so we can assure the safety of mankind."
Roderick: "And so do I, to be precise."
(Roderick shakes hands with Assad.)
Assad: "I'll be continuing watching around the world... Wish me good luck."
Roderick: "So do I too! Time to show him what my weapon is made of!"
(Roderick runs towards Deathstructor's castle.)
== Sub-Boss Cutscene: ==
(We cut to Deathstructor's lair as we hear his laugh as he sees Roderick through a crystal ball.)
Deathstructor: "So you have decided to fight me... However, this isn't going to happen soon."
(Deathstructor's skeletal right hand glows to the crystal ball. We cut to the castle with Roderick walking towards, as a black energy teleports him to a platform in a cave with lava surrounding it.)
Roderick: "Hmm... the lava in this place is so familiar to me."
(We hear an animal growl for a while. Then, an hybrid creature starts to land the ground with a huge shockwave.)
Mantigore: "Nobody's going to step Deathopia, mortal!"
Roderick: "I have the right to step it, fella!"
Mantigore: "No, you don't! Deathstructor wants you dead!"
Roderick: "Listen, Ancient Spirit! He's manipulating you!"
(Mantigore screams in front of Roderick. The latter is now in his combat stance afterwards.)
Mantigore: "I'm going to crush your precious Tonfa-Hammer now!"
Roderick: "You will take it... over my dead body!"
== Final Boss Cutscene: ==
(Mantigore gets up easily.)
Mantigore: "Impressive weapon of yours, Roderick!"
Roderick: "I fabricated it myself, believe it or not!"
Mantigore: "My time here is over... go to his throne room as I'm going to rest myself peacefully at my homeland."
(Mantigore's eyes start to close as his ethereal body starts to disappear in front of him.)
Mantigore: "Well... it seems he's passing a better life."
(We cut to Deathstructor's lair, as he gets angry for Mantigore's vanishing, seeing through a crystal ball.)
Deathstructor: "What? An ordinary blacksmith defeated Mantigore?" *gets enraged* "So be it... time to show him that not even the common of the people are safe!"
(Deathstructor's skeletal right hand glows to the crystal ball.  We cut back to the cave as Roderick is feeling a strange sensation.)
Roderick: *sighs* "Is there a day where nothing happens to me?"
(Dark energies causes Roderick to be teleported to Deathstructor's throne room, a place located in the top of the castle, decorated in dark fantasy architecture. Deathstructor is seen sitting in his black throne.)
Deathstructor: "So, you're the so-called blacksmith from Ireland."
Roderick: "That I am in first place, fella!"
Deathstructor: "Let me present to you the future harbinger of apocalypse, Deathstructor."
Roderick: "There will be no apocalypse, skeleton!"
Deathstructor: "How dare you to interrupt my plans?"
Roderick: "Because you're nothing but an evildoer!"
Deathstructor: "Says the one whose country is inhabitated by alcoholics and aggresive brawlers."
Roderick: "Not every Irishmen drink beer or picking fights just for the heck of it."
Deathstructor: "You like to fight? Then fight me to show that the Irishmen are like that!"
Roderick: "With the weapon I invented myself, you are going down!"
(Deathstructor unearths his scythe, Black Cleaver, out of the ground and grabs it as he starts to walk outside of his throne to the square one in front of Roderick.)
Deathstructor: "Hah! Your weapon is everything but original. Not even the best blacksmiths can dare to create that!"
Roderick: "My Tonfa-Hammer is ready to separate every bone from your body!"
Deathstructor: "Let me see if your "invention" is capable to do."
(Roderick is now assuming in his combat stance.)
== Ending cutscene: ==
(Deathstructor is defeated, however he gets up easily.)
Deathstructor: "Beaten by a mere human like you is an insult."
Roderick: "You insulted my profession... you will pay!"
Deathstructor: "Then, you shall die, mortal!"
(Deathstructor runs towards Roderick and attempts to attack him, but is countered by his lava-engulfed Tonfa-Hammer, knocking the skeletal ruler in the chest before the latter gets up. Deathstructor starts to feel that his ironic death is starting now.)
Deathstructor: "What you did to me is absurd! I should have destroyed your weapon!"
Roderick: "Sorry, skeletal lord, I'm going to return what I like to do: making weapons!"
(Roderick leaves the castle as the components of it are starting to fall while energy waves are starting to surround Deathstructor.)
Deathstructor: "You will be fired, Roderick O'Hara!"
(The waves cause Deathstructor to explode into bones. We cut to Roderick leaving the castle and summons Magmagle as he grabs her feet and flies with him as the Deathopian castle is falling into pieces. We cut later to the weapon fair as we see Roderick's booth with a wall full of hybrid weapons with a theme sounding similar to the shop from the very first Breath of Fire.)
Roderick: "Step forward to the future as yours truly presesnts a new generation of hybrid weapons!"
(The atendees walk to his booth in front row. The first atendee is an Irish military guard.)
Irish Guard: "Sir, what do you have in store?"
Roderick: "I have a set of powerful hybrid weapons done by yours truly, fella!"
Irish Guard: "Like what?"
Roderick: "I made the Axe-Rang, the Bladed Roller Skate, the Wrist Rocket Flail and my most important creation..." *shows his Tonfa-Hammer* "The Tonfa-Hammer!"
Irish Guard: "I want an Axe-Rang!"
Roderick: "Wait a minute!"
(Roderick goes to his workshop as he prepares the molding for the Axe-Rang and then later forges it with ease. We cut back to the store as Roderick sends the Axe-Rang to the guard.)
Roderick: "Done and done! The price is 240 pieces of gold."
Irish Guard: *pays to Roderick the pieces of gold* "Thank you!"
(The guard leaves the scene with the Axe-Rang in hand. Later, we see Rudolph Barrett entering the shop.)
Roderick: "Welcome to my store!"
Rudolph: "Gretchen told me about your workshop and I'm asking you to combine my weapons into one."
Roderick: "The price will be of 360 pieces of gold for the combination."
Rudolph: "I can get with that."
(Rudolph sends his sword and shield to Roderick.)
Roderick: "This could be easy!"
(Later, we see Roderick pondering for a while.)
Roderick: "Hmm... what I can do with these!" *an imaginary bulb shows up in his head for a while* "Got it!"
(Roderick then grabs his tools to combine Rudolph's sword and shield in one. We cut back to the shop as Roderick returns with the fused weapon in hand.)
Roderick: "Here's the combined weapon!" *sends the finished piece to Rudolph*
Rudolph: "What? It's just a shield!"
Roderick: "Press the switch located in the handle!"
(Rudolph presses the switch and shows how the shield activates the sword underneath of it like a swiss knife in a similar vein to the Shield of Triumph from Power Rangers: Dino Thunder.)
Rudolph: "Awesome! With this, I'm now bringing justice to the next level!" *pays to Roderick*
Roderick: "Hope you will like the modifications I did, fella!"
Rudolph: "Name's Rudolph Barrett, but thanks."
(Rudolph then leaves with the combined weapon as Roderick then smiles.)
Roderick: "I like this job!"
(We cut to Roderick's Forge Workshop as he grabs an iron plate with tweezers from the forge and then the camera starts to zoom in said plate which says "The end". After that, the screen fades black.)
(Avril Lavigne's "Keep Holding On" starts playing as the credits which background is accompanied of a papyrus with ink-stained reflections of the Animal Spirits while the credits are rolling.)
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