Roger Lombardi

Roger Lombardi was a player character from New Nestor. He was a hitman with mafia ties played by Kaiju, known for "Heather," his barbed-wire covered bat; and his quest for a suitcase.
== Personality ==
Roger was a cold, sarcastic asshole of a man on the surface, only growing kind-ish when he got to form bonds. Roger was a tough man, exacting cruel justice onto those who he thought deserve it. He did not target innocents, but didn't discriminate in the people he squanders. He enjoyed food, and was incredibly dedicated and loyal. Only when the situation is dire did Roger fight dirty, only when there is absolutely no other choice.
== History ==
=== Before the Apocalypse ===
Roger was raised in Los Angeles, California an orphan adopted by the mob boss Albert Strollo, who raised him like a son. He gained an extensive knowledge of the workings of the crime world, working as a hitman for Strollo. He had a girlfriend named Heather at one point, before she later died. Once the apocalypse started, Strollo sent him on one final job. Return him the suitcase that Mike intercepted. At some point, he ended up taking residence in The Sunken Clam bar.
=== New Nestor Campaign ===
Emerging from the Sunken Clam's bathroom, Roger joined the New Nestor Party and immediately ordered a cheeseburger from Bridgette, the bartender. While she's cooking it, he asks about the suitcase, to which she responds that a bald man in a suit had it, with Cesar adding that he had a rose tattoo on the back of his right hand. Roger asks for cigarettes and a lighter, to which Tucker gives them to him, but only after confusing Roger with his statement of "rabbit ears." Roger takes on the quest to visit Roswell University, and on the way helps save Marvin from the looters invading his store.
At Roswell, Roger asks about the suitcase, to which Suzi replies that he hasn't been to Roswell. Ralph responds with his encounter with him at Home Depot during a supply run. When Sam and Garlos hold Ralph at gunpoint, Roger uses his interrogation skills to discern Ralph's intent. Despite clearing Ralph as legit, Sam ends up throwing a molotov at Ralph, before Garlos shoots him to death, culminating in the party getting kicked out of Roswell. When the party got back to the Sunken Clam, Roger tells Bridgette that Suzi is fine and asks for her payment. When Rachel elaborates, Roger gets pissed off at her, before she covers their collective ass.
Roger leads the charge to Home Depot, to where he finds nothing but a torn piece of a pamphlet for the Golden Grin Casino. Figuring that Mike is associated with them, he decides to find a way there. With Roy's guidance, the party eventually ends up in the sewer after an encounter with a zombie horde. While walking, Roger asks Roy why the husks were there, to which Roy doesn't know. He asks Adam for his condiment preferences, and he says he likes ketchup better due to its versatility. Encountering the altercation between the Sewer Rats and The Corsairs, Roger deals with the remaining Corsairs before Lucky gives them his proposition. Lucky is then patted down by Roger to make sure he is trustworthy, and after discerning he is trustworthy, Lucky guides him and the rest of the party out of the sewer. Roger takes part and killing Drake, and once the party enters the Golden Grin, Roger finds Mike in the crowd. Roger fights the Corsairs in the lobby, before shooting Mike. Sam finishes Mike off, and Roger looks in the suitcase, and peeks inside at its contents. During the bathroom confrontation, Roger persuades a Corsair to kill himself, before breaking another's shins and stealing his hat. Roger finds Sebastian in one of the stalls, and ignores his wishes to finish his last meal. Roger takes Sebastian's banana sandwich, slaps him with it, before eating it. He then makes an ultimatum with Sebastian, exchanging a fall from the Grin's balcony for his chance at survival. Sebastian stumbles off of the balcony and dies from this. Roger played one of the slot machines and won a banana sandwich, before finding cigarettes on the bodies of the Corsairs and being given some more from Sam. He goes to their kitchen, and grabs three cans of Chef Boyardee ravioli, before sharing in the sloppy joes Rachel makes. After leaving the Golden Grin, Roger and the rest of the party are surrounded by a zombie horde, before being saved by Eve.
=== During the Timeskip ===
During the timeskip, Roger and Shelby take a trip to California to return the suitcase to his boss, and check up on him. 
Roger is going to leave for California, and Shelby wants to come with him. Questioning why she would want to come with, she says she wants to repay him, and that it would be more fun to go with him than to stick around this shithole. Roger asks her what the deal with Sebastian was, and Shelby recounts it. She was a singer before the apocalypse, and Sebastian got an autograph from her. Thinking that she liked him, he began to stalk her, eventually kidnapping her after the apocalypse broke out, forcing her to be his wife. To make her feel better, Roger says "only pussies like Elvis." Shelby remarks that California has to be better than this shithole. At the mall, Shelby and Roger head to the tool store, and Roger gets Shelby a knife, asking her if she knows how to use it. Shelby tells him that she used to hunt with her father. Roger remarks that he'd never gone hunting, and that the only things to hunt in California are crackheads and fish. Roger gets a swiss army lockpick and puts it in his shoe. Roger explains this behavior as one time a "Cuban rat bastard" locked him in the basement for sleeping with his daughter, and that hiding things in the shoe can come in handy. Roger tries to teach Shelby lockpicking, and while she gets the basic principle, she doesn't understand it fully. Either way, Roger gets her one too. At the clothing store now, Shelby finds an outfit she likes and shows Roger, asking if he likes it. Roger says she does, and she gets it along with another outfit. Meanwhile, Roger gets a suit vest combo, and comments that Shelby has to pay for that. Roger asks if she'd ever been to an arcade, and she hadn't. The two play basketball and skee-ball, the latter of which Shelby lost, prompting Roger to make her wear an elf hat. Before they leave the mall, they get ammo from the gun store.
They stop at a hotel after getting high on weed from Roger's trunk. Roger wakes up with Shelby fast asleep, and makes breakfast for him and her, which she eats in under a minute. Roger checks on the suitcase, finding its contents safe and sound. Roger drives to his friend Wang's restaurant, to which Preach is supposed to meet him. When Roger arrives, Wang points a gun at him before realizing who it was, backing off. Wang is asked where Preach is, to which he doesn't know. Wang is shown the suitcase's contents, and is very confused. Wang makes the two some Chinese food, and Roger asks Shelby if she was a popular singer. She said she wasn't, at least outside of New Nestor. She also adds that she isn't originally from New Nestor. Wang brings the food, and Roger goes to hunt down Preach alone, to which Shelby steals his food. Roger makes it to the warehouse, luring the zombies away by throwing a brick through a neighboring store window. Inside, he sees Albert Strollo's watch on his desk, as well as blood on the floor. Examining the scene, he finds a note, saying that the monkey is useless, and that everyone is fine. Roger deciphers the note, finding an address. At the address, he finds Preach. Asking him what happened to Albert, Preach doesn't know. Looking around, Roger finds a propped open door, behind which is a tied up Albert. Pissed off, Roger demands an explanation to Preach, to which he says he had no idea he was back there. Roger stuffs Preach into his trunk, puts Strollo in the car, and drives back to Wang's to hopefully find some answers.
Roger puts Preach in the freezer, unties Albert, and uses Albert's rope to tie up Preach. Strollo, now on a table, tells Roger that Preach hit him over the head with a hammer, and that he has no idea what happened to Tony or Bloody. Wang is sitting as backup outside the freezer when Roger tries to interrogate Preach. Preach doesn't respond with an actual answer until Roger breaks his finger and threatens to rip out his teeth. Roger acknowledges he always knew Preach was a weasel, and eventually learns that Preach wanted to gain Albert's power and status. Roger, realizing how dumb this is, rightfully calls him out on it. He asks where Bloody and Tony are, to which Preach continues his denial. Roger cuts out one of Preach's teeth with a knife, before finally admitting he fed them to the zombies, knowing he couldn't deal with all three before one of them wakes up. Roger leaves the freezer and asks Albert what to do. Albert suggests treating Preach how he treated Tony and Bloody. Roger persuades Albert to come back to New Nestor with him, and he obliges. Preach is fed to a horde of zombies, pleading for his life, before the gang heads back to New Nestor.
=== Post-Timeskip ===
Roger is distrustful of, but goes along with The Wheelers' plan to bring them supplies, asking if Axeloiler is from Mad Max, prompting an angered response from him. When taken to the Wheelers' base, Roger receives a duffel bag full of melee weapons from Skullcrusher. Roger grabs a wooden bat and covers it in barbed wire, naming it "Heather." Roger asks why Axel is coming with them, and Skullcrusher whispers in his ear that Axel needs to go outside.
When the party returns to the Sunken Clam, Roger trains his party members. He asks for quests from the Merrymakers, before heading to Bobby's grave. Roger kills Dexter in a one-two with Heather, kissing the bat afterwards, before unburying Akira from his premature grave. Akira thanks him, before Roger digs up Bobby's corpse to check for his purse. Roger loots Bobby's purse, and gives the family photos inside to Hank. Roger is there to get the coffee for Miko.
Roger asks the church for quests, but is disappointed to find out they have none. During the visit to the Blue Moon Motel, Roger intimidates Isaac into giving him the keys to his truck. Roger pats Hank on the back after Sam force-fed him a whole pizza. When visiting Warren, Roger shot Mitch in the cock, before shooting him in the head. Roger returned the coffee to Miko, and got a cup of coffee brewed for him in return.
Roger persuaded Suzi to drop one of her guns, before taking Dean hostage. Roger shot her in the arm to make her drop the other one, before releasing Dean.
When Craig is first spotted, Roger is severely grossed out, and tries to shoot him, drop him from a high building, and crash a car into him, all of which don't work, and the latter of which risks his life. He then blew up the car to try and kill him to no effect. Roger explains to Dr. Noah Butcher that Craig slipped out of a husk, as if it gave birth.
Roger locks Craig in Adam's car, before telling Axel the bad news. Roger shoots the second thief, and loots the theives' bodies, finding bullets, a pistol, and a grenade, the latter of which he foolishly gives to Sam.
When Axel and Skullcrusher are arguing, Roger calms them down. Roger chooses not to eat, and tries to wake Skullcrusher up after he passes out.
Roger killed the majority of the Wheelers invading the church in an epic fashion, shooting them and stabbing one of them in the throat silently.
Roger remarks that God couldn't help the church, but St. Freeman acknowledges God brought Roger and the gang to the church.
During the final battle with the Wheelers, Roger breaks Skullcrusher's knee, knocks his helmet off with Heather, and nearly decapitates Spinemelter when he tried to rush Axel.
Roger hung Spinemelter up as a decoration and threw Craig at an unsuspecting Wheeler's balls.
Roger fought off the Injectors harassing the party.
After successfully crossing the balcony, Roger unintentionally weakened the balcony enough for Lance to fall after attempting to jump off of it. Feeling slightly responsible, Roger risks his life to right his wrong, presumably dying in the process.
== Notable Moments ==
* Finding the thread about the Golden Grin Casino
* Killing Mike after chasing the suitcase he had stolen
* Being one of only three people to know the contents of the suitcase
* Making Sebastian commit suicide
* Stealing ravioli
* Going on a road trip with Shelby
* Building Heather
* Training the party
* Killing Dexter
* Unburying Akira and Bobby
* Giving Hank Bobby's photos
* Shooting Mitch in the cock before killing him
*Almost killing himself trying to kill Craig
*Having a straight up John Wick moment at the church
*Knocking Skullcrusher's helmet off
*Slitting Spinemelter's throat and hanging him up as a decoration
*Throwing Craig at a wheeler's balls.
*Attempting to save Lance
== Trivia ==
* Roger is a fusion of the three main protagonists from Pulp Fiction, John Wick from the movie franchise of the same name, Mr. Blonde from Reservoir Dogs, and Nick from Left 4 Dead 2.
* Roger lasted the longest of any of Kaiju's characters in New Nestor, with 5 sessions.
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