Ronnie the Red

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**Ronald Freeman,** better known by his alias **Ronnie the Red**, was a villain during Act II of the Fire in the Sky.

Ronnie met his demise at the hands of Vanitas; whom skinned him alive.

He is currently on Ka and a part of *The DeKleiners*, a group that is hell-bent on destroying Klein Klemens. This is due to Klemens killing his brother Blaine.

## Biography

Since a young age, Ronnie has been stealing from those around him. Starting with petty crimes off the coast of Upsilon, he eventually ended up in a crew and stole the Pinachoan Diamond from the city of Pinacho in 9013. He proved himself to the members of his clan and became the leader of the Thieves in Upsilon, and eventually created his own Thieves Guild, the Running Red.

Facing stiff competition from the Vulvans, Ronnie had to make the presence of his guild more prominent. The Running Red attempted to steal the Crown of King Argo Tremax but failed miserably and were charged with treason. Ronnie and his brother escaped the clutches of the Tremekian Army, and took refuge in their hometown of Ragrao until joining the Vulvans in 9016.

After several lucrative years with the Vulvans, Ronnie called the leadership of the guild into question and was then flogged publicly for his mutiny. The redness on his bare buttocks caused the thieves in the city to begin calling him **Ronnie the Red**, a nickname that stuck with him for good after he murdered the three leaders of the Vulvans in the Plaza of Eugenesis in 9024.

Now the self-proclaimed leader of the Vulvans, Ronnie expanded his empire to span all of Upsilon, Praxin, and the Quell. It was not until 9040 that he split from the guild to search for more information regarding a prized jewel in the country of Roamsen. After years of searching, he came up empty-handed and went to Praxin in search of more answers and to reconnect with his brother, Blaine the Blue.

Blaine was happier than ever to see his brother, but Ronnie had to go back to his search and Blaine had to go on a mission for the Vulvans in New Tides. The brothers parted amicably; promising to meet in the next year in Upsilon. After Ronnie's search ended due to a lack of information, he traveled to Upsilon where he met a woman named Amanda. They married in 9044 and bought a home in a city named Ragrao.

## The Noble's Despair

Ronnie is not seen in Klein Klemens' Origin, but his brother Blaine is murdered by Klein in 9044. This is not known by Ronnie until he meets Vesuvius Slade in 9045.

## The Vesuvian Conflict & The Vigilantes of New Tides

After a year of financial issues Ronnie is forced to search for regular work in Ragrao, and fails in doing so. He meets Vesuvius Slade in 9045, and is offered his old life of thievery back. He gladly accepts and his wife is upset to hear the news.

His first task is to travel to New Tides and "silence a farmer by killing her goat." Ronnie is not given the details of the task, and he travels to the continent and stalks a young woman named Zelda Amastacia and her goat, Basil. Ronnie believes the woman is harmless, and makes his presence known to her one day, saying that he doesn't "want to kill the goat, but I must."

Ronnie kills the young woman's goat and she swears vengeance against him; all while not knowing that the goat was a human transformed by the witches Ting & Ping as punishment for betraying Vesuvius.

He goes home to Upsilon and is approached by Slade with a new task: to train a boy named Garner Ironblood to be a thief. The hotheaded Ronnie immediately takes on the task, only to learn that the boy is still very young. He is unable to make the boy steal or do anything bad due to the boy's commitment to virtue because of his father's teachings. Ting & Ping wipe the boy's memory so that he forgets his old life, and Ronnie explains the situation to his wife Amanda. Amanda tells Ronnie that she will not allow him to taint the boy, and that she will raise him to be good. Ronnie initially refuses, but at the threat of a divorce he relents.

She renames him Dandy, and due to his defeat Ronnie goes back to thievery, joining a small guild called the Rousers in Eugenesis.

He has a brief scuffle with the Fools of Lyonus in Upsilon in 9045.

Vesuvius later approaches him to help locate the Arcane Origins in 9046. He helps in order to get away from his wife and Dandy; feeling that the home life they were building together was not to his liking. He steals two of the Origins from the unsuspecting Vigilantes of New Tides but is then defeated on Ting & Ping's plane by them shortly thereafter.

Due to his failure, Vesuvius ordered to have him skinned alive. He was murdered in the woods near Saratoga by Vanitas in the middle of the night.

## The Travelers from Omega

After his death, Ronnie is sent to Ka. He learns the circumstances of his death from the Oracle at the Tempest and swears vengeance against Klein Klemens for murdering Blaine, and Alvera Runehartz for getting him skinned alive by Vanitas. Along with Elanor Gamgee and Warren Ironblood, they ambush the Travelers from Omega in Falliso but they are defeated.

He is currently still seeking revenge against the Travelers.