Rasmus Clypeus

> "*It's just you, then? **Shame**."*
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**Rasmus Aron Clypeus II**, commonly known as **Rasmus** or **The Shield** was Augustus's top agent in his division of The Four Kings during the Four Kings Crisis, but defected to the Baker gang as Augustus grew mad with power and betrayed him in the end. He is currently working alongside Kong to eradicate the Resurgent threat.

## Appearance

Rasmus is a tall, well built young man with tan skin, brown eyes and scarlet red hair. He has several ear piercings and tattoos scattered across his body. His general outfit consists of some type of leather jacket over a shirt with his preferred pants being jeans with boots. Rasmus has a bionic left arm covered with synthetic skin as a result of an injury during Augustus' confrontation with Valentino.

## Personality

Rasmus Clypeus is noted for being exceptionally aggressive in casual instances and on missions. Regardless of what people think, he was one of the best strategists and agents in Imperialis, only having been bested by Augustus. He is smart and powerful, and he knows this well, and has great confidence in that. So much so that often times he may come off as too confident or cocky.

Rasmus gives off these impressions, but few know the truth. Rasmus is a man with deep self hatred due to feeling partially responsible for KORR and a life built on hurting others. His mental health, however, has significantly improved in the Baker gang.

## Past and Upbringing

Rasmus Aron Clypeus II was born to be the successor of Aegis Incorporated, a notorious defense contractor that sells its arms around the globe. He was groomed to be a successful business man, and a prime example of what a warrior from Aegis should be, and initially grew up eager to meet these expectations. As time went on, he grew more distant from his families' desires and began to fantasize on having a role in global politics, wishing to help those in need instead. After a horrifying discovery, Rasmus realized this fantasy would never come to fruition. His family had developed a massive arsenal of nuclear and biohazardous bombs that would later go on to be used in Protocol KORR.

Rasmus came to the conclusion that his family simply did not care - as far as they were concerned, this was simply a big sell for them. Horrified and disgusted by this, he left his home country of Macedonia, cut ties with his family and went into exile into Italy where he met Augustus; an ambitious young man with ideals he agreed with set for the city of Florence. He would accompany Augustus from then on, becoming his right hand man within Imperialis right from its very beginnings. He was there when Valentino defeated Augustus in a duel, and was the one who first came to his aid. It was he who recommended he accept Dreadnaught's offer, and it was Rasmus who helped Augustus succeed enough to reach that point in his life. The end result of the Four Kings Crisis saw to the end of this relationship, leaving Rasmus and Augustus as former friends with bad blood between them.

For a brief moment during the first years of Imperialis' integration within the United States, Rasmus briefly joined the North American Refugee Effort (NARE) in helping refugees affected by KORR. It was the only possible way that he could at least help repair the damage caused by something he could have stopped. He would later meet Ryder and Noisy's group in the state of Michigan, being briefly caught in a romantic relationship with Leon, Noisy's sister. They would have a falling out later that year resulting in a fight between Noisy and Ryder versus Rasmus, with Rasmus besting both and unfortunately leaving both Rasmus and Leon heartbroken.

## Powers and Abilities

**Kinetic Energy Absorption** - Rasmus can sap away the kinetic energy out of an attack and reuse that energy for a counterattack that is twice as powerful than the initial action. This works for bullets too. For example, if Rasmus were to absorb the kinetic energy behind bullets hitting his shield, he could transfer that energy into his spear to make it fly twice as fast compared to the bullets fired. This power can only be initiated by physical contact, and it is heavily advised that opponents leave no room for Rasmus to counterattack, as results may be catastrophic for opposing forces.

* **Not So Fast** - A passive speed drain effect is active around Rasmus when he is mentally aware of danger, which is within a range of 9 meters. Bullets will hit slower than their initial speed and speedsters will notably find it harder to run as fast around him.

## Significant Traits

**I Am Rasmus** - Rasmus is an intelligent strategist and also has specialties in the field of weapons technology and bionics, with high confidence, aggression, and determination to back these traits up. Rasmus' morale is something not lightly broken.

**Good Arms** - Rasmus can throw his spear with terrifying accuracy with his regular or bionic arm, and his bionic arm is capable of delivering severe blows with or without the use of Invicta.

**Ultimate Defense** - Rasmus plays an extremely strong defense, with a very strong dependence on counterattacks.

**Macedonia Forever** - Rasmus can use Epektasi and Invicta as if it were an extension of his arm as a result of his training received from Imperialis and his family.

**Eagle Eye** - Like all members of Imperialis, Rasmus knows how to handle most firearms. He is exceptionally talented with DMRs and can hit targets normally difficult to hit.

## Equipment

**Epektasi** - A weapon designed by Rasmus and made by Dreadnaught, Epektasi is a mechanical weapon that can shift from a scoped long range DMR with a folding stock into a 7 foot long double bladed spear made up of an extremely rare lightweight Titanium alloy. The shaft of the spear can collapse and change its height so that it can fit into close quarters combat. Only one blade in the spear form can fire rounds. Epektasi's color palette is solid black and gold, with hints of purple.

**Invicta** - Invicta is a shield made up of the same alloy used to make Epektasi with a design similar to that of a Greek Aspis. It shares a similar color palette to Epektasi, and has the Imperialis gang sign on the front of the shield. There is a compartment behind the shield that is used by Rasmus to hold Epektasi in its rifle form. It also comes with a strap so that he may carry Invicta on his back for easier travel. The shield can travel back to Rasmus' bionic arm on command due to a specially crafted signature based magnet.

## Trivia

* Rasmus enjoys riding motorcycles, and is known to personally customize some of the ones that he owns.
* Rasmus is rather talented with technology and weapons manufacturing, having designed his own weapons and optimizing his own bionic arm to fit his needs.
* Rasmus hates the beach, and especially dislikes going into the water.
* Rasmus has a soda addiction, and can generally be found drinking sprite when in casual instances.