Ham Guy

**Ham Guy** is a ham obsessed Ko-Matoran who is currently living in the House. He is employed at IKEA and his arch-enemy is Lyra Heartstrings.

## History

The Matoran who would later become known as Ham Guy was born at an unknown point in time. His love of ham was apparent from an early age, and he legally changed his name to Ham Guy as soon as he could to further express this.

In 2020, Ham Guy entered Tanma’s Bar and ordered an extremely large amount of ham. Upon the arrival of his meal, he began consuming it with extreme haste, which caused other, less chadly bar patrons to be physically sick. Eventually Tanma kicked him out of the bar when his sweat began rotting the table.

After his lunch, Ham Guy drove to IKEA to begin his work shift. He encountered Mazeka, who was shopping for a new table along with Tanma. Despite their previous encounter at the bar, Ham Guy directed them to the flat-packed tables, demonstrating his kind nature.

As a result, Tanma later apologised to Ham Guy for kicking him out of the bar and allowed him access on the condition that he ate his ham in a less extravagant manner.

When Zardok came to power, Ham Guy was conscripted into his military forces and as such fought against Tanma’s resistance during the battle at Zardok’s Palace, first equipping himself with an assault rifle, before discarding the weapon and wielding a Rocket Launcher. During the battle, he shot Zorth with the launcher, killing her, before throwing the weapon at another Matoran. Jeremy then tackled him to the ground, but Ham Guy made a quick recovery and punched his attacker twice, with the second punch being powerful enough to knock him into a nearby wall. When the Ultra Weapon was deployed, Ham Guy acted as the weapons’ gunner, before it later blew itself in when Tanma stuffed a piece of rubble in its barrel. The resulting explosion threw Ham Guy into the palace’s door, rendering him unconscious.

After the battle, Ham Guy was taken to the local doctor’s by a few army deserters, where his wounds were treated. While Ham Guy received little injuries from the battle, the doctor observed that his insistence on consuming exclusively ham was damaging his health, and as such instructed him to consume fried onions as a treatment.

Ham Guy searched all of Bonkland for fried onions, but was unable to find any. As such, he resorted to stealing a bag of them from Lyra Heartstrings, who did not appreciate his act of theft and pursued him. Fearing for his life, Ham Guy grabbed a shotgun and hid himself inside a cardboard box, which Lyra quickly located. Terrified, Ham Guy let out a few shots from his weapon as she approached, prompting Lyra to throw the entire box down the Stairs with Ham Guy still inside. Lyra moved to retrieve her onions, but Ham Guy refused to give in and prepared to attack the unicorn. Unexpectedly, Bon Bon launched a surprise attack on Ham Guy, breaking his spine with a wooden chair, before leaving with Lyra. Several Hero Factory associates later found his body, and remarked on his apparent death.

However, in a surprising and unexplained turn of events, Ham Guy was not only alive, but completely cured of his condition. Being so close to death yet surviving gave Ham Guy a new outlook on life, as he now strived to consume every type of ham ever created. He began his journey at a local Sainsbury’s, where he located the ham after some slight geographical problems.

Ham Guy was the only planned participant of the 2022 annual holiday, however Lyra and Bon Bon stowed away in his transport after learning of his miraculous survival. They attacked him with a large hairbrush, but he recovered and met with Lockdown to purchase supplies to counter them. After doing so, Ham Guy set a trap for Lyra by placing a pile of carrots on the ground. When Lyra approached to eat them, Ham Guy dropped a metal grate on her.

After returning home, Ham Guy made a deal with Skitch for some rare imported ham to continue his goal. He met with Skitch in Tanma’s Bar to complete the trade, with Skitch informing him that he had placed the ham in a truck parked at the back of the bar. When Ham Guy approached the truck, however, the ham was mysteriously missing.