Ratmen

**Ratman** (ネズミ人ラットマン, *Nezumi hitoRattoman*?) are a race of anthropomorphic rat.

## Overview

Ratmen is a beastmen. They are classified as fiends. They were originally humans.

Ratmen is a species created by Zand. They are new to the death kin group. However they are ranked in the bottom range of the death kin group.

## Culture

Ratmen serves the Specter Lord and the vampires. They can be an emergency food for the other death kin groups.

## Physical Attributes

They are as big as a human and stood on two legs. Nao describes them similar to Mickey Mouse in Tokyo Disney Resort. They wore a leather armour and wielded a short sword. Because they turned into beast, they couldn't use projectiles.

Beastmen such as ratmen has more sharper sense than humans. They are able to see in the darkness. They had the ability to erase their presence to the utmost, they are suitable for infiltration.

Ratman riding on a giant rat is called a **Giant Rat Rider** (巨大ジャイアントネズミ騎手ラットライダー, *KyodaiJaiantonezumi kishurattoraidā*?), they wield a spear.

## History

### Underground Waterway

The Hero of Light's Party, Beautiful Maiden Party, Novis and Decius encountered ratmen in the underground waterway of Ariadia Republic. Rino's illusion breaker eyes noticed the ratmen were humans. They were further ambushed by them, a Giant Rat Rider attempted to attack Shizufe, but Reiji used light bullet to protect her. Sahoko cast magic on an unconscious ratman, he turned back into a middle-aged man. Decius, Schizufe's party and Novis decided to retreat, they bring the former ratman. The hero's party believe Sienna was changed into a ratman.

Nephim, Gordan and the Freedom Warriors group were repelling the ratmen attack, they decided to retreat, but their escape route was blocked so they decided to find another path. Nephim and Gordan are the remaining warriors, the ratmen killed the others. They were about to face 30 ratmen until the ratmen heard the pipe and retreated.

Zeal led the ratmen to ambush the Beautiful Maiden Party, Novis and Decius. The ratmen tried to attack Novis when he used Beast Afflatus, however Shizufe used protection magic to block the ratmen attack. Novis used his great sword to cut down the ratmen. As Novis has become weaker in the fight with Zeal, Shizufe and the others couldn't rescue as there were a large number of ratmen. Many ratmen have been defeated, but there were too many. When Sienna appears and told Zeal that Kuroki is angry with him, Zeal quickly orders the ratmen to stop the attack. After Sienna defeated Ainoe, she blew the pipe to control the ratmen.

Tarabos transform into Baddon, he consumed the ratmen.

### Black Pyramid

Some ratmen has infiltrated Gypshir's Kazunel Palace by hiding inside mummy. Nerfiti and the Cat Sìths smelt mouse nearby. Reiji pointed at a nearby mummy. The ratmen popped out from the stomach of the mummy and attacked the group. Ner's Nyanko Fencer killed the ratmen.

Zafarada orders the ratmen to bring out the cat siths shield. Kuroki contacted Kuna to play the pipe, Totona used wind magic to amplify the sound. Ratmen heard the sound of the pipe and begins dancing. D'Artagnan and three Nyanko Fencers was thrown by Kuroki towards the dancing ratmen. The Nyanko Fencer's sword plunges into the ratmen and they rescued the hostages.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Dark Knight Story* - The Black Storm: Chapter 31 - The Beginning of the Storm
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 *Dark Knight Story* - The Black Storm: Chapter 28 - Underground Waterway Battle
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Dark Knight Story* - The Black Storm: Chapter 26 - Underground Waterway is a Country of Dreams
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 *Dark Knight Story* - The Phantom Death Capital: Chapter 05 - The Vampire Count
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Dark Knight Story* - The Beast God Desert: Chapter 18 - The Cat Shield
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Dark Knight Story* - The Beast God Desert: Chapter 17 - The Tomb King
7. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Black Storm: Chapter 29 - Contractor of the Demon
8. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Black Storm: Chapter 30 - The Dance of Wind and Flames