The Roman Handshaker

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## Appearance

The Roman Handshaker is a silver robot with a square head and a simple face, with glowing blue eyes and a reactangular mouth. They wear golden armor and a black cloak, and their helmet is that of a Roman centurion. His left hand is a simple blunt claw, while his right hand is smooth and humanoid.

## Personality

The Roman Handshaker is conniving and manipulative, using their corruptive powers to force others to cause destruction. This has been shown on multiple occasions, such as when its influence caused DJ to create a violent storm and an eternal night over the city of Amporia. In addition, the Handshaker also uses his powers to make others into his own personal servants, as he did to Moon Talon and Ken.

It is unknown if the Roman Handshaker has any further motive aside from corrupting people's hearts.

## Creation

The Roman Handshaker was introduced by AI in Chapter 4 of *Crewsaders 2 - All Roads Lead To Rome*, "Just A Handshake." It is described as "*a crafty and cunning robotic Roman guard, possessed the terrifying ability to corrupt people's hearts with a simple handshake.*"

In *Crewsaders 2 - All Roads Lead To Rome*, he is briefly described as having lips. However, this element is not present in the design drawn by RKS.

The Handshaker's black cloak, while never mentioned in *Crewsaders 2 - All Roads Lead To Rome*, was added to the design by RKS after Sean and JC compared the character's ability to those present in the *Kingdom Hearts* series. The Handshaker's cloak was subsequently modeled after those of Organization XIII.

## History

### Prior to *Crewsaders 2 - All Roads Lead To Rome*

The Roman Handshaker's origins are unknown. However, at some point before the events of *Crewsaders 2 - All Roads Lead To Rome*, he established a fortress made of cheese in the city of Rome, Italy. In addition, it has been hinted to have been actively corrupting hearts since before the events of *Crewsaders 2 - All Roads Lead To Rome*, as DJ was aware of the villain before meeting him in Chapter 4.

### Chapter 4 - Just a Handshake

The Handshaker corrupts DJ with a handshake, causing him to bring about a destructive storm over Amporia.

### Chapter 7 - In-incorruptible

The Roman Handshaker's methods are mentioned throughout the chapter, although they do not make a physical appearance until the end. It is shown in this chapter that the Handshaker had previously corrupted Neon.

### Chapter 10 - Handshake Encounter

The Roman Handshaker encounters Harvey and Plumber at the edge of the forest, and offers to shake both of their hands. However, both heroes decline the handshake, and the Handshaker respects their decision.

### Chapter 16 - Under the Moon

The Roman Handshaker makes an appearance in this chapter, being seen lurking near the beach before corrupting Moon Talon with a handshake.

### Chapter 19 - Under Control

The Handshaker is seen in his throne room, where it orders Moon Talon and Ken to capture Capi and Ari.

### Chapter 25 - Control Freak

In this chapter, the Handshaker successfully corrupts Alan by offering a handshake, and then corrupts Zee using only its words. It proceeds to revel in this victory.

### Chapter 28 - Backstabbed

The Roman Handshaker is pleased to hear that Asdro killed Chaze. However, it is still angry at Asdro for becoming a pirate instead of capturing the heroes. The Handshaker forcibly shakes Asdro's hand, darkening his heart.

### Chapter 31 - True Vengeance

In the final battle between Macy and the Roman Handshaker, the villainous machine is destroyed in an act of vengeance for Chaze's death and Moon Talon's corruption. Its pieces are scattered on the floor of its own throne room, emanating the last of its darkness.

## Relations and Affiliations

### Victims

The Handshaker chooses to manipulate several people into shaking his hand, thus corrupting their hearts. The Handshaker's known victims, as of Chapter 23, have been DJ, Neon, Ken, and Moon Talon.

### Aero

The Roman Handshaker is shown to have allied himself with Aero, as his cheese fortress is located in Rome, the center of Aero's kingdom of darkness. Upon capturing Alan and Zee, Aero brings them to the Handshaker's fortress.

### Macy

Macy seeks revenge on the Roman Handshaker, after he manipulated and corrupted her friend, Moon Talon.

## Abilities and Weapons

### Abilities

#### Heart Corruption:

* The Handshaker is capable of corrupting people's hearts by simply shaking their hand.
	+ This corruption makes the victims obey the Handshaker, as evidenced by Ken and Moon Talon's loyalty before being cured by DJ.
		- However, this corruption does not grant the Roman Handshaker complete control, with the victims still having some amount of free will, as seen when Ken and Moon Talon decide to take a detour from their mission to capture Ari and Capi, instead finding a beaver named Rodney, and deciding to attack DJ in his home.
	+ The Handshaker is also able to corrupt using only words, but it is implied that this ability only works on robots, as it is unable to corrupt humans who simply deny its handshake.

## Trivia

* The Roman Handshaker's face was inspired by the LEGO CMF Series 6 Clockwork Robot.
* The Roman Handshaker's voice is constrained to the notes of the G♭ minor scale.

## Gallery

The Roman Handshaker's stock icon, for use in the CC Character Tier List. Made by RKS.The Roman Handshaker was the final straw for Alan. Zee's here, too. Drawn by Z3ROMax.