Rom

Valga Cromwell (バルガ・クロムウェル), commonly known as Old Man Rom (ロム爺), is a member of the Felt Camp and the former owner of the Stolen Goods Warehouse.

Appearance
Rom sports a bulky figure. As a giant, he stands at a towering 220 cm (7'3"), though his hunchback-like style of walking makes him look shorter. He has white strands of hair lining his eyebrows and is bald. He wears a sleeveless vest and possesses a crimson symbol across the left side of his head. His primary weapon is a massive club that he uses to smash opponents.

When he was young, he was much leaner, and his eyebrows stood up in addition to having more hair. He wore black pants, a red cape, bracelets with bones on them, and a necklace.

Personality
Rom is a good-natured and intelligent giant, with honest intentions when it comes to evaluating trinkets. He is a known alcoholic and frequents the enjoyments of drinking. When it comes to strangers, he isn't afraid of them, and he has a high awareness when it comes to sensing hostility.

When he was young, Rom held an immense hatred towards humans and desired to exterminate every single one of them. He used his intellect to produce complex strategies that furthered his goals. However, caring for Felt over the years eventually eased some degree of his burning hatred for humanity, and he personally believes that she saved his way of life.

History
Rom was born as Valga Cromwell of the nearly extinct giant race, and he was raised as a slave of an unnamed noble. While being a slave, he experienced a living hell until he was one day saved by a man named Libre Fermi; Valga would begin to foster a hatred of humans as a result of the environment he lived in. Libre soon became Valga's friend, teacher, and mother figure after freeing the giant.

During the Demi-Human War, Valga was one of three commanders in the Demi-Human Alliance, serving as the Alliance's strategist. At some point in time, he found Sphinx and brought her into the Alliance as an ally, and they set up a hidden base at testing grounds in Shamrock Valley. According to unconfirmed reports from the Royal Army, Valga personally utilized his forces during the Battle of Castour Field and contributed to the Kingdom of Lugunica's defeat there. After the usage of Sphinx's magic circles and the corpses she was gathering became known to Libre, the two of them disagreed over her methods and they began growing estranged as a result. Three years later, at the Battle of Aihiya Swamp, Libre was personally killed by Sphinx and turned into a corpse soldier, though the Witch would hide the Poison Snake's manner of death from Valga. Without Libre's charisma to continue leading the Demi-Human Alliance, Valga chose to invade Lugunica Castle in an attempt to attack the Kingdom at its heart.

At the Battle for Lugunica Castle, Valga would be accompanied by Sphinx and the corpse of Libre. Although he was too weak to fight on his own, he had magic circles engraved on his body to increase his power, and alongside them, a bone from an ancestor of his. Sphinx then used Sacrament of the Immortal King in tandem with the bone, which increased Valga's size to a 10-meter-tall giant. He fought against the Sword Demon, Wilhelm Trias, but he ultimately lost the battle and supposedly died. However, in reality, his continued survival was left a concealed fact and he was taken captive, with only select individuals such as Gionis Lugunica and Miklotov McMahon knowing this fact.

A few years after the Demi-Human War ended, Stride Vollachia was moving across Lugunica with unseen aims. He somehow found his way into Sphinx's Testing Grounds in Shamrock Valley and found a magic circle there that was left by Sphinx. This magic circle had the ability to nullify the covenant that the Kingdom had with the Divine Dragon. Valga, who knew about the magic circle's effects, opted to discose what it did to Gionis. After Stride's death, Valga told Miklotov that he only chose to divulge the information because Stride's faction would have killed his fellow demi-humans.

An unknown amount of years later, Valga started calling himself Rom, escaped from his captivity either by force or with permission, was given custody over Felt by a man with golden hair and crimson eyes, and he raised her as his granddaughter. Rom also gained ownership of the Stolen Goods Warehouse and began selling illicit items that Felt stole from other people in order to get by.

Abilities
Equipment: Rom wields a Spiked Club in combat. He can casually swing it around with one hand and crush wood with ease.

Trivia

 * In the first section of Felt-chan's Royal Selection Life from Zero, it is implied that Rom has a debt to an unknown group of people affiliated with a man who has golden hair and crimson eyes. These physical characteristics are shared by Felt and all members of the Lugunican Royal Family.
 * According to the author, Rom's birthday is February 20.