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, and bone bracelets and necklace.

Personality
Rom is a good-natured 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, he held an immense hatred for humans and desired to exterminate every single one of them. However, caring for Felt over the years eventually eased his much of his hatred and 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 later come to foster a hatred of humans as a result of the environment he lived in. Libre would later become Valga's friend, teacher, and mother figure before the Demi-Human War.

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 began disagreeing 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 circle 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 with the bone of Valga's ancestor to increase's Valga's own size to a 10-meter-tall giant. He fought against the Sword Demon, Wilhelm van Astrea, 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 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 reveal what it did. After Stride's death, Valga would tell 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, meet Felt through some means, and raised her as his granddaughter. Rom also gained ownership of the Stolen Goods Warehouse later 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.

Strength: Rom has great strength befitting his size, being able to casually swing around a large club with one hand and crush wooden floor with ease.

Weaknesses: He possesses little to no combat power and experience. His giant form is sustained through a combination of a magic circle created by Sphinx and bones of his ancestors lodged in his chest, if one was to pull them out he would revert to his regular state.

Trivia

 * According to the author, Rom's birthday is February 20.