Rando

[idk man]

So what do we know about him other than him leading a gang and being a super nice guy?

[Giuliano]

He used to be Brad's student.

[Peligin]

He has the same stutter as the child who was watching Brad's karate classes from a distance. In a delusion around area 3, you see that child with a bandaged face, apologizing for making you mad.

[idk man]

Originally posted by Lady Hearthstone:

He has the same stutter as the child who was watching Brad's karate classes from a distance. In a delusion around area 3, you see that child with a bandaged face, apologizing for making you mad.

I guess that makes sense considering what he says after the fight. That's really sad.

[EverDownward]

The fight with Rando is pretty special as well as there's several things that happen over the course of the battle.

At first you and him are pretty evenly matched, and he even throws some of your combos at you. Then, his mask begins to fracture and eventually it breaks.

When it breaks, and I almost didn't catch this, Rando's name changes to "broken man" and his face is visibly warped and messed up (probably from Brad beating him when he was younger) and at that point Rando stops doing almost any attacks and starts crying and coughing up blood which hurts him even more.

It was just so neat seeing Rando go from this visage of a powerful warlord to a broken man that was once Brad's student that really respects him in the span of maybe two or three minutes, all while in active battle, mind you.

[BaconflavouredCockmuffin]

I find Rando to be an admirable person.
His face might be mutilated, but he kept his body in tip-top-condition, is one of the most powerful characters in the game and has the most fearsome gang, yet he himself is kind, as demonstrated when you crash into him with your motorcycle and he gives you rations as an apology or when he examines Buddy's face and reassures her that how you look is not the most important thing.

[idk man]

I don't recall Brad beating him up.

@Above
Yeah, he's a great character despite saying so little.

[BaconflavouredCockmuffin]

Rando is my spirit animal.

[Arbie]

Rando is almost clearly a good person. His attitude and general mannerisms are shown to be genuine and I believe he's the coolest, nicest guy in the game next to good o' Terry. To paraphrase, his mercenary band tend to be very disrespectful and say he's always a nice guy and that pisses him (the merc)/them off - they must have been pissed because they aren't eating supper tonight despite you're the one in the wrong for running into Rando.

Also for dingaling; is he based off of Lord Humungus for at least his looks?

Originally posted by Crafting Breeding Grounds:

I don't recall Brad beating him up.

@Above
Yeah, he's a great character despite saying so little.

There's a hallucination scene where he's all cut up with bandages around him where he's sorry towards Brad. Who knows.

[Hyper Death Ree]

Gosh, I totally missed that Rando was Brad's student during my first play through; I didn't see the scene in the ice caves.

Just when I thought my feels couldn't hurt any more...;_;

[Dusty Crawlman]

"Also for dingaling; is he based off of Lord Humungus for at least his looks?"

No I have never seen any of the Mad Max movies to completion. Rando is more based off of Darth Vader more then anything. I'm not a huge Stars Wars buff, but mowadays it's easy to take Star Wars for granted considering how revolutionary it was. At the time of release Darth Vader was this totally mysterious and powerful guy with strange breathing/speech. Rando is similar in that respect. The rest (maybe I shouldn't admit this.) is based off of personal experience being in the martial arts. (Don't worry, I still have a face.)

[Arbie]

That's cute. Thank you. Good job on keeping the face by the way.

[Myr Superion]

Originally posted by dingalingboy:

Rando is similar in that respect. The rest (maybe I shouldn't admit this.) is based off of personal experience being in the martial arts. (Don't worry, I still have a face.)

Wow so you crippled a little boy.

[DivineToast]

In risk of going off topic, could Brad have actually killed the man? I'd like to think Rando was holding back on his master, and breaks when Brad can see his face. I noticed that the dialouge box comments on Rando with these words -- "He's done." Just some food for thought.

[KouKou]

Originally posted by DivineJackalope:

In risk of going off topic, could Brad have actually killed the man? I'd like to think Rando was holding back on his master, and breaks when Brad can see his face. I noticed that the dialouge box comments on Rando with these words -- "He's done." Just some food for thought.

I wish. Maybe he'll come back just like Rick (I was pretty sure he was dead untill he comes back)

[BaconflavouredCockmuffin]

I like to think he's just unconcious.