egyptian
#297 – Quintus Ramirus
Born 167 BC in Alexandria, Quintus is a gentleman swordfighter and duelist who travels across time and space to seek new combatants and triumph as the undisputed, interdimensional master of the blade.
RomanPunks is a retrofuturistic, cyberpunk derivative world-building project inspired by fine art, history and the cryptopunk movement.
A total of 1,000 RomanPunk characters have been frozen in time and minted as Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum, WAX, Polygon and Algorand blockchains.
RomanPunk characters are comprised of commoners and famous individuals based on Roman history, art history and pop culture.
The basis for RomanPunk lore and backstories is exhaustively researched by history/sci-fi buff and co-founder, Punktavian.
All images are drawn by hand by woman artist and co-founder, Cleopunktra, without the aid of AI or generative tools.
RomanPunks came into existence through early minting on OpenSea, promoting on Twitter and building a Discord community through giveaways and engagement. The idea of a cyberpunk-derivative ‘RomanPunk’ theme was in our heads for years, but it was the success of the Cryptopunks that became the catalyst for project conception and launch.
After a hard working first 60 days spent networking and attracting new collectors to RomanPunks, our community had begun to flourish and sales increased. We began to offer our collectors an opportunity to battle their NFTs in a tournament bracket powered by dice rolls.
Encouraged by the tight knit community and the carbon-neutral blockchain with lightning fast and low cost transactions, we launched 'romanpunksio' collection on WAX Blockchain as the first step to expand the backstories of our RomanPunk characters and the baseline for future development of a card game.
RomanPunks integrated with Chainlink Labs to utilize VRF (Verified Randomness Function) to host a giveaway raffle for our holders. We developed a smart contract on Ethereum which guarantees true random number selection on chain and can be used for a wide range of functions that require random selection.
After much anticipation in the community, we released our first WAX NFT card 'pack' through the Neftyblocks platform, which sold out in less than a week.
We launched our Twitch channel and begun building an audience by offering numerous giveaways of WAX NFTs from our collection, as well as giving participants a chance to win RomanPunk ETH NFT airdrops for taking top spot at the end of the 'season'.
As firm believers in a metaverse future and land owners in The Sandbox, we undertook to build the RomanPunk Colosseum on 1x1 land and entered our experience "Gladiator Bloodsport" into a GameJam contest. We will continue to build the Colosseum into a PVP arena and social hub once The Sandbox offers creators the ability to do so.
Thanks to the user friendly tools offered by NeftyBlocks, we launched a comprehensive blending system on WAX, allowing our collectors to blend the common NFTs they earn in our Discord RPG up into Legendary famous NFTs through the use of blending 'coins' that can also be earned on the Discord as reward for helping to promote the RomanPunks project.
We launched the VX collection on Polygon. Each owner of an ETH NFT gets their voxel equivalent airdropped to them, and these NFTs can be redeemed for official NFTs on The Sandbox Marketplace once available.
All 1,000 original, unique 1:1 RomanPunk characters hand drawn by Cleopunktra and minted on OpenSea.
The RomanPunk WAX NFT Trading Card Fighter Pack Series II consists of 3 NFTs randomly selected from over 236 characters.
Upcoming plans for RomanPunks include:
Below is a comprehensive and searchable directory of all 1,000 RomanPunk Characters.
Born 167 BC in Alexandria, Quintus is a gentleman swordfighter and duelist who travels across time and space to seek new combatants and triumph as the undisputed, interdimensional master of the blade.
Born 99 AD in Gordium, Midas is a magician who dazzled Rome with time-weaving illusions that he learned after stepping through an interdimensional portal to the 20th century AD. His final illusion to bury Emperor Commodus alive became fatal when the Praetorian Guard intervened, turning trick into true entombment.
Born 2 AD in Teotihuacan, Totec is a legendary Aztec gladiator whose undefeated reign spans centuries, defying time and mortality. Enigmatic and Methuselean, they are the champion of a technologically advanced Aztec civilization under Roman dominion. Totec’s countless victories in blood-soaked arenas have inspired a generation of Mesoamericans to rise against the Empire during the chaotic reign of Commodus.
Born 116 AD in Ravenna, Gundi, a soldier in the fabled vampire hunter legion, was bit by the nosferatu Claudia Cullen, becoming forever blood-bound as her enslaved ghoul.
Born 2015 AD in Cagliari, Sienna is a free-spirited navigator with a deep love for the sea and folklore. Seeking adventure beyond her coastal roots, she joined her lover, Kael Adrien, on a voyage across the Tyrrhenian Sea. An interdimensional whirlpool transported them to an alternate Roman realm ruled by sentient apes. In this bewildering world, Sienna must rely on her courage and resourcefulness to navigate a society where humans are oppressed. Forming secret alliances and using her knowledge of ancient lore, she challenges the dominant ape hierarchy alongside Kael, striving to survive and find a path back home.
Born in 333 AD in Singidunum, Jez spent his entire life in the city of his birth as a loyal guard, helping defend against invading Sarmatians. He befriended his commander Theodosius, who, after becoming Roman Emperor, hired Jez as an interdimensional henchman.
Born in 109 AD in Inchtuthil, the concubine of a Roman General, Eubha slit her master’s throat and was punished by having her eyes removed and being forced to fight as a gladiator where her sixth sense and fierce nature allowed her to thrive.
Born in 142 AD in Salona, Decima is an acrobatic martial artist who joined the legion at a young age disguised as a boy, and was soon spotted by a dimension-traveling priest who sent her to the 28th century AD to avoid discovery.
Born 418 AD in Tolosa, Gaatha was a footsoldier who fought with King Theodoric I against Attila the Hun at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. She introduced advanced technology obtained from an interdimensional portal in Aurelianum to turn the tide of battle.
Born in 2050 AD in Neo-Volubilis, Juba is a bartender who runs a tiki bar at an opulent luxury resort in Neo-Carthage. Outside of crafting cocktails, he secretly supports cloned Hannibal Barca’s rebellion by providing access to their subterranean rebel base through a hidden entrance under the hotel pool.
Born 240 AD in Durocortorum, Bert was loyal to the breakaway Gallic Empire which lost to Emperor Aurelian at the Battle of Châlons in 274. Refusing to capitulate, he was sent to battle in the gladiator pits of Rome.
Born in 466 BC in Meroë, much of the life of Baskomanisken is unknown other than they were a vile sorcerer born without eyes who conjured a portal to alternate dimensions, discovered the secret for long life and spent most of it thirsting for blood and glory in gladiator pits across space and time.
Born in 132 BC in Cirta, North Africa, Izara came from a tribe of futuristic warrior women who traveled through a dimensional portal in Egypt to change the course of history by tipping the balance against Gaius Marius and his Roman legion in the Jugurthine Wars.
Born in 2180 AD in Syracusae, Vittoria is an enigmatic merchant who carved a niche in Neo-Carthage’s “Bizarre Bazaar”, trading in the exotic and macabre: flesh-eating zombie pets. Her passion for reviving the dead began when she discovered an ancient pet cemetery near Dougga while burying her beloved horse. Wealthy and insouciant, Vittoria is known for her sarcastic charm and love of the herb. Though apolitical, she thrives in the chaotic markets of Neo-Carthage, where her eerie wares attract a diverse clientele.
Born 2072 AD in Limonum, Ysella is a pre-ludus art teacher who teaches the fundamentals of finger painting with the help of her hyperintelligent poodle, Pamala. But when class is over, Ysella leads a double life as a radical activist, hurling cans of paint at ancient monuments to protest against the Empire’s space-polluting fusion-powered rocket ships. Though her defiance may seem futile against the faceless, massive galactic Empire, Ysella persists, knowing that even the smallest splash of color can challenge the darkness.
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