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Nature's wrath manifested as the Ancient Monarch of Tarabak.
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Rohanna (ロハナ Rohana) is a plant Titan who inhabits Tarabak Island in the 2022 video game GigaBash, being the game's only original female monster. First discovered by the modern world in 1960, Rohanna is the embodiment of nature itself. She has gained a cult of followers who worship and help to defend her in exchange for shelter and food. She frequently vies for territory with fellow Titans Skorak and Rawa.
Name
Rohanna's name was inspired by numerous subjects. "Roh" in Malay translates to "spirit", to represent Malaysia, and "hana" translates to flower in Japanese, in order to represent Japanese kaiju. The extra "n" in "hana" was added to make the spelling more unique, and to prevent confusion with Rohana, one of the project managers of GigaBash, for "Rohana" is a common name for girls in Malaysia.[2][3]
Development
Rohanna's aesthetic was inspired by the Sang Kelembai giantess of Malay folklore, tigers (Malaysia's national animal, used for the patterns on her S-Class form), and the bunga raya (Malaysia's national flower), for Rohanna is meant to represent Malaysia as a whole. Rohanna's cryptid reference is further demonstrated in her "corrupted" or "monstrous" left arm.[4] Some of her attacks that created dynamic plant growth and the artificial intelligence of Pikki the Pear and the Royal Warden proved particularly challenging to get right due to the game's variety of environments.[5]
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Design
Rohanna resembles a feminine humanoid body with plant features. Her head is pink and like that of a rose, and she as two slit patterns on her head that resemble eyes, Around her neck sprouts a large, pink flower that extends above her head. She has a thin, green torso that extends outwards into multiple pink petal that form a dress-like shape. Her right arm is shaped like that of a vine, and goes from being green to a bright pink halfway through. Her left arm consists of multiple tangles of large thorns and vines. Finally, she has four roots that serve as her lower limbs, going from sticking straight up vertically to sticking straight out horizontally, which thus technically makes her the first quadrupedal monster of the game, despite her bipedal-like upright form. In her S-Class form, her eyes glow a bright blue and her green colorations glow. Her arms are longer and more overgrown and the petals located around her neck and waist have grown longer and larger. The petals around her neck and on top of her head are now patterned with tiger-like stripes.
The smaller plant minion she summons is called Pikki the Pear. Pikkis are round and pear-shaped, and have stubby arms and legs that lack any fingers or toes. While their body is green, they have pink spikes on top of their heads, and a single, blue eye in the center of their bodies. Like Rohanna herself, this eye appears to lack any actual sight organs.
The large behemoth-like plant minions Rohanna summons are called Royal Wardens. The Wardens are made of tangles of thick vines and thorns, with the thorns being pink compared to their green bodies. Resembling blemmyes, they lack a defined head, and their arms extend out from each side of their six glowing, green eyes. The arms are very long and end in huge, fist-like structures that are especially thorn-covered. Their backs are covered in large, pink thorns and their legs are stump-like and short in comparison to the rest of their bodies.
Personality
Rohanna is described as being calm and composed, unless anyone or thing becomes a threat to her or her creations, at which point she becomes extremely violent to anyone who shows themselves to be an aggressor. For her, even smelling the scent of another titan (like Skorak or Rawa) on another person is considered an unacceptable crime punishable by death.
Origins
In ancient times, the people of Tarabak Island were under the reign of Rawa, the Dragon King, who defeated all other titans who challenged his dominance, protecting the people in return for sacrifices of Violet Elixir, processed from mined crystals of Giga Energy. One day, however, displeased with the Dragon King's tyranny and the human corruption that stemmed from it, some of the natives planned for his downfall, achieved by poisoning his elixir with the toxins of Skorak, who then ate him from the inside out before claiming his skull as a trophy and shell.
With Rawa's death, Tarabak fell into civil war between those who remained loyal to Rawa (who would eventually be revived by some of his loyalists from his severed nose horn), and those who flocked to their new overlord, Skorak. However, others escaped to the lands west of Dragon's Crossing, the largest river of the island. Clambering over thick thorn walls, they found a paradise of lush vegetation, ruled over by the titan they eventually came to known as Queen Rohanna. Rather than punishing them for trespassing her lands, Rohanna instead blessed the famished, tired humans with fruit and forest canopies to shelter them from the cold, relentless rain. All she required in return was their absolute allegiance and the avoidance of eating forbidden fruit, terms the refugees gladly accepted and swore by.
Rohanna is the sole ruler of her domain, known as the Verdant Empire,[6][7] which is kept constantly protected by plant monsters, among them, small creatures known as Pikki Pears and massive golems known as the Royal Wardens. The humans under her reign adapted, using spears of thorns and vines, and adorning their faces with exotic war paint. Tarabak Island's three titans, along with their cults, are constantly in battle. As a result of Rawa burning her left arm in one of these violent encounters, Rohanna regrew it into a larger, deadlier form compared to her right arm.[8]
In 1960, professor Petyr Faust joined his student Doug Chapman (who was indoctrinated by the "Eyes of Skorak" cult) and treasure hunters led by Captain Garcia on an expedition to Tarabak, where they got to encounter the various tribes in the area and learn of their history and culture. The first people they ran into were the followers of Rohanna, who were appeased by the captain offering them spiced rum. The tribe, with Doug translating for them, then told of the story of their queen, who gave them salvation centuries in the past in return for their undying loyalty. Later that day, they were granted an audience with their ruler, with the professor at first excited over the prospect of meeting a "witch" or "fairy princess", and shocked with dismay upon seeing that their goddess was a "colossal living mass of vines and flowers". When Rohanna smelled the scent of Skorak, one of her rivals, on Doug's pagan mask, she decided to execute all the foreigners, having them chased by Pikki Pears and even a Royal Warden. The party was then rescued by Skorak's cultists, deterring the plant monsters with their stink bombs before taking the outsiders to their settlement in Dragon's Crossing. Upon his return to the outside world, Petyr Faust wrote the book "The Lost World of Tarabak" to document his experience, serving as the first recorded sighting of Rohanna.
Despite the constant wars that ravage the island, Rohanna is known to occasionally venture and rampage outside of Tarabak, especially when her "children", the Pikki Pears, are captured and killed.
History
- GigaBash (2022) - Microsoft Windows, Sony PlayStation 4 and 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X
GigaBash
Legend of Luana Island
As Gorogong lumbered through Tarabak Island in search of his Giga Crystal, he was intercepted by Rohanna, who whipped him a few times before roaring a challenge. As the Titans battled, they were interrupted by Skorak, who threw his shell at them both and joined in on the battle. Eventually, Gorogong managed to defeat both Rohanna and Skorak, winning the worship of both Titans' cult followers.
Woolley's Misadventures
At a secret power station near Death Canyon, Woolley and many Pikkis were captured and attached to a multitude of electrical contraptions. As a person was reaching towards a power switch, red lights flashed and roots grew through the control panel and throughout the room. More roots and thorns grew through and destroyed the main generator, releasing the Pikkis and Woolley. Rohanna burst from the ground, just in time to see Woolley accidentally trip and fall on one of the Pikkis, crushing and killing it. Rohanna, enraged by this, engaged in battle against the yetis. As Woolley was holding his own, Rohanna burrowed over and destroyed a power plant, releasing the Giga Energy inside and and transforming into her S-Class form. Several desert subspecies of yetis ran forward to defend Woolley, only to be smacked away. The yetis and Woolley all made an escape from the power station and Rohanna.
The Knight in Lightning Armor
As Yuuki Otoma waited for his father Kazuo in the OtomaTEC headquarters, Rohanna attacked the Kimura District in Tokyo. Yuuki, taking control of Thundatross for the first time, battles the plant goddess and emerges triumphant over her.
A Legend Reborn
Roused by Rawa's cries, Rohanna was among an onslaught of Titans that besieged Yefan City, China. Rohanna and Skorak destroyed several buildings before turning their attention to Gigaman and Thundatross, who had diverted to defend the city and defeated both Titans.
Abilities
Physical abilities
Rohanna is able to quickly whip and strike her enemies, using a combination of her normal arm, her long, whip-like left arm, and even her four roots, which she can kick enemies with by spinning on her side in the air for her air grab and her aerial attack, "Windmill Twist". Aside from simply whipping enemies, she can even twirl her left arm like a drill, as seen in her grab special and her dash attack, "Tendril Rush". Overall, her long limbs give her a reach advantage when it comes to grabbing and close-quarters combat.
Botanokinesis
Rohanna's botanokinesis, the ability to grow plants, can be applied for offensive purposes. She can strike the ground to grow massive thorns known as "Vengeful Spikes", traveling upwards in waves towards the closest enemy. She can also grow a path of grass and pink flowers forward, though she can slightly twist the path closer to where she is aiming. When the path stops growing, she relocates to the end of the path, with both her original position and her new location being subjected to her explosive sprouting "teleportation" (though this can also be interpreted as her burrowing, like she does in Woolley's Misadventures), knocking nearby enemies into the air. Rohanna can even "teleport" in place to uppercut her opponents twice in quick succession. Rohanna must be careful not to relocate herself within hazardous areas, or into blocking enemies (which would negate the teleportation damage and be able to punish her soon afterwards with an immediate grab or counterattack), and, as with most charged attacks, she can be struck by a foe to cancel the move before she enacts her relocation.
Rohanna can also forcefully grow a towering mass of vines known as the "Club of Malice" to uppercut enemies. This weapon, taller than her, can be uprooted from the ground (either by her or by another) to swing at foes, or even throw forwards like a javelin, though the club disintegrates if it is used to swat another titan, even if the target is blocking the blow (thus negating the strike), but not when the weapon is thrown. In-game, only one club per Rohanna can exist, disappearing if the Rohanna that summoned it forms another.
As a plant kaiju, Rohanna can also apply her powers over vegetation on her own body as a form of regeneration. In ancient times, she lost her left arm during a battle with Rawa, his Ethereal Flames causing damage on a molecular level. Had she possessed enough Giga Energy, she would have regenerated more quickly. Nevertheless, even without the needed reserve, she grew it back in a couple of days into the fearsome, weaponized configuration it is known as today, a mass of thick, thorny vines.[8]
Rohanna can also use her powers in peacetime. She can form a throne of thorny vines for herself, and grow forests to provide her followers with fruit, weapons, and protective shelter.
Minion Creation
Rohanna possesses the ability to create small minions, known as Pikki the Pear, by whipping her left arm outwards (dealing minor damage to enemies at point-blank range and briefly staggering them in the process, leaving them open to the Pikki's attack). Pikkis pursue opponents across terrain in order to make contact with them and explode. They disintegrate if hit once or when a certain amount of time has passed, though given their nature, it is best to dispose of them with ranged attacks. In-game, as with her Club of Malice, each Rohanna can only form one Pikki at a time, and calling in another Pikki will destroy the previously-summoned one.
For her ultimate attack, Rohanna can summon large, lumbering behemoths known as Royal Wardens, which seek out enemies and smash them with their massive fists. Rohanna stationed several to protect her Verdant Empire. In-game, only one Royal Warden can be formed at a time, and, though invincible to all forms of attack, this powerful minion disintegrates after a short while.
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A Royal Warden slams its fists into Gorogong.
S-Class
After gathering a sufficient amount of Giga Energy, Rohanna gets encased in a large flower bud from the ground before it blooms open, revealing her as having grown to massive sizes, along with enhanced abilities and greater power. Giga Energy is gathered through dealing damage to other Titans, or gathering it from the surrounding environment.
Weaknesses
Almost all of Rohanna's attacks are melee-based. Her only means of attacking from range is to send out minions on her behalf (and her minions themselves have no ranged attacks), throwing objects, or by growing and throwing her Club of Malice forward like a javelin, and even then, the last of these three only works on a horizontal trajectory, and thus cannot be used to deal with enemies on a significantly higher or lower elevation than her.
Rohanna is also at a disadvantage against airborne enemies, especially those that can attack her from their position. She can use her long left arm to grab them in the air, or strike those within close range (and only if they are not significantly above and away from her) with her "Windmill Twist" air attack, her "Relocate" charged special, or by forming the Club of Malice under them, but she has no means of hitting those further away. At range, her "Vengeful Spikes" and "Pikki the Pear" can follow the contours of terrain and thus climb up high areas, but neither can deal with opponents that are flying or floating significantly higher than horizontal surfaces in the path of the attack, and merely jumping is enough to evade her Vengeful Spikes. Even her Royal Warden has this weakness, for, if the enemy has the means to remain very high up in the air for long periods of time (significantly higher than what the Royal Warden can reach), they can minimize contact with the ground (and therefore contact with the Royal Warden), and thus wait out the minion's limited time of existence. Furthermore, because Rohanna summons another titan to attack for her during her ultimate, she herself does not perform the attack (instead continuing to function as normal), meaning that she is the only titan in the game that does not turn invincible when doing her ultimate, making it possible to damage or even defeat her while her Royal Warden is active.
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Trivia
- Rohanna is the only titan other than the non-playable version of MechaJURAS that can leave usable weapons after defeat, the "Club of Malice" for the former, a Rocket Drill and the Grapple Claw for the latter. Both characters, along with Skorak due to its detachable skull shell (which disappears upon its owner's defeat rather than lingering), are the only titans that leave weapons that other fighters can grab normally and use without deflection or special moves of any sort like Woolley's "Inhale". Built around this is the achievement "What's Mine is Yours", where, in Teamplay, the player, as Rohanna, must let their teammate use their Club to win the match.
References
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