Character Relationship Map: Rendel

Characters

• Rendel / Rämö (played by Kris Gummerus) — protagonist

  Former financial director whose family is murdered by the VALA criminal organization. Survives a brutal beating, covers his face with a permanent vaccine tar to create a mask, and wages a violent camp...

• Rotikka (played by Rami Rusinen) — protagonist

  Brutal enforcer and son of VALA leader Pekka Erola. Initially tasked with eliminating Rämö, he later kidnaps investigative reporter Niina Heikkinen. Eventually ordered by the organization's higher-ups...

• Lahtaaja (played by Renne Korppila) — supporting

  VALA hitman sent alongside Rotikka to assassinate Rämö and his family. He survives and later engages in a fatal duel with the masked vigilante Rendel. During the confrontation, he is fatally stabbed w...

• Kurikka (played by Tero Salenius) — supporting

  A former criminal connected to the central conspiracy whose past actions make him important to the revenge-driven conflict.

• Radek (played by Johnny Vivash) — supporting

  Foreign mercenary hired by VALA's higher-ups to eliminate the vigilante Rendel. Initially participates in an ambush that temporarily overpowers Rendel, but later joins the surviving mercenaries in a r...

• Julia (played by Sheila Shah) — supporting

  Foreign mercenary hired to take down Rendel. She is killed during the initial ambush where the mercenaries temporarily overwhelm the vigilante, leaving the remaining group to seek revenge.

• Dealer (played by Teemu Karvonen) — minor

  A minor criminal intermediary involved in the illicit operations surrounding the conspiracy.

• Mike (played by Michael Hall) — minor

  A minor participant in the dangerous criminal world surrounding the central revenge plot.

• Jimmy (played by Michael Majalahti) — minor

  A minor character connected to the surrounding criminal activity and violence.

• Stacy (played by Bianca Bradey) — supporting

  Foreign mercenary recruited to hunt down Rendel. She survives the initial ambush and participates in the subsequent revenge attacks against the vigilante before being eliminated during the final battl...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Rotikka → Kurikka (Professional Organization Connection) — They occupy different functions within the same criminal organization.

  Kurikka works within the VALA structure that Rotikka enforces, while both are connected to the organization's campaign against Rämö.

• Rotikka → Lahtaaja (Professional Killing Partners) — They operate as partnered enforcers during the assassination mission.

  Rotikka and Lahtaaja are sent together to kill Rämö and his family.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Rendel / Rämö → Kurikka (Conflict Adversarial Associate) — Kurikka helps trigger Rämö's downfall while unintentionally bringing him inside VALA.

  Kurikka refuses to invest in Rämö's proposal, reports the dispute to his boss, and later advises Rämö to take a filing job at VALA.

• Rendel / Rämö → Jimmy (Conflict Opponent) — Jimmy contributes to the organized hunt for Rendel.

  Jimmy is identified as a member of the foreign mercenary group hired to eliminate Rendel and joins the retaliation campaign.

• Rendel / Rämö → Mike (Conflict Opponent) — Mike is one of the hired fighters opposing Rendel.

  Mike belongs to the foreign mercenary group hired to deal with Rendel and participates in the initial assault.

• Rendel / Rämö → Julia (Conflict Combatant Opponent) — Julia is an early member of the force deployed against Rendel.

  Julia takes part in the mercenaries' initial attack on Rendel and dies during that confrontation.

• Rendel / Rämö → Stacy (Conflict Opponent) — Their relationship is defined by repeated pursuit and retaliation.

  Stacy is recruited to hunt Rendel, survives the initial ambush, and joins the mercenaries' revenge attacks against him.

• Rendel / Rämö → Radek (Conflict Opponent) — Radek represents the organization's organized response to Rendel.

  Radek is part of the foreign mercenary band hired to eliminate Rendel and participates in the campaign against him.

• Rendel / Rämö → Lahtaaja (Conflict Mortal Enemy) — Lahtaaja is directly responsible for the attack that creates Rendel's vendetta.

  Lahtaaja participates in the attack on Rämö's family and later fights Rendel. Rendel fatally wounds him with a barbed-wire baseball bat.

• Radek → Julia (Alliance Mercenary Teammate) — Their connection is based on coordinated mercenary action.

  Radek and Julia belong to the same foreign mercenary group during the initial attack on Rendel.

• Radek → Stacy (Alliance Mercenary Teammate) — They cooperate as members of the same hired combat unit.

  Radek and Stacy are both members of the foreign mercenary band hired to eliminate Rendel and participate in its later revenge campaign.

• Rendel / Rämö → Rotikka (Conflict Arch Enemy) — Their conflict develops from a murder mission into Rendel's final revenge.

  Rotikka is sent to kill Rämö and his family. Later, Rendel confronts Rotikka, injects him with the vaccine, and kills him.

• Kurikka → Dealer (conflict)

  Kurikka's former criminal affiliation places him within the same dangerous criminal environment.

Story Analysis

A traumatized former financial director becomes a masked avenger after VALA destroys his family and conceals a deadly vaccine scandal.

Plot Progression

1. A Career Destroyed — Rämö loses his financial position after refusing Kurikka's investment proposal. His later filing job at VALA exposes him to evidence of the deadly vaccine.
2. The Family Ruined — VALA suspects Rämö may expose the organization and sends Rotikka and Lahtaaja against his family. The attack kills his wife and daughter and leaves Rämö near death.
3. The Mask Awakens — Rämö survives, uses the vaccine tar to make a permanent mask, and becomes Rendel. A mysterious helper appears as the organization prepares a larger response.
4. War Against VALA — Foreign mercenaries ambush Rendel, but their temporary victory collapses after Julia's death. Rendel returns and defeats the surviving mercenaries during an escalating war.
5. Rainbound Reckoning — Rendel kills Lahtaaja and then confronts Rotikka after Rotikka kills his own father. The masked avenger injects Rotikka, walks away, and leaves the organization seeking revenge.