The Red Viper is perhaps the meanest chaos dwarf on the team. Ever since the team started, he has been known to take a strange delight in the suffering of others. Although this is true for all other members of this team, The Red Viper also seems to take pleasure when it is his own teammates at the recieving end of the pain. The Red Viper has been known to poison the knuckles on his fighting gloves. The coach, however, put a quick end to that after a hobgoblin replacement died an excruciating, noisy and quick death during a practice session after taking a low blow from Viper, right before the team's first match. That episode also earned him his team name.

The Red Viper still retains an impressive collection of poisons and venoms, but restricts himself to using them when the team goes drinking after a game. For Viper, it's a boring night out unless some unfortunate bystander gets a lick of his "spiked" knuckles. This exotic habit has more than once resulted in mobfights, which The Red Viper and the rest of the team sees as good practice, and alot of fun for all involved.

Resently, The Red Viper is hunting his first casualty on the pitch on game night, and finds himself at a disadvantage, since he is used to using his poisons when dealing with opposition. Everyone on the team however, agrees that it is only a matter of time before this seasoned killer and sadist finds a way to maim his foes that lies wihtin the Blood Bowl rules.

And finally it happened! In his 10th game, The Viper got his first skill. And he even got it scoring a touchdown! Viper ain't too happy about how he earned his skill, but perhaps this is the nudge he needs to get his game on.
As he says himself about the manner of the earning of his skill:

"I usually leave the runnin' and ballfondling to those pathetic hobs, but there ain't no one who's gonna say that The Viper can't play all aspects of the game!"

In the game against the orcs from Carnials Crusaders, the Red Viper finally landed a crushing blow to his opponent. The unfortunate lineorc got his hip smashed by The Viper, which ended the orc's career in Blood Bowl forever. Due to this serious injury, the lineorc was subsequently retired by his coach. The game ended in a tie, but the team went celebrating anyway, to mark the game where The Viper stepped out of the shadow and into the light.

It is clear that his first casualty on the field was a major boost to The Red Viper's morale. 2 matches later, he seriously injured a dark elf lineman by crushing his back in the very first round, putting an end to the lineman's participation for the rest of the match.

In a later match against an team of undeads, The Red Viper got his hands on a skeleton. This resulted in a fractured skull, again ending the player's participation for the rest of the match.

It would seem, that when The Viper lands his telling blows, something in the opponent always breaks, be it the skull, the hip, or some other part. As The Red Viper himself says, concerning the nature of his casualties:

"I am not a sadist. Nor am I evil. But I do think that the best way to get the respect of the other players, is not to kill your opponent, or simply knock him out for the rest of the game. It has to hurt... For a long, long time. Also, I enjoy the sound of bones breaking and joints popping!"



Some comments about The Red Viper from his teammates:

"Babyface" Bronn (Deceased): "Scary.... Just plain scary"

Addar The Brute: "The lad can dish out pain on a biblical scale, I tell ye true. Around him, I am always a good lad"

Vargo Blacktooth: "I tasted one of his poisons once. Just a single drop on the tongue. First, me vision became distorted. Then the burning began. After I was done screaming, everything from me nose to me collarbone was paralyzed. I had to eat watered down porridge through a straw for 14 bloody days before I regained enough control of me jawmuscles to eat solid food"

Khar (Retired): "I think he likes me"

Hodor: "Hodor, Hodor, Hodor!"

Zimbura: "A pure sadist. There is something truly horrifying about a person who sees the infliction of pain as not only the means, but as an end in itself"

Shaggo Pinkbeard: "The Viper will always be a good friend of mine. For several reasons. Firstly because I value me life"

H'Bahala (Deceased): "I was there when he killed that hobgoblin replacement at practice. There are many ways to die in this world, and I would rather have all my flesh licked off my bones by a drunk skink than die like that hobgoblin"