Ringi

 (リンギ, Ringi) is a character in Ousama Ranking. He is the former Lieutenant of the Kuhya Kingdom's military, but in reality was a spy for the Geslan Kingdom.

Appearance
Ringi is an average-height man with light hair in a bowl-cut, an up-turned nose, thick eyebrows, a thin mustache, and very prominent buck teeth.

He prefers to wear a light, striped tunic with long sleeves, light hose, and black shoes. When in battle he wears full-body chainmail under the Kuhya Kingdom's tabard.

Personality
In sharp contrast to his commander, Sadi, Ringi presented himself as a down-to-earth, friendly person who was happy to play along with Sadi's war games. He's seen more reserved and calm, doesn't engage in conversations as much as his peers in the Kuhya castle. After revealing his betrayal, he's shown to be more spiteful and sly, eager to achieve his goal and willing to do harm to get it.

During his time in Geslan Kingdom as a slave, he is seen to be more friendly and outgoing towards his slave fellows, which contrasted to his reserved personality in Kuhya Kingdom. He also display more sensitive side as he cried when he's dutied to torture another slave that tried to escape Geslan Kingdom, doesn't want to inflict any pain towards said slave. In front of the Geslan Kingdom higher ups, especially the Geslan army commander, he display great fear towards them as they always treat him like dirt and able to kill him whenever they desire since he's merely just a slave to their eyes.

After Bojji defeat the Geslan army commander and Oyabu killed him, Ringi turn away from Geslan's side in order to help Bojji. Reveal that he has always have good inside of him, as all the harmful works that he did towards Kuhya Kingdom are tied to his fear and obedient for the Geslan army commander, where he felt more free once knowing that he's defeated.

Early Life
Ringi was born in a peaceful unnamed village, filled with friendly citizens where the people are wearing traditional clothing according to their culture, everyone was living in peace and harmony for quite some time. One day, the Geslan army arrived along with their commander to conquer the village. All the adults in the village tried to fight back the army with all their weapons and might, however they were overpowered by the commander who slaughtered each of them one by one. Ringi, who was still a small child at the time, had to see the horror of seeing his people including his parents getting killed in front of his eyes. Ringi started to cry but shortly after, a soldier grabbed him by the head and took him along with the other children from the village to Geslan Kingdom, as they intended to convert them into slaves.

Working for Geslan
Ringi grow and spend most of his life in Geslan Kingdom as a slave, in which he hated his life in this point because of the harsh and sadistic environment. However, he find comfort towards with his slave fellows as they tend to stick together, he's seen to be happy and loyal with their companionship. He along with the other slaves are trained to do combats, other than that he's also positioned in duties such as mining and work as torturer, where he was forced to whip slaves for any perceived crime. He hated inflicting such pain on people, and tried to shirk doing so at every opportunity. One day Ringi encountered a man named Sadi, the manservant of a noble. Sadi took Ringi's whip and viciously struck the slaves, completing their punishment in a few short moments. Ringi took this as evidence of Sadi's sadism, not realizing Sadi was trying to get the punishment over with as quickly as possible.

Life at Kuhya Kingdom
Years later Ringi would be sent to infiltrate the neighboring Kuhya Kingdom as a spy for Geslan's forces. He joined the military, and eventually worked his way up to the rank of Lieutenant, second-in-command to Sadi, who had mysteriously joined Kuhya sometime before.

Ringi would serve the Kuhya Kingdom for years, until the Geslan Kingdom's forces finally staged their attack. During the attack Sadi tasked Ringi with protecting the castle from the walls while he lead a sortie against the attackers. Ringi used the opportunity to slay many Kuhya soldiers and allowed bandits to take over the castle.

During the ensuing confrontation, Ringi was exposed as a spy and grievously injured. He managed to escape in the confusion, his future uncertain.

King Kuhya
Ringi served King Kuhya as a loyal retainer for years, only to betray him at a pivotal moment.

Princess Mehi
Ringi served Mehi for years before betraying her trust.

Sadi
Ringi had actually encountered Sadi in the Geslan Kingdom, and came away believing Sadi to be a complete sadist. He allowed Sadi to believe the two of them were friends for years before his betrayal.

Geslan Spy
Ringi is a competent spy who was trusted to infiltrate and subvert the Kuhya Kingdom at a pivotal moment.