Snapping Turtle Gladiator [Dwarf Fortress]

Finalist of the annual Dwarf Fortress gladiator tournament. Description by /u/flaccidusmanager

This turtle’s home life? Terrible.

Both his teenage son and disinterested wife are growing more and more distant. His boy accuses him of always being away on fishing trips with his dear friend, while his wife berates him for being a sensitive pansy. Spiraling down the rabbit hole of a midlife crisis, our turtle made a curious discovery; both his son and wife were fans of the yearly gladiator tournaments. His son adored the brutal carnage (as all properly desensitized youth do) while his wife seemed mystified by the gladiators themselves, with their buff bodies, and effortless machismo.

“I shall join the tourney and prove them both wrong! Prove to them both that I’m not just a man, but a man’s man…” The turtle man declared. “But first, I need a name.. A proper, fierce name to show them all who I really am deep inside!”