Roughhouse
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Roughhouse is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe and the occasional enemy of Wolverine.
Roughhouse is one of the most mysterious opponents that Wolverine has come across. Little is known of his past beyond the fact that Roughhouse is descended from the race of trolls that inhabit the dimension of Asgard, the mythical home of the Asgardian "gods". He is also known to have been systematically abused by his father as a boy. Some writers have suggested that the reason Roughhouse wears long a full beard is to hide scars received at the hands of his father. As, Roughhouse is descended from the Rock Trolls, there is a possibility that one of his parents might have been one.
In recent years, Roughhouse came to the island nation of Madripoor along with his partner, the "pseudo-vampire" Bloodscream. They found employment under General Coy, one of the islands' most powerful crime lords, as special enforcers used to eliminate any threats to his operations. They were sent after the woman called Tyger Tyger, Coy's primary rival as the supreme crime boss of Madripoor. This brought the two mercenaries into a number of conflicts with Wolverine. The duo were never able to defeat him.
General Coy grew tired of Roughhouse's failures and literally sold him to Geist ("Ghost"), a former high ranging agent of Nazi Germany in the United Kingdom and a cyborg. By the time Roughhouse met him, Geist was financing himself through illegal drugs trade and was needed an guinea pig to experiment a new drug on. Roughhouse was taken by Geist's men and recieved a dose of this experimental version of cocaine which temporarilly drove him mad.
Wolverine, being an enemy, held back since Roughhouse was not truly even aware of what he was doing. After helping Roughhouse escape, they came upon a mysterious nun of the Roman Catholic Church known only as Sister Salvation who the ability to cure those suffereing from physical or mental injuries and cure sickness just by touching them with her hands. After several "sessions" she was able to fully purge Roughhouse's body of the cocaine. Her mission had been destroyed and Roughhouse decided to stay with her and help her rebuild it.
It would be quite a while before Wolverine and Roughhouse would cross paths again. Roughhouse and Bloodscream had renewed their partnership and ambused Wolverine after the adamantium had been stripped from his skeleton. They managed to get the upper hand and beat Wolverine unconscious and brought him to their hideout, where they beat him repeatedly. Wolverine was able to free himself from the chains and ambushed and defeated his captors. This was the last time he crossed paths with Roughhouse.
It is unknown why Roughhouse renewed his partnership with Bloodscream, but as Bloodscream became increasingly cannabilistic it is unlikely Roughhouse would have stayed with him as Roughhouse, while a villain, still had some sense of honor and valued human life. Sure enough, when next Wolverine encountered Bloodscream, Roughhouse was no longer with him, but was instead replaced by the cannabilistic imbecile, Vermin.
Powers and abilities
Roughhouse has several superhuman powers that are derived from his unusual heritage. Apparently, Roughhouse is descended from the Rock Trolls of Asgard and does possess many abilities similar to them. Roughhouse is superhumanly strong and has a high degree of resilience against conventional injury, and has beyond-human stamina.
Skills
Roughhouse is a formidable hand to hand combatant. He utilizes mostly street fighting techniques that let him make full use of his great size and physical strength. He also has many connections throughout the criminal underworld, where he often hires himself out as a special enforcer.