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Real Name: Presumably Ram

Identity/Class: Terrestrial fauna (ram) mutate (New Men)

Occupation: Knight, warrior

Group Membership: Knights of Pendragon (notably worked alongside Lady Ursula, Lady Vermin, Lord Anon/Sir Wulf, Lord Churchill, Lord Gator, Lord Steed, Lord Tyger, Sir Delphis), New Men

Affiliations: Bova Ayshire, Colossus (Peter Rasputin), Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin), Heroes for Hire (Ant-Man/Scott Lang, Black Knight/Dane Whitman, Luke Cage, Iron Fist/Danny Rand, She-Hulk/Jen Walters, Thena, White Tiger), High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham), Luna Maximoff, Meggan Puceanu, Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff);
    as Lord Anon, the Man-Beast infiltrated the Knights of Pendragon and assisted them on various missions for his own purposes

Enemies: Acolytes (Joanna Cargill, Fabian Cortez, Decay/Jacob Lashinski, Gargouille/Lavinia LeBlanc, Isaac Javitz, Harlan & Sven Kleinstocks, Seamus Mellencamp, Francisco Milan, Projector/Zachary Williams, Scanner/Sarah Ryall, Suvik Senyaka, Spoor/Andrew Graves, Carmella Unuscione), Avalanche (Dominic Petros), Cranus of Polemachus, Exodus (Bennet du Paris), Fenris (Andrea & Andreas Strucker), Feral (Maria Callasantos), Gullo of Polemachus, Man-Beast, Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich), Pyro (St. John Allerdyce), Random (Marshall Stone); pteranodon-esque creatures of Polemachus;
    formerly Arkon of Polemachus, Heroes for Hire (Ant-Man/Scott Lang, Black Knight/Dane Whitman, Luke Cage, Iron Fist/Danny Rand, She-Hulk/Jen Walters, Thena), Thundra;
    briefly Colossus, Meggan

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "Horn-headed, fur-faced, macho-mannered goat" (insult from Meggan)

Base of Operations: Last seen in the Citadel of Science, Mountain Wundagore, Transia;
    formerly Haven castle on New York City's Hudson river

First Appearance:  Excalibur I#113 (October, 1997)

Powers/Abilities: Sir Ram is a ram evolved into humanoid biped form, and he walks and speaks like a human. 

    He appeared to stand in a plantigrade stance, like a human, rather than digitigrade, like a conventional sheep (see comments). 

    From the limited images seen, he appeared to have a round iris and pupil, like a human, rather than a rectangular pupil, like a conventional sheep. sir_ram-kow-hfh15-bk1

    Sir Ram has a pair of curled horns on his head presumably comparable to bone in density. Although he was not shown to ram (rush forward and strike with his head) objects or beings, he may have done that in combat given the opportunity. 

    It would seem likely that he was a ruminant (foregut fermenter, with four "stomachs," including the omasum, abomasum, reticulum, and rumen), but that is unconfirmed.

    He apparently has some degree of superhuman (likely "enhanced human") strength, speed and agility, as well as enhanced olfactory and perhaps auditory senses.
    These abilities were briefly further augmented to unspecified but significantly higher level by the High Evolutionary.

    He sometimes wore a suit of body armor, composed of an unidentified metal, which presumably provided some degree of physical protection.
    This is different than the armor worn by the Knights of Wundagore in combat. 

    He was experienced in combat and in riding the Knights of Wundagore's atomic steeds and using their lances, swords, etc.

    Sir Ram is highly skilled at hand-to-hand combat, as well as swordsmanship, and he is experienced with other forms of weaponry.

    He was also experienced in flying multi-person aircraft, notably in using sufficient altitude to make use of the Earth's rotaton to reduce travel time.

    A noble warrior and leader, Sir Ram anticipates and prepares for the worst, and he works to maintain morale amongst his brethren. Like most of the Knights, he is blindly loyal to the High Evolutionary, and he would attack an ally at the Evolutionary's command.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'2")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 220 lbs.)
Eyes: Solid white in most appearances (no visible pupil or iris); solid yellow in Quicksilver I#1
Hair: He may have fine gray hair covering his body and head, or he may be hairless and just have gray skin
Other Distinguishing Features: Three fingers and a thumb on each hand;
    He has curved horns originating from the top of his head and curling backwards toward the sides of his head before curving laterally again;
    He was much more massive of frame in Excalibur I#113, but we'll chalk that up to artistic license.

History:

sir_ram-kow-ex113-col(Quicksilver I#9 (fb)) - The High Evolutionary's powers began fluctuating wildly, causing him to shift between god-like powers to an ape-like powerless form. Lord Delphis and the Evolutionary created Isotope E in hopes that it would cure him. However, while Isotope E could return him to his more human form, his powers and form continued to fluctuate, with his periods of existing in his more powerful state grew progressively shorter.

(Quicksilver I#11 (fb) / Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver '98) - At some point following Exodus' assault on Wundagore Mountain (circa Avengers I#380-382), the High Evolutionary realized that this was but the first of other such battles, and he decided that he needed to create new Knights using Isotope E to defend his Citadel. At that time, he created Lady Vermin and the White Tiger, as well as Sir Wulf, figuring that a wolf's ferocity would be useful in the war to come. However, as the last wolf he had evolved became the Man-Beast, the Evolutionary felt that a wolf would not be trusted by the other Knights, and so he proclaimed that the new knight must keep his identity hidden, dubbing him Lord Anon.

(Heroes for Hire I#15 (fb)) - The Evolutionary specifically created the White Tiger to end the threat of the Man-Beast forever. sir_ram-kow-ex113-meg

(Quicksilver I#11 (fb) - BTS) - The Man-Beast slew Lord Anon/Sir Wulf, and adopted his identity, infiltrating the Knights of Wundagore.

(Excalibur I#113 (fb) - BTS / Quicksilver I#11 (fb) / (Quicksilver I#7 (fb)) - Sometime following Crystal's vanishing via the final conflict with Onslaught, Quicksilver brought his daughter Luna to Mount Wundagore, the only place in the world that ever felt like home to him. The High Evolutionary welcomed them to stay there, and Bova quickly became akin to an aunt to Luna. The Knights of Wundagore -- notably Lady Ursula, Lady Vermin, Lord Churchill, Lord Tyger and Sir Ram -- kept Luna happy in ways that Quicksilver could not.

(Quicksilver I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Declaring the Knights of Wundagore/New Men to be an abomination, Exodus led the Acolytes to assault the Citadel of Science, both to destroy the Knights and to claim Isotope E for their own purposes.

(Excalibur I#112 - BTS) - A plane carrying Colossus (Peter Rasputin) and Meggan crashed in the Swiss Alps, and Colossus carried Meggan into proximity of Mount Wundagore and the Citadel of Science.

(Excalibur I#113) - Colossus and Meggan were discovered by Bova, who brought them toward the Citadel of Science, where Sir Ram greeted them, advising Bova that it was not wise to be "doling alms of succor to the wayward at an hour so dire." Bova asked Sir Ram to let them pass as the girl was injured, but Ram recognized Colossus in his human form as an associate of their enemy Exodus and blocked his path. After Colossus turned into his steel form, Ram's spear shattered on him, and then Colossus punched him back and tossed him into the snow while explaining that this was a past alliance.

    After Colossus offered to stand with the New Men against Exodus, Sir Ram shook his hand, noting that his heart was as noble as his arm was strong. However, when he tussled Meggan's hair and asked what good this "little minx" would be in battle, she generated a powerful wind that cast him high into the air, and he barely caught himself by grabbing the top of a building. Acknowledging that she would do fine, he asked for a hand down.
welcomed them into the Citadel.

     When Sir Ram entered the Citadel with Bova and his guests, Lord Gator similarly recognized Colossus as an agent of Exodus, suspecting his motives despite Sir Ram's assurance. Ultimately, the High Evolutionary appeared and announced that they did not need Colossus and Meggan's help, and he teleported them away to Paris, France.
(Quicksilver I#1 (fb) - BTS) - While Pietro was away, grieving Crystal's apparent death, the Acolytes assaulted the Citadel of Science, seeking to slay the Knights and Luna (whose human nature was considered blasphemous to them) and to acquire Isotope E.

sir_ram-kow-q1-upperob(Quicksilver I#1 - BTS) - Bova sent a message to Quicksilver, summoning him back to the citadel.

(Quicksilver I#1 - BTS) - Astride Atomic Steeds as well as battling from the ground, the Knights fought the Acolytes. sir_ram-kow-q1-fullob

(Quicksilver I#1) - Sir Ram remained by the side of the Evolutionary, who noted that his powers were at an extreme ebb, virtually depleted. Stating the he had given the New Men their lives and always provided for them, Ram assured him that they would shield him.

     After Exodus sent a message challenging the Evolutionary, Ram vowed that they would uphold his word to slay Exodus. After they were joined by Bova and Luna, however, a number of Acolytes (notably Cargill, Cortez, the Kleinstock brothers, Scanner and Unuscione) breached the citadel.

    As Ram led Bova and Luna to the airship bay so they could escape, he tried to convince the de-powered Evolutionary to flee as well, but the Evolutionary refused to depart, unwilling to allow Isotope E to fall into the Acolytes; this mention was overheard by Scanner, who alerted the other Acolytes to seek out Isotope E. Sir Ram used some communicator to send out an alert to all knights to swiftly send reinforcements to defend their master.

(Quicksilver I#1 - BTS) - The super-strong Kleinstock Brothers and Cortez, having homed in on Scanner's signal, overpowered the Evolutionary, but he tricked them into seeking Isotope E through a door to the aquatic wing, which flushed down them down a cavern.

(Quicksilver I#1) - However, the waters flushed the Acolytes into the airship bay just as Sir Ram, Bova and Luna were arriving. As Sir Ram rushed them aboard, Quicksilver redirected Cortez's blaster weapon to strike the Kleinstocks. However, the Kleinstocks subsequently grabbed Quicksilver's feet, preventing him from stopping Cortez from firing again. Steed dove to take the blast himself, allowing Bova and Luna to safely escape. Ram caught Steed, assuring him he had succeeded before Steed perished. Ram and most of the other knights used their atomic steeds to escort the airship out of the warzone.

(Quicksilver I#1 - BTS) - After Exodus teleported into the citadel, the Evolutionary teleported himself, his remaining Knights and Quicksilver several miles away to safety, leaving his Citadel in Exodus and the Acolytes' hands.

(Quicksilver I#1) -After placing Quicksilver in charge of the Knights, the Evolutionary teleported himself and Isotope E away.

(Quicksilver I#8 (fb) - BTS) - ...to the Savage Land....

(Quicksilver I#1) - ...and teleported Quicksilver and the New Men to his Haven castle on New York's Hudson.

(Quicksilver I#3 (fb) - BTS) - When Polemachus was afflicted with the "burning skies" while Earth was afflicted with rainstorms (both of which were apparently a result of the "Heroes Reborn" return from Franklin Richard's pocket dimension), the priests Brother Cranus and Gullo determined that to survive this, they needed to dimensionally exhange Polemachus and Earth. To achieve this, they generated several dimensional portals from which some of the dinosaurs native to Polemachus escaped to Earth. In order to occupy Arkon and prevent his interference, Cranus and Gallo drugged Thundra into a maddened, berserker state and sent her to Earth-616 and then told Arkon that the sky-fires were a first strike from Earth and that he must travel there to save Thundra.

(Quicksilver I#2) - Sir Ram urged the others to try to get along as this would be their living situation until they reclaimed Mount Wundagore from Exodus. When Delphis expressed concern with the unprecedented torrential downpour, Ram led him to the technology-outfitted catacomb where he could research the condition.

    When Quicksilver excused himself to go to bed, Ram requested some of his time. While sparring with Quicksilver, Ram noting that Quicksilver had taken over his station of first knight and that while he bore him no resentment, he insisted that Quicksilver be actively involved with the knights. Ram further expressed that as knights, they required some acknowedgement of their station, and as animals, they felt rejection when he dismissed them. Ram subsequently checked on Bova, confirming that she and Luna were adapting to their new location.sir_ram-kow-quick4-group

    Ram and Quicksilver subsequently met with Delphis who had determined the global rains to be a result of spatial upheavals. Noting a second set of dimensional disturbances, which were localized in Manhattan, Delphis convinced Quicksilver and the rest of the Knights to investigate. Flying in on their atomic steeds, they encountered pteranadon-eque creatures, and Quicksilver assaulted Thundra as the center of the disturbances, leading to a conflict with her arriving mate, Arkon.

(Quicksilver I#3) - After Lords Churchill and Tyger, Lady Vermin and Thundra were transported to Polemachus, Sir Ram led Lords Anon, Delphis and Gator, and Lady Ursula in attacking Arkon to protect Quicksilver until Quicksilver defused the fight and convinced Arkon to explain the reason for his assault. Having analyzed the dimensional disturbances, Delphis informed Arkon that they originated from Polemachus, and that Thundra had been drugged.

(Quicksilver I#3 (fb) - BTS) - Having computed the location of the next space-warp, Delphis facilitated the travel of the Knights, Quicksilver and Arkon to Polemachus.

(Quicksilver I#3) - After Ram and the others arrived on Polemachus, Delphis delivered a dose of <presumably naloxone (see comments)> to Thundra, who guided Quicksilver to smash Cranus and Gallo's portal generators and prevent the dimensional transfer of the worlds.

     Delphis remained on Polemachus to help Arkon's people find a legitimate remedy for their problems, and other priests of Polemachus opened a portal back to Earth that returned the Ram and the other Knights to Haven, while Quicksilver was instead sent to a field where he was reunited with Crystal, who had returned to Earth alongs with the others temporarily transported to Franklin Richard's pocket dimension.

(Quicksilver I#4 (fb)) - Quicksilver brought Crystal to Haven and introduced her to the Knights Lords Anon, Churchill, Gator Tyger, Ladies Ursula and Vermin, and Sir Ram.

(Quicksilver I#4 (fb) - BTS) - The Knights subsequently departed Haven without telling Bova where they were going. When Quicksilver called to check on them, he was disturbed by their absence. sir_ram-kow-q5-dressedup

(Quicksilver I#5 (fb) - BTS) - The Knights went out for a New York City dinner.

(Quicksilver I#5) - Afterward, Sir Ram suggested the return to Haven, noting that it was not appropriate that they be there without Sir Pietro of his leave. Anon countered that if Pietro was committed to them, he would not have run off without them, and he suggested that they consider a new leader. Ram told Anon that he spoke without honor, as the Evolutionary had personally selected Pietro to lead them. Gator reminded Ram that Anon was new to their ranks, and Ram let the matter drop.

     They were planning to go to an opera but instead chose to see Cats.

(Quicksilver I#5 (fb) - BTS) - Lord Churchill apparently lost control and attacked some of the feline-dressed actors.

(Quicksilver I#5) - Ram sent Churchill, Tyger, Ursula and Vermin in a taxi back toward the castle. He planned to meet them there after he had found Gator and Anon.

(Quicksilver I#5 - BTS) - The taxi driver gassed Churchill, Tyger, Ursula and Vermin and then took off in a flying car.

(Quicksilver I#8 (fb) - BTS) - The captured Knights were taken to and imprisoned in a secluded abbey fifty miles north of Haven, used as a base by Avalanche, Fenris, Feral, Omega Red, Pyro, Random and others serving Exodus.

(Quicksilver I#6) - Having returned to Haven, Sir Ram worried about the other Knights who had not yet returned, and he was frustrated with Quicksilver's absence while he was in Attilan dealing with Maximus and others. At Bova's query, he assured her that he did not question their creator's wisdom but rather Quicksilver himself.

    Ram resolved to head back to New York to try to pick up the other Knights' trail anew; noting the world of man to be too dangerous for the gentle Bova, he instructed her to remain at Haven.

(Quicksilver I#7 (fb) - BTS) - Lord Gator was apparently captured separately and also imprisoned in the abbey base of the Acolytes.

(Quicksilver I#7 - BTS) - Gator, Tyger, Ursula and Vermin waited in their cell as the Acolytes tortured Churchill in an effort to learn the location of the High Evolutionary and the Isotope E he carried with him. Vermin convinced a normal rat to take her place, allowing her to escape and seek aid. The Acolytes subsequently returned Churchill, who had refused to talk, and they took the rat, thinking it was Lady Vermin.

(Quicksilver I#8) - Heedless of Qucksilver's distress after Crystal had abandoned him, Sir Ram demanded to see him to seek his aid in locating the missing Knights. He located Quicksilver in his room as he apparently was visited by Nestor (a future version of Quicksilver from Earth-98625). As Nestor was apparently not detected by anyone other than Quicksilver, when Pietro told him that he was deep in the middle of a conversation, Ram asked if he was talking to himself.

    Regardless, Sir Ram accused Quicksilver's lack of attention to the Knights as having led to their destruction. Quicksilver, however, reminded Ram that he had left him in charge during his absence to deal with family matters, and that he had not asked to lead the knights, but that his duties as a husband, father and an Avenger came first. When Bova reminded them that it didn't matter who was at fault as the Knights needed their aid regardless, Ram apologized and agreed to the sentiment.

    Lady Vermin then returned to Haven and informed Sir Ram and Quicksilver of her fellow knights' location as prisoners in the abbey base. While she did not know their captor's identities, she did know that they had questioned about the location of the High Evolutionary and Isotope E.

 (Quicksilver I#8 - BTS) - Although the knights had not divulged the High Evolutionary's location (they most likely did not even know it), Exodus independently identified the unique energy signature of Isotope E in Antarctica's Savage Land. He therefore instructed his agents to travel there and to secure the Evolutionary and Isotope E. He instructed his agents to keep the Knights alive.

(Quicksilver I#8 (fb) - BTS) - Appreciating the mutants' ship's destination, Lord Anon located the other Knights' armors and stowed them in the craft.

(Quicksilver I#8 - BTS) - When Exodus' mutant agents attempted to force the Knights to accompany them, they fought back and, joined by Lord Anon, they overcame the mutants and took their ship to the Savage Land.

(Quicksilver I#8) - By the time Lady Vermin, Sir Ram and Quicksilver arrived (the Knights aboard an atomic steed and Quicksilver by foot), the abbey base was deserted; however, a rat who had heard Exodus' orders to his followers relayed their destination to Lady Vermin, who shared it with her allies. sir_ram-kow-quick9-wquick

(Quicksilver I#8 (fb) - BTS) - Quicksilver obtained an Avengers Quinjet to transport himself, Ram and Vermin to the Savage Land as well.

(Quicksilver I#8) - The first group of Knights landed and encountered and battled recent mutates of the High Evolutionary, and Ram, Vermin and Quicksilver arrived soon after. They were upset with Anon's wanton slaughter of these beings who were like brethren to them.

     After noting another arriving ship, which they correctly assessed as carry Exodus' forces, the Knights and Quicksilver fell through a pit into the Evolutionary's underground laboratory, where the Evolutionary revealed his gorilla-like face and noted that things had gone terribly wrong.

(Quicksilver I#9) - Sir Ram and the other Knights were present alongside Quicksilver as the High Evolutionary reviewed his history and his current state of being dependent on Isotope E. The Evolutionary was distraught to learn that Lord Delphis was not with them (nor even on Earth, as he was still in Polemachus), at which point the mutants serving Exodus -- Avalanche, Fenris, Feral, Omega Red, Pyro and Random, as well as Acolytes Decay, Gargouille, Projector, Scanner and Cortez -- attacked.

     As the Knights and Quicksilver fought back and defended the virtually powerless Evolutionary. As Ram engaged Omega Red, Lord Churchill secured Isotope E and then gave it to the Evolutionary to flee with it. In the process, Lord Anon's armor was breached, and Churchill recognized him as the Man-Beast; however, when Churchill confronted Anon, he slew Churchill, after which he told the others that Churchill had fallen in battle. The remaining Knights and Quicksilver joined the Evolutionary back at their ship, planning to return to Mount Wundagore to retake the Citadel of Science.

(Quicksilver I#10 (fb) - BTS) - The High Evolutionary, Sir Ram and the Knights returned first to Haven, after which Quicksilver took the Avengers Quinjet to return it to Avengers Mansion.

(Quicksilver I#10) - As the Knights trained in combat, the Evolutionary praised Sir Ram for keeping them in fine fighting form and that they would soon be ready to reclaim their former home, but first he needed him to get word to Lord Delphis to return from Polemachus. At Ram's query, the Evolutionary stated that he considered Quicksilver to be a big disappointment and noted that they would leave without him if he had not returned before their departure. The Evolutionary instructed Bova to summon the White Tiger for the coming battle.sir_ram-kow-hfh15-bk2

(Heroes for Hire I#15) - Bova returned to Haven with the White Tiger, and Ram allowed them entry but advised that White Tiger had better be prepared to account for herself. Ram then introduced her to Lady Ursula and Lords Gator and Tyger, further noting that Lady Vermin was preparing the craft, Lord Anon was out on patrol and Sir Delphis was in another dimension.

    The knights present were a bit put off by her having been previously unknown to them. She revealed her origins, and when Tyger asked why use her rather than him, the Evolutionary interrupted, noting that none should question him.

     Ultimately the Evolutionary agreed to have the White Tiger bring her Heroes for Hire allies to aid in re-taking their castle atop Mount Wundagore; Lord Anon watched silently from a distance.

     The White Tiger subsequently returned with Ant-Man, Black Knight, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Not having expected her swift return, Lord Anon re-entered Haven, and when White Tiger recognized his true nature, he struck her down with his sword. Before he could finish her off, the Heroes for Hire came to her rescue, and a battle between the two groups ensued.

    Sir Ram battled the Black Knight, pleased to find someone to test his mettle at swordplay.

     Wielding a scepter containing Isotope E, the Evolutionary ended the battle by devolving Ant-Man, Black Knight, Luke Cage and Iron Fist into ape-like form.

(Heroes for Hire I#16 (fb) - BTS) - Quicksilver arranged for the Avengers and Fantastic Four to send word to Lord Delphis to return and aid the Evolutionary and the Knights.
sir_ram-kow-quick11-armor2sir_ram-kow-q11-armor(Quicksilver I#11 (fb) - BTS) - The Knights, High Evolutionary and Bova flew an aircraft toward Mount Wundagore, with Sir Ram flying high enough to make use of the Earth's rotation to reduce the travel time to Transia.

(Quicksilver I#11) - Lord Tyger complemented Ram on his piloting skills, which Ram tried to dismiss as nothing, after which they discussed how the Evolutionary and Lord Anon had spent so much of the trip speaking away from the rest of them and how Anon had struck down the White Tiger.

    While the Acolytes had been sent by Exodus to Haven in hopes of recovering Isotope E, the Knights arrived at their Citadel, reclaiming armor and weapons from an armory the Acolytes had failed to ransack. Ram opined that the Acolytes had spent so much time trying to find their lord that he doubted they had explored all the secrets of Wundagore Mountain.

(Quicksilver I#11 - BTS) - In the infirmary, Bova discovered the corpse of Sir Wulf.

(Quicksilver I#11) - Bova's cries summoned the Knights, and she revealed how Sir Wulf had been the original Lord Anon, making the current Lord Anon an impostor. They rushed to see to the Evolutionary, only to find him fallen at the hands of Lord Anon, who revealed his true identity as the Man-Beast.

(Heroes for Hire I#16 - BTS) - Iron Fist, temporarily restored to human form as the Isotope E change had been temporary, used his chi to heal White Tiger. The Heroes joined Quicksilver in ship traveling to Wundagore.

(Heroes for Hire I#16) - Sir Ram and the other Knights attacked the Man-Beast, who used the Isotope E scepter to augment his psi-blasts (he specifically noted that he was saving its energy for "greater purposes," or he would have simply devolved them all). Nonetheless, the distraction allowed Bova to carry the fallen Evolutionary to safety.

     Exodus subsequently arrived alongside his Acolytes (Cargill, Gargouile, Javitz, Harlan & Sven Kleinstock, Mellencamp, Milan, Scanner, Senyaka, Spoor, Unuscione), and while Man-Beast fought Exodus, the Acolyes attacked the Knights. Ram and Gator donned atomic steeds and engaged the Acolytes. They were soon joined by Tyger and Ursula, with Ram notably engaging Gargouile.

(Heroes for Hire I#16 (fb) - BTS) - Man-Beast and Exodus formed a temporarily alliance, and their forces reported that they had captured the Evolutionary.

(Heroes for Hire I#16) - As the Heroes for Hire (including Thena) and Quicksilver arrived, the Knights -- with the Evolutionary reportedly held hostage -- reluctantly allied with the Acolytes against them. Ultimately, the Man-Beast used the Isotope E scepter to incapacitate Cage, while the Knights and Acolytes defeated Quicksilver and the other Heroes for Hire.

(Quicksilver I#12) - Sir Ram maintained silence as the Man-Beast taunted him that his possession of Isotope E and the High Evolutionary forced the Knights to obey him, and as he continued, discussing his plans to use the Isotope against Acolytes and to use the Heroes for Hire against Exodus.sir_ram-kow-q12

(Quicksilver I#12) - Escaping his cell, Quicksilver located the Knights and -- after Man-Beast's departure -- informed them that he had not found the Evolutionary to be a prisoner of the Man-Beast. He suggested they focus on finding their master.

(Quicksilver I#12) - Sir Ram led the Knights to escape captivity.

(Quicksilver I#12 - BTS) - Quicksilver subsequently freed the Heroes for Hire and stole the Isotope E scepter from the Man-Beast. Appreciating its sudden departure, he called to Sir Ram to get in there immediately, but Exodus informed him that Sir Ram did not appear to be nearby.

    Aiding the Heroes for Hire against the Acolytes, Quicksilver used Isotope E to amplify his own abilities to a level comparable to Magneto's.

(Quicksilver I#12) - In the caverns below the citadel, the Knights located the weakened Evolutionary alongside Bova; Ram commended her on her courage and resourcefulness. After Ram ordered that the Evolutionary be taken to the infirmary at the armory, they were then confronted by the Man-Beast. Lady Ursula charged Man-Beast, but he mentally commanded her to turn her weapon on her fellow Knights. Ram and the others could only stand aghast as Ursula -- unable to resist the Man-Beast's power -- shot herself in the head to prevent herself from attacking her teammates; Man-Beast mockingly revealed to the others that he had allowed her to do this to reduce his opposition.

     Having followed Man-Beast's scent, White Tiger confronted and attacked him, and when the other Knights prepared to come to her aid, Bova advised them that White Tiger had been bred to be able to resist the Man-Beast's mental powers. Noting that she was not a Knight and not under his service, Bova defied Sir Ram's orders and returned to the citadel to find Quicksilver, whom she felt could find Isotope E to save their creator. Soon after, however, the Evolutionary's powers waxed again, and he found himself glowing with power.

(Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver '98 (fb) - BTS)) - The High Evolutionary added to and twisted the powers of the Knights of Wundagore.

(Quicksilver I#12) - After Quicksilver had overpowered Exodus and the Acolytes, the Knights on their steeds joined the now-giant Evolutionary as he confronted that group, announcing that he was retaking Wundagore Mountain.sir_ram-kow-hfhq98-vcage
(Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver '98) - As Lord Delphis arrived via an Arkon-lent ship through a dimension rift between Earth and Polemachus, the power-maddened Evolutionary -- thinking the ship to carry another intruder -- ordered Sir Ram to bring down the ship. Sir Ram complied, but as the ship crashed, Quicksilver rushed in and saved Delphis.

     Quicksilver subsequently convinced Exodus to oppose the Evolutionary, and the Acolytes followed his lead and joined the Heroes for Hire in battling him. Loyal to the Evolutionary, the Knights fought the Heroes for Hire. Sir Ram -- apparently enhanced in power and size by the Evolutionary -- challenged the Black Knight, blasting him while noting that he was obeying his lord's order that he must die. Absorbing the blast with his Shield of Night, the Black Knight returned it with his Sword of Light, shattering Ram's atomic steed. Sir Ram deliberately crashed into the ground in front of Luke Cage, drawing him into position and then smashing his lance into Cage's chest. However, the lance shattered against Cage's steel hard skin, and Cage leapt up and smashed Ram in the back, noting that he plainly did not need to hold back against him.

     Ultimately, at Bova's request, Quicksilver delivered the Isotope E sceptre to Lord Delphis. sir_ram-kow-hfh17-carryexodus

     Exodus and Thena united with the Man-Beast in a psychic assault on the Evolutionary, and Iron Fist fought off the White Tiger to prevent her from attacking Man-Beast, in case Thena would be injured in the backlash.

    After the Evolutionary succumbed to the assault, reverting to mortal form, and the others broke off their assault, White Tiger attacked the Man-Beast. Having refined Isotope E, Delphis stabilized the Evolutionary, who subsequently used Isotope E to revert the Man-Beast into a wolf, which fled.

    The Evolutionary also noted that he had previously "added to and twisted" the power of the Knights (Sir Ram and Lord Gator were specifically shown), and he "made them as they were...still my knights, hopefully still my brothers."

    Lacking a purpose and pained by her unrequitted love for Iron Fist, the White Tiger had the Evolutionary revert her to a conventional tiger, which was to be returned to the rain forest from which she had originally been claimed.

(Quicksilver I#13) - Quicksilver departed Mt. Wundagore, leaving the High Evolutionary to lead the Knights again.

(Heroes for Hire I#16) - Delphis, Gator, Ram & Tyger (with Lady Vermin riding behind on Bova's shoulder) carried Exodus' comatose form  into the cavern in which he had previously rested, and the Evolutionary and Thena channeled their power through the Black Knights' sword to seal him therein.

    See comments...

Comments: Created by Ben Raab and Pete Woods.

    Sir Ram seemed to be the most experienced and the spokesman/leader of the group of Knights of Wundagore in the High Evolutionary's absence. He was certainly at least a little older than Lady Vermin Sir Wulf, and the White Tiger, and it COULD BE possible that the High Evolutionary -- whose powers were sometimes vast and god-like -- had restored the Sir Ram who first appeared in Tales to Astonish I#94/2 and who seemed to perish in #95/2, but was revealed in Marvel Premiere#1 to have been saved/restoried by the Evolutionary in a god-like state, only to be slain in the same issue by the Man-Beast.
    They have different horn structure, but that could just be artistic license and/or some further mutation by the Evolutionary.
    However, I've re-re-reviewed all of the appearances of the Sir Ram associated with the group allied with Quicksilver in his 1997-1998 series, and I did not see anything actually confirming him to be the "original" Sir Ram or even a clone of him. I'm treating them as separate until/unless I find something to confirm them to be the same.
    Additionally, a Sir Ram appears in Iron Man I#111, but this is a Sir Ram who never left Wundagore II and instead remained in bestial form until radiation from Rigellian ships caused them to return to humanoid/bipedal conformation. This Sir Ram was slain in a space battle with the Rigellians.
    See Clarifications for links.

    Regardless, this Sir Ram could have been unseen or just fully armored (although the helmets did not seem to be conducive to his large horns) in any or all of the Knights appearances in Thor I#406, Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#12 and/or Spider-Man: Dead Man's Hand#1.
    He would presumably NOT be one of the Knights who accompanied Thor into the Black Galaxy at the end of Thor I#406, as they all apparently perished in Thor I#407.

(Thor I#406 (fb) - BTS) - The New Men restored the Citadel of Science atop Mount Wundagore to its former glory.

(Thor I#402-405 - BTS) - Presumably under pre-existing orders from the High Evolutionary to obtain cell samples of Thor (which was presumably the start of what would become the High Evolutionary's plan to create the New Immortals via Thor's DNA), the New Man known as Mongoose kidnapped Eric Masterson and brought him to Mount Wundagore in order to lure Thor there.

(Thor I#406) - As Thor approached, ignoring Tagar's disagreement with his methods, Mongoose had a missile launched at Thor, and then after its detonation, he sent the Knights of Wundagore out to recover as much of Thor's body as possible.

     Having destroyed the missile and survived the explosion, Thor attacked the approaching Knights, shattering one of their atomic steeds with his hammer, Mjolnir.

    The Knights attempted to disarm him with Maneuver 138, in which at least four of them launched steel cables around Mjolnir and then tried to pull it free via the power of their atomic steeds.

    However, Thor resisted this force before hurling Mjolnir and pulling them all off of their steeds and then dropping them to ground in his vicinity when Mjolnir returned to him.

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    As Sir Panther remained the only Knight still atop his steed, an unidentified Knight fired on Thor, and the blast, deflected from Mjolnir, shattered Sir Panther's steed.

    While Sir Panther fell toward the distant ground, Thor flew down and caught him, after which the Knights acknowledged that honor prevented them from further fighting him.

     At that point, the Knights were summoned back to base at once by Count Tagar, who explained that the attack was caused by the now-missing Mongoose, and he released Eric Masterson as a show of good faith.

    Tagar informed them that the Cosmi-Track device had located the High Evolutionary, and that he and Hercules were within the Black Galaxy.

    When Thor vowed to travel there to rescue Hercules, the Knights insisted that it would be their privilege to accompany him.

    Not trusting the Knights, Masterson also insisted on going, and Tagar provided him with a nuclear-powered environmental suit to protect him.

(Thor I#407 (fb) - BTS) - The Knights were charged with two responsibilities: To find their master, the High Evolutionary, and to return with enough Asgardian cell samples for future experiments. They had no intention of allowing Thor or Eric Masterson to survive the mission.

(Thor I#406) - Shortly thereafter, Tagar had the Stellar Telejump activated, sending the Knights (including Sir Ferret, Sir Puma, presumably Sir Panther, and two others unidentified), Thor and Eric Masterson to the Black Galaxy, where they observed a giant image of Hercules...


(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack I#12) - Seeking a base of operations via which to spread their power, the Genesis Coalition used Cyberwarriors purchased from Cybertek to assault Mount Wundagore.

     The Cyberwarriors were opposed both by the Knights of Wundagore (none of whom were identified), as well as Siege, a Cyberwarrior taken over by the uploaded memories of John Kelly. The Knights noted and appreciated Siege's assistance, as there were many against their few.

    Threatened by the combat, the Genesis Coalition ordered retreat, and they departed, after which Silver Sable and her Wild Pack (Chen, Crippler, Quentino) and the Next Wave (Agent X, Fin, Sandman, Snare, Turk) joined the fight against the Cyberwarriors. After Sandman procured the undamaged head of a Cyberwarrior, Quentino altered the Cyberwarriors' tandem program, shutting them down.

     One of the Knights thanked Sable for her assistance and told her that if she ever required their service in defending her homeland, Symkaria, they would be by her side.
(Spider-Man: Dead Man's Hand#1) - Seeking to cure the Carrion zombie plague unleashed by the William Allen Carrion, Spider-Man had the Tinkerer teleport him to Mount Wundagore to enlist the aid of the High Evolutionary. Swiftly identifying the intruder, the Knights of Wundagore, aboard their atomic steeds, prepared to engage and restrain him.

     When one of them insisted that no one would be allowed to steal their master's work, Spider-Man assured them he was not there to steal anything and -- as he knocked a hand blaster out of one of their number's hand -- that he did not have time to waste fighting them.

     When Spider-Man demanded to be taken to their leader immediately, the Knight flew him to the Citadel of Science on his atomic steed within a few minutes and then brought him to the High Evolutionary.

(Spider-Man: Dead Man's Hand#1 - BTS) - Refusing to become involved with the affairs of humanity or to deal with the actions of Miles Warren (who had originally created Carrion), who had learned from him, the High Evolutionary teleported Spider-Man back to Manhattan. Nonetheless, posing as Dr. Wyndham from the Center for Disease Control, the Evolutionary -- accepting responsibility for Warren having used knowledge taken from him to create the Carrion virus -- assisted S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist Leslie Miglietta in developing a cure for the zombie plague.

    In his first appearance in Excalibur, Sir Ram spoke in something of Old English, shouting "Strewth!" when surprised, greeting associates with "Ho," etc. He did not maintain this speech/language pattern in his subsequent appearances in Quicksilver, etc.

    On the last page of Quicksilver I#1, I had initially thought Sir Ram had split tips on the toes of his boots, which may have indicate that he has cloven-hooved feet to some extent (despite having a plantigrade stance, like a human). However, in re-reviewing that, I see there are little bursts of energy about, and one of them is over the central portion of the tip of his only foot clearly seen, making it look split. I don't see him with that type of "split-tipped boot" anywhere else, so I think it can just be chalked up to an artifact caused by the appearance of the energy over his foot.

    If he was on Mount Wundagore at the time of Mighty Avengers#22, she was presumably slain by Modred. Here's hoping he was elsewhere!

(Mighty Avengers I#22 (fb) - BTS) <Hours before the main story> - Modred apparently slew all of the Knights of Wundagore within the Darque Hold, the caverns deep within the mountain, where Chthon had written the Darkhold. Perhaps Modred led them there and then slew them, or he slew them and then brought them there.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
This Sir Ram should be distinguished from:


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 Excalibur I#113, pg. 7, panel 4 (confronting Colossus);
       pg. 10, panel 2 (cast away by Meggan);
Quicksilver I#1, pg. 13, panel 1 (upper oblique, showing belt and shoulder patterns);
          panel 4 (face);
       pg. 40, panel 2 (full oblique; sword extended);
    #5, pg. 10, panel 4 (dress clothes);
    #8, pg. 15, panel 1 (full, slight oblique; with Lady Vermin jumping off);
    #11, pg. 18, panel 1 (donning armor);
       pg. 20, panel 2 (running with armor);
    #12, last page (on atomic steed behind Evolutionary)
 Heroes for Hire I#15, pg. 17, panel 1-2 (vs. Black Knight);
 Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver '98, pg. 12, panel 2 (vs. Cage);
Appearances:

Excalibur I#113 (October, 1997) - Ben Raab (writer), Pete Woods (penciler), Scott Koblish (inker), Matt Idelson & Kelly Corvese (editors)
Quicksilver I#1-2 (November-December, 1997) -  Tom Peyer (writer), Rob Haynes (layout artist), Casey Jones (penciler),  Jason Martin (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
Quicksilver I#3 (January, 1998) -  Tom Peyer (writer), Rob Haynes (layout artist), Casey Jones (penciler),  Jason Martin (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
Quicksilver I#4 (February, 1998) -  Tom Peyer (writer), Derec Aucoin (penciler), Rich Faber (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
Quicksilver I#5 (March, 1998) -  Tom Peyer (plot), Joe Edkin (script), Derec Aucoin (penciler), Jason Martin, Rich Faber & Ralph Cabrera (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
Quicksilver I#6 (April, 1998) - Joe Edkin (writer, co-plotter), Tom Peyer (co-plotter), Derec Aucoin (penciler), Ralph Cabrera (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
Quicksilver I#7 (May, 1998) - John Ostrander & Joe Edkin (writers), Ivan Reis (penciler), Randy Emberlin (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
 Quicksilver I#8 (June, 1998) - John Ostrander & Joe Edkin (writers),Derec Aucoin (penciler), Rich Faber (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
 Quicksilver I#9 (July, 1998) - John Ostrander & Joe Edkin (writers), Ivan Reis (penciler), Randy Emberlin (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
 Quicksilver I#10 (August, 1998) - John Ostrander & Joe Edkin (writers),Derec Aucoin (penciler), Rich Faber (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
Heroes for Hire I#15-16 (September-October, 1998) - John Ostrander (writer), Paschalis Ferry (penciler), Jaime Mendoza (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
Quicksilver I#11 (September, 1998) - John Ostrander & Joe Edkin (writers), Derec Aucoin (penciler), Rich Faber with Mark Lipka & Pond Scum (inkers), Mark Bernardo (editor)
Quicksilver I#12 (October, 1998) - John Ostrander & Joe Edkin (writers), Derec Aucoin (penciler), Rich Faber (inkers), Mark Bernardo (editor)
Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver '98 (1998) - John Ostrander (writer), Paschalis Ferry (penciler), Jaime Mendoza, with Keith Candelario, Floyd & Paschalis Ferry (inkers); Mark Bernardo (editor); with special thank to Quicksilver co-editor Joe Edkin
Quicksilver I#13 (November, 1998) - Joe Edkin (writers), Chris Renaud (penciler), Scott "Pondscum" Elmer (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
 Heroes for Hire I#17 (November, 1998) - John Ostrander (writer), Martin Egeland (penciler), Hector Collazo (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)

First posted: 08/19/2025
Last updated: 08/25/2025

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