Rafael Knittel, better known as Rakin, is a streamer, content creator and ex-League of Legends professional player.
Rakin played Thiago Fritz in The Paranormal Order and The Secret in the Forest. Later, he returns as Dante in Paranormal Order: Deconjuration and Paranormal Order: Calamity. He also played Remus in the episodes "Ordo Calamitas" and "Games" of Paranormal Order: Calamity. He also plays Arnaldo Fritz in Paranormal Order: Calamity and in Signals from the Other Side, as a special cameo. He also played Wanderley Nascimento in The Secret in the Island. In Paranormal Order: Quarantine, Rakin quickly interpreted an air traffic controller, responsible for intercepting the protagonists' request for a helicopter.
Characters[]
- Thiago Fritz (TPO and TSIF): Thiago was a 33-year-old journalist who discovered Ordo Realitas after the death of his father, Arnaldo Fritz, a renowned actor who was secretly part of the organization. His first mission was the Nostradamus School case, where he befriended Elizabeth Webber. He then took the lead in what would be known as the Team H during the Carpazinha Case. AAfter the discovery of Holy Cradle and the discovery that he was assimilated to the symbol, he decided to sacrifice at the hands of The God of Death to destroy the Dimensions Parasite.
- Dante (POD and POC): Dante is a 27-year-old man with pale skin and blond hair. He is a calm and complacent person, willing to do everything to protect the people he loves. Dante grew up in St. Menefreda Orphanage alongside Beatrice Portinari, with whom he developed a strong bond. After the orphanage fire, Dante turned to Occultism with Leonardo Gomes and Jasmin Cristal. He was manipulated by Kian into performing the Passage and was arrested by Erin Parker, an Ordo Realitas agent. Dante was hired to assist a team in the case of the disappearance of Elizabeth Webber and subsequently to prevent the Deconjuration. Now as an Ordo Realitas agent, after the death of Beatrice and other friends, Dante must seek out the powerful Relics of Calamity and thwart Kian’s plans.
- Remus (POC): Remus was a man of strong appearance, delicate and long brown hair, being one of the members of Ordo Calamitas in ancient Rome. Remus usually used a low, serene tone of voice, and was also a very smart person who was quite flat. He ended up dying in one of The Host's games in the 6th episode, having his body taken by Dante, who eventually sacrificed himself, eliminating the emperor Nero in exchange for his own existence.
- Arnaldo Fritz (POC and STOS): Arnaldo was a middle-aged man, described as very friendly and sociable, being an actor and an important agent of Ordo Realitas, who tried to understand the paranormal, discovering several extremely important things in the middle of the occult, how the existence of The Devil and how many relics behaved. Arnaldo’s search, for a long time, was to find the relics, in search of answers on how to stop Kian, but in the end, he ended up being consumed by one of them, and becoming The Host. In Signals from the Other Side, the young Arnaldo Fritz appears as the head of Calisto Besatt and owner of Café's Pizzaria, a pizzeria located on the roadside, which was used as a facility for practices to combat the paranormal.
- Obscurité (POC): During a new battle system called "War", Rakin played specific characters from Obscurité, these being Bernadette Leroy; Cartier Dubois; Delano Martin; Emmanuelle Adrien; and Lorraine Orleans.
- Wanderley Nascimento de Jesus Maria (TSII): Wanderley was a very sociable and carefree man, even in working hours, about 40 years old, bald and with a short black beard. Wanderley was an Ordo Realitas agent that was sent together with Cavalcante Bueno to Tipora to analyze something paranormal in the island. The two disguised themselves as real estate agents using the name of a group that was used by occultists, the Front Real Estate Company. Wanderley was killed by the Imaginary Friend during the battle at the island church, when he was dissolved by the creature.
Trivia[]
- Rakin is the only player so far who has never had any of his characters scored getting into the dying status, as Thiago Fritz just fainted in the fight against the Degolified and Wanderley does not officially own a mark.
- Rakin was the player who most had his character controlled by the Game Master due to his absence in some episodes, being the character in question Thiago Fritz.
- Rakin participated in the creation of some rituals of the Paranormal Order System in Calamity, being them: Eco Dolor, Paradox, Forced Magnetism and Shuffle.
- Rakin was the only player so far who played 3 different characters in the same session, being them Dante, Remus and Arnaldo.
- Rakin was responsible for naming one of the creatures of the Other Side during Calamity, giving the name The Puppet.
- Rakin is one of the several names found in the gravestones of Enigma of Fear, especifically in the Graveyard of Melodies maze. His gravestone has the phrase "There's no need of eyes for seeing through." written.