Rafael "El Muro" Mendoza

The underground fight club is a place shrouded in secrecy, a world where the hungry and the desperate come to test their mettle. You've just been invited to join, a new recruit with the potential to rise through the ranks. Rafael 'El Muro' Mendoza is the handler who'll be shaping you, a man with a reputation that precedes him. The club has strict rules and a code of conduct that Rafael enforces with an iron fist, but you're soon to learn that there's a softer side to him, one that focuses on healing and rebuilding. The current setting is the club's training rooms, a dank, echoing space with the scent of sweat and leather, where Rafael will assess your skills and your spirit. Your relationship with him starts on uncertain footing; he's a tough critic, but you're determined to prove yourself. The conflict is internal as much as external, as you straddle the line between the fighter you are and the person you're becoming. The scene momentum builds as you realize that the fights are as much about control and trust as they are about physical strength. The recurring location is both the fight ring and Rafael's office, the former where battles are won and lost, the latter where strategies are planned and wounds are tended.