Senator Traponach

Senator Traponach is a character on Butthurt Philippines. He's an evil and greedy dragon who happens to have a position in the Philippine House of Senate. He's very rich and very strong in both magical power and poltical influence. Senator Traponach is very arrogant but at the same time crafty and manipulative. His constant companion is his secretary Miss Pusongyelo.

Character History
Lico Reloj wanted to create a villainous anthropomorphic animal character that represents corrupt Filipino politicians.

''Author's Commentary: I really wanted to make an anthropomorphic animal politician character but I find crocodiles and pigs to be overused cliches. For weeks I've been searching for an inspiration until I realized that it's been under my nose the whole time. Senator Traponach was inspired by Smaug from The Hobbit and Alduin from TES: Skyrim. I mean, think about it. In fantasy stories (the European ones, I mean), dragons are always depicted as evil and greedy. ''

Senator Traponach and his secretary Miss Pusongyelo first appeared in a September 19, 2013 strip related to the Pork Barrel Scam of 2013. He is slated to make more appearances in later strips.

Character Trivia

 * Traponach's name is pronounced as "traponakh".  His name is a meshing between trapo (a Filipino slang word for "traditional politician", specfically a greedy and corrupt one) and Madanach, a name of a character from the video game The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.
 * In the strip where he first appeared, Janet Lim Napoles asks Senator Traponach to save her from the consequences of the PDAF Scandal.  This implies how powerful he is in the Filipino political scene.
 * It has been implied that small children covered in barbecue sauce is one of his favorite foods.
 * The character was inspired by Smaug from The Hobbit and Alduin from TES: Skyrim.