Twenty-Fifth Baam

Twenty Fifth Baam (abbreviated as 'Baam') is an Irregular and is the central protagonist of Tower of God. , Baam enters the Tower in search of his best friend Lahel.

Appearance and the origin of the name
Baam is a boy with brown hair and gold eyes. He wears brown long sleeved shirt, red vest and beige pants. He is described as good looking and cute by the Black March and Androssi. He is overall human-looking.

He was named after his birthdate, twenty-fifth night. Later the Guardian of the 1st floor, Headon abbreviates his name into Baam, joking "It has become a tasty name!' In Korean, the word 'baam' has two meanings: one is 'night' and the other is 'chesnut'.

History
Baam's early life is mostly a mystery, and nothing is known where he lived before coming into the Inner Tower, other than that it was some kind of cave. He was dressed in an unkempt manner, a long white shirt, and long unruly hair. He has never seen blue skies or stars. Baam has only one friend, Lahel, who tought him how to read and talk. She also told him about the sky and stars, and Baam recalls Lahel let him know the human warmth.

Plot Summary
Baam enters the Inner Tower in search of his friend Lahel. When Lahel decides to climb the Tower, a golden light descends on Lahel to take her away, but when Baam grabs her it also catches him and seperates the both of them.

Baam awakens at the first floor of the Tower where he meets Headon, the Guardian of the 1st floor. Headon welcomes him and tests him with a Ball and a White Steel Eel telling Baam he can go to the next floor if he pop the Ball. When Yuri and Evan arrive, Baam is given a Pocket that translates any language by Evan. Yuri tells Headon that the test is too much for Baam, Headon answers this is the adequate level, because Baam is an Irregular. Later, Headon agrees to bend the rules and says if Yuri lends Baam the Black March he would look away just this once.

Baam manages to get past the Steel eel using his intuition and pops the Ball by Igniting Black March. He then arrives at the Evankhell's floor, the 2nd floor. He survives the first test that reduces the number of Irregulars in half. He teams up with Koon and Rak in the second test. Baam and the Regulars meet their Exam Supervisor, Leo-Ro. After taking a rest, Lero-ro blasts a Shinsoo barrier at them. When Baam doesn't get pushed back by the barrier, Lero-ro thinks 'Looks like we got a monster.' He agrees to let Baam pass the test. He sits down with Baam and offers to make a bet on who will get through the barrier first, with the winner getting to ask the loser a question. They both bet on Anak, and both prove to be correct. Baam asks Leo-Ro what an irregular is, which Leo duly explains. Afterwards Koon and Rak get through the barrier and the team prepares for the next test.

Baam, Koon, and Rak pass Yu Han Sung's test, in which they had to rely on a scant few clues to choose a correct door out of several. They then take part in a bonus game called 'Crown Game'. Baam makes a bet with Anak during the game, and agrees to give Black March to her if his team fails to win next four rounds. For the first few rounds, Baam simply sits on the throne with the crown while Koon, Rak and their allies wipe the floor with the other Regulars. On the final round, however, Baam sees Lahel and abandons the throne trying to save her. Baam makes the Shinsoo attack Lahel's assailiant, who is later revealed to be Hwa Reyun, and becomes unconsious. He loses the Black March to Anak.

Baam wakes up two days after the test resumes. Koon tells him that the girl he saved was not Lahel, although he knows that Koon was lying. He is assigned the Wave Controller position and discovers that he has a true talent for handling Shinsoo. He becomes friends with Androssi, Hatsu, and Ship Lee Soo.

During the Hide and Seek game he is put on Team 2. He watches as Koon's team is defeated by Quant and feels sorry for Koon, although he reminds himself that Koon and him are no longer on a team. He then prepares himself for the test.

Relationships
Lahel: Baam is has a deep friendship with Lahel (some speculate that he is in fact in love with her). She was the reason he entered the tower. However, since Lahel made Koon lie to him about her identity, Baam has been somewhat unsure about her.

Koon: Baam was a little uneasy with Koon at first, but they are now fast friends.

Rak: Baam is also friends with Rak, although he gets a little annoyed by him at times.

Powers and Abilities
Agility: Baam is very agile, he can dodge sword blows very effectively.

Intuition: Despite not being much of a fighter, Baam has good fighting instincts, as shown when he correctly determined a Steel eel's weakness in only a few seconds.

Novice Shinsoo Genius: Baam can use Shinsoo surprisingly well for someone who has had little exerience or training with it. However, he is still a novice, and so far the most he can do is fire two small beams of Shinsoo before his Room runs out.