Before the games, Nam-gyu worked as a club promoter at Club Pentagon, where he became acquainted with the rapper Thanos. He was an active drug user as well, having tried nearly every street drug he could obtain through his position in the clubbing scene. YOU'RE THANOS THE GUY WITH PURPLE HAIR! Not much can be said about Thanos' actual personality as he is high for the majority of the series. From what can be inferred, Thanos is a spontaneous and careless individual who tends to act without thinking. This can be seen in him investing his entire life savings into the cryptocurrency "Dalmatian" after Lee Myung-gi insisted his fans should. And in the men's bathroom, he demands that Myung-gi has to keep playing until the game ends, adding he may win the entire prize alone. Myung-gi then reminds him that if he won the ₩45.6 billion, the rapper would have to be dead which appears to leave him speechless. Despite Myung-gi questioning his intelligence, Thanos is linguistically intuitive. When flirting with some of the female players, he easily comes up with rap lyrics on the spot. Along with this, Thanos has also displayed an extreme proficiency in the English language which he frequently exercises when talking to other contestants. Even when his emotions get the better of him, the rapper continues to speak in grammatically correct English, though it is usually mixed with Korean as seen in his last words: "You fucking son of a--씨발 놈의 bitch.