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Overview

Rictus was Ambessa Medarda's trusted bodyguard.

Biography[]

Season 1[]

Rictus travels alongside Ambessa to Piltover. He remains her personal guard throughout all her appearances in Act 3.

Season 2[]

Rictus is in the battle at the Councilor's Memorial, and slays multiple Chemtanks. It’s shown later in the season that he gave Renni compensation for her son’s death.

In Episode 3, when Amara uses her powers to try and kill Ambessa, Rictus is also held down by the magic. He then breaks free from her powers using his raw strength and the runes strapped to his weapon. When Ambessa kills her, he tells Ambessa that Amara’s death will not go unnoticed for long.

After the time skip between Act 1 and Act 2, Rictus and Ambessa try utilizing Hextech Gemstones, though they fail each time. He assumes it’s the work of the Black Rose. Later, Rictus is seen working at a border checkpoint somewhere in Zaun. He grabs a man in line, who he reveals to be a Jinxer. He takes the man with him to "interrogate", by which he beats him up to the point of confession. The Jinxer tells him that the revolutionaries are meeting at the Vander Statue, and Rictus appears at their meeting in which he takes (mostly) all of them to Stillwater Hold. This includes Isha, Singed, and Gert, among others.

In Episode 6, Rictus guards Ambessa and Caitlyn Kiramman while they spar in the training room. He is chanting something while hovering a hand over the runes wrapped (now unwrapped) on his weapon in a small bowl of burning charcoal. He joins Ambessa and the other Noxian Soldiers as they march to Viktor's Commune. When Vi and Caitlyn start their plan to attack Ambessa, Ambessa dismisses him. When Caitlyn knocks Singed unconscious in the greenhouse inside the commune, Rictus appears behind her, infuriated that she betrayed Ambessa. The two begin to fight and he easily overpowers the other until Jinx comes in. While she gets a few blows in, he uses the runes on his weapon to evade the shots from her handgun. Vander wakes up, though, and throws him out of the greenhouse. After Viktor is killed by Jayce Talis, Vander gets enraged, and viciously mauls Rictus to death.

Ambessa holds a traditional Noxian funeral for him in Episode 8 where his body is buried with his weapon on top of the grave.

Characteristics[]

Personality[]

He is quite stoic, always appearing as really calm and in control, even in situation of stress. He is infinitely loyal to Ambessa and doesn’t hesitate to torture, kill and incapacitate for their cause.

Appearance[]

Rictus is big, towering even over Ambessa who already dwarfs most people. He has mohawk style hairs and a quite substantial brown mustache and beard. He wears other decorum on his face, like a tattoo between his eyes, a stub above his right eye and under his mouth, and black eyeliner under his eyes.

He wears the common Noxian Soldier garb and armor, without the helmet, just upsized for his own stature.

Powers and Abilities[]

  • Strength: He was able to counteract a spell place upon him with raw might alone, long enough for him to negate it with his weapon. He is capable of easily strangling Caitlyn, a trained enforcer and can easily lift people off the ground with one hand. More impressively, he can easily body slam and overpower Jinx, someone who always benefits from the effects of Shimmer due to it flowing in her veins.
  • Speed: He was able to react to Jinx’s pistol while it was travelling towards him, moving fast enough to block it with his weapon. He was then able to somewhat match Jinx in speed, someone who heavily relies on speed in close combat.
  • Martial Combat: He can easily take down those who stand in his way with his bare hands alone. On top of that, he is potent with his polearm weapon, being able to use different defensive moves in reaction to opposing attacks, even fighting a close quarter fight with a heavy polearm weapon, attesting to his skill at-arm.
  • Endurance: He took a direct off-guard hit from Warwick and was still conscious enough afterward to reach for his weapon.


Weapons[]

  • Glaive : The polearm weapon he seemingly wears as his primary one. The pole is outfitted with multiple runic talisman’s. These talisman are able to negate magic like the Thorn Magic, and even Hextech is no match for it’s defensive capability.
  • Armor : His armour looks heavier and more sturdy than those of the enforcers.


Trivia[]

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Appearances[]

Season One appearances: 2/9
"Welcome to the Playground":
Absent
"Some Mysteries Are Better Left Unsolved":
Absent
"The Base Violence Necessary for Change":
Absent
"Happy Progress Day!":
Absent
"Everybody Wants to Be My Enemy":
Absent
"When These Walls Come Tumbling Down":
Absent
"The Boy Savior":
Absent
"Oil and Water":
Appears
"The Monster You Created":
Appears
Season Two appearances: 5/9
"Heavy Is the Crown":
Appears
"Watch It All Burn":
Absent
"Finally Got the Name Right":
Appears
"Paint The Town Blue":
Appears
"Blisters And Bedrock":
Absent
"The Message Hidden Within The Pattern":
Appears
"Pretend Like It's the First Time":
Absent
"Killing Is a Cycle":
Appears as a corpse only
"The Dirt Under Your Nails":
Absent

References[]

ve Characters
Main Characters
Ambessa MedardaCaitlyn KirammanCecil B. HeimerdingerEkkoJayce TalisJinxMel MedardaSevikaSilcoSingedVanderViViktor
Other characters
AmaraBabetteBenzoCassandra KirammanChrossClaggorDeckardEloraFinnForeign PrincessGertGraysonGustove JowlerHuckIrius BolbokIshaJannaJulesKino MedardaLeBlancLestLorisMadam MargotMaddie NolenMarcusMyloOrianna ReveckRenRenniRenni's SonRictusRioSaloScarShoolaSky YoungSmeechStebThieramTobias KirammanTorman HoskelVernXimena Talis
Alternate Universe characters
BenzoClaggorEkkoGertMyloPowderSilcoVanderViViktor
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