Wanted in at least 30 star systems, the cruel ringmaster from beyond the sky, scourge and kidnapper and collector of rare creatures and monsters!

The Great Ringmaster Rigatoni!

A cruel businessman of unknown species and origin (but with a very plausible rumor circulating that his own planet was destroyed by space pirates a couple decades ago), Rigatoni has both taken on many names in his years of general debauchery and dodging the intergalactic feds.

Rigatoni is a simple man. He likes hoarding money and he likes hoarding talent, scooping up any interesting creatures as he travels the stars, trapping them in his circus and forcing them to perform to the unsuspecting masses before moving to the next planet. He likes picking “favorites” but he also treats his favorites no different from the rest of the detritus he enslaves. None of his performers know what happens when they become too worn out/ill/broken to work in the circus, with imaginative minds suspecting either slave trade or dinner.

And now he’s made it to Rayman’s world, a backwater planet that still hasn’t learned space travel and seems ripe for the plucking.

But he’s not interested in the local talent, no. MAGIC is also very valuable...

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I saw several people in the Rayman tag making redesigns of the Rayman villains and, in my mind, all of the Rayman villains are perfect except for the one guy that no one really draws unless they have to. Being in only one episode in a four episode series definitely ruins his street cred a bit.

I don’t actually think I changed his design much besides making him more lizard-like and giving him a cape to hint at the wings he gains at the height of his hubris. I kinda love the idea of him actually having a really scary second form. Was it unintentional, or was this his true form the whole time?

Rayman, when asked for his opinion, just responded with “My friend heer ken fix ya cah”.