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Description André: André’s depute was in Rayman 3 where he served as the main antagonist of the game who fantasies of taking over the Glade of Dreams and the entire world and was actually so close to achieving his dream before being vored by Globox and spent a great majority inside his stomach as Rayman and Globox look for the doctors to get André out. Once he finally got out, he made an alliance with the champion Reflux to help him get the power of the god Leptys. When Rayman scared the Black Lum Lord back into a Red Lum. In Hoodlums’ Revenge, The Hoodlums kidnapped Globox and soon the ghost of André possesses Globox acts rude towards Rayman. After Rayman defeated the Reflux clone, André’s spirit flies out of Globox.

In Rayman Chronicles, He became a kingpin who brought his army back from the brink of ruin and is now a married man with a wife and kid who he loves dearly. He now runs an organized crime business that engages in illegal activity in their get rich quick schemes. When Rayman and the party first meet him, he’s been captured by the Abyssal in one of their egg sacs inside the dark meteor that landed in the deep forest of the Isle of Prhys. After saving him, André angrily agrees to repay them by helping them defeat a new foe by the name of the Hex Jester if they help him get his Hoodlum airship working back to Bellbalt Atoll where his new headquarters is located in the desert region.

Name: André Hedwig

Gender: Male

Age: 28

Species: Black Lum

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Physical Appearance: André is a Black Lum. His body is a small black ball of fuzz with lanky arms and legs that have hairless grey palms on their hands and feet. He is slightly bigger than the other Black Lums and his eyes are more bloodshot and his ears stick upwards as opposed to most Black Lums whose ears hang down. His dark fly-like wings have a black skull and crossbones on them. As for his Hoodlum form, he is a much darker colored Hoodmonger who’s taller than the other Hoodmongers. He wears a big black hat, a black leather coat with some dark fur on them, black leather mittens with metal spikes on the knuckles, and his eyes glow red.


Personality: André is described as a very mean, rude, and obnoxious person. He is cruel, vulgar, short-tempered and he will go to a fit of rage if some shit went down or gets crossed. He is depraved of others and acts violent towards them, most notably Globox whom in Rayman 3 after accidentally being swallows André, The Black Lum forces the big blue frog to drink plum juice which he is very allergic to. He enjoys causing chaos and destruction and loves watching things burn to the ground. Another one of his acts of sadism is where he throws his fellow Hoodlums with no regard for life at Rayman when he was escaping the original Hoodlum Headquarters. He has intense feelings of three people, Raynan, Murfy, and Globox, a majority of which is wanting to punch them in the face or slit their throats and often throws out insults at anyone he doesn’t likes like Rayman who he calls “Big Nose”.

And while he’s not really homophobic like his father, he is claustrohomophobic. So whenever he encounters gay guys in tight places like elevators and whatnot, he would scratch on the walls, take deep breaths, bang the door, and even scream at them to stay away from him before turning back to being nonhomophobic in an instant when he gets out. Despite this, he actually does have some positive traits to him and has a bit more to the annoying little fly than being just a cruel hysterical boss who’s cold to his Hoodlums. Even though he’s not the kindest to his workers, he does pay them fairly well. He does have a handful of people who he genuinely cares for: Toots, their daughter, his family, and Reflux who loved as an older brother. Not to mention he does have some moral principles like playing by prison rules as he despises not only the Goblins but anyone who prays on young vulnerable people such as children. He even believes you shouldn’t hit women but says it’s okay if you’re trying to get from point A to point B like when punched a Ludiv out of the way to get to the Heart of the World. He’s kinda weird like that but at least he’s still respectful towards women most of the time. He is surprisingly good at playing the violin especially his golden violin and isn’t afraid to show his talent to others.

André is an alcoholic for plum juice as he will slam it down. He loves it so much, he would an entire kingdom die just to get the last one. Just like all alcohol, plum juice causes André to get drunk. Now usually people getting drunk will vulgar and act violent towards others. But André is a rare exception where whenever he’s drunk, he becomes the nicest sweetest most lovable person in the entire world. He would motivate Rayman and co and make them feel good, being a polite gentleman to everyone he meets, and gives some of his money to the poor when he’s drunk.


Relationships:
Family: André grew up in an abandoned swamp shack with two bitter parents who secretly want to kill each other and is the middle child of two brothers, a younger one Craig and an oldest one Marco. His older brother Marco would call him a faggot his whole life. Everything he does growing up, he’s a fag. He bumps into his Marco, he’s a fag. He’s sucking on lollipop, he’s a fag. He looks at a rainbow in the sky, he’s a fag. There’s also André’s younger brother Craig. Whenever they’re left in their home with nothing better to do, he would peak out of the window and yell stuff at the random folks walking by and André would laugh. His father has always been kind of old school as his biggest fear is his son André turning gay. Even with his wife, his father would tell him to beware of homosexuals cause he’ll won’t know when a gay guy is gonna spike his drink and bang him in his sleep. And there’s his mother who’s… will give it this, she’s not exactly the worst mother ever to all three of her children but will put them in a timeout if you’re disrespectful to her by literally knocking them out cold. André still loves his family no matter what.

Outside of his family, he didn’t have many friends growing up and didn’t really talked to anybody to the point where he forgot how to socialize with others because of how much he isolated himself from the rest of the world and just generally doesn’t like them. Eventually his mother had to try and get him to talk to people which he gets agitated by. During one of the foggy days, he was strolling in the forest where he comes across another lonely Red Lum named Toots who was just sitting on a fallen tree. He then flies next to her and waves at her and she waved back but they speak and just sit there in the forest before it’s time to go home. Whenever they come across each other, they would interact but never spoke at all until one day, the two finally built up the courage to talk to each other and soon they would become best friends and close companions as they would fly to the alleyways of Aeropolis and play with the trash in the dumpsters even finding black alley cat whom Toots named Oliver. They would have the time of their lives right up into his early teens, one night, he met Toots at local cafe who was dating a Teensie by the name of Kyle at the time. But after that, he began seeing her less and less. André tried to get in touch with her every once in a while to try to say hi but never replied and Soon, he had lost all contact with his closest friend.

Later, he’d been through two relationships with two other women. The first being a Yellow Lum named Theresa. Theresa was always very controlling and very manipulative. She knew how to get what she wanted, she knew how to make André feel like he’s in the wrong. Threatening to kill herself, says that she will make a false abuse accusation if she doesn’t get what she wanted or does something she doesn’t like. Rather it’s doing something alone or wanting to hang out with his friend Toots whom he hasn’t heard from for a while, she’ll act aggressive towards him and say that he will only do whatever SHE wants. She would often make him pay for all of their food, pay for rent, and other expensive things. Eventually, he left her house without a word and returned to his parents’ home. Then there was his second ex-girlfriend Liz which already started off smoothly, much better than his past relationship with Theresa. They would go on walks on the beach together, watch movies, and even hang out at taverns. But just when André was starting to have feelings for her, she tells him that she’s breaking up with him and leaves him for another girl. It left him heart-broken and soon, he became an alcoholic for plum juice, having a more bitter view of the world. One night when he was sitting next to a lake, a couple of disembodied hands sneak behind him and start to make shadow puppets. The Red Lum was at first confused by this but was also amused at the same time as he watched the shadows change into a variety of creatures from a rabbit, a flying pig, a toad, to a monster which made him scream like a banshee.

The silhouette terrified him so much, he started to twitch and before he knows it, he transformed into a Black Lum as he sees himself all dark and fuzzy with red lightning coming out. When he tried to ask another Red Lum what has happened to him, he accidentally touch him, turning him into a Black Lum as well. Founding this new ability at his fingertips, he feels this sense of power coming from within and soon sets off to turn all the Red Lums into Black Lums and start an invasion of his own to destroy the Heart of the World. During his reign at Hoodlum HQ. André was just outside the balcony when he notices someone oddly familiar… it was Toots! In a new look with her Black Lum form along with a more cocky attitude. But change didn’t really matter, he was just happy to his old friend again and the two Black Lums gave each other a hug. They had drinks one night and talk about old memories they had when they were kids and tell their own personal stories and what happened to them. André told Toots about his past relationships and Toots did the same about how her since deceased ex-boyfriend Kyle emotionally abused her until she killed him and moved to another island called Bellbalt Atoll where she became a Black Lum and heard that her he was invading the Glade of Dreams and even learned a few cool moves like gunslinging and acrobatics as she demonstrated them when she turned into her Hoodlum form. They would form an unbreakable bond when they realize they have feelings for one another. Years after the events of Rayman 3 they got reunited once again and soon married and built a new headquarters in the desert region of Bellbalt Atoll.

Friends and Allies: During his time at the Desert of the Knaaren with his fellow Black Lums, he heads off into the catacombs where he meets the fallen champion of the Knaaren Reflux and tells him that he will get rid of their enemy Rayman if he helps him steal the Scepter of Leptys from his king Gumsi. Soon the two formed an alliance and eventually became friends. They would have fun in the snow where André teaches Reflux what snow is, destroy random shit, and even have Reflux hang out with him and his best friend Toots where they all watch movies together and play drinking games. The look on Reflux’s face was priceless when he saw moving pictures for the first time and asked what kind of magic is this. Him and Reflux would continue to be friends. But perhaps they were more than just friends… possibly even more like… brothers.


Likes: André likes to cause havoc and destruction. His go-to drink is plum juice (just as long as it’s fermented), he loves his wife and daughter, he has admiration for his Hoodlum army and relishes in terrorizing the Glade and its inhabitants.

Dislikes: He despises Rayman and his friends with a burning passion mainly Globox to do being imprisoned inside his stomach for so long but wished he should’ve ripped Globox’s vocal cords when he had the chance. He’s certainly not a huge fan of being backstabbed or double-crossed.


Power and Combat: Ever since he been turned into a Black Lum, he gained the ability to turn Red Lums into Hoodlums. As for his Hoodlum form, he carries a big chainsaw blaster that he uses for both ranged and melee purposes. The blaster side for marksmanship and the chainsaw side for cutting his opponents in half. He has more health but is slower than Toots. 




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Comments: 31

SuperMarioFan65 [2020-10-15 16:16:38 +0000 UTC]

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YourClairyGodmother [2020-01-25 21:19:49 +0000 UTC]

Nathan: "Sexuality: Heterosexual."

Claire: "You made the wrong choice."


All joking aside, I LOVE this more detailed work in Rayman Chronicles characters! The extra effort put into their bios, designs, details, and such shows a great passion and commitment. I am so excited for Rayman Chronicles and I hope it's just as amazing as any other fan project, perhaps even more so! Good luck Nathan! Write your demon heart out!

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nathandlneumann In reply to YourClairyGodmother [2020-02-08 18:22:27 +0000 UTC]

Some versions aren’t going to be gay as yours!

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YourClairyGodmother In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-02-08 18:57:21 +0000 UTC]

I know, but I couldn't help it. André and Reflux's dialogue is very... dirty.

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nathandlneumann In reply to YourClairyGodmother [2020-02-08 19:06:33 +0000 UTC]

To me, most of their dialogue wasn’t even that romantic. The closest thing was probably when your at the top of the tower of Leptys when Reflux is complimented for new muscles but that’s only it. To me at least... in my canon, they’re like brothers.

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YourClairyGodmother In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-02-09 03:36:22 +0000 UTC]

I don't know, but that's how I interpreted the joke as a kid.

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nathandlneumann In reply to YourClairyGodmother [2020-02-17 17:44:24 +0000 UTC]

I didn’t really gave much thought as a kid.

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YourClairyGodmother In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-02-17 17:45:35 +0000 UTC]

I thought it was bloody comedy gold as a child.

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nathandlneumann In reply to YourClairyGodmother [2020-02-17 17:57:44 +0000 UTC]

I did, and I still do.

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YourClairyGodmother In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-02-17 19:14:46 +0000 UTC]

Just a dead-pan "Yes, Andy."


Nothing more, nothing less.


It's perfection.

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nathandlneumann In reply to YourClairyGodmother [2020-01-25 21:35:37 +0000 UTC]

Nathan: “SHEET!”

Thank you so much Claire! I do the best I could, even when I have self-doubts an ask other for some help.

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YourClairyGodmother In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-01-25 21:41:20 +0000 UTC]

Claire: "I'm afraid you messed with the big gae, Nathan. You must die."


Nothing wrong with asking for help. Your art is awesome!

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nathandlneumann In reply to YourClairyGodmother [2020-01-25 21:47:05 +0000 UTC]

Nathan: “Insert CDI Zelda Ganon joke here.” I just can’t help but imagine you as ganon in Wand of Gamelon as me as Zelda enter the room and you say... “You DARE make the big gae fly STRAIGHT!? YOU MUST DIE!!!”


Thanks!

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YourClairyGodmother In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-01-26 01:15:39 +0000 UTC]

I shall record that and send it on Discord!


Also, quite the odd backstory. But hey, I like it. It's nice you gave give some depth to Navi's drunk uncle!

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nathandlneumann In reply to YourClairyGodmother [2020-01-26 04:08:44 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Can’t wait to hear it!


It wasn’t the easiest to write, I can tell ya that! but thanks anyway!

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YourClairyGodmother In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-01-27 00:40:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!


Can you tell me the inspiration and idea behind it?

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nathandlneumann In reply to YourClairyGodmother [2020-01-27 00:54:58 +0000 UTC]

You’re welcome!

I sent you a note.

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YourClairyGodmother In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-01-27 02:08:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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nathandlneumann In reply to YourClairyGodmother [2020-01-27 02:11:19 +0000 UTC]

You’re very welcome!

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YourClairyGodmother In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-01-26 14:03:09 +0000 UTC]

May you explain why you would give him such a backstory? What was your inspiration?

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nathandlneumann In reply to YourClairyGodmother [2020-01-26 14:26:51 +0000 UTC]

I’ll tell you in notes.

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LoverLuRayman [2020-01-25 16:17:38 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is one of the coolest redesign I ever see! And not bad BIO for him.   

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nathandlneumann In reply to LoverLuRayman [2020-01-25 16:23:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I thought it be interesting to base his design off of Beelzebub the Lord of the Flies.

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LoverLuRayman In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-01-25 16:39:37 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!   But I also want to ask, can you make a redesign for my characters? On my page, I will lay out the characters who will be in Chronicles version and in Note send their BIO. Unless of course you don't mind.  

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nathandlneumann In reply to LoverLuRayman [2020-01-25 16:40:47 +0000 UTC]

Sure why not! I still can’t wait to see your design of Toots. ^^

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LoverLuRayman In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-01-25 16:53:00 +0000 UTC]

Don’t worry, she will appear and I think that she will have a different name. And thank you so much! You are a very good friend and artist to me.   

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Fanofmanymedia [2020-01-25 14:15:01 +0000 UTC]

How about doing Razoff next?

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nathandlneumann In reply to Fanofmanymedia [2020-01-25 14:25:22 +0000 UTC]

Actually, I’m doing someone else next. Who is it? I’ll give you a hint... it’s a very seductive voice...

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Fanofmanymedia In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-01-25 14:44:29 +0000 UTC]

I have no clue.

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nathandlneumann In reply to Fanofmanymedia [2020-01-25 14:47:20 +0000 UTC]

This character appeared in Rayman 3 in the Hoodlum Headquarters.

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Fanofmanymedia In reply to nathandlneumann [2020-01-25 14:47:37 +0000 UTC]

Oh! Toots!

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