Roll of Honor: Rhinar

Sep 27, 2024 Legend Story Studios

A risky excursion in the wilds. That’s what those coined-up hedonists deemed pleasurable, and that’s what they got. In the Moat, they were voyeurs. In the Savage Lands, they could take part.

After an afternoon stalking brawnhide and scarbit, we set up camp in the far north-east reach, Togark the Wrangler rousing the Gougemoor elite with ale and tall tales, promising them another crack at a brawnhide, maybe a Big Horn. As night fell, our bonfire grew, their banal revelries intensifying.

Eager to distance myself from the rowdiness, I went behind the bushes for a leak. Stood in a pile of dung, the stench pungent. Now, when I think back, any predator could have attacked us, the jungle air so still our voices would have travelled for miles, our scent further.

Anyway, I was taking a leak, my eyes fixed on the stars, when I heard an ear-splitting scream. I ducked real low behind the bushes, looked towards the campfire, and there it was. Not a brawnhide or a scarbit, not even a Big Horn. It was the fiercest Brute I’d ever discerned, wielding a club made of bone and stone. We all know the stories. Brutes bite big! It wasted no time, smashing each reveller, shredding them with its claw-like hands until they lay torn and bleeding. The thing grabbed ole Togark by the back of his neck and sunk its teeth in deep. Tore his voice box clean from his throat and spat it out.

Astonished but alert, my instincts kicked in. Quiet as I could, I shoved my hands into the dung and covered myself in it, gagging as I went. After the Brute had finished its feast and collected its trophies, it picked through the camp, grabbing clothes from cases, smelling perfumes and soaps. Damn beast was after our scent alright. I waited and watched until it moved on, headed out of the jungle towards Gougemoor.

That thing is out there somewhere. If it makes it as far as Tarnish Hill, the croppers have a much larger problem than a Big Horn, that’s all I can say. When Togark promised me a purse of coins for that ‘picnic’, he handed me a Brute-sized stack of it. Perhaps the croppers might need a cicerone to lure it elsewhere? Deathmatch is just the place for a predator like that.

-Luca, Arena Cicerone


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Debuting in Welcome to Rathe on October 11, 2019, and reprising in Heavy Hitters February 2, 2024, Rhinar was the very first and undisputable king of the jungle. Immediately making a name for himself in Blitz from Day 1 of the format's release, where lower life totals meant intimidate was an even deadlier mechanic, Rhinar remained a pillar of the metagame and a fan favourite for his entire run.

Throughout the highest of highest and the lowest of lows, Rhinar flipped gaming tables with savage tactics and wild variance for years. Always a strong pick for Skirmish Season, racing aggro decks and completely wrecking the careful counterweights of control decks, Rhinar encouraged heroes to play hard and play fast or risk being turned into mincemeat by an apex predator!

Rhinar officially reached Living Legend status in Blitz on September 13, 2024. Congratulations to everyone who beat their chests with the Alpha Brute. Your names have been sand sketched on the Roll of Honor!

Roll of Honor
Aaron Shantz
Adam Jessell
Adam Tan
Adam West
Adrian Fatyga
Adrian Mendez
Aidan Barsony
Akio Harada
Alan Chavarin
Alberto Ruiz
Alex Lo
Andrej Narjas
Barry Teo
Benjamin Norwood
Bert D'Huyvetter
Bianka Venturelli
Birgir Hrafn Buason
Blake Meier
Bradley Liestenfeltz
Brandon Datwyler
Brandon Smith
Brandon Thaxton
Brett Gillson
Brett Rogers
Bryce Morgan
Caleb Lolley
Carlos Gutiérrez González
Casey Wilson
Chance Hensley
Chandler To
Chen Wei Li
Christoph Jablonowski
Christopher Doiron
Christopher Rivera
Christos Kostakis
Cody Williams
Connor Davenport
Daan Barten
Damiano De Prosperis
Daniel Scupham
Daniel Weatherhead
Dave Cordeiro
David Dyson
Davis Purcell
Davis Robinson
Denny Sunarjo
Denzel Dino
Dev Gordon
Dimitar Manov
Dmitry Filippov
Drew Bosco
Dylan Vanpatten
Eric Hoath
Erick Ortiz
Eugene C
Fábio Antunes Gomes Pitta Pinheiro
Florian Denil
Florian Koksch
Francisco Leiva Espanhol
Gaál Benjamin
Gavin Rapp
Hayashi Takashi
Hayden Dale
Hayden Porter
Hilmi Halim
Ian Pratt
Ilmari Lahtinen
Ismael Ximpa
Iuri Pertilli
Jacob Simmons
Jacob Willard
Jan Kubisch
Jason Chua
Jeerod Balangan
Jeffrey Delaere
Jeromy Tsai
Jesus Montijo
John Hanifzai
Jonah Overholt
Jordan Raposo
Joseph Fisher
Joseph Vloet
Joshua Elijah Sindao
Junio Antono
Justin Kinison
Justin Whitcomb
Keenan Fernandez
Keenan Humphrey
Kevin Goodkin
Kyle Crabtree
Lachie Kennedy
Lan Falenti Koncilija
Liam Canning
Logan Bolam
Louis Marcant
Louis Solymos
Lucas Michel
Ma Kang Shuo
Maciej Szawica
Marit Franks
Martin Vilem
Mateusz Zalecki
Matthew Brown
Matthew Siuda
Matthew Vore
Maxandre Jacqueline
Maximilian Klein
Merrick Kemp
Mohd Imran Jamil
Nanchen Chen
Naochika Machida
Nathan Dollman
Nathan Lucev
Nicholas Holding
Nicholas Mejac
Nicholas Wong
Nick Jones
Nils Hauck
Norman Bartel
Oscar Lo
Patrick Jud
Patrick Roberts
Patrick Watt
Paul White
Phelipe Da Hora
Philip Wong
Philippe Paquin
Rafael Fernandes
Randy Lavoie
Raymond Griffin
Reeve Chia
Ricardo Torres
Rob Solis
Rodrigo Deus
Rodrigo Lopez
Ross Broxup
Ryan Fox
Ryan Thomas
Sam Yuen
Sam Dando
Sam Payne
Sean Davis
Sebastiaan Knetsch
Shane Ginter
Siméon Gruel
Simon Aguirre
Simon Quirico Gamallo
Simone Rainaldi
Steve Pedersen
Steven Obrist
Steven Sweany
Suryo Laksono
Sylvain Le Roux
Takahiro Nishimura
Theo Maggs
Thomas Libeer
Thorsten Drescher
Timothy Bogle
Timothy Teo
Ting Hee Yeoh
Toby Beckham
Tom Tucek
Trenton Gutridge
Valentino Odorjan
Victor Leroy
Victoria Dodson
Wesley Chandler
Xavier Hines
Zachary Cauchi
Zachery Scheidecker
Zoe Morgan
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