Talk:Prince Rurik

"Somehow, the Lich Lord finds [...] his corpse ..." <- I seem to recall that in the cutscene at the end of the Frost Gate mission you can actually see the Lich Lord approaching Rurik's dead body together with Dagnar Stonepate and even making a nasty comment hinting at his undead return. I'm not 100% sure though. --Tetris L 18:03, 6 Oct 2005 (EST)


 * Unless the game was drastically changed in the last two weeks, I don't think this cutscene ever existed. I finished the mission 3 times, once in the olden days (like mid June), once in early August and once a few weeks ago when I took the Frost Gate screen pic. Never have I seen the Lich lord in any. The first time the Lich Lord even shows up is in Kryta at the end of the Gates of Kryta mission when the Mantle find the scepter.
 * I actually found (and still find) the unexplained leap of his corpse from there to Hell's Precipice annoying. --Karlos 18:11, 6 Oct 2005 (EST)
 * Not to mention it seems like it would be an awful big hassle and kinda out of the way for the Lich to travel there, find his corpse, reanimate it, all just to harass players far down the line...you kinda think it'd be more trouble than it's worth, really.


 * I just did Frost Gate to check. No such cutscene.  Rurik gets the axe and it ends.  --Fyren 19:05, 6 Oct 2005 (EST)


 * There is a cut-scene showing undead Rurik walking through a portal with the Lich Lord. Is this relevant? 148.177.129.213 19:07, 6 Oct 2005 (EST)


 * That's at the end of Thunderhead Keep. --Karlos 19:11, 6 Oct 2005 (EST)


 * I may have confused the two. --Tetris L 19:36, 6 Oct 2005 (EST)

His shields seem to change with every mission these days, instead of it being his usual Crimson Carapace Shield. I've seen him with kite shields, skull shields, and tower shields. Still, probably not as funny as the time when Lady Althea spawned with a buckler in pre-searing. --Havral Glommon 13:42, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


 * All NPC weapons are random ;) 22:09, 5 March 2006 (CST)
 * Are absolutely all of them random? I've seen him with different shields, but he has ALWAYS had the FDSfor me, so if nothing else, it doesn't seem to be random...then again, until last night, Vanyi ALWAYS had a scimitar when I did Hero's Challenge, and last night she had a long sword, so maybe it is random.DKS01 06:10, 5 August 2006 (CDT)

Hundred Blades
Does he actually use this? I've never seen him use it. I don't mean the undead one 22:08, 5 March 2006 (CST)

Levels
When is he level 20?

Possible reference?
There is a character in Myth: Soulblighter(down a broken path mission) who's name is Rurik he is also "very important" and re-appears after he dies.

I have seen him use one hundred blades on the pre-searing durring the fight against the grawl at the end.


 * Nope. Rurik is a Scandinavian name meaning, fittingly enough, "ruler". Unless there's a very clear similarity with the Myth character here, I'd say it's 1000 times more likely that we're refering to, say, Rurik the Varangian, founder of Novgorod and progenitor of Russia's first royal line if anyone at all. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) ( 23:08, 19 April 2006 (CDT) )