Razoff

Count Razoff
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Alignment	Bad
Appears in	R3
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Sex	Male
Species	Unknown (similar to to Inspector Grub's race from The Animated Series; may be part-divine through Artemis)
Status	Boss
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Count Razoff, last descendant of the royal Shoedsackovskaïa family of maniacal hunters, is a boss from Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. He is a tall green reptile (with a similar appearance to the Grub race from The Animated Series) that lives in a mansion in the Bog of Murk. Dressed in a red and gold outfit, he sports a shotgun which shoots arrows at any intruders that dare to enter his mansion. He is a hunter, and throughout the mansion there are statues of all of the animals he has hunted, including Sssssam the Watersnake from Rayman 2.

Biography

Main article: Shoedsackovskaïa family

The in-game information states that Count Razoff is the son of Count Zaroff, and the grandson of Nimrod and Artemis. He also claims to hold the Chair of Cynegenics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou. He has settled in the Bog of Murk, as is his family's tradition, and will return to his homeland only when he has captured an exotic prey.

Count Razoff's Mansion

The entrance to Razoff's mansion

Razoff's mansion is located in the Bog of Murk. It is very large and classical mansion with many statues inside including a statue of Sssssam, piranhas and a statue of Razoff riding a Goaty (a scrapped character from the game). There are also several bug-like creatures called Uglies which can be found chained-up in his mansion; if Rayman frees the Uglies, they thank him by giving him Red Lums before flying away. Globox was accidentally transported to the basement of Razoff's mansion when he was separated from Rayman in the Teensie Highway. Also in the basement are a large ball and chain which Razoff attempts to kill Rayman with, a magic mirror similar to the one found in Begoniax's house, and a Paluchard, a large plesiosaur-like creature with a hand for a head which Razoff was apparently keeping imprisoned, and who helps Rayman out in the battle by giving him Heavy Metal Fist power-ups and placing him back on the platform when he falls down.

Trivia

• Each member of Razoff's family is named after a great fictional or mythical hunter. Razoff's father, Count Zaroff, is named in reference to the character General Zaroff from Richard Connell's 1924 novella ‘The Most Dangerous Game’. ‘Razoff’ is simply ‘Zaroff’ with the ‘Z’ and the ‘R’ switched, and the characters bear many other similarities. Nimrod, Razoff's grandfather, is named after a great biblical hunter, and Artemis, Razoff's grandmother, is presumably named in reference to the Greek goddess of hunting.
• Razoff has several statues of Sssssam the snake in his mansion, hinting that Razoff has encountered, or at least knows of, the character. Most likely, Razoff has hunted Sssssam at some point. Whether or not he actually killed or captured Sssssam at some point between Rayman 2 and Rayman 3 is unknown; however, it should be noted that Razoff's inherited obligation to capture an exotic prey does not yet seem to be fulfilled by the time of Rayman 3.

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Concept artwork depicting various designs for Razoff