Razoff
Count Razoff, last descendant of the royal Shoedsackovskaïa family of maniac 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.
| Count Razoff | |
|---|---|
| Alignment | Bad |
| Appears in | R3 |
| Sex | Male |
| Species | Unknown (similar to to the Grub race from The Animated Series; may be part-divine through Artemis) |
| Status | Boss |
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.
Count 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 creatures to be found chained-up in his mansion; if Rayman frees these creatures they give him Red Lums before flying away. Globox was also transported to the basement of Razoff's mansion by accident, when he was seperayed from Rayman inthe 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 large 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 stage when he falls down.
Trivia
- Razoff is most likely a parody of the character General Zaroff from Richard Connell's 1924 novel "The Most Dangerous Game". The two characters are both heartless hunters who live in large houses in deserted areas. Most obviously, Razoff is simply Zaroff with the Z and the R switched.
- The face that Razoff has a statue of Sssssam the snake confirms that Razoff has met, or at least knows of, the character, and most likely means that he has hunted Sssssam at some point. Whether or not he actually killed Sssssam at some point between Rayman 2 and 3 is unknown, but possible as Sssssam's appearance in the handheld Rayman 3 may not be cannon, and if it is it could easily occur before the original Rayman 3.