I always wondered what Andre might look like nowadays so here’s my take on him.
Andre’s actually my favorite Rayman villain. I didn’t imagine a Lum turning evil but the concept behind him fascinated me. As a Lum he’s part of the building blocks of life in that universe, so him turning bad and being able to convert others into something like him to increase his numbers overnight was mindblowing, and I actually loved having him as the unwilling companion along with Globox in Rayman 3. His sarcastic A-Hole comments, bickering/insults with Globox and his threats to both the heroes gave him more personality than the other villains in the series by a good amount. In general I like the concept of the Black Lums more than the Hoodlums.
I’m taking some freedoms with him so I’m also applying some new things too: Andre’s been reborn from the death of a red Lum King; we don’t know who’s responsible but we do know some Lividstone tortured a Lum past the point of terror and made it decay into the monster it is now. Now larger than the Teensies, uglier, and with a mug that’d make antitoons proud to bear, Andre roams the Glade of Dreams converting other red lums and amassing larger hordes than before. With the introduction of Lum Kings in Rayman Origins, Andre now prioritizes them over others, for once he mutates them, they are able to twist regular lums to serve him just like the enslaved kings. This is how he managed to grow his hordes to numbers far beyond his record highs in Rayman 3, as he’s no longer the only one converting. He is now greater than Lum Kings in general as he can command them, making him the Lum Emperor.
What makes matters worse is that Andre is a Dark-Red Lum. Before decaying into the abomination he is now, Andre’s purpose was to heal others and provide knowledge on how to stay healthy. Now he is the most toxic being to all inhabitants of the Glade, whether they’re nightmares or not. His status as the Lum Emperor himself gives him higher powers and mastery of toxicity; he’s able to convert Lums like any other King, but he can simply touch other creatures and cause terrible reactions in them. An unintentional touch can make victims sick for weeks, and direct contact with him will cause cancer-like growths to form all over them, eventually killing them. Globox shouldn’t ingest him ever again–he’s too big to fit now, but even if he could fit Globox would die an agonizing, but quick death. He’s even able to sense traces of Red Lums inside others and convert them through touch, leading to the growths mentioned before. He also radiates toxicity, and when with his subjects that “aura” is amplified to plague-like levels. It’s the unhealthiness powers in him and the lesser versions in others that makes Andre unwilling to make Hoodlums; instead he keeps the black lums as they are: plague-bearing agents to wipe out all the inhabitants of the Glade of Dreams, including Polokus and Jano. As a Lum Andre KNOWS he is part of the building blocks of life, and since the all-powerful Polokus was created from primordial Lums fusing together and then creating the world, Andre’s intention is to do the same: fuse with the Lums he’s corrupted after having all the non-Lum creatures die of the plague he and his subjects radiate.
Done in pencil, color pencil and pen. Andre belongs to Ubisoft.
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