#answer dump

My bench line is that he is pretty strong and stronger than all my other characters except for Zeke (who canonically can carry .D, Izm, Wei Ren and Marcus simultaneously). This does however not take into account Rire's ichor.

Oh, you could say it's one potential branch of BTD canon haha. If you can find his cameo in Gato's TPOF 😉

Strange and unusual according to whom lol? I mean if you're human then someone wearing sunnies (and obvs not being blind) all the time might be odd, if you're a demon a Royal willingly spending a chunk of their time in the human world is odd etc. There's a lot of and/or that could be applied depending on which POV it is XD

🤔 Hmm I guess another known quirk is his tendency to fold his hands behind his back when he's feeling unbothered. If he does this or deliberately turns his back on someone it means he deems them not a threat (which is a big power move in a fight lol).

Human soul - much sustenance many flavour ೕ(•̀ㅂ•́ )

One day I'll show you guys the full criteria I made for fun to figure out your "soul flavour" haha.

Full body (go big or go home lol), or maybe a scalp massage.

Dear god i want a full body massage now the tension in my back and shoulders is killing meeeee ಥ_ಥ

Honestly teen Rire just looks like the aged up version of Baby!Rire |D Except it's a human version lol. College!AU Rire once again being schrodingers species - is he human, is he a demon? It is a mystery.

Anon, anyone is capable of having a spouse technically the only criteria is they just have to marry someone |D;

It's not possible as he's a demon; not sure where you got the idea that he's French ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sharing is caring! And self preserving!

The above version of Rire is deemed Baby!Rire when I draw them but here's a babier version for fun XD

Nope he's an only child.

Rire doesn't think he's above humans.

He knows he is.

He collects souls himself and the number fluctuates depending on how he's stacked things in the past - how many deals did he make beforehand that's come due, how many were for souls how many for favours?, and so on.

Carpentry :d

Of course! And you know, since he became a Royal it's practically his right, right? :B This also technically answers your (4) though he does get a bit bored of the constant simping sometimes.

Eh there's a few; force his hand/back him into a corner, do something that will make him go "ah, very rude" (and not in nice way, like for eg if you talk shit about him constantly he's just going to shut you up easy), be extra super uninteresting?

🤔 Interesting q! Although, in that time period the earliest form of spectacles would be invented in Europe, and China technically had sunglasses made from smoky quartz then. Since country borders physically mean nothing to Rire I'd imagine he would just get the Chinese sunglasses at that point, or wear a large hooded travelling cloak or something (anime style where it somehow shadows the whole top half of one's face lol). Veils in 12-13 century Europe were predominately considered women's clothing so wearing something like that would be negatively viewed and make him stand out way too much.

It would actually be something from the Nether as that's where he grew up and would've had more sweets as a child! I do like making up food maybe I should make some Nether dishes one day hmmmmmm.

He likes some of them but not others - they don't have any meaning to him so it's just vibes. For eg he likes Halloween as the whole (modern) concept of it is amusing to him, doesn't like things like Christmas or Easter for obvious reasons XD

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Yes

WW Link and WW Link only

except that Zelda always tops from the bottom but yeah i getchu 

It is as canon as you want it to be lol.

The economy works similarly though they also have a pretty robust bartering/trade system with "commodity money" to deal with the currency differences between other sectors (it's usually easier doing this than having to change money). The worth of a sector's currency or very specific commodity money is tied to its net worth or rarity.

I dont have an equiv for real world values as in universe if demon or human currency crosses the Gate it would be tied to rarity or price of the material weight. Tbh i also dont have a name for any demon currencies XD

( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ hullo! Quite simply this would not help at all because he is a Royal and in my lore they have more of a tolerance to holy accoutrements >:)

Tbh Rire's preference for humans is considered weird ever since he became a Royal XD Not that he denies visiting Earth or anything though so that's an open secret.

1) Rire cant get summoned he comes to you on his own time XD But for the meme's sake hmmm; a very good strong tea, "something that you think would interest him" [item never specified in any manual so you have to think of it yourself], and his particular summoning sigil to be drawn with some of your own blood*. *The blood is actually not required, he just finds it extremely entertaining that people think it is.

2) So I was looking at yellow gemstones and...look at this kind of colour cat's eye Chrysoberyl. DOES IT NOT LOOK FAMILIAR?! :O Also rich golden to honey coloured cat's eye Chrysoberyls are expensive so it's perfect.

3) Depending on how he viewed you - if you are not a danger to him (eg you're a human) then this would be very interesting to him! I mean, he might be a little bit miffed initially because what but then it would be something new and not easily broken and fun. On the other hand with things that could potentially be a problem (eg other Royals or Royal contenders etc) this would be an...undesirable outcome. He would be more wary and annoyed then lol.

He can actually tell if his victims are not human at the very least, so if there's gonna be any genuine reaction (that's not him playing a role) it would be towards what kind of demon they are.

Rire might pity others bad decisions. But it doesn't mean he'll actually show pity or not use it to his own advantage somehow.

If you're asking if he could be interested, then yes, the individual just has to be...interesting to him in some way. His species is cross compatible with some other demon species.

It is not but you are correct in thinking that it does look like his eyes because I designed it that way XD It was a hint hint nudge nudge wink wink to his true nature considering that you would see him with the sunglasses 90% of the time.

I did see someone draw a similiar headcanon of your ask idea though (but it was something like the cravat pin contained a soul as decoration which could look at you) and it was pretty fun lol.

Listen, Rire doesn't care whether you agreed because you were tricked/under duress/refuse later/etc. That's just semantics; the important thing is that you agreed at some point :>

Technically he doesn't even need an agreement to do this, but it is the polite societal convention for his species and ensures the soul retains its flavour.

If he had one then he would be pissed off obviously :d

Whenever he wants :> The travel time is pretty instantaneous for him.

At baby BTDaycare only two children prefer the ice tea to the other juice boxes and milks. Law is a nervous kid and is like thank god that Rire is there to ask for the both of them, sometimes in exchange for a gummy worm or poison ivy to put in Cain's jacket.

😊 Good news to anyone waiting for it - I am making a webcomic for BP! I'm currently working on chapter 2 :) Not sure where I'll post it yet but i'm thinking of making a website somewhere, crossposting here and maybe on an webcomic platform but I'll see about that.

The bad news is i dont plan on posting anything until I hit maybe chapter 4 (...as i need to do more thumbnails after that). I've only managed to work on it intermittently and there's no schedule for it so i figure it would be better to have a bank of pages first to post over time |D

🥄 Haha here's just some main tidbits!

His full name is Hunter Grimshaw, which was actually a very on the nose joke name I gave him that ended up sticking. He's in his 30s, has tattoos on his upper arms, and his scar came from his line of work as a Battle Priest. Apparently gives like...tired and judgemental country outdoors vibes to my friends XD

Grimshaw's personality can kinda be understood in that as a BP, depending on what the demon is doing, he might just shoot them instead of exorcising them properly.

Because it's more efficient or he really can't be fucked.

And then not fill out the paperwork for firing the gun or tell anyone he did that (since they are supposed to be the last resorts).

Well, he is a BP so the objective I guess is to hunt down bad demons lol.

ONE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC GRIMSHAW ENTHUSIAST XD

Ok so I remember answering a similar ask before (it was more in line with HH, but i dont think it would change in BP) so here is my copy paste from that answer dump, but with Rire, Isla, Mu, Eid and Grimshaw added.

Ren: Anime OST, C-pop, Video game, Dance

Izm: Eclectic (just kinda collects anything he likes the sound of), EDM, Punk rock

.D: Eclectic (just kinda collects anything he like the sound of, likes more melodic things)

Zeke: Rock, Alternative rock, Country/Western, 80s music lol, Dance

Marcus: Pop, Rock

Caleb: Hardstyle, Heavy Metal, “Gangster” rap, basically if it’s got some hard and fast beats and loud possibly screaming voices he’d probably be into it.

Desmond: Electronic, EDM, Mashup…You know all the kinds of music you hear in a night club/rave? That.

Rire: Jazz, Swing, Electro-swing, Classical

Eid: Music that predominately features World percussion or something like the didgeridoo, Dance, Acapella (lol)

Grimshaw: Dark Country

Isla: Dancehall, Soul

Mu: (is not my charac so I asked her creator) "electroswing or something like that."

Hey Baiddy! I do enjoy thinking of associated foods for my characs and I've actually been asked about specific category ones over time :D Here are some of the more common flavours/foods etc that have been "assigned":

Ren: Lemon or lemongrass flavours, lychee [icecream]

Izm: Mint choc chip flavour, cherry [fruit], rocky road

.D: Strawberry flavour (more tart then super sweet)

Zeke: Coffee flavour, tiramisu, butter pecan [icecream], kiwi [fruit], bacon (in BP lol)

Marcus: Vanilla flavour, s'more, watermelon [fruit]

Caleb: Liquorice, matcha [icecream]

Desmond: Rainbow [icecream]

Rire: Tea, salted caramel, souls (lol)

Eid: Mango flavour

Grimshaw: Pistachio, cherry amaretto [icecream]

Nope

Technically, they don't earn anything. They get a living allowance from their HQ for personal expenses. It balances out due to HQ providing working expenses and other benefits.

It's possible.

Yes, demons can own legit businesses (eg Zeke's parents run an inn/lodge - it does welcome humans but their main clientele are other demons) and humans and demons can work together in the same place (eg Desmond's club). Any place with demon workers though are subject to a secondary level of scrutiny (the Battle Priests and the orgs they are connected to).

It's difficult to get things to and from the Nether so that's not a chosen business venture lol.

Ty ty! ^^ Oh man, that would be a blast from the past cosplay haha. Also I'm going to be the first to admit that...I didn't actually design the vest part with reality in mind XDD Here's a kind of "breakdown" of what that clothing set is comprised of:

https://darqx.tumblr.com/post/181806776745/do-you-have-a-ref-of-the-hh-uniform

XD; If I were to fake real explain this I would say that he has some random dark red/copper strands that are only really noticeable when his hair mass thins out at the longer edges like on his bangs. So if his hair got cut it would still have the red ends in similar places.

I've actually toned down how I draw his hair, it was a running joke about how his hair defied gravity in the early days haha.

I don't read fanfic for fandoms I very specifically read fanfic for whatever characters I decide I like enough to fixate on XD Which may have no basis on my interest in the rest of the media lol. For eg most recently I've been reading Marvel and old school NCIS fanfics (cos I like the Tonys, that's about it) and TF2 fanfics (cos I like the support class and the ridiculous lore that doesnt take itself seriously).

Oh for sure, mainly from my friends though 🥰 For eg here is a friend's fanfic that was written for the Royal!Au (where Izm is a prince and .D is his bodyguard set in a more medieval fantasy type setting).

I cut this ask off before it got more personal but if you happen to be reading this yes I do remember being part of that group! (though sorry I don't remember specifically who you were in the group. Which is maybe a positive thing as you probably didn't register to me as badly behaved as you think for me to be like "oh yes, that one." |D). But I am glad you have some nice memories of me at the time, and thank you for the kind thoughts 😊. It sounds like you've been getting the help you need and bettering yourself over the years, so kudos to you for that and keep it up! 🥳 I hope you have a very successful 2026!

Ah yes, the spelling of my username always seems to catch people out XD I find it hilarious though that you remembered it only because it popped up in relation to BTD lmao.

If you mean recently i wouldn't say I was being subjected to a hate campaign or anything haha. I got a rude anon that either couldnt read or just wanted to try and stir up drama for whatever reason, and the ask was egregerious enough I decided to take time out of my day to answer it which is the only reason anyone knows about it |D

What

Rire will put someone into any position he feels like (because honestly manoeuvrability is not a problem for him) so lets just say...a lot of them.

Would you even be able to reach his head lol

I would say that he mostly travels (as sometimes it also depends on who/what he's collecting and whether anyone is technically looking for him - ie did someone murder these people wth?). Keep in mind that one of Rire's powers is that he can, essentially, step sideways into a Gate in one country, navigate a void space for a few minutes/seconds, and then exit from another Gate somewhere in another country lol.

There's a bunch of different AUs/verses (because i like sticking my characs in them for fun) where he's technically an "ordinary guy" and to answer your question in ever single one of them he is in some position of power :d Eg: Headmaster, mafia boss, compound leader in a zombie apoc, high ranking military official, rich and popular college kid (this one somewhat debatable as BTD!College AU doesnt specify whether Rire is actually human or not XD) etc.

What has Saturn ever done for me? 🤌🏻

Check the bottom of this one :d

Every single Royal in the Nether is considered a dictator and Rire is no exception. His subjects consider him one of the more preferable ones because a) kind of leaves them alone for the most part, b) if he is inflicting terror on them/someone it's usually for a reason (as far as they know) and c) the economy has been doing great since he came into power.

You can consider Rire more of an...acquirer. Meaning that if he can't do something, he has an extensive network of people who owe him a favour or several that might be able to. Also loopholes exist hahahahah

If he's not exchanging for your soul, he's folding you into this network, that's how he works.

Rire's ego is not so big that he wouldn't be calculatively thinking about how best to exploit this |D

Oh yeh he def has servants to do a bunch of stuff for him! However, he has only been a Royal for a relatively short amount of time so he does actually know how to cook etc by himself if required.

Not a game but he will be plot B in a comic. As for being inserted into YKMET lore that's up to Gato XD

Warm tone gold type colours

Nah he heals pretty well. Also I feel like if he did get a serious enough wound that looked like it was going to scar then he'd use some sort of medical cream or whatever to make sure it didnt.

He'd be a little shit and vague about it ("oh somewhere quite far from here"), and if people keep trying to guess would literally give his Sector name from the Nether and later agree that it's in one of the random countries that were being guessed. Ah but so well hidden you won't be able to find it on a map, sure, try if you want.

Anon even i don't know in what context you are using this word lol.

The sense factor for this essentially 🫲🏻"is a demon (and a feeling of how powerful they might be)" and 🫱🏻 "is not a demon" which usually means a human lol. For your qs case, maybe only if said human was exceptionally powerful (so that the oddness registered as something "off" human) OR if they were using said power at the time (as happens with Battle Priests).

After doodling the first image that hug body slam meme immediately came to mind and i couldn't help myself 😂

Thanks very much I'm glad you are enjoying my art and characs! :D

To put the answer simply, Rire used to work for the prior King as a Collector (of souls) and he was that King's only Collector and so got the brunt of his ire for any related, perceived fault. Aside from that personal connection Rire also really disliked him because he viewed the prior king as a useless glutton who failed at ruling a sector (conditions were tanking/had tanked for ages), and which the Royal powers were wasted on.

Almost all of his sunglasses are actually normal human sunglasses, he can just see better than a human can 😎

Anything can be a kink, anon :d

Boring victims are often exceptionally weak-willed victims so that's something in particular he dislikes.

Yes he can play the piano and violin, and horseback ride and ballroom dance etc. Put it this way he has a lot of particular small skills that he picked up during his Earth visits so he could hide in plain sight with the upper echelons XD

Not like how a snake or cat hisses which is what I'm assuming you're implying XDDD He can't bite off a limb (his mouth ain't that big) but his teeth are very sharp so he can feasibly take a chunk out of someone or like, completely bite off something smaller (finger, ear...)

I havent added to it in a while (since I dont often find songs I like enough to actually download lol) but this is my current playlist for him in no particular order:

Anon, the fact you capitalised "Aliens" made me think of Xenomorphs and I had to immediately stop thinking 🤣

On a side note, I can't actually tell you either way because he hasn't encountered an alien (that isn't a demon or a human) lol. He'd probably initially treat an alien much like he would treat a common demon, if they are obviously not human, and then if he realises they are also not quite a demon this could peak his interest.

Pointing you in this direction because regardless of the canon answer this proves he could look good in one LMAO

Sorry to burst your bubble but no :d Though I suppose he could simulate the effect by reverting parts of them to their "liquid" state 🤔 DO WITH THAT INFO WHAT YOU WILL.

It is theoretically similar to a human's.

If you can remember his age then that is how old he is :d I'm not really like other creators who give their characs a definitive "birthday" down to the year, mainly because I don't often have set "time periods" in my stories lol.

His birth date falls somewhere between late October - late November though.

In the context of BTD; they just don't like each other XD Well I can't actually speak for Cain, but Rire not liking Cain is partly a riff on general angel/demon rivalry dynamics, and partly because Rire would see Cain as more of a threat since canonically Cain is way more OP than him.

Most of the time when i draw them Cain is also actively getting in Rire's space whilst Rire is actively trying to avoid him, so there's also that XD

It...depends. On which aspect of "ownership" you're implying. For those that he has deals with, he'd calculate what exactly the value of the deal lost would be and in this situation he'd likely write them off as Cain would be more annoying to handle then they'd be worth (he can always make more deals).

If someone was specifically marked by Rire, that's a different level of possessiveness and he'd actually try cos like

Hey guys some offence but why are some of you sending me asks formatted as if i were ChatGPT

Is there one for like, personal ambition or cunning or something cos I don't think he'd be any of those listed lol.

Rire doesn't have a mobile phone and he doesn't need one because he has a demon power that basically CCTVs all his citizens to himself. And really, if he wants to find you he'll find you.

He's somewhere in the middle of that scale through the sheer fact that he's been around long enough to see technology change and would've kept up with how to use things to blend in better, but also doesn't need to use the electronics to the point that he'd need to be an expert at it.

Is this cos Gato is Canadian cos I don't remember a country location being specified when we did it? |D Personally I figured most of the settings were in the US since the US has the most documented serial killers

Also sos no i dont anon, you'll need to either ask Gato or EP or dig through any of their lore posts they might have left.

Think kind of like Rire (he did learn a lot from her after all), but with a more Elizabethan era socialite vibe. Possibly a black widow but we dont have any proof about that.

Has/had a p good relationship. I use both terms because I still never decided whether she was currently dead or not lol.