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Rikopin, also spelled Lycopene, is an Elf Swashbuckler-Chef and a member of the former Player Killing guild Dread Pack.

While her guild exists in the light novels, neither she nor her guildmates are named or mentioned after their defeat at the hands of Shiroe's Party. In the anime, they are fleshed out and appear as recurring characters.

Appearance[]

Rikopin is lithe and slender in build with dark skin and red hair in a pixie cut except for a long ponytail extending from the base of her skull. She has elf ears pierced with golden skull earrings, wears a reddish-pink outfit that exposes her shoulders and midriff, purple fingergless gloves, and knee-length boots with a pouch strapped to her right leg.

In battle, she wields a pair of chakram-like blades.

Personality[]

Like the rest of her guild, Rikopin was originally cruel and lowdown, as she engaged in Player Killing after the Catastrophe to take other players' items, and was even low enough to PK new players, like Touya and Minori. She was arrogant and impulsive, underestimating Shiroe and Naotsugu, leading her to be beaten badly enough that she ran away.

After the discovery of food preparation with real taste, and the founding of the Round Table Alliance, Rikopin and her guild changed for the better, and started working their own food and toy stand, and during the Libra Festival they sincerely apologized (a bit excessively) to Touya and Minor for their past actions against them and gave them a bag of their homemade toys.

Synopsis[]

The Catastrophe arc[]

After being trapped in the MMORPG Elder Tale, Rikopin forms a party with Stroganopp, Smash, Katsuomaru and two others. After some time, the group decides to ambush other players for items and money.[2] Among their victims were Minori and Touya.[3]

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Rikopin as she appears in the anime

At one time, the group ambushes an Enchanter named Shiroe and a Guardian named Naotsugu. Confident with their ability to win, the group engages the duo in battle. While Smash and Katsuomaru fights Naotsugu, Rikopin charges at Shiroe but is unable to approach due to Shiroe's Astral Bind. Smash orders her to change with him but the two are caught in Naotsugu's Anchor Howl alongside Katsuomaru. Forced to attack, the trio focuses their attacks on Naotsugu instead. Shiroe then casts a Thorn Bind Hostage spell on Katsuomaru, leading to his defeat. Shiroe then reveals that he had cast an Astral Hypno spell on Stroganopp, resulting in his inability to heal his party. Realizing the Shiroe is the problem, Rikopin charges at him, momentarily forgetting that Naotsugu's Anchor Howl is still in effect. This mistake leads to her being attacked by Naotsugu. Injured and realizing that her party is losing, Rikopin retreats, leaving Smash to fight by himself.[4]

Round Table Alliance arc[]

Rikopin later reunited with the party and had a hard time coping with the social divide between guilds, as they were denied access to hunting grounds or even PK anyone in powerful guilds' zones, leaving her in depression.[5]

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The Dread Pack members are denied hunting grounds

When the Crescent Moon Alliance first opens its stand and invites people to try it out, Smash agrees to get a Crescent Burger ... for Rikopin, much to her annoyance. When she gets it, she eyes it warily before taking a bite out of it. To the shock of everyone else, she continues eating it with vigor, finishing the entire burger before announcing that "it tastes like a real burger!" This causes Akiba to be thrown in an huge uproar as everyone rushed to get food from Crescent Moon, finally getting to taste real food.[6]

Rikopin and her companions witnessed the event when leaders of the major guilds gather at the Guild Building for the Round Table Conference.[7]

Rikopin attended a huge celebration thrown by the Round Table Alliance, trying to have a huge plate of delicious meat for herself from Smash.[8]

Soon after Akiba's revitalization, Rikopin and her friends set up a ramen stand where she cooked delicious meals after mastering her Chef subclass.

Fallen Guardian arc[]

Along with the other members of Dread Pack, Rikopin can be seen manning their food stall.

Collapse of the Round Table arc[]

Around a year after the Catastrophe, Rikopin is among those who have fallen victim to a phenomenon known as Log Leave, in which Adventurers who were transported into the world of Theldesia suddenly disappear and register as inactive players for inexplicable reasons.[9]

Equipment[]

Although none of Rikopin's equipment is named, she uses two chakram-like weapons in battle.

Trivia[]

  • Rikopin shares a Japanese voice actress with Ashlynn and Ukiyo.
  • In the light novel, Dread Pack didn't seem to have any female members (none of the members are given names, and the ones seen in the illustration fighting Naotsugu all appear to be male).

References[]

  1. https://twitter.com/loghorizon_TRPG/status/1274636763466592257
  2. Log Horizon Anime, Episode 1: The Apocalypse
  3. Log Horizon anime, Episode 8: Villain in Glasses
  4. Log Horizon anime, Episode 2: The Battle of Loka
  5. Log Horizon anime, Episode 6: Determination
  6. Log Horizon anime, Episode 7: Crescent Moon
  7. Log Horizon anime, Episode 9: Round Table Conference
  8. Log Horizon anime, Episode 10: Grab it in Your Hand
  9. Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table anime: Episode 1, Rayneshia's Marriage
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