Riggu Felis

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Riggu Felis is an anthropomorphic wildcat from the Redwall novel series.

Warlord and conqueror of Green Isle, Riggu Felis was a fearsome wildcat, possibly related to Ungatt Trunn. He and his horde of feral cats-descendants of ordinary cats who had joined with their wildcat brethren-took over Green Isle, enslaving many of the otters in residence. Riggu's mate was a feral cat named Kaltag, and he had two sons: the cowardly Jeefra and the bullying Pitru. Riggu was wounded while trying to kill an osprey, and the entire lower half of his face was ripped away, leaving a clear view of the jaws. To hide this wound, Felis donned a chain mail mask that covered the lower half of his face.

Riggu was constantly bickering with his two sons, whom he felt to be unworthy of his name. He tried to goad Jeefra into standing up to his brother, and he put down Pitru's bullying. However, his efforts proved in vain, and during a battle with otter outlaws, Pitru drowned his brother in a nearby lake. Pitru continued to oppose his father, claiming that with his youth and strength he would make a better warlord.

Riggu's problems multiplied as the otter clans grew bolder and his wife became insane over the death of Jeefra. Worse, Pitru had declared open rebellion on his father, and in the end departed their fortress with several scores of cats. It was all the worse for Riggu, for at that moment the otter clans were reinforced by the Long Patrol and their new queen, High Rhulain Tiria Wildlough.

Riggu's defeat came quite abruptly. His wife, trying to kill an otter who had barricaded himself in the fortress whom she blamed for Jeefra's death, set fire to the building. Riggu then saw the osprey who had wounded him before, and hurled his weapon, slaying his nemesis. However, his triumph was short-lived, as Tiria used her sling to kill Riggu. The load: a barbed star, the same which had become stuck in the osprey's mouth when it had fallen into Riggu's trap before.

Riggu's legacy therein crumbled. His wife died in the fire, and his last remaining son was killed by a Long Patrol hare and devoured by the monster Slothunog.

Riggu's chosen weapon was a one bladed axe. He was voiced by Paul Braithwaite in the full-cast audiobook.