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Bristleback minimap icon.png Rigwarl, the Bristleback
Associated with
Heroes:Tusk minimap icon.png Tusk
  • Rigwarl frequents taverns between Slom and Elze, suggesting he might be from the area.
  • Rigwarl may have fought an emerald miner, and then stole his equipment.[1]
  • Rigwarl's nemesis from the north is undoubtedly Ymir, the Tusk minimap icon.png Tusk. Despite their rivalry, Rigwarl is not opposed to teaming up with Ymir.[2]
  • Rigwarl has another nickname: The Bristled Bruiser.[3]
  • Rigwarl has a cockney accent.
  • Rigwarl knows Pinzik, an eccentric engineer who made the Piston Impaler for him.[4]
  • Rigwarl is not fond of knights.[5]
  • Rigwarl hates cats.[6]
  • Rigwarl hates Keens, regarding them as small and weak.[7][8][9]
  • Rigwarl likes the Oglodi for their toughness.[10][11][12]

Friendships and rivalries[edit]

Allies meeting Bristleback

Enemies meeting Bristleback

Enemies killing Bristleback


  • ▶️ Oracle minimap icon.png r Peering through the darkling mists of fate, I see pincushions and mucus. So much mucus.
  • ▶️ ▶️ Legion Commander minimap icon.png Don't you turn your back on me!


  1. Emerald Frenzy Amulet description.
  2. Bristleback response: ▶️ Tusk, let's partner up on this one.
  3. Tusk biography.
  4. Piston Impaler description.
  5. Bristleback response: ▶️ Never did like knights.
  6. Bristleback response: ▶️ Oh, I hate cats, or whatever that bloody thing was.
  7. Bristleback response: ▶️ I'll hit em. You stand there looking small and weak.
  8. Bristleback response: ▶️ The only good Keen is a dead Keen.
  9. Bristleback response: ▶️ I hate keens.
  10. Bristleback response: ▶️ The Oglodi always put up a good fight.
  11. Bristleback response: ▶️ The Oglodi, they don't die easy, I will give em that.
  12. Bristleback response: ▶️ You Oglodi fighters is tough, yeah, I admit it.