Rigby Friedrich/Rumor Registry
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Rigby Friedrich has 4 Rumors written about so far.
Rigby Friedrich/IF-11.396
He is coming.
Rigby Friedrich/IF-5.631
Background
Rigby Friedrich’s true age is unknown, though reports and personal statements allude to the fact that Friedrich witnessed the Bronze Age collapse, indicating that he is at least 3,000 years old. Friedrich currently takes the form of a 6 foot tall neoclassical marble statue, though his soul has been bound to other vessels. The changing nature of his form has made Friedrich difficult to track through history.
Rigorous examination of the historical record has pieced together a tentative timeline of Friedrich’s life that most historians agree upon, though it is not without controversy. Leading researcher Niq Nyong'o has argued that various financial documents indicate that Friedrich was commissioned for a king during the Protopalatial Period on the island of Crete. Friedrich has seemingly confirmed this, allegedly alluding to a dispute between his sculptor and the king. Friedrich has openly admitted to being responsible for the death of his own creator, though the exact nature of that event is unknown.
Arrival at Atlantis
The fractal nature of time and reality around the city of Atlantis has made tracing Friedrich’s history even more difficult. It is theorized that Friedrich’s status as an immortal, unkillable, untiring statue gained the interest of ████████, the patron deity of Atlantis. Payroll records indicate Friedrich operated as his bodyguard for some time. It is unknown if Friedrich sought out this position with the intention of killing ████████, or if the decision to murder the King-God of the Seas came after he grew close to ████████.
While some have speculated that the act of deicide caused Atlantis’ unstable reality, this theory has largely been dismissed. The existence or lack thereof of patron deities has not been found to be directly related to a city’s causal stability. Urban planners agree that godslaying regularly is a key part of any city’s health, as evidenced by the vibrant art and culture of cities like Atlantis and Baltimore.
Blaseball Career
The notoriety of Friedrich’s distaste for the press and public is matched only by the notoriety of his competitiveness. An anonymous source, allegeding to be a teammate, has stated that “he cares more about winning than he does about our safety.”
Friedrich is not oblivious to the dangers presented by blaseball. Indeed, he seems to revel in it, reportedly stating that it reminds him of his time as a gladiator. Friedrich is on record for having said that he appreciates how Solar Eclipses and the constant looming threat of death “keeps things spicy”
Trivia
His one weakness is peanuts. It’s unknown how Rigby, a statue, even managed to ingest a peanut.Rigby has no weaknesses. God help us all.- Friedrich and Geraldine Frost have something of a rivalry from when they were back-to-back in the Georgias’ pitching rotation. This rivalry, however, seems fairly one sided; it’s mainly Friedrich intimidating Frost to the point of an anxiety headache. They are reportedly still close acquaintances despite this.
- Friedrich has a known distaste for fellow immortal Tot Clark. According to him, “ze knowns what ze did”
- Killing a god is the most satisfying way for Rigby to win, so it will likely happen again. Soon.
- His favorite flavor of Ooze!™ is Diet.
- Despite everything, Rigby is quite the party animal.
- Watch out.
Rigby Friedrich/IF-54.27
The Mutiny
Rigby Friedrich is the assumed name of a 18th century sailing vessel that plays for the Atlantis Georgias. The name refers to both the ghost of the ship and the ship itself, the HMS Princess Sapphire. The vessel is sentient, and the two exist together as a gestalt consciousness.
The two met when her human half was abducted from a merchant vessel and pressed into service for the Royal Navy. The human found camaraderie with the ship, and the two bonded over their shared love of the sea and exploration, as well as the shared trauma of working for the navy against their will. The human told the ship about her desire to see the world, as well as her desire to live as the self she chose and not the self that was imposed on her. The two began to plot a mutiny together.
The traitorous intent of the human was discovered by her captain, and she was set to be executed. The ship intervened, killing the captain and marooning members of the crew that had hurt her human. Friedrich spent several years as a fugitive before she was eventually brought down in the west Atlantic.
The Myth
Despite having been destroyed in battle, ships continued to report sightings of the HMS Princess Sapphire. Stories spoke of a figure on the water, sometimes a woman, sometimes a ship, and sometimes a formless mass of broken ships and debris rolling across the ocean, sinking ships and claiming their parts for herself. While merchant ships were occasionally spared, she was said to sink any military ship she came across. Official reports alleged that the ship was a mere superstition, but the legend remained popular among sailors for over a century.
The Marriage
Neerie McCloud was the first one to reach out to Friedrich, offering to guide her to a city where she could live without having to fight. In response, the human threw a glass at McCloud, because she enjoyed fighting. The human and the ship had become intrinsically linked, bound together by a shared love of their way of life, the sea, and each other. She did not want to be separated from herself. McCloud, impressed with Friedrich's throw, returned with another offer; to join Atlantis's blaseball team, and achieve a new kind of glory and legend. Friedrich accepted, and the human and the ship became formally married after arriving in Atlantis. Friedrich can still occasionally be seen on the open ocean, flying the transgender and lesbian flag, and only sometimes terrorizing other vessels.Rigby Friedrich/IF-76.383
Appearance & Personality
Rigby Friedrich typically takes the appearance of an average sized orange goldfish suspended in a block of ice with arms and legs. This frozen vessel seems to constantly be melting from the inside out, possibly explaining how his fish self can swim around inside it. However, the vessel has never entirely melted away, whether this is because of magic or pure spite is unknown.
Friedrich is a relatively quiet individual, stating that he has no interest in mediocre chit-chat. Whenever he chooses to speak, it's exclusively in short and vaguely threatening statements. Almost all of which on the topic of winning Blaseball games, or just success in general. He has an intense desire to win at everything he is involved in and let's absolutely nothing get in the way of that desire. The combination of the complete lack of fear, unwavering competitive spirit, and unnerving way of speaking make Friedrich an intimidating player to be around. His teammates, however, have made it known that he means no harm, probably.
Journey to Atlantis
REDACTED years before arriving in Atlantis, Friedrich was just a normal goldfish and beloved pet of a young child in the REDACTED family. For reasons long forgotten, the parents punished their child by tossing their pet into the REDACTED Sea. This is assumed to be the origin of Friedrich’s intensely spiteful nature, for he has stated he had no part in the family’s personal issues and was wrongfully punished for the situation.
After his abandonment, Friedrich spent an extended period of time aimlessly swimming through various seas and oceans. On numerous occasions, he has been caught by hopeless fishermen. Although he was just a normal fish at the time, it’s inferred that the power of his rage was sensed by these fishermen, as they all assumed Friedrich was a wise and powerful being capable of granting them miracles. Of course, this was not the case then, but even if it were he had no interest in fulfilling anybody’s wishes but his own.
Eventually, Friedrich found himself in Atlantis, as many lost creatures do. Although he was filled with a frightening amount of unchecked anger for a fish, he was still helpless in the state he was in. Luckily, the magic of Atlantis lends itself to those in need; it was particularly generous in the distant past, when Friedrich arrived, and gifted him strong, mysterious powers. The complete extent of these powers is unknown even today; Friedrich has only exhibited an advanced ability to communicate, the ability to REDACTED, and the power to manipulate ice, the latter he uses exclusively to control the vessel he's housed in.
Run in with Atlantis's Patron Deity
The disappearance of Atlantis’s ancient patron deity, REDACTED, seemingly coincides with Friedrich’s reported arrival to Atlantis. This is possibly no coincidence, for he has mentioned many times in passing that he is single-handedly responsible for REDACTED's disappearance, by way of deicide. Nobody knows if, how, or why he did such a thing. An anonymous teammate stated that after asking Friedrich about this at a team party, he responded with “the most piercing and empty stare probably ever known to man. It was honestly physically painful, our whole team awkwardly laughed it off and silently agreed to never bring it up again.”
Atlantean researchers have hypothesized that the reason the true reality of Atlantis is so unstable, causing everyone to be every reality’s version of themselves at once when in Atlantis for a prolonged period of time, is tied to the current lack of a patron deity. No significant or solid proof has been found on this theory yet, however many find it suspicious that Friedrich is one of the few Atlanteans with an almost entirely stable reality. He has never acknowledged this fact.
Blaseball Career
Friedrich has always been known to be extremely serious about playing Blaseball, more specifically, winning Blaseball. He has an unwavering dedication to the success of the Atlantis Georgias, going as far as putting dozens of people in danger for the sake of bringing the team another win. The greatest display of this passion for victory was shown in Season 13, Day 31, where the Georgias won a game in which Friedrich pitched an 18 inning game beneath a Solar Eclipse. Whether he was oblivious to the nature and consequences of the Eclipse or simply did not care is unknown, but he refused to give up nonetheless.
This event has inspired many Atlantean splorts fans to create an informal holiday appropriately called Rigby Day. Celebrations for this holiday occur on the REDACTED day of REDACTED. It has been observed to be both a day to celebrate the Georgias’ beloved pitcher and a day to pray that Friedrich does not inadvertently put the team in grave danger in the future because of his fervent dedication to winning.
Rigby and the Vault
At the end of Season β23, Friedrich had gotten onto the Idol Board in recognition of his audacious base-stealing. However, as he had never been awarded Ego+ in any of the Seasons he played, he was not called up to join the Rising Stars' active roster, instead joining the Team's Shadows. After the game's cancellation, Friedrich would return to the Atlantis Georgias as a pitcher.
Amidst the tumult of Season β24, Friedrich was seen cursing the Supernova Eclipse alongside the rest of the league, despite his usual preference for Solar Eclipse weather. Teammates that paid attention to him noticed he seemed to think of it dismissively, and that he saw its brightness as more of a distraction than anything. Friedrich was among the Georgias players most confident in leading the Team to the Vault at the end of the Season, with his determination driving him to repeatedly smash himself against the Vault's doors.
After being taken to the Vault, Friedrich expressed an interest in finding the ILB Historical Preservation Site. His efforts were proven to be successful when teammates noticed a square-shaped hole in the wall.
Although it is not uncommon for Friedrich to spend time away from the rest of the Team, usually the Georgias are always able to tell where he is. However, during his time in the Vault while Blaseball was Elsewhere, teammates were rarely able to find him. He would be found in the ILB Historical Preservation Site, practicing his pitching and batting, while spending long periods in the dugout between each at-bat. No other Player or Fan had been present in the stadium with him at these times. When asked what he was doing, all Friedrich had to say was that he was "not some forgotten knock-off".
Trivia
His one weakness is peanuts. It’s unknown why Rigby, being a goldfish, ever ate a peanut to find this out in the first place.Rigby has been cured of his peanut allergy. He has no weaknesses. It is too late.- Friedrich and Geraldine Frost have something of a rivalry from when they were back-to-back in the Georgias’ pitching rotation. This rivalry, however, seems fairly one sided; it’s mainly Friedrich intimidating Frost to the point of an anxiety headache. They are reportedly still close acquaintances despite this.
- Killing a god is the most satisfying way for Rigby to win, so it will likely happen again. Soon.
- His favorite flavor of Ooze!™ is Diet.
- Despite everything, Rigby is quite the party animal.
- Watch out.
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