Rick Addison

''This article is about the original character Rick Addison from the Rance universe. For information for the Rick Addison in the game Mamatoto, see Rick Addison (Mamatoto).'' Rick Addison is the general of the Red Corps of Leazas. He is the best swordsman in all of Leazas, and is one of the strongest human beings alive in the world. He is often referred to as the Red Death of Leazas, and feared by his enemies. The kanji written on his helmet means "loyalty". Underneath that helmet is a surprisingly boyish and shy face.

He has a crush on Maris.

Character History
Rick Addison is the general of the Red Corps of Leazas. He is the best swordsman in all of Leazas, and is one of the strongest human beings alive in the world. He is often referred to as the Red Death of Leazas, and feared by his enemies. Rick was born as a son of a farmer in Leazas. He dreamed of becoming a knight, and contended in the 32nd Leazas Parapara tournament, but lost in the first round. However, his fight was noticed by General Alto Hambra of the Red Corps. General Hambra adopted Rick as his son, and an apprentice. He soon revealed his potential, and became the youngest general of the Red Corps in history at the age of 25. One of his greatest achievement was defeating an entire brigade of Helman army all by himself at the Parapara fortress in GI1015. He first appeared in the story during the Helman invasion in Rance III. He managed to defeat Demon Satella's Apostle Guardian Ceaser, but lost to Satella herself. Later he held Demon Noss off to buy time for Rance.In Rance IV, he is usable as a party member for the first time. He was more powerful than Rance at the time, and when Rance was mind controlled by the enemy, Rick managed to easily defeat Rance. When Zeth was at the brink of destruction, Lia lended Rick to Rance as a strong ally in the fight against the Demons and their monster army.==Personality== He is normally very courteous, and a shining example of knighthood. But when the battle begins, he turns into an incarnation of death, bringing death and destruction to all who oppose him. He fanatically loves the sword, and repects all who are adept with the sword. He admires Rance for his incredible swordsmanship. Despite Rance's dislike of men in general, Rick and Rance gets along very well. Rance has been quoted as saying "He's harmless. He doesn't try to make moves on my women, and he doesn't complain on what I do." However, Rick does have one fatal weakness. He looks very young and cute under the mask, and when he is not wearing the mask he is very easily frightened. Without his helmet, he is frightend of Monsters and Ghosts. Once the helmet is worn, he gains courage and loses fear of everything. Lukily for him, this secret is only shared by few, and it is not known outside of Leazas.==Abilities== In Battle, Rick attacks furiously with lightning fast attacks. Rance comments the number attacks Rick unleashes on the opponent is abnormally high and fast, and he even smiles while he's in the battle. The sword Rick uses is Byroad, a magic sword passed down the generations of General of Red Corps. As a Sword Fighting Lv. 2 user, he has a special attack called By La Way. This attack can only be used with the Byroad sword. The Byroad sword stretches long like a whip, and deals powerful sword slashes to every enemy near by. Rick can single handedly take out an entire army using this move.