Background
Rikord McLad, fully known as Rikord Warg-Thain McLad, is an internet celebtrity in the Warband and Napoleonic Wars community known for his steam group, Clan McLad. He is often affiliated with masculinity, well-trimmed beards and erotic jokes. Rikord is the owner of a Steam group consisting of over 300 members.
Character
Rikord is seen in many games, including Mount&Blade:Warband, Saints Row The Third, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and many more. He is portrayed as a caucasian dark haired man with a beard, and most often long dark hair.
Rikord himself said that Rikord was based on Aragorn “with fancy hair products”.
Online History
The name “Rikord” was first coined in the 20th of October, 2013 on Steam. At this time, Rikord was playing under the alias of “Professor_Badass”, although he often referenced to himself as Rikord several times, both during gameplay and in his Steam description. He was often made fun of for his, often obscure and try-hard attempts at roleplaying.
The first sighting of the name Rikord in Warband was on the eighth of February, 2014. This was on a picture of a scoreboard in native Mount&Blade:Warband.
On the 18th of January, 2015, Rikord (then called Professor_Badass) requested King Arse, a Napoleonic Wars player and the owner of the well-known “King Arse Guard” that his friend “Hircus” could join the guard. Hircus was accepted into the King Arse Guard, but it did not take long until he betrayed them. On the annual “Carlos Day” (which many King Arse Guards attend), Hircus, then playing as Loslie McLad, placed dynamite and blew up King Arse several times.
A few days later, Hircus wrote to TURK (a friend of King Arse) that he wanted him to spread the word of the newly formed McLad Clan (dedicated to Professor_Badass roleplaying character, Rikord). TURK denied and told King Arse, who became furious and kicked out both Rikord(the Professor_Badass), Iroulf (a friend of Hircus and Rikord) and Hircus. Professor_Badass changed his name to Rikord McLad, became the Chieftain of the clan McLad and war was declared on the King Arse Guard.
The Clan McLad
The Clan McLad grew into a group dedicated to the Rikord McLad character and the war against the King Arse Guard (and the evil Vagina God, who represents femininity).
McLadian Symbolism
Rikord, as a player, had many recurring themes. The most famous ones include goats, beards, masculinity, Scotland, heroism, lad culture, and much more. Rikord is often portrayed as a man of the people, a bringer of justice and a hero.
In Clan McLad, worship of the vile Vagina God is forbidden and all Clan McLad members must worship “The Great One”, or the more commonly known as the Penis God. The Great One is seen in Rikord’s screenshots twice, once as a spaceship and once as a penis with bird wings.
Famous Quotes
“Rikord the lads call me”.
“The Rhodoks can take our lives, but they can never. take. our well-trimmed. BEARDS!!!!”