Loother Ray – Luther from The Warriors
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Loother_Ray
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warriors_(film)
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Luther_(The_Warriors)
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Loother Ray is the leader of The Fangs, a gang of thieves in Aggrobah, Mirage.
Loother Ray is the final holdout against the Sultana’s plan to bring peace to the streets of Aggrobah. He agrees to a truce as means of bringing all his enemies to one place for a showdown fight. He does’t believe the Sultana has the authority nor the power to countermand the will of the King of Thieves.
Loother Ray’s cheats during his Boss Fight are quotes from Luther in The Warriors.
The Warriors is a 1979 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill. Based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name, the film was theatrically released in the United States on 9 February 1979 by Paramount Pictures. The film centers on a fictitious New York City street gang who must travel 30 miles (48 km), from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island in southern Brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader.
Cyrus, leader of the Gramercy Riffs, the most powerful gang in New York City, requests that each of the city’s gangs send nine unarmed delegates to Van Cortlandt Park for a midnight summit. The Warriors, a gang from Coney Island, attend the summit with nine delegates: “Warlord” leader Cleon, “War Chief” second-in-command Swan, the scout Fox, the graffiti artist Rembrandt, soldiers Snow, Cowboy, Cochise, and Vermin, and quick-tempered enforcer Ajax. Cyrus proposes to the assembled crowd a citywide truce and alliance that would allow the gangs to control the city together, since they collectively outnumber the police by five to one.
Most of the gang members applaud this idea, but Luther, the unbalanced and sadistic leader of the Rogues, shoots Cyrus dead as police officers arrive to raid the summit. In the ensuing chaos, Luther realizes that one of the Warriors, Fox, appears to suspect him, and makes a false accusation which leads the vengeful Riffs to fatally attack Cleon. Meanwhile, the other Warriors escape, unaware that they have been implicated in Cyrus’s killing. The Warriors now need to make it back to Coney Island, their home turf.
At dawn, after evading the police and surviving numerous attacks by other gangs, the Warriors finally reach Coney Island, only to find Luther and the Rogues waiting for them. Swan challenges Luther to single combat, but Luther pulls a gun instead. Swan dodges his shot and throws a switchblade (taken from one of the Punks) into Luther’s wrist, disarming him. The Riffs arrive, acknowledging the Warriors’ courage and skill before apprehending the Rogues. As the Riffs descend upon him, Luther screams. The film ends with Swan, Mercy, and the rest of the gang walking down a Coney Island beach, illuminated by the rising sun.
Luther was portrayed by David Patrick Kelly.
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Loother Ray image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment
The Warriors movie poster is borrowed from the Imp Awards. It is copyright Paramount Pictures.
Luther image is borrowed from the Villains Wiki. It is copyright Paramount Pictures.
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