Count Tyrone Rugen is the villain of William Goldman's 1973 novel The Princess Bride. In Rob Reiner's 1987 movie adaptation, he was portrayed by Christopher Guest. A cartoon villain. ... William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Princess Bride is a 1973 novel written by William Goldman and originally published in the USA by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ... Rob Reiner Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1947 in The Bronx, New York) an American actor, director, producer, and writer. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948 in New York, USA), known as Christopher Guest, is an actor, writer, director, composer, and musician. ...

Tyrone Rugen had six fingers on one hand, and as a young man killed Inigo Montoya's father after refusing to pay the agreed price for a sword he made for him. When young Inigo challenged him to a duel, he handily defeated the boy, but let him live, scarring him on both cheeks to cure him of his "overactive sense of vengeance." Inigo then dedicated his life to taking revenge on "the six-fingered man" (he didn't know Rugen's real name.) Drawing of a hand with one more thumb or finger than usual. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Revenge or vengeance consists of retaliation against a person or group in response to perceived wrongdoing. ...

Years later, Rugen entered the service of Prince Humperdinck, functioning as his advisor, chief torturer, and royal inventor, who tested his devices on live prisoners thrown into the "Pit of Despair," Humperdinck's secret dungeon. His most nefarious invention was a machine that drained years of life away from its victims. This invention almost killed Westley, the true love of Humperdinck's bride-to-be, Buttercup, whom Humperdinck had imprisoned; it drained 50 years of his life away. It was only through the intervention of Inigo, his sidekick Fezzik, and Miracle Max, the former royal Miracle Man whom Humperdinck had fired, that Westley's life was restored. Prince Humperdinck is the villain of William Goldmans 1973 comic adventure novel, The Princess Bride. ... Torture is any act by which severe pain, whether physical or psychological, is intentionally inflicted on a person as a means of intimidation, a deterrent, revenge, a punishment, or as a method for the extraction of information or confessions (i. ...

Inigo finally met up with Rugen during the attack on Humperdinck's wedding celebration, and said the words he had waited to say for twenty years: "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Rugen gravely wounded Inigo by stabbing him in the stomach, and gloated over his dying enemy as he saw the twin scars on his face and recognized him. Just as Rugen was about to deliver the fatal wound, however, Inigo recovered his strength and fought back, constantly repeating "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. prepare to die." Inigo scared and confused Rugen. When Rugen was disarmed Inigo told Rugen to beg to offer anything that he wanted. When Rugon asked Ingio what he wanted, Ingio responded "I want my father back you son of a bitch" then Ingio killed Rugon. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...