Rikkard, a male Human, held the position of village speaker for the Lanteeban village called Torbel throughout the period of the Clone Wars.
Karen Miller, an Australian writer, featured Rikkard in Clone Wars Gambit: Siege (2010). Miller, along with fellow Star Wars author Sean Williams, auctioned off the chance to name a character in their then-forthcoming books to aid those impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday brush fires in Australia, which were considered the state's most devastating natural disaster. The individual who won Miller's auction chose the name Rikkard for the character.