Richter

Richter poems by Lord Richter, DL Laito Dark Prologue "THAT IS NOT LOVE, NOT PASSION - IT IS THIRST. THERE IS NO LOVE IN IT - AND THERE IS NO PASSION. LIKE A HUNGRY BEAST: ONLY NEED, DRIVED BY DESIRE. AND THAT IS NOT LOVE"

Biographical information Full name Richter English translation Richter Japanese writing Rihitā Nicknames or pseudonyms Merz Lord Richter uncle Status Alive Anthropometric data Floor File:Male.png Male Eye color Red Hair color Dark green Professional statistics Activity Tries to overthrow Karlheinz and resurrect Cordelia Helps Tsukinami as a pureblood Personal information Relatives Karlheinz (older brother) Hobbies and interests Write poetry Loves The beauty and blood of Cordelia Doesn't like Karlheinz's Supremacy

Richter is the younger brother of the Vampire King Karlheinz. Uncle of the six Sakamaki brothers. Cousin of Christa. Also featured as a pure-blooded Merz.

The last name "Sakamaki" is not used with his name! He is just "Richter", not "Richter Sakamaki" (according to the fanbooks of the games).

Appearance He has long dark green hair tucked into his robe and red, "dead" eyes (fanbook for the first game). He wears a dark suit like a cloak with a fur trim, a belt and gold chains on the chest and collar. He wears black gloves and boots. The belt is double white (visible by the holes). On his left ear is an earring with a red stone. Under the guise of Merz, he wears a dark cloak with a wide hood and gold patterns. In the rough version, he was without gloves. In DF Main Prologue, he allegedly gouged out his eye as a sign of loyalty to the ancestors: in the Tsukinami routes, he walked around with an eye patch on it (DF Carla Dark 07, DF Shin Maniac Prologue), but in the other routes, no one noticed any external changes in Richter. His design, created by Satoi-san, was interpreted by manga artists: Shina Suzaka (DL Prequel+Sequel Ayato), Carawey (DL Sequel Laito, MB Prequel+Sequel Kanato), Papiko Nanjyo (DL Sequel Reiji). In the Demon World, he has his own personal castle. He brought Ayato and Yui (DF Ayato Maniac 06) there under the guise of Merz, provided "refuge" for Yuma and Yui (DF Yuma), Shin and Yui (DF Ruki). Also, Reiji (DF Reiji Maniac Prologue - 07) and Laito (DF Laito Maniac Prologue - Epilogue) visited here as guests of his uncle.

Background Once upon a time, he fought for the hand of the Demon King's daughter with his older brother, but lost, which forced him to wander the human world as a poet. Centuries later, he returned to his brother's castle (DL Reiji Ecstasy Prologue). From that moment on, his relationship with his sister-in-law began: with her blood, he could gain the strength to overthrow his brother. Richter was the one who cut out the heart of the wounded Cordelia and transplanted it into the body of a dead baby he accidentally found (DL Reiji Ecstasy Prologue). Thus, he became the technical creator of "Eve". Then, fearing his brother, he handed the child over to the vampire hunter priest Seiji, who suddenly fled abroad - thus Richter lost track of them (DL Reiji Ecstasy Prologue). In Dark Fate, he contacted the Progenitors under the guise of a pure-blood adherent in order to destroy Karlheinz.

Relationship {{user}} — Cordelia's reincarnation Their relationship in the first game and in the following ones also differs slightly. The connection with him began when Richter, centuries later, returned from wandering around the world of people to Karlheinz's castle after his shameful loss for the heart of the Demon King's daughter. Cordelia noticed Richter at the ball, started a conversation with him, explained that Karl had no time for her and loved another, regretted that she had not chosen him then, and hinted: whether Richter would succeed in stealing her from Karlheinz or not depends on his abilities. But as soon as he saw how joyfully his daughter-in-law rushed to Karlheinz, who suddenly appeared at the ball, he sadly thought how many more times she would break his heart until she was satisfied. Richter knew perfectly well that Cordelia did not love him and used him only as a replacement for Karlheinz, admitted that he fell under the spell of her cunning; According to Cordelia, he was more reliable than a familiar (DL Reiji Ecstasy Prologue). He also reproached the woman for using him, knowing about his feelings, and Cordelia did not hesitate to remind him that he was the same: he also uses her blood to surpass his brother (DL Ayato Maniac Prologue).

Even though Laito killed his mother's "men", Cordelia told her son not to touch Richter for now: she deals with him when the body is overcome by thirst, and he can still be useful (DL Laito Maniac Epilogue). After Ayato injured his mother and threw Laito off the balcony, she managed to send a familiar to Richter: it was him that she asked to cut out her heart and transplant it into another body (DL Reiji Ecstasy Prologue). According to Karlheinz, long before Cordelia's death, Richter was told that her heart could live forever if it changed owners (MB Ayato Ecstasy Epilogue). One day, Richter told his daughter-in-law that he finally "caught her", but she only pushed him away, saying that her "heart and body can only be satisfied by him (Karlheinz)" (DL Reiji Ending 03). Yuidelia and Reiji discussed how the relationship between the brothers deteriorated: Cordelia claimed that Richter and Karl were on good terms until she ruined it, but Reiji added that if such a woman was involved in their breakup, then there was a gap in their relationship from the beginning (DL Reiji Ecstasy 03). Richter dedicated poems to Cordelia. Many of them are epigraphs to the routes in the first game, and a collection of them was kept in the library of the mansion: Laito forced Yui to read one of them, after which he burned the book (DL Laito Dark 08). Little Kanato witnessed the relationship between his uncle and mother, who sometimes sang in their presence (DL Kanato Maniac Prologue; MB Kanato Dark Prologue, Ecstasy Prologue).

Laito also knew about her very well: he believed that Richter felt superior to Karlheinz due to the fact that his brother's wife accepted his feelings (MB Laito Maniac Prologue). If in the first game Cordelia and Richter met either in the underground tunnel (DL Kanato Maniac Prologue) or outside the castle (DL Ayato Maniac Prologue), then in More,Blood he kept her company on the night of the full moon already in the castle itself, their relationship was not hidden (MB Kanato Dark Prologue, Maniac Prologue, Ecstasy Prologue). In Dark Fate, Richter pretended to be a pure-blood vampire Merz in order to cooperate with the progenitors: he needed to get Yui, who contained the heart of his beloved (DF Main Prologue). With the heart, he planned to control the Ancestors in order to eventually defeat his brother - asking Cordelia to "come out", he promised that together they would finish off their worst enemy Karlheinz and create a new world (DF Carla Ecstasy 09). Appearing before the revived Cordelia, Richter, when she asked him incredulously what he was doing there, answered that he did not need a reason to be near her: Cordelia offered him to lick her foot in that case - Richter did so, saying how perfect she was. He himself was freed to help take the heart from Yui, to which Cordelia promised to give him a kiss as a reward (DF Ayato Maniac Prologue): thus, Richter, pretending to be Merz, lures Ayato and the heroine to the Ancestors' castle (DF Ayato Maniac 08).

After Carla Tsukinami's story, when Cordelia bursts into tears and runs away, Richter will run after her; she will cry and struggle to get away, begging him to let her go (DF Ayato Maniac 10). By the end of the route, after her long plea, he will fulfill her "last request" and take her to Eden to Karlheinz (DF Ayato Ecstasy 06). In another route, Richter will rape Yui, mistaking her for Cordelia: he will say that she was a woman who always thought about another man in his presence, but now she will forget about this other man - or rather, he will "make her finally forget about him" (DF Shin Manservant End). In Lost Eden, Richter came to the Sakamaki mansion to help Ayato learn how to control Karlheinz's power at Cordelia's request: she once made him promise that if the day came when Ayato would be king, then Richter would become his mentor. The uncle himself came to the mansion without telling Ayato a word about the reason for his appearance, and only Reiji admitted at whose request he was there: he did not want to reveal to the boy his mother's involvement in this (LE Ayato Dark 06). He assured Kino that, unlike his brother, he was loved by a beautiful woman, but the new nephew only laughed at him (LE Prologue Kino). The likelihood of a sexual relationship between them is also currently questionable.

Karlheinz Karlheinz and Richter DF Reiji Manservant End Centuries ago, Richter fought with his older brother for the hand of the Demon King's daughter, but lost shamefully and went to wander among people under the guise of a poet (DL Reiji Ecstasy Prologue). Yuidelia mentioned that she destroyed the once strong relationship between the two brothers, and Reiji noted that if such a woman was involved, the breach had to be there from the beginning (DL Reiji Ecstasy 03). In Dark Fate, Richter introduces himself to Tsukinami as a pure-blooded Merz, an opponent of the Vampire King (DF Main Prologue), and later confesses to Yui that he planned to destroy Karlheinz with the help of the ancestors (DF Carla Ecstasy 09). Laito assumed that after his brother's death, Richter would finally be able to free himself from Cordelia (DF Laito Maniac 09). In DF Reiji Manservant End, he came to Eden to challenge his brother and, by killing him and surpassing him, win the love of his first wife; However, it was Reiji who shielded his father who took the blow: as soon as Richter cut off the boy's head, Karlheinz angrily destroyed him with his power. Earlier, Reiji called his uncle something like Karlheinz's shadow: supposedly, although they were born brothers, because of the difference in strength, Richter cannot even call him "brother" (DF Reiji Maniac 08).

Richter also mentioned Karlheinz, enjoying how Shin, the ancestor, licked his boots ("Did you see, Karlheinz?! The ancestor, the ancestor, my feet... A-ha-ha-ha!") (DF Shin Manservant End).

Laito

In Richter, he sees a competitor for the right to possess Cordelia. At each meeting, they engage in verbal sparring. In the first game, Laito forced Yui to read his uncle's poetry - he even considered it "not bad", although he later burned the collection of poems (DL Laito Dark 08). He hid the girl during his unexpected visit, lying that he drank the blood of a rat: the uninvited guest, sniffing out about the new sacrificial bride, reproached his nephew - as if Karlheinz tore his son apart for such a thing, Cordelia - was upset by his lack of interest in the succession to the throne, and he himself noted that Laito's "another rat" smells like "her" (DL Laito Maniac 07). Also in the past, Cordelia forced a boy imprisoned by his father to watch Richter drink her blood, but this only aroused him more (DL Laito Maniac Prologue); she forbade him to kill Richter (DL Laito Maniac Epilogue). In DL Laito Ending 03, Laito beat up his uncle and got him to confirm his suspicions that Yui had Cordelia's heart transplanted into her; however, Richter did not stop him from stabbing her in the chest.

In More,Blood the story changed. Once in the past Richter called Laito to his mother: he said that she had a "chest ache", that she "will accept her son because she loves", and he himself admitted that he wanted to see a smile on the face of his beloved and as if her chest pain was transmitted to him. Laito did not hesitate to remind that all their words about love were a lie, and openly grinned in response to his uncle: "Plunging headlong into carnal desires, reaching the peak of pleasure is only slander." He considered Richter a "pathetic, stupid, vile narcissist, drowning in the feeling of his superiority", because he got involved with "her" only out of envy of his brother, in order to feel his victory over him (MB Laito Maniac Prologue). In Dark Fate, Richter supported his nephew's intention to kill Karlheinz, but reproached him for calling his mother "that person"/"that woman" (DF Laito Maniac Prologue). Laito could barely restrain himself from punching his uncle, because he reminded him of unpleasant moments from the past. In Lost Eden, Richter promised to kill his brother Laito, who had received powers, and in response to his accusation of being connected to the Progenitors, he said that "the truth is not that simple" (LE Laito Dark 05).

Kanato

"Uncle Who Stole His Beloved Mother: Richter, the younger brother of the head of the Sakamaki Family, Karlheinz, had a second affair with his wife Cordelia behind his back. Kanato, who knew about the relationship between the two, disliked Richter, who was close to his mother. Richter has known Kanato since his childhood: "[He] was most attached to Cordelia... That's why Cordelia also seemed to treat him kindly/spoiled him. Since he sang well since he was a child and had a beautiful, clear voice, Cordelia and I would often listen to him sing together" (description in DL Kanato Character Book, page 09 of the 'Birth' chapter).

Quotes

"There is no love here - I know that, And still I ask for your love. And you, secretly sticking out your tongue, Give me a reason to wait for it - and I wait: The longer I believe in this, the deeper I sink Into the abyss of faith. Maybe, It is a ladder that has no end and no edge - That's how I begin to think. Perhaps, to push you down - That's how I begin to think. Such love is like a ceaseless waltz. Such love is akin to impenetrable darkness" » —poems by Lord Richter, DL Laito Maniac Prologue

"I love you. I love you. I love you. Only the thought of you seems to excite my motionless heart in my chest. If only I could die loving you - I can't find any other happiness. If only you could cast me down into the bottomless darkness with your own hands - I wish" » —poems by Lord Richter, DL Reiji Ecstasy Prologue

"You should forget... that man! No... I will make you forget him. My beloved... Cordelia" —Richter Yui, DF Shin Manservant End

Interesting facts

Although in s01e12 anime Laito set fire to the secret room where Richter was, according to the games he is still alive: in MV he appeared in the present day in the general prologue of the game, in DF he helped Tsukinami in the guise of Merz as a follower of pure blood, in LE in different routes he tried to butter up Kino, then threatened to kill Laito, then died, then resurrected. In the route Ayato became his mentor at the request of Cordelia (LE Ayato Vampire End). Many people wonder why Richter stole Cordelia's dress from her corpse, kept it in a secret room, visiting it periodically, and in s01e12 after being wounded, he reached for it. According to Laito, who appeared in the room, this dress is a dangerous thing. Most likely, Richter did not need the dress itself, but Cordelia's blood on it. Many people mistakenly believe that Richter wouldn't hurt a fly, but he is capable of shutting up, hitting and raping women: he hit Yui in DF Carla Ecstasy 09, telling her to shut up, before twisting her arm, and then swinging it again at the end of the scene; in the form of Merz, he hit the heroine again in DF Yuma Ecstasy Prologue, ordering her to obey him and follow him. He also raped the chained Yui in DF Shin Manservant End, mistaking her for Cordelia and wanting to "make her forget about another man".

Richter has his own castle in the Demon World: in Dark Fate, it was visited by Reiji, Laito, Ayato, Kou, and Yuma in their routes, as well as Yui in DF Shin Manservant End and Shin and Yui in Ruki's route. Participated in the fan vote for the favorite DL character on the otomate website. After the release of Dark Fate in 2015, he received 116 votes out of 31,189 (0.4%) and took 15th place. After the release of Lost Eden in 2017, 57 people out of 16,621 (0.3%) voted for him, and he took 16th place. In the 2019 vote after the release of Chaos Lineage, he and Karlheinz no longer participated in the vote. The painting on the ceiling in the background of the living room of the Merz castle is a fresco by Raphael Santi, "The School of Athens", in the Stanza della Segnatura ("Hall of Decrees") of the Vatican Palace. Was listed as a "witness" on Reiji's official marriage certificate.