Richter Belmont

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“	Your words are as empty as your soul. Mankind ill needs a savior such as you.	„
	~ Richter Belmont to Count Dracula

Background

Descending from the legendary and powerful Juste Belmont, the new member of the Belmont Clan, Richter Belmont (the main playable character of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood), grew up in the same peaceful village as he. Richter was trained in combat and was quickly realized to be a prodigious vampire hunter. Once he came of age, Juste passed the Vampire Killer whip onto Richter.

Richter, unlike Juste however, was quite the ladies man; he had several women who flocked over him, and had gotten himself a girlfriend, Annette, who lived in the village of Aljiba. One day, on his way to visit Annette, Richter noticed that the entire village was on fire and being overrun by monsters, and that Annette had been kidnapped.

A century had passed since Simon’s defeat of Dracula, and the Dark Lord was back again; this time, Dracula had kidnapped several women, who he used to lure Richter to him. Making haste, Richter fought his way through Dracula’s Castle, and ran into a young girl related to the Belmont Clan, Maria Renard. Maria insisted on joining Richter despite her age, and the two rescued Annette before making it to Dracula’s chambers.

Dracula thought he was prepared for Richter’s onslaught, but his prodigious powers and magical abilities (likely inherited from Juste) were too much to handle. At last, Dracula was defeated; although, this time, he had a contingency plan. Though Dracula himself may have been killed, his servant, Shaft, remained. Shaft used a dark incantation on Richter, succeeding in possessing the vampire hunter.

Shaft used Richter’s selfish desire of becoming the most famous vampire hunter and inflated it, causing Richter to develop a desire to resurrect Dracula so that he may continue battling him for eternity. Richter became the lord of Dracula’s Castle for the next five years, eventually causing Maria, and the newly-awoken Alucard, to investigate.

Alucard finally made his way to Richter in his chambers, and discovered the truth of his possession. Alucard defeated the Belmont, freeing him of his possession, and traversed ahead to tackle Dracula himself. Richter, left behind to reflect on the past five years, deeply regretted his actions.

Finding Maria and heading home, Richter was ashamed of what he had done, even though he didn’t do so willingly. Feeling as though he shamed his entire bloodline, Richter no longer felt worthy of the Vampire Killer whip, and so he forfeited it to another Clan; the Morris Clan. Richter then continued the Belmont Clan’s blood when he had children with Annette, although he likely lived the rest of his days in shame.

General Information

Name: Richter Belmont

Origin: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

First Appearance: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

Latest Appearance: Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls

Company: Konami

Creator: Hitoshi Akamatsu, Koji Igarashi

Actor

• Japanese Voice Actor: Jin Horikawa (Rondo of Blood), Kiyoyuki Yanada (Symphony of the Night, The Dracula X Chronicles, & Harmony of Despair)
• English Voice Actor: David Vincent (Symphony of the Night, The Dracula X Chronicles, & Harmony of Despair), Scott McCulloch (Symphony of the Night)

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: 19 years old in Rondo of Blood (Listed as 19 years old in the Dracula X Chonicles game manual), 24 in Symphony of the Night (Takes place 5 years after the events of Rondo of Blood/The Dracula X Chronicles), 25 in Nocturne of Recollection (A year has passed since the events of Symphony of the Night)

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Main Protagonist

Classification: Member of the Belmont Clan

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: God

Occupation: Vampire Hunter

Affiliations: Maria Renard, Alucard, Annette (His girlfriend)

Enemies: Dracula, Death, Shaft, Magnus

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status:

• During his Time: Alive, Deceased in the Bad Ending of Symphony of the Night (Alucard is forced to kill Richter, unaware that he's mind controlled)
• Modern Time: Deceased (As he existed back in 1700s, he is naturally dead from old age)

Date of Death: 1797 in the bad ending, Unknown otherwise

Alignment: Neutral Good (Richter is a kind-hearted Belmont that wants to save his girlfriend, Annette, he will also recuse others that are captured during the process, being revered as a "manifestation of God Himself". Richter does not at all agree with Dracula's ideology of the world, noting that his view of might is the same that can be used for peace and hope, noting that people cannot be ruled by power alone: the sacred, the honorable, the loved, those things can rule humanity with something evil evenutally falling to ruin), Chaotic Evil under mind control (While mind controlled Richter attempting to bring back Dracula becomes the new Dark Lord for Castlevania, to have the battle between Belmont and Dracula last for eternity)

Protection Level: Global Protector (Leon started a legacy of the Belmont clan to hunting the night. Fought and defeated Dracula, where in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Dracula plans to take over all of Europe, proceeded to amass an army to kill hundreds of soldiers to take over Europe, plagued the beautiful land located in the Southern Part of Romania into darkness by having devils attack it, planned to spread his evil grip to the rest of Europe)

Threat Level: Global Threat under mind controlled (While mind controlled Richter attempting to bring back Dracula becomes the new Dark Lord for Castlevania, to have the battle between Belmont and Dracula last for eternity)

Codex Statistics

Key: Dracula X Chronicles | Symphony of the Night

Key Information:

• Dracula X Chronicles: This key covers Richter during the events of Dracula X/Rondo of Blood/Dracula X Chronicles.
• Symphony of the Night: This key covers Richter during Symphony of the Night.

Grade: S (Noted by Shanoa that Richter is said to be the greatest Belmont, with Simon noting that he is the strongest of the Belmonts) | S | S

Tier: At least 7-C, Higher with Iris's Charm, Far Higher with Sheer Will | At least 7-C, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and defeat 1700s Dracula, who serves as the absolute evil, the opposite to God, where for God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness, being the entity opposite to God, with such power making him far superior to Golem from Castlevania Judgment, as he died to a random unknown hunter after his return from the time rift. Golem with his ultimate can shoot out a mouth blast that vaporizes everything it touches as far as the eye can see getting these results), Higher with Iris's Charm (The power of Iris's chamr will let one destroy crystal walls), Far Higher with Sheer Will (Simon claims that the Belmonts and Morrises did not defeated Dracula because of the Vampire Killer, with the reason behind heroes' capacity to fight against evil lying not in their physical strength but the noble desire to drive away evil and usher in all that is good, the desire to protect the world for all of humanity, with the courage to fight to protect others being the true essence of a hero and a Belmonts strength, with this even applying for other heroes such as Shanoa, Maria, Charlotte, and even Arikado) | At least Town level (Potency), Far Higher with Sheer Will

Durability: At least Town level, Far Higher with Sheer Will | At least Town level, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Striking Strength: At least Town Class (Potency), Far Higher with Sheer Will | At least Town Class (Potency), Far Higher with Sheer Will

Lifting Strength: At least Class 10 (The Belmonts are known as the most powerful and renowned vampire hunters within the world of Castlevania, during and before Trevor's time, the Belmont's were feared because of their immense power, which should make them superior to Hector's Battle-Type innocent devils who can move entire tree logs that are blocking roads out of the way where logs can weigh around 15 to 5 tons and Hector's battle-type innocent devils can lift open large iron doors that "no man could force open"), Far Higher with Sheer Will | At least Class 10, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Travel Speed: Superhuman regularly (Comparable to Leon Belmont, who was able to escape Walter's Castle while running from the top floor to the entrance, before the entire structure collapsed). At most Faster Than Light through full Aura (Comparable to Juste Belmont where Juste travels so fast that a light projection of him is left behind, enveloping with a blue aura around him), Far Higher with Sheer Will | Superhuman regularly. At most Faster Than Light through full Aura, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Attack Speed: At most Faster Than Light (Can tag 1700s Dracula, who serves as the absolute evil, the opposite to God, where for God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness, being the entity opposite to God, making him faster then enemies such as the Sky Fish who moves so fast that it appears as a beam of light and is only slowed down when time is stopped and the White Demon, who can move at the speed of light at short distances), Far Higher with Sheer Will | At most Faster Than Light, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Reaction Speed: At most Faster Than Light, Far Higher with Sheer Will | At most Faster Than Light, Far Higher with Sheer Will

Stamina: Superhuman+ (Richter fought through Transylvania and Dracula’s Castle before defeating Dracula himself. He was then possessed by Shaft and ruled over Dracula’s Castle for five whole years, and was still able to put up a fight against Alucard after those years)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Vampire Killer (The typical whip is around 90 centimeters), Higher with Flame Whip (Grants Richter a far larger range with his whip). Tens of Meters with throwing daggers and axes

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (Able to utilize sub-weapons that possess great attack and power which in Castlevania requires one to have a high intelligence to be able to do)

Knowledge: Grandmaster level (Can fight and defeat Dracula, where he was a genius tactician as Mathias, who they called "Cronqvist the Wise". Trevor was the one that left behind many of the fighting techniques the Belmonts use today with Richter noting that Trevor refined those fighting techniques that have been handed down through the Belmont line, making all of the Belmont & Morris line have fighting techniques refined by Trevor and greater)

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Powers and Techniques

Is a member of the Belmont Bloodline, which gives him:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (The Belmonts are known as the most powerful and renowned vampire hunters within the world of Castlevania. During and before Trevor's time, the Belmont's were feared because of their immense power), Acrobatics (Due to Belmonts superhuman nature, they possess very athletic and acrobatic bodies, examples include Richter easily flipping over Death's scythe attack while also jumping around and fighting Death while on a moving horse carriage. Richter also showcases this with his boss fight in Dracula X where he must jump across platforms while also fighting against Dracula. Julius showcasing extreme acrobatic leaps to reach the top of a castle drawbridge), Genius Intelligence (Belmonts are trained and some of the best users of various sub-weapons, which in Castlevania requires one to have a high intelligence to be able to do), Martial Arts (Trevor left behind all of his fighting techniques to each new Belmont clan member and Morris clan member), Weapon Mastery (No matter the Belmont, they have all showcase a natural gift in using weapons, with Christopher showcasing the tools of his family's destiny are always the axe, dagger, cross, & stop watch. Many of the famous Belmont weapons were left behind by Trevor), Sheer Will (The Belmonts are all ones with strong courage and willpower, where having a strong constitution dictates and influences how fast one can recover from status effects such as poison or curse. Belmonts are pillars of strength, willing to keep fighting even when weakened greatly and having their existence slowly erased from history. Simon claims that the Belmonts and Morrises did not defeated Dracula because of the Vampire Killer, with the reason behind heroes' capacity to fight against evil lying not in their physical strength but the noble desire to drive away evil and usher in all that is good, the desire to protect the world for all of humanity, with the courage to fight to protect others being the true essence of a hero and a Belmonts strength, with this even applying for other heroes such as Shanoa, Maria, Charlotte, and even Arikado. The Belmonts will should be greater than even the likes of the Fernandez/Belnades Clan, including Carmilla Fernandez, where its noted she had great spirit and struggled mightily against the curse before she became a vampire), Aura (Belmonts release a glow of aura around them, that envelops their body), Extrasensory Perception (Belmonts can feel others being in an area, such as Simon Belmont being able to feel Trevor Belmont is in the time rift. Leon could sense and feel that Joachim Armster was a vampire. Leon could sense the rage from a Vampire Killer. Trevor could sense a bad omen approaching. Christopher Belmont felt a "chill" upon Dracula's return. Belmonts such as Juste could sense Death's overwhelming power. Belmonts such as Juste could sense the aura of the two different layers of the castles. Belmonts can see beings like the Bitterfly, a mutated insect, visible only to magicians. Julius could sense the dark powers within Soma Cruz. Julius could sense Dracula's powers at work within Graham, though could tell from sensing Graham that he very likely was not Dracula. Julius when fighting Soma could feel the evil spirit within Soma but also Soma's good spirit. Belmonts have the ability to sense the presence of beings physical and spiritual that cannot be seen by ordinary humans), Precognition (Premonitions; Belmonts can have future premonitions through their dreams, such as Christopher dreaming about Dracula stealing his son and turning him evil, far before he even had one), Magic (Due to coming into contact with Rinaldo and gaining the whip, Rinaldo granted him a magic amulet. where Leon gained magical energy that would naturally be passed down to all of his descendants. Belmonts such as Julius naturally has magical powers due to this, along with Juste having magical powers deriving from the Fernandez (Belnades) family), Principle Manipulation (Magic comes from alchemy, a field that experiments with the principles of God's creation of the world), Afterimage Creation (Belmonts can envelop themselves in an aura of light that allows them to move so fast, their light projections cannot keep up), Glyph Creation & Portal Creation (The Belmont blood acts as a key to the infinite corridor), Empowerment & Holy Manipulation (Belmonts can amplify weapons, Leon holding The Whip of Alchemy had it become more powerful then before, with Rinaldo stating that the whip fits Leon better then it fits him, despite him being the one to make the Whip of Alchemy. Medusa even noted that it wasn't so powerful before believing the whip gained its complete form. Belmonts can call upon the power of the light and use it to amplify their strength to be stronger and faster, this is also shown with Trevor Belmont's ultimate in Castlevania Judgment. The Belmonts can use their stored energy (hearts) and transfer it into subweapons to make regular weapons as strong as they are along with magically enhancing them), Invulnerability (Belmonts have an inborn self-defense ability known as "Burning Mode" which makes them invincible and raises their status to twice the normal level), Statistics Boost (Belmonts get stronger from hearing of someone's grief, wanting to help them), Reactive Power Level (As Dracula grows stronger each time he revives, the Belmonts have had to keep up, evolving to be powerful even without the strength of the Vampire Killer), Sealing (Metaphysical Sealing; Belmonts can capture the spirits of enemies equal or greater to an area boss and use their abilities from their soul), Nullification (Sealing Nullification; Belmonts such as Julius can compltely destroy barriers, however depending on how strong the barrier is, they may have no more energy to fight)

Resistances to Extreme Colds (Belmonts can walk in ice cold rooms without much worry), Extreme Heats (Belmonts can travel in boiling hot rooms without much affect. They can also fight enemies such as the Flame Elemental who emerges from the lavas of the room with the whole room being so hot it's colored red. Richter showcases this where he moves around in a burning city without much affect or limitation to his movements), Absorption (Belmonts can fight and take hits from the mist, a creature that swallows up the living), Life-Force Absorption (Belmonts can take hits from the Spirit, which is an evil spirit that sucks up people's life energy), Corruption (Belmonts can be bitten by vampires without instantly turning), Helfire Attacks (Belmonts can take hits from the Flame Demon, a demon that wields the fires of Hell), Status Effect Inducement, Poison Manipulation, & Curse Manipulation (The Belmonts are all ones with strong courage and willpower, where having a strong constitution dictates and influences how fast one can recover from status effects such as poison or curse), Paralysis Inducement (Belmonts can be paralyzed, and slowly recover from the effects of it), Attack Reflection (Belmonts can hit Dracula with different projectile attacks, this extends to even Morrises', where Dracula's mere rib bone reflects all projectiles back), Petrification (Belmonts can take hits, from Medusa heads who can turn one into stone upon contacting them. Belmonts can can break out of, being petrified), Erasure (Metaphysical Erasure; The blood of the Belmont Clan can keep one's spirit from being erased from Dracula's magic), Time Stop (Belmonts are unaffected by time being stopped. With time in Castlevania being so potent that not even eternity can withstand time, along with even artificial life being subject to the laws of time), Poison Manipulation (Belmonts can take hits from the poison zombie, which spews a deadly poison that can rot flesh on contact), Fear Manipulation (Belmonts can be within Dracula's presence along with holding and using Dracula's rib bone where Dracula's mere rib bone is enough to make an ordinary hero feel like a spineless coward), Light Manipulation & Holy Manipulation (Belmonts have a natural resistance to holy elemental attacks), Absolute Zero (Belmonts can take ice from the frost demon, a demon that wields absolute cold and a total command of cold, making it superior to the likes of Cyril who can wield absolute zero and is seen as a standard ability from a creature of the night), Essence Manipulation (Belmonts can take hits from Succubus, who can suck up a person's essence), Sleep Manipulation (Belmonts are able to resist sleep based abilities, such as Leon resisting Walter's attempt to put him to sleep), Death Manipulation & Fate Manipulation (Belmonts cannot be killed by the likes of Death and his scythes, who is noted to govern the fate of death, being noted to have the power to govern the end of all living things, and can use his scythes to kill abstractions such as distance and sound), Law Manipulation (Belmonts are unaffected by contracts, where Renon had Reinhardt unknowingly agree to a contract with Satan where if he spends over 30 thousand gold pieces, his soul is forfeit, with Reinhardt being able to kill Renon and negate the contract altogether, where contracts are made to be absolute and bind one to it's agreements)

Resistance to Dracula's Castle's Abilities (Belmonts are able to travel in our around the castle without feeling any of the adverse effects from the castle)

The Castle Abilities Include:

Reality Warping (The Castle does not work on standard logic, where changing rooms can have one view a completely different background, such as room with a blue sky that is reflecting up and downwards and having the cloud srotate at a fast speed), Transmutation (Beings that come near are subject to the castle's influence, such as a local barnyard owl which was mutated just from flying near it), Possession (The castle possesses objects with its magic, such as a ouija table), Sealing (Dracula's magic captured Aguni, a primitive god of fire. The Castle has doors sealed off without solving puzzles. This can extend to walls being sealed off where explosions will not affect it until the seal is gone), Mind Manipulation (Everything that enters the castle is under the control by the power of Dracula's castle, the ghost of Eric Lecarde needed to cast a magic barrier to bind himself so he could be free from the control of the castle. The Castle corrupts the minds of those who enter it, such as making Maxim Kischine feel strange ever since coming to it. It also corrupted the mind of Hugh turning him against Nathan with Nathan noting he's being controlled by Dracula. The castle increases one's dark desires, allowing Dracula to easily control them. The magic of Dracula's power that empowers the owl enemy also spurs it to violence), Madness Manipulation (The Castle warped Gergoth, a once-gentle beast and drove it mad), Size Manipulation (Magically enlarged a toad through the use of demonic baptism), Fear Manipulation (Even while far away, Curtis and Michelle felt malicious intent from the castle where their bodies seemed to squeal "run away". Michelle even being at the entrance to the castle had her body telling her to not go in and her leg muscles being petrified like stone), Curse Manipulation (The Curse status that spirits inflict comes from them absorbing the magic power around the castle. The Castle cursed a human to turn into a lizard man), Life Manipulation (The castle can bring inanimate statues to life to attack. Can cause the glass murals to come to life and attack), Soul Manipulation (Those that die in the castle become one of the floating spirits that wander the halls of the castle for eternity), Abstract Manipulation & Hell Manipulation (The castle can create a core of evil made from hatred, envy, anger and other dark emotions)

Acrobatics (Easily flipped over Death's scythe attack while also jumping around and fighting Death while on a moving horse carriage. Could fight Dracula while also jumping across platforms and avoiding his attacks), Penetration Damage (Physical Penetration) & Weapon Mastery (Whip Mastery; As Richter is able to use the Vampire Killer in its true form, he is a natural master of the Vampire Killer. He is able to utilie the whip as a chain-like attack, dangling it around and dealing damage to enemies who come into contact with it. Knife Mastery; Richter is able to throw knives in a quick and prcecise fashion. Axe Mastery; Richter is able to throw axes in a precise arc. Cross Mastery; Richter is able to throw crosses like a boomerang), Contact Damage (Item Crashes allow one to deal damage to an enemy on contact, even if the item they have they cannot do an item crash with), Flight (Some of his item crashes allow him to levitate in the air), Energy Absorption (Richter can get hearts out of objects and enemies, where hearts are a measure of one's stored energy, thus one is absorbing energy when gaining hearts), Weapon Creation (With Axe Item Crash, creates several axes that surround him and all spread outward. With Knife Item Crash, creates dozens of knives that he throws at rapid succession), Summoning (With Grand Cross, the Cross Item Crash, Richter summons multiple large crosses that go across the screen, dealing massive damage to all enemies on screen), Fire Manipulation (When Richter has no subweapon, he can use his item crash to imbue his whip with flames. In Symphony of the Night he creates a fire aura around himself along with the whip), Curtain Fire (Multi-Directional) & Water Manipulation (With Hydro Storm, the Holy Water Item Crash, Richter creates a massive rain of holy water across the entire screen).

Resistance to Extreme Heats (Richter can move around in a burning city without much affect or limitation to his movements), Petrification (Richter has an immunity to the stone status effect), Holy Manipulation (Richter has an immunity to the holy status effect)

While mind controlled Richter becomes the new Dark Lord for Castlevania, giving him:

Is a Creature of the Night, which gives:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Even the smallest creatures of the night can destroy a bridge, one of Dracula's bats easily destroyed a stone ground block), Intimidation (Creatures of the nights appearances can cause one to have their body's cells cry out in terror), Immortality (Ageless; The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something being their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations. Immortal Metaphysical Aspect; Creatures of the Night can continue to exist even as a spirit and use their spirit form to form bodies out of inanimate material around them), Acausality (Causality Immunity; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon. With their souls being completely free from time. The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something being their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations), Free Will (Creatures of the Night do not follow the hand of God and instead choose of their own free will), Empowerment (Creatures of the night are empowered by the night, becoming stronger when it's night time), Evolution (Creatures of chaos can inherit evil natures awakening into stronger enemies with new abilities and less weaknesses), Resurrection (Self-Resurrection; Creatures of chaos can be brought back to life from the power of hate. This has also been shown with slain heads reviving as an angry wraith), Regeneration (Mid-Godly overtime; Even the castle from Castlevania is a Creature of Chaos, where they are always rebirth from Chaos with each rebirth, the creatures takes a new form, with this state being referred to as a "regeneration cycle"), Invisibility (Creatures of Chaos possess a natural aura of darkness, which makes one unable to see those with an aura of darkness by the naked eye), Time Manipulation (Passive; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon), Darkness Manipulation & Subjective Reality (Creatures of chaos very existence causes dark powers to flow beyond the control of the Elgos' grimoires, due to them collecting documented information on Dracula and his castle. Causing their power to materialize in the real world in the form of monsters. With the real world and world of grimoires being one and the same), Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (Passive; Creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to greatly strengthen their dark powers. It is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos. Their vital souls are causing the grimoires contents to be overwritten changing history to things such as Jonathan Morris is now at a disadvantage in battle, or Charlotte fading from existence due to them messing with the history of the Grimoires, Maria starting to fade because Richter's history is being rewritten, where if the books contents change the creatures magic will keep growing and eventually overflow into reality, causing the grimoire to fall into chaos and even more monsters materializing into the real world. The text alterations also make the monsters stronger. With the real world and world of grimoires being one and the same), Law Manipulation (Creatures of Chaos can alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality), Power Modification (Creatures of the night alterations of the Grimoire can greatly limit the powers of those far stronger then them, such as Jonathan Morris' power being limited due to the alterations. The Chaos of the Grimoire destabilized the magic of the others).

Resistance to Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (All enemies in Castlevania III: Dracula's curse can eventually break out of being frozen from Sypha's ice magic. Along with this to protect against ice attacks in series, one normally wears rings that help them resist against absolute zero), Time Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time. With time in Castlevania being so potent that not even eternity can withstand time, along with even artificial life being subject to the laws of time. Some creatures of chaos are immune to time stop, normally being boss level creatures), Fate Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time, with fate being a truth wound by time)

As he is possessed by Dracula's Wraith, he is the reason behind both of th ecastles and its effects, which should give him the natural abilities of Dracula's Castle, which include:

Magic (The castle pulses with dark magical power. The castle uses magic to do things like re-animate corpses, along with skeletons), Reality Warping (The Castle does not work on standard logic, where changing rooms can have one view a completely different background, such as room with a blue sky that is reflecting up and downwards and having the clouds rotate at a fast speed), Transmutation (Beings that come near are subject to the castle's influence, such as a local barnyard owl which was mutated just from flying near it), Save and Load (The castles magic has rooms where one can sit on a chair and is enveloped in the angelic wings of light, allowing them to save their progress, with these chairs being acknowledged in rooms in the castle with a description), Possession (The castle possesses objects with its magic, such as a ouija table), Bestowal (The castle enables one to keep their mind after dying, becoming a ghost), Mind Bestowal (The castle can bestow a mind through its magic), Soul Bestowal (The castle can bestow a soul through its magic. Imbued the Mud Man with a tormented soul), Power Bestowal (The castle grants enemies to attack under the power of magic. The magic of Dracula's power that empowers the owl enemy), Resurrection (Resurrection of Multiple Targets; The castle uses magic to return creatures of chaos back to life), Sealing (Dracula's magic captured Aguni, a primitive god of fire. The Castle has doors sealed off without solving puzzles. This can extend to walls being sealed off where explosions will not affect it until the seal is gone), Telekinesis (The Castle can lift parts of levels apart. The castle has blocks that float and levitate up and downards to crush opponents or send them into spikes), Immersion (Can bring paintings to life and have them attack), Mimicry (Physiology Mimicry; The castle contains mirror worlds where perfect clones of oneself can fight. The Castle can also do this without mirror worlds, where they make a perfect copy that have all of their moves and sub-weapons, and can freely switch to a different person to copy their abilities), Teleportation (The castle has access to the teleporter seat, the seat of a device that allows instant movement across Valachia. The castle has objects that fade in and out while trying to platform on them), Invisibility (Parts of Dracula's castle are invisible such as invisible stairs, and invisible platforms), Necromancy (The castle can raise the dead to attack whoever enters a room. The castle reanimates human bones as monsters by its evil magic. The Castle created the Executioner from numerous dead bodies), Fusionism (The Castle can create an abomination made from numerous dead bodies), Mind Manipulation (Everything that enters the castle is under the control by the power of Dracula's castle, the ghost of Eric Lecarde needed to cast a magic barrier to bind himself so he could be free from the control of the castle. The Castle corrupts the minds of those who enter it, such as making Maxim Kischine feel strange ever since coming to it. It also corrupted the mind of Hugh turning him against Nathan with Nathan noting he's being controlled by Dracula. The castle increases one's dark desires, allowing Dracula to easily control them. The magic of Dracula's power that empowers the owl enemy also spurs it to violence), Madness Manipulation (The Castle warped Gergoth, a once-gentle beast and drove it mad), Elemental Manipulation & Chaos Manipulation (The castle infuses some enemies with chaos, giving it all elemental properties), Blood Manipulation (The casle imbues blood all over a skeleton, making them always return to life no matter what damage is done to them. The Castle has areas where its blood can form new enemies), Acid Manipulation (The castle has areas of acid rain falling), Size Manipulation (Magically enlarged a toad through the use of demonic baptism), Fear Manipulation (Even while far away, Curtis and Michelle felt malicious intent from the castle where their bodies seemed to squeal "run away". Michelle even being at the entrance to the castle had her body telling her to not go in and her leg muscles being petrified like stone), Perception Manipulation (The Castle is able to warp the users perceptions, making a room where it is split into three parts that do not operate under standard spatiality and directionality), Poison Manipulation (The very waters of the castle are poisonous, killing one in an instant if they fall into it), Gravity Manipulation (The castle has rooms with reverse gravity), Curse Manipulation (The Curse status that spirits inflict comes from them absorbing the magic power around the castle. The Castle cursed a human to turn into a lizard man), Life Manipulation (The castle can bring inanimate statues to life to attack. Can cause the glass murals to come to life and attack), Soul Manipulation (Those that die in the castle become one of the floating spirits that wander the halls of the castle for eternity), Plant Manipulation (The castle can cause even the trees to attack. The castle can cause the plants and leaves to form a wraith), Forcefield Manipulation (The castle set up a barrier seal outside of it to make people unable to enter. Evil energy can create barriers blocking one until they defeat all enemies), Fire Manipulation (Can cause fire across an entire room just from causing a chandelier with candles to fall, setting everything, even people on fire), Portal Manipulation & Battlefield Removal (Application Based; The castle can create portals that send one to another dimension, where time is stopped. Brought a wandering merchant in through swallowing him into a dense fog. The castle has magic energies that seal the gateway to hell), Summoning & Glyph Creation (The Castle can summon creatures of chaos to spawn and attack whoever enters a room through enemies spawning from glyphs. The castle can make glyphs that teleport one outside of the castle by standing over it. A lot of these creatures are summoned from Hell), Water Manipulation (The Casles Waters seem to be very hazardous, as it instantly kills enemies upon touching them), Spatial Manipulation (The castle can shift the room to make it where Trevor needs to escape upwards that will instantly kill him if it reaches him. The castle can make blocks disappear and re-appear, making it difficult for one to traverse around the castle. The Castle made it where the stairway Soma was walking up with Mina went longer hen usual, trying to keep Soma from going to the Shrine and instead bringing him to the castle), Sense Manipulation (Caused Soma's senses to dim even entering the chaotic darkness near the Castle), Weather Manipulation & Electricity Manipulation (The Castle is the reason for a massive cloud that covered the entire sky. Can conjure thunderstorms around itself that can summon enemies during its flashes of lightning. Can summon enemies through the lightning bolts it makes), Dark Matter Manipulation (The castle contains dark matter within it that beings can use for weapon creation), Abstract Manipulation & Hell Manipulation (The castle can create a core of evil made from hatred, envy, anger and other dark emotions).

Resistance to Time Stop (Areas in the Castle are unaffected by time being stopped, and blocks and objects will still fall. Noted that the stop watch has no effect on moving platforms in the castle. Christopher stopping time on an elevator does not stop the elevator from moving, machinery still moves along, and floating objects still float. With time in Castlevania being so potent that not even eternity can withstand time, along with even artificial life being subject to the laws of time)

Teleportation (Teleported away after summoning enemies to attack Alucard), Summoning (Summoned servants from the gates of hell to attack Alucard)

Wields the Vampire Killer, which grants:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Non-Standard Interaction (Metaphysical Interaction; The Whip of Alchemy can interact with ghost. Elemental Interaction; The Whip of Alchemy can interact with enemies that are the mist itself), Air Manipulation (The Alchemy whip can create a large gust of wind with its finishing attack in a combo. The Alchemy whip can create wind blades around its user to protect them from all directions), Light Manipulation (The Alechemy whip can bring down holy light to attack the enemy), Holy Manipulation (Holy Whips cannot be touched by people weak to holy magic or else it will burn their hands and cause them to disentergrate).

Resistance to Mimicry (The Castle is unable to perfectly mimic Leon's weapons)

All previous powers and abilities to a greater extent, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Extrasensory Perception (The Vampire Killer can sense who is a vampire, even those who are half-vampire such as Alucard), Magic (The Vampire Killer has been referred to as a magic whip), Contact Damage (Just through enemies merely touching the Vampire Killer they will be damaged by its effects), Non-Standard Interaction (Abstract Interaction; Can interact with and kill Death, the abstract concept of death. Metaphysical Interaction; The Vampire Killer can interact with the creaturEs of the night which includes ghosts. This is also shown in Haunted Castle Revisited. Noted by Simon Belmont that the Vampire Killer will cleave one's soul. Elemental Interaction; The Vampire Killer can interact with creatures of the night made of sand. Can interact with creatures of the night made of fire. Can fully disperse and destroy water bubbles instead of the attack just going through it. Blood Interaction; Can harm and kill enemies made of blood), Nullification (Invulnerability Negation; The Vampire Killer can completely remove Walter's invulnerability to where he was immune to all other weapons prior other then the Vampire Killer. Power Nullification; Julius sealed the Vampire Killer within Dracula's castle in order to rip away Dracula's soul and magic. Energy Nullification; Should be comparable to other magical whips that have been used to negate Dracula's Demonic Megiddo. The Vampire Killer can nullify energy projectiles through hitting them, even those from Dracula. Can negate fire projectiles. Electricity Nullification; Can completely disperse and nullify electricity attacks. Seal & Forcefield Nullification; The Vampire Killer can easily break open barrier seals. Transformation Nullification; Christopher with the Vampire Killer injured Dracula so bad to the point that he was unable to transform back into "human" form. Abstract Nullification; The Vampire Killer can nullify and destroy the scythes from Death, who can use his scythes to kill abstractions such as distance and sound. Pain Immunity Nullification; The Vampire Killer can make the White Dragon visibly react to pain and scream out in pain, where it is an immortal being immune to pain and suffering), Regeneration Negation (Holy; Christopher with the Vampire Killer injured Dracula to the point that his powers were greatly depleted and he was unable to do things like simply transform back into "human" form. Juste with the Vampire Killer could permanently kill Dracula's Wraith to where he'll fade from the world for good who regenerated from the complete destruction of his body), Immortality Negation (Ageless & Life and Death Immunity; The Vampire Killer can render immortal skeleton death gods like Death, mortal, having him bleed from attacks, giving him mortality as shown when Death dies to his own scythe cutting off his head and having blood spurt out, something not possible as a skeleton. The Vampire Killer can kill Death to the point that he requires Mathias to survive in order for him to rise from the dead. Death is a being unconstrained by mortality. Immortal Metaphysical Aspect; Can harm and kill anything related to vampires, even if they are a divine being), Resurrection Bypassing (The Vampire Killer can kill zombies, who are corpses brought back to life from the power of hate), Purification (The Vampire Killer can purify people who was turned into a monster. Christopher with the Vampire Killer purified his son of the evil effects of Dracula), Fire Manipulation (Enemies fade into fire upon being struck with the Vampire Killer. Enemies burst into flames when struck by the vampire killer, with the flames attaching to anything it's connected to, such as a spider having its webs burst into flames too. The whip can have fire burst around the enemies even without them dying. Causes even objects like coffins to burst into flames. This is even shown in Lament of Innocence, once Leon has the vampire killer. This is even shown in graphic novels such as Belmonts Legacy), Explosion Manipulation (Trevor swinging the whip at the ground caused the ground to explode), Memory Manipulation & Soul Manipulation (The Vampire Killer holds the souls of the many Belmonts who once wilded it, the Vampire Killer could also possibly hold the souls of Belmonts who have not even touched it yet, as it was originally planned to have it summon Julius from the future but they ultimately didn't go with the idea), Lifeforce Absorption (Even if the The Vampire Killer accepts one as its master, it still chips away at one's life force with every lash. One must sacrifice their lifeforce in order to wield it), Deconstruction (The Vampire Killer can reduce one to just a skeleton), Light Manipulation (The Whip can create orbs of light to light up torches)

Resistance to Attack Reflection (The Vampire Killer can harm Dracula with attacks where Dracula's mere rib bone reflects all projectiles back), Mimicry (Doppelganger is unable to mimic the vampire killer during the time of Lament of Innocence)

Time Stop (With Pocket Watch, stops enemies in time), Holy Fire Manipulation (With Holy Water, throws holy water onto the ground that spreads a broad swath of fire), Telekinesis (With the Grimoire, a book that flies out from the user in a spiral, defeating enemies)

Healing (With food, refills Richter's health and with magic jewel, completely restores Richter's health), One Hit KO (With Rosary, destroys all enemies on screen instantly), Invisibility & Invulnerability (With Invisibility Potion, renders Richter temporarily invincible), Resistance Bypassing (With Terra's Necklace, the power of Terra's necklace allows one to destroy red skeletons, who endlessly regenerates, from any kind of damage due to it absorbing blood)

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Equipment

Whips

• Vampire Killer: The complete form of the Whip of Alchemy, infused with the soul of Sara Trantoul. It can slay anything related to the vampires. This whip would be passed down to the rest of the Belmont Clan, and used to slay Dracula countless times.
• Flame Whip: This is a powered up version of the Vampire Killer (Morning Star) Whip, which is given the elemental attribute of fire.

Sub-Weapons

• Dagger: A collection of throwing daggers in Richter’s possession, which can be thrown at enemies at high speeds.
• Axe: An axe made with silver, which Richter uses to throw at his enemies.
• Cross: This cross works as the ultimate repellant for dark creatures, destroying all that are within Richter’s vicinity.
• Pocket Watch: A watch that allows Richter to stop time for a brief moment, although it is costly in hearts for him to use.
• Holy Water: A jar of holy water that erupts into flames once it is released out of its container.
• Magic Water: A sacred book blessed by the church, which surrounds Richter and deals holy damage.
• Invincibility Potion: This potion makes Richter invulnerable for a short period of time.

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Notable Techniques

Item Crashes

Item Crashes are a technique utilized by Richter that allow him to use special attacks with his sub-weapons. Performing an item crash takes more hearts then normally taken from the subweapon however in return the attack is capable of killing most enemies and greatly reducing a boss' health.

The item crashes are as follow:

Flame Whip

Richter levitates in the air, gaining fire powers into his body, then swings a longer, wider version of his whip, covered with flames. It lasts only for one attack. In Symphony of the Night Richter swings his arms, accumulating energy into his body and, for about 35 seconds, his Vampire Killer whip is enveloped in flames when he attacks (his body flashes red-orange during this time period).

Thousand Edge

Richter throws a barrage of knives forward. Very useful against some standing bosses.

Spiral Axe

Richter levitates in the air while axes rotate around him in a circle. The axes then fly out, damaging all enemies on screen.

Holy Cross (Boomerang)

Richter accumulates energy, then he levitates in the air, covered with a large light beam, and giant crosses are summoned, from the floor to the air, to revolve around the beam which then spreads out dealing damage to all enemies on the screen. A myriad of cross boomerangs will hurl through the air at various angles, damaging most things on the screen.

Hydro Storm

Richter levitates in the air and a rain of holy water is summoned all over the screen, dealing damage to enemies and great damage to bosses. The rain will last a few seconds.

Grand Cross

Richter levitates in the air and a giant crucifix is shown in the center of the screen, then it will fly upward, covering all the screen with its attack, before it vanishes.

Magic Book

Richter throws a circle of Bible pages, which continuously spins and goes forward, damaging enemies in front of him. Other versions have the books circle around and form a glyph that shoots out a massive energy beam.

Pocket Watch

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Richter summons twelve stars, with the same position of the twelve numbers of a clock, damaging all enemies near them. Has a very high heart cost. In Dracula X, a set of orbs will revolve around Richter while time is slowed and then burn up when time is up. In Symphony of the Night, Richter summons four clocks that do the same thing as the normal Stopwatch. When they end their countdown, each clock will fire a bolt of lightning straight ahead as they vanish.

Lightning Bolt

Richter points to the sky and lightning spreads out from his finger, damaging all enemies on-screen.

Vibhuti

Richter points toward the sky and, from his finger, a cloudy eruption of white ashes damages anything unfortunate enough to be caught there.

Rebound Stone

Richter points to the sky and, from his finger, numerous stones are sent upward, damaging enemies above him. Once about 8 stones are accumulated in the same place, a flash will fill the screen, damaging all enemies.

Key

Richter levitates in the air holding out the key, but nothing happens. He is still invincible during this time, though, and the key will damage enemies that touch it.

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Other

Standard Tactics

• Regular: Richter will use his families whip along with various sub-weapons and item crashes that best suit the situation.
• Mind Controlled Richter acts much like Dracula, where he will not directly attack and instead have one travel through the entire castle and reach him at the throne room. If one reaches him, he will fight them and utilize the same tactics as his regular self.

Weaknesses

• Unique Weaknesses: Richter has a weakness to the dark status effect.
• Symphony of the Night: He was completely possessed by Shaft for the better part of five years, and completely ruled over Dracula’s Castle (while resurrecting Dracula himself) for those five years.
• Creature of the Night Weaknesses: Creatures of the night become weaker when exposed to the morning sun. Garlic significantly weakens creatures of the night, and causes demons to die if its placed on the ground. If a vital soul is defeated, the grimoire will revert back to its original content.

Note

• Contrary to popular belief, holy attacks and the whips in Castlevania can affect and harm people that aren't apart of the creatures of the night. Leon's doppelganger can use holy water and holy attacks against him in this fight along with the alchemy whip despite Leon being a pure and noble warrior. Simon's doppelganger can harm him with the vampire killer, despite Simon being a noble hero. Holy Water even works and harms enemies such as the "Holy Armor", a knight who has natural holy powers. Corrupted enemies such as Charlie Vincent, use holy water attacks on Carrie and Reinhardt.

Trivia

• Richter's given name is a German word, which literally means "judge" when translated.
• Richter was given his name by composer Akira Sōji (Akiropito), who named him after his favorite conductor, Karl Richter.
• The original Rondo of Blood version of Richter closely resembles Ryu from the Street Fighter series by Capcom. This design was not reused in his following appearances in Symphony of the Night nor in The Dracula X Chronicles.
  • Richter returned with his original design once more in the 2018 crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, alongside Street Fighter's Ryu.
• Richter can be seeing wielding a white leather whip in some of the earliest strategy guides for Rondo of Blood; however, Richter has never used a leather whip in any of his appearances (except for the opening cutscene of Dracula X).
• When Richter is encountered in the Colosseum area of Symphony of the Night, he says: "Open, Hell's Gate! Come forth, my servants! Crush this flea who invades my castle!", which foreshadows who was controlling him.
  • Coincidentally, Kiyoyuki Yanada, Richter's Japanese voice, also dubbed Shaft in the same game.
• Both of Richter's English and Japanese voice actors from the original PlayStation version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night have already passed away, Scott McCulloch and Kiyoyuki Yanada, respectively.
• It is possible to see a fingernail painted over one glove in one of Richter's artworks for Symphony of the Night, which may imply that his original redesign didn't have gloves in the first place.
• The theme song "Chapel of Dissonance" from Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, is Richter's theme song "Opposing Bloodlines" slowed down, giving the reference to the upcoming birth of himself even from his ancestor's game.
• Richter's English voice actor in The Dracula X Chronicles (and onward), David Vincent, also provided the voice of Wind/Eric Lecarde in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.
• Richter is one of the three character to be the main character in an alternate character mode in more than one game. The other two are Maria Renard and Julius Belmont.

Battle Records

With Rondo of Blood
12 - 1 - 1

With Dracula X
10 - 1 - 0

With The Dracula X Chronicles
14 - 1 - 1

Combined
36 - 1 - 1

• Wyvern - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Village Ruins

• Water Dragon - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Village Ruin

• Werewolf - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Entrance, Lake Bridge

• Bone Golem - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Entrance, Lake Bridge

• Minotaur - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: The Chapel, Cemetery

• Dogether - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: The Chapel, Cemetery

• Dullahan - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Inner Halls, Mountain Range

• Carmilla & Laura - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Inner Halls, Mountain Range

• Death - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Ghost Ship

• Shaft - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Hidden Docks, Marble Gallery

• Shaft's Ghost - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Clock Tower

• Dracula - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Castle

• Cerberus - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Burning Town

• Phantom Bat - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Castle Entrance

• Dullahan - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Castle Center

• Minotaur - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Abandoned Mine

• Cloaked Sorcerer - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Catacombs

• Lypuston - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Inner Sanctum

• Skull Sorceress - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Clock Tower

• Water Dragon - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Underground Lake

• Death - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Clock Tower

• Dracula - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Castle Keep

• Wyvern - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 1: Town Ruins

• Sea Serpent - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 1: Town Ruins

• Werewolf - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 2: Main Hall, Stage 2': Lake Bridge

• Bone Golem - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 2: Main Hall, Stage 2': Lake Bridge

• Minotaur - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 3: The Chapel, Stage 3': The Graveyard

• Dogether - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 3: The Chapel, Stage 3': The Graveyard

• Dullahan - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 4: The Dungeon, Stage 4': Mountain Range

• Carmilla & Laura - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 4: The Dungeon, Stage 4': Mountain Range

• Death - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Stage 5: Ghost Ship

• Hydra - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 5': Hidden Docks

• Shaft - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 6: Marble Gallery

• Vampire Annette - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 7: Clock Tower
  • Note: This is only accessible in the bad ending route, which is not in the main timeline.

• Shaft's Ghost - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Stage 7: Clock Tower

• Dracula - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 8: Castle Keep

• Alucard - Fight
  • Conditions: Richter was under Shaft's control.
  • Location: Throne Room

• Death - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 0
  • Note: Death left after Richter fended off his attacks.

• Death - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 0
  • Note: Death left after Richter fended off his attacks.