Category:Richter

Richter (リヒター Rihitā) is the younger brother of Karlheinz, thus making him the uncle of all six of the Sakamaki brothers: Shu, Reiji, Ayato, Kanato, Laito and Subaru.

Appearance
He has black-greenish hair which ends at his chest and dark red eyes. He wears a black outfit with black ropes. He wears it with black boots and gloves. He has an earring on his left ear. In 'Dark Fate'(fandisc), he wears a black cloak with a hood that covers up most of his face, the cloak had golden linings through it,which is his disguise as the "Ancestor supporter" Mertz.

Personality
Richter suffers from the typical for their species complex of the younger brother towards the older brother with more powers ,he dreams to surpass. He desires to obtain everything that is his brothers,and at first that is Karlheinz’s first wife Cordelia, who on the other hand doesn’t mind flirting and encourages him.

While at the beginning Richter’s idea is simply to use her blood to become strong enough to defeat and dethrone his brother, and Cordelia knows that but doesn’t mind, because she intends to use him too, on the other side. Later he falls in love for her for real,too deeply and even though he knows she loves only his brother ,even though she pays attention to him too. Richter would still do anything for her.

Richter is an arrogant person with many inferiority complexes towards his older brother,therefor he enjoys to look superior to his nephews ,thinking he is stronger than them.But at the same time can be very manipulative and to play the role of obedient servant in front the Ancestors Carla and Shin (especially to Carla,while he doesn’t mind mocking Shin even if that may cost him). In order to try use them for his own goals.

However towards Cordelia Richter is a complete submissive masochist and enjoys everything she does to him even if it is humiliation,he enjoys kissing her feet literally.

His only goal is to resurrect Cordelia and to help her,even if that means to be forever her lackey ,and if he starts failing to do so his mentality can break and he can become insane,being unpredictable and capable of directly attack Karlheinz,trying to murder his nephews, or trying to rape the heroine (in Dark Fate).

In the Anime adaptation,Richter (being OOC like most of the characters) ,betrays Cordelia and simply tries to use her.

History
Richter,as the younger brother of Karlheinz has always lived in his older and stronger brother’s shadow.Losing to him even for the hand of the most desired woman in the Demon World - Cordelia. Cordelia chose Karlheinz, but considering Karlheinz’s plot and games involved to one day to use Richter to get Cordelia’s heart out of her body, he silently encouraged them to have a love affair,knowing that will push to despair his younger brother who even if having her body and blood would never gain her love.

At first Richter intended to use Cordelia solely for her special power giving blood to dethrone his brother,but getting drunk in her beauty and the pleasures she could give him he became addicted ,or 'in love’ (even though both him in his poetry from Diabolik Lovers game,and in Reiji’s words from Dark Fate - fandsic, they don’t categorize the demonic obsession and lustful desires as “love” at least not the human glorified romanticized version.). Richter grew addicted to Cordelia and even though he knew she was using him to tease his brother,he would still remain by her side no matter with how many others he sees her.

Cordelia ,on the other hand, though they had a mutual use of each other,and that is why they are together ,thinking Richter is only using her for his goals,and promising him what he wants (the throne) ,and even though she knew he is addicted to her blood,she never realized how truly attached he was to her(until Dark Fate Ayato’s route maybe).

Richter was the one to find her dying because of the triplets,where she begged him to save her heart,because as long as her heart is still alive she can be resurrected .She told him to place it in a new vessel and then later to bring her back. That is when Richter implanted her heart in the heroine’s body (as a baby) ,and then gave the child to a vampire hunter (Seiji, he most likely knew from Reiji hiring him to kill Beatrix) to try prevent Karlheinz to find it before Cordelia have returned all her powers and was strong enough to take full control. Little did he knew though,this was all part of his brother’s intentions and plans.

While Richter can partly witness a sort of manifestation of Cordelia in Diabolik Lovers (original game) ,in More,Blood (fandisc) Karlheinz seals her spirit so she can’t manifest and take control over the vessel which heartbreaks Richter.

In Dark Fate ,even so, he doesn’t give up and tries to use the powers of the Ancestors,trying to deceive them in his disguise as “Mertz”.

Richter can serve his beloved Cordelia only for a short while in Ayato’s route in Dark Fate (fandisc) ,where Carla Tsukinami resurrects her temporary .And tries to help her in her quest to get back her heart,while punishing Ayato for his betrayal.Only to see her later die in agony and sorrow again because of Karlheinz and be helpless to do anything. In the other game routes in Dark Fate (fandisc) ,Richter still doesn’t give up his biggest dream and wish to get her back,and while he fails, this can drive him insane ,or to push him to get more courage for his second big wish to make Karlheinz suffer and to get his revenge on him.

In general ,Richter’s loyalty,love, determination and only meaning of existence,as he says so himself, is solely about Cordelia .And even though he can appear weak, cowardly and lacking personality ,which he tries to hide behind arrogance, while it comes to his goal he is absolutely determined.

Relationships
Cordelia

Cordelia was the first wife of his older brother, Karlheinz. However, Richter had romantic feelings for Cordelia and it is mentioned that they fought for her but he lost. Despite that, they started an affair and had been involved in sexual activities with her many times.

Even though he tried to escape the agony of having her physically but never obtaining her completely, wondering in the human world as a 'poet’ ,he was called back in the castle by his older brother,who intended for him to be involved later in her heart being removed from her body.

Richter however falls deeply in love with Cordelia and would never hurt her, would follow and obey her ,and flirt with her openly even in front her children (which may involve kissing and blood sucking but nothing more as shown in the games), noticing she doesn’t mind that or even encourages him to do so .And would make out with her in front her imprisoned lover - her already adult son Laito who was being punished by his father for his affairs with her. Despite of everything, Richter thinks Cordelia is a good mother and that she loves her children in her own way (stated by him in Kanato’s character book).

When the time comes and the triplets try to forcefully obtain her rejected to them love ,by the vampire ways through the murder,Richter is the one to save her heart,and as Karlheinz have plotted,without Richter’s knowledge, to implant it in a human vessel.Hoping to resurrect her completely when the time comes.

Quotes
“I couldn't wait any longer.

I prepared myself to enter her ripe-red, plundered passage, to open her up,

so her sugar-sweet juices flowed out like honey, dripping down.

I swallowed her nectar and then I sucked....."

【Lord Richter】(Erotic book poetry by Richter with muse Cordelia ,forcefully read by the heroine in Laito's DL route).

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"―this is not love,

nor is it affection.

It is only desire.

In other words, it is a lust devoid of love.

Affection does not exist there, either.

Desire is like a starving beast.

Although pursuing this longing is inevitable,

It is also natural.

It is not love.

【Lord Richter】" -Diabolik Lovers

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"The more I love you, the more I want… …

To completely devour you.

If we were to become one,

This thirst, this pain…

Will I be cured?

The closer I get, it feels as if

The distance to you keeps getting further.

It is as if you are a hazy mirage

At the other end of the desert."

【Lord Richter】(about Cordelia)