Richter Belmont's immediate family

The Bloodlines Electronic Gaming Monthly fax listed several unnamed immediate family members for Richter Belmont (called "Lihiter"), including his parents, two siblings, a spouse, and two children or descendants. No details are presently definitely known for any of these relatives in current canon and it is not known if he actually had any siblings, a spouse, children, or descendants.
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==Trivia==
*The Bloodlines EGM fax lists Simon Belmont as Richter's grandfather. While this is unlikely given their currently estimated birth years, it is possible if both Richter and his father were born when their fathers were on average over the age of 50. As he is shown to be the youngest of a group of siblings, his father may indeed have been on the older side when he was born.
**While it is often assumed that Richter is Simon's grandson Juste Belmont's son or grandson (in the animated series Castlevania: Nocturne, he was his grandson), this has not been established in game canon, so it is still possible that Richter is Simon's grandson. Juste could actually be one of Richter's older brothers shown on the EGM fax tree (requiring his father to be at least 60 years old by his birth).
**The game manuals only mention that Richter is a direct descendant of Simon.
*The developers of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood intended for that game to be the first in a series of new Dracula X titles. It is possible that some of the unknown relatives listed in the EGM fax were intended to be included in follow up titles that were never made. 
**The EGM fax indicated that the Belmont Clan used the Excalibur whip quite frequently during the 18th century. It is possible that any of these unnamed relatives were to have used this whip in follow up games.
*It is possible that early plans for Rondo of Blood called for Richter to save members of his close family. These figures may have eventually become Annette, Tera, Iris, and Maria Renard, most of who were not shown to be closely related. 
*While Annette was shown to be Richter's love interest in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and it is often assumed that she was his spouse and ancestor to later Belmonts, this has not been established conclusively in canon. No reference to her was made in either Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or Akumajō Dracula X: Tsuioku no Yasōkyoku.
*There are several candidates for children or grandchildren for Richter, including Michael R. Belmont (who is only mentioned in the EGM fax) and several Wygol Villagers who appeared in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia.
**It is not known if the known Belmonts who lived after Richter's time are actually descendants of Richter, such as Julius, Fidel, or Florrie, so it is possible Richter had no descendants. 
**Albus described the Wygol Villagers as being remnants of the Belmont Clan, possibly only being distantly related.
*According to Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Richter was the last true Belmont to wield the Vampire Killer before it was passed to the Morris Clan. Therefore, if Richter did have any children, they did not use that weapon.
*Richter's profile for the unreleased Chinese mobile game Castlevania: Moonlight Rhapsody, which may or may not have details that can be considered canon, indicates that Richter felt ashamed by what he had done during Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and as a result gave the Vampire Killer whip to the Morris Clan and lived a life of seclusion. This suggests that he did not raise a family. If he did have any offspring, they may have been raised by someone else and may not have become vampire hunters.
**Richter is shown to still wield the Vampire Killer one year after the events of Symphony of the Night in the Tsuioku no Yasōkyoku radio drama, which if both these sources can be considered part of the same continuity indicates that it took some time for him to reach the decision to give up the Vampire Killer. Perhaps he only relinquished the whip after coming across Nostradamus's prophesy stating that the Belmonts must not touch the whip until 1999.
==See also==
*Belmont Clan
*Bloodlines Family Tree
Category:Belmont Clan