Richard (Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel)

Richard is the mayor of the town of Carbon, Texas in 2208. 
==Background==
He is the one who becomes a link between the townsfolk and the local raider gang, keeping both sides at least partially satisfied. Raiders get the slaves and supplies they need, while citizens mostly remain alive. When the Initiate arrives, they begin to despise the mayor's activities.
Later, the mayor decides to help the raiders kill the Initiate, who had recently defeated a group of them in the bar. In doing so, Richard hoped raiders would spare the citizens, and that things would generally remain the same. Richard knew the Initiate was looking for Brotherhood paladins, so he lied, telling the Initiate that they were going into Carbon crater.
When the Initiate made it to the bottom of the crater, Richard had already been waiting for them here, along with a bunch of raiders. Despite the raider's aid and great amount of explosives Richard used against the Initiate, he was ultimately shot. While dying, all the explosives he still had in his pockets detonated, blowing him to pieces and triggering the crater to collapse.
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel Manual p.32: "Mayor RichardAs the town mayor, Richard isn’t entirely a bad man, just a regular guy beaten down by the times and desperate to maintain his small realm any way he can. Carbon may not be all that exciting to look at (or live in) but it is his town, and he’ll do anything to keep it that way." Despite Richard's attempts to protect Carbon by killing the Initiate, the raiders ignored him and attacked the town.
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
===Quests===
* Kill Warehouse Radscorpions: Richard asks the Initiate to clear the warehouse of radscorpions and gives them the warehouse key, allowing access to the Carbon warehouse. After the task is complete, he gives them the elevator key, allowing access to the Carbon Crater.
* Kill Mayor: Richard is a boss fight and must be defeated to progress the main story.
===Other interactions===
If the player talks to Richard and chooses to say while discussing the raiders, "They do whatever they want while you play the bitch, right?" then Jesse will give the Initiate a discount, impressed with someone standing up to the mayor.
==Appearances==
Richard appears only in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.
==Gallery==
Ruby and Richard introslide.png|Richard with Ruby in the intro cutscene
RichardFOBOS.png|Richard in Carbon's crater
Mayor Richard.jpg|Concept art
==References==
Category:Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel characters
Category:Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel human characters
Category:Carbon characters
Category:Antagonists
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