Richard Lovejoy

Richard is a member of the Lovejoy Family. He was first portrayed as an NPC by Gus during Arc 2, and as a player character by Sam for the Richard and the Boys Oneshot.

## Description

Richard Lovejoy is the second oldest child of the Lovejoy Family. He is the father of Fey Moss, although it is uncertain whether anyone apart from Verum Moss, including Richard himself, knows this.

Richard is a tall High Elf, like most of the Lovejoy Family. He dresses rather extravagantly, with expensive accessories, like a golden watch or a shiny necklace, that he likes to show off to present his wealth and importance, but also in the hopes of being mugged and defended by his bodyguard Lyndell.

Apart from being his bodyguard, Lyndell is also a sort of personal assistant to Richard, who does not really understand the difference. She watches over him, styles his hair for him, as she is the only one who does it "right", and makes sure he comes on time to anything he has to go to. He is generally hard to manage, despite being well past his teenage years, and would not come punctual anywhere were it not for Lyndell.

Richard's notable feature is his absolute love for "his Boys" Jorid, Florid, Bob and Grass. He cares so much for them, he funds most of their lifestyle and has taken his Paladin Oath of Devotion to "The Boys". They also also wear matching friendship bracelets and have matching embroidered pillows, that Richard spent way too much money on. They often party together, and frequent a bar called "The Filthy Oister". There, they usually get quite drunk, and Richard often has to be carried back from the club by Lyndell.

He wears a stud earring that functions as a Stone of Good Luck, an official item.

## Backstory

Richard grows up as the second child of the wealthy and powerful Gem Lovejoy.

Some time in 108 or early 109 AE, he meets Verum Moss at the "Filthy Oister", and he fathers a child, Fey Moss. It is unclear whether he is aware of his daughter.

## Character Arc

### Arc 2

During Arc 2, Richard is mostly a nuisance to Lyndell, who has to bodyguard and watch him while he goes to "The Filthy Oister" to get drunk. He gets so drunk that he forgets magic is real, and pukes over her. He does not notice that Lyndell uses the night out to meet with a band of criminals, including his younger sister Robyn, and plot how to steal the diadem from his mother.

He tries to convince his older sister Penny to let him bring more friends to the Lovejoy Family Decennial Family Celebration of Love and Joy, but she refuses, as everyone is only allowed to bring one guest. He tells Penny that he will bring Jorid, but this leads to some tension between the boys.

### Richard and the Boys

Despite what Penny said, Richard tries to bring all of his boys to the party. They sneak in early, have a few drinks, a nap, and then sneak into the ballroom, where they get the party started. As Penny comes in, Richard uses *Command* on her to make her relax and party, and even though it wears off after six seconds, she tries her best to party, and realises that everyone is having much more fun than usually. Still, Richard and his boys leave the party soon afterwards to head to the Filthy Oister together with G-Ma, partially because they are afraid of facing Gem.

### Sasha and Mischka's Wedding

Richard attends the wedding and is tricked by Alek Rose into "buying a spell", which in his case is the spell *Heroism*, as well as buying a potion. It's a potion that makes the drinker switch bodies for a certain amount of time, and Alek hopes to trick Richard and have some fun. However, Richard bribes the servant Mooger into bringing the drink into the room in which Sasha, Robyn, Lyndell and Ash prepare for the wedding, and the four of them have a drink and switch bodies without being able to control it. When questioned, Richard doesn't quite understand what is happening, but points them towards Alek as his dealer.

## Trivia

* Jenny, who originally came up with the Lovejoy Family, told Gus to make Richard "charismatic". He has no idea how Richard ended up like this.
* Richard usually has chocolate milk in his Never Ending Flask, that he presumes Lyndell spiked with something very alcoholic. In fact, the chocolate milk is not spiked at all and Lyndell just told Richard it was.
* "The Boys" often sleep in a pile together. While Richard is generous when awake, when sleeping he always steals the blankets.
* Richard's Paladin ability "Lay on Hands" cures poison, and "The Boys" use this to aid their drinking. Richard administers it by fist bumping.
* Ash has unknowingly stolen from Richard many times during her bar heists, explaining a number of Lovejoy items in her apartment.
* Richard always forgets his keys, meaning Lyndell always carries them. Richard just believes his family locks him out.