Raymond Joseph

In fact, any powerful family is a lion. Some are more docile, some more aggressive, but none of them can be tamed. There are no allies in Faust, war is the only constant thing.

## Overview

### Status

DeadUsed him to Create the "Thinker" Broodmother Drone

## [source]

**Raymond** was a young genius of the Joseph clan, famous for his breadth of knowledge and intellect. He became aScholar of Soremburg in pursuit of the truth in the world.

He had an incurable disease which cuts his life short, which slowly deteriorated his body and left him crippled on a wheelchair. He first gets in contact with Richard due to the feud between Archeron and Joseph families.

## Summary

Bethrothed to Rosie before the fall of the Joseph's.

Mages of Soremburg have always been known for seeking the truth of the world. Seeds of war and destruction might be rare, but they are not unique. I already had my suspicions after the war, and the mosquito keeping me alive confirmed them. 5;6

As a genius tactician/general, he plans/commands multiple wars against Richard and ends up getting imprisoned in Faelor. Richard keeps him alive through Broodmother and allows him to stay with princess Reyna while Raymond deals with the administrative tasks of Faelor for an extended lifespan

However, Raymond continues to work for Richards demise by helping Broodmother complete her soul, hoping that she will kill Richard after freeing herself. Once Richard learns this, Raymond, and his child (whose soul was wiped out and replaced with Raymond's) is killed by Richard. Afterwards the Broodmother continues to follow Richard, even though she had gained her independence.

## Quotes

Richard smiled, “Raymond tried to eradicate me from when I was only fifteen years old. He trapped Marquess Gaton on another plane and brought tens of thousands of soldiers to kill me in mine. Sadly, I was his enemy; he had his army decimated instead.

Raymond himself still lived in his little courtyard, but he also had an office in the newly constructed city hall. Formally he was General Andrieka’s chief aide, responsible for managing various miscellaneous affairs that didn’t require a report in the monthly council meetings. Of course, this also entailed affairs that were intentionally suppressed so word wouldn’t get out.[7;57]

## Plot

### **Invasion**

After gaining the coordinates to travel into Faelor, Raymond suggested that they use the full force of the family in order to swamp Richard's demis. As a result, he was given 30,000 elite soldiers above level 10, 50 rune knights, and 20 saints and grand mages to enter Faelor.

He first appeared in the Baruch Kingdom of the War God Lutheris, where he had spent sometime before marching towards the Bloodstained Highlands.

Afterwards, there was a long and drawn-out war that almost ensured Richard's loss. However, with the intervention of the Broodmother, all of his plans were thwarted. He was then taken as a prisoner of war. Fortunately for him, he was a valuable asset that was used to further develop Faelor and the war effort. At times, he acted as Andreika and lead wars against the western and barbarian nations.

### **Devious Plot**

Raymond stood up and circled around the yard a few times, “You should awaken your truename then, which means you can try my method to free your soul. There have been successes in the past.”

### **Regret**

Raymond himself had his profits in the past decade. He couldn’t deny that he enjoyed the life he now led, working busily each day only to return to his home and work with Reyna to tend to the garden or renovate small sections. Even the mundane task of preparing dinner was a daily bliss. Nobody even knew that the beautiful, gentle lady willing to lend a hand to anyone was in fact a saint.

Perhaps the only sore point was that she was still without child. Raymond was suddenly startled by his own thoughts, shaking his head with a bitter smile. He, a Scholar of Soremburg was hoping for a child? Was he really longing for such a dull, ordinary life?

The depths of Raymond’s knowledge told him that what he had done ensured his demise and Faelor's ruin. All this for what? For vengeance, or to study the origin of this plane? The answer should have been clear; both. All Scholars of Soremburg wished to be spectators that got a front-row seat in witnessing the broodmother destroy a plane; this was a chance they would die for. For a Scholar, there was a lot to learn about the supreme existence from the death of a plane.

And yet, for some reason, Raymond suddenly felt like he would choke at that thought. The so-called supreme existence started to lost its worth. Whatever the case, the worst had already been done. All Raymond could do now was to observe from the sidelines. Quietly closing the window, he returned to the map and started planning out logistics for what came after. For some reason, he made a million mistakes.

### **Final**

Richard focused on the former rival who had now become an aide to his plans. Time had flown quickly in Faelor, and Raymond was already in his thirties, now with a little beard and looking very much like a middle-aged man. The delicate handsomeness of years past had turned into a more mature elegance.

Richard actually calmed down, looking at him carefully, “You’ve planned my death ever since I set foot in Faust. You trapped my father and personally led an army into Faelor to kill me, as though you would never be at ease if I don’t die. Was I such a huge threat?”

“That is only a rivalry from generations past. You were the most outstanding of the young Archerons, there was nothing wrong with being hostile to you. I believe circumstances have proved that even my overestimations weren’t enough.”

Richard pulled out the dagger and let his corpse fall to the ground, watching it in confusion. Almost a decade of his life this man had fought him both openly and in secret, but things had finally come to an end. It was actually a little frustrating; in many ways, this wasn’t much different from losing a close friend.

So many years had passed, and if one ignored the soul-mending plan Raymond had actually worked miracles in Faelor. From managing Bluewater to planning logistics to acting as Andrieka in Richard’s absence, he had done everything almost perfectly. As the administrator of a plane, he was perhaps better than Richard himself, experienced from the Josephs’ planes and possessing great talent. From a lord’s prospective, there could be no better candidate to manage an important plane.

However, after all these years and so many enemies, Raymond was the only one who had come close to killing him twice. The man had even trapped Gaton in the Rosie Plane with unknown methods.

## References

1. ↑ 4;154
2. ↑ 7;58
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Book 7, Chapter 93
4. ↑ Book 7, Chapter 139