Richter

* Richter (Former Glory)
* Richter (New Hotness)

### Aliases

Fat Fuck, The Prince of Darkness, Ricky Ticky Tango, Rocket, Lord Richter, Lord of the 10th, Lord of Mud

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

The 10th layer of the Nine Hells, forgotten now to time

## Physical description

### Eye color

Brown

**Richter** is a fiendish familiar in the form of a raccoon, who accompanies the gunslinger Quinn in his travels. A legend among devils in the Nine Hells of Baator, Richter has ascended from the Lower Planes to wreak havoc on the Material Plane. Taking on the form of one of Kaldaran's most mischievous creatures, he is prepared to spread his particular brand of evil throughout Aethon, right after he finishes another cup of milk.

## Birth and Emergence

When the multiverse spawned from the spewed arcana of the Arcane Chaos, the Nine Hells formed at the base of the great Cosmic Wheel. In the beginning, before there was life, before there were cities of steel and stone and bone, before evil was given flesh and order, the plane then known as Baator was a great, cavernous void of scalding gases expelled from a sea of boiling mud. Flames raced across Baator, as though the plane were a massive furnace, giving form to new, sinister life.

After countless millenia, the waters of the River Styx began to flow into the Sea of Mud, cooling the flames and giving rest to the bubbling muck. From beneath the surface of the sludge, one entity burst with a feeble, clawed hand, scrambling to the surface and breathing in the pungent, sulfurous fumes. The entity saw the endless sea around him, and found the sight lacking. It wished for solid ground upon which it could walk and wander its domain; and in obeisance, Baator obeyed. The entity ordered a mountain, so that it might see its great works; in accordance to its will, Baator conjured a massive peak. At last, the entity ordered the sea to lift its contents, that it might look down on its kin, and that they may look up to know their new master; ever obedient, Baator obeyed, and a crowd of mud-coated wretches, crowned in twisted horns, raising their clawed hands, and shouting in discordant chants as if in pained screams, gave a name to the undisputed lord of Baator:

"Richter! Richter! Praise to the Lord of Mud! Praise to Richter!"

- Thaagor the Profane, *Baatorian Biblios, Book of Richter (non-canon); Thaagor's contribution to the Book of Vile Darkness in secret*

## Lord of the 10th

As the Sea of Mud continued to cool, new lands were formed, rising and coalescing like a mountain until it formed 10 distinct layers: what would today be known as the Hells of Baator. These hells were divided amongst the mightiest and most cunning of the first devils, with Richter, naturally, ruling the bottom-most layer, thus cementing him as the ruler of all the hells. His fellow archdevils watched enviously as Richter sat upon his throne and observed his many domains, satisfied with his unquestionable authority.

For many uncounted years, Richter sat unopposed as he concocted his schemes to collect more and more souls. It became very clear to the other devils, however, that such activities bored the Lord of the 10th, and he soon occupied himself with other, more amusing ventures. He particularly enjoyed playing pranks on the other archdevils by stealing their belongings and changing the terms of contracts when they weren't looking. More than a few thousand souls were spared damnation after Richter made a cheeky edit on a devil's contract, and plenty of favorite utensils and clothes went missing from some archdevils' drawers and wardrobes.

When he grew tired of playing with the other archdevils, Richter chose to spread his menace across the multiverse, tormenting creatures across the Outer Planes with pranks and thefts. His preoccupation with such tricks took his attention away from his domain, now left in shambles as the archdevils began infighting. Even when the Blood War erupted and demons threatened Baator, Richter proved reluctant to act.

- Vli'kanthos the Insolent, *Baatorian Biblios, Book of Richter (non-canon); Vli'kanthos's contribution to the Book of Vile Darkness, after Thaagor's hands were chopped off for blasphemy and misinformation*

## Fall of the 10th

Long ago, when the mortal races found themselves contending with the demons of the Abyss, a group of mortal heroes found themselves in the land of Baator in search of an unlikely ally against the marauding outsiders. Asmodeus, ever cunning and observant, met with these heroes and offered a solution: he could rally the devils of Baator in an organized assault against the demonic menace, but he first needed absolute authority over the Hells of Baator. In order to accomplish this, explained the Duke of Nessus, the current Lord of Baator would need to be deposed by taking apart his lands.

Asmodeus gave the heroes a set of plans to forge a set of magical blades, connected at a single pivot to sever the cord that tied the 10th layer to the rest of the Hells. Known as the Blades of Severance, this weapon would be forged of adamantine from the first meteors that crashed upon the Material Plane, the blades coated with silver from the mountains of Mt. Celestia, and the handles constructed from the unbreakable bones of a long-dead demon lord. Armed with this impressive weapon, the heroes formed a humanoid ladder, with the one hero holding the Blades of Severance as his companion held him by the ankles. Aiming it over the invisible tether, the hero shut the handles together with a swift \****shear***\*, thus giving the tools inspired by this weapon the following name: "shears."

With the tether cut, the 10th hell of Baator descended into the interminable depths, unreachable even to Lord Richter. Asmodeus, now master of the new bottom-most hell of Baator, solidified his authority and became the new Lord of Baator, now known as the Nine Hells.

- Jim the Scribe, *Baatorian Biblios, Book of Richter (non-canon); Jim's contribution to the Book of Vile Darkness after he found it in his school library, then performed his own independent research at the cost of his sanity*