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|firstgame = ''{{s|wikipedia|Castlevania: Rondo of Blood}}'' (1993) | |firstgame = ''{{s|wikipedia|Castlevania: Rondo of Blood}}'' (1993) | ||
|games = ''[[Ultimate]]'' | |games = ''[[Ultimate]]'' | ||
|lastappearance=''{{s|wikipedia|Dead Cells}} | |lastappearance=''{{s|wikipedia|Dead Cells}}'' (2023, via DLC) | ||
|console = PC Engine (Super CD-ROM²) | |console = PC Engine (Super CD-ROM²) | ||
|species = Human | |species = Human (augmented via the Belnades Clan's magic) | ||
|gender = Male | |gender = Male | ||
|homeworld = {{s|wikipedia|Wallachia}} | |homeworld = {{s|wikipedia|Wallachia}} | ||
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|japanactor = {{s|wikipedia|Kiyoyuki Yanada}} | |japanactor = {{s|wikipedia|Kiyoyuki Yanada}} | ||
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'''Richter Belmont''' ({{ja|リヒター・ベルモンド|Rihitā Berumondo}}, ''Richter Belmondo'') is a character from the {{uv|Castlevania}} series. A member of the legendary Belmont Clan, Richter is chronologically the seventh Belmont to assume the role of vampire hunter, and is renowned as "the greatest of all Belmont Warriors" during his tenure. Since debuting as the main protagonist of ''Castlevania: Rondo of Blood'', Richter has | '''Richter Belmont''' ({{ja|リヒター・ベルモンド|Rihitā Berumondo}}, ''Richter Belmondo'') is a character from the {{uv|Castlevania}} series. A member of the legendary Belmont Clan, Richter is chronologically the seventh Belmont to assume the role of vampire hunter, and is renowned as "the greatest of all Belmont Warriors" during his tenure. Since debuting as the main protagonist of ''Castlevania: Rondo of Blood'', Richter has reappeared as an unlockable playable character in later ''Castlevania'' games. | ||
Richter Belmont made his ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series debut in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', alongside his ancestor [[Simon Belmont]]. | Richter Belmont made his ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series debut in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', alongside his ancestor [[Simon Belmont]]. | ||
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Richter then makes his way to the Castle Keep for a final showdown against Dracula, with both combatants offering differing views on humanity. After a fierce battle against the fully powered Dark Lord, Richter succeeded his distant ancestor [[Simon Belmont]] as the fourth Belmont to kill Dracula. With Dracula defeated, Richter, Maria, Annette and the other women escape in time to watch the sun rise over the castle's rubble. | Richter then makes his way to the Castle Keep for a final showdown against Dracula, with both combatants offering differing views on humanity. After a fierce battle against the fully powered Dark Lord, Richter succeeded his distant ancestor [[Simon Belmont]] as the fourth Belmont to kill Dracula. With Dracula defeated, Richter, Maria, Annette and the other women escape in time to watch the sun rise over the castle's rubble. | ||
Five years later in 1797, Richter is brainwashed by the dark priest Shaft not long after he entered Dracula's newly reconstructed castle to investigate. Maria entered the castle herself to investigate his disappearance, which in turn forces [[Alucard]] to awaken from his centuries-long slumber | Five years later in 1797, Richter is brainwashed by the dark priest Shaft not long after he entered Dracula's newly reconstructed castle to investigate its reappearance. Maria entered the castle herself to investigate his disappearance, which in turn forces [[Alucard]] to awaken from his centuries-long slumber because of the unexpected lack of a Belmont to handle the situation. These events lead to ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'', which culminates with the brainwashed Richter doing battle with Alucard in the Castle Keep. Alucard is able to see Shaft's enchantments controlling Richter before he ultimately saves Richter. | ||
Richter and the Belmont | Richter and the Belmont Clan seemingly vanish soon after, fading into obscurity and leaving future generations to wonder if they ever existed in the first place. This caused a major problem when Dracula returned sometime in the 1800s, and unrelated vampire hunter Shanoa was chosen to defeat him during the events of ''Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia''. | ||
Because of the prophecy originally stated by Nostradamus about the end of the world and the return of Dracula in 1999, the Belmont | Because of the prophecy originally stated by Nostradamus about the end of the world and the return of Dracula in 1999, the Belmont Clan bequeathed the Vampire Killer to other descendants of the their family, those being that of the Morris Clan. The Morris Clan was given official guardianship over the Vampire Killer sometime before 1917, holding onto it until the time came for the Belmont Clan to reclaim it. | ||
However, a caveat came with those who were not a direct descendant of the Belmonts: the Vampire Killer would slowly drain the life away from its wielder, a fact discovered by John Morris and his friend Eric Lecarde in the aftermath of their encounter with Dracula. During the events of ''Castlevania: Bloodlines'', John was wounded during the battle against the Count and his niece, Elizabeth Bartley; however, his wounds were not healing, similarly to the curse that Simon Belmont endured centuries before. Some time before the beginning of ''Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin'', John's wounds ultimately claimed his life; his son, Jonathan, inherited the whip without learning of its secrets, which John had done because of his desire for his son to rely on his own strength instead of the whip's. | However, a caveat came with those who were not a direct descendant of the Belmonts: the Vampire Killer would slowly drain the life away from its wielder, a fact discovered by John Morris and his friend Eric Lecarde in the aftermath of their encounter with Dracula. During the events of ''Castlevania: Bloodlines'', John was wounded during the battle against the Count and his niece, Elizabeth Bartley; however, his wounds were not healing, similarly to the curse that Simon Belmont endured centuries before. Some time before the beginning of ''Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin'', John's wounds ultimately claimed his life; his son, Jonathan, inherited the whip without learning of its secrets, which John had done because of his desire for his son to rely on his own strength instead of the whip's. | ||
In 1944 during the events of | In 1944 during the events of ''Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin'', Jonathan and his childhood friend Charlotte Aulin (a distant relative of the Belnades Clan) can undertake the test of unlocking the Vampire Killer's full power during their mission to destroy Dracula. Due to Richter being the last full-blooded Belmont to wield the Vampire Killer, the whip's power manifests as an ethereal memory of him that wields a fully powered version of itself, several of Richter's sub-weapons, and his Grand Cross Item Crash. Upon defeating the Whip's Memory, Jonathan is given a few words of encouragement from Richter's spirit: "I'm counting on you..." | ||
==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''== | ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''== | ||