The Hidden Dragon, Spy master of house Drachenbär, Lord of Sarsomon, Gaoler of Talara

Prince of Stanzgar

mid twenties

Male

Beard, short

He keeps it short

black

5'8"

180lbs

Richard has gone out of his way to avoid having identifying marks, going so far as to have scars magically removed after battles that didn't go quite as planned

well built but not in a way that draws attention

light

Stanzgarian

Leaf green, the only part of him that truly stands out to the point that he tends to hide them behind a pair of glasses

Distrustful of all nobles outside of his fathers allowed inner circle, the Talaran Theocracy - sees their first rebellion as his biggest failure

nothing noticeable

Richard has a distinct lack of noticeable mannerisms unless he wants you to notice something

knowing what is going on in a way that can be used, and being three steps ahead of his families enemies

paranoia, distrust, always working

Logistics, blends into a crowd easily, Reading People (Cold Insight), Network Building, Message Craft & Codes, eidetic memory, Quiet Movement, interrogation & Conversational Traps, Political Instinct, Poison Awareness (Not Just Use), Command Presence (Inherited Authority)

Building model ships, and doll houses for his nieces, nephews, and his own children's living dolls

subtle, paranoid, untrusting, but also what he wants people to see

simple fish dishes,

Shadow bats

small blades

A watch that also tells the date and season, with a compartment for hiding messages or poison

dark grey to better blend in with the night

spy master, Prince, territorial governor

whatever weakens the stanzgarian nobility while leaving the crown not carrying the bill or evidence that they were involved

Richard is not religious, feeling the gods should stay out of mortal politics

Spy master and territorial governor

fall around harvest time

Much like his brothers Richard spent his youth with various tutors and in schools where he excelled in his academic studies, however where he shined was when he learned to manipulate the local street urchins to do his dirty work for him such dealing with bullies or "acquiring" items that he couldn't get for various reasons, skills that he would would practice and refine as he learned what was truly needed at court for a noble, when his father started the rebellion Richard was the first of his sons to join him not on the field but behind the scenes so his father could focus on winning the war and not keeping the daggers out of his back, many of his fathers decisive victories were won due to information Richard obtained through his ever growing network of informants, until the day came that Richard knew they had to act and take out the Stanzgarian king before he could get the dwarves to side with him in the war and turn the tide of battle against the rebellion, and so with Richards help Darius snuck a well trained group of Goltari Berserkers into the palace of the capital and killed the King of Stanzgar, and taking the royal Family hostage forcing them to capitulate, after the war Richard spent most of his time being the dutiful prince being seen at functions and showing the mask required of him, always keeping his network in the background, even when his father made him the territorial governor of Talara he stayed in the capital, what need did he have to go and live amoungst the Talarans who had gladly accepted Stanzgarian protections, when the Talaran Theocracy sent the heads of the diplomats and legion commanders that Richard had left there to run his governorship in his absence he blamed himself, after his father put the Talaran aggression down, Richard began to spend at least half the year in Sarsomon and to build up his network around Talara that they would never catch him off guard again

extremely high, Richard absorbed and proceeded to remember everything he was ever taught or read

A large number of Shadow Bats that he has trained to carry messages around the empire

mid twenties at the signing of the treaty of unity