Poe Richard

Poe Richard is one of the seven prince candidates for the Rune-Midgarts throne. He likes the excitement that luck brings and views things with a gambling twist. He is usually seen playing with dice.

On iRO, this character is localized as Po Richard.

Story
When interviewed by the appraising adventurer, Poe refuses to answer questions until the adventurer wins two games of chances against him.

His family and the Walters conspired to poison Prince Ernst in order to increase Prince Ahrum's chances for the throne and thus using Ahrum to control the kingdom. Their plans failed when Ahrum kills himself to save Ernst. When he meets with the invited adventurer later, he explains that the Richards have been known to train many warriors for the Rune-Midgarts military and some of them have participated in the subjugation of Surt. When Poe heard about the adventurer's work in the New World, he became curious to know if an adventurer could endure the strict training of the Richards. Poe himself isn't fond of the training, but still sees it as very effective. The adventurer agrees and Poe directs him/her to the family butler to begin the specialized training regiment.

Poe later appears at the Ritual of Blessing by himself. The ritual begins with Kronecker leading everyone to chant their blessings upon the chosen candidate Peter Heine.

On behalf of the seven royal families supporting Rune-Midgarts Here is the new appointed representative May the blessing starlight reach the glory of the earth Please allow the power from the source to be granted for all beings The courage to charge forward and strike the enemy The heart to embrace everything in this world The strong will to protect everything within reach The intact pride of justice and faith that never bends no matter what The virtue of looking up to others with a humble mind And the wisdom to see the truth

Before the ritual could complete, an intruder appears and strikes down Peter. The intruder elaborates that he heard that a piece Ymir's Heart was hidden in the Room of Consciousness, but it turned out to be a fake. The adventurer and the royal families attempt to approach the intruder, but the intruder threatens that if they take another step he will destroy the fake Heart of Ymir. Kronecker is surprised that the Heart of Ymir is fake, which causes the intruder to realize that none of the royal families know where the real one is hidden if they were ignorantly carrying out the ritual with a fake. The intruder is frustrated that he wasted his time with a fake and decides to leave without causing more of a scene. However, he quickly backtracks on his word and destroys the fake Heart of Ymir. The royal families are then accosted by more intruders, but they are able to fend them off with the help of the adventurer. The intruders disappear and the royal families evacuate the ritual hall.