Richard

Name	Richard
Designer	papillonstudio
Gender	Male
Age	44 (Arc 6)
Nationality	American
Height	6ft, 3in

Richard (リチャード Richādo) is a character in the Aozora's Adventure series.

Background

Richard is a self-proclaimed “Business Superhero” from Chicago’s central business district, taking on the identity after being too occupied with both his job and his superhero identity to switch his outfits on the fly. His decision, combined with his high reputation in his home state, led to other superheroes across the United States (especially in New York, Illinois, California, and Florida) following the “American Superhero” image to redesign their suits to better suit their field of work, allowing them to remain in costume on the job whenever it would support or damage their jobs and/or their reputation.

Richard’s powers came from his parents’ respective heritages having a complex history of certain members inheriting one noteworthy ability through their genes: super strength on his mother’s side and flight on his father’s. Richard inherited both abilities in their full capacity but was hesitant to use flight as he was afraid of crashing or ending up in trouble. When Richard went into adulthood, he strengthened his body in fitness workouts and personal training to improve both his figure and already-impressive strength, but only used flight as a last resort. Wanting to get around in “the coolest way possible”, Richard purchased a large motorcycle for transport named the Scarlet Cape, ferrying it around on his back when walking on foot.

Besides his business work, Richard helps run a comic book shop located in the heart of Chicago on the hours he has off from working in the office and uses his public image to advertise the shop. To keep his valor and the reputation of the comic shop high, Richard teams up with other “business superheroes” like himself to keep crime rates in the city and neighboring areas low, including his personal team from the office building he works in. To advertise his business and his superhero identity, Richard carries around professionally-printed business cards tucked inside the tuxedo layer of his suit. It contains his personal logo printed in on one side and the logo of the office on the other.

Powers and Abilities

Richard is a tall and muscular superhero with very high strength, endurance, dexterity, and stamina. He possesses the superpowers of strength and flight, commonly using the former but rarely using the latter. At full strength, Richard can lift and throw heavy objects weighting up to three tons with his arms, blast open walls and other structures with a single punch or kick, and crush anything below him by stomping them. Despite his huge power, Richard struggles to carry objects heavier than 2.5 tons in weight, or 2200 kilograms, and cannot handle objects heavier than 3.5 tons, or 3175 kilograms. Richard will also refuse to use his full power against humans out of fear of causing severe harm to them, unless they are more than capable of withstanding even his most powerful attacks.

Owing to his powerful legs, Richard can sprint at high speeds, topping out at roughly 62 miles per hour or 100 kilometers per hour. Even if he can run fast on foot, Richard prefers driving his personal red motorcycle, the Scarlet Cape, normally found strapped on his back behind his cape as if it were a giant greatsword to conserve stamina for when he requires it the most- during fights. The motorcycle can travel greater speeds and distances than Richard can reach on foot and has several techniques Richard employs to give it offensive and defensive utility. By combining his flight and strength powers, Richard can transition the bike into a wheelie and lift it off the ground to make larger jumps and send the rear wheel of the bike straight into his foes while it spins at full throttle and the bike glides across the ground on the front wheel.

Gallery

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  Render of Richard on the Scarlet Cape, by papillonstudio

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