Topic: Richter Belmont?

[darkmanx_429]

I noticed a glaring mistake: Maria never was Annette's birth sister, nor had Richter knew her pre-Rondo. Annette took her up as a stepsister sometime after Rondo's events.
And about Richter's birthplace, the first stage in Rondo is implied to be his hometown, and if you read a sign there it's explicitly stated to be Aljiba, so it's probably safe to assume that he was born there.
Oh, and shouldn't this be moved to the General Castlevania Discussion section? Technically this is one such topic.

One thing I noticed is that even though the first stage in Rondo is implied to be his hometown of Aljiba, it does look more like Jova from CV2? Is it a mistake?

[thernz]

Probably. Devs aren't infallible. It was just a nice easter egg with some goofs so I guess it's not really anything to ponder about.

[X]

One thing I noticed is that even though the first stage in Rondo is implied to be his hometown of Aljiba, it does look more like Jova from CV2? Is it a mistake?

It's been a century since we saw Aljiba in CV2 and the town has changed quite a bit as you play through it. So to me, it's not unexpected.

[thernz]

A hundred years pass, so it looks like what another town looked like a hundred years ago.

[Anonym]

Who knows? It's the same thing with all the Belmonts; not much is told about their specific origins. It's a German name, but..

I thought it was of latin origin, like in Belmondo.

[TheouAegis]

Richter is Germanic. And so is Maria's and Annette's surname.

And as fun as this is, it's all kinda moot since Aljiba, Yuba Lake, Veros Woods are all fictitious places. So just say he was born in Aljiba if you believe that was his birthplace.

[X]

A thought just came to mind and I'm wondering if anyone else here too has considered it. In the intro scene of Rondo before you play the game, we see Richter inside of a house nestled in the back woods before he rides into town. So I can assume he was born there and not in Aljiba. And since we don't have any info on that house this frees it up for fan interpretation.

[darkmanx_429]

I am about to see if I can reach some actual devs in Konami about the subject...lol

[Husky]

I believe a poster had it right, Konami kinda made the area surrounding Akumajo (which is what I call Dracula's castle) "based" of of real places names, but a lot of those places doesn't exist, I thought the Dungeon page itself had a lot of info on this stuff, back  when I originaly started posting, but I'm not sure if stuff was changed, as I haven't been to this site in the last 3 years.

[crisis]

Well I hope you will choose to stick around this time  :^)

[Odile Kuronuma]

Richter is Germanic. And so is Maria's and Annette's surname.

And as fun as this is, it's all kinda moot since Aljiba, Yuba Lake, Veros Woods are all fictitious places. So just say he was born in Aljiba if you believe that was his birthplace.

If by surname you mean last name, then you're wrong. Renard is the french word for "fox".
Something I noticed about the name Richter. It can also be used as a last name. And it's often used in the Alsace and Lorraine, two regions of France. Coincidence?

[Ahasverus]

Good luck in contacting Konami, if they have showed us something is that they don't care (or don't know?) that much abou the series backstory (or story!) 
I bet he was born in the countryside, just like Trevor. His clothes became noble in SOTN I assume he was given a noble title after he saved the country in ROB. (Juste was already rich so IDK what could have happened)

[Arma]

I noticed a glaring mistake: Maria never was Annette's birth sister, nor had Richter knew her pre-Rondo. Annette took her up as a stepsister sometime after Rondo's events.

Yeah I noticed that too but then I remembered in Dracula X the girls are sisters, it would make sense in this case because the website was from the time before that game was taken out of the canon timeline