Edward Richtofen (Aether Rebooted)

Dr. Edward Richtofen is the main protagonist of the Aether Rebooted storyline. He is a calm, but menacing individual with an obsession with destroying the international corporation known as Group 935.

Childhood
As a child, he was abandoned by his parents at an orphanage. From there, he was relentlessly harrassed by his peers, which turned him into a recluse for most of his life. Richtofen stayed at the orphanage and went through schooling until he was 16, where he left the orphanage forever. Around this time, Richtofen took up an interest in many sciences, such as chemistry and physics.

Adolescence and Discovery by Maxis
After leaving the orphanage, Richtofen wandered through Berlin until he stumbled across a kindly older man by bumping into him. The two introduced themselves, revealing their names each to be "Edward Richtofen", and "Ludvig Maxis". The two began to discuss various scientific topics and fields, with which Richtofen showed great interest and potential. Maxis offered Richtofen to come and watch him open up a new scientific-reasearch group known as Group 935. Richtofen accepted, and soon joined the Group under Maxis' supervision.

Time at Group 935 and Discovery of 115
While at Group 935, Richtofen began working with Maxis on a conceptual Matter Transference Device, or teleporter, but to no avail. Maxis was sent into a deep depression, and came under the assumption that starting Group 935 was a mistake. Richtofen, while doing his best to encourage him, considered leaving the organization. One day, while Richtofen was working on a concept for the MTD, a Group 935 scientist came to inform him and Maxis that they had found a strange meteor that crashed nearby. Richtofen & Maxis immediately went to investigate, and would soon find a meteor comprised of pure Divinium lodged within the ground. Maxis had Group 935 harvest the meteor, and began experimenting with the Element.

Creation of the M.T.D, Wunderspritze, and Ray Gun
Soon after discovering Divinium (or as they named it, Element 115), they were able to make a functioning version of the M.T.D. Pleased with his success, Maxis decided to re-organize Group 935 to focus entirely on Element 115 and named Richtofen as the co-head of the Group. During his time there, Richtofen created the Wunderspritze enhancers, which enhanced the abilities of its users, such as increasing their motor skills, or increasing their tolerance to pain.

Disallusionment with Group 935
(WIP)