Editing Allfather

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| name = Richard Anders<ref name="7.4"/>
| alias = Allfather
| gender = Male 
| age =
| alignment= [[Villain]]
| status = Deceased
| occupation =
| team = [[Empire Eighty-Eight]]
| previous team = 
| base of operations = [[Brockton Bay]]
| classification = [[Blaster]]<ref name="list"/>
| web serial = [[Buzz 7.4]] (Mentioned)
| family = [[Max Anders]] (Son), <br/>[[Iron Rain|a beloved daughter]] (deceased), <br/> [[Kayden Anders]] (Daughter-in-law), <br/>[[Theo Anders]] (Grandson), <br/>[[Aster Anders]] (Granddaughter) <br/>
}}'''Richard Anders''', also known as '''Allfather''', was the founder of the [[Empire Eighty-Eight]].

==Personality==
His children inherited several important traits from him, such as the savagery needed to carve out a position of power, as well as the social prowess needed to form an organization of like-minded individuals.

With the intelligence of knowing when and how to apply this savagery, he forged his large petty kingdom.<ref name="playtest">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hxYrt2d6b_LAaMPphcZEzwAruiSHQaiaBa3x2WMsGvA/edit# Playtest Capes]</ref>
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==Appearance==
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“He killed Allfather’s daughter.”

“No, Amelia, he didn’t.”

There was a pause.

“Did you kill her?”

“No.  What I’m saying is that Marquis would not have killed the girl, even under duress; that was one of the rules he set for himself.  If he was going to violate that rule, he would have done it when I’d tried to break him.”

“Allfather put a contract on my head before he died, because of what Marquis did.  Because- It’s how I found out he was my dad.  A letter from Dragon to Carol.”

https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/prey-14-10/ Excerpt] from [[Prey 14.10]]


“Years ago.  Allfather still ruled Empire Eighty-Eight then.  They held a big meeting between all of the factions.  We stopped by.  Great fun.  I don’t think they accomplished a thing that day.  We provoked a bidding war instead.  Group called the Teeth wound up hiring us to kill some members of the Protectorate team.  We did it, and then we wiped out the Teeth before leaving the city.”

https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/interlude-11b/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11b]]-->
==Abilities and Powers==
Richard had the ability to generate from nothing, blades of varying design formed of metal, then impart velocity to them. Theoretically, he could make them hover by using the velocity imparting ability to counter gravity.<ref name="list">Richard Anders	Allfather	'''Created mid-air portals from which to launch volleys of weapons'''	E88	'''Blaster''' - 																		[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgn9rgYutpBqJg1lSBP3NHnq9WK4ToLq9K4ys_I4cRc/edit#gid=0 Parahuman List], bolded edit by Wildbow.</ref>

Limits on his power are unknown, presumed to be limited by: radius of control, line of sight, Manton Effect, personal ability to multi-task, and ability to visualize desired design of 'blade' intended. Material limits might be pure metal, specific alloys, other limitations, might not be able to impart velocity beyond specific limits, or a limited number of 'adjustments'.
==History==
===Background===
Allfather founded the E88 in Brockton Bay attracted to the high unemployment and lax law enforcement.<ref>opportunity and lax law enforcement (at least to start) and stayed.  Bakuda came from elsewhere.<br><br>Allfather?  Same idea.  Kaiser came from Allfather. Wildbow on [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/8xzxx4/spoilers_wom_all_why_are_so_many_super_powerful/ reddit]</ref>
According to [[Marquis]], after he killed [[Iron Rain]], Richard supposedly called a meeting. He swore that he would wait until Marquis' [[Amy Dallon|daughter]] was of similar age and that he grew equally fond of her as he had his own daughter before he would murder her.<ref>[[Interlude 10.5]]</ref>
This was a partially fabricated story. Although Marquis did take the credit for the murder and successfully fooled the PRT, he did not kill Iron Rain<ref>Kaiser did have a sister that was killed. That much was true. Dragon would have seen through it otherwise. But Marquis took credit for it when he wasn’t the culprit. - 
[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/interlude-18-donation-bonus-2/#comment-10246 Comment] by Wildbow on [[Interlude 18.y]]</ref>, and anyone who understood him as well as [[Jack Slash]] did would have realized this. It is unknown whether Allfather was fooled.

He was alive at the time of [[Marquis]] capture by the [[Brockton Bay Brigade]] and subsequent imprisonment of his rival in the [[Birdcage]].<ref name="I10.5">Marquis shook his head, “Not entirely.  I have some reasons to be concerned.  In one of my fights with Empire Eighty-Eight, I executed one particularly irritating young woman.  Iron Rain, I think her name was?  No matter.  It turned out she was Allfather’s daughter.  The man called a meeting, and swore he would wait until my daughter was of similar age, that I grew equally fond of her as he had his own daughter, then murder her.  So I knew how he felt.”<br/><br/>“I see,” Lung rumbled in his low, accented voice, “Allfather no longer leads the Empire.  He died and was succeeded by his second in command, Kaiser.”<br/><br/>“That’s some consolation.  Still, I worry.  He might have made arrangements.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/interlude-10-5-bonus/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.5]]</ref>

===Story Start===
Dead and buried.

His identity was finally publicly revealed when a [[Coil|criminal mastermind]] revealed the secret identities of the parahumans in his former organization, including his son and daughter-in-law.<ref name="7.4">Kaiser.  Max Anders, president and chief executive officer of Medhall Corporation, a pharmaceuticals company based in Brockton Bay.  Father of a Theodore Richard Anders and an Aster Klara Anders.  Twice divorced, currently living in a penthouse apartment downtown.  Drives a black BMW.  Native born to Brockton Bay, son of Richard Anders.  Richard Anders, according to the email, was Allfather, the founder of Empire Eighty Eight.  From the pictures, it was clear to see how the armor fit around his face and body, how both Kaiser and Max Anders had the same height and body type. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/buzz-7-4/ Excerpt] from [[Buzz 7.4]]</ref>

==Chapter Appearances==
{{Appearance/Richard Anders Worm}}

==Trivia==
*Allfather is one of the titles of [http://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/odin/ Wotan] , better known as Odin, the 'sky father' of Norse mythologies, and references the Odinism sometimes seen in white supremacist circles.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/neo-volkisch Southern Poverty Law center]</ref>
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