Comics

of Sigrid and Richard I haven’t posted since drawing it a few days ago… Could say it’s a closer look at when Sigrid was finally getting used to Richard being around more often, asking questions about his upbringing and past when he was about her age. - Richard was raised by his grandparents in Johannesburg soon after he was born and remained there until he was considered old enough to return to Kiel to start school and not “interfere” with his older brother Heinrich’s studies (mother’s parents were German-Dutch immigrants to South Africa). His father Olaf wasn’t happy having a second son and had hoped that Heinrich was Death Himself incarnated, not Richard; his mother Ida also wanted a daughter and not having the girl she wanted made her abandon her family for a young American soldier and start a new life abroad (she also was horrified when she overheard their son mention the terrible things Olaf had done during the war); this lead to Richard having a hard life living with his father at home but an enjoyable experience at school with his brother and classmates. Richard was quite popular and athletic as a kid and teenager, often playing sports and flirting with girls only to shatter their hearts for fun; he had his first girlfriend in High School, and continued to have many more for years - until he finally stopped with Sigrid. Richard kept visiting his grandparents until his younger half-sister Sabrina was given control of the family estate in Johannesburg when she turned 21 (like their mother Ida, she wanted nothing to do with her older half-brothers and kept them away from their grandparents; Sabrina was disgusted that Richard married Sigrid not just because she was a teenager but also considered her “plain as a sheet of paper”; lately she’s been interested with her nephew Johannes Faustuz only because he’s associated with the Ström family through his wife Freyja). —