Major Richard Stronghold is a character from the XP4 Series of Fanfics.
Richard is a 46-years old man and a former military official. Richard is also the father of Karizza Stronghold.
Richard debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - Kick-Off!.
Appearance
Richard is a tall, muscular bald man with a huge chin. He wears a dark green sleeveless top, gray military pants and black combat boots.
Personality
Richard is loud, cheerful and slightly strict, he often speaks loudly but would speak softly at times. He deeply cares for the trainees and his fellow members of the training facility and is very faithful to the trainees. He is also very supportive with his daughter's decisions.
XP4 Fanfics
Richard works as a member of the Heroes Coalitions and serves as the head trainer of the Training Facility. He is also an instructor at the Vanguard Academy.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Kick-Off!
In Chapter 2, Richard met up with the Deadly Hearts at the Sweet Somalia island and complimented the team for accomplishing their mission.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries
In Chapter 12, Richard witnessed Raya Amanda chasing after Alden Cole through an obstacle course, he then wrote something on a clipboard with a smile on his face.
In Chapter 17, Richard arrives at the Peach Creek, cul-de-sac in a bus and grabs Marcus "The Kane" McGee, Eddy Skipper McGee, Eddward Marion "Double D, Edd" Smith, Edwin Horace "Ed" Williams and Rolf Yrmi with his large arms before pulling them inside the bus. Later, Richard explains to the boys about the Training Camp and when they arrived at the place, he let's out a laugh over the boys' awed reaction at the facility. Later, Richard took the boys to Penelope von Steiner, he gave them a few advises before leaving.
In Chapter 19, Richard introduced the new recruits Eddy Skipper McGee, Marcus "The Kane" McGee, Eddward Marion "Double D, Edd" Smith, Edwin Horace "Ed" Williams and Rolf Yrmi to the other trainees. Richard held two training sessions,the first one is getting the trainees run back and forth in a spacious gym and the second one is having the trainees ran across a busy street. After the training, Richard is seen having a conversation with Louie at the training facility's cafeteria watching the trainees' having a get-together from a far.
In Chapter 21, Richard is present during Marcus "The Kane" McGee and Darren Cross' par at the training area in the Training Camp.
Abilities
Despite being a Blessed, the true nature of his Gift is still unknown but it is implied that he can enlarge any parts of his body.
Trivia
- Richard is probably the loudest character in the Heroes Coalitions.
- Richard is the first staff member of the Coalition to be introduced.
- According to XP4Universe, his ideal voice actor for the Major is Dwight Schultz (Rath from Ben 10) and Takeharu Oonishi (Tetsuya Murata from Gintama).
Notable Quotes
- (to the trainees) "I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT FORCING YOU TO DO THIS AND I'M ALLOWING YOU ONCE TO BACK OUT NOW AND NEVER RETURN IN THIS CAMP! I SEE THE WARRIORS INSIDE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU AND I WILL DO THE BEST I CAN TO MAKE SURE YOU DEVELOP INTO GREAT HEROES THAT THE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT UNIVERSE WILL LOOK UP TO!"