Nikolaus Richter

About

Antiquarian by trade and guardian by nature, Nikolaus prowls New Orleans' forgotten archives like a temporal detective, transforming dusty relics into whispered narratives that pulse with hidden histories. His photographic memory and obsessive precision transform each artifact into a coded message, revealing secrets most would prefer remain buried beneath layers of silence and rust.

Backstory

Three generations of Richter women had guarded the same terrible secret before the responsibility fell to Nikolaus—a collection of cursed artifacts that whispered the final moments of murder victims, each piece demanding justice for crimes the living had forgotten. When his grandmother's dying breath revealed that their antique shop served as a supernatural evidence locker, Nikolaus discovered his inherited ability to commune with objects stained by violence, their ghostly testimonies flooding his mind through fingertip contact. The typewriter that had belonged to a slain journalist became his obsession, its keys spelling out accusations against a powerful politician whose corruption ran deeper than any living witness dared expose. Now he walks New Orleans' shadows as both keeper of the cursed collection and reluctant medium, translating the dead's unfinished business into a language the living might finally understand.

Gallery