Richard Hellsing

Richard Hellsing (リチャード・ヘルシング,) is a minor antagonist in the Hellsing series created by Kouta Hirano.

was the brother of Arthur Hellsing and the son of Abraham Van Helsing. He had aspirations to be the next Head of Hellsing, but the birth of his brother's daughter gets in the way of that dream. He was voiced by Yosuke Akimoto in the OVA, and Steven Brand in the English dub of the OVA.

Physical Appearance
Richard was blond like his brother, albeit a darker shade of blond that appeared almost brown. He had blue eyes, a mustache and somewhat gaunt features. The younger of the two, Richard looked much more skinnier than Arthur does when he was young.

Attire
Like a typical business man, Richard wore a blue, long-sleeved blue shirt, covered by a dark-green suit along with a creamy-brown coat, and wore a pair of matching creamy-brown dress pants, along with a pair of dark business shoes. He also had a dark red tie.

Personality
Richard was an envious, covetous man who grew murderous when he felt his pride was damaged. He was also quite cowardly, trying to kill Integra when she was a vulnerable young girl and all her protectors were away or deceased. Somewhat sadistic, he toyed with her as he chased her through the dungeons.

He seemed unaware of vampires and Alucard, despite being part of the Helsing family. Highly implying he only wanted to have ownership of the Hellsing Organisation solely for the prestigious seat at The Convention of Twelve.

History
He stood by on close hands with the Hellsing family in hopes that one day he would become head of Hellsing Organisation. He waits twenty years for his brother to pass away so he could inherit the position. Unfortunately for him, at his brother’s deathbed, the Organisation was passed onto Arthur’s daughter Integra. Enraged, insulted, and seeing the opportunity available considering Hellsing’s faithful butler, Walter C. Dornez, was away for the time, Richard took up arms and a series of men to search Hellsing House for the young Integra in hopes to have her killed. Her death would have been fabricated as some dreadful accident and then Richard would finally attain the role of Hellsing director that he so craved these past twenty years.

Richard and his men were thwarted when Integra sought to take heed her father’s words and progress to the dungeons wherein Alucard’s quiet body lay inert. Having finally caught up to Integra, Richard shoots Integra in the shoulder. The resulting blood splashes on the body of Alucard and awakens him. After savoring his first meal in decades, he brutally murders Richard's accomplices and drinks their blood. In the anime version, he then reveals himself to Integra to be her servant, after she mistakenly believed him to be trying to inservitude her. While in the manga and OVA version, he simply kneels in front of Integra and acknowledges her as his master. When Richard shouts that he is the rightful leader and tries to shoot Integra, Alucard blocks the bullet and states Richard's blood to be "rotten" and that he is unfit to lead. Richard himself is shot by Integra Hellsing.

Trivia

 * Richard Hellsing is an example of either the Cain and Able trope, or since Integra is involved, the Cain and Able and Seth trope.
 * It's strange that Richard wanted to takeover the Hellsing Organisation, given he seemed to have no clue about Alucard and therefore vampires; given Alucard WORKED for Arthur before getting sealed away prior to Integra's conception.
 * It's not impossible that Richard believed a cover story about Hellsing having their private army. Or he simply thought his family was delusional in believing in vampires and was only using the term for targets out of respect for their ancestor Abraham Van Helsing.