Richard Alaric Zeeman

"Don't do this, Richard."
"I tried hating you, and I can't." He put his hands over mine, holding them against the hard smoothness of his chest.
"Try harder." But it was a whisper.

(Blue Moon, page 88, paragraph 19)

* His upper chest is smooth with no chest hair, which Anita approves of. ^.^

* He has a degree in preternatural biology which, at first, explains why he knows so much about werewolves. However, he himself is a werewolf as well, even though Anita was unable to detect it.

* Richard teaches science at a Seckman Junior High School.

* In CD, Jean-Claude orchestrates their meeting, but because he can sense that Anita likes Richard and so forbids the werewolf from revealing his lycanthropy to her. Richard is "on loan" to the vampire by Marcus, his leader. Richard was currently next in line for leadership in his pack.

* Anita's first date with Richard was supposed to spelunking, but it got changed to Catherine's Halloween party and then got postponed altogether when Anita was bitten by the Raju and nearly died.

* After the battle with Oliver, Richard is forced to admit to Anita that he is a lycanthrope. He had become one when he was given a bad batch of lycanthropy serum.

* For Christmas in LuC, Richard gave Anita a stuffed toy penguin that played, 'Winter Wonderland', a bag of black and white gummy penguins, and a velvet jeweler's box with a written note inside it: "Promises to Keep."

* He is part of a triumvirate, including both Anita and Jean-Claude. At Christmas time, they discovered their link to each other. Jean-Claude's power and Richard's power rushed through Anita, who acted as a focus. Richard's power is like warm electricity.

* Richard and Anita share a love for musicals. They not only attend live performances, but also watch videotapes at home with each other, usually on a Sunday afternoon.

* Because he is an alpha werewolf, he can meet Jean-Claude's eyes and not be swayed by the vampire.

* When Richard meets Mrs. Pringle, she approves of him wholeheartedly. However, her dog Custard  thinks he should be the dominant one - until Richard stares at him and makes the dog think twice about such a thought.

* Richard refers to himself as beta male (LuC-136) since he hasn't killed Marcus and taken over leadership as Ulfric.

* Richard is Episcopalian, just like Anita.

* When Richard was nineteen and new to the pack, he had sex with Raina because he thought it was the way things happened. She is allowed free pick of the new males in the pack for her pleasures. Richard wants to stop that practice.

* Because he is an alpha, Richard is able to control his beast and hold off from shifting into wolf form until the last possible minute. When he shifts, he carries other lycanthropes with him as well. As an alpha, his dominance is complete over lesser wolves. When Jason was not able to control himself around Anita because he was changing, Richard's voice alone made him stop.

* Richard has one major failing - he doesn't like coffee.

* At the beginning of BM, Richard has been arrested for the rape of Betty Schaffer. His younger brother Daniel calls Anita to tell her and they both agree that it would be more likely he would be in jail for murder and not for rape. Even Jean-Claude agrees.

* When Anita chose Jean-Claude, Richard began sleeping around with other women, which is why he was accused of rape. He dated a human against Jamil's better judgment

* Richard has been dating many women, including Lucy, Mira, Carrie, and Millie. When Anita springs him from jail, she almost walks in on him and Lucy when they return to the cabins.

* Richard's family consists of the following:

Charlotte: Mother (Father not mentioned by name)
Beverly: Oldest and only daughter. Married with four children, all boys, and pregnant with fifth - hoping for a girl.
Glenn: Married to a full-blooded Navajo woman
Aaron: Widower
Daniel: Youngest

* While channeling Raina, Anita inadvertently declares herself Frejya and runs away from Richard while the other werewolves chase after her for the chance to mate with her. Eventually, Richard catches up and they consummate their passions for each other.

* After Anita and Richard make love, Anita notices that the marks between them are stronger and Richard admits that Jean-Claude thought that this might happen between them, which of course, annoys Anita.

* When Anita reached out at one point to touch Richard, their auras converged and became one. Howard was able to see this.

* After Anita heals Nathaniel, Richard declares that he has found his lupa and swears not to "audition" any other women. 

* When she is attacked by the snake lycanthropes, Gregory comes to her aid, but "inadvertently" uses his claws on her, There is the possibility she will be a true Nimir-Ra by the next full moon. But she appears dead and Jean-Claude is arrested for her murder and Richard takes Gregory because he "killed" their lupa.

* Richard's hold over his pack has weakened because he allows things to be "voted" on, thus minimizing his control over them.

* Anita is actually able to touch Richard's beast with her own, even though his is lupine and hers is feline.

* When Anita discovers that Richard had Gregory put in the oubliette, she punches his face and does some serious damage.

* Raina had a nickname for Richard - honey wolf.  When Richard shifted, his fur was a ginger, honey color.

* Richard usually never curses, but when Jacob steps out of line, he tells him to "shut the fuck up." And then, when he comments again, Richard punches his face in.

* Raina used to be the only one who could touch his beast with her own. But when Anita becomes a full Nimir-Ra, she can touch him as well. Richard brings Anita to an orgasm, using only their beasts.

* When Anita fed off of Richard, using the arduer, Richard freaked out and abandoned Anita, refusing to be with her anymore because he insisted that no one would ever feed off of him.

* Because Richard was so depressed with his situation, he didn't fight a werehyena when the creature tried to kill him.  Shang-Da had to rescue him, and later, Anita pulled out Chimera's life force in order to heal him. Richard's eyes ended up being black with a sea of stars inside them, just like Anita's.