Richards L. Lazuli

"We tried to play God... and we paid the price."

- Richards talking about the Hellion Richards L. Lazuli is the head researcher of the LazaruS Labs, which was created for the purpose of studying Grimm, and later, discovering the secrets of Azrael Gwaed, otherwise known as the "Hellwalker." He holds a certain fascination about him, even granting the boy his name, as he wasn't revealed to have a name in the texts surrounding him. Rather, he was always called by his fearsome moniker.

He was eventually betrayed by Mari Krimson, who let the captured Grimm in the facility run free. In turn, he freed Azrael and aided him, despite his obvious dislike for the "Scrap Metal Bastard," as he called him.

Trivia

 * His full name is Richards Lapis Lazuli. "Lapis Lazuli" refers to the gem called sapphire.
 * His design is similar to Penny, in that, despite having a mechanical body, he is capable of utilizing an Aura and Semblance, though this may be in part of because his consciousness was implanted into a mechanical body.