- "Don't be afraid of death, be afraid of ZE DOCTOR!"
- — Doctor Richtofen on real fear.
Doctor EdwardRichtofen is a sociopathic Nazi scientist who invented the Wunderwaffe DG-2 and often loves to torture and kill his various victims. He appears in Shi No Numa and in Der Riese in Call of Duty: World at War, but in Call of Duty: Black Ops he appears in all four original zombie maps, as well as appearing in Kino der Toten and Ascension. His player indicator color is green (along with Fidel Castro and Michael Rooker). He is voiced by Nolan North.
Biography
"Beware The Doc". This message was scrawled across walls of every town under Axis control. Starvation may cripple you, dysentery may wreck you, and gunfire may rip the flesh from your bones, but "Beware The Doc".
Meet Dr. Richtofen, known affectionately as The Butcher to his victims as they scream in agony moments before he snuffs out their light. Throughout his career, Richtofen has always been at the forefront of torture and information extraction research. Before the war he was a back alley plastic surgeon, who created an army of monstrous affluent Weimar socialites that would follow him around and laugh at every joke the genius doctor made. This all fell apart when the republic fell and the Nazi party took control. To Richtofen, their values were too moral, too liberal for his liking. He joined the army so he could satisfy his need to watch people die, slowly.
An incurable sociopath, he sees no moral distinction between natural death and murder. The victim is the victim, regardless of how their demise manifests itself.
He has a collection of stuffed animals, most of them posed in positions of terror at the instant of their death.
Richtofen, along with Tank Dempsey, Takeo Masaki and Nikolai Belinski arrived in a Japanese Swamp where they encountered zombies once again. After an undetirmened amount of time, the group teleported to Der Riese in which they fought against another wave of zombies until one of the group obtained the Wunderwaffe DG-2 and used the teleporter. This turned it into a time machine and transported Richtofen and the other three to the future where it has become apparent that the zombies have overrun Berlin and the group had to battle for survival in an abandoned Nazi theater until being forced to retreat. Eventually, Richtofen arrived at an abandoned Soviet cosmodrone under siege by zombies. After freeing Gersch, the group teleported again. This time, they arrived near a ship in Siberia, but became trapped inside a room near the lighthouse. Richtofen, Dempsey and Nikolai instructed another group of survivors to help them repair the teleporter, which they did. Richtofen and the other three then teleported once again, leaving behind a Wunderwaffe DG-2.
Proven Alias
Richtofen was originally speculated to be Edward, a man heard in the radio messages in Der Riese. Several hints are given that they are the same person.
- One of Richtofen's quotes is "Ed wants your head!".
- One of Richtofen's quotes is "If only Dr. Maxis were here to see this...", said when near a teleporter, showing that Richtofen knows Maxis.
- In the recordings, his voice is very similar to Edward's as they do in fact have the same voice actor.
- The secret note to "kill Maxis" (which Edward does) that is found under a grate in Der Riese is written in an Illuminati code, and Richtofen often makes quotes about being tied to the Illuminati such as "Illuminati, I Work For Thee!"
- Nikolai often refers to him as Edward.
- One of Richtofen's quotes, "Fluffy, is that you?" relates him to Edward who knew Fluffy.
After a while, Treyarch finally confirmed that Richtofen and Edward heard in the messages are indeed the same person.
