Born as Ryszard Brievski in Poland, he grew up in a dainty little village in the forgotten regions of rural Poland, often regarded as a economical and social backwater following the collapse of the communist government in 1989. His father, being a career officer and holding the rank of Colonel within the Polish People's Army, was fluent in Russian and would often teach Richard it at home in the evenings when he wasn't on deployment and after the disbandment of the army. His mother ran a store in the village and he would often have to help out after school, life continued as normal as it could be for Richard until his father died in a car crash and traumatised him for a large part of his young life. He was set to go to Warsaw after he graduated from school and enrolled in the university, however his mother fell sick with a severe case of cancer and he had to stay at home and take care of both his mother and the family business. As the years passed the economical crash of 2009 heavily affected Richard and his family as the bank that they had their savings in collapsed and they had to take on mountains of debt from various sources, Richard, despite always being a man of respect within his community and one who held is own dignity and self-respect in high regard, had to go around and borrow money from friends and family in order to help pay for his mothers treatment and just to help make ends meet. However this all seemed futile as his mother eventually passed after a long and painful fight with cancer, despite this loss Richard had barely any time to mourn the loss as his mother had taken out loans in secret and remortgaged the family home so all the burdens of debt fell on Richards' shoulders. As the debt collectors and state moved in to seize any assets they could, Richard decided that he wasn't going to take it face down and decided to sell whatever he could to square away any debts he could and flee the country. He inevitably decided to move to Russia since he knew the language and figured that he could start a new life there since he had nothing holding him back in Poland.

After some time of floating from job to job, Richard decided to enlist in the Russian Army since they allowed foreign soldiers and it would give him some order and stability in his life. Following his basic training he was assigned to the 98th Guards Airborne Division, he was part of the invasion of Crimea and saw combat first hand. After 2 years of service he was offered a commission but refused seeing as he was satisfied with the money he had made and decided to leave along with some of his comrades and seek work in the private sector. Following some less than legal operations in the Donbass and Syria that resulted in the death of his closest friend, Richard decided to end his military career and seeked to reintegrate in civilian life. Once again lacking direction in his life Richard decided that a new environment might be what he needed so he used his money gained throughout his service to secure travel into the Niehiem to begin a new chapter of his life.