Lord Maximilian Richmond was a multimillionaire who is mentioned in Case 12: Diamonds Aren't Forever of the game Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy and in File 47 and 48 of Layton Mystery Detective Agency: Kat's Mystery-Solving Files.
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Lord Richmond was a member of a rich family who lived at Richmond Court in London. Unfortunately he suffered from big debts. Once he discovered a mine full of diamonds, deep under the ground of the Rosenberg mountain. But he knew that if he was the legal owner of the mine, any money he made would disappear on repaying his debts. So he relinquished his claim on the land deliberately and arranged for the future Seven Dragons of London to discover the diamonds, because he did not want the money squandered on personal loans but wished it as an investment for the city of London.
The Dragons, all close friends of Richmond, desperetly tried to return the mine to him, for without the money from the diamonds the family faced certain ruin, but he steadfastly refused. Cesar Chance then invented the Richmond legend for he could not bear for the Richmond family to be associated with financial ruin. He concocted a story about a great fortune hidden somewhere in the Richmond's court. Shortly thereafter, the Lord became ill and died.
Ten years later, it is revealed that the Lord's eight grandson, Miles Richmond, the last surviving member of the family, did not know about the Lord's decision to give the mine to the Dragons, nor that his grandfather had no longer any legal claim on the land by the time the diamonds were pubblicly discovered, but instead was convinced that the Dragons had stolen the mine from him and that the diamonds were now rightfully his actually. When Miles' mother died, Miles promised her to take revenge on the Dragons and so he tried: ten years later, he invited all the Dragons to take place in a puzzle game that he hosted under the name Lord Adamas. When one of them would win, he or she would get the legendary Richmond fortune that he had supposedly discovered. But if they would lose, all their money would go to the "Dark Jewel Foundation", and the Dragons would be ruined, unaware that the Foundation had been founded by the Dragons themselves in anonymity. Knowing it was all a play, the Dragons willingly participated in the game but they all lost. Thanks to Katrielle Layton however, Miles learned the truth about the diamonds and regretted his actions. The Dragons forgave him and did not lose their money after all.
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