Richard freaks out about killing people in the first episode, but then Ranssyn Fane murders his father and his principles are naturally eclipsed by his desire for revenge...

Still, it doesn't ever seem to occur to him that not all the D'Haran soldiers are equally evil, at least until he meets Captain Ensor. Who is from Deception, I think.

Richard's speech in Baneling about how, yes, dead people now come back and try to kill you again, but no, that doesn't mean we'll stop killing people in the first place, kind of weirded me out...I mean, the inspiring speech is, 'yes, it's okay to kill people'? Not quite in the heroic mold, somehow.