All things considerd if we look at the newest comic one can see very simal charactoristics between richard and the archmage both physical and powerwise. the most logical thing to say is that they are borthers, but if you look past all the other things like cloths they realy do seem very much alike are they realy one and the same? richard before he died? there at least has to be some simularities or else he wouldnt have saved him in the last page nor said that he seemed familiar.
i'll let all you people grapple over this topic.