Duran Ricard was the 6th Federal Ambassador to the Amarr Empire. Sixty years ago he met an Intaki reporter and showed him around the Crystal Boulevard in Caille. Duran believed that, "Sooner or later, the Federation and the Empire have to beat the ever-loving shit out of each other and only one will rise from the carnage." He regarded the Amarr and Gallente views on life to be diametrically opposed, and expected a clash at some point.