Name: Konrad Aachen
Appearance: Once, Konrad was considered quite handsome, despite lacking a few of the Aryan traits many idealise so. Wiry, yet of average height. Blue-eyed, yet with charcoal hair instead of blonde. It did not matter; he qualified all the same with his so-called 'pure' (or, that is, non-semitic) heritage and otherwise good looks. However, war has not been kind to him; shrapnel scars run along the right side of his face, criss-crossed where it carved into his jawline and cheek, and judging by the eyepatch covering what was once his right eye it's likely he was blinded by the wound. In addition to this, his left hand appears to be amputated at the wrist whilst his right leg is amputated just below the knee, replaced with a prosthetic.
Konrad, prior to his injuries.
Age: 27
Nationality/Ethnicity: Austro-German - Konrad's mother emigrated from Austria before the Great War and married his father, an ethnic german. As far back as can be found, he appears to lack any jewish heritage.
Political Affiliation: Politics generally do not interest Konrad, instead he views himself as loyal to his country rather than those who run it. However, his time at war has done its share of damage by eroding away a good chunk of the patriotic vigour and he finds himself somewhat disillusioned with the idea of expansion. Likewise, he does not feel resonant with the Nazi ideology of racial purity and finds himself more interested in the welfare of soldiers on the front.
Occupation: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) in the Wehrmacht
Personality: First and foremost, Konrad considers himself a soldier, loyal to his country - not an ideology. He views politics as irrelevant and instead considers the interests of the people - soldiers among them - to be most important, and as a result bears elements of the old Prussian mindset drilled into him by his father that compels him to be honourable in his conduct in his own words “An officer of the Heer.” He idolises the likes of men such as Erwin Rommel and, before his injury, strived to compose himself in a similar manner whilst in the service of the Fatherland.
However, his time at war and the injuries he endured have left him somewhat jaded, the concept of patriotic vigour and glory that once inspired him having been eroded by seeing men ripped apart by artillery shells and shredded by machine gun fire, whilst atrocities committed against Poles - civilian or soldier - have left him feeling somewhat distanced from the propaganda spewed out from the mouth of the Third Reich.
Magical attributes: In recent times, Konrad has begun to experience a number of strange phenomena in regards to himself and his surroundings. Any metallic objects or objects that are composed of metal appear to behave strangely when in close proximity, to the point he has found doorknobs to turn on their own accord, or cutlery to contort into deformed shapes far different to what they originally were. In addition to this, objects that utilise electricity appear to behave strangely, causing lighting to flicker on and off whilst radio sets emit large amounts of static. So far, all of this phenomena he has dismissed as a figment of his mind, yet all the same he questions whether or not this is truly another bout of madness, or something else altogether.
Background: Born before the Great War, Konrad found himself raised with a strictly military upbringing; his family had a proud history of military service and, as a firstborn son, he was expected to do the same. So it was that, in the wake of the loss of the Great War, the rise of the National Socialist party and the widely popular militarisation and industrialisation of the fatherland, Konrad was one who sought to enlist to do right by his country, paying little mind to the more hardline, ideological sentiments that the new regime bore and instead welcoming the idea of restoring the fatherland to its former glory.
Intending to follow in the footsteps of his father (A senior officer within the Heer) and the fathers before him, Konrad enrolled in Kriegsschule where it quickly became apparent that he possessed a number of positive traits; intuitive, determined and an overall aptitude for leadership. Consequentially, when he was finally commissioned as an officer, it seemed that he was more than capable for the role.
Assigned to an infantry company, Konrad briefly saw his first taste of service in Occupied Czechoslovakia before being shuffled over to the frontline when the invasion of Poland began. Despite earning a promotion to Oberleutnant and the relatively swift victory of the campaign, Konrad could not help but feel troubled by the grim truth of the invasion, having witnessed the disturbing atrocities committed both by some of his fellow servicemen and by the Waffen- SS, the former of whom he felt were obliged to act with honour and decency and latter of which he regarded dubiously (due in part to his father’s own sentiments against them for their apparent incompetence).
Likewise, he felt the truth of the frontline was quite disconnected from the patriotic songs and propaganda spread all throughout the Fatherland, and weighed heavily on both heart and mind. Despite this, he continued his service with all the dedication and faith that he could muster, up until yet again he found himself re-assigned to another campaign for the Third Reich, this time in France, and where his service on the frontline saw its end.
Whilst leading a unit of troops to seize a town deemed to be of strategic value by High Command, Konrad was maimed when explosive charges set by retreating French and British troops were detonated within close proximity to him and sent a brick wall toppling over him, burying him alive. It was not for another hour that he was found, only noticed by the twitching, damaged hand noticed sticking out from beneath the rubble and when they finally pulled him out, it was soon apparent that he had been maimed, losing an eye, his left hand and his right leg below the knee. Before long, Konrad was returned home to Germany as a broken man - both in body and in spirit, unable to serve on the front yet unwilling to allow himself a ‘useless’ reassignment to a desk job, hundreds of miles from the men still dying on the front for the Fatherland. It was not until an employee of Humboldt University paid a visit to the hospital, searching for wounded volunteers willing to assist in medical research for the benefit of wounded, maimed and traumatised soldiers that, once again, Konrad found himself a purpose.
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