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<blockquote data-quote="Padreigh" data-source="post: 5322033" data-attributes="member: 75826"><p><strong><u><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Johann Schmidt, PhD</span></span></u></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Johann Schmidt is an assistant professor of history (specialisation: Nordic Mythology) at the University of Gotham. Originally from Germany, he accepted the job a few months ago and is still getting used to the States. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">While all his colleagues agree that he is a genius in his chosen area of expertise, he seems to have rather odd gaps when it comes to modern history (especially the last 60 years or so) and pop culture.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Johann seems to be in his late twenties, early thirties, is about 6'' tall, slim and rather fit. He has short blond hair and a few small scars on the left side of his face (mainly on the cheek and the chin). If tired he walks with a small limp (according to him a car accident in his youth).</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">[sblock] Johann Schmidt was born as Siegfried Freiherr von Wolfentann in the year 1884 in Eastern Prussia. He studied history at the University of Königsberg (Kaliningrad) and also joined the reserves as a lieutenant (as it was expected of a young Prussian noble). When the Great War broke out, Siegfried, who had just finished his PhD, volunteered immediately and was transfered to the Eastern Front with the 5th Regiment of Cuirassiers. During the war Siegfried was awarded several awards for bravery and was lightly wounded over half a dozen times. In January 1918, a Russian shell shattered his right leg and he had to be pulled out of active service. He was transferred to the military academy in Hanover and taught history there.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">When the war ended, Siegfried (by now a Captain) was lucky enough to keep his position. Over the following years, Siegfried developed an ... unhealthy interest in Nordic mythology and rune magic and had contacts with elements of the Thule Society. When the NSDAP took over in 1933, Siegfried was immediately recruited by Himmler into the SS and played a part in the founding of the Ahnenerbe, a think tank on Germanic mythology and history.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">While Siegfried originally was more than happy to follow the Nazis, he grew quite disillusionised over the next few years. Rampaging antisemitism and "adapting" history to fit Nazi ideology were constant points of discontent between him and Himmler. In early 1939, Siegfried withdrew from public and rumours reached the Sicherheitsdienst that he had contacted resistance groups (an unfounded rumour). A commado unit was sent out to silence him. A fire fight broke out in his mansion and a stray bullet hit an ancient urn. Siegfried has no recollection of what happened next. He remembers a bright light, heat and then nothing. When he recovered he found himself in the ruins of his home and almost 70 years had passed. He discovered that he was not entirely human anymore, that his youth had come back and that his shattered leg was almost complettely healed. In the back of his brain knowledge of words of power and runes of might was burning, knowledge that was not just theoretical anymore.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">With a few magic tricks and some gold hidden in his cellar Siegfried created the identity of Johann Schmidt and decided to leave the country for good.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Siegfried thoroughly regrets what happened to Germany and the world after his disapperance and feels guilt about his cooperation with the regime. He is a bit concerned about someone finding out about his past. There are a few photos around, showing him on dig sites, in SS uniform standing next to Nazi grandees and of course there is his obituary, in which the Reich regrets the death of Standartenführer von Wolfentann, a victim of terrorist activity etc. It was published in several national newspapers and a few international science magazines ... and there are still copies around. Of course, he is 55 on the photo shown, but still recognizable if you remove the wrinkles and crow feet ...</span></span>[/sblock]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><u><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Abilities</span></span></u></strong></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">STR 12 Dex 14 Con 18 Int 20 Wis 12 Cha 12 </span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><u><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Combat</span></span></u></strong></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Att+4 (Ranged +8) Def+6 </span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><u><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Saves</span></span></u></strong></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Tough+4 Fort + 9 Ref+7 Will +6</span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><u><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Feats</span></span></u></strong></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Fearless, Ritualist, Attractive, Accurate Attack, Power Attack, Attack Focus: Ranged 4, Improved Initiative, Precise Shot, Eidetic Memory, Skill Mastery (Knowledge: History, Notice, Ride, Knowledge:Arcane)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><u><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Skills</span></span></u></strong></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Notice 12 (+13), Knowledge: Arcane 14 (+19), Languages 8 (German, English, Russian, French, Old Norse, Swedish, Icelandic, Latin, Ancient Greek), Ride 6 (+8), Knowledge: History 10 (+15), Knowledge: Archaeology 10 (+15), Knowledge: Anthropology 6 (+11), Concentration 6 (+10), Search 6 (+11), Sense Motive 6 (+7)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><u><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Powers</span></span></u></strong></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Super-Senses 4 (Darkvision, Detect Invisible)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Super-Senses 2 (Detect Magic: Skill check required: Knowledge:Arcane)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Immunity 12 (Aging, Life Support, Critical Hits)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Impervious Toughness 4</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Magic 9 (Skill Check Required: Knowledge:Arcane)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Main: Spear of Asgard [Blast 9]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Alt: Heimdall's Brynne [Protection 5 (Impervious, Affect Others, Independent, Slow Fade 2)]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Alt: Wings of the Valkyrie [Flight 8 (Slow Fade 2)]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Alt: Loki's Mistletoe [Blast 6 (Penetrating)]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Alt: Wrath of the Aesir [Blast 6 (Area)]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Alt: Nidhöggr's Bite [Paralyze 6 (Range)]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Alt: Freya's Gentle Touch [Heal 9]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Alt: Hel's Kiss [Strike 9 (Vampiric)]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Alt: Loki's Whispers [Mind Control 6 (Conscious)]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Alt: Alberich's Cloak [Invisibility 8 (Area:Burst, Slow Fade 2, Independent)</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Padreigh, post: 5322033, member: 75826"] [B][U][COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Johann Schmidt, PhD[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Johann Schmidt is an assistant professor of history (specialisation: Nordic Mythology) at the University of Gotham. Originally from Germany, he accepted the job a few months ago and is still getting used to the States. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]While all his colleagues agree that he is a genius in his chosen area of expertise, he seems to have rather odd gaps when it comes to modern history (especially the last 60 years or so) and pop culture.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Johann seems to be in his late twenties, early thirties, is about 6'' tall, slim and rather fit. He has short blond hair and a few small scars on the left side of his face (mainly on the cheek and the chin). If tired he walks with a small limp (according to him a car accident in his youth).[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial][sblock] Johann Schmidt was born as Siegfried Freiherr von Wolfentann in the year 1884 in Eastern Prussia. He studied history at the University of Königsberg (Kaliningrad) and also joined the reserves as a lieutenant (as it was expected of a young Prussian noble). When the Great War broke out, Siegfried, who had just finished his PhD, volunteered immediately and was transfered to the Eastern Front with the 5th Regiment of Cuirassiers. During the war Siegfried was awarded several awards for bravery and was lightly wounded over half a dozen times. In January 1918, a Russian shell shattered his right leg and he had to be pulled out of active service. He was transferred to the military academy in Hanover and taught history there.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]When the war ended, Siegfried (by now a Captain) was lucky enough to keep his position. Over the following years, Siegfried developed an ... unhealthy interest in Nordic mythology and rune magic and had contacts with elements of the Thule Society. When the NSDAP took over in 1933, Siegfried was immediately recruited by Himmler into the SS and played a part in the founding of the Ahnenerbe, a think tank on Germanic mythology and history.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]While Siegfried originally was more than happy to follow the Nazis, he grew quite disillusionised over the next few years. Rampaging antisemitism and "adapting" history to fit Nazi ideology were constant points of discontent between him and Himmler. In early 1939, Siegfried withdrew from public and rumours reached the Sicherheitsdienst that he had contacted resistance groups (an unfounded rumour). A commado unit was sent out to silence him. A fire fight broke out in his mansion and a stray bullet hit an ancient urn. Siegfried has no recollection of what happened next. He remembers a bright light, heat and then nothing. When he recovered he found himself in the ruins of his home and almost 70 years had passed. He discovered that he was not entirely human anymore, that his youth had come back and that his shattered leg was almost complettely healed. In the back of his brain knowledge of words of power and runes of might was burning, knowledge that was not just theoretical anymore.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]With a few magic tricks and some gold hidden in his cellar Siegfried created the identity of Johann Schmidt and decided to leave the country for good.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Siegfried thoroughly regrets what happened to Germany and the world after his disapperance and feels guilt about his cooperation with the regime. He is a bit concerned about someone finding out about his past. There are a few photos around, showing him on dig sites, in SS uniform standing next to Nazi grandees and of course there is his obituary, in which the Reich regrets the death of Standartenführer von Wolfentann, a victim of terrorist activity etc. It was published in several national newspapers and a few international science magazines ... and there are still copies around. Of course, he is 55 on the photo shown, but still recognizable if you remove the wrinkles and crow feet ...[/FONT][/COLOR][/sblock] [B][U][COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Abilities[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]STR 12 Dex 14 Con 18 Int 20 Wis 12 Cha 12 [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U][COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Combat[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Att+4 (Ranged +8) Def+6 [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U][COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Saves[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Tough+4 Fort + 9 Ref+7 Will +6[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U][COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Feats[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Fearless, Ritualist, Attractive, Accurate Attack, Power Attack, Attack Focus: Ranged 4, Improved Initiative, Precise Shot, Eidetic Memory, Skill Mastery (Knowledge: History, Notice, Ride, Knowledge:Arcane)[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U][COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Skills[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Notice 12 (+13), Knowledge: Arcane 14 (+19), Languages 8 (German, English, Russian, French, Old Norse, Swedish, Icelandic, Latin, Ancient Greek), Ride 6 (+8), Knowledge: History 10 (+15), Knowledge: Archaeology 10 (+15), Knowledge: Anthropology 6 (+11), Concentration 6 (+10), Search 6 (+11), Sense Motive 6 (+7)[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U][COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Powers[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Super-Senses 4 (Darkvision, Detect Invisible)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Super-Senses 2 (Detect Magic: Skill check required: Knowledge:Arcane)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Immunity 12 (Aging, Life Support, Critical Hits)[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial]Impervious Toughness 4[/FONT] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Magic 9 (Skill Check Required: Knowledge:Arcane)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Main: Spear of Asgard [Blast 9][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Alt: Heimdall's Brynne [Protection 5 (Impervious, Affect Others, Independent, Slow Fade 2)][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Alt: Wings of the Valkyrie [Flight 8 (Slow Fade 2)][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Alt: Loki's Mistletoe [Blast 6 (Penetrating)][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Alt: Wrath of the Aesir [Blast 6 (Area)][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Alt: Nidhöggr's Bite [Paralyze 6 (Range)][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Alt: Freya's Gentle Touch [Heal 9][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Alt: Hel's Kiss [Strike 9 (Vampiric)][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Alt: Loki's Whispers [Mind Control 6 (Conscious)][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Arial]Alt: Alberich's Cloak [Invisibility 8 (Area:Burst, Slow Fade 2, Independent)[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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