Felix Domhast, the main character, was descended from both Bavarian and Swedish ancestors. His Swedish side was Viking Raiders who came from an area around modern day Gothenburg. Smart and brave they raided their way south until they reached a Bavarian province, where they settled. 400 years later in 1499 Felix's ancestor Jokin Domhaste formed a band of Landsknecht and joined the Italian wars fighting Swedish Mercenary Pike men, French Heavy Cavalry, Italian Gunmen, winning many victories and gaining much plunder.
Hundreds of years later a branch of the Domhast family emigrated from Bavaria to escape the tyrannical reign of Adolf Hiter's Nazi party. The branch that left was made up of Felix's grandfather Heidrich. 70 years later Felix was born in Chicago.
After his attempted assassination Felix took to the streets and allied himself with a cyborg militia group the "Iron Giants" whom Felix soon took command of and renamed them the "Landsknecht" in honor of his ancestors. Felix took his top five officers Derek "Stomper" Fernan, Lawrence Longack, Karth Von klapp, Joan Guerrier, and Jagg Karton and turned them into what he called "Doppelsöldner"
Landsknechte from the past were known as flamboyant dressers, known for their multi colored tights, puffed sleeves, and wide plumbed feather covered hats. Felix's Landsknechte were not so flamboyant but they would still stand out in the crowd. They wore a combination of Cyber and Steam punk jewelry and clothing, and intricate tattoos. Felix himself wore a long black hooded coat, if you want a comparison look at Dante's coat from Devil May Cry, his pants were soft leather and reinforced with armor intricate ruins carved into the legs, a studded belt with a wolfs head belt buckled held his pistol holsters, his Kriss daggers, and whatever else he might half to carry. His Jewelry was modest; small gauge earrings, a nose ring, a lip ring, a necklace with a pentagram around his neck. His cybernetic arms were more impressive: intricate runes flowed down his arms to his hands, the tops of which had large Pentagrams; small symbols were on his knuckles. The runes were actually protective spells and enchantments written onto his arms, wile the ones on his fists were more aggressive.
now a little about Felix: Felix was nothing good to look at: he was short for his age at 5'6 and scrawny at 115lbs, his hair was lank black and his eyes were a watery blue, he suffered from severe acne and wore thick glasses. Years of taunts, teasing, and beatings had made him introverted, surly, reclusive, and "terrified of his own shadow" putting much strain on him and his friend since 4, Elsie.
Elsira Simone Mitternacht (or Elsie as she prefers to be called) was an in contrast a beauty. Standing 5'8 with the grace of a dancer and the look of a Norse goddess; long white blonde hair, sparkling blue eyes, clear skin the color of milkweed. She and Felix had become friends after Felix had saved her from a rabid dog.
Felix was entranced by the men of the True sons Neo Nazi cult. Felix was swayed by the confidence the men showed and he was eager to join. Now the constant bullying had caused Felix to repress any talent he had. One talent he kept secret from everyone even Elsie, he was a master at making explosives, and that is what attracted the attention of Oberleutnant Johan Peiper.
Peiper recruited Felix to build a bomb capable of destroying a large reinforced building. Felix set to work using a mixture of gas, and ammonium nitrate mixed with diesel. What Felix did NOT know was that they were targeting a large Jewish synagogue, the explosion demolished the building and killed more than 200 people many children.
When Felix found out he was enraged.
Then something strange happened: Felix's personality changed so radically that he became a different person almost overnight. He went from silent to soft spoken, indifferent to thoughtful, angry to peaceful, he was calm, gentle. He began to read again, something he rarely did back then. Philosophy, political analogies, stories such as the Iliad. The Oddesy, Beowulf and many others including manuals on military tactics and history. Elsie was shocked by the drastic changes but was delighted and their friendship soon was back on smooth tracks. Then they both discovered something about each other: They loved each other.
Felix was assassinated for a number of reasons: first: after the bombing he disavowed all allegiance with True Sons and set about trying to destroy them. Second: Felix was a loose end, upon gaining membership to the True Sons and the wider Nazi world he had learned many of their habits, haunts, and names, and -if he so wished- he could bring down the entire Neo Nazi world and without even swinging a punch or fireing a bullet.
Third: (and Lastly) Johan was also in love with Elsie seeing her white blond hair, piercing blue eyes, and Nordic features he believed her to be his female counterpart in looks and believed them to be the scion of the knew master race.
On in the weeks before his death Felix figured out the names of the families of the victims of the bombing and he went to everyone and confessed what had done, he told them who he was, who he was allied to at the time, everything, and they forgave him to a man.
Finally; he wanted to leave a memory of love to Elsie, his oldest friend. He took her to a park where they had met and played together everyday as element students. There, under a light snow fall, they danced amongst the snow flakes. Finally, he kissed her. Before they left each other Felix warned her against Peiper, that he wanted to claim her as his own, Elsie vowed never to fall prey to Peiper or anyone like him, then as midnight drew near she confesed to Felix saying "I dont know why, but I think I love you." Felix, smiling, said. "I know." and walked off into the night.