Friedhold Konigsmann

“Law enforcement loses its moral compass when what is asked of it undermines its ethical base. When in service to corruption—and when that corruption is thoroughly even if only unconsciously perceived—despair and nihilism follows."
-Freidhold Konigsmann
== History ==
Born into a family of career civil servants, Friedhold Konigsmann's father had made a name for himself as an agricultural administrator fighting tirelessly for the poor and the needy. It was impressed upon young Friedhold from a young age that government service went hand in hand with doing good. With this mindset, Friedhold arrived at an almost revolutionary conclusion - were the Hexenjägers not an abomination? With this thought foremost in his mind, he entered civil service in the Ministry of Justice, keeping his mouth shut but determined to expand the power of civilian law enforcement. Konigsmann made the right connections and the right compromises, rising to become Minister of Justice. In this role, he began to wage a bureaucratic war against the Hexenjägers. At the time, the General of the Hexenjägers was Hermann Shriver, a relatively liberal thinker who believed in cautious and incremental reform. Shriver was held in universal respect, and had the ear of the Kaiserin, putting Konigsmann in temporary political exile. Nonetheless, he was persistent, and General Shriver made a few token concessions on his behalf, including a ban on use of the blood eagle - which had last been performed decades ago, on the infamous Tan Blackhand, the leader of Arendur. Perhaps more could have been done, but Hermann Shriver would pass away, and be replaced by the ruthless, conservative Immanuel Kalbfleisch. Kalbfleisch had observed Konigsmann with distaste over the years, and considered him a witch-sympathizer. He undid all of Shriver's reforms, and as a final death-blow to Konigsmann's efforts, brought back the use of the blood eagle. Though it has not yet been performed, Konigsmann's limited political capital had been blown opposing a comparatively like-minded opponent. The fearsome Kalbfleisch would never budge, and hapless Minister of Justice had spent all of his ammunition. 
== Personality ==
Rigid and severe, Konigsmann carried an air of hauteur and gives the impression that he thinks himself superior to his fellow man. He is a skilled and diligent bureaucrat, and knows how to make himself of use to people, but is not taken seriously. To his peers, he is an inoffensive nuisance, the butt of many jokes, given a great deal of work that others do not wish to know, because they know he is willing to do it. In this manner, he rose to become Minister of Justice, a post given to him because of how much he wanted it, and how little anyone else did. The Ministry had atrophied, with the Hexenjägers happily taking more and more of its duties. It was a dead-end ministry for those who wanted a comfortable pension. That Konigsmann himself could not see that was a source of pity and derision. Category:The Reich
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