Leopold Heppenheimer

“A dagger is the noble weapon of Brutus. Everyone understands that tyrants fall to daggers. A bomb is a sordid modern device with many complex working parts. Only engineers understand bombs.”
-Leopold Heppenheimer
== History ==
Heppenheimer was educated in the Hauptstadt Academy for the Sciences, and was fast-tracked to become an officer in the Hexenjägers. Never a warrior, he worked as an engineer for the golem division. He has never executed a mage. He retired young to teach in the Academy, which was his childhood dream. His his fell apart due to academic politics and an ugly divorce, and he was denied tenure over allegations of plagiarism. During that time, he lost custody of his only son, Leonard Heppenheimer. He was able to get away and move to New Arendur. He was soon contacted by Arthur Renwick, who needed faculty for the Department of Munitions. He accepted hesitantly, with the agreement that he be allowed to teach whatever material he wished and have the guarantee of academic sanctuary. Renwick accepted. Heppenheimer would soon become Dean, and push the Department towards a more militantly anti-old one standpoint. He was quick to hire other ex-Hexenjägers like himself. 
When Leopold Heppenheimer was a young man, the Luftwaffe (the Reich's air force) made a fact finding expedition to Aglazdere, to learn about the sky ships. Heppenheimer was one of a small cadre of Hexenjägers who tagged along. The trip inspired a lifelong fascination with the country of Aglazdere. Heppenheimer wrote his doctoral thesis, In Defense of Magitech, on the subject of Aglazderian weaponry. He also wrote a best-selling historical work, Aglazdere: Rise and Fall of an Empire. It was alleged by some that he plagiarized some or all of his work from the anonymous work, The Most Wondrous Encyclopedia of Aglazdere and the Surrounding Lands.
== Personality ==
A witch hunter and militant atheist, he hates mages and the church alike, and is not on speaking terms with Addison Marsh. He gets into loud arguments with Gwendolyn Emerson, raising his voice and banging his hands on the table. However, Heppenheimer is not an unkind man. Pedagogically, he is considered one of the finest teachers by his students, who get high marks and benefit greatly by his mentorship. He is quick to perform favors for others. It was he who repaired and improved the equipment in the observatory, built Arthur Renwick's wheelchair, and who is most inclined to take the side of students in disputes.  
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