Wilhelm Pieck

Wilhelm Pieck is a Character in the Toxic Soviets Comic Series. Wilhelm is a (former) Member of the Central Committee. He served as an unstable acting Premier of the Soviet Union during the absence of Leon in a period known as the Voronezh Regime before being overthrown by his arch-nemesis, Faded.
== Backstory ==
Wilhelm Pieck was born a few years before the revolution to a Czech household. His father held a position within the ranks of the Bolshevik leadership. Due to his fathers prestigious rank, Wilhelm was constantly given special treatment from the Old Bolsheviks and was granted a rank in the government around the time of the 2 Month Plan. 
== Toxic Soviets Events ==
=== Volume 3: The Voronezh Regime ===
Wilhelm is first introduced in Volume 3, where he’s seen to be the Acting Premier of the USSR throughout the period of Leon’s absence. However, he is shown to be a horrible leader, with money being spent solely for his "therapy", corruption, Government mismanagement and Wilhelm’s bad image in both the public and government being issues that the USSR faces on its recent path. Heydar, who is greatly irritated by Wilhelm’s rule (though he doesn’t show it to prevent disunity in the CC), continues to grow angry as a reaction to Wilhelm’s insults towards him and his delusional tasks (like hanging flyers in search for "therapists"), and it only grows worst when Wilhelm insults his mother, leading in Heydar rushing to attack him before Wilhelm shouts for the Guards to arrive and take Heydar away. 
Wilhelm’s rule leads Heydar to join Faded’s secret plot against him, and as Faded’s support grows, Wilhelm proceeds to spend money on his therapy sessions to cure "depression". Later on, Wilhelm arrives at the Kremlin after deciding on the name of his Regime only to find Faded sitting in his seat alongside the rest of Faded’s supporters. This enrages Wilhelm, with Faded trying to brush it off through him simply just "keeping his seat warm". After taking his "anti-depressants" (mentos), he proceeds to diagnose Faded with retardation as a self proclaimed "medical professional", and after Heydar doubts his medical professionalism, he proceeds to insult him. 
The following day, Wilhelm wakes up due to the noise outside only to find the Kremlin surrounded by a mob of angry citizens revolting against him. Wilhelm, who has become furious with the situation, then goes on to insult them and later on sees Faded arriving in the scene alongside Casreor and the Red Army. Faded demands that Wilhelm resigns and makes him the Premier, but Wilhelm strongly denies, insults him and accuses him of going against the demands of Leon. After calling for Vasily and Svoboda to arrest Wilhelm (with no reply), Wilhelm takes the matter into his own hands, grabbing the gun from Vasily’s belt and shooting at Faded, demanding that he duels him. Faded, who at first is reluctant, ends up agreeing and the two of them duel each other for power as the crowds were watching. Wilhelm and Faded enter a long sword-fighting duel between Faded’s sword and Wilhelm’s flaming cane, however Faded manages to slice through his cane, thus destroying his perm. Wilhelm then pulls out his gun as Faded does the same and it appears that both are on equal terms, however when a woman shouts against Wilhelm, he gets distracted from the fight and focuses on insulting her through misogynistic insults, paving the way for Faded to shoot Wilhelm in the head and win. 
After losing the duel and failing to learn from his old mistake, Faded forcefully gets power over the USSR, making a speech against Wilhelm glorifying himself and declaring a party in the Kremlin to celebrate his victory. Wilhelm, now mad after losing the fight, goes on to attend the party himself and expresses his hate towards Faded and everyone in the USSR. Wilhelm would then appear in the end, searching for rope (for edgy purposes), however an envelope with the symbol from the Den where the crime scene took place that fell from his pocket would lead to his framed arrest by Faded, even though there was no further evidence beyond that. 
=== Volume 4: Noreaga’s Dungeon ===
In the Fourth Volume of the series following Leon’s return, Wilhelm only appears in the beginning, during Heydar’s narration of the intermediate events between Volumes 3 and 4. He is seen being freed from prison (where Faded had previously sent him on accusations of being the one behind the Crime Scene in the woods) due to a lack of evidence. Following that, Wilhelm was presumably fired from the Kremlin and continued to live at his parents’ house. 
== Personality ==
Wilhelm is delusional, impulsive and aggressive, barely thinking about his words or actions and acting on the spot based on his anger. He believes that he is depressed and that he has every mental disease known to earth, which leads him to believe that he should be treated better and more special than others, immediately insulting those who disagree with him of being ableists who don’t understand him. He is mainly guided by anger and jealousy towards others and people who manage to surpass him, thus leading him to make irrational decisions through his impulses without considering the outcome. He is essentially, as he described himself, an edgy teenager.
== Relationships ==
=== Faded ===
Wilhelm deeply detests Faded, most in part due to Faded organising a successful coup against him and falsely imprisoning him during the events of the Voronezh Regime. Wilhelm refers to Faded as a "crooked Mexican bastard" and makes many attempts to kill him during the chaos of the insurrection. 
=== Leon ===
Placing him as the temporary leader of the government during his absence, Wilhelm has a degree of trust from Leon (although Leon did not foresee the controversy in this decision).
=== Heydar ===
Wilhelm constantly belittles Heydar, being furious at him for not posting his therapy requests outside the Kremlin. Wilhelm also insults Heydars mother which leads to a brief yet intense brawl in the central committee chambers. He is shown to be rude to him for no particular reason other then just to be edgy and hate in "neurotypicals". 
=== Central Committee ===
Despite their quarrels, one of the few things the central committee can agree on is their disapproval of Wilhelm's leadership, being quick to turn on him during Faded's coup. Wilhelm struggles to assert his dominance over the CC as a consequence, with his manic rants and attempts to insult them do not go very far and because of his strained relationship with the executive offices, they are quick to unanimously vote in favour of his removal.
=== The Soviet Populace ===
The lack of confidence shown for Wilhelm is extended to the population of the Soviet Union with his rule being very unpopular. In his tenure, it’s mentioned that Wilhelm forced the people to pay increased taxes specifically for his "therapy". Wilhelm shows no care for the people during his short-lived regime, even when the discontent evolves into active protests against him.
== Abilities ==
=== Flaming Cane ===
Wilhelm’s main ability is his mysterious Flaming Cane, which is self-explanatory in its use and appearance. It is used for one to one swordfighting-style combat, it has the ability to easily slice objects in half through its flames. Though it comes off as similar to a perm, it’s an artefact with a strange function that grants it its flaming ability. 
Interestingly, it essentially reflects Wilhelm’s fiery, aggressive and angry personality as well through the cane’s fire.