Siegfried Rosenberg

## Siegfried Alois Rosenberg

### Occupation(s)

General Field Marshal of the Imperial Army, Supreme Leader of the Free Empire of Rosaria

## Personal Information

### Also known as

Sanguine Angel, The Leader, His Radiance, Knight of the Dying Sun, The Messiah (neutral/by his supporters), The Usurper, The Demon King, The Shadow, He Who Is Against The World (by his enemies)

### Family

Sigmund von Rosenberg (Father), Brunhilde Meyer (Mother), Layla Rosenberg (Sister)

### Powers/Skills

Intense Charisma, Martial Skill, Tactical and Strategic Genius

### Goals

To free the world from the shackles of capitalism, to end slavery, to spread the Rosarian truth, to better the living standards of his people, to consolidate power

Siegfried Alois Rosenberg, also known as the *Sanguine Angel*, is a former knight of the Imperial Army and the current supreme leader of the Free Empire of Rosaria.

## Biography

### Background

Born in the city of Engelgard, Siegfried lived among a happy and caring family. However, due to foreign sanctions, he was forced to spend his early childhood in poverty and squalor. His father, a disabled man, was bedridden, and his mother, a former soldier of the Scarlet Revolution, sold her body off in desperation. He had a younger sister, known as Layla Rosenberg, whom he cared for deeply. He and his family were entirely dependent on whatever scraps of ration the Rosarian government handed out to them.

As he was five years old, a neighbor, who was on the brink of starvation, mortally wounded his sister in an attempt to cannibalize on her, only to be stopped by their mother. This event and the loss of his sibling traumatized him, ultimately cementing his hatred against the cruelty of the world. But he had barely any time to process it, as a fate far worse befell him just a few months later.

### Martyrium

Human traffickers broke into his home and slaughtered his family, and Siegfried was kidnapped, sold around as a sex slave. For years, throughout much of his youth, he was forced to bear the sadism and malice of hundreds of abusers. He was being told that he was worthless, that his life's sole purpose was to feed the pleasure of those above him. He was forced to abandon his identity, stripped of his name, and forbidden to think about his past. He was treated like cattle, forced to see other slaves die as a result of pain or starvation, and no one, not even the Rosarian State, attempted to save him. His attempts to break out were foiled constantly, until he gave up due to the hopelessness of his situation. At the end, Siegfried broke, and the last shred of his kindness was wiped out.

Upon the entry into puberty, Siegfried committed his first murder, killing one of his abusers. Covered in the blood of the tormentor, he attempted to break out, only to be stopped by corrupt military officials who brought him back under the custody of the human traffickers. The brutality of his life, the constant indoctrination and the sheer malice of seemingly everyone around him, as well as the absolute lack of any perspective or hope, ruined his mind, turning him into a psychotic maniac. The only thing he had left, was the belief in the Temple of the White Angel, the only thing that remained from his family.

At that time, Rosaria was fighting a war against the Kingdom of Valuth in the west. It was the culmination of hundreds of years of conflict, of generations of mutual hatred. The Valuthians sought to eliminate the empire that attempted to genocide them multiple times, and to eradicate the people that brought them centuries of woe and despair.

Siegfried, upon his seventeenth birthday, was sold off to a man named August Richthofen, a corrupt general of the Imperial Army and a sponsor of the human trafficker group. Originally supposed to be a sex slave, Siegfried, in a fit of rage and psychosis, attempted to kill the general. After that failure, he was sent to the frontline as cannon fodder. And thus began Siegfried's career in the Rosarian-Valuthian War.

### Slaughter

For a few years, the young man participated in countless battles. Despite having no concerns for his comrades, and a bitter hatred for the nation that commanded him, he fought relentlessly, trying to find death and absolution in battle, to unleash his wrath upon the enemy. Due to his sheer wrath and brutality, as well as him becoming a symbol of victory and hope on the battlefield, he was dubbed the "Sanguine Angel", a name he proudly carried as a trophy.

During the war, he spent his free time studying about the world, learning about the context of the war and about the history of the Free Empire. Over time, he grew attached to those few of his comrades who survived the battles with him, having finally found friendship after twelve years of hatred and suffering, and he grew to accept Rosaria as a progressive force for good, even though it needed a lot of fixing. It was there, where he found back to his old identity, where he remembered his name. Only for all of his friends to die during the Battle of Shuhr Shlum and him being left as the sole survivor of his regiment.

After successfully managing to escape to the Imperial Army, he was invited to the Chivalrous Order of the Sacred Blood. It was there, where he got his nickname "Knight of the Dying Sun". And as a knight, he continued to fight for the Imperial Army, rising up the ranks until he became the vice leader of his brotherhood. His cunning and his skill enabled him to win various battles, and to recapture Shuhr Shlum. By then, he was cheered on as a war hero.

Nevertheless, he felt detached from the people he fought for, and his distrust towards the Free Empire's government remained. His psychoses prevented him from getting the title of Grand Master, and at the end, he disappeared from the war, believing that he finally had the bravery to exact revenge on the human traffickers, and on August Richthofen.

### Vengeance

His first target was the human trafficker's camp. Originally intending to burn it all down, he instead opted to free the slaves inside, stealthily killing each guard he came across. With utmost brutality, he avenged all his suffering, unleashing his hatred wholly. With laughter, he has put an end to those who subjected him to a decade of abuse. And then, he set his goal to kill the corrupt general.

Knowing that he couldn't do it without alarming the Imperial Army, he had to develop a different plan. Siegfried returned to the Imperial Army, albeit as a foot soldier of the regular army, as the Order of the Sacred Blood refused to let a deserter join them again. In secret, he delivered information to the Valuthian Kingdom, giving them the positions of various military installations near Ewigenwald, the place where August Richthofen held his headquarter.

And a few months later, the general was found dead, his coordinates and base bombed by Valuthian planes. Planted evidence suggested treachery coming from Field Marshal Isaak Ferdinand, a man who Siegfried suspected to have been involved in large-scale corruption as well.

### An End to the War

The following four years, Siegfried spent fighting the war. Once again, he rose up the ranks, albeit remaining in the regular army. As the leader of a brigade, and later a regiment, he maneuvered his soldiers from victory to victory, gaining the favor of the Rosarian populace once again.

Following a brutal battle, the Imperial Army secured control over Ewigenwald, and later, Rosarian troops have reached the Valuthian capital of Areann, forcing the kingdom to surrender. Siegfried orchestrated the assassination of the Valuthian government, and caused a civil war that brought an end to the kingdom he and his nation so despised.

The Sanguine Angel returned as a hero, and he used his immense influence as a leverage to further gain power within the Imperial Army, assuming the title of General. Rosaria expanded its borders to Shuhr Shlum, as its troops robbed the Valuthian treasures.

### Determination

At the end of the war, Siegfried was left an entirely different man. No longer did he seek for absolution, but for freedom. He wanted freedom for himself, and for everyone on the world. He wanted Rosaria to unleash its full potential, seeing the Empire as the only means to push forward his dream.

Thus, he spent day and night studying, learning about the machinations of the Rosarian Empire, as well as on how he would exactly reach his goal. When he wasn't learning, he would regularly walk through the streets, handing out food and wealth to those who lived without home.

He financed the construction of the Rothgard Choral Synagogue, as well as the construction of various buildings in which the homeless were housed. The Temple of the White Angel proclaimed him a saint due to his kindness and charity, as well as his decisive role in the war. He became the most powerful non-government figure in the entire country.

### War against the Government

A year later, he decided to act. Using his position as a general and saint, he further increased his influence and control over the Imperial Army, convincing them of his radical ideas. In the veil of darkness, he pitted his foes against one another, killing them through various means, either by causing "accidents", or by hiring assassins, whom he later disposed of in equally shadowy ways. The ruling party, in their fear, grew increasingly authoritarian, to the dismay of the populace, causing Siegfried's popularity to rise further.

In public, Rosenberg appeared as a radiant hero, he united the masses under his slogan of a new and freer Rosaria, and the enlightenment of the world. He spoke of his dream to do away with the corruption and poverty that plagued the Empire for so long. His extremist ideas slowly turned into a thought of the mainstream, and more and more of his supporters were elected into lower government position, with entire communes pledging their support for his cause.

On the Seventh of September 1187, Siegfried launched a coup d'etat, overthrowing what remained of the old government, forcing previous leader Reinhardt Wagner to flee the country. The Sanguine Angel was proclaimed as the Supreme Leader, and with absolute power at hand, he vowed to bring an age of prosperity to Rosaria, to unleash the true potential of the socialist state that had been created two generations ago.

## Appearance

Siegfried is a very handsome man, with flowing black hair and glowing green eyes. Many people often remark on his beauty, with some going as far as to lust over him. His appearance strikes eerily feminine, with some more masculine men who do not know any better, claiming him to be male in soul only.

He usually wears scarlet garments, made of the finest material in Rosaria. In war however, he is clad in a fairly decorated golden armor.

## Personality

Siegfried is known as a fair, honorable and straightforward man. A charismatic and charming individual, kind to his peers and the people under his benevolent reign. However, he's also extremely opportunistic, power-hungry and ambitious. Still, when not at his job, he displays a less serious, more playful and joking side. Those who follow him, see him as a radiant angel of hope to the world, as an embodiment of the collective desire for freedom.

His enemies however describe him as a sociopathic, narcissistic, and vicious individual, as a ruthless manipulator who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, even if it meant the forsaking of his virtues and humanity.