General Erwin Hajek

General Erwin Hajek

**Age**: 315, rejuved to 25

**Martial**: 17+19(24)=36(41)- *General Hajek is an up and coming General of Avernus, skilled at commanding forces of all sizes from the company to entire army groups.*

**Intrigue**: 14+4=21- *While not exactly good at stealth tactics, General Hajek is highly alert and knows how to watch out for them, both on a personal and tactical level.*

**Administration**: 16+4=20- *General Hajek is a skilled administrator who can easily oversee the logistics for entire armies.*

**Learning**: 12+8=20- *General Hajek has the required education for an Avernite General.*

**Willpower**: 18+10=28- *General Hajek has a strong will, formed on the plains of his home and tested in two Daemonic Incursions.*

**Diplomacy**: 9+3=12- *General Hajek is a rather unsociable man among the very social Avernites, a legacy of his upbringing in the bush.*

**Combat**: 20+24=44-*General Hajek can be counted among the most deadly members of the Avernite Armed Forces, with only legends being beyond him.*

(72/7+2=12)

**General** (+4M, +1A, +2C -1D, -1I) *– Erwin Hajek has though dint of hard work, tactical skill and survival risen to become one of the most senior military officers of Avernus.*

***Expert Tactician*** (+3M) – *General Hajek is an expert tactician, who rather than being creative utilises his solid understanding of the foundations of war.*

***Bushman Born and Raised***(+3I, +1W, +5C, less likely to die (5))- *Erwin Hajek was born and raised in the bush in Terascon. As such he had to develop a level of awareness and combat skills considered exceptional even for Avernites from a very young age.*

***Combined Arms Master***(+3M, +3L,+1D, +5 martial when using 3 or more unit types, no penalties for varied forces)- *General Hajek is a master at combining multiple types of formation into a single unified army, a talent that becomes more and more valuable the further he is promoted.*

**Avernus Officers Academy Graduate** (+3M, +3A, +2L, +2W, +3C) – *General Hajek is a graduate from the Avernus Officers Academy and therefore has a though education in military matters.*

**Avernite Bi-centenarian** (+6C, +2W, +1I, -2D when dealing with non-Avernites) – *Having survived two centuries of life on Avernus General Hajek has proven himself to be an expert warrior, the bearer of a strong will and very alert to danger.*

***Master Rifleman*** (+1I, +2M, +5C, +50 to ranged combat rolls with rifles)- General Hajek has always wielded rifles of some variant into combat and has developed a real mastery of their use. He can more then hold his own among the heroes of Avernus with his personal Enthalpic rifle.

(+1M, +4W, +3C, +15 to all rolls against daemons, +5 Prestige)- *General Hajek led his men through the Grand Incursion, and saw war on a scale that few can even dream of.*

***Convince** **Me***(+2M, +1W)- *General Hajek is willing to at least listen to the most wild of theories and ideas with an open mind, and is very unlikely to believe that anything is impossible. While this could be a weakness in many places, when combined with the nature of the Avernite military and his preference for combined arms operations it has allowed him to accept even strange advice from unusual, but reliable sources.*

***Psyker General*** (+1M, +20 to psykers under his command)- *General Herwin has developed an expertise at leading psykers to battle, and making best use of their rather unusual abilities.*

***Reasonable Leader*** (+1L, +3D)- *General Hajek tires to be a reasonable leader who gives out praise where it is earned and condemnation when it is deserved.*

Erwin Hajek was born three hundred and seventy-nine years after the Founding of Avernus to one of the first bushman families in Terascon, the land of Dragons. Like most bushmen he had a dangerous life, by Avernite standards, and got accustomed to death and battle at a young age. Like many bushmen Erwin Hajek enlisted in the Avernite Army, where he did well enough in the tactical portions of boot to be offered a place in the Avernus Officers Academy, the Imperial Trust's premier officer training academy. In the Officers Academy he did well but not exceptionally, always near the top of his class but not at the top.

It was at Hvergelmir that the young Lieutenant Hajek first saw war on a grand scale, and where he first distinguished himself. Despite his young age and lack of experience Lieutenant Hajek was able to keep the majority of his platoon alive in some of the heaviest fighting in the war, and even keep half of the company alive after finding himself in command three weeks into the battle. While it was decided that Lieutenant Hajek lacked the experience needed for a promotion to Captain, he had attracted the attention of his superiors and saw a rapid rise through the ranks, hitting colonel by a hundred.

Seventeen years later the Fourth Daemonic Incursion began, and his regiment was stationed in Mirkwood under Champion Surt of Muspelheim. Colonel Hajek once more rose to the occasion, and his regiment held the line against several possible breaches, beating back forces that should have been able to overwhelm them. By the end of the war Colonel Hajek had lost over ninety-percent of his men, and gained a reputation as a rising star. He furthered this reputation by taking to the New Model Army reforms with gusto, and proving himself skilled with the combined arms tactics that the new Model Army is built on.

This reputation saw him deployed to some of the toughest fronts in the Iron War, where he continued to preform well, rapidly rising in the ranks. By the time that the Iron War had ended the hundred and sixty year old Erwin Hajek was one of the younger Lieutenant-Generals in the Avernite Army. Fifty years later he received a promotion to Marshal, a rank he held at the Grand Incursion. During the Grand Incursion Marshal Hajek's army was deployed against the aerial forces led by Ygeradhath the Scourge, though they mostly ended up fighting Angyls. Once more Erwin Hajek proved himself to be a skilled and steady commander, and was promoted to full general in the priod of rebuilding that followed the Grand Incursion.

General Hajek is a rather unsociable man, who tends to treat those around him as colleagues rather then friends with only a handful of exceptions and is rather awkward in social situations. An awkwardness that was greatly amplified by his awe towards you when you met him. Despite this he is a skilled and professional officer that can already be counted among Avernus' best, and might end up reaching the lofty heights of Lord-General in the future.