Erich Ludendorff (Earth 1) - Smallville Extended Universe

## Erich Ludendorff

Erich Ludendorff was a former World War I general and head of the Geatspo. He is an ally of the nefarious Dr. Poison, and an enemy of Wonder Woman. He gained metahuman powers by inhaling a special gas developed by Dr. Poison, who was secretly influenced by Ares into creating it. He is a member of HYDRA.

## Personality

General Ludendorff is as an extremely megalomaniacal, ambitious, ruthless and relentless individual, who is a cruel hearted elder statesman of the Geatspo who obeyed Hitler for a long time.

He, the Rest of Red Skull's cell with Arnim Zola and Daniel Whitehall were close comerades during WWII and after where they resurected HYDRA under their influence.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Enhanced Metahuman Physiology**: General Ludendorff inhaled regular doses of a gaseous drug developed for him by Doctor Poison (under Ares' secret tutelage), resulting in his impressive metahuman powers.

* **Superhuman Strength**: General Ludendorff has incredible superhuman strength, seemingly on par with that of Wonder Woman, though she notably had still not yet reached her full potential at the time. Nonetheless, this allowed him to easily crush a pistol with his bare hand, and to go blow for blow against Wonder Woman, even briefly knocking and pinning her to the ground.
* **Superhuman Durability**: General Ludendorff is incredibly durable to blunt force trauma, with him withstanding mighty blows from even Wonder Woman herself, though he could still be pierced by the God Killer sword.

### Abilities

* **Gifted Intelligence:** General Ludendorff is quite intelligent and well-read, notably reading quite a bit of Ancient Greek literature (and being impressed when Diana Prince quotes him an author of that era), with his intellect mainly extending to his superb understanding of warfare and military science (to the point of him sadistically romanticizing war, much to Ares' delight), as well as his considerable tactical, strategic, and leadership skills.
	+ **Expert Tactician:** General Ludendorff, despite his arrogance, is an excellent tactician and battle strategist, scouring the Imperial German Army multiple victories during the 4-year duration of World War I, being all the more effective due to his ruthlessness. Ludendorff notably took over and occupied of a Belgian village (leaving Allied troops stationed at the Western Front unable to break through for almost a year, until Wonder Woman unexpectedly showed up), later fully wiped out the aforementioned village with an unexpected attack after it was freed (utilizing Doctor Poison's extra-lethal mustard gas), wiped out a group of disgruntled fellow German officers with another unexpected chemical weapon attack after they meet together, and almost succeeded in winning the war with his mustard gas-filled plane strategy (only thwarted by the last minute valiant efforts of the Wonder Men, as well as Steve Trevor's self-sacrifice).
	+ **Expert Leader:** Ludendorff, as a general of the Imperial German Army, was a highly skilled and experienced leader, having lead his troops though almost the entirely of World War I. Indeed, Lundendorff was charismatic enough as a leader to instill immense loyalty in Doctor Poison, who ultimately refused to abandon him for Steve Trevor (who was undercover, posing as a ruthless German officer interested in her).
	+ **Bilingual:** General Ludendorff, apart from his native German, also fluently spoke English (albeit with a mild German accent).
* **Master Combatant:** General Ludendorff is an extremely skilled hand-to-hand combatant, to the point that he managed to hold his own against Wonder Woman herself in their fight, dodging or countering many of her attacks, though he was ultimately defeated and killed by the Amazon warrior.
* **Expert Marksman:** As a seasoned soldier, General Luendorff is a highly skilled gunman. He killed one of his own men for irritating him, with a single shot from his pistol.

## Equipment

* **Gaseous Drug Vials:** General Ludendorff always had vials of this drug on him, in order to temporarily enhance himself whenever necessary.
* **Luger P08:** General Ludendorff used his pistol to shoot down one of his own men when the latter began complaining.