Wilhelm Moritz

**Wilhelm Dieter Moritz**, commonly known as **Onkle Moritz** or to members of his organisation as **Boss**, is a socialite, charitable entrepreneur and Mafia boss. The 1920s oversaw his rise to absolute Mafia power, with many calling him the German **Al Capone**. His reign of terror started in June 1920 with the Korrigsten Massacre - of which, despite Wilhelm stating and evidence suggesting he had little involvement, was widely believed to have been orchestrated by him. His brother was **Wilber Schaffel**, who served as **Chancellor**.

## Life Before Business

### Early Life

Wilhelm Moritz was born in 1895 to a rich and influential family in **Verringen**, **Königsland**. His father, Arnold Moritz, was the founder and owner of the **Moritz Corporation**, a company that dealt in security and charity, and had already amassed a private army similar to that of a mafia clan. With all the fortune in the world, his father sent Wilhelm to a private school to study law and business at a young age, along with his brother, Wilfred, who would later go on to become Wilber Schaffel.

Wilhelm outshined all the other students and was voted, in several school polls, "most likely to become Chancellor". At the age of 15, Wilhelm became vocally supportive of the German annexation of the island in 1910. When tensions escalated from 1910 to 1914, Wilhelm decided to join the military, pre-emptively predicting a war would occur. Soon enough, it did.

### Military Career

During the **First World War**, Wilhelm served as a German messenger. Every day, he would run to and from posts, delivering messages and fighting anyone on the way. By coincidence, he ended up in a skirmish that almost cost his life; however his sheer bravery and leadership skills won him the respect of various of the German officers, and he was promoted quite drastically to Captain.

His first sign of terror came during the war, however, when he ordered for the execution of three captured British soldiers. He defied direct advice to keep them alive, and personally shot all three with an officer's pistol. When word of this got out, he was demoted, and later fired; he was sent back to his home.

Wilhelm was furious, so when the British army invaded in 1917, his security detail agreed to help them and disrupted German communications on the island, and especially in the city of Verringen. In 1918, just before the end of the war, Wilhelm's father died. Wilhelm would go on to inherit his father's vast wealth and security detail.

## The Boss

### Forming Relationships

Wilhelm began establishing business relationships in Verringen. His security detail became more prominent than his father could ever build, and soon Wilhelm became the forefront for enterprise protection. By 1919, for any business to thrive in Verringen, they needed the consent of the now-popular "**Onkle Moritz**". Wilhelm had made himself the *de facto* political, social and economic dictator of the city, while his brother pursued a political career.

A challenge to his power came in late 1919, when a rival Irish gang headed by **Sean O'Leary** called the **O'Leary Lads** attempted to usurp his power. Wilhelm responded with outright gang war, and set ordered arson sprees of their cars and business locations. Sean came to understand Wilhelm's power, and called for a cease-fire only a month later. Wilhelm had asserted total control in the city.

### The Korrigsten Massacre

*The following information is a brief version of the events of The Korrigsten Massacre*.

**The Korrigsten Massacre** occurred on the 8th June, 1920, and was the first sign of Wilhelm Moritz's gang power. Businessman **Simon Hamburg** and the **Korrigsten Grain Corporation** wanted to integrate more business into Verringen without the authority of Wilhelm's business. They sent an assassin to kill Wilhelm on the 5th June, which failed. The assassin was interrogated and spilled secrets regarding a meeting at a warehouse, where Simon Hamburg would be. Wilhelm organised for his death, but later demanded the operation be called off as to not damage his public reputation.

Still, the operation went ahead; Simon Hamburg, along with five other company employees and three associates were murdered by four assailants. Wilhelm feared it would damage his reputation, despite many speculating he had privately given the operation the go-ahead. The reverse effect happened, and it bolstered Wilhelm's social and economic power in Verringen. While the outside world saw Wilhelm as an evildoer gang leader, Verringen saw him as a *de facto* Lord Protector, who put their business interests first.

## Politics

### Socialite

Despite his business amassing great wealth, Wilhelm often openly described himself as a socialite, professing that he was an advocate for equality, justice and charity. When asked where he sat on the political spectrum, Wilhelm said he was a social democrat, as a socialist who advocated for capitalist economics. After **Gorden Braun** was forced off a stage by a crowd of heckling Moritz men with alcohol bottles during the **1920 Federal and Presidential Election**, Wilhelm called Gorden and reassured him that he backed the **Roessen Red Coalition Party** in the federal elections.

### Franz Hildebrand

Independent candidate **Franz Hildebrand** made a speech in Verringen stating that, in terms of the Korrigsten Massacre, he trusted the authorities over the rumours that Wilhelm was involved. Following this speech, Wilhelm called Franz and announced his support for his cause, and offered to make a partnership deal: funding, protection and headquarters in Verringen and to help him guarantee his seat as the City Governor, in exchange that he "ignored" what Wilhelm's foundation were to do under his governorship. Franz agreed on the absolute certainty that Wilhelm would deliver, without dragging his name through the mud or being too suspicious.

Within mere days, some candidates standing in Verringen had dropped out due to unforeseen circumstances, and Franz Hildebrand had been propelled to first place in the polls for the city. Wilhelm had made true to his word.

### Gorden Braun

When Gorden Braun was elected **Chancellor**, Wilhelm was contacted. Gorden had become fearful of the growing **Germany First Party** and needed Wilhelm's men to calm them. Wilhelm agreed, on conditions that Franz Hildebrand and himself were granted political immunity and that the Chancellor would not interfere with Franz's plans for city expansion. This was agreed, and Wilhelm organised an attack on a GFP campaign headquarters in **Klingsingen**.

When word got out that the Chancellor as an alcoholic and had been corrupt in his attempts to dismantle the GFP, Wilhelm was quick to act. When Gorden called him and said "it's over", Wilhelm made sure that no loose ends could remain. His brother, Wilber, who was currently **Vice Chancellor**, begged Wilhelm to relocate Gorden to safety, suggesting he live in Britain, out of harms way. Wilhelm agreed; but his idea of relocation was not what Wilber had planned. At a campaign rally in **Boulles**, a member of the mafia shot and killed Gorden. His house was blown up five minutes later, to hide all evidence that was inside. Wilhelm's involvement in the attack was swiftly covered up, and no evidence of him orchestrating the attack was left.

### Wilber Schaffel

For the entirety of Wilber's political career, details about his relation with Wilhelm was kept to an absolute minimum. Wilber wanted no part in his brother's dealings, and grew to fear for the safety of those that did, including Gorden.

After Gorden's death, Wilhelm and Wilber grew distant. Wilber threatened to tell the world about Wilhelm, but had a gun pointed to his head. Wilber knew his brother would kill him there and then. Where Gorden had become a pawn to the Mafia, so had Wilber. They both agreed to keep the assassination details quiet. Wilhelm knew about Wilber's **homosexuality** and blackmailed him into silence. Family truly didn't exist anymore.

Despite this, when Wilber died in 1922, Wilhelm mourned him. The secret of Gorden's assassination was passed on to **Jon Haupt,** outside of Wilhelm's knowledge.