Erich

Erich il Wielen was a soldier and commander in the Borian Army during the Borian War. He served originally as the bodyguard of Major Grisweld Mittelhoss. Erich was of farmer origins in the Kingdom of Hefaia. Erich was quite famous in Ili-Hefien, because of his pet gorilla, Goira.

Erich served most notably as the commander of the Royal Guard serving King Charles personally. As Erich didn't have a surname he was called Erich of Wielen, Wielen being Erich's home town.

Though a peasant, Erich is immensely wealthy possessing over $500. This makes him effectively as rich as a common noble. However, the procedure of gaining this wealth was quite silly, for Erich merely received a great allowance from Octavio Perickard.

## Borian War early phase

Erich, quite early on in the war, was placed as a bodyguard of the recently promoted officer, Grisweld Mittelhoss. Erich was very overprotective of Grisweld, maybe, because Grisweld reminded Erich of his sister, who was very depressed. Erich thought, that Grisweld would commit suicide during the war. Erich, and his colleague Lieutenant Fliora, were protective to the point of being obnoxious and the relations between Erich and Fliora and their superior deteriorated. Erich was often dismissed by his superior and prohibited from being in Grisweld's presence.

After Erich's participation in the Battle of Wolfsee, he was made into a Royal Guard in the Royal Keep. Erich spent his time there studying, sparring and trying to seduce girls. At one of which he failed at. Erich learned to write and became a formidable warrior. King Charles sent Grisweld and his unit, which included Erich, to become overseers in the ongoing Siege of High Castle. Erich and his comrades began the cold and arduous trip north.

At the siege camp, Erich, much like rest of the army, had very little to do. Erich met a certain cook, who proved to be a lunatic rapist. Erich subsequently killed that cook and hid the body. Erich also began to gamble a lot which proved to be indecisive. Most notably, Erich sparred with a KOMS knight and it ended in a draw. A result not many could dream of. During the siege, Erich and Fliora grew discontent with their superior Grisweld and decided to sabotage Grisweld's book about the war. Erich wrote in the book about the misconduct carried out by Grisweld. Afterwards Grisweld ripped the page out, which made Erich call Grisweld a censor. Grisweld out of choler, ordered Erich and Fliora to remain in the camp during the upcoming capture of the castle. This disgruntled Erich and Fliora even further.

Following the siege, Erich, Fliora and Grisweld were laid-off from the army and the Royal Guard. Erich decided to travel back to Hefaia together with Fliora. They catched a ship commandeered by Kalesh and then they began to sail southeast. They briefly stopped at Baathúr island, where Kalesh was smuggling food and resources. There, Erich met Prince Leondras with whom he momentarily conversed. Soon after, Kalesh sailed Erich and Fliora to Hefaia where Erich finally reached his home. There he took care of his pet gorilla Goira and his farm.

## Court Martial and redraft

Erich and Fliora had court martialed their superior Grisweld for misconduct on subordinates. Erich's friend, Fliora also charged Grisweld for censorship when Grisweld ripped the page out of his book. Needless to say, the case was very weak and Erich and Fliora lost $250 dollars each, which is an incredible amounts of money. Following the court martial, shortly after they were redrafted into the Borian Army, as news of King Jiri's arrival began to circulate. Erich was chosen to return back to the Royal Keep and become a Royal Guard of the King.

## Royal Guard Commander

Erich was nominated to become the Commander of the Royal Guard by King Charles himself. King Charles also promoted Erich to the rank of Major General, which was later seen as an unofficial promotion as it was only considered to be custom to give a high rank to the commander of the Royal Guard. Nevertheless, Erich wore fancy clothes and became a 'pet' of the Nobles, as the Royal Guard was considered to be servants of the Nobles living in the Royal Keep. This annoyed Erich and together with Charles and his new friend Cpl. Reinhard they reorganized the Royal Guard into an actual guard rather than an amenity to the Nobles. Erich read army documents and remained in his classy chamber for most of his time as commander.

Around February Erich set out to scout the Eastern Coast of Edelmaa for enemy ships. During this scouting trip Erich located the main Royal Army under King Jiri personally. Erich immediately returned to the Royal Keep and alarmed the King. Erich wanted the King to reinforce the Royal Keep garrison, but Charles rejected all requests. Disgruntled by his superiors and the low chances of survival, Erich decided to become a turncoat. Erich organized an escape with the captive Prince Conraquis and Reinhard. Conraquis promised Erich, that he would vouch for him. When the Royal Army reached the gates of the Royal Keep, Erich defected to King Jiri successfully with his friends. Erich however, was taken captive rather than enlisted in the Royal Army.

## Royal Army service

### Cannibal Demon Army

During captivity, Erich and Reinhard, both previous members of the Royal Guard of King Charles, were highly untrusted by the soldiers of the Royal Army. Even prince Conraquis' word couldn't make people trust the enemy King's guards. Subsequently, together with other reinforcements, Erich and Reinhard were enlisted as Penal Soldiers and sent to the army of Mennor Enkell. There they were held under constant supervision and shackled to the wagons. General Mennor Enkell, who didn't want to manage pointless and to him inpexperienced penal soldiers, assigned all Penal Soldiers to the army of David Lange that was ordered to perform a suicidal attack on the Olav Castle. Erich and Reinhard were thus disposed to the Cannibal Demon Army were they witnessed the horrors carried out by the men under the command of David Lange. Erich and Reinhard began to question their choice to defect.
Erich's penal wagon unit was assigned to the army of Guren that was set out to blunder the city of Hamn to gather some supplies. During the trip there, Erich and his mates planned their escape from the Cannibal Demon Army. They thought, that they could go aboard a ship in the harbor or simply just ride away.

### Sacking of Hamn

When they reached the city of Hamn, all ships were already sailing away trying to flee the Cannibal Demon Army. Erich quickly went onboard one of the fleeing ships and never returned to Edelmaa.