Franz Jesse Asatru

**Franz Jesse Asatru**, commonly **Franz** or **Franz Jesse** is a Character in the **Toxic Soviets** Comic Series, the Main Antagonist of Volume 5 and an Antagonist in the Polish War Arc. He is a Prince of Poland and the brother of Queen Anne, as well as her Main Advisor.

## Toxic Soviets Events

### Volume 4: Noreaga’s Dungeon

Francis is first seen inside the Palace, where he complains to Anne about the interior of the palace, claiming that their Father would be rolling in his grave of he saw the state of it. He is then interrupted by Faded and Boris, who enter the Palace to inform the Queen of the news of a possible Soviet invasion. Francis gets irritated by this and proceeds to scold Boris for interrupting him, showing him the "no bitches" face and telling him that he has "no time for his bullshit". He is then interrupted by Anne, who comes up to Faded personally. This irritated Francis, however Anne claimed that she knew what she was doing.

Later on both Francis and Boris watch Faded’s failure on interacting with the Queen and not even understanding what he’s saying. Later, when Robert is tasked with reading out the newspaper, Franz keeps paces around with a clock for 5 minutes waiting for Robert to read it out. Eventually he sees that nothing is happening and shouts at Robert to read the news, something that he finally did after Francis left and fully gave the floor to his sister.

### Volume 5: Operation Fallen Eagle

Following the soviet entourage arriving in Warsaw, Franz is shocked to meet the Generalissimus of the Soviet Union face to face and upon hearing that they were there to negotiate. Franz is furious and refuses this request but his sister, the Queen overrules him and invites the soviets to a feast, much to his confusion. On the way to the palace, Franz attempts to provoke Leon by referring to his people as 'untermench' a clear display of his racist and prejudice beliefs although Anne is quick to shut him up as he is embarrassing her in front of her guests. Later at the palace, Franz privately asserts his discontent for inviting the soviets to Poland as he is distrustful of their intentions and fearful of what they could do. Their argument begins to heat up as Franz protests that the Bolsheviks are planning to attack Poland and they should for assurance strike first whilst Anne argues that it would be foolish to attack the soviets without knowing their demands first (as well as not wanting blood staining on her royal floors). Their argument ends with both Anne assuring Franz of their own security agents being on high alert and scattered throughout the palace although Francis is not convinced this will be enough to protect them.

After returning to the dinner, both are quick to notice the absence of several KGB officials which further raises Francis' suspicions of foul play. Franz's anxiety boils over suddenly when Leon plays the national anthem of the U.S.S.R rather than the anthem of the Kingdom of Poland to which an enraged Franz retaliates by assaulting Leon which angers the Queen. Leon and Franz then proceed to have a standoff with Franz anxiously clutching his pistol ready to shoot suspecting Leon of also doing the same. This results to no avail as Leon reveals he was only retrieving his fallen glasses, embarrassing Francis. Humiliated, Franz returns to his seat before Anne slips him a note. Unable to contain his excitement, Franz chuckles to himself before departing out of the dining chambers, determined to uncover the soviet plot to confirm his suspicions.

Franz goes to the portrait of his father, the former King of Poland to gloat about his believed inevitable victory against the soviets. There, he is greeted by Polish security forces who reveal they have uncovered an earpiece used by the KGB agents and through this communication device, have uncovered the soviet plot. Franz, satisfied with this new information, Franz orders the guards to take positions and to find the new mole they have found about before going back to the palace halls to brag to Anne about the new discoveries. Franz after summoning the janitorial staff to the main chambers begins his xenophobic rant in front of the polish nobility and soviet entourage and explains to Heydar the reason he keeps the polish as his servants is because he believes they are inferior to him and his fellow aryan kind. His speech eventually transforms into a hatefilled rant against "inferior" races to which the surrounding Polish nobility join in gladly with his chants. The soviets, tired of the polish chants attempt to make their exit before Franz prevents them by revealing the soviet spy. Sensing an escalation, Leon creates a distraction using smoke bombs yet is unable to escape when they are surrounded by Polish guards and a bomb is detonated on the soviet helicopter.

Franz, now believing in his final victory, takes a second to soak in his triumph before executing Leon but in spite of holding his enemies within his grasp, it is soon revealed he had played right into their hands. Pedak, a KGB spy divulges himself and holds the now shocked Franz gunpoint and then suddenly, the bomb placed within the palace is detonated, annihilating his ancestral home before his troops are ambushed and swiftly dispatched by the undercover KGB agents. The surviving Polish officials are promptly captured and Francis is greeted by his former Duke, Felix to which Francis is furious to his betrayal, regretting not "killing the filthy bastard" when he had the chance.

Soon after during Heydars outbursts, Pedak kills Francis with a bullet to the head. Ending his life instantly thus ending the life of Prince Francis 'Franz' Jesse Asatru.

## Personality

As described by Felix, Franz is hard-working but impatient. If Franz is irritated he will do anything to get back at the person for annoying him no matter how dumb or insignificant it was. Unlike Anne’s more calm, collected and peace-oriented nature, Franz is the opposite, loudly expressing his opinions and easily starting conflicts with people. Franz greatly values his work and position, frequently advising Anne in Royal matters and working restlessly to keep foreign threats out of his Kingdom, which leads to him coming off as paranoid and eccentric.

Like his sister, he is also extremely racist and a staunch believer of Nordic Supremacy, leading him to view Poles and other Slavs (including the Soviets) as inferior animals who are meant to be ruled by the "Aryan Race". Though, unlike Anne, he is much more passionate and outspoken about his racist beliefs.

## Relationships

###### Queen Anne

Being his older sibling and superior, the two are close yet constantly bicker about each others approach to rule with Franz advocating for a aggressive escalations whilst Anne takes a more relaxed, yet cautious response. Though despite their difficulties at times, the two still care for each other.

###### Leon

Franz is rightfully cautious of the soviet leader and not wanting to appear weak in front of the nobles, masks his fright through the use of insults to him and the Soviet Union. Franz’s dislike for Leon appears to be fuelled by his prejudice to races he deems as inferior to himself and rather than on a personal basis.

###### Robert

The only time we see these two characters react is when Franz furiously demands Robert read a newspaper to the nobles due to the irritation of his hesitance to doing so. We can infer that Franz’s outbursts are not uncommon from Roberts lack of reaction so we know that their relationship consists of mostly verbal abuse towards Robert, though he does not care personally.

###### Felix

Felix being a former duke in the Asatru royal court, Franz must have had a friendly relationship with Felix before the incident which caused his exile. However after the event Franz has no liking to Felix at all, wishing he had executed him when he had the chance when being confronted by him during the fallout of Operation Fallen Eagle.

### Mental/Intelligence

Franz being blinded by his obsession to uncover the soviet plot and his hatred for the ‘inferior’ was taken advantage of by the soviet forces allowing him to be played right into their hands. Franz is not unintelligent by all means but his hot-headed nature causes him to be easily played by those around him.