Character Plans

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I've been kind of wondering what direction everyone wants to take their characters. Whatever the final decision on how things work, it'll be comparatively less restrictive than the old CP system. What kind of units would you lead? What ideas do you have?

Here's mine.



Friedrich Hautt
Current Command: SS-Grenadier Platoon
Desired Command: SS-Panzergrenadier HMG Section.

Hautt is only a junior sergeant. It's time to reduce the size of his command. I'd like to relegate him to a less involved command, and a section of two HMGs is a useful element that fits the bill. Character-wise, I need to get him introduced to more people. My greatest regret is that my only Hautt/Heiko thread died without being finished. Might be cool to do it over again, and get to know some of the other interesting characters in the German faction. Foreigners just get stabbed in the stomach, Heiko-style. Krsh krsh. Might move him back to Das Reich, which I like a little better as a unit.


Ernst Bahn
Current Command: None!
Desired Command: Fallschirmjäger Company

My only thread as Ernst (with Mac) never really got rolling much. I put a lot of work into fleshing him out as a character, and want to put as much effort into his unit. Since we may very well see drops and airlandings soon, this would be a good character to try some of that with. I had the idea of using the FJ Company as the nucleus of a Kampfgruppe, a mixed unit with whatever people want to experiment with. Anti-tank guns, infantry guns, mortars, motorized infantry, mechanized infantry, combat engineers, you name it.


Jan Nordmann
Current Command: Nada
Desired Command: Panther Platoon

I've never gone further than getting his app approved. Kind of shot myself in the foot when I decided to put him with the Grossdeutschland Division since they fought exclusively on the Eastern Front from 1941 onwards, but whatev. While I eventually want to get cozy with a platoon of Panther tanks, I'd prolly start with Panzer IIIs and get the hang of tank combat before upgrading gradually. If anyone needed armor support, I'd be happy to offer a tank or two.


Sō Hiroyasu
Current Command: Nihil
Desired Command: Special Naval Landing Force

Commanding a force of Japanese soldiers in the Pacific should have been difficult enough, but I figured that going overboard couldn't hurt. The SNLF are the Japanese Marines. They're not as well trained or equipped as their Army counterparts, and often have tougher missions, but compensate with sheer balls-out manliness. Not literally, which is gross, but meaning that these guys are happier if they do die, so long as they kill a few white devils first. That takes huevos of steel. With a company of nearly 300 guys, I could probably get more than a few players PTSD from nightmarish jungle battles. Banzai!


Anton Trubachev
Current Command: Motor-Rifle Company
Desired Command: Penal Company

Leading an entire Soviet infantry company is a respectable job. Whip them into line and throw them at the enemy line, occasionally shooting a few to teach them a lesson. Problem? I don't want respectable. I had the idea of leading a small punishment unit. You know, those guys forced through minefields at gunpoint to redeem themselves after screwing something up? Yeah. I thought it might be cool to use such a unit in a campaign. Prolly would offer some of em as fodder for other Soviets needing human shields for their assaults. Working on a system to govern how often and how many replacements the unit gets to keep it from being an annoyingly impenetrable auto-repleneshing wall of guys. No heavy weapons except a couple of HMGs to shoot deserters with. No AT weaponry, few grenades, minimal ammunition. Hell wearing red stars.



So what kind of ideas are swimming around your grey matter? What would you change about your current characters? Where would you take new or unused characters? Has anyone thought about breaking ground in the Pacific, or having characters try roles that haven't been done before? I could see Laya at the head of the first unit of T-34s, grinding out those tough victories that caused 80% of German casualties east of Berlin. Or D'Dario leading a Plotone di Paracadutisti to cause trouble in the Balkans and North Africa.

[Laya Eteric]

Heh, looks good. I'm curious, how much would be under the command of just a junior sergeant? Would it be just her own tank of a small group? On a side note, I'm wondering how easy it would be to transfer to heavy tanks once IS-2 shows up.

[Christopher J. D'Dario]

I'm thinking of revamping D'Dario almost entirely. Start again with him coming out of hospital after his fight with Nathan's forces. I would like to have a story arch planned out but I've always just kinda made it all up as I went along. The overall plan is for D'Dario to become the commanding officer of Pelican Company and provide support to other axis members in the form of machineguns, flamers and mortars. Beyond that.... I don't have much.

[Sgt. John Walters]

With John I'd ideally like to stay with the British, but If I can some how get involved with a Canadian Unit I'll be more than happy. He is a gritty war veteran, anticipating the end of the war. I never got a chance to flesh out his character, but I feel this reboot would really help.

My German Character Michael Stemmler is almost finished, I just need to do a Writing Sample. With him originally I wanted to be a SS-Tank Commander, but I'm not sure If I still want to do that. Either wanna stay in the SS, or go with Hautt and the Fallschirmjaeger.

I would also LOVE to make a US Marine character, and a pilot of some sort; It doesn't matter what nation, but one with some knowledge I have.

This is all I got planned for now.

[Aaron Hroda Schellenburg]

It feels nice to be back and to see the site rising from the grave, as far as my characters go i have a few ideas in either revivng, removing or revamping them completely.

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1. Aaron at this point is still fighting on the French Partisan side. Perhaps he can get into some kind of sticky situation once more to really bring forth more character development. After all he is a German-Jew with very strong Jewish features so this can definately be a triple whammy for some potential plots.

2. With Toby I do know the he and Stephen have romance going on (forbidden romance). But I do want this man to get out into the air and partake in battles. I try to skirt around this because of my lack of confidence in being effective but hey won't know until I try. Maybe hopefully he would score a victory and usher in some kind of promotion or new youngins to mentor.

3. Genevive is such a wild card that needs plots. She is a very able field nurse would would probably do her best in patching up bulletholes but she do need to get aclaimated with a company; so hopefully this can definately be done in the future.

4. With Hanna I have zero idea where to really take her and I may have to let her go sadly.

5. With Libella she is a Soviet spy... I would like to prehaps pick back up with her being sent back off to Germany to seemingly work under the Nazi regime as a probable secretary under the Gestapo headquarters in Berlin. This could open up more plots.

Yeah this is all I have for my characters and whatnot. Nothing too special other than more plots in the future.

[PuNk! ™]

A few ideas for my characters I have in the pipeline...

Captain Liam Brentwood: (♔ Liam J. Brentwood)
As most of you know, his a notorious British Captain of the 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats) and bit of a wild card with his somewhat unorthodox ways and links to "The Jackals" which he formed alongside his fellow loyal friends and comrades within the division; primarily the Sergeants of his platoon/s.

The last storyline installment I had with Liam, if I remember rightly, involved a bitter vengeance against Edward"Butcher"McMillan whom was his close friend and "right hand man" back in the day. Who eventually turned against Liam and joined the Axis forces with ∬: Rafael Z. Wolfram in his SS Division.

If the newer group of you don't know the storyline, it's steeped in a lot of history and a lot of the older members might know the story a bit better... Anyhow, I was thinking of rekindling old flames and venturing down the same storyline, but with a possible twist or two - which I won't mention, as it takes the fun out of improvising during role play and seeing where things go.

I have a lot planned for Liam... But they might need the leverage of a few old members to get it going.

Lieutenant Kyle Steinbeck: (☠ Kyle Steinbeck)
Currently I'm revamping this character completely. He was a textbook officer, but I'm looking to venture down new paths with him and with my current starter-thread on-going to get the ball rolling, I'll be looking to draw in more people and form what might be a larger storyline on the Axis side of the wire.

However... It might not be completely kosher... Jewish pun intended.
So I'd be looking for Axis characters who don't mind dabbling off the topic of the war a little and venturing down new avenues into what might be considered "corruption" within the war and how some may have used it to take advantage for themselves.

It's a storyline yet to be fleshed, but I have some deep thoughts on where I would like to take it and think it could open a new storyline on the forum that hasn't really been explored before. It could be really interesting. Again, it's a storyline that would allure those who wouldn't mind going off topic a little from the typical jackboot threads and wouldn't mind putting their character in a darker shade of light; so to speak.

Peter Brannigan: (✚ Peter T. Brannigan)
One of my first characters on the site that I've never really had the chance to explore and I'm eager too.

I have no real plans for him at the moment, no shady plots, no heroic gestures in mind, I just want to play him out for who he is - a humble man with some dark secrets as he tries to cope dealing with the gruesome side of the war. Perhaps he'll find love? Perhaps he'll crumble under the stress? Or perhaps he'll let his secrets eat him alive...

I'm just looking to flesh Peter out. I've had him since 2007 when this site was founded and I've always wanted to give him the chance he deserved on the site. You don't see many combat medics on here and again, it could prove to be a storyline that hasn't been explored on the site before.


I have a couple of other characters, but I don't have no plans for them at the moment though. If anyone wants to get involved with my current active characters, then don't hesitate to let me know!

[Liesl Von Stauffenberg]

Liesl Von Stauffenerg

As much as I love my nurse, I feel as though she needs to be revamped a bit. In any case she needs more character development as a character and individual. While Romance can be a thing with her...I would really love to write out how skilled she is in the medical field. Since I have a headcanon that she actually went to school to become a nurse to begin with, I want to at least have an RP where she demonstrates those skills.

Victoria Clarke

So far she is the easiest to get into character by far for me. I have a few RPs going on with Punk, James and Mac, so as for character development....I just want her to grow as a person. So far she has this, lets say vision about what war is and dare I say she romanticizes it a little. I want to break her. I want her to become withdrawn at some point have a roller coaster of emotions as she tries to deal with how she copes with her experiences.

Also---I would love to have an RP with her stuck behind enemy lines. That would be an awesome thread to do.


Raushan Ilichiyana Kaptsova

I donno what to do with her quite yet...besides Liesl, she is kinda one of the hardest OCs to portray after being away from IO for some time.

Suoh Yukimura
I----really don't know what to do with her yet. If we ever do the Pacific side of WW2 I would have some use...but, it'll be a challenge giving her a reason to be where she is or at least fixing the mess of information about the OC.

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@laya

If I remember right, Soviet tank platoons had 3-4 tanks and were commanded by a Lieutenant in one tank, with Sergeants commanding the others. They weren't really divided into sections like German tanks. You could command a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th tank no problem.

@walters

Any questions about SS or FJ TOEs, I'm your man. The FJ are really unique in how they have to use different approaches to situations than the Army or SS, since they have basically no armor and require most of their equipment to be dropped or airlanded.

If you can get a company-sized command, I'll gladly offer Hiroyasu to your Marine. "Where the hell do you put the bayonet?" ~Chesty Puller upon seeing a flamethrower for the first time.

@schell

If you're ever up for a quick scrum, Hautt is ready and willing. Could probably work out some victory conditions more suited for partisan-style play than typical line battles.

@danny

Would you be interested in having a Steinbeck/Bahn thread? There's potential for good chemistry and interesting storylines there I think. I can start a thread if you can think of a setting. Specific or generic, we could go something cool.

@the Liesl

If you want Victoria to see the grim side of war, there's none better than Hautt.

And since Yukimura is the only other Japanese character on here, we might as well try something with her and Hiroyasu.

[Liesl Von Stauffenberg]

@hautt

Ooooo----that sounds like a good idea actually. I would like to see what happens to Victoria...it would be an awesome thread to do tbh. Also yeah, I think Yukimura and Hiroyasu should do some interactions since they are the only Japanese currently.

[Laya Eteric]

Ahh, seems good,, Hautt. I know Americans would always send a 5 tank platoon out for *any* threat, no less, (sorry, big cat fanboys =p) but I wasn't sure how many the Soviet one would be or who commanded it.

[Aaron Hroda Schellenburg]

That would be pretty solid. I have to get Aaron back into the swing of things. I am ready and willing, I can shoot a PM if we want to discuss this further.

[Heiko Alkema]

All of my characters are terribly underwritten, and what I have written isn't terribly good, I'll admit.


Sgt. Alkema (Heiko Alkema)

The story so far:
A veteran of the early campaigns in Poland and France, as well as Barbarossa, the initial Invasion of Russia. Then transferred to North Africa as part of the Afrika Korps[1][2]. He escapes the mass surrender in Tunisia and fights briefly in Sicily[3] before being sent back to Germany.

After this, the story is wide open from mid 1943 to early 1945 when for whatever reason he's been forced to fight under SS supervision at Rocherath during the battle of the bulge and is killed in the chapel assault by Nicholas Ealing's men[4].

Heiko is probably the most developed of my characters, but not by much. He's a rebel within the ranks, a nationalist zealot with a grudge against the Nazi regime. He also has pretty severe PTSD with hallucinations, unpredictable and violent outbursts, and a bad alcohol problem when away from the front.

This could make him a great candidate for ☠ Kyle Steinbeck‘s corruption storyline. Would be nice to work in some Heer vs SS infighting in the backrooms of power. I’d definitely like to know more about what you have planned there, Punk.

Lt. Alkeav (Nikolai Feliksovich Alkeav)

The story so far:

A peasant turned officer of the Red Army with a knack for learning languages. The only details of his war story that have been nailed down are that he was at Stalingrad with Sergey Anatkin[*] and Laya Eteric[*] and later wound up in England in June of 1944 as a translator in a diplomatic entourage[*], then sent to the front in Normandy where he fought along side Mac Bargett[*][*] briefly.

A gentleman and a soldier, who knows his way around a number of languages. I think I've actually had more threads with him than my other characters but he still doesn't have a lot of history or flavor to him; he's still a little flat as a character. I'd like to play on the linguistic aspect and slip him behind the lines into Germany/Berlin in late 1944-1945 to do some good ol' espionage. Could work him into either Ivana's or Steinbecks stories, or better yet both.

Lt. Strange (Jonathan Strange)

The story so far:

Drafted straight out of university in 1940 before the war began, Strange was thrust into a commission as an officer in the US Army more or less against his will. He has suffered setback[*] after setback[*] in Africa and in France; passed over for promotion almost the entire war. 

I like Strange. I believe he's one of, if not the only, draftee on the Allied side of the war, which immediately sets him apart. He didn't choose to be part of the war but now he's responsible for making sure he and his men make it out the other side alive and he's not particularly good at that. I see his mounting failures and loses as taking a heavy toll on his psyche as guilt piles on with every death under his command. I'm not sure he'll win his struggle with his internal demons, and will generally deteriorate as the war draws to an end until all his youthful optimism is beaten out of him. He's not an soldier, he doesn't take his anger out on the enemy, instead just withers away. It's a dark story and one that IO hasn't seen on the Allied side, and I'd like to explore it.

Cpt. D'Alisa (Silvan Marcussen D'Alisa)

Story so far:

Eh... his Italian... and an officer... oh and he's a paratrooper. That's it.

He has no story or personality as yet. He's Italian which means he has no one to really talk to here. So... don't really know what to do with him.

[Stephen Colly]

Hmm...Okay. LOVE the ideas.

Stephen:

Many of you may or may not know who he is. He is a dear character as was my first ever on this site and has gone from my obsession with the book and play War Horse to a character of his own. He is the first openly gay character and has had many incidences of being with men - he once loved Edward McMillan but that's beside the by. He has had run ins with priests who have tried to change him but he struggles to want to. At present, him and Toby sort of hooked up (MODERN LANGUAGE!) for a night and not sure where you want that to go Aaron? Punk - If you want Stephen to be involved somehow in Liam's storyline let me know? At the moment I have not got many ideas unless Stephen goes to jail for being gay...

Josef Claude:

Another really old character. A Jew who spent time in the concentration camps. Can't really see any storylines developing as he has been in Germany...

I am thinking of creating more characters but really want to try and sort of Stephen's journey first. Maybe he could get a girlfriend...

[Sgt. John Walters]

Liesl Von Stauffenberg

Perhaps Victoria and John can continue their story in the bar? I'd would be interesting to see where this relationship ends up.

PuNk! ™

What about the thing John and Liam had back in the Desert? We never really expanded on that story (perhaps my fault), and I'd like to bring John closer to Liam; not only as a soldier but as a friend.


@friedrich700

I need convincing my friend, should I put Michael Stemmler in the SS or the Fallschirmjaeger? I don't wanna leave him alone.

[Victoria Adaline Clarke]

@john

Yeah that sounds good. We'll just see what happens.

ALSO---I wanna add in for Victoria. Her Brother is Missing in Action, and she believes she can find him and bring him home. I kinda want an RP with that. u w u