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Colonel Reiner Gustave, Chief of Semile Secret Police
Gustave is a veteran of the early wars between the Crusade and the Outcasts, which cemented the independence of Semile and destroyed most of the Norfolkian land outposts. He has a long history of strategic victories against the Norfolkians, who know and even respect him as an astute military leader.
Twenty years ago, when the Norfolkian threat died down, the Colonel and his men returned to Semile and became entangled in the political battles of the Church. Leopold the Red was dying, and the Crusade was being torn between the old guard of Minister Grazer and the new radicals who were preaching on the streets.
Gustave and his special forces units held equal contempt for both sides, and spent most of their days living off the spoils of looting and witch-hunts. For a moment it seemed they were about to become their own lawless mercenary force. But then, one night, Gustave met with Thaddeus Dayne in one of the backstreet drinking halls. Dayne was the first Party member who truly inspired Gustave and made him believe again in the dictates of the Crusade. He began to bring more and more of his soldiers to the halls and clubs where Dayne was speaking, intimidating and coercing the audience until Dayne had their complete attention.
And so, with Gustave by his side as a loyal lapdog, Dayne began his rise through the ranks of the Crusade, bullying and assassinating any rivals who stood in his way. Dayne owes much of his current position to the strong arm of Gustave and his special forces, who now operate as a well-resourced Secret Police known as the
Nephers (short for 'Nephilim', who were the violent cannibalistic offspring of men and angels).