Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker
| Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker - presumed deceased | |
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| File:Vonstruker.jpg Portrayed by Joss Ackland | |
| Known Aliases: | |
| Affiliations: | Nazis |
| Socked By: | Dex |
| Introduction: | Operation: Don't Leave Me With The Germans |
A former Nazi scientist, Strucker experimented on mutants in order to further racial purity - as well as pursue find the secret of eternal youth.
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Name: Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker
Aliases: None
Affiliation: None
First appearance: June 26, 2006
Family: None
Biography
Baron von Strucker is a mad old bastard. Born Wolfgang Manfred Strucker in 1914, he was part of the chaotic culture mix of post WWI Germany. Although the son of a Prussian farmer, Strucker was determined to become a doctor, and his ferocious intelligence soon earned him scholarships to the prestigious Frankfurt medical academy where he studied both medicine and philosophy with equal fervor. Like his fellow classmate, Josef Mengele, the concepts of genetics by the way of eugenics and the fascination with twins would remain with him his entire life.
Unlike Mengele, Strucker never made his way to test his theories in the death camps. He served two years on the Russian Front, twice decorated with the Iron Cross for bravery, before moving back to Berlin to join the Nazi medical and bioscience research teams. As the Russians reached the outskirts of Berlin in the spring of 1945, Strucker shut down the entire lab and took his team east, surrendering to American forces a few weeks later. The meticulous Strucker had made sure to have all evidence and documentation of their research completely destroyed, and the secret projects that they were involved in remained nothing but rumours.
Dr. Strucker spent eighteen months in various camps and tribunals, until he was cleared from any involvement with war crimes, and released into the newly formed West German Republic. His status as a legitimate war hero, lack of Nazi ties (Strucker had been general infantry, and not SS), and charming manner had earned him friends amongst the allies, and their help enabled him to launch his first medical research company in 1948. He slowly collected the members of his wartime staff from around the country (and a few from Russian controlled Eastern Germany) and began to reassemble their work.
Strucker Medical Sciences soon became a large name in pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, vaccines and biotechnology. Manfred purchased an impoverished barony in 1953, adding the ‘von’ honorific to his name and title. Over the next fifty years, Strucker continued to grow, securing a sizable percentage of the European market, and continuing a traditional of cutting edge science.
Of course, the trouble is that Strucker is a jackal in human skin, and no one has seemed to notice yet. His experiments in Berlin were every bit as gruesome as those performed in the death camps, but unlike Mengele, Strucker was more thorough about not leaving evidence and covering his tracks. His obsession with genetic Aryan supremacy has never left him, and his belief that twins encompass the best of those qualities when mated has driven his work into increasingly darker themes.
The last thirty years has seen his work follow two main focuses; the integration of mutant genes into his eugenics programs, and the extension of his own life. Already past 90, Strucker fears dying, and is convinced that by using both lines of obsession, he can thwart death. In this, his mind has grown further twisted, and his experiments have started to turn to even more bizarre and cruel directions.
Powers/Abilities
None.
Plots
Operation: Don't Leave Me With The Germans
Meta
Socked by: Dex
PB: Joss Ackland
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