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*Name: August
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Name: Oberleutnant August Etzel Shriver
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Age: 29
Gender: male
Ethnicity: German
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Location: Has a home in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, but spends more of his time in an apartment in Berlin.
Occupation: Officer of the Wehrmacht (Oberleutnant, equivalent of First Lieutenant)
Affiliation: Axis

Eye Color: light blue
Hair Color/Style: Dirty blonde, cut short, often slicked back
Skin Tone: fair
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 163 lbs.
Clothing: For the most part, August isn't seen out of his Wehrmacht uniform out of protocol.
*Defining Features: Tattoo on left shoulder, scar on right hand
*Scars/Tattoos:

1 Tattoo -
+ Edelweiss on left shoulder, accompanied by the words Im Gedächtnis Von Anneliese - a memorial for Anneliese Holzknecht, his late fiancée.

2 Scars -
+ Across the back of his right hand, got in a knife fight as a teenager
+ Around right thumb, broken glass

Accent: He speaks English almost fluently, but with a strong German accent.

*General Personality:
August is a man set in his beliefs and ways, a strong believer in what is right and just, a devout religious man, and a lover of people. A patriot, and a Leutnant in the Wehrmacht, he doesn't necessarily have Nazi leanings. More to the truth, August feels a need to fight for his country, even though he doesn't agree with many Nazi ideals. Always a family man, he is devoted to his mother and father, as well as his six younger siblings, and anyone else he may share blood with. He has a fondness for children, and dotes on his nieces and nephews when he sees them. Amiable and prone to laughter, he has an infectious sort of smile and makes friendships easily. Fairly laid back, August doesn't understand why people have the need to rush around, tends to take it easy. Because of this, perhaps, it's hard to get August into a temper, though when he does get angry, he (like his mother) has a tendency to become violent.

Strengths: Strong sense of family, love of people, makes friendships easily.
Weaknesses: Children, seeing people in bad situations, a bit too altruistic at times, bad temper when it comes to that
Likes: People, kids, music, rain
Dislikes: Hot weather, the need to rush

*Family:
Mother, Adelheid Shriver, 52
Father, Conrad Shriver, 56
Brother, Conrad Shriver, 27
Brother, Deitfried Shriver, 27
Brother, Florian Shriver, 25
Brother, Jochim Shriver, 23
Brother, Heiner Shriver, 23
Sister, Elise Goebel, 20
Sister-in-Law, Dorothea Shriver, 26 (Conrad's Wife)
Sister-in-Law, Imke Shriver, 27 (Deitfried's Wife)
Sister-in-Law, Antje Shriver, 25 (Florian's Wife)
Sister-in-Law, Cathrin Shriver, 22 (Jochim's Wife)
Brother-in-Law, Julian Goebel, 22 (Elise's husband)
Niece, Adele Shriver, 7 (Conrad and Dorothea's eldest)
Nephew, Hartwig Shriver, 5 (Conrad and Dorothea's second child)
Nephew, Isaak Shriver, 3 (Conrad and Dorothea's youngest)
Niece, Grete Shriver, 6 (Deitfried and Imke's eldest)
Nephew, Eduard Shriver, 4 (Deitfried and Imke's youngest
Nephew, Etzel Shriver, 4 (Florian and Antje's eldest)
Nephew, Inge Shriver, 2 (Florian and Antje's youngest)
Niece, Beatrix Shriver, 2 (Jochim and Cathrin's daughter)
Nephew, August Goebel, 2 months (Elise and Julian's son)
Fiancée, Anneliese Holzknecht, deceased (at age 22)

*History

August was the first child of seven born to Adelheid and Conrad Shriver, in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Born 1909, five years before the beginning of WWI, he can recall a little of his father's leaving in 1916 and his return in 1918, when the Great War ended. By the time Elise was born in 1919, August was ten years old, and already more like his father Conrad than his mother would have liked. Though his parents got along, Adelheid had had higher hopes when she had married Conrad - he wasn't exactly the knight in shining armour she had been dreaming of. Conrad was a gentle, laid back man, who had a love of children and, as he put it, "the finer things." Adelheid, on the other hand, was a bad tempered sort of woman who had a need to be going somewhere and doing something at all times. She rushed wherever she went, something that bothered Conrad to no end. When August showed himself to be of the same mould of his father, Adelheid was rather disappointed.
August met Anneliese in 1926, when he was 17 years old. She was 16, a year behind him at the gesamtschule [Secondary School] they both went to. The two began dating on and off for the two years August remained at the school. For a year they saw each other little, then, when Anneliese graduated, they got back together. The two became engaged in the fall of 1929. Unfortunately, Anneliese was in a car crash two months before the date, and was killed. August went through a period of intense depression and self destruction, which continued until he attempted suicide in early 1930. Rescued by his brother Deitfried and his wife Imke, they nursed him back to health and happiness. Ashamed of himself and feeling empty, August left Düsseldorf, kicked around for a bit, before coming home again in fall of 1931. He bought a permanent apartment, settled down for the failing months of 1931, until the summer of 1932. In August of 1932 he enlisted in the Wehrmacht Now, nearly seven years later, he is an officer (Oberleutnant, equivalent of First Lieutenant in the British/American army).

Anything Else?: He has a three year old German Shepherd named Sigi (short for Siegfried).