Major Ian Kurz || Apocalypse Rising

Name: Ian Kurz Gender: Male Age: 47 Height: 6’6” Nationality: United States Allegiance: None Occupation: Former USASF Colonel, currently rogue warlord

Appearance: Hair: None Eye: None Skin: None Body type: Literal skeleton Others: Kurz is a literal skeleton, having no skin, muscles, tendons, or organs

Personality: Inhuman: Kurz simply cannot identify himself as a human, despite the fact that he still acts like he usually would. One could shake his hand and feel the grip or relate to Kurz, but the fact is that he simply is not there, possibly some sort of body dysmorphia. Psychotic: Due to not being adapted to being an undead (and the trauma of having been killed), Kurz sometimes has violent mental breaks, which is usually directed towards denizens of the Layte Republic. Other times, he will have a sad wander. However, symptoms of psychosis rarely happen for him, surprisingly. Methodical: Kurz usually takes his time to plan things, and especially when his plans are being executed. He is not one for tripping up, living by the motto, “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.”

Kurz is a resurrected skeleton. He has no connective tissue or organs except for his bones, and he is animated by magic. Said magic is slowly decaying, however, which means that Kurz’ time and strength are limited.

Relationships: Ex-wife: Kurz does not hate his ex-wife, but he does not love her.

Kurz is a third-generation West Point student and is actually able to link his lineage back to American soldiers in the Battle of Bunker Hill. As such, he was expected to be in the military, which he joined, somewhat out of a desire to serve his country, but mostly because he was pressured into doing so. He was an excellent student and an even better officer, although doing so made him feel unfulfilled. He married, but was overall unhappy with his marriage, and promptly divorced his wife after several years, having refused to marry ever since.

He joined the expedition into Phantasia because he felt called to bring justice to the people who carried out the massacre in San Francisco and a belief that he would be in another WW2-like scenario. Of course, after the initial excitement died down, Kurz found himself growing disillusioned with what he perceived was the lack of action by the UNJTF, and after several months of planning, went AWOL during a Layte raid on the FOB, although he died during the raid by the combination of being mauled, getting burnt by a Layte mage, and accidentally getting hit by friendly artillery. Some time afterwards, Kurz was resurrected by a necromancer who wanted to build an army, only to be murdered by Kurz, who was much less than happy to be under the command of another person. Afterwards, he raised his own army, recruiting anyone from the local Phantasian population willing to fight both the Layte Republic and the UNJTF, although he has resisted fighting the latter due to his previous affiliation with them. How the UNJTF has not actually killed him yet is unknown.

Kurz finds himself to be aroused by nothing and is most likely asexual. This feeling has increased almost tenfold when he became a skeleton, and actively avoids romance himself, although he permits his subordinates to be romantic with each other. His avoidance for romance seems to be personal preference, though. He dreads returning to society, believing that people would see him as a monster. There likely are people back on Earth who would agree with Kurz’s views, however.

Kurz utilizes an FN SCAR-L with an EOTech EXPS3, an FN40GL underbarrel grenade launcher, a MAWL-C1+ laser sight mounted on the top rail, and a KAC QDSS-NT4 suppressor and a machete for melee combat.

Kurz is a warlord. He is the leader of the Phantasian Sons of Democracy, which is warband that consists of disillusioned Phantasian soldiers, demihuman volunteers, mercenaries, and whoever else would be willing to destroy the Layte Republic, They are armed like medieval soldiers, although there are reports that seniormost members of the PSOD have been seen using M16s and AKMs. The PSOD use guerilla warfare against the Layte Republic while avoiding active conflict with the UNJTF.

There is nothing that Kurz likes after devoting his entire life to destroying the Layte Republic.

Kurz heavily dislikes the Layte Republic for what he perceives as barbarism and plans to wipe out the entire kingdom. Kurz dislikes the UNJTF for not wiping out the Layte Republic.

Combat Gear: Kurz wears Fire Resistant Environmental Ensemble gear under his Multicam Crye G4 combat uniform. On his head is a FAST helmet with Profile NVG goggles and an NVG bracket, a rail-mounted headset, a battery pack on the back, and US flag patches. He wears a damaged respirator. He wears a Crye Precision Jumpable Plate Carrier with experimental armor plates that can take approximately two 7.62x51mm AP rounds before shattering, magazine pouches that carry SCAR-L magazines, and a radio that is no longer functional. Sometimes, he will wear a cloak to cover most of his gear.

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