Wilhelm Frenz

The Fellowship of the Divine begins to train some of its Divine clerics into the first vindicators—soldiers who use Divine magic as an offensive weapon against the Terran Republic’s enemies, all the while healing and inspiring their fellow soldiers. Soldiers who showed a talent for Divine magic are also recruited to become vindicators. Vindicators could fight and heal using Divine magic, as well as deal with Megor recondites more effectively than any other military unit. The vindicators are managed into the newly formed Champions of the Divine, which works with the Fellowship of the Divine under the umbrella of the Divine Church.

Anson Hodges, Cyril Behrends, Eckbert Zimmerman, Franko Adamson, Liupold McCrae, Paskal Rivera and Wilhelm Frenz become vindicators. They also join the nascent Champions of the Divine as its founding members.

The number of vindicators within the Champions of the Divine grows with each passing year. As such, the Divine Church implements a leadership structure in the form of the Council of Twelve to help govern and manage the Champions of the Divine. The Council of Twelve is made up primarily of the founding members of the Champions of the Divine, including:

• Anson Hodges, appointed as Overseer,
• Cyril Behrends, appointed as liaison for the Terran Republic military,
• Dewi Horn, tasked with handling the nascent Insurgency,
• Eckbert Zimmerman,
• Franko Adamson,
• Hercules Henson, appointed as disciplinary officer,
• Jacob Whitney, appointed as liaison for the Dragoon Corps,
• Jayson Vinkov,
• Liupold McCrae,
• Paskal Rivera,
• Riagan Esgro, appointed as secretary, and
• Wilhelm Frenz, appointed as director of training and recruitment.

Wilhelm Frenz finds a small group of wounded and stranded Megor raiders while on a training mission on Deral with vindicator trainees. Nurses the Megor back to health and arranges to give them transport off the moon. He uses the opportunity to teach the fledgling vindicators compassion. The Council of Twelve and the Terran Republic learn of his actions and call for Wilhelm’s arrest on the grounds of treason.

The Council of Twelve presides over the trial of Wilhelm Frenz, with Anson Hodges as judge, Hercules Henson as prosecutor and Riagan Esgro as court clerk. They declare that Wilhelm is to be expelled from the Council of Twelve and the Champions of the Divine. Anson also excommunicates Wilhelm, cutting off his access to Divine magic. Wilhelm embarks on a self-imposed exile and leaves the Plumeth planetary system.

Wilhelm Frenz learns to reconnect with the Divine and regains access to his Divine magic. He returns to Plumeth, ending his self-imposed exile.

Wilhelm Frenz reforms the Champions of the Divine with the Divine Church’s blessing. He is appointed as the sole leader and vows to put an end to the Hold by any means necessary. He sends out an open call for mercenaries, bounty hunters, raiders and other outlaws to join the Champions of the Divine and the Terran Republic on an all out assault on the Hold. Prospective mercenaries and outlaws are to prove themselves worthy to fight alongside the Champions of the Divine and the Terran Republic in a grand tournament hosted by the Blackwater Trade Cartel on Yriptel.

The Champions of the Divine, led by Wilhelm Frenz, launch an all-out assault on the Hold, entrenched in the Zascoeth and Greth planetary systems. With the help of the Terran Republic military, as well as the mercenaries and outlaws they had recruited, the Champions of the Divine win many victories over the Hold. They reclaim most of the worlds conquered by the undead cyborgs.

The Champions of the Divine receive intel that a great number of Hold starships have amassed in the empty space, near Zascoeth. Wilhelm Frenz leads an armada of starships to the location, only to be ambushed by Hold forces. The Champions of the Divine fleet is decimated and Wilhelm is killed in action.