Galina Krause

Galina Krause is the main villain of the Copernicus Legacy series. She is the head of the modern-day Knights of the Teutonic Order of Ancient Prussia. Despite being only 19 years old, she is an evil genius who has led the Order on their mission to steal the 12 Copernicus relics. Once rebuilt, the relics will function as a time machine. Galina will stop at nothing to kill Wade Kaplan and his friends and family because they are fighting the Order. She also wants to stop the Guardians from protecting the relics.

The Forbidden Stone:
Galina is first shown waiting by a Polish seaport near the Baltic Sea. She has a daydream in which she sees the scholar Hans Novak help Nicolaus Copernicus fight off Teutonic Order soldiers. Soon a car, driven by her assistant Ebner von Braun, picks her up and takes her to the airport. Her plane departs to Germany. Once there, Galina and Ebner locate the house of Guardian leader Heinrich Vogel. She and the Order men break into the house and demand Vogel tell them where the first relic is. Vogel injures Ebner but is killed when Galina realizes he told others (the Kaplans) the secret. Vogel is choked to death and dumped in the streets.

Later on, Galina has Ebner build a tracking computer to follow the Kaplans as the investigate Vogel's death. They pursue the family to the cemetery were Vogel is buried. However, she realizes that the Kaplans already