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| “ | Mein Reichsführer, we have experienced a rather dramatic development here in Leningrad. I will go into detail when next we meet. in brief: some artifacts we collected have yielded rather tangible results. I have experienced them personally. Suffice to say, I am a changed man. I must now take immediate action on behalf of the Reich. Be advised we deploying immediately, to Stalingrad. I would wait for permission, But our situation is precarious and there is not a moment to lose. you know my devotion to the Reich complete and unshakable. I do not take this action lightly. But I am now in possession of a military asset so radical in nature it will turn the tide of the entire war. Again, details to come when the time is right, Until then, keep faith in me. Tell the Führer this is no cause for alarm, but rather for celebration. The Third Reich shall endure! | „ |
| ~ Wolfram Von List, in a letter to Heinrich Himmler about Die Wahrheit. |
Kampfgruppe Die Wahrheit (German: The Truth) are a subdivision of the Schutztaffel led by SS-Oberführer Wolfram Von List and the main antagonists of Call of Duty: Vanguard's Zombies Mode. They are responsible for plundering various artifacts across the world and assisting Kortifex and Zaballa.
Biography[]
At the wake of the NDSDAP's rise of power in Germany, much of their leadership became dedicated to discovering evidence of the mythological Aryan race in an attempt to legitimize their power. Heinrich Himmler, The head of Schutzstaffel, created many institutions and battalions to discover evidence and created Kampfgruppe Die Wahrheit under the command of SS-Oberführer Wolfram Von List, They would become infamous for raiding antiquities across the globe. In 1939, Von List would meet Professor Gabriel Krafft, a demonologist at the University of Leipzig. While he and his assistant Franz translating an ancient scroll, Von List requested that Krafft leave his work at Leipzig to join Die Wahrheit as an advisor. Krafft refused and later on, Von List murdered Franz and calmly and firmly asked if he had the Professor's attention now. Von List then had dragged Krafft out of the university and brought to an SS prison camp with other explorers, historians and archeologists. There, Von List tasked them all with Die Wahrheit's mission to find a quest to retrieve the Holy Grail, Mjolnir, Atlantis and Shangri-La as examples. Most obeyed, while a handful refused to cooperate, including Krafft, But after the SS arrested Krafft's spouse Sasha, Krafft was left with no choice but to fully cooperate with Von List. Secretly, Krafft swore to himself that if he found anything of use he would use it against Von List and his "Nazi thugs". Krafft would first be tasked with deciphering documents seized at the Société Occulte's old headquarters, The Hotel Royal. They found the notes with pages, Von List arrested the member of the Société Occulte and tortured, and responsible for using a spellbook of Dark Aether rune magic known as Tome of Rituals. Die Wahrheit discovers other missing pages on the globe, Krafft discovered of five artifacts using using the tome by traveling locations to Yucatán, Japan, Iceland, Greece, and the Egyptian Eastern Desert where a temple to "Osiris" was discovered. These artifacts, while appearing, had no use in advancing the Nazis' racial agenda. Regardless, Von List kept them in his possession. Unbeknownst to Die Wahrheit, These artifacts each belonged to a powerful entity of the Dark Aether namely Bellekar The Warlock's Mask, Saraxis The Shadow's Dragon, Vercanna The Last's Wand, Norticus The Conqueror's Horn, Inviktor The Destroyer's Sword, Decimator Shield and Kortifex The Deathless's Scepter. Die Wahrheit would be present at the Battle of Stalingrad in November 1942, where the German 6th Army was encircled by Soviet Forces. Von List led an SS rescue operation to resupply the encircled troops and break the siege. Unfortunately for Von List, on January 31st 1943, General Frederich Paulus would surrender to the Soviets, an event which would have a profound impact on Von List. Die Wahrheit was deployed to Leningrad sometime in March 1944 to support Army Group North. Meanwhile, on March 7th, Uranveiren research group Projekt Endstation performed a test of their cyclotron at Morasko which caused a malfunction, accidentally breaching the Dimensional Membrane between their world and the Dark Aether, Unknowingly re-establishing a link between these two worlds. This event would reactivate the artifacts in Von List's possession. One such artifact was the Scepter of Kortifex, which Von List became drawn to. Kortifex would then bon with Von List, giving him the power to raise the undead. After reporting to Himmler to regarding the situation, Von List would redeploy Die Wahrheit to Stalingrad, bringing Krafft along with him. Von List would lock Krafft in his room, ordering him to both study their findings for anything that could boost Kortifex's power, as well giving him a blank notebook to document Von List's plan of raising of the dead. As Von List went outside and resurrected a pile of dead Soviet and German corpses, Krafft picked a lock containing the other Four Dark Aether Artifacts. Briefly communicated with Bellekar, she and Krafft would soon set up a plan to grant the other entities within the artifacts hosts, as well giving them a fighting chance against the Die Wahrheit and their new unholy allies. Krafft would seal himself in his room with the Tome of Rituals and contact Allied Special Forces in a distress call. When they arrived, Krafft personally gave them access to the four artifacts, with each entity bonding with a Special Forces Operator. Learning of this, Kortifex trapped them in a containment spell with seemingly no way out. The Containment Spell spread at the site of Stalingrad, as well as containment spells being place at Merville, The Hotel Royal, and an Imperial Japanese Army Camp known to the locals as Shi No Numa, The Swamp of Death. As The Allied Operatives travelled across the containment spells, completing their objectives and battling Von List's army of revenants, Von List sends the Allied Operatives a warning to either stop assisting Krafft or die and become part of his army and speak amongst themselves. Von List would send a message to all Die Wahrheit personnel, informing them he was altering their timetable by reducing the time allotted by half. Die Wahrheit would be deployed at all the sites of these containment spells, as well as returning to The Eastern Desert where Kortifex's scepter was first discovered. Kortifex would also place a page of the Tome of Rituals in a void spell, a page which contained information that could be used to separate Von List from Kortifex. Die Wahrheit personnel at the Eastern Desert attempted to detonated charges within the Temple to prevent Krafft from discovering the circumstances of Kortifex's imprisonment. However, upon detonation, the entire area would explode, killing all personnel present and slightly corrupting the area. Von List would send a message to all his personnel detailing the event, bringing up the possibility someone outside of Krafft's influence was working against them as all of Krafft's efforts were currently being focused at Stalingrad. Meanwhile, Allied Special Forces were reinforced by the arrival of Vercanna The Last and her Wand of the Wilds. Vercanna would transport The Allied Operatives to Die Wahrheit's Outpost in Egypt, as well as transporting the shield of the Decimator to assist them, There, they would undertake a mission to awaken the Decimator and use his shield to break Kortifex's void spell used on The Tome page. To assist, Kortifex would deploy his personal assassin, Zaballa The Deceiver, a member of the Sisters of Agony. While Zaballa and Die Wahrheit's undead forces battled The Allied Special Forces, Von List would angrily confront Kortifex regarding their deal, accusing and blaming Kortifex that he had done little to uphold his promise of army of millions, Kortifex firmly warned Von List to mind his tone, he claimed that such a task was proving more difficult than first thought, and that Kortifex was doing everything he could to help. Von List noted much of the Dark Aether was spilling into his world and that he wouldn't need to send him back home as it would already be there on Earth. Kortifex reassures Von List he would take it all with him when the time came to reclaim his throne, and that he was leaving Von List's ball of dust to him alone. Afterwards, Von List would observe as The Allied Special Forces broke the void spell and retrieved the lost page. After the page of the Tome was lost to the Allies, Von List once again confronted Kortifex, this time regarding the page as Kortifex had promised Von List that the page was safe. Kortifex would simply dismiss Von List's concerns as insignificant, threatening to withdraw his support. After that, he would ask Von List if he wanted them to get that page, confusing Von List. In a conversation with Zaballa, who was growing impatient with Die Wahrheit's repeated failures, Kortifex revealed that everything had supposedly been going according to plan. Von List would than order all Die Wahrheit personnel across the globe to consolidate their forces back to the Eastern Desert, personnally sending operatives in Shi No Numa a message stating he was disappointed in their efforts to find the Relic Mirror referenced in the Tome page. The personnel stationed in Japan would obey, but also leave behind their radio equipment, tesla oil, traps and the experimental Wunderwaffe DG-2 built by Ulrich Vogel. Allied Special Forces would soon arrive at the site, seeking to restore the Relic Mirror and restore Saraxis' Memories, as she had previously been separated from a human host at the site centuries ago using the Mirror. They would succeed in doing so, whilst Kortifex and Von List Observed. Saraxis, when her memories were restored, would warn her allies of Kortifex's ultimate goal: seizing control of The Construct within the Dark Aether which would make everyone and everything Von List and Kortifex's playthings. However, Die Wahrheit gathered their forces at the Eastern Desert as commanded, Eventually, Kortifex unleashed a spell to dismantle the Pack-A-Punch Machine as to hinder Allied Special Forces' progress. This would have the unintended side effect of killing most of Die Wahrheit's personnel, much to Von List's dismay. in a private conversation between the two, Von List would express regret having ever bonded with Kortifex after failing to uphold much of his promises. As the Allied Special Forces arrived at the Eastern Desert, they recovered and rebuilt the Pack-A-Punch Machine and used the Relic Mirror to separate Kortifex from Von List. As Von List was left powerless, Kortifex appeared before the Allied Operatives and revealed that they had followed his plan all along, freeing him from his artifact and promising to destroy their realm. Von List would ask what would happen to him, and Kortifex responded cruelly, rudely and claimed that he never mattered and he could join the other redbloods in their fate. He could then teleport Von List to Krafft's room. Shocked and surprised, Krafft held Von list at gunpoint and prepared to shoot him. Von List tells Krafft and the Elder Gods by offering them to help, noting about Kortifex's plan then anyone else. However, Krafft and the Elder Gods agreed, allowing Von List to assist the Allied Operatives in the Trials of the Construct. After the Trials were complete, Krafft firmly and repeatedly tells Von List where Sasha was located. He replies and revealed the truth that Sasha was killed months ago, and Von List mentioned about writing about the love letters from them to keep Krafft docile. Later on, Krafft angrily shoots Von List with his own gun and later informed the Elder Gods that he shot Von List. The Elder Gods mention about Von List and his death, and later on, Krafft tells the Allied Operatives and The Elder Gods to Kill Kortifex. The Allied Operatives arrived at the Dark Aether and shoots Kortifex by shooting three of his eyes while in a large battle and however, Kortifex dies and his corpse was claimed by the bottomless depths of the Dark Aether.
Legacy[]
After Die Wahrheit's disbandment, Kortifex and Von List's Deaths, they will be remembered by his great nephew, Dr. Hugo Jager as Well as Omega Group Leader Colonel Lev Kravchenko. During the Conversation between the two, Kravchenko discussed about Die Wahrhiet and their alliance with Kortifex, notably discomforting Jager who warned him to keep that door closed.
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