Born in the summer of 1887, Erich Albert Bismarck has been raised in a life of splendor and wealth. Raised within the halls of Europe's most powerful crowns and politicians over thirty years, Erich was brought up to expect a position befitting his families name. After the dethroning of his grandfather from the position of Chancellor, Erich entered the armed forces, rising to the rank of Major by the time of the "First Weltkrieg". Germany's dramatic rise, and its ultimate defeat at the hands of the allies, resulted in the collapse of the European order his grandfather had worked so hard to build. With its collapse came the collapse of his faith in the country, and as such, Erich left Germany disenchanted after his dismissal in 1919.
 
Traveling to Northern Europe, Erich met, and later married, an older Swedish woman named Adelissa Umk. Growing fond of eachother, they married in 1920, and lived together north of Stockholm for over over fourteen years until her death in 1936. He returned to Germany thereafter, seeking to care for the families estates, later joining the newly formed combat division of the SS in 1937, eschewing his old army rank from the first war for a "fresh start in a division which paid significantly more." He would serve in that unit through various front line combats, including Poland and Dunkirk, until his arrest for crimes of "indecency" in 1941.
 
He would ultimately be sent to a notably harsh penal battalion then attached to Dr. Schmidt von Katzenbrunner until his being saved by the Fruits in March of 1941.