General Von Steuben
Fredrick William Hoffman (a.k.a. Fredick Von Steuben)
"Soldiers stand at the ready, we are at war, and I will not tolerate laziness unt dilly-dallying!" -General Von Steuben
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Born Fredrick "Fred" Hoffman, Fred was a historical reenactor who worked at Valley Forge Park before the Great War. Fred studied the life of Frederick Willhelm Von Steuben, a renowned revolutionary hero, a Prussian man who joined with the continental army to Valley Forge to train them into becoming a force capable of taking on the British Empire. Fred made it his mission to create as accurate of a portrayal of Von Steuben as possible, learning a Prussian accent, memorizing all the events of Von Steuben's life and even learning the Prussian military's tactics for that period. During the great war Fred wandered the wasteland around the Valley Forge area, eventually finding refuge within the ruins of the King of Prussia Mall.
After the first winter Fred wandered the wastelands for a time, searching for and finding the occasional survivor, but most of what he found was still smoking buildings and rubble as the fresh radiation from the fallout was still settling. After the first 20 years of wondering, Fred Hoffman died, his mind retreating into his persona of Von Steuben. When Von Steuben awoke, he came to his senses with one purpose, to return to Valley Forge and regroup with the continental army to begin their training. Steuben entered into the Valley Forge Visitor Center in February of 2099 and got to work on finding the "continent army". The madman, now suffering the effects of ghoulification reactivated the many securitrons found within the building and set their programming to "reenact" mode.
The first battle that the Continental army fought was with the Gore Child super mutant tribe that took up residence within the ruins of the King of Prussia Mall on August 23rd, 2110, now known to settlers of the KOP Wasteland as The Mall. The Massacre at The Mall is what it came to be known as, Von Steuben and his metal soldiers swept through the super mutant nest and slaughtered everything within The Mall. After the battle Von Steuben chased the remaining super mutants into the Philly Dark Zone, where he and his continental army were lost for nearly a century.
On May 9th, 2205, Von Steuben and ten of his securitrons appear once again at The Mall. By this time the Massacre at The Mall had fallen into myth and legend and was used by several groups as the inspiration for their forming. One such group is the Philadelphia Minutemen, who formed in March of 2202 after they battled their own threat. When Von Steuben arrived at The Mall, he was greeted by a lively settlement home to dozens of families, and all being protected by a fledgling minutemen movement. Being disheartened at the sight of these untrained mercenaries, Von Steuben took it upon himself to round them up and begin training them at the Valley Forge Visitor Center.
That summer, Von Steuben and the minutemen trained within The Forge and honed their skills and tactics, becoming a formidable regiment of fighters and protectors of The Mall and the other settlements within the King of Prussia area. Following their training, Von Steuben was voted into becoming the acting general of the Continental Army and the Philadelphia Minutemen giving him full control over their movements and actions.
To this day Von Steuben acts as the Minutemen's general and commands the vast platoons and regiments of the minutmen from his oeprating base within The Mall, guarded by his remaining securitrons.
Age
253
Date of Birth
July 19th, 2037
Birthplace
Valley Forge Pennsylvania
Children
Sex
Male
Gender
Man
Eyes
brown, darkened whites
Hair
buzzed, greying brown
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
greyish, tan gaunt skin
Height
5' 10"
Weight
154
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