"Does a carpenter care what color is his hammer?" - Stefan Alzis
"Give a child a hammer and everything becomes a nail." - Unknown

Jurgen Dieters

Jacob Busby Bsc." Date: 18 Dec 1998 15:57:27 GMT
Subject: DG: Bishop - Jurgen Dieters


Henry Stern (Jurgen Dieters)


STR 12 INT 18 EDU 18
APP 16 POW 18 SIZ 16
CON 14 DEX 9

HP 15

Notable skills

Art (Camerawork) 40% Disguise 67% Acting 85% Fast Talk 62% Orate 33% History 63% Law 46% Pistol 57% Administration 88% Computer Use 30% Cthulhu Mythos 32%

Languages: German 90% Spanish 65% English 85%

Weapons: Pistol 55% Rifle 35% SMG 57%

Spells: Dread Curse of Azathoth, Mind Transfer, All spells common to Bishoffe as mentioned in DG sourcebook

Background

To the average man on the street, Henry Stern is the presenter of several popular BBC documentaries. His first work, "Two Hands of China", about the treatment of Chinese dissidents won him critical acclaim, although many in the industry wondered if he was just a flash in the pan. These cynics were disproved by his next documentary, "Cold Feet", which concerned the post Cold-War economic crisis in Russia. (A stark portrayal of the Russian Mafia and corruption within the Kremlin)

Stern turned his eyes to America, in particular the survivalist movement, for his third film. Oddly enough it was abandoned shortly afterards, Stern claiming that there was not enough material for him to do justice to a documentary, instead he announced he would be developping a series of historical pieces.

To the critics eyes there is no doubting that Stern's standards have dropped somewhat since then. Stern claims his shows are vehicles for human rights. "I highlight the dark spots of the world, shining the bright torch of truth upon the corrupt and fallen" but many critics have berate him nonetheless. The format of many of Stern's current works is the same, the Civilised White People are shown as paragons of virtue, whilst the Ignorant Natives would fall to barbarism, cannabalism and civil war the moment the White Men left. Much of his historical research is very selective and only really presents one side of the story. Others commentators argue that these critics did were the same ones who wrote him off as a one-hit wonder at the start of his career and have a vested interest in denouncing his work.

The truth of the matter is that far more insiduous. Rather than being a serious journalist who went down-market to sell his stories to a more populist audience, Stern found something a little darker in the American Mountains than just simple bigotry. He stumbled across a Karotechia- backed cult devoted to Azathoth. Whilst trying to escape with valuable camera footage he fell into a bear-pit and was captured. Stern was subjected to several days of psychological torture (including repeated castings of Dread Curse of Azathoth) before the leader of the cult, Jurgen Dieters, a seventy year old nazi, used a Mind Transfer spell to swap bodies with him.

Having transferred minds with him, Jurgen and his cronies pumped him full of C10904 (See below), stripped him and dumped him in town, safe in the knowledge that if he did talk he would be taken for a junkie coming down from a bad trip and consigned to a mental institute or drug- rehabilitation unit for the rest of his, now considerably shortened, life.

"Stern" originally had brown hair, but this has been dyed blond since his "change" His eyes are crystal blue. Shortly after his ordeal he took a six-month sabbatical, claiming that he needed a rest, but secretly researching all that he could about Stern to play the part as required.

Jurgen Dieters

Jurgen was a mid-level nazi officer who main job during the war was filing paperwork and translating captured British documents. His administrative skills saw much usage during the final months of the war and the first few months of peace, when he organised much of the Nazi exodus to South America. Dieters has nothing but contempt for anybody who is less intelligent than himself, though he will tolerate fools if they serve his purposes. Occasionally his quick-temper gives him away and has earnt him a reputation for being difficult to work with in the world of show-business.

Jurgen has a sadistic streak. He prefers torture to death and like to see former enemies driven insane rather than killed. He is particularly fond of subjecting them to C10904.

The original Jurgen is now in a mental institute in Alabama. He has blue eyes and white (once blonde) hair. He has a hacking cough from a case of laryngitis which he never quite recovered from and he seems to be unable to focus upon the real world for more than a few minutes at a time.

GM Use

As a bishoffe and a cultist devoted to Azathoth, Stern is an obvious threat. However taking out Stern may be very difficult. As a media figure any suspicious disappearance will draw unwanted attention, although this could be written as revenge by the Chinese or the Russian mafia, if the killers are clever enough.

A Stern-backed documentary in "a secret conspiracy within the American goevrnment" might prove a serious handicap to Delta Green, although in these circumstances may see DG and MJ-12 may work together to rid themselves of a common enemy.

Stern's media contacts can be used in other ways, perhaps to distort the truth and portray DG agents as threats rather than saviours. For instance, if the Karotechia learn that Delta Green has destroyed a South African branch of the 777, Stern might let drop a few hints to some of his journalistic friends about American involvement in the butchery of "innocent" South Africans.

C10904

C10904 is a drug developped by Karotechia experiments on Jews during the War. Nicknamed "Daoloth's Brew" the drug is a mixture of Mythos magic and chemistry. The drug has a potency of 15 which is checked against the users CON. Should the user succumb his the sensory elements of the brain are scrambled, causing the user to belive he is hearing through his eyes, seeing through his ears, tasting through touch and feeling through his sense of smell and taste. Understandably this completely disorientates the user and renders them almost completely useless in the real world. The SAN loss for a C10904 trip is d8/2d10. A trip lasts for two hours, however at the end of the trip the user must make a POT vs. POW test. If this result is failed the user becomes prone to flashbacks under stressful situations. Some users of C10904 claim to have seen "The true nature of the Universe" under the efects of this drug but this has been discounted as the mad babblings of lunatics.

C10904 shows up in police drug tests as an LSD variant.


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