Reinhard Walkenhorst

Reinhard Walkenhorst
Birth name	Reinhard Traugott Stanislaus Walkenhorst
Born	(1868-03-17)17 March 1868 Odermölsen, Saarland, Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance
Died	16 November 1954(1954-11-16) (aged 86) Prabukaraya, Sulawesi, Hindalesia
Allegiance	Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance
Branch	Reichsarmee Heimatkommando (1887-1905; 1920-1933) KOKSK (1905-1920)
Years of service	1887 – 1933
Rank	Generaloberst (1920-1933) General der Waffengattung und der Kolonialmacht (1905-1920)
Unit	Imperial East Europan Hindalesian Legion
Battles/wars	War of Adam's Ear First Europan War Estharian Civil War
Relations	Hildebrandt Walkenhorst (father) Siegfried Walkenhorst (son) Ägidius Walkenhorst (grandson) Sibylle Walkenhorst (granddaughter) Matthäus Walkenhorst (great-grandson) Natascha Walkenhorst (great-granddaughter) Klankain Auchinleck (rival, then friend)

Reinhard Traugott Stanislaus Walkenhorst (17 March 1868 – 16 November 1954) was a prominent general officer of the Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance. Considered a military prodigy, whereby displaying his proficiency in strategic planning, he had graduated as a major in military academy. In the middle years of his career, he had commanded the Imperial East Europan Hindalesian Legion, which fought during the First Europan War and participated in one of the greatest military rivalries in history, against Klanlain Auchinleck. In the last years, he commanded the Imperial Army in the Estharian Civil War, to which he was sacked due to a scandal.

Walkenhorst was held with high regard within the Imperial military and the royal court, but disagreements with Maximillian I and his treatment with the Darscen people had led to his fleeting reputation. Eventually, during the Estharian Civil War, an affair with his Darscen secretary Nitzana Bajraktarević, he was condemned for being a "Darscen-lover," and he was sacked as the commanding officer. Reluctant to continue residing in his home country, he traveled to Hindalesia and dwelled in his residence in Prabukaraya. During the Second Europan War, he was granted special privilege by the Imperial Quenminese Army and remained untouched, though he protected and saved ethnic Hindalesians from Quenminese atrocities which strained his relations. After the war, he was visited by a representative of Maximillian I where he was offered to return unscathed, but declined. He died in his residence on 16 November 1954.

Views

On the Schutzstaffel

They are mindless fanatics with no regards to the laws of the fatherland

— Walkenhorst, in an interview with the LBC

• Forbade his descendants from joining the Schutzstaffel, though his son, Siegfried, deviated, forcibly