Practice sketches of Krieger, prepared, ironically, for ThreshTheSky's own [art practice contest](https://threshthesky.deviantart.com/journal/New-Contest-New-Kiriban-431572450), as there were literally no good references I could find worthy of his inspection. Still not perfect, but at least I consider these sufficient for the task. Rudolph stems from the same pre-DYOS project as Toyoda, although technically he was first put to paper even earlier. He joined the Bundesheer in 1991 and on special commendation was promoted to the KSK in 1997, serving as part of a secretive six-man squad nicknamed the *Weiße Wölfe* (White Wolves). In addition to usual special forces operations, the unit served as part of the shadow war against my recurring arch-villain; he had a penchant for genetically-engineered monstrosities and the team was often tasked with "cleanup operations", a euphemism for sometimes ruthless quarantine and sterilization procedures that earned the Wolves the unflattering nickname "the Angels of Death". The unit was controversially disbanded in 2004 and Krieger retired from the Bundeswehr, only to resurface as a soldier under contract with the Russian army the same year, the exact reason why involving longstanding plot spoilers. Ironically, DYOS provides a more plausible justification for how he ended up with the Russians than the original setting. [Originally submitted to DeviantArt March 2014.](https://www.deviantart.com/el-thorvaldo/art/Rudolph-sketches-442740037) See post for full description.