The current empire gained its wealth and status by ruthless imperialism, instigated by the exceptionally long-lived Black Zakhan, a brutal warlord and dictator. After the exodus of the Majhan and the northern expansion of the Dry Main, the chiefs of the Vassa clans elected their own rulers and named them Zakhan. Vassagonia was once a more temperate and peaceful land, ruled over by the god-like Majhan who took the Vassa people under their wing and nurtured them. Both are known to be shot on sight by the Herbwarden Hunters.Ī country with ever-changing borders, usually through conquest, the rich and powerful Empire of Vassagonia controls almost the entirety of the immense sea of dunes of the Dry Main desert. Visitors to Bautar are welcome so long as they have no ties to the Cenerese or any touch of Darkspawn taint. It is also home to industrious humans who produce quality timber, ships and metal goods which are exported from the great port of Talon.
Housing the Grand Grove where all Herbwardens are inducted and altars dedicated to Primary Nature Spirits, the Plenary of Bautar is a druidic land where the Herbalish Order controls every aspect of nature and climate. Bautar was once a much larger territory that encompassed the tropical jungles of Valerion and the plains of Lourden, but it was reduced long before the founding of these nations by vengeful Cenerese wars of attrition after the Herbalish created the cure for the Great Plague and shattered their empire. | Submarine captains - Germany - Biography.The home of the Herbalish, healers in direct opposition to the Cener Druids, the Plenary of Bautar is a lush, fertile country with some of the rarest herbs and medicines on the face of Magnamund. | World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Submarine. | World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, German. Though the story Mulligan relates is engrossing and action-packed, it is also a carefully documented study that breaks new ground in uncovering the sociological background of Henke and his crew in short, it is a study in German history as well as a biography of a U-Boat commander.
LONE WOLF WORLD WAR 2 CODE
The story of Werner Henke - and a narrative outlining the history of his boat, U-515, and its crew - forms the basis for a biography of a man who defies the stereotypes of German character, who never fit in as a career officer in the German Navy, but who chose a suicidalal death in acceptance of the code of the military service whose rules he continually bent and broke. This book relates the life - and death - of rebel German seaman who became one of the most successful U-Boat commanders of World War II. Henke's confrontation with the Gestapo and a detailed account of the sinking of the passenger liner Ceramic further add to the story, revealing the complex reality behind an image too long dominated by propaganda stereotypes. The story of U-515 is also closely correlated to the overall conduct of the U-Boat war, including assessments of Karl Donitz's strategy, the influence of technological innovations, and the contributions of Allied signal intelligence. Fearing he would be turned over to the British and tried as a war criminal, Henke became the only U-boat captain killed in North America while trying to escape as a prisoner of war.Įxamining the backgrounds and attitudes of the crew - including their views on Hitler and the treatment of the Jews - Mulligan sheds new light on the men who constituted an elite in Hitler's Wehrmacht. Henke sank twenty-four merchant vessels and two warships before U-515 itself was sunk and he and his crew captured by a U.S. The story of U-5l5 is closely correlated to the overall conduct of the U-boat war, including assessments of Karl Donitz's strategy, the influence of technological innovations, and the contributions of Allied signal intelligence. Mulligan tells the story of Werner Henke and the crew of U-515 in the Battle of the Atlantic, where they engaged in long-range "lone wolf" operations against Allied ships. In this carefully documented study, Timothy P. This book relates the life - and death - of the rebel German seaman who became one of the most successful U-boat commanders of World War II.
Lone wolf : the life and death of U-boat Ace Werner Henke / Timothy P.
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