The Strigoi-Trupp

Der Strigoi-Trupp (The Strigoi-Troop) is a sub-faction for the Thule within the novel Dark Blaze. Their commander was Gen.Maj. Freidrich von Laaber before his death at the Battle of Königsberg in February 1916.

By the end of Dark Blaze, their fate is unknown, as is who will become their new commander.

Background:
The Strigoi-Troop were first formed during the Napoleonic Wars by the Thule to help them exploit Europe after Napoleon had made it extremely hard for the Thule to operate and aided the Vatican.

After the Napoleonic Wars were at an end, the Strigoi-Troop were retired until the Great War, where they were reformed by their original commander, Friedrich von Laaber.

Affiliates:

 * Fritz Blunk - Initiate of the Strigoi-Troop, killed beforehand.
 * Wilhelm von Goethe - Initiate of the Strigoi-Troop, killed beforehand.
 * Friedrich Zieger - Initiate of the Strigoi-Troop, killed beforehand.
 * Thomas Werner - Initiate of the Strigoi-Troop, killed beforehand.
 * Béla Kiss - Initiate of the Strigoi-Troop did not make the cut.
 * Cuman Kurtz - Initiate of the Strigoi-Troop did not make the cut.

Appearances:
The Strigoi-Troop feature exclusively in Nicholas Aero and Hadrian Voivode's 1915-1916 storylines.

Trivia:

 * Cuman Kurtz's name comes from the Cumans, a nomadic people who settled in Central Europe, and Kurtz, one of the central characters from Joseph Conrad's - The Heart Of Darkness.
 * Béla Kiss was a real person, who during the war was sired and became a member of the Thule.
 * Friedrich von Laaber is only one of two supreme-strigoii who transformed into a great-bat.
 * Dean Cuthbert is the only known English member of the Strigoi-Troop.
 * Gabriel Van Helsing and Nicholas Aero have killed the most members of the Strigoi-Troop.