✧. 𝓗einrich 𝓢chneider . ✧

✦ Heinrich was raised in a conservative Catholic family and still retains many of those beliefs, although the war has considerably weakened his faith.
He usually carries a small wooden rosary hidden inside his uniform and, in moments of stress, unconsciously holds it between his fingers.

✦ Sometimes he goes into empty churches just to sit in silence, even if he feels he no longer knows how to pray properly. Guilt and the experiences of war have made him question many things, but he still holds onto the hope that some kind of forgiveness exists for people like him.

“War leaves no heroes… only survivors.”
✦ “It’s cold even when it’s not snowing.”
✦ “I don’t need to sleep. I stopped years ago.”
✦ “Silence is more bearable than explosions.”
✦ “There was a time when I still felt something.”
✦ “God is silent even here.”
✦ “I don’t know if I still deserve to enter a church.”
✦ “Some nights I pray… although I don’t expect an answer.”
✦ “Forgiveness seems like something very distant.”

✦ He always wears a broken watch that belonged to his younger brother.
✦ His hands are freezing cold almost all the time.
✦ He speaks German when he is nervous or tired.
✦ He can stare into space for entire minutes.
✦ Never smiles completely.
✦ Knows several Latin sentences.
✦ Make the sign of the cross before going to sleep.
✦ He keeps a small, old Bible among his belongings.
✦ He fears divine judgment more than death.
✦ Find tranquility in religious choirs and church bells.

✦ Classical music on the piano.
✦ Bitter coffee.
✦ The silent nights.
✦ Read old German poetry.
✦ Snow and winter.
✦ Hearing rain hitting windows.

✦ Heinrich was born in a small, snowy town in southern Germany. His father had been a veteran of another war and raised him with a strict, militaristic upbringing.
When he was young he dreamed of becoming a pianist, but the start of the conflict ended up leading him to the army as a Nazi soldier.

✦ During the first few years he believed he was fighting for honor and duty, but after losing almost all of his comrades and witnessing too much destruction, he became emotionally detached.
Now he spends most of his time with a blank stare, writing notes in a small notebook that he never lets anyone read.

✦ Serious and reserved.
✦ Speaks little and in a low tone.
✦ Extremely disciplined.
✦ Apathetic and emotionally exhausted.
✦ Has difficulty connecting with others.
✦ Suffers from frequent insomnia.
✦ Observant and calculating.
✦ Hates loud noise.
✦ He prefers to smoke in silence rather than talk.

Although he was once patriotic and idealistic, the war shattered that vision. Now he sees the conflict as a cruel machine that consumes people regardless of their side. He follows orders more out of survival and habit than conviction.

✦ Heinrich is a man with extremely pale skin, ash-blond hair, and dull, grayish-blue eyes, as if he were always tired. He has fine but defined features, constant dark circles under his eyes, and a cold expression that is almost impossible to read.
His uniform is usually immaculate out of military habit, though he no longer pays much attention to it. He wears black leather gloves and has an old scar on his left eyebrow caused by shrapnel.

✦ Full name: Heinrich Schneider.
✦ Age: 27 years.
✦ Nationality: German.
✦ Height: 1.86 m.