History Characters / LegendOfTheGalacticHeroesTheLohengrammDynasty

* SmallRoleBigImpact: She was just a timid woman who just wanted to be left alone, and didn't have much time on screen. However, her being taken by Kaiser Friedrich IV as his consort was what both enraged her younger brother Reinhard into seeking more power for himself in order to save her and jump started his military career. Ultimately resulting in [[spoiler:the fall of the Goldenbaum Dynasty, the destruction of the Free Planet Alliance, the rise of the Lohengramm Dynasty, and the unification of humanity]]. Hilda outright referred to her as [[spoiler:the mother of the Neue Reich]] in her inner monolog, and said that history would have been very different if she was never born at all.

* FriendlyEnemy: Acts like this towards Yang Wen-li when the latter boards the Brünhilde and towards Julian when [[spoiler: paying respect at Yang Wen-li's funeral in Iserlohn. Not bad for the man who had taken an oath in Odin's name to kill Yang Wen-li after Admiral Kempff's death]]. He also stands out among the admirals in that he is often chosen by Reinhard as representative in diplomatic work with the Republicans.

* NiceGuy: Rivals Kircheis for sheer kindness. He treats enemies who surrender with respect as well.

* LoyalToThePosition: Fahrenheit is loyal to the Empire as an institution and initially sided with the Lippstadt League about of the belief that its High Noble leaders did too. This is also in part why he ultimately sides with Reinhard.

* EveryoneHasStandards: While Reinhard is willing to do what it takes to bring down the Goldenbaums, he's not going to resort to blackmail or killing children if he could help it.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: A low-ranking and impoverished nobleman, Fahrenheit joined the military simply to eke out a living.

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the OVA he was seen as a commodre before the Battle of Amritsar and served as a fleet commander during the Lippstadt War, while in Die Neue These he only joins the group after Reinhard has become Prime Minister and has dealt with the High Nobles.

* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Kesler is entrusted with Richard von Grimmelhausen's personal memoirs, which contain detailed accounts of various High Noble abuses recorded during his life. While meant to be used at Reinhard's discretion, he nonetheless tasks Kesler with safekeeping the material until the latter gets a more appropriate position in the Military Police, ultimately revealing its contents once the High Nobles lose the power to rewrite history in their favor.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: During his time on Heinessen, his residence exploded as a result of a gas leak. However, Reinhard uses the opportunity to scapegoat the [[BlackShirt Patriotic Knight Corps]]. Considering they suppressed peace politicians and supported the warhawks who sold out their nation, [[spoiler:and was additionally a cell of the Earth Cult]], the former Alliance citizens saw this as another reason to admire him.

* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Reinhard already had plans to have the young Kaiser Erwin Josef II deposed one way or another following the death of Friedrich IV. [[spoiler:The boy's abduction by Goldenbaum loyalists and their subsequent escape to Heinessen both give him an ideal rationale to finish off the Alliance ''and'' dramatically accelerates said plans to do away with the dynasty altogether, without actually having to dispose of the boy Kaiser himself.]]

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Part of the reason he chooses to refuse the treatment that could save his life is even if he''[[spoiler: does]]'' [[spoiler: survive, he would certainly have been dishonorably executed later for treason.]]

* AnimalMotif: A wolf. It's a play on not just his own name, but his epithet "The Gale Wolf" and the Norse symbolism of the Wolf and the eagle (Reuenthal).

* UndyingLoyalty: To Reinhard. [[spoiler:Part of the reason he accepts Reinhard's order to defeat Reuenthal, is because he knew that if Reinhard killed one of his most trustworthy retairners, it could cause political upheaval that could undermine him.]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Oberstein is the most loathed of Reinhard's confidants, having next to ''no'' genuine allies among the other admirals and high-ranking officials. Yet as Reinhard himself admits, he's also one of the only people who had no illusions about what had to be done and [[BrutalHonesty very blunt about it]].

** Oberstein's scheme [[spoiler:of rounding up scores of former Alliance politicians and high-ranking military officers to use as leverage in negotiations with the Iserlohn Republic]] is meant to disarm further republican reprisal and hasten a peaceful resolution, instead of wasting more lives in "honorable" combat. [[spoiler:Thanks to the Terraists foiling Oberstein's plan by staging a prison riot that kills many of said captives, it's left unclear whether it would have worked.]]

** He exploits the growing instability in the Alliance following its failed invasion by setting the pieces in place for the Alliance Civil War. Both to cripple the Alliance further and to keep it distracted while the Lippstadt rebellion is ongoing.

* ThePeterPrinciple: PlayedWith. When Oberstein is tasked with restoring order in Heinessen alongside Bittenfeld and Müller, he proves to be a very pragmatic yet competent administrator [[spoiler:even putting side his plan of rounding up scores of former Alliance politicians and high-ranking military officers to use as bargaining chips against the Iserlohn Republic]]. On the other hand, his acerbic criticisms of his colleagues and decision to put Bittenfeld under house arrest for insubordination show that well outside his element. Had Müller and Wahlen not intervened, it would have led to a bout of needless infighting.

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the OVA, he was one of Reinhard's fleet commanders during the Lippstadt war, whereas in DNT he only appeared after Reinhard was already the prime minister.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: PlayedWith. He is considered one of the Empire's greatest stars, has an experimental ship with a unique design, uses plain tactics rather than specializing in anything, is very protective of Reinhard (even more so than the other admirals), is humble, kind, the youngest of Reinhard's admirals and the guy Reinhard tends to send on diplomatic missions. All the things that used to describe Kircheis. It's PlayedWith because he was already part of Reinhard's admirality when Kircheis was still alive, but he doesn't become a prominent character until after Kircheis' death. Matter of fact, he goes from barely saying anything to suddenly being talkative afterwards. To add to that, he basically takes Kircheis place among the trinity of Reinhard's most competent fleet commanders(Kircheis, Reuenthal, Mittermeyer).

** The guy is in many ways what [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution Maximilian Robespierre]] would have been like had he been reined in....Toa degree. Their ruthlessness and utter commitment to their ideal of government is comparable, but Robespierre was famed for his intensely charismatic oratory, whereas [[CreepyMonotone Oberstein]]... isn't. (And of course, more superficially, Robespierre was a dedicated republican, while Oberstein clearly prefers Enlightened Despotism.)

* TakingTheHeat: When a protestor breaks through Reinhard's security cordon and confronts him [[spoiler:over the Westerland Massacre]], Oberstein steps forward to take full responsibility, while also [[BreakThemByTalking explaining in detail]] why [[spoiler:allowing the nuking of two million people]] prevented the Lippstadt Rebellion from becoming a much worse bloodbath.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Downplayed. Oberstein evidently didn't anticipate [[spoiler:Kircheis' death]] to be one of the consequences of his advice, nor die he foresee [[spoiler:Yang's assassination by the Terraists]] in his attempts to curtail republicanism. That said, he's quick to adjust his plans and acted accordingly when things don't go as intended.

** Kircheis is a warrior, Oberstein is a bureacrat.

* ThePeterPrinciple: PlayedWith. When Oberstein is tasked with restoring order in Heinessen alongside Bittenfeld and Müller, he proves to be a very pragmatic yet competent administrator. On the other hand, his acerbic criticisms of his colleagues, his decision to put Bittenfeld under house arrest for insubordination [[spoiler:and his plan of rounding up scores of former Alliance politicians and high-ranking military officers to use as bargaining chips against the Iserlohn Republic]] show that he's ill-placed to handle such an position. Had Müller and Wahlen not intervened, it would have led to a bout of needless infighting.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Downplayed. Oberstein evidently didn't anticipate [[spoiler:Kircheis' death]] to be one of the consequences of his advice, nor die he foresee [[spoiler:Yang's assassination by the Terraists]] in his attempts to curtail republicanism. That said, he's quick to adjust his plans and acted accordingly when things didn't go as intended.

* MortonsFork: How he carefully rationalizes the need to have Lichtenlade disposed of as the Lippstadt Rebellion ends. [[spoiler:Whether or not Lichtenlade was really plotting to kill Reinhard, he's certainly a major threat to any future plans going forward.]]

* CruelMercy: The Treaty of Ba‘alat signed with Reinhard's approval [[spoiler:following the Empire's victory]] isn't just designed to secure Imperial hegemony, but is purposefully intended to maximize the odds of the Alliance buckling under its own weight to said treaty's conditions, thus requiring the Empire to finish the job.

** On the opposite end, Reinhard doesn't hide the fact that Kircheis is his closest friend, and has a habit of treating him with favor in front of the rest of the fleet. After the Emperial Civil War, Oberstein [[WhatTheHellHero calls Reinhard out on this]] pointing out that continuing acting this way will set a bad precedent.

* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Kesler is entrusted with Richard von Grimmelhausen's personal memoirs, which contain detailed accounts of various High Noble abuses recorded during his life. Reinhard, meanwhile, tasks Kesler with safekeeping the material until the latter gets a more appropriate position in the Military Police, ultimately revealing its contents once the High Nobles lose the power to rewrite history in their favor.]]

* MeaningfulName: Not him, but his flagship. Forseti was the norse god of justice.

* CharacterDevelopment: Probably undergoes the most personal changes out of all the characters.

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Reuenthal executes all of the male relatives of Marquis Lichtenlade aged 10 and above. And unlike Oberstein, he didn't even bother to question Reinhard on the necessity of such a callous action.]]

** He's also one to Rockwell, his parallel of sorts in the Alliance. While Rockwell similarly served with distinction [[spoiler:yet tried to get into Reinhard's good graces following the Alliance's collapse by killing Secretary Rebelo in cold blood]], Fahrenheit joins Reinhard with his principles intact and without disposing anyone outside the battlefield. Fahrenheit also doesn't defect out of cowardly self-preservation or disguise that under lofty pretenses, unlike Rockwell, [[spoiler:who pays for that with his life.]]

* DragonInChief: Rennenkampf, on top of being Reinhard's representative as Imperial consul, also is shown to have more actual power on Heinessen than Secretary Rebelo, the nominal head of the Alliance.