History Characters / DeathKorpsOfJustice

Due to having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, each set of characters require separate pages.

* [[Characters/DeathKorpsOfJusticeHeroes Heroes]]

!The Team
[[folder:In General]]
* BadassCrew: Downplayed. They're not ''weak'', but their success/failure record is rather spotty.
* BreakTheCutie: The Chaos Invasion shakes them up, with [[spoiler:Miss Martian, who's forced to make her first kill]], getting the worst of it.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Their teamwork and discipline isn't all that great.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Their official policy, much to Krieg's frustration. [[spoiler:Even when they're stuck in an illusory world where everyone around them isn't real, they ''still'' cling to it.]]
* TrueCompanions: They 'are'' devoted to each other--except Krieg.
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[[folder:Aqualad]]
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The official leader of the Team. An Atlantean and the protégé of Aquaman, with aquakinetic and electrokinetic powers. Though he tries to act like a stoic leader, his constant horn-locking with Krieg quickly showcases his flaws.
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* DaChief: Officially, he is the leader of the Team. Krieg often ends up taking the initiative, though.
* MakingASplash: He can manipulate water.
* NotSoAboveItAll: A part of him is angry with Krieg for cutting off one of Sportsmaster's hands, but the other part wishes he'd severed them both.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He certainly ''tries'', bless his heart.
* ShockAndAwe: He can create and manipulate lightning.
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[[folder:Robin]]
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Batman's former sidekick, and the first member of the Team to actually meet Krieg, albeit in a less than pleasant way. A skilled acrobat whom, like his mentor, carries a large array of gadgets for usage in open combat and stealth.
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* CurbStompCushion: Both of his fights with Krieg play out this way, with Robin getting in a couple of good hits before Krieg overpowers him. The first time, he's nearly strangled to death, but Batman intervenes; the second time, Krieg decides to use him as a living hostage after beating the tar out of him.
* FragileSpeedster: He's not as fast as Kid Flash, obviously, but his fighting style focuses more on hitting his opponent multiple times and wearing them down while using his acrobat training to avoid getting hit. If he ''does'' get hit, he tends to go down quickly.
* KarmaHoudini: He never gets called out on the fact that he started a fight with Krieg.
* OhCrap: He can only quiver in terror when Krieg unknowingly exposes his lie about being given a mission by Batman.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Downplayed. He's not very tall, and while he's not weak, his attacks aren't very strong, either.
* WeakButSkilled: He's not ''completely'' weak, but he's no heavy-hitter.
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[[folder:Krieg]]
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-->"Before the swollen gaze of the Dark Eye, do I stand. I hold for He who long ago sacrificed for man. I will yield no ground, I shall take no step back. In His name and for His will, I will never surrender. Pierce my flesh, break my bones, take my life. These matter not. In my sacrifice, ye of the Dark Gods shall know defeat. For even in Death shall we be triumphant in His name. Lo! I have fallen in battle for He and his flock. Prepare my place, O Lord! I shall stand by thee side until the End Times. Until Thy will be done. Take heed, ye who have surrendered to the Darkness. We shall be unbowed and unbroken. For where there is darkness, His light shall shine. And the darkness shall retreat. We who have bled shall be redeemed. We who have fallen shall be exulted. We who have sacrificed shall be rewarded. We who have died shall be avenged. Stand, O warriors of the Emperor! Let no despair fall upon thy blessed hearts! Stand and fight! For it is by thy sacrifice that thee shall be remembered! By our deeds shall we be known. Let these deeds be a mighty sword from which He who rests upon the Throne shall wield. For with mighty deeds shall the darkness be thrown back into the Abyss. And in them will thee prevail. Take succor in His strength. Steel thy soul with His word. Armor thy personage in faith to He. Arm thy self with His will. Suffer not the Unclean. Suffer not the Impure. Suffer not the Weak. Suffer not the Heretic. ''Amor Imperator! Fiat Justicia!'' Go forth in His name and find victory!"
A Death Korps infantryman who got sucked into a portal after killing a Chaos fanatic, ending up in Gotham City as a result--right in front of Batman. After several shenanigans, he reluctantly agreed to become a "hero", taking the name "Krieg" and being sent to Los Angeles. When attempts to make him abandon his beliefs get nowhere, the Justice League forces him to join the Team in the hopes of "redeeming" him.

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Anything that isn't human ''must'' be destroyed, in his eyes.
* AnArmAndALeg: He tends to cut off bits and pieces from criminals he catches in order to "motivate" them to stay in prison.
** He cuts Mercy Graves' arm off after it gets trapped under a pile of rubble and he can't get it off her.
* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler:He butchers a group of cultists, some of them being ''kids'', with a fireman's axe.]]
* AntiHero: Krieg is brutal, racist, a religious fanatic, commits torture--including ''dismemberment''--on a regular basis, treats his teammates with utter contempt... yeah, not what you'd expect from a hero. Then again, he doesn't really ''want'' to be one.
* BerserkButton:
** Don't lie to him, ''especially'' if it's about a mission.
** If you are human, then sacrificing your humanity to gain a power boost will earn his ire.
** Don't scratch the Imperial symbol on his uniform.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[spoiler:Metamorpho]] goes on a MotiveRant about how Krieg is an utter failure of a hero, blaming Krieg for [[spoiler:his first death]] and treating it like it's the most important thing in existence. Krieg simply cocks his head and asks who [[spoiler:Metamorpho]] is, then later dismisses [[spoiler:him]] as another "heretic."
* CharacterDevelopment: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in that he refuses to change his beliefs or his methods, but played straight in that his time amongst heroes has made him willing to question (or outright ignore) orders he thinks are stupid, something he ''never'' would have done back in his time. He's actually rather uncomfortable with this.
* ChasteHero: Ravager's flirtations and innuendos sail right over his head.
* ClassicalMusicIsCool: He enjoys listening to Beethoven.
* ColdBloodedTorture: His fondness for leaving permanent injuries is one of the primary reasons why so many criminals are scared shitless of him.
* CombatPragmatist: He explicitly says there's no such thing as cheating in combat, only victory or defeat. And even if you survive an encounter with him, he'll make sure to leave scars.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was born (read:cloned) for the sole purpose of being a death-seeking bullet sponge with no sense of self-worth or any hope of having a life outside the most unfathomably brutal combat zones, was pumped with psychotically religious and racist propaganda from the moment he could comprehend what was around him, and every authority figure he interacted with willingly played a part in molding him into what he is. It's slightly [[Deconstruction deconstructed]] in that ''he'' doesn't see his upbringing as a source of trauma.
* DeadlyUpgrade: [[spoiler:He discards the rubber bullets that the Justice League forced on him and replaces them with metal ones after the Chaos invasion kicks off.]]
* DeliberateValuesDissonance:[[invoked]] Krieg is a ''soldier'' coming from a time period where humanity has had to stoop to Nazi-level atrocities ''just to survive'' and has a damn good reason for distrusting aliens. This total lack of common ground between himself and, well, ''any'' hero means that there is little to no chance of him bonding with any of them and changing his ways. [[spoiler:And he ultimately doesn't.]]
* DemocracyIsBad: He regards it as inefficient and backwards.
* {{Determinator}}: Nothing short of ''death'' will stop him.
* DissonantSerenity: He tries to strangle Robin during their first encounter, all with an empty expression on his face.
* DoesNotLikeMagic: Due to his upbringing, he regards magic as "heresy."
* DramaticUnmask: Averted. Since he doesn't have a civilian life, taking off his mask isn't that big of a deal, provided he does it himself or it's removed with his permission.
* TheDreaded: He is so unfathomably vicious that many criminals outright ''beg'' to be arrested by other heroes before he can get his hands on them.
* EnemyMine:
** He despises Speedy=/=Red Arrow, but when they are attacked by a group of criminals, Krieg tosses Roy's bow back to him so they can take out the group.
** He is forced to let Ravager aid him twice, and while he'll never admit it, she's an effective partner.
** He begrudgingly allows hardened criminals to [[spoiler:aid in the defense of Los Angeles.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: He may be a colossal prick, but he isn't petty enough to take his problems with someone out on their relatives out of spite, contrary to what Martian Manhunter thinks.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], initially. The rest of the Team make every attempt to treat him as one of their own in the hopes of building a rapport with him. Their efforts fail, and it's not until he explicitly spells out that he hates their guts that they finally begin to give him the cold shoulder.
* FrontlineGeneral: He's no coward, and won't hesitate to lead by example if he's physically capable of doing so.
* TheFundamentalist: He may not look it, but he's ''very'' religious.
* GlasgowSmile: He receives one, courtesy of the Joker.
* HopeBringer: He's good at boosting morale, both by words and by deeds.
* IGaveMyWord: He ''vehemently'' promises to sew Kid Flash's mouth shut after the speedster's loud mouth gets the Team in trouble. At the end of the chapter, he advances on Wally with a needle and a ball of yarn...
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not a nice guy, to say the least.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** He frequently labels his teammates as inept. They tend to prove him right.
** He argues against freeing Superboy, as the clone was made by a known villain organization. The rest of the group doesn't listen, and it leads to them all getting captured.
** He is correct to question Aqualad's leadership capabilities, since the Team tends to be ineffective under his watch and yet he utterly fails to rein them in.
** Miss Martian ''is'' every bit as inept as he claims, and her uncle's refusal to properly train or prepare her for hero work isn't helping her.
** When he is tasked with rescuing Kid Flash, he is scolded afterwards by Batman for refusing to rescue the scientist who had taken him captive. Krieg bluntly points out that he did not have the means to do that, and they are better off with her dead. Batman doesn't even have a good counter-argument, preferring to attempt to intimidate Krieg into submission instead, which fails.
** Relating to Superboy again, he advocates either killing him or locking him up, as there is no indication that his creators didn't install a fail-safe to ensure that Superboy wouldn't turn on the heroes by command. Even ''Superman'' doesn't object to this.
* KickTheDog:
** He goads Deathstroke into killing a hostage, telling the man beforehand that his fate is immaterial.
** He will go out of his way to be a jerk to Miss Martian, though at times his contempt for her [[JerkassHasAPoint is justified.]]
** While in a foul mood due to having his mind read, he mutilates a drunken man for simply being a nuisance.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: While his methods are extreme, a lot of his targets are depraved criminals who deserve more than the Justice League advocates giving them.
* LargeHam: When worked up, he can be quite loud.
* LaserGuidedTykeBomb: He was raised from "birth" to be the kind of person he is, meaning the Justice League's chances of changing him were likely doomed from the start.
* MadeOfIron: Downplayed. He can take a beating, sure, but he has his limits, being a human ''and'' a teenager.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:He slaughters Professor Pyg's henchmen, having concluded that the torture they've been put through has rendered them dead already.]]
* MurderByInaction: [[spoiler:He gives Professor Pyg's latest intended victim a knife and urges her to "take action." When she advances menacingly on the criminal, Pyg begs Krieg to save him, but Krieg kicks him away and departs while the girl takes her vengeance. Fortunately, Commissioner Steele covers for him.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: He certainly thinks so, much to the Justice League's dismay.
* NinetiesAntiHero: Krieg is effectively forced into this role once he joins the Team, and very quickly becomes a {{Deconstruction}} of it. Krieg may have the name, attire, and methods of this kind of hero, but his behavior and methods are not remotely healthy for the kind of teammates he has. He's horrifically offensive toward the rest of his team (to the point of seriously considering letting them die in several scenarios, only saving them because it is expected of him), advocates extreme methods for dealing with threats that are easily overkill in most situations, and has little to no interest in saving hostages. Notably, while he does have a DarkAndTroubledPast to explain some of this, it doesn't excuse the fact that he is just as much of a danger to his teammates and innocent civilians as the villains that he fights; and unlike most cases, he doesn't see his backstory as a FreudianExcuse to act the way he does.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the giving and receiving end of this trope.
* NominalHero: By virtue of working under the Justice League, albeit ''very'' reluctantly, and going up against enemies who are even worse. Otherwise, he'd be a full-blown VillainProtagonist.
* NoSell: Batman's DeathGlare and typical methods of intimidation have no effect on him.
* NotAfraidToDie: Death is inevitable, and he would accept it without a moment's hesitation.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He develops a taste for chocolate, and he enjoys watching Sci-Fi movies that involve mankind fighting off alien invasions.
* OnlyFriend: Rachel Roth seems to be the only person whose presence he can tolerate.
* PerpetualFrowner: He only smiles ''once'' throughout the story, and that's only because the Joker sprayed him with happy gas.
* PetTheDog:
** He saves Robin from Sportsmaster, even though he had no reason to. Even Krieg admits to himself that he's not entirely sure why he did it.
** He's not above showing respect and courtesy to professional soldiers, and even police officers.
* PunchClockHero: He ''hates'' being restrained by the Justice League, and their constant attempts to get him to change his ways only fuel his contempt. [[spoiler:Inevitably, his patience runs out.]]
* RousingSpeech: Gives a big one during the Chaos invasion, [[spoiler:even executing several cultists on live television just to show he means business--and to give the middle finger to the Justice League.]]
-->"By now, you are all aware to the enemy we face. You have no doubt fought against their depraved servants, people you only days ago called friends and neighbors. You have seen the horrors that these heretics are capable of. And though the damage is great, and the casualties beyond reckoning, we have only faced the vanguard, only suffered a brief taste of the true power that the enemy can bring against us. I know this must seem impossible for you to comprehend at this stage, given the state of the world. It must feel like the whole world is collapsing all around you. Like nothing but madness and death exist," dismayed looks were shared among the survivors.\\
"However, I come before you know to tell you this simple truth: there is nothing to fear. The enemy may appear strong, they may appear invincible. But the truth is, they are weak. They prey upon the weak and cowardly, luring them in with empty promises and then spend them like cheap ammunition. Those who have fallen to their sweet lies are nothing more than spineless wretches, the dregs of society that skulked in the shadows like rats, and now fueled by falsehoods of power and immortality. I ask you then, are they foes worthy of fear? No. All they deserve is our scorn and hatred.\\
"And that is also why we will triumph. Because all they know is fear, all they know is weakness. They dare not strike at us in the open, so they turn our closest against us and makes them do the deed in their stead. They hope to sow chaos and discord among us, robbing us of our true strength, but I tell you now that they will never succeed. We will survive the coming storm, we will endure whatever blow they deal against us, and we will never break. Why? Because we are humans, and when humans stand together, nothing can bring us down.\\
"The defining moment of humanity is upon us now, the time that will shape the course of our history for centuries to come. Destiny calls, and it shall not find us wanting. And that is why I now call out to every man, woman and child that still draws breath, take up arms against the enemy. Resist him at every turn. Fight him on every field, every road, every building, and every room. Show no quarter, for none shall be given to you. Stand with those still loyal to humanity's future, and cast out those of have forsaken their very souls.\\
"And to those who are able, I ask that you join me in Los Angeles. We have broken the enemy here, driven them out like the filthy cockroaches that they are. We now stand as a bastion against the hordes of hell, and we ask all that are willing to come join us in its defense. Together, we will make the enemy break like water splashing against a rock, and then drive them back into the pits from which they crawled out of.\\
"And to those traitors who have turned their backs on humanity, I have a final message for you as well, I am sure that you are celebrating even as I speak, confident in your imminent victory. Allow me then to dispel these foolish notions of yours. I name every last one of you as traitors, heretics and cowards. I spit upon your very existence and deny your right as human beings. You are vermin, every last one of you, and I shall dispense justice upon you as such. You have lived for too long shielded by the blanket of the Justice League's mercy. But that ends today.\\
"There will be no surrender. There will be no quarter. There will be no forgiveness. There will be no remorse. There will be no respite. And there will be no mercy.\\
"Know this, heretics, that what you just saw is the fate of you all. Even if it takes a lifetime, even if I have to do it on my own, I will hunt you all down and kill you like the vermin you are. And if you wish to challenge my claims, then hear this: I am here, I am still standing. Come and get me if you dare."
* SaveTheVillain: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] usually, as he feels that doing so is a waste of his time. Played straight with Luthor, though only because he considers Luthor a necessity, to the latter's amusement.
* ShutUpKirk: [[spoiler:When Aqualad berates him for executing captured cultists and rallying an army, Krieg socks him in the face and spells out that he has no time for the Team's moral grandstanding.]]
* SociopathicSoldier: He commits atrocities (though that's the norm where he's from), and has all the makings of a sociopath.
* SweetTooth: He develops a taste for [=M&Ms=].
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He doesn't attempt to hide his utter loathing for the rest of the Team, and their drastically different preferences for how to get things done leads to messy confrontations.
* TokenEvilTeammate: He hates his teammates, treats them with just barely less contempt than his enemies, and has no problem with killing.
* TortureTechnician: Downplayed. He has no formal training in torture, but he's A-okay with using it to get information he wants.
* TrainingFromHell: His entire life prior to becoming a Korspman was this, complete with a gang of [[DrillSergeantNasty drill instructors]] who made [[Film/FullMetalJacket Gunnery]] [[Creator/RLeeErmey Sergeant]] [[TropeNamer Hartman]] look like, in Krieg's own words, an "amateur."
* WouldHitAGirl: An enemy's gender means nothing to him. He beats the crap out of Livewire, for example, and has no compunction about fighting Ravager.
* WouldHurtAChild: The age of the people he kills is a matter of complete indifference to him.
* YouAreNumberSix: His full name (well, designation) is 769355-637566-Keled.
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[[folder:Aqualad]]
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The official leader of the Team. An Atlantean and the protégé of Aquaman, with aquakinetic and electrokinetic powers. Though he tries to act like a stoic leader, his constant horn-locking with Krieg quickly showcases his flaws.
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* CombatPragmatist: He does ''not'' believe in "fair" play when it comes to combat. And even if you survive an encounter with him, he'll make sure to leave scars.

* DramaticUnmasking: Averted. Since he doesn't have a civilian life, taking off his mask isn't that big of a deal, provided he does it himself or it's removed with his permission.

* BadassCrew: Downplayed. They're not ''weak'', but their success=/=failure record is rather spotty.

* CelibateHero: Ravager's flirtations sale right over his head.

* PunchClockHero: He ''hates'' being restrained by the Justice League, and their constant attempts to get him to change his ways only fuel his contempt.

* FrontlineSoldier: He's no coward, and won't hesitate to lead by example if he's physically capable of doing so.

* PetTheDog: He saves Robin from Sportsmaster, even though he had no reason to. Even Krieg admits to himself that he's not entirely sure why he did it.

* CelibateHero: Ravager's flirtations sale over his head.

However, I come before you know to tell you this simple truth: there is nothing to fear. The enemy may appear strong, they may appear invincible. But the truth is, they are weak. They prey upon the weak and cowardly, luring them in with empty promises and then spend them like cheap ammunition. Those who have fallen to their sweet lies are nothing more than spineless wretches, the dregs of society that skulked in the shadows like rats, and now fueled by falsehoods of power and immortality. I ask you then, are they foes worthy of fear? No. All they deserve is our scorn and hatred.\\