Karl Ingerson

Karl Ingerson (born August 8, 989 in southern Zoran Union) is a former fighter of the Parten Alliance during the Zoranian Civil War. He was serving in the Zoranian Army before the civil war but decided to fight for the Parten Alliance in the Civil War instead. During the Civil War he was serving in the same unit as Anton Relvski did. When Anton Relvski fled his unit stationed on the frontline during the night of the 24th of November 1019 to join the forces of the Zoran Union, Karl Ingerson was completely surprised by that move. He was arrested a day later and accused of treason against the Parten Alliance. As a consequence he was put into a prison camp where he had to work 12 hours a day in hard manual labor. Almost a year later during the 8th of September 1020 him and other prisoners managed to overpower some of the prison guards and to escape the camp. He himself grouped up with at least four other prisoners that he found shortly after his escape. Among this four prisoners were also Joseph Martens and Rudolf E. Krelter. Despite their best efforts and even managing to contact someone who offered help via radio they were caught before leaving the area by a large group of Parten Alliance soldiers. Those were clearly aware that the prisoners would be coming that way and started firing on the truck after a short conversation with the driver who was bribed to smuggle the prisoners out of the area.

After the escape attempt
Karl Ingerson was told by the soldiers of the Parten Alliance that Anton Relvski had offered their commander a large amount of money if him and Joseph Martens were set free and allowed to run over the Zoran Union. If that is the truth is unknown but such a deal never took place. Joseph Martens and Karl Ingerson were moved to a different prison camp further south away from the frontline. When the Civil War ended in August 1021 Karl Ingerson and Joseph Martens immediately attempted to leave the country. They were still confused about who tried to help them escape from their first prison camp but also about how Anton Relvski was involved and who gave the Parten Alliance soldiers enough information for an ambush.

On the way to Hombur Karl Ingerson was split from Joseph Martens. During a regular traffic stop Karl Ingerson was arrested as he was wanted for a reason the police officers refused to name.

Life after the arrest
After Karl Ingerson was arrested he learned that the reason for his arrest was joining the Parten Alliance while being an active service member of the Zoranian Military Forces. He was sentenced to 10 years of prison for treason. He had to serve the full sentence. During his time in military prison he met many other people who were arrested and imprisoned for the same or a similar reason. Together with them he planned to organize a rebellion against the Zoran Union after their time in prison was over. Karl Ingerson was released from prison in August 1031 and was immediately contacted by Anton Relvski who was a Lieutenant at the time. Anton Relvski offered him to get him employed by the Zoranian Government and told him to look at it as a way to repay him for his sufferings he had to endure because of Relvski´s actions. Karl Ingerson who originally wanted to start organizing the rebellion he planned with the "friends" he met in prison was very tempted by the offer. With no proper education, no experience in any profession and only some experience as an enlisted soldier he did not have high hopes to find a proper job. He accepted the offer of Anton Relvski thus betraying his friends.

Relvski spoke highly of him and despite his prison sentence for treason it was decided to give him a chance. He was hired by the Zoranian Secret Service. At first they did not fully trust him so he was mostly put onto tasks that did not require him to have access to top secret information. By 1036 it was decided to promote Karl Ingerson and to train him as an agent for use in foreign countries. He was supposed to be used as a spy and as an agent who could take actions against hostile nations or groups such as sabotage or even assassination. After two years of training he infiltrated Prassen in 1038. There he collected mainly intel about Prassens military and security forces for the next few years.

Time as a spy in Prassen
Karl Ingerson extracted some quality information about Prassian military tactics and technologies. He tricked the Prassian Secret Service into giving him access to some top secret documents. He killed a member of the Prassian Secret Service and used his identity to gain access to restricted information. It took almost a month for the Prassian Secret Service to discover this breach of security. This was of course very embarrassing for the Prassian Secret Service and some influential personalities stepped down or were fired soon after. In 1041 Karl Ingerson discovered that his old friend Joseph Martens was working for the Prassian Secret Service and active in the Zoran Union. He was shocked by this information. He had not seen Martens or heard of him for 20 years. He knew it was his duty to report this to his superiors but he wanted to meet and confront Martens himself first. He made up a reason to be allowed to travel back to the Zoran Union.

When he arrived at the airport a car of the Zoranian Secret Service was waiting for him. But instead of taking him to his office as he wanted he was taken to his superiors first. There he had no choice but to reveal the documents and information he found about Joseph Martens. His superiors thanked him and they now understood why he wanted to hand them this information personally. At least that is what they believed was the reason for his dishonesty about the reason for traveling back. After this day Karl Ingerson was absent from his office for several weeks according to himself because of a "bad case of the flue". But the truth was that he was trying to find Joseph Martens to warn him. He however did not manage to do that as Anton Relvski confronted Joseph Martens before Karl Ingerson could find and warn him.

He returned to Prassen in 1042 to continue his work as a spy.

Assassination attempt
In 1046 Karl Ingerson was tasked with assassinating Joseph Martens. Karl Ingerson was surprised as he believed that Joseph Martens was imprisoned or executed after being discovered as a spy. To prepare the attempt he used a false identity to buy several items which he would need. He observed Joseph Martens and his daily life routines for almost 2 months. During this time he was often thinking about just going straight up to him and talk to him. He was thinking if there was a way of making it look like that he tried his best to eliminate him but Martens managed to escape without actually trying to kill him. He did not want to kill Joseph Martens. But after 2 months of observing Karl Ingerson was put under pressure to finally make a move.

At around 10:30 pm he spotted Joseph Martens taking a walk outside his house. He took a pistol that he bought using his false identity before and approached Martens from behind. Martens who was observing the environment ahead of him was totally unaware. As he got ready to fire Ingerson was thinking to just turn around for a moment. But he ended up firing three bullets into Joseph Martens back. He was very emotional at this moment and ran off the scene without checking if Martens was dead. He was not aware of that Martens survived. He left Prassen the next day as the risk for him being discovered was now considered too high. Back in the Zoran Union he reported that Joseph Martens was successfully killed. When he was asked if he checked Martens for any vitals after he shot him he lied by answering with "Yes.".

Retirement and life as a farmer
Karl Ingerson continued to work for the Zoranian Secret Service for another year. In 1047 he retired and bought a small farm far away from major towns with the money he saved up during the years he was working. He deals with deep feelings of regrets each day and has become very isolated avoiding any contact to others be it strangers or friends of the past. He wrote a letter to Joseph Marten´s wife were he apologized but never sent it as he was too scared that it would have consequences for him. He sometimes still fears revenge from his old friends from his time in military prison as he betrayed them many years ago.