Reginar Albrecht



"The Lord Commander guy named Reginar Albrecht foresees how will the Empire of Darkness might return, even for Coalition Leaders' Day parades. If I were Torvivum Zuskelgar or Victor Nevarez, well, just wait for yourself. He might replace Donald Morden due to his incompetence. Not a damn thing."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Albrecht

Lord Commander Reginar Albrecht is a new character introduced in When the Cold Breeze Blows Away.

Reginar longed for the return of the Empire of Darkness and authority to the multiverse. Albrecht favorably remembered the spectacle that was the Coalition Leaders' Day parades. Reginar recognized that he knew more about Dark Emperor Torvivum Zuskelgar's machinations than most of his cohorts and used it to maintain Supreme Leader Victor Nevarez's reign of terror.

Albrecht was quite self-confident, estimating his own chances of success highly and dismissing obstacles in his path. He gloated over his successes, even before achieving them. He did not like to take risks, but often considered his own position so strong as to limit the actual risk involved. For all his confidence, though, Reginar was willing to listen to advice from trusted subordinates; he believed that a good officer should not dismiss suggestions out of hand, and he was willing to change his position when it proved necessary.

Albrecht preferred brute force to elegance. He was authoritative and militaristic, and responded to most problems with an application of force. Reginar saw extravagant punishment as a valuable object lesson, believing that a ruthless example would provide the only genuine deterrent to a determined opponent.

Unlike his fellow Chaos Council members, Albrecht displayed a tolerance for mysticism but refused to voice his opinions. When the Coalition joined forces with the Dark Empire, he was ambitious to use their forces while most of the Coalition clashed with their new allies. Reginar viewed the arcane behavior of the Dark Empire as by-products of a thirst for power. Unlike more arrogant officers, he knew not to disrespect these beliefs as he had personally seen the Supreme Leader in action. Grand Marshal Norman Hofmann speculated that Albrecht had something about him that kept him unafraid, immune and safe when informing the Supreme Leader of bad news, and that it kept him from being Force choked or getting executed on the spot and was right as it was his competence that kept him alive.

As the new Supreme Commander of the Coalition of the Red Star Joint Military (who eventually replaced Donald Morden) and the de facto leader of the Chaos Council, Reginar was a calm yet highly intelligent and ruthless commander. Although he served the Coalition faithfully, he had a disdain for the gruesome and horrible aspects of it. After the Allied fighters escaped the Revenant; a Resurgent II-class Star Destroyer, Albrecht was the first officer to identify General Vincent Turner's betrayal as the spy against the Coalition of the Red Star and notified the Supreme Leader of this, resulting in the latter using his Darksaber to ruthlessly execute him on the spot without hesitation by fatally stabbing Vincent in the chest, showing no remorse for his actions. Reginar could see the value in the legions of planet-killing Star Destroyers/Dreadnoughts that formed the Immortal Armada, even when others dismissed it.

Albrecht was also able to maintain a calm composure even when bewildered, such as when the Free Worlds Fleet arrived to reinforce the Grand Alliance at the Battle for the Multiverse, something he had no backup plan for. When facing his death, Reginar ultimately lost his cool composition, giving in to anger and fear when faced with his last defeat.

At the age of 54, he has green eyes, brown hair, and wears a customized black-colored uniform with a coat on him.

Trivia

 * He is heavily inspired by both Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin (A New Hope/Rogue One) and Allegiant General Enric Pryde (Rise of Skywalker) from Star Wars.