Siegfried Kircheis
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.jpg) Captain Kircheis (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Affiliation: | Galactic Empire |
| Rank: | Fleet admiral (posthumous) |
| Flagship(s): | Barbarossa |
| Status: | Deceased (murder) |
| Born: | 777 UC (468 IC / 3577 CE) |
| Died: | 797 UC (488 IC / 3597 CE) |
| Played by: | Masashi Hironaka |
Siegfried Kircheis (Japanese: ジークフリード・キルヒアイス) was an Imperial high admiral, and the best friend and confidant of Reinhard von Lohengramm since childhood. Often referred to as Reinhard's "shadow," Lohengramm viewed Kircheis as a part of himself.
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Childhood
Siegfried Kircheis was an only child of middle class parents and lived in a quiet neighborhood when the von Müsel family moved in next door. Kircheis immediately befriended the young Reinhard von Müsel and his sister Annerose von Müsel.
Early career
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Invasion of the Alliance
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Imperial Civil War
During the Imperial Civil war, Reinhard von Lohengramm sent Kircheis to the Empire's frontier worlds to quell the various small uprisings and revolts that were occuring thanks to the collapse of Goldenbaum authority. ....
Death
Shortly after finishing his duties in the frontier, Kircheis became aware of certain rumours surrounding Reinhard's possible involvement in the Westerland Massacre. ...
Appendices
Appearances
- My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars (first appearance)
- LOGH:
(19)
- 'In the Eternal Night'
- 'The Battle of Astarte'
- 'Empire's Afterglow'
- 'The Castrop Rebellion'
- 'The Rosen Ritter'
- 'Cool, Clear Artificial Eyes'
- 'The Klopstock Incident'
- 'The Actress Exits'
- 'When the Rain of Grief Comes...'
- 'The Battle of Amritsar Starzone'
- 'New Trends'
- 'Before the Storm'
- 'The Lippstadt Conspiracy'
- 'The Yang Fleet Goes Out'
- 'The Battle of Doria Starzone, And...'
- 'The Fall of Goldenbaum'
- 'The Day Before Destiny'
- 'Farewell, Distant Memories' (death)
- 'The Cold Spell Arrives' (memory)
- Golden Wings
- Overture to a New War
- SWV:
(4)
- 'Chapter I'
- 'Chapter II'
- 'Chapter III'
- 'Chapter IV'
Name variations
- Siegfried Kircheis (LD/DVD subtitles)
- ジークフリード・キルヒアイス (LD/DVD subtitles — Japanese)
Background information
The name Siegfried stems from the main character of the Völsunga saga (as Sigurd) and the Nibelungenlied, in which the dragon-slayer Siegfried becomes invulnerable by bathing in the slain dragon's blood save a small spot on a shoulder, which was covered by a linden leaf. Due to his involvement in the workings of the nobility of Worms he has compromising and dangerous knowledge and is eventually decided to be killed. This happens during a hunt, when Hagen, the sinister antihero invites him to a quick run to a river, but purposely loses to pick up a spear and mortally wound Siegfried where the linden-leaf covered his body. His death marks the beginning of the downfall and destruction of the Worms noble family, mirrored by the fall of the Lippstadt Alliance and the declining health of Reinhard.
The Kircheis family is an industrial family, mainly based in the middle of Germany, mirroring Kircheis' own social background.[clean-up needed]
Interestingly, Richard Wagner's symphonic poem Siegfried Idyll is often played whenever Kircheis appears on screen in the main OVA series, whether in person or in flashbacks, thus serving as a kind of leitmotif for him.
Trivia
Kircheis appeared to have his left carotid artery hit by Ansbach. The brightness of the blood argues against it being the jugular veins because those would bleed out dark venous blood. If the carotid were hit, Kircheis should have lost blood and consciousness very rapidly, before he could have finished his last words with Reinhard.
Apocrypha
Stage
Kircheis is played by Hiromi Sakimoto in the 2011 stage adaptation of LOGH.
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