These villains, hiding among the rebels who call themselves the Free Planets Alliance, have illegally announced the establishment of a government-in-exile. It was not until after the Reuenthal's Revolt and after the Republic's defeat of the Empire at the Eleventh Battle of Iserlohn, that Reinhard rose to the Republic's challenge to his authority. Together, he and Kircheis promised to defeat every enemy and win every battle in pursuit of that goal. Instead, when Kaiser Friedrich IV gave Reinhard the choice of any of the three vacant seats, Reinhard begged the Kaiser not to dismiss any of the Chiefs of Staff, urging him to be lenient: those responsible for the defeat had already been punished by their own actions. Kircheis became aware of both the proposal and Bertram's plan to self-destruct, and decided to free Reinhard with the help of some enlisted men. For those who have come to power, wealth and glory not by their own strength and effort, but simply through inheritance, what right do they have to complain?

There is great satisfaction in fighting for the sake of gaining power, but it is joyless to fight for the sake of maintaining it. Like Caesar, Reinhard was very popular with the lowest-classes of citizenry and feared by the ruling nobility. Although being wounded by a zealot, he was able to carry out his mission with relative ease with help provided by Julian Mintz and his companions. IT's not just a war of words, but also a war of blood. In the upper layers of the atmosphere, the ships of both fleets were forced to fight at extremely close-ranges, as sensors and communications were virtually non-functional. ", "Fighting 100 battles does not mean winning 100 victories. But even so, I will fight. He died on the 26th of July, 801, at the age of 25. Legend of the Galactic Heroes (銀河英雄伝説, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu?, parfois francisé Les Héros de la Galaxie), abrégé LOGH (銀英伝, Gin'eiden? He set up the people who flattered him as nobles, and the result of that is this disgrace. Instead, when Kaiser Friedrich IV gave Reinhard the choice of any of the three vacant seats, Reinhard begged the Kaiser not to dismiss any of the Chiefs of Staff, urging him to be lenient: those responsible for the defeat had already been punished by their own actions. In August of Empire Calendar 482, Reinhard was assigned as Chief Navigator aboard the destroyer Hameln II. He would retain his habit of using Kircheis' surname, despite their close relationship, for the rest of his life. (DUEL: 'Chapter I', 'Chapter II'), The duel was held on a property owned by Marquis Littenheim, who supported the Count, and was viewed by a large audience of nobles. Reinhard and Kircheis were the only others, besides intelligence officer Bendling (who chose to defect to the Alliance with the Count's daughter), who were aware of the information. Although they only met once and only rarely communicated, Reinhard had a strong fixation upon Yang Wen-li. Reinhard also reluctantly granted the disgraced Alliance politician Job Trunicht a post as a senior councilor at the Neue Land Governor-General's Office, initially expecting him to refuse to return to the former country he sold out, but was amazed by the man's shamelessness when Trunicht accepted the position. Fighting 100 battles does not mean winning 100 victories. edit entry add/edit names add/edit resources add/edit tags. Because Reinhard's mother, Caribelle, died in a car accident when he was very young, Reinhard grew very attached to his older sister. If my enemies are to be the aristocracy, then I need a power greater than theirs. He angrily swore to destroy the corrupt, capricious Goldenbaum Dynasty and rescue his sister from the clutches of Kaiser Friedrich IV. The circumstances surrounding Reuenthal's relationship to a woman of the deposed Lichtenlade clan, Elfriede von Kohlrausch, became the main 'evidence' of treason. In the upper layers of the atmosphere, the ships of both fleets were forced to fight at extremely close-ranges, as sensors and communications were virtually non-functional. The Imperial consul assigned to Heinessen became increasingly hostile towards the retired Yang Wen-li, who was living a quiet life as a pensioner, due to rumors about his involvement with anti-Imperial resistance groups and hysteria from the incumbent Alliance administration under João Rebelo (Trunicht's successor, who resigned after Vermillion). Reinhard may have been the perfect autocrat, but the abilities and personalities of his successors were unknown, paralleling the situation after Rudolf von Goldenbaum had founded the Empire.

The Free Planets Star Fleet, however, became aware that there was a capable Imperial fleet commander at work who had handed them several stinging defeats and made attempts to entrap him using a plan developed by Yang.

Both men conquered most of their respective known universes. He hoped that by using himself as bait he would draw Yang into an open confrontation. The story focuses on the exploits of rivals Reinhard von Lohengramm and Yang Wen-li as they rise to power and fame in the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance respectively. Reinhard's father was given a large sum of money in return for selling his daughter into a life of sexual servitude. Because his mother, Caribelle von Musel, died in a car accident when he was very young, Reinhard formed a very close relationship with his older sister, Annerose von Grünewald.

These idiots. He was also impressed by others that were particularly competent or brilliant. To keep my promise to you, and... to gain something to quench the thirst in my heart. Reflecting on Sebastian's life after his death, Kircheis thought perhaps he was never able to forgive himself for failing to protect his daughter. Heredity concerns family background, not personal abilities. Reinhard deduced the essence of the Fezzani plot to kidnap the child Kaiser, and essentially made a deal to go along with their plan to help him conquer the Alliance, with the kidnapping and the government-in-exile that would be created providing the necessary casus belli.

Their history with Reinhard went back further than that, however.

They enjoyed initial successes until Yang Wen-Li's 13th Fleet abandoned Iserlohn to oppose him. Because he knew the Alliance invasion hinged upon the idea of liberating the peasants from the Kaiser's rule, Reinhard correctly calculated that the Alliance occupation forces would need to feed the civilians - thus creating a strained and long line of supply from Iserlohn. It was the first tactical defeat in battle that Reinhard faced in his life. During Oskar von Reuenthal's revolt Hilde discovered that she was pregnant. (LOGH: 'The Battle of Vermilion (Part Two)', 'Sudden Change'), Shortly after the battle, Yang boarded a shuttle and arrived on the Brünhild, where he discussed philosophy with Reinhard regarding democracy versus dictatorship, and the two left the discussion agreeing to disagree. From this point on, the rivalry with Yang Wen-li would help to define Reinhard's life. Siegfried Kircheis was Reinhard's best friend, and Reinhard saw him as another part of himself. But the Fezzani plan that had been put in motion would culminate during the summer of 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE) and make another confrontation inevitable.

Ils n'ont obtenu à l'origine que la licence des trois premiers romans, mais il leur sera permis de continuer si les ventes sont bonnes[8]. He chose to accept the money, because he reasoned that even if he refused the payment Annerose would be taken away regardless. Realising he had been outsmarted by Reinhard, Mückenberger refused to ask Reinhard's fleet to attack: Mückenberger believed that Reinhard was similarly petty, and would not move to aid the besieged Imperial forces unless ordered to do so. Commodore Yang Wenli volunteered to lead the diversionary attack: he took a single destroyer with a skeleton crew along with 4 drone ships straight for Iserlohn. We must carry out the revolution with our own hands. He received valuable assistance from Neidhart Müller, who was then resident military attaché on Fezzan, and Ernst von Eisenach, who was the captain of a supply ship sent to resupply the Hässliche Entlein. Among its various upgrades was advanced command and control equipment that allowed Reinhard to direct massive fleets of warships. He earned the ire of the commanding officer, Captain Herder, after getting into a fight with some lower ranking servicemen that were abusing a civilian woman. (LOGH: 'Fezzan Occupied', 'The Cold Spell Arrives', 'Admiral Yang's Ark Fleet', 'The Two-Headed Snake: The Battle of Rantemario', 'The Darkness Before Dawn'), The Alliance Secretary of Defense Walter Islands agreed to Yang's plan of using harassment raids on Imperial supply convoys and defeating other Imperial fleets to draw out Reinhard and kill him in battle, which could end the Imperial invasion. While their were some Imperial casualties, they were relatively light, and Wahlen's mission was considered a success. He and Kircheis gathered evidence and reported to their superiors, but were told that nothing could be done: corruption was a "necessary evil." ", "These idiots. Il devient l'ennemi juré de Reinhard, mais ils ont beaucoup de respect l'un pour l'autre. Though the efforts of Yang Wen-li prevented the complete destruction of the Alliance 2nd Fleet, the Battle of Astarte was an overwhelming victory for Reinhard and the Empire and gained him a promotion to Fleet Admiral, granting him his own Admiralty, which commanded around a third of the fleets in the empire and, after the fall of Iserlohn Fortress, he was put in charge of the war front on the Imperial side of the Iserlohn Corridor. Reinhard continued with the Iserlohn operation, however. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. When asked if she loved him, she claimed uncertainty. However, the young vice admiral had the opportunity to play a key role when Willem Holland's 11th Fleet charged directly into the Imperial formation, ahead of the other Alliance fleets. He and Kircheis gathered evidence and reported to their superiors, but were told that nothing could be done: a certain amount of corruption was accepted as a "necessary evil". Another barrage three minutes later broke the remaining 11th Fleet ships into a full retreat. As part of this scheme, two former Lippstadt League veterans who were living in exile on Fezzan, Count Alfred von Landsberg and Captain Leopold Schumacher, were hired by Rubinsky's aide Rupert Kesserling to kidnap the child Emperor and bring him to the Alliance, where they would set up a "legitimate" government-in-exile with the other high nobles. Even the arrival of Neidhart Müller's fleet as reinforcements did not turn the tide. Shortly before the Fourth Battle of Tiamat, Reinhard von Lohengramm's expeditionary fleet was ordered to intercept an Alliance fleet that had approached the area around Iserlohn Fortress. (LOGH: 'The Battle of Amritsar Starzone', 'New Trends'), No sooner had the Free Planets Alliance been routed at Amritsar, did Reinhard learn that Kaiser Friedrich IV had died peacefully in his sleep, thus robbing Reinhard of his vengeance. However, despite his success in seizing control of the Empire, Reinhard continued to suffer an emotional crisis over the death of Kircheis and the withdrawal of his sister Annerose into seclusion as a result of Kircheis' death.

What do they think people are? Determined to save the lives of his fellow soldiers, Yang Wen-li flew his battleship straight into the heart of the Imperial Fleet. (My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars), After the Fourth Battle of Tiamat, Reinhard was promoted to High Admiral, and firmly established a reputation for himself as a brilliant tactician because of his actions during the engagement.