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 | Colonel Lanser: the head of the local battalion; a WWI veteran. | |
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| Captain Bentick: old, Anglophile; loves dogs, Christmas and "pink children". Is killed by Alex Morden in a fit of rage while trying to protect Captain Loft. | |
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| Major Hunter: the engineer; has a model railroad at home. | |
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| Captain Loft: young, ambitious; he lives and breathes the military. | |
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| Lieutenant Tonder: a poet described as a "dark romantic", is killed by Molly Morden after flirting with her. Dreams of a romantic death in war. | |
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| "the Leader": only referred to and never named; modeled on Adolf Hitler | |
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