Carl von Wedel is a German-American Kindred.

Appearance

29 years old. Appears 24.Played by Douglas Booth.

Personality

Goals

He aims to regain his fortune by drawing in British investors and possibly setting up a hotel or department store in London. He has also been given a number of assignments by the Prince of New York and various locals, to deal with in London specifically and England more generally. This in exchange for help with his journey.

Emotional disposition

Optimistic, pragmatic. Can-do attitude. Having been an officer and involved in store management, he is also a leader of men. He will do what he can to inspire loyalty, but expects to be obeyed in turn.

Interests

He has a keen interest in all the latest technologies and management techniques. This includes architecture, time-motion studies, military technology. He has a dislike for southern plantation-owners and British companies that import cotton grown by slaves and (now) sharecroppers. He also enjoys sailing and hiking, though as a Kindred the latter has become a more dangerous activity. He has a liking for parks and wilderness areas, partially inspired by learning about the new Central Park project.

Personal History

The grandson of a Danish-Norwegian Baron, he was born in 1845 and raised into an affluent family in New York City, the owners of a Grand Hotel and Department Store.

He joined the civil war at the age of enlistment in 1863, his family purchasing him a commission as a Cavalry Lieutenant, as part of the 16th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, taking part in the Gettysburg Campaign and the defence of Washington D.C. Until the end of the Civil War, the 16th New York was repeatedly in action in Northern Virginia and fought a number of engagements against Confederate cavalry.

After the war, he returned to New York to be with his family and join high society. He met an elder woman who turned out to be a Kindred and was Embraced by her, for the purpose of marriage. He, his Sire and his family lost a great deal of money in the Panic of 1873 (then known as the Great Depression) from investing in a railway project that turned out not to be viable.