{"id":176,"date":"2016-12-13T08:53:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T08:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pbem.online\/sites\/MurderAtChristmas\/?p=176"},"modified":"2016-12-13T08:53:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T08:53:31","slug":"meet-the-characters-of-murder-at-christmas-no-3-franz-von-essen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbem.online\/sites\/MurderAtChristmas\/2016\/12\/13\/meet-the-characters-of-murder-at-christmas-no-3-franz-von-essen\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Characters of Murder at Christmas: No.3 \u2013 Franz von Essen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Franz von Essen, played by Helmut Dantine<\/p><\/div>\n

Franz von Essen is the young scion of a noble German family, who have a long tradition of service in the diplomatic service. Von Essen is something of a protege of\u00a0Joachim von Ribbentrop. Originally under the protection of\u00a0Baron Ernst von Weizs\u00e4cker, Director of the Policy Department at the Foreign Office, von Essen has become associated with the more aggressive foreign policy being pursued by von Robbentrop, who is understood to be in line for promotion to\u00a0Foreign Minister of the Reich.<\/p>\n

Franz von Essen is young, charming and cosmopolitan. He spent some years at school in England, and travelled in the United States, for which he holds considerable affection, before returning and settling down to work in the Foreign Ministry, with frequent trips abroad on diplomatic missions.<\/p>\n

Another thing that interrupts his working life is the fact that he is an Olympic level skiier; in the winter he is frequently to be seen on the slopes at major competitions. He competed in the Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, held in\u00a0Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany, where he narrowly missed winning a bronze medal.<\/p>\n

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Franz von Essen\u00a0is a NonPlayer Character in Murder at Christmas. This means that she will be written by Mel Mason, who is running the game.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can learn more about other characters here.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Murder at Christmas is an online email game that will run over (approximately) the Twelve Days of Christmas \u2013 from December 21st 2016 until January 6th 2017. There are\u00a0eight writers, working collaboratively (see the Rules of the Game<\/strong><\/a>). <\/em>Regular updates will be posted on the website<\/strong><\/a>, with links that you can follow on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, Facebook<\/strong><\/a> and Google+<\/a><\/strong> so that people can follow the story, root for their favourite characters, and keep up with the twists and turns of the plot.<\/em><\/p>\n

Followers can also apply to join the Gossip mailing list<\/a>,where they can discuss the game with the writers!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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