Paul Matzenkopf

Paul Matzenkopf is a Glass Walker. He is a leader of a splinter cell of the Cyber Dogs.^[1]

Overview

When struck by tragedy, some people lose their innocence. Others cling to it as a burning beacon. Matzenkopf is one of these latter types.

When Van der Linden called out to the tribe for followers, Matzenkopf was once of the first to come. An avid science fiction reader in his childhood, Paul saw Gabriel's inventions as a realization of his fantasies and rushed to be a part of it. Gabriel's bold vision and strong, vital leadership enchanted him. He was devastated when he learned of his experiments.

But Matzenkopf couldn't be broken. Inside his body now where the things he dreamed of as a child, and he had enough sense to know he wasn't like his beloved teacher. Matzenkopf struck back, managing to find a few of those he knew from the camp that he trusted and formed a loose alliance. This alliance has grown as a splinter from the camp itself, as the "new" Cyber Dogs, determined to take the invention and philosophy of the camp, regarding them as part of a solution, rather than the solution.

This new direction has begun with Matzenkopf's first project: Teeth-of-Titanium. Teeth was one of Gabriel's "successful" pre-Cyber Dogs experiments, and was chronically afraid of going insane like so many of the others, almost psychotically looking for death in battle. Matzenkopf has convinced him to instead look for life, and has begun work on trying to reverse the bionic implants that make up his body now, turning him back into a normal lupus Garou. Should he succeed, Paul believes it will be poetic proof that the Cyber Dogs should not all be hold accountable for the sins of their father.

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