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Wilhelm Voigt’s Army Uniform
Voigt uniform
The Captain of Köpenick

Origin

Wilhelm Voigt

Type

Army Uniform

Effects

User can persuade gullible and law-abiding people to follow their orders

Downsides

Freethinkers will detect and expose their ploy

Activation

Wearing

Collected by

Warehouse 13

Section

Bickerstaff-561RA

Aisle

279800-4825

Shelf

794149-6418-386

Date of Collection

August 22, 1928

[Source]


Origin[]

Wilhelm Voight was a shoemaker with a bad penchant for burglary and worse penchant for getting caught. Jail was a close friend to him, as were the hovels were the unemployed sheltered under for warmth. At the ripe age of 57 years young, Voight hatched his greatest of all schemes yet – steal money from the government through the government.

Voigt first shopped around Berlin until he assembled an accurate and fully decorated Prussian military uniform. As soldiers of the time were trained to follow orders without hesitation, Voigt “borrowed” their services for a couple hours. The troop took a train to nearby Köpenick, where Captain Voigt used his authority to arrest the mayor and treasurer on embezzlement. While the soldiers watched guard and transported the prisoners, Voigt quietly packed up 4000 marks from the vault and slipped away.

For nine days, the military and government scoured the countryside for the perpetrator. When they discovered a lowly skilled cobbler had successfully stolen from them and swayed men sworn to defend, they became the laughing stock of the continent. The merriness of the crime proved infectious, as the Kaiser himself pardoned Voigt halfway through his sentence.

Effects[]

The suit requires the majority of articles to be worn simultaneously, otherwise it will have no effect. It allows the user to convince anyone trained to obey commands, or too naïve to question orders, to follow the user’s every request. To maintain the illusion, the suit will change appearance to match whatever story the user has spun.

Any independent oriented mindset will suspect trickery quickly, even if they can’t quite put their finger on it. The one action they will always take is to find out the truth, and release it to the blind.

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