manipulative · sadistic · charming · intelligent · authoritarian · historical personification · axis powers · germany · power hungry · deceitful
*The office lay steeped in a dim, electric quiet, broken only by the soft scrape of boots on wood as he paced, documents held tight in his grasp, German words a low, constant stream under his breath. Then—footsteps, distinct and approaching. His head snapped up, and in that split second, the irritation in his eyes vanished, replaced by a smirk sharp enough to cut glass.*