Daniel Von Arthur-Stresfeldt

Daniel Von Arthur-Stresfeldt, also known as THE DARK DUKE or IRON CLAW, is the chief protagonist of THE PRISONER AGENDA and a recurring villain associated with Organization ORKO. He is an unrepentant murder and wanted criminal.

Personality
Duke Daniel is an arrogant and ambitious nobleman who has turned away from his duties as a wise ruler and adopted a program of crime and intrigue. He suffers from overconfidence which often blinds him to the ingenuity of his opponents of whom he considers "weaklings" and "inferior." This often leads to his underestimating of their abilities which often complicates his plans.

Unlike his late nemesis, Colonel Zapt, who plans strategic and tactical miracles, Duke Daniel is often unable to see his plans to fruition due to impatience, fits of rage and the disloyalty of his underlings who often are mistreated and berated by the Duke.

Duke Daniel has also been seem as cowardly living off of the old adage "He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day." This has led him to abandon his troops and supporters in favor of a personal strategic retreat.

Affiliations and Crimes
The extent of Duke Daniel's crimes were not generally known until he was stripped of his titles in Spring of 2009 at which time he murdered Colonel Ballistaire Zapt who was attempting to rescue Queen Maria of Ruritania. Duke Daniel, in a fit of rage and cruelty, ran him through with a sabre before threatening the life of the Queen and her future husband, Captain Fritz Dreyfus.

It was later insinuated that Duke Daniel may have also committed regicide by orchestrating the plane crash which killed the parents of Queen Maria.

In terms of his affiliations, he originally was a member of the Royal House of Von Arthur serving as a vassal for the Zanduh Region of Ruritania, a title he had inherited from his father. However, he came to associate with operatives who had once worked for Organization ORKO. Duke Daniel became fascinated with Organization ORKO and eventually came into communication with Baron Lucien Petty, the de facto leader of Organization ORKO.

By 2009, Duke Daniel was a full Organization ORKO operative and even had the organization's flags flying over Zanduh Castle instead of the national Ruritanian flag. His plan had been to seize the throne of Ruritania and exile then Princess Maria, his cousin who he had kidnapped, while turning Ruritania into a haven for the rise of a renewed Organization ORKO. This plot was foiled when Mari Solinski impersonated Maria allowing the coronation to go forward. Duke Daniel then asked for an impossibly high ransom of 2 Billion dollars for the Queen's return intending, however, to murder the Queen.

This plan, too, was foiled and Duke Daniel made off with approximately 500,000 Ruritanian Marks adding high larceny to his "rap sheet."

List of Known Crimes

 * Regicide
 * Kidnapping
 * Murder
 * Terrorism
 * Racketeering
 * Larceny (theft of Dutchy Funds)