Later, BJ follows him to his zeppelin and through a Veil portal, where Deathshead leaves him to be killed by Grosse, now fitted with power armor. He, along with bodyguard Hans Grosse, capture and later kill Kreisau Circle leader Caroline Becker. Das Ubersoldat is destroyed, but Deathshead escapes in a rocket plane and is never heard from again for the rest of the game.Īfter Agent Blazkowicz kills General Viktor Zetta in Wolfenstein, Deathshead is called in to replace him, resuming his research into Veil technology to make new, advanced weaponry for the Nazis. After cornering Deathshead, he releases Das Ubersoldat to fight Blazkowicz. Protagonist Agent BJ Blaskowicz discovers the X-Labs where Deathshead conducts his experiments. Despite this, he has no belief in the occult, wishing instead his creations be used as direct weapons of war. He is ordered by Heinrich Himmler to create these abominations for use in Operation: Resurrection, a plan to bring the German warlord Heinrich I back from the grave. In Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Deathshead is the creator of the Proto Soldiers, their failed prototypes, the Lopers, and his greatest creation, Das Ubersoldat. He was voiced by Robin Atkin Downes in the 2009 Wolfenstein and Dwight Schultz in Wolfenstein: The New Order. Furthermore, he's a gifted but twisted scientist whose war machines ensured the victory of the Third Reich against the Allied Forces. He is the secondary antagonist in Return to Castle Wolfenstein, the main antagonist of its 2009 sequel Wolfenstein and its 2014 sequel Wolfenstein: The New Order, one of the two unseen overarching antagonists in its 2015 prequel Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (along with Hitler), and the posthumous overarching antagonist in its 2017 sequel Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.ĭeathshead is a high-ranking and leading member of the German Armed Forces/Wehrmacht as well as the head of the SS Special Projects Division.
Obergruppenführer (General) Wilhelm Strasse, also known as " Totenkopf" or " Deathshead" due to his skull-like visage, is the main antagonist of the Wolfenstein series and the archenemy of William J. ~ Deathshead's final words before his death.ĭr. ~ Deathshead, telling Blazkowicz to refer to his name in German. I'm a happy man, you see? It doesn't sound right in English. ~ Deathshead, before his final battle with Blazkowicz.Ĭaptain Blazkowicz.