Stroheim is introduced as a German Major researching and experimenting on the Pillar Man, Santana. After a close call with death, he is eventually repurposed as a cyborg and promoted to a Colonel. His unit cooperates with the Speedwagon Foundation and the Hamon users to stop the threat of the Pillar Men. Stroheim's key trait is his enthusiastic nationalism. He is very prideful of Germany, and boasts about its technological superiority often. He commands with ease and confidently believes success