# The Kaiser — Disenchantment character guide

> The Kaiser in Disenchantment by C. E. Montague.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0055-i

## Who they are

Wilhelm II, the German Emperor, a key enemy figure.

## In the story

### [XIII: The Old Age of the War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/xiii-the-old-age-of-the-war)

The Kaiser's mounted statue is described as a symbol of pride, towering over the scene in Cologne.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv)

Referenced through the mounted statue in Cologne, symbolizing pride and downfall.

### [XIV: Our Moderate Satanists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/xiv-our-moderate-satanists)

Mentioned in the context of a private applying Dickensian humor to him, and as the figurehead of a government that brought war upon Germany.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as the head of the German government that brought war and ruin to a widow and her children.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv)

Referenced as William the Second, the target of a private's Dickensian insult about being 'doubled up'.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v)

Implied as 'Potsdam' who called the world's bluff, leading to war.

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