Arnold Weyers

SCH Arnold Weyers (born 1972) is a soldier in the French Foreign Legion. He is a platoon leader in 3rd Company (3e Cie) of 11th Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment (11e REI). =Biography=

Early life
Weyers was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1972.

Military career
Weyers served in the South African Army from 1990 to 1993, specializing as a mechanized infantryman. He served as a private military contractor from 1993 to 1999, working primarily in the West African and North African oilfields. In 1999, leaving Algeria after "some unpleasantness that required a swift deptarture," he found himself penniless and jobless in southern France. Weyers joined the French Foreign Legion in 1999, starting his new career with the same rank as all new recruits, légionnaire de deuxième classe (2EME) He served for two ears as a grenadier-voltigeur, receiving a promotion to légionnaire première classe (1ERE) in 2001 and serving for the next two years as a mitrailleur. Promoted to caporal (CPL) in 2003, he led a fire team as its chef d'équipe. Promoted to sergent (SGT) in 2004, he became the sous-officier adjoint de la section of an infantry platoon, a role he held for the next four years. In 2008, he was promoted to sergent-chef (SCH) and transferred to 11e REI as part of is NCO cadre.

=Physcial description= Weyers is of average height and build. He wears a mix of French camouflage uniforms, principally the Daguet desert uniform, but with elements of Camouflage Centre-Europe. He goes nowhere without his FAMAS F1 rifle and repeats the mantra « tu entretiens ton arme comme ton bien le plus précieux » ("you maintain your weapon as your most precious asset"). Weyers intersperses his French with phrases of South African slang. Particular idiosyncrasies are calling his senior NCO peers "boet" (brother) and referring to the battalion commander as "Oom" (uncle).

=NPC motivations=
 * Club King - Brutal Weyers believes that the only way to deal with an enemy is through application of unconditional and overwelming force. He frequently pushes to the limit of acceptable behaviour, and it is rumoured that he has stepped over the line on more than one occasion.
 * Diamond 4 - Wealth, low level Weyers does not expect much from the Legion, just regular employment, adequate equipment, and hot meals when available. He looks for opportunities to supplement what the Legion offers, be it a nice beef steak and a few beers after a mission, or anything he can steal from a non-Legion unit and distribute to his platoon.