Urszula Kalisz

Urszula Kalisz is a fictional identity created as a long-term cover for Bernadetta Krohl, a German BND agent who has been operating in Olawa under deep cover since the late 70s. Bernadetta was the daughter of a car mechanic who worked as a police officer in Köln, but she transferred to the BND in her mid 70s. She was promoted to a field officer in 1982 and stationed in Olawa under deep cover to maintain a small network in the town that occupied itself with gathering information on Soviet and Polish forces in the area. She was able to master fluent Polish after a one-year intensive language course in southern Germany, and since then she has passed unnoticed as the owner of a local mechanic's shop in downtown Olawa. In the past she would travel to Warsaw and even to Germany to receive information under the guise of making business trips, but since 1985 she has been cut off from the BND command and, although she still considers herself a loyal German, she is now working alone.

Urszula is effectively the secret ruler of the town. She has revealed her identity to a select few people, including some of the German soldiers who form part of the town's mercenary force (two of them live in her home and effectively function as bodyguards) and to the small number of survivors of her network, including the Mayor and one of the town's other councillors. Urszula is considered an important and influential member of the community so nobody is surprised by her frequent private meetings with the Mayor.

Urszula is a very prideful woman and has found she enjoys being a "power behind the throne" as well as fooling large numbers of people into thinking she is something she is not. She is, however, motivated first and foremost by duty to the German state - her long term goal is to somehow integrate Olawa into an expanded Germany, although she knows this is will take a lot of work. She is loyal to Germany first and foremost, and not especially friendly towards other NATO nationalities.