Karl Fairburne is the protagonist and main playable character in Sniper Elite and Sniper Elite V2.
Karl Fairburne was raised in Berlin, he was the son of a U.S. ambassador to Germany before the war broke out. He studied at West Point, a military academy located in New York, shortly after America's entrance into the war in the December of 1941. One of the reasons he was choosen to be an OSS agent was from his high up family status in the American goverment; this was a common way of citizens being hired to join the OSS, coming from high up status. He was probably choosen for the mission due to his experience of the city and the German language.
Karl Fairburn's mission was to recruit the scientists from Nazi Germany. Fairburne comes up against both Nazi and Soviet opponents as he tracks key individuals involved with the development of the V-2 ballistic missile. Some of the notable characters assassinated by Fairburne are: Major-General Hans von Eisenberg, Dr.Müller and Dr. Wolff.
Trivia:
- He eliminated James Bond and Himself and some Dumb Guy
- He is a Dumb Sniper and a Guy