Paulus Fraser

Paulus Fraser (or simply Paul) is one of the main characters within the Modern Arc and serves as the third of Planty's "Guardians", having succeeded his father Argyle Fraser. Although seemingly reduced to a secretary, he still enjoys his job and doesn't mind being with the group, even if they tease him a lot.

Appearance
Paul is shortest of the main characters coming in at 171 cm (or 5' 7"). He is also one of the more frail- looking characters on the show, being very lean and underweight in general.  He has black hair, with lots of grey strands and has black bags under his eyes (presumably from working long hours without sleep or from playing too much World of Warcraft).

His outerwear usually consists of a white button-down shirt with a black tie. Occasionally he will wear a navy blue sweater that has his Royal Navy rank on his shoulders. He also wears expertly-ironed black slacks and black shoes that have the tendency to shine a lot.

Personality
Paul is a very introverted workaholic and he makes this known by being frustrated with people's lack of effort when it comes to certain tasks. He puts on a facade of seriousness with most people, but can be the exact opposite of that, especially when with Klara, Otto, or Wayde. He is also pretty friendly towards children and often geeks out with rocks or anime.

Although touched on little, other than in official documents, Paul does have some form of autism which doesn't allow him to read people in a similar manner that Planty can; he's also bad with some emotions and poorly-timed jokes (also similar to Planty). This makes him the target of Klara's overly dramatic affections and some ridicule from the rest of the group.

Backstory
Paulus is the child of Greta Hauptmann and Argyle Fraser. Originally, it was believed to have been Luka Hessen, considering the fact that Greta was placed in a cryochamber for 30 years, but that was disproven later on by DNA samples collected by Planty. He was born on July 17, 1976 in Aberdeenshire, but had some birth defects that limited his mental development. As such, he was diagnosed with autism, to which neither Greta nor Argyle knew how to combat. This lead to Otto (having been friends with Harald) to be extensively part of his life- both a blessing and a curse.

During his schooling, he went first to a private school in Glasgow before the constant bullying directed against him had his parents send him to a boarding school in Northumberland. The bullying was significanlty less and with Planty visiting often, most of the school children actually liked being around Paulus. It was also here that he learned to use his extreme intellect rather than hide it as he did in Glasgow. It was also here that he met and befriended both Philip Newman and Julia McKennedy. He also developed an interest an interest in nuclear physics, part of it coming from Planty's chemical background.

Having graduated secondary school as top in his class, he was recruited by the Royal Navy to serve in their counter-intelligence unit. However, Paul wished to have a field role similar to both his father and uncle. Once again, his intelligence distinguished him from the rest of his class. However, his athletics were a bit lacking, however, unlike many who had difficulty, his problem was being underweight and unable to gain weight easily. This forced him to never be able to be in field combat roles and was instead content to have a supporting role. He served originally a minor combat role being in charge of ship's censors before moving on to counter-intelligence.