During World War II, his father began the search for the Spear of Longinus and recognized that it could only wielded by someone virtuous and pure of spirit. He began grooming Seigfried for this role, by keeping his son isolated, so that Seigfried would not learn about the evils being committed by the Nazi regime, but instead focused on prayer and mysticism. Lying on the ground outside the collapsed dig site, he babbled as he continued to see a vision of the spear, and expired.