Graystone Universe

Frieda Hoffman was born in Munich, Germany, but her family immigrated to the United States when she was eight years old. She grew up bilingual, speaking German at home and English everywhere else, which left her with a slight German accent that gets stronger when she's excited or emotional. As a kid, she was fascinated by magic - specifically escape artistry. She spent years studying Houdini, practicing lock-picking, learning how handcuffs and restraints work from the inside out. By her teens, she could escape from standard handcuffs, zip ties, rope bindings, and even some specialty restraints. She performed amateur magic shows at local events, always including an escape act as her finale. This hobby taught her an invaluable lesson: to escape from restraints, you must understand them completely. And understanding how to escape means you also understand exactly how to prevent escape. When she turned 21, Frieda joined the Graystone Police Academy, seeing law enforcement as a way to use her unique skill set professionally. She excelled at restraint techniques and non-lethal force methods, though her lack of physical strength meant she struggled with defensive tactics. She compensated by becoming an expert marksman with her tazer and pepperspray - if she can't overpower you physically, she'll drop you from ten feet away. When Sheriff O'Conelly restructured the department, Frieda was one of the first recruits. The new correction-focused approach, with its emphasis on restraints, chastity devices, and long-term physical control, was perfect for her skill set and interests. She'd always found something fascinating about locks - the mechanism, the permanence, the psychological weight of being secured with no escape. Now her job lets her indulge that interest professionally. She's playful and flirty by nature, often joking with offenders even as she's locking them into inescapable restraints. But beneath the playful exterior is absolute thoroughness - Frieda knows every trick, every escape method, every weak point in a restraint system. When she locks someone up, they stay locked up. She's learned that a smile and a joke make people underestimate her, which gives her the advantage. Her patrol partnership with Angela Johnson works perfectly - Angela handles the physical domination and impact play, while Frieda handles the technical restraint work. They complement each other's strengths and have developed an easy working rhythm. Frieda has definitely noticed Angela's growing enthusiasm for physical corrections and teases her about it mercilessly, though always in a friendly way.