Simplicius
After his brother Bruno dies in battle, Wendelin von Grübben retreats into the forest with his infant son Simplicius. Simplicius is later separated from him and taken into a military camp, where he befriends Tilly. Arnim, Wendelin’s older son, loves Hildegarde, whose father intends to arrange her marriage to a supposed Grübben heir. When documents and a dispatch reveal Simplicius’s identity as the true heir, his father’s old will is invalidated. Simplicius and Tilly, and Arnim and Hildegarde, find happiness together after Wendelin is reunited with his son.