David Voss

David Voss is a character on the Netflix original sci-fi series Tribes of Europa. He is portrayed by Robert Finster.

David is a commander within the Crimson Republic. He recruits Liv into his camp in hopes of achieving access to Brahtok by gaining Grieta's trust. However, before he could enact his plan to invade Brahtok, he was apprehended and nearing a death sentence. With help from Liv, David broke free. Later on, he and his men prevented a truce between the Crows and the Crimson Republic by killing General Cameron and his soldiers. He spared Liv's life and revealed he aims to lead the Republic and start a Great War against the Crows.

Chapter 2
David and the Crimson Republic come across Liv of the Origines attacking Grieta from the Crows. He asks Liv to put her blade down. Corporal Yeboa sneaks up from behind and knocks Liv unconscious.

Liv awakens hooked up to an IV. She overhears David, Merk, Yeboa discussing their next course of action in regards to their Crow captive. Liv then notices that they’ve healed her wound. David explains that she’s in Camp Arhenberg, an outpost of the Crimson Republic. Liv reveals that the Crows were after an Atlantian pilot and attacked their tribe in search of him. David asks if the pilot had a cube, which Liv claims he didn’t. As for the hover jet, she says it crashed at the northern end of the forest. Liv then notes that her family was taken to Brahtok, where she intends to go after them. David warns her that Brahtok is a fortress that’s completely barricaded. They’ve searched daily for years to find a way in. Liv replies that a map is all she needs.

David and Merk discuss the crashed Atlantian hover jet and dangers that would befall them all should the Crows recover that technology first. Corporal Yeboa then arrives with Liv, who wishes to speak with the Crow prisoner, Grieta. Liv must know exactly where in Brahtok to find her family. She suspects the prisoner will talk to her, as she isn’t Crimson. David reluctantly agrees. He informs Liv that they’ve never managed to capture one of the Crows’ Bozies (warriors) until now. Usually, they kill themselves before they can be captured. Liv asks what it is that David wants her to find out. He explains that they have the same goal as Liv — a way into the city of Brahtok.

Liv informs David that she’s tricked Grieta into thinking that she can free her. Grieta promised to return Liv’s family should she get her out. She is prepared to give Liv her trust whilst Liv devises her alleged escape plan. With Liv wanting to free her family and David seeking a way into Brahtok, she believes they can work together. Should she find a way in, she expects that David will help to get her people out.

Chapter 3
David finds Liv alone in the woods near Camp Arhenburg. David warns her that the woods are dangerous, but she’s spent her entire life in the forest and knows how to navigate the trees. She revealed that they would often trade with Little Praha. They had an agreement with Little Praha, who wouldn’t tell anyone they existed, which is why the Crimson didn’t know of the Origines until a few days ago. Liv’s mother founded the tribe before she was born. Less than 12 people at the time. Until a few days ago, they numbered almost 50. David promises Liv that they will rescue her family.

Liv reports back to David; she fears that Grieta won’t be easily fooled. Liv will have to prove that she has a credible escape plan. Liv proposes that she break the prisoner out and once she has enough information, she’ll signal them, and they’ll capture her and the Crow. However, David remarks that it’s too risky. They’ll stick to the plan of Liv working as a prison guard to gain her trust.

Merk returns with the body of the Atlantian pilot from Liv’s village. Unfortunately, there was nothing left at the crash site. Scouts of the north report that it was taken to Brahtok. Merk fears that the Crows might have the Atlantian cube and suggests once again informing Father Cameron, but David doesn’t want to involve the Father. He looks to Liv and pushes her to make Grieta talk.

Liv reveals to David that her cover is blown. Without a means to get past the barricade, their mission is delayed. With that, Liv decides to leave, but David tries to convince her to stay as a Crimson. Sooner or later, the Republic will attack Brahtok, and David will be there fighting on the front lines. He hopes that Liv will join him in freeing Brahtok. But she fears that her family doesn’t have much time and declines his offer.

Liv approaches David and informs him that she would like to join the Crimson Republic. She has one provision however. She wants one last visit with Grieta before she’s removed. Liv has come up with a plan to regain her trust.

David and Liv approach Grieta’s cell. Liv steals David’s gun from his holster and with Grieta’s help, restrains his hands to the cell doors with rope. Liv then frees Grieta, and they escape up a sewer tunnel. Liv climbs up first with Grieta not far behind her. Once on the surface, Grieta manages to steal Liv’s gun and knock her to the ground. She holds Liv at gunpoint before returning her pistol, stating that Crows stand by their word.

Not long after their escape, Grieta tells Liv how they will get into Brahtok. Having gained knowledge of a way under the barricades, Liv signals the Crimson with a flare gun. Within minutes, David and his men have Grieta in custody. They return to Camp Ahrenberg, where David notes that her plan was both risky and courageous. Both Liv and David take a drink before proceeding to kiss.

Chapter 4
David gifts Liv her official Crimson Republic uniform — also the uniform of the Eurocorps from pre-Black December. The last great project of the European Union before everything fell apart. The Crimson were those who emerged from it. With this uniform, Liv is now a part of history.

With the information Liv gathered from Grieta, they now know that there is one tunnel that isn’t entirely flooded, allowing them to infiltrate the wolk factory from underneath. David explains that there will be two squads: Alpha (David, Vasquez, Sokolow, Grimm, and Warren) and Beta (Merk, Yeboa, Tiago, and Liv). They intend to destroy the factory to weaken their economical infrastructure. Alpha squad will set the explosions in the production sites while beta squad heads to the building with the collection cells, where the slaves are housed, to extract Liv’s family. Lastly, David states that he hasn’t informed Crimson Capital about the mission, and it must stay that way.

After learning that Merk has left camp, David puts Yeboa in command of Beta squad. Unfortunately, before they can head out, Merk returns with Father. He reveals that Merk has been working for him the entire time, making sure that David never crossed any lines, just as he was intending to do by invading Brahtok. David takes full responsibility and is prepared to accept any consequences. Father charges David with high treason. He will be tried before a military tribunal back in Crimson Capital. And Arhenburg is hereby dissolved. The soldiers will be garrisoned back in the Crimson capital, and their mission is over. David is then placed under arrest.

Chapter 5
Liv returns to base to bring David his meal, as he is now being held in the prisoner’s cell. Tomorrow, he’ll be taken back to the Crimson capital, where he’ll be executed. This mission was the best opportunity they’ve had in years, and Father destroyed it. Liv wonders why. David explains that Father wants peace with the Crows. However, David believes that freedom and peace with the Crows would require all of Europa to be under their control. So, he asks Liv to kill Father in order to stop the truce. David is certain that Father will want to talk to her regarding Grieta. She’ll have to use this meeting to kill him. He tells Liv that his people will help her.

Liv visits David in his cell and explains just why she didn’t kill Father; he gave her assurance that Grieta and her family would be exchanged. She’s heading out with them to Brahtok for the arrangement. She apologizes, but he tells her that she shouldn’t apologize for acting according to the principles followed by her and her tribe. No matter what, he’ll continue to fight for his convictions. Before leaving, she tells David to have faith in her, as they’ll meet again.

Chapter 6
With help from Liv, David's men break him out shortly after Father heads out to forge a truce with the Crows. They catch up to Father at a border post. Father introduces himself to a Bozie named Tusk, who moments after shaking Father’s hand, is shot in the head. Father shares the same fate. Within seconds, the barrier post becomes a war zone, Bozies and Crimsons alike being shot from the buildings above. Liv manages to get back to the truck and free Grieta, who is shot in the abdomen during the chaos, but Liv helps get her to some place secure. Grieta tells Liv to leave her, but Liv refuses. David then enters armed with a rifle. He apologizes for all that has transpired, but she tells him never to apologize for his ideals. He then turns his gun on Grieta, who Liv asks him to spare. David then asks Liv to come with him, but she refuses, as he is a murderer, though David intends to blame the ambush and Father’s death on the Crows. Historians will say this was the beginning of the Great War. The end of the reign of the Crows. Then begins the Crismon Age around them. Under David’s leadership. He pleads with Liv to join him. Again, she declines. However, he can’t let her go either. He raises his gun to kill her, but instead fires off a few rounds in the ground and reports back to his team that the threat has been neutralized.

Season 1

 * Chapter 2
 * Chapter 3
 * Chapter 4
 * Chapter 5
 * Chapter 6