Wilhelm Krieghaus

Wilhelm Krieghaus is a member of the Toppat Clan appearing as a minor antagonist in Infiltrating the Airship, a minor deuteragonist in Fleeing the Complex and a recurring minor antagonist in Completing the Mission.

He either comes from Germany or is native to the German language rather than English as he sports a German accent, and his first name "Wilhelm" is of German origin.

Bio

 * Infiltrating the Airship: He's pretty sharp when it comes to technology. The Airship's doors are just notoriously finicky.
 * Fleeing the Complex: He may struggle with technology, but when it comes to action and combat he excels.
 * Completing the Mission: He's been a Toppat member for over 40 years. His English has improved throughout the years, but he still has an accent.

Role
In Infiltrating The Airship, he appears as a major antagonist in "Government Supported Private Investigator." In Fleeing The Complex, he appears only in "The Betrayed" as a deuteragonist along with Ahnoldt Schwarz and Sureshot Sherman. In Completing The Mission, he appears as a major antagonist in "Jewel Baron" and a minor antagonist in "Valiant Hero" and "Toppat Civil Warfare."

Appearance
Wilhelm Krieghaus is a Toppat who has a thin mustache with a fairly small black top hat and black shoes. In CtM he now wears dark brownish shoes.

Personality
Wilhelm is a loyal Toppat Clan member as he has been in the clan for over 40 years. Being part of Toppats has also improved his English majorly though he still bears an accent. Despite supposedly being sharp with technology, he struggles to open the airship doors as they are finicky though he also said to struggle with technology in a later bio so his efficiency with tech is not exactly clear.

Wilhelm excels in action and combat which is shown as he was one of the three Toppats entrusted with busting Henry out of The Wall (TB) and one of the two Toppats taking out the guards. Wilhelm also tends to be hot headed in moments of struggle. This is seen clearly in GSPI when he yells in anger after struggling and failing to open an airship door. This also lead Charles Calvin to remark him as a 'moron' for not knowing how to open a door.

Infiltrating the Airship
Krieghaus appears during the GSPI ending. He is standing outside the door leading to the records library, but is puzzled by his inability to access it. Henry can ask Charles to:


 *  Remote Access - Charles tries to open the door by hacking, but ends up making the floor under Henry send him to a hole, and Wilhelm turns around in confusion.


 *  Mind Control - Charles controls Wilhelm's mind and tries to put the card to open the door. Charles ends up accidentally destroying the card while trying to put it in.


 *  Inside - Charles tries to kill Wilhelm with a mounted gatling, although Henry is also shot dead.


 *  Bone Melt - Charles remotely melt Krieghaus' bones, reducing him to a lump of flesh. Henry takes Krieghaus' keycard and opens the door.

Fleeing the Complex
Krieghaus appears in the "The Betrayed" ending. He is still alive and well in this path since it continues from "Rapidly Promoted Executive", thus the events of GSPI never happened. He is one of three Toppats who break into The Wall with a Drill Pod to bust Henry out. Wilhelm along with Sureshot Sherman hold off the guards as Henry makes his way to the Airship. It is now known if he survived the fight or not.

Completing the Mission
Krieghaus is seen during the "Jewel Baron" ending (Continuing from "Pure Blooded Thief", thus Krieghaus is still alive, and never fought in The Wall). He and the Right Hand Man are in the Orion Lounge of the Toppat Orbital Station, and catch Henry as he attempts to steal the Norwegian Emerald. To defeat both, Henry can:


 *  Emerald - Henry throws the emerald to try to crush Wilhelm and Right Hand Man, but the emerald is too heavy to be thrown far away. Right Hand Man shoots Henry while Wilhelm smiles (on the fail screen image)


 *  Chance Time - Henry throws the dice to see if he could win the emerald, but it turns out the dice forces him to give it to Right Hand Man. Wilhelm and Right Hand Man does victory poses.


 *  Yell - Henry unleashes a sonic attack that shatters the lounge's wall and both are ejected. He is not seen afterwards, and presumably dies in the void of outer space.

Krieghaus is also seen during the "Valiant Hero" pathway, where he is seen in the intro with 2 other Toppat members, Mr. Villain and Gremlin. Here he is seen getting beamed up into the Toppat Orbital Station along with the other two, confirming that he survived Charles' bone melt attempt. He is never seen afterwards, and his fate remains unknown.

In the "Toppat Civil Warfare" ending, he appears in the end screen with Ellie versus Henry along with other Toppat members who sided with Ellie's main faction of the Toppat Clan.



Quotes

 * "Put the card in."
 * "Ok, press this button."
 * "I do not understand this!"
 * "Groans" (When the Mind Control option appeared)

Trivia

 * His first name is a reference to the "Wilhelm Scream," a very popular stock sound effect that was also used in the legacy version of Stealing the Diamond for Alexander Garb yelling.
 * If in Infiltrating the Airship Henry has Charles Calvin mind controls Wilhelm, Charles remarks him as a moron.
 * He is one of the 3 Toppat clan members to appear in 3 games. The other two are also Reginald Copperbottom and Thomas Chestershire.
 * His technical skills have contradictory depictions. He supposedly excels at them in ItA, yet fails to open a door that Henry gets past with ease, and his FtC bio claims his deficiency with tech. The ItA part may have been his own claim, however.
 * He is the only Toppat member in Completing the Mission to return from ItA in a GSPI route.
 * While PuffballsUnited confirmed that he survived Charles' bone melt attempt, it is unknown how he avoided incarceration.
 * Krieghaus among us.pnghaus' voice lines in Government Supported Private Investigator and his name imply that he either hails from Germany or is native to the English language as he can be seen talking in a German accent.