Otto Reger

* In-Game
* Meet The Cast

**Otto Reger** is the owner and manger of Hotel Reger. He's one of the protagonists of Part 1 of *Murder in the Alps*.

## Physical Appearance

Otto is an older middle-aged man with greying hair, beard, and a muttonchop-style moustache. His expression tends to be friendly. He wears a white shirt and a black tie, over which he wears a green waistcoat. He also has dark trousers and a stained apron.

In outdoor scenes with the winter weather picking up, he wears a cap, a scarf and a thigh-length coat.

## Personality

Otto is good-natured, and manages the whole hotel from reception to kitchen and serving the guests. He wants to make his guests feel welcome and safe, and often calls them by first name, such as "Anna" or "Giovanni", or their preferred honorific, like "Professor Clark". He is frequently confronted with uncomfortable truths about what is going on in his hotel, and despite the initial shock and disbelief, is able to rationalise these disappointments quickly.

Otto's friendly personality did not prevent him from smuggling, or later stopping the operation, which makes him and the hotel a target. However, he admits that what he did is wrong, and is even willing to sacrifice himself for Anna.

## Abilities

Otto is capable of using firearms, as well as cooking for his hotel guests and doing the manual labour that a hotel requires. He is bilingual as he speaks both German and English. He may also be skilled in smuggling as he owns a cigarette smuggling business.

## Relationships

### Anna Myers

Otto and Anna Myers first meet when she first comes to Hotel Reger. He greets her kindly, and after some talks, decides to tell her about the weird events in the hotel. With time, they become close enough for Anna to become Otto's go-to help for solving mysterious and dangerous events at the hotel.

Over the course of the game's first part, Otto and Anna grow closer. They exchange light-hearted banter, but also share their doubts and suspicons about the mysteries very honestly. Anna agrees not to tell the police about Otto's smuggling, and Otto is willing to protect Anna with his life if needed. Anna also saves Otto when smugglers left him to freeze to death in *Dancing with the Beasts*. During the chapter, Otto even takes to calling her with pet names, such as his 'guardian angel' and '*Liebchen*' (darling).

### Hans Lenz

Otto and the town priest Father Hans Lenz are very close. They had known each other for a long time before the game's events, and were both part of the hotel's smuggling operation. It's implied that Otto got Father Lenz to join the smuggling. After Lenz's murder, Otto is horrified and grieved, and blames himself for his friend's fate.

### Gerhard Wagner

Otto trusted Gerhard Wagner for years and falsely thought they we're close. After he finds out how ruthless Gerhard is, and that Gerhard has lied about his affiliation to the Sturmabteilung Brownshirts for as long as they've known each other, Otto stops supporting him. He is even willing to sacrifice himself for Anna when Gerhard tries to shoot her. Gerhard worked for the German SS, and was arrested and taken to custody by Swiss Police, and Otto is satisfied to see it happen.

### Professor Clark

Charles Clark first came to stay at Hotel Reger in *Deadly Snowstorm*. In the events of both *Atlantic Connection* and the following *Dancing with the Beasts*, Otto protects Professor Clark in his hotel against the Sturmabteilung assassins trying to get at him for his work. Together with Anna, Otto is ready to help Professor Clark escape the country in disguise.

## Life before Hotel Reger

Otto Wilhelm Reger was a soldier in the First World War. Despite Switzerland being a neutral country, troops were still deployed to the northern and western borders for fear of invasion. During the events of *Atlantic Connection*, he tells Anna that getting to know Gerhard some ten years before in-game events, around 1923, was a way for him to talk through the lingering traumatic memories. Gerhard later scoffs at Otto's 'nostalgic stories'. He has also been a long-time friend of Father Lenz since before the game's events.

## Quotes

### Deadly Snowstorm

* "Greetings! You must be Anna Myers?"
* "I am ruined! Nobody will ever come here again! Never!"

### Atlantic Connection

* "Thank you for saving my life, Anna, in more ways than one. Thank you for everything."
* "Oh Anna, we are quite a team, aren't we?"

### Dancing with the Beasts

* "Anna... you are m-my g-g-guardian angel..."
* ”Bless you…liebchen…”
* "Don't put the blame on yourself, Professor. This is not your doing. We are all alive and well, and that's what matters."

## Trivia

* The surname Reger comes from mediaeval German *reiger* or *reigel*, 'heron', or alternatively *regen*, 'excitable', 'moved'.
* Otto's voice actor noticeably changes between *Atlantic Connection* and *Dancing with the Beasts*. In *Deadly Snowstorm* and *Atlantic Connection*, Otto has a lower and softer voice compared to in *Dancing with the Beasts*. This is likely because Nordcurrent could not get the original voice actor for *Dancing with the Beasts* since it had been more than 2 years since *Atlantic Connection*.

## Gallery

* In-Game

Dialogue icon.Dialogue icon during *Dancing with the Beasts*.
## Citations

1. ↑ http://www.switzerland1914-1918.net/swiss-army.html
2. ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names. https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=reger Oxford University Press 2013.