Gerhard Wagner

* Part 1
* Part 3

**Gerhard Wagner** is the keeper of the town bar in the town, Cima di Vren, near Hotel Reger. He is a major character in Atlantic Connection, the third chapter in Part 1 of *Murder in the Alps*, before returning in Forgotten Memento, the fourth chapter in Part 3 of the game.

## Physical Appearance

Gerhard Wagner is a stern-looking, blond, white man. He is built tall and trim, wiry, and keeps his hair in a neat overcomb style.

## Personality

In town, Gerhard has a reputation as a generally trustworthy individual because of his somewhat central occupation. He talks curtly to other characters.

Underneath the facade, Gerhard is a cunning and manipulative individual, who doesn't shy away from lying to and manipulating the people who consider him a friend. He is ruthless, but ultimately too hasty and clumsy in his attempts at disguising his murders and nazi-affiliated activity.

## Abilities

Gerhard is a smuggler, a liar, and a killer. He talks at least German and English, likely also Spanish because of his connections to Argentina. He is very good at setting scenes and manipulating people.

## Relationships

### Otto Reger

Gerhard first met Otto Reger roughly ten years before the game takes place, so around 1923. That was also the year Gerhard first joined the Sturmabteilung, but never told Otto about it. He led Otto to believe that their friendship was genuine, and in Otto's words was even a great support to him when he was still trying to unpack his experiences from WWI.

### Hans Lenz

Gerhard and Father Hans Lenz assumably met around the same time as him and Otto did, and similarly Gerhard also led him to believe that they were fast friends.

### The Policeman

The Policeman of the town seems disbelieving of Gerhard's involvement at first, when he comes to the hotel to investigate the explosion. However, when Anna and Otto present him with their evidence, he is quick to condemn and arrest Gerhard.

## Quotes

### Atlantic Connection

* "Anna, Anna... I underestimated you. I should've killed you instead of Lenz."
* "Shut up! The explosion has alerted the police… No time for last words, darling. I'll make this quick."
* "I should have shot you in the beginning. Otto would've come crawling back to me, the spineless coward that he is."

### Forgotten Memento

* "It's a breath of fresh air, seeing you in this filthy, rotten, heaving mass of a city. Like an open sewer that nobody bothered to close. This city could really do with somebody capable of cleaning it up."
* "Excuse me, but I have to pick up a friend. It's on the way."
* "We've got you a 'hat'. See if it fits."

## Trivia

* Gerhard shares his surname with Richard Wagner, a German national-romantic composer, whose epic works were famously a source of inspiration for the mythology-based mysticism of the Nazis.
* Although not confirmed, it's possible that Claudia and Helmut's killer (The Phantom) is Gerhard.
* Jurgen replaces Gerhard as the town bar's keeper in *Dancing with the Beasts*.
* In *"Exiled Dead"*, one of the smugglers' name is revealed to be Gerhard as the smugglers finish up their work at the cemetery as Anna, Luigi, and Cozzi are held captive at the abandoned house. It's likely this is Gerhard Wagner himself, although the smugglers' silhouettes are not distinguishable enough to definitely confirm Gerhard's presence.
* Knowing that Gerhard dons a beret in Part 3, his silhouette is potentially seen as one of "Oskar's accomplices" in the flashback to Susi's and Petrus' murders in *Ladies of the Night*.
* Besides Anna, Gerhard is the only character to appear in all 3 parts of the game.

## Gallery

* In-Game
* Cutscenes

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Possibly mentioned by named in *Exiled Dead*.In a flashback in *Ladies of the Night* with Dhara.