Murder in the Alps / Characters

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Anna Myers

Voiced by: Juliette Crosbie

The main protagonist. A young journalist from Zürich who tends to find herself solving various murder mysteries.

'50s Hair: Anna has a short and wavy hairstyle, though the game is set in the '20s and '30s.
All There in the Manual: Anna's backstory is further revealed on Murder in the Alps's social media accounts. Anna's family moved to Switzerland before World War 1 started. Where as Anna's father David Myers worked in Zürich's American Embassy, Anna's mother Mary Myers was a housewife. Anna spent a lot of time at the embassy in the presence of many politicians and has learned to speak in English, German, and French.
Amateur Sleuth: A journalist who applies her logical skills to helping the police solve crimes. Part 3 has the obligations of her actual job preventing her from focusing full-time on the mysteries.
Beware the Nice Ones: Anna's a nice reporter, but she knows how to give evildoers their due. She comes close to shooting Oskar in vengeful rage at the ending of The Dada Killer until she chooses not to give the Mad Artist the climatic ending he desires.
Deadpan Snarker: Especially under Sven's criticism.
Sven: [assessing one of Anna's articles] It's not abysmal. Certainly fit to print.
Anna: I'm not sure if I can handle all that flattery!
Doesn't Like Guns: Though she can use firearms, Part 3 has her reluctant to using them, a trait that wasn't hinted on in previous chapters.
Doom Magnet: She tends to stumble on murders to solve, and she's made acquaintance with many of the victims. One character even says in Ladies of the Night that she carries bad luck around her, and she later wonders they might be right.
Dumb Blonde: Subverted heavily. Our blonde heroine is better at solving mysterious crimes than the police.
Guile Heroine: Anna will foil the criminals through logic and cleverness. A special mention goes to unmasking the murderer of The Heir through an Engineered Public Confession.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Anna is a blonde reporter who'll always make sure that the guilty are apprehended and no innocents are falsely convicted.
Humble Heroine: While first meeting Theodora Cozzi in The Only Redemption, Anna modestly undermines her past exploits in Porto Ceso by saying that Luigi and Officer Cozzi did all the hard work, with Luigi immediately saying that it was thanks to her that their previous cases were solved.
Intrepid Reporter: Our journalist heroine Anna Myers will always solve the case.
Kindhearted Cat Lover: She adopts in Part 3 Amy the cat after Judit (for whom Anna originally bought Amy) is murdered.
Master of Unlocking: Anna demonstrates her skill in unlocking doors and cases in several Lockpicking Minigames.
Protagonist Without a Past: Not much information is revealed about Anna's backstory in the game itself. Mostly the game's social media accounts disclose about her family and life before journalism. She mentions in The Heir that her clockmaker grandfather taught her to fix most common problems, and she reveals in The Dada Killer that she grew up working in a repair shop. Anna's age remained unknown for years until a Q&A with the developers in 2023 revealed Anna was 29 during Part 2, making her 32-33 by Part 1 and Part 3. The only time Anna's family was mentioned in-game was during the game's holiday event in 2019, where Anna was shown to be staying at home to celebrate the winter holidays with her family and friends as well as helping her uncle with his boutique.
Wrench Wench: When Anna helps Ruben fix his malfunctioning engine in The Dada Killer, she reveals she used to work in a repair shop when she was younger.

Villains

Claudia Perret

Christian Petersen's nurse.

Battleaxe Nurse: A manipulative nurse who's also a Nazi agent willing to resort to murder to cover her back.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She spends most of Deadly Snowstorm by pretending to be friendly and easily frightened to cover her ruthlessness.
Deadly Doctor: She's a nurse and capable of cold-blooded murder (though she uses medical equipment to kill only her two first victims).
Fake Nationality: An In-Universe example. Claudia was born in Munich as a Kopp and became Perret after she got married in France. She returned to Germany after divorcing her husband, but she continues to present herself as a French woman.
Femme Fatale: She spends a night with Giovanni in the latter's room just so she'd have an alibi once Mr. Petersen is discovered dead. What's more, she also plants around incriminating evidence against Giovanni so that everyone would suspect he's the murderer.
Only Bad Guys Call Their Lawyers: Once Anna exposes her and the police arrives, she refuses to say anything without seeing her lawyer.
Stupid Evil: Claudia murders five hotel guests to keep them quiet about her activities. Unfortunately for her, each murder and her efforts to cover up her involvement leave around many clues for Anna to pick on. Besides, the entire murder spree doesn't get her close to accomplishing her mission to kidnap Professor Clark. Said failure gets her killed immediately in the next chapter.
Your Makeup Is Running: This happens to her whenever she cries her Crocodile Tears.

Helmut Grass

Claudia's partner who keeps an eye on things in Cima di Vren.

Sinister Shades: He's a Nazi agent covering his eyes with shades.
The Voice: In Deadly Snowstorm where Anna answers his phone call and is asked to deliver his message to Claudia. He's only shown in person in The Phantom where he's already been killed.

Gerhard Wagner

The smuggling partner of Otto Reger and Father Lenz who owns a bar in Cima di Vren.

All There in the Manual: Gerhard's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's Facebook account. Born in Germany but shortly taken by his family to South America, Gerhard grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he likely met with Dhara Biguá and began employing her. Gerhard voluntarily joined Germany's army in World War 1 as a patriot in 1914 and became anti-Semitic once Germany lost World War 1.
Deadpan Snarker: He can be one occasionally, such as when he asks Cima di Vren's police officer if cutting Hotel Reger's telephone lines counts as crimes against the country, or tells Anna that the sack she's forced to wear over her head is a hat for her to try on.
Demolitions Expert: Anna has to defuse one of Gerhard's bombs in Hotel Reger's cellar after another one blows up the warehouse. He's also implied to be behind the bomb Anna defuses in Forgotten Memento due to the similar design.
Evil All Along: He's regarded as a trusted friend by Otto and Father Lenz, but the climax of Atlantic Connection reveals that he's the head of the same smuggling Nazi agents who are trying to permanently take over Hotel Reger.
False Friend: He has all along faked being Otto and Father Lenz's friend. He ruthlessly murders Lenz in order to scare Otto, and when he holds Otto and Anna at gunpoint, he admits that he never cared about Otto's war experiences.
Recurring Boss: By making his way into all the three parts, he's so far Anna's most recurring enemy. Not only he's the main antagonist of Atlantic Connection, but he's heavily implied to be involved in the smuggling operation of Exiled Dead, and returns in Forgotten Memento.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: After Otto and Father Lenz decide to quit smuggling, Gerhard sets the events of Atlantic Connection in motion so that Hotel Reger will remain as his smuggling operation's staging post. He tries to scare Otto into giving up the hotel by murdering Father Lenz, inter alia, but he eventually gets tired with his pretenses of friendship and attempts to kill Otto and Anna.

The assailants

Two unnamed Nazi assassins sent to dispatch Professor Clark in Dancing with the Beasts.

Exit, Pursued by a Bear: They're both torn to pieces by wolves.
No Name Given: They're only called assailants.
Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Subverted. The remaining assassin escapes after shooting Professor Clark, but the latter is revealed to have survived. Anna believes that the assassin will report to his Nazi superiors that his mission was successful while Professor Clark escapes the country. However, the ending cinematic shows the villain succumbing to his wounds and being eaten by wolves.

Osvald Bernstein

An old friend of Anna who has worked as an accountant for about thirty-five years in Molinelli Industries.

Big Bad Friend: He befriended Anna before the events of The Heir, yet he turns out to be said chapter's main antagonist. He acts very supportive of Anna until he tries to murder her once he becomes worried about her investigation.
The Chessmaster: He has carefully planned in advance on how to murder Aldo unnoticed, plant around incriminating evidence to ensure that everyone will blame Silvia and/or Fabio Verno for the murder, and inherit Molinelli Industries from his dying uncle. The plan is executed without a hitch until Anna ruins everything at the last minute.
Connected All Along: He's actually Aldo Molinelli's cousin through Aldo's estranged aunt Flora Molinelli who was disinherited by her father when she defied him by marrying Osvald's father Albert Bernstein.
Evil Nephew: To Mario Molinelli, Aldo's father. In order to seize the ownership of Molinelli Industries, Osvald murders Mario's only child and tricks his old and ailing uncle into making him his heir.
Evil Old Folks: He's at least in his early fifties and schemes to steal the ownership of Molinelli Industries.
Freudian Excuse: Osvald lived in poverty after his mother was disinherited for marrying against her father's will. His father abandoned the family when their stressful lifestyle became too much for him, and (according to the game's social media accounts) his mother passed away when Osvald was six years old. He was then employed by his grandfather's company as an accountant, but he bitterly watched from the side as his cousin Aldo enjoyed a privileged life for free. Believing that he deserves to own Molinelli Industries after all the years he's worked for the company, he schemes to get Aldo out of the way in order to become the only legitimate heir.
High-Class Glass: He wears a monocle and has worked for a wealthy family for so long he's considered their friend. He's actually a family member, but he's off-limits to their wealth due to his mother having been disinherited before he was born, though he attempts to change that.
Villainous Breakdown: He loses his composure as Silvia provokes him into making a Motive Rant and eventually attempts to choke her in fury. As the policemen who heard everything arrest him, he can only utter that he's the rightful heir.

Dhara Biguá

A South American woman who's been in smuggling business since adolescence.

All There in the Manual: Dhara's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's social media accounts. Born in South America, she became a servant to the Wagner family after getting close with the son (implied to be Gerhard Wagner) of a trader from the family who visited Dhara's settlement. Since then, Dhara has been a smuggler for the son.
Brawn Hilda: She's about two meters tall, bulky and unattractive with her scarred and tattooed appearance and general unfriendliness.
The Brute: As a physically imposing and taciturn No-Nonsense Nemesis, Dhara makes for an excellent enforcer for Gerhard and Oskar.
Jerkass: Even before she's revealed to be a crook, she sullenly refuses to say a single word of an apology for getting Anna soaked and scattering her luggage.
Lady Looks Like a Dude: In no small part thanks to her gender-neutral clothing and height, Dhara looks rather unfeminine when compared to the other women in the game. Luigi initially mistakes her for a man before he gets a better look at her face and hears her grunt.
Lightning Bruiser: She can fling Anna with only one arm, and despite her height, she can move quickly and stealthily enough to take by surprise Anna who's hiding in a locker and start assaulting her before Anna can fight back. She can also take being shot in the side well enough to make a hasty retreat.
No-Nonsense Nemesis: Anna acknowledges in her diary that Dhara is a barbarian who doesn't mess around. When the thugette discovers that Anna has escaped Oskar's clutches in Forgotten Memento, she immediately goes for the kill without asking questions or trash-talking. Being forced to avoid gunfire of a timely rescuer is the only reason she doesn't manage to kill Anna.
Perpetual Frowner: She's always shown with "the meanest frown Anna has ever seen".
Silent Antagonist: She's so far the only recurring antagonist who doesn't speak on-screen.
Tattooed Crook: She has an unfinished tattoo on her face, and she's a smuggler.
Token Minority: She's the only native South American of the game. She's also theorized to be a member of the Abipones.^note
The Voiceless: She never speaks in her appearances, just grunts, growls or cries out. The game's social media accounts state that she doesn't like to speak. Iris Knef mentions that when Dhara threatened them off-screen, she spoke with a terrible accent but made herself very clear.

Rinaldo Fiore

A florist living in Porto Ceso. He lets Anna use the apartment he owns during her visits to the town. He's the ex-husband of Irene Hoffman and father of the late Roberto Fiore.

Ascended Extra: He first appears in The Heir as an unnamed background character standing at the door of his flower shop. In Exiled Dead, he has become a minor character with a name and speaking lines. And finally, in Unforgiven, he's heavily involved in the plot as the ex-husband of Irene Hoffman, father of the posthumous Roberto Fiore, and murderer of Flavio Riva, his son's (accidental) killer.
Beware the Nice Ones: This kind florist who rents a room for Anna and is otherwise helpful in Exiled Dead, brutally murders Flavio Riva after he discovers that Flavio caused the death of Rinaldo's son, tries to frame an innocent fisherman as the murderer, knocks out Anna with chloroform, and even kidnaps his ex-wife whom he wants to win back. When Anna exposes him, everyone finds it hard to believe that such a gentle person could be capable of such brutality and deviousness.
Graceful Loser: When Anna uncovers Rinaldo's crimes, he admits that she was too clever for him and submits to being incarcerated.
The Illegible: He states in Unforgiven that his handwriting is terrible, which is why he uses Anna's typewriter to write a love letter to Irene.
I Was Quite a Looker: He's on the cusp of old age, but his profile in the game's social media accounts says that he used to have an athletic figure and hasn't entirely gone to the seed yet.
Outliving One's Offspring: His son Roberto died eleven years before the events of Unforgiven. He seems to have done a better job at coming to terms with it than Irene has. It turns out he hasn't after all; he can't get sleep at night as he reminisces over Roberto, and when he discovers it was Flavio who accidentally killed Roberto, he murders Flavio as retribution. When he's arrested, he gripes at everyone for thinking Irene was the only one who's still sore from their son's death.
Papa Wolf: Rinaldo murders Flavio after discovering from his son Roberto's diary that Flavio accidentally killed Roberto by pushing him from the cliff. He also hopes to win his ex-wife back by delivering justice in their son's name.
Tragic Villain: Rinaldo is in the end a grieving father who wanted both to avenge his son and win back his ex-wife who grew distant after their son's death. The way he confesses all his feelings once he's exposed and accepts going to jail since he has nothing left in civilian life makes him very humane.

Teodora Cozzi

Officer Cozzi's wife who's a fundamental Christian.

As the Good Book Says...: She just loves to cite the Bible.
Evil Old Folks: This elderly Christian lets her anger turn her into a Knight Templar.
The Fundamentalist: She's strictly religious and leads the local Christian group. Luigi and Herman both think that they're sometimes ridiculously extreme with their advocation for purity and chastity. Teodora becomes crazy enough to murder Cloe Como and Regina Valentini for their infidelity while thinking that she's doing the God's work. Anna believes that had she not been caught, she would have searched for more victims who've sinned in her eyes.
Knight Templar: After she kills in bottled-up rage the housekeeper who had a baby with her husband, she becomes convinced that killing women who are unfaithful to their spouses makes her a crusader of the God.
Pet the Dog: After Teodora is arrested, she reveals that she didn't kill Cloe's baby but gave it to the Children's Shelter of Maria Goretti. Possibly a case of Wouldn't Hurt a Child and Even Evil Has Standards: Teodora might believe that killing a woman who had an affair with her husband is okay but killing the child born from the affair isn't since the child was an innocent.
Villainous Breakdown: When Anna reveals how Teodora murdered Cloe and Regina, Signora Cozzi just calmly reads her Bible, but once Anna finishes, Teodora has a sanctimonious outburst and tries to attack Anna. Once Officer Cozzi and Luigi restrain her, she turns to citing the Bible one more time.

Oskar Havel (aka The Dada Killer)

A Serial Killer obsessed with Dadaism who is the main antagonist of The Dada Killer.

Arch-Enemy: Following the events of the Dada Killer's debut chapter, Anna is more personally invested in capturing the Serial Killer who murdered Judit than with any other criminal she's faced.
The Bad Guy Wins: Although Anna stops the serial killer by the end of The Dada Killer with the police arresting him, Oskar ends up escaping custody and eventually killing Iris in Forgotten Memento, achieving his goal in the end.
Cop Killer: Oskar's superior Judit Halle becomes one of his last victims in his debut chapter.
Hero Killer: He murders Judit Halle near the end of his debut chapter to prove he's a more serious threat than any criminal Anna has faced before.
Icy Blue Eyes: Oskar has blue eyes and is a meticulous psychopath.
Insane Equals Violent: Oskar uses murder to create art and was obviously insane even before starting his serial killings.
Killer Cop: The Dada Killer is revealed to be Oskar, one of the two constables under Judit.
Lean and Mean: Oskar is a thin and murderous psychopath.
Mad Artist: This Dadaist is so deranged he repeatedly uses murder to make sick art instillations. He even tries to provoke Anna into killing him so that (in his deranged mind) the world would remember him as an artistic genius.
Oskar: Would you like me to make you my next splattered canvas?
Manipulative Bastard: The developers confirm in a Q&A on the game's social media accounts that Oskar "manipulated and coerced" Ruben into cheating on Judit with Nadia Shwetz/Kiki Hag.
Menacing Mask: When Oskar's holding Anna captive in Forgotten Memento, he wears a paper bag mask with a creepy painted face on it.
Pen Name: Ozzie Lang was the Dada Killer's nom de plume when Oskar's first Dada exhibition was shut down years ago.
Revenge: Oskar starts his serial killing with Vanessa Fiedler whose criticism led to the police shutting down his first Dada exhibition. His last intended target is Iris Knef, whom he treats as a goddess, yet who refuses to exhibit his art for the second time.
Recurring Boss: Remains a threat throughout Part 3, culminating in Forgotten Memento where his criminal allies launch many attacks and crimes in Zürich.
Smug Snake: The Dada Killer is a competent schemer, but his desire for recognition and toying with his ultimate prey can be used to foil him.
The Sociopath: When Anna uses a graphology test on Oskar's handwriting in Ladies of the Night, she summarizes that Oskar is an anti-social narcissist incapable of taking criticism.
Would Harm a Senior: One of the Dada Killer's victims is Natalie Meisner, a retired judge. She turns out to be a Corrupt Bureaucrat who took bribes from Nazis but it's unclear whether Oskar knew or cared about this or not when he murdered her.
Would Hurt a Child: Given that the Dada Killer is okay with murdering the pregnant maid Wilma Sommer, he certainly would.

Mitzi Stumpf née Wiget

The identical twin sister of Susi Wiget, a prostitute whom Anna planned to interview for an article about prostitution.

Angsty Surviving Twin: She's broken by Susi's death and killing the man she mistook for her twin's murderer.
Anti-Villain: She only killed Petrus Krämer, the detective hired to locate the Dada Killer, because she thought that he had murdered her twin sister due to the actual murderers being long gone by the time she arrived and because the detective fled.
Character Tics: Her habit of twirling her hair clues Anna in the fact that Susi is the dead twin since Mitzi is the one twirling her hair in her wedding photo instead of Susi.
Lady in Red: She wears a red dress and impersonates her dead twin who worked as a prostitute, though given that she's able to provide Anna with context for the latter's article on the subject, she might actually be (or have been) in the business too. She's rather demure, though, but clearly has something to hide.
Sympathetic Murderer: She committed manslaughter when she found her twin sister murdered and mistakenly thought the private detective fleeing the crime scene was responsible. Once Anna tells Ulli how all of this came to be, he decides to release Mitzi and let her husband Johann Stumpf go to jail under the false confession that he killed the detective.

Dr. Ralf Sachs

A doctor at Hauptkrankenhaus whose colleague Dr. Brüner apparently accidentally died in Grey Nature, both working together on a poliomyelitis vaccine.

Dr. Jerk: Sachs is deemed by Anna and Ernestine to be self-centered and motivated more by money and glory than by his patients' well-being.
Filler Villain: He's the culprit of Grey Nature, but he's not anyhow related to the overall Story Arc of Part 3 regarding the Dada Killer and his fellow conspirators.
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Turns out Dr. Sachs is willing to sacrifice patients in order to refine his experimental vaccine.
Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Sachs may try to justify his illegal experiments with medical progress, but it's clear to Ernestine and Anna that he's truly a greedy slimebag. However, Sachs doesn't appear to be fully conscious of his own selfishness.
Obliviously Evil: Though the magazine Ernestine shows Anna makes it clear Sachs was taking all the credit for his and Brüner's vaccine (with Ernestine assuring Brüner did most of the work, if not all of it), Sachs is confused and appears, as Anna puts it in her diary, more stunned than her by his parasitically selfish motives. When Anna reveals how Dr. Brüner's suicide was an attempt to incriminate Sachs, the latter thanks Anna for clearing his name, failing to realize he'll still go to jail for killing patients with his illegal experiments.
Red Herring: Although Dr. Sachs is by far the most obvious and clear suspect for Dr. Brüner's death with the motive and opportunity, Dr. Brüner's death is revealed to have been a suicide intended to frame Dr. Sachs.
Would Hurt a Child: Dr. Sachs experimented on and killed three children in an attempt to find a vaccine for polio.

Leon Schreier

Manu's uncle who gambled his and Manu's lives away in an attempt to earn more money.

…And That Little Girl Was Me: The opening cutscene of No Quarter has a heavy focus on a shaggy man being frustrated at his gambling failures and a child suffering from that man's losses. Sven's flashback continues on this seemingly separate plotline, showing the man get kicked out with the child watching. It's revealed at the end that the man was Leon, the uncle of the child, Manu.
Evil Gloating: Leon rants about his morality with the head of his victim, Antoine.
Evil Uncle: Is revealed to both Manu's uncle and the killer of the chapter.
Villainous Parental Instinct: Despite losing his morality, Leon still offers Manu a chance to start a new life with Antoine's stolen money, which Manu naturally declines.

Other characters debuting in Part 1

Otto Reger

The owner and manager of Hotel Reger.

All There in the Manual: Otto's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's Facebook account. Otto was married and had a son named Leon before he died fighting in the Battle of Verdun in World War 1 on Germany's side.
Easily Forgiven: Though Otto confesses his involvement in Gerhard's smuggling in Atlantic Connection, the police officer believes that he'll be granted a pardon for his role in uncovering Gerhard's criminal ring. He's apparently proven right because in Dancing with the Beasts, which takes place no more than a week later, Otto remains free and running his hotel.
Hypocrite: In Deadly Snowstorm, Otto disapproves of Giovanni stealing a bottle of the former's wine. Otto himself is later revealed to be a smuggler.
Older Sidekick: He's Anna's most prominent ally in Part 1, and he's noticeably older than her.

Professor Charles Clark

A renowned Scottish archaeologist specialized in Vedism.

Cool Shades: He always wears black round glasses.
Disney Death: One of the assassins sent to hunt Clark down manages to shoot him in Dancing with the Beasts. Fortunately, he's saved by the Yama amulet he keeps as his Good Luck C Harm.
Living MacGuffin: Most of what happens in the chapters of Part 1 are linked to the Nazi Party's desire to make use of Professor Clark's research into Indian occultism. Claudia's mission is to kidnap the professor, and she ends up killing five hotel guests to cover herself. When she and her partner are killed for failing their mission, the assassin tries to frame the professor for it. And finally, two assassins are dispatched to hunt down Clark after he turns the Party down one too many times. Part 1 ends with Clark readying himself to escape far away from the Nazi Party's reach.
We Used to Be Friends: He was a good university friend of Professor Kinsky until Kinsky eloped with the girl Clark wanted to marry. Clark even sent threats to his former friend until Kinsky is murdered by Claudia.

Father Hans Lenz

A priest from Cima di Vren.

All There in the Manual: Hans's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's Facebook account. He was born in Zürich to a rich family and was close to his younger brother before the latter died of cancer in 1894. Hans abandoned his army in World War 1 in 1917 and traveled internationally to promote "peace, love, and faith in God".
Back for the Dead: After surviving Deadly Snowstorm, he returns in Atlantic Connection to be killed by Gerhard early in the chapter.
Good Shepherd: This priest is presented as a kind man. Though he is revealed to be Otto's smuggling partner, he consents to Anna's request to stop it before they get caught.

Christian Petersen

A wealthy industrialist from Munich.

High-Class Glass: He has one to show he's quite wealthy.

The Officer

Voiced by: John E. Kelleher-Cantero

The police chief of Cima di Vren, a small town in the Swiss Alps.

Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": His name is never revealed, and he's called officer by everyone. Even on Nordcurrent's social media accounts is this character only referred to as the Policeman, also even by his own voice actor.
Friend on the Force: He never has any trouble working alongside Anna and asking for her aid.
Hidden Depths: He's caught happily playing a piano when he first appears in Dancing with the Beasts.
Reasonable Authority Figure: He's always ready to listen to Anna and offer his help.

Professor Adam Kinsky

A psychics professor.

We Used to Be Friends: He was a good university friend of Professor Clark until Kinsky eloped with the girl Clark wanted to marry. Clark even sent threats to his former friend until Kinsky is murdered by Claudia.

Ulla Lund

A Swedish secretary.

All There in the Manual: Ulla's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's Facebook account. Though born and raised in Sweden, she lived most of her life in different parts of Europe until she accompanied Professor Kinsky to Hotel Reger as his nurse.
Hidden Depths: Nothing is revealed about Ulla aside from her profession and nationality until Anna exposes Claudia as her murderer. A former nurse herself, she had found Professor Kinsky's "heart attack" suspicious and discovered on his neck the puncture mark left by Claudia's syringe (which Anna and the others discovered only after finding a similar mark on Ulla's neck following her death). Unfortunately, her telling Claudia of her plans to tell Dr. Hartmann about this led to Claudia murdering her.
Sexy Secretary: She's a secretary and is at one point called "the bella Swedish lady" by Giovanni.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Her only line is "Hello, Anna." before she becomes Claudia's second murder victim.

Dr. Max Hartmann

A wheelchairbound medical doctor from Hamburg.

Dr. Jerk: He's a bit brusque. He's described in the game's Facebook account as "a doctor with a sharp mind and bitter personality".
Red Herring: The method used in the first two murders in Deadly Snowstorm leads to Dr. Hartmann being suspected as the culprit. Him becoming the next victim absolves him.

Giovanni Rossi

A La Scala singer.

Fat Comic Relief: He's overweight and a bit humorous character.
Gratuitous Italian: He's the only Italian character in Part 1 and often uses words of his own language.
Noble Shoplifter: Giovanni is found drunk with a bottle of red wine in his hand because he wanted to discreetly have a Dutch courage before proposing to Claudia. Otto is angry at him for stealing his wine until Giovanni reveals that he left money for the wine.
What Happened to the Mouse?: By the time Part 1 concludes, Giovanni is the only living Hotel Reger occupant from Deadly Snowstorm who disappears without any knowledge of his whereabouts.

Other characters debuting in Part 2

Luigi Affini

A policeman who lives and works in Porto Ceso.

All There in the Manual: Luigi's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's social media accounts. Born on November 17, after Luigi's father died working in the factory after getting too drunk when Luigi was 10, Luigi grew up without a father but did grew up with a kind mother in Porto Ceso, vowing to never drink alcohol. Luigi attended the Police Academy at Rome and returned to Porto Ceso after graduating in order to improve it, but "can't directly oppose his superiors after one incident".
Fair Cop: He's a good-looking police officer.
Friend on the Force: One of Anna's closest friends. Had he not agreed to listen to her in The Heir, Officer Cozzi would have declared the case closed and let the murderer escape justice.
Implied Love Interest: Though he isn't explicitly implied by the game to be Anna's love interest, he has been shown to be the most empathetic police officer towards Anna, and he often tours Anna around Porto Ceso.
Nice Guy: He's a sweet fellow always willing to help.

Officer Giuseppe Cozzi

The lead policeman of Porto Ceso.

All There in the Manual: Giuseppe's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's Facebook account. He used to work at Milan a long time ago in the Border Service and now gets re-elected every time because of his success in enforcing the law to protect Porto Ceso's people.
Grumpy Old Man: Anna even calls him by the trope name soon after first meeting him.
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: He still retains hair at the back of his head, but he used to have more hair eleven years earlier as shown in the flashbacks of Unforgiven.
I Was Quite a Looker: The flashbacks of what happened eleven years before Unforgiven show that Cozzi used to look more attractive when he still had hair on his head.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He is short-tempered, quick to jump to conclusions and even arrogant at times, but he still wants to do the right thing and will admit when he's proven wrong.
Reasonable Authority Figure: He's not willing to listen to Anna's theories, but he will once she provides him with concrete evidence.
Took a Level in Kindness: He's in The Heir condescending towards Anna whom he takes for an interfering amateur, but after she proves him wrong by solving the case, he becomes more open-minded and less brusque towards her.

Herman Gurr

The elderly station master of Porto Ceso.

All There in the Manual: Herman's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's Facebook account. Herman was born in Germany before he moved with his family to Italy while he was still young.
Cool Old Guy: He is such a good-natured old fellow to talk to.

Paola Tornetta

A press secretary in Molinelli Industries who's in a love affair with Aldo Molinelli. She's the one who invites Anna to the press event in Milan because she hopes the journalist whose investigative reports she has read can help shed light on the fear Aldo has been showing recently.

All There in the Manual: Paola's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's Facebook account. Paola was born at a small town in Italy to a humble but loving family and graduated at a university in Rome to eventually be a press secretary at Molinelli Industries. Paola visits and gives half of her salary to her parents every month and has two younger brothers Paolo at age 15 and Francesco at age 12.
Break the Cutie: Aldo's murder destroys Paola's will to live so badly that she commits suicide the same day.
Sexy Secretary: Paola is a young and attractive secretary.
Spanner in the Works: Even though Osvald's murder of Aldo leads to Paola taking her own life, her act of getting Anna involved is what prevents Osvald from getting away scot-free. This also ensures that Anna becomes acquainted to Porto Ceso and exposes several more criminals in her subsequent adventures there.

Silvia Molinelli

Aldo Molinelli's wife, though their marriage has become an unhappy one.

All There in the Manual: Silvia's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's Facebook account. Silvia came from a modest family before getting married to Aldo and becoming one of Italy's richest women then.
The Cameo: She appears briefly in The Dada Killer providing Zürich's hospital with the new ambulance her company has manufactured, and she agrees to give Anna an interview about it.
Chekhov's Gunman: Silvia starts out as one of the mundane sort of suspects. However, she becomes prominent in the climax of The Heir since she reveals the story of how the Big, Screwed-Up Family began — along with piecing the evidences together that reveal Osvald is the murderer. She also plays a pivotal role in getting a confession out of him.
Cool Shades: She always wears black round glasses.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's snooty and prone to outbursts. However, even though her marriage was strained, she's truly saddened by Aldo's death, and she helps exposing Osvald as the murderer.
Ungrateful Bitch: A downplayed one, as The Dada Killer reveals. Even though Anna's efforts brought the murderer of Silvia's husband to justice, Silvia tried to sue Eure Tages on the incorrect grounds that Anna's investigation led to her husband's death. Although this could also be a Series Continuity Error because Anna wasn't investigating anything until Silvia's husband died. Silvia still does gift Anna with a car model that has Aldo's signature on it. When Silvia herself appears, she acts with frosty politeness towards Anna and denies being friends with her, but she agrees to pose for Anna's article photo due to the latter's service to the Molinellis.

Fabio Verno

An engineer working in Molinelli Industries. He used to lead Verno Tires, a company his grandfather founded until he was forced to sell it to Mario Molinelli, leaving him embittered towards the Molinelli family.

The Alcoholic: He drinks in his displeasure of having to work for the family he resents.
All There in the Manual: Fabio's backstory is further revealed on Murder in the Alps's Facebook account. The founder of Verno Tires (who is stated to be Fabio's father instead of his grandfather) is named Claudio Verno and died shortly from a heart attack after his company was acquired by Molinelli Industries, which likely made Fabio more frustrated.
Foil: Fabio Verno and Osvald Bernstein both had a grandfather who founded a company, but while Fabio was the head of Verno Tires until he was forced to sell the company to Molinelli Industries and start working for them, Osvald was never able to become anything more than an accountant for Molinelli Industries because his grandfather disinherited Osvald's mother. Fabio never hides his resentment of the Molinellis or his desire to get his company back, making him a likely suspect in Aldo Molinelli's murder. Osvald in turn hides his bitterness towards his mother's family quite well and became their close friend before he craftily murders his cousin Aldo in an effort to gain possession of Molinelli Industries.

Vincent Freeman

The barista of Porto Ceso's station café.

All There in the Manual: Vincent's backstory is only revealed on Murder in the Alps's Facebook account. Vincent was born in France before moving to Italy while young. Vincent enjoys gambling and cheating.
Blackmail Backfire: He threatens to report Osvald to the police unless he pays him 50 000 Lira. Osvald buys Vincent's silence with a fatal stab wound instead.
Greed: When he figures out Osvald murdered Aldo, he chooses to blackmail Osvald into giving him 50 000 Lira instead of reporting to the police.
Too Dumb to Live: Blackmailing a murderer is tantamount to suicide, yet Freeman tries to blackmail Osvald anyway.

Flavio Riva

A drunken ex-soldier and the murder victim of Unforgiven. He was best friends with Roberto Fiore who fought with him in World War I.

The Alcoholic: He became a heavy drinker after he returned from World War I, and it got worse after Roberto died.
Beard of Sorrow: When Flavio's body is seen, he has a beard, but he doesn't have it in the flashback that occurred right before Roberto's death. He apparently grew the beard after Roberto was accidentally pushed off the cliff by him.
The Resenter: Irene claims that Flavio envied Roberto for being better than him at everything, including popularity and good looks. This is confirmed in the flashback in which Flavio rants at Roberto for having the Medal of Valor and a higher military rank. Regardless of this, pushing Roberto from the cliff was accidental, and Flavio was devastated by it.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: He returned from World War I as an alcoholic mess, and the death of his best friend Roberto (which he accidentally caused) pushed him further over the edge.
War Hero: He is called one by Porto Ceso's inhabitants, but unlike Roberto, he was unable to adjust to civilian life.

Irene Hoffman

Rinaldo Fiore's ex-wife who visits Porto Ceso once every year to place a red rose on the grave of their late son Roberto Fiore.

Mama Bear: She's convinced Roberto was killed by his best friend Flavio Riva, and in order to not let him forget this unproven crime, she gives him a black rose every year she visits Porto Ceso. The revelation that Flavio did push Roberto from the cliff, albeit unintentionally instead out of jealousy like Irene believes, makes this worse.
Outliving One's Offspring: Her son Roberto died eleven years before the events of Unforgiven, and she still hasn't let go of him or her assumption that his best friend Flavio murdered him.
Widow's Weeds: She wears black to show she's still grieving over her son.

Roberto Fiore

The son of Rinaldo Fiore and Irene Hoffman who died in an apparent accident eleven years before Unforgiven. He fought in World War I with his best friend Flavio Riva and worked as a policeman under Officer Cozzi.

Beleaguered Assistant: When you play him in the flashback, he feels exhausted following Officer Cozzi's orders.
Fair Cop: He was a policeman and called more handsome than Flavio by his mother and Flavio himself.
Posthumous Character: His tragic death drives the plot of Unforgiven since his mother bears a grudge towards Flavio for supposedly killing him and his father murders Flavio after he learns Flavio did, albeit unintentionally, kill him.
War Hero: He gained the Medal of Valor from his services in World War I.

Sonia Righi

A young girl who lives in Porto Ceso. When her Jack Russell terrier named Primo goes missing in Unforgiven, she asks Anna to find him.

The Cameo: Sonia makes a silent appearance in The Only Redemption when Anna and Luigi are asking around Porto Ceso if anyone's seen Officer Cozzi. Her and Primo's cartoon versions also appear in the television commercial of the opening cutscene.
Hero-Worshipper: She's Anna's fan. After Anna finds Primo for her, the girl says she wants to grow up into a detective like Anna.

Marco Vizzini (Elsa Brandt)

The new owner of Porto Ceso's railway station's cafe who first appears in Unforgiven.

Ascended Extra: Marco first appears in Unforgiven as a minor character, but he becomes more important in The Only Redemption.
Good Samaritan: After Cloe Como was thrown out by Teodora, Marco let the penniless and pregnant young woman stay at his café for free. Subverted since Marco was acting on Teodora's orders.
Sweet Polly Oliver: Marco is actually an Austrian woman named Elsa Brandt who liked masquerading as boys. Since her career as an actor yielded no success as she became middle-aged, she disguised herself as Eugen Graner in order to marry an elderly widow and inherit her wealth by murdering her. When the real identity of the murderer was discovered, Elsa escaped to hide in Porto Ceso as Marco Vizzini.

Other characters debuting in Part 3

Sven Lange

Da Editor of Eure Tages and Anna's boss.

Benevolent Boss: After Anna gets her arm injured in an explosion in Forgotten Memento, Sven says "good morning" to Anna despite not liking such pleasantries, asks if her arm is okay, compliments her Parliament massacre article, and gives her the rest of the day off (which is shown if the player clicks on him in his room after applying the gauze to Anna's arm).
Cigar Chomper: He's often burning a cigarette, much to Anna's disgust.
Sven: I find the aroma of a fine cigar invigorating.
Immoral Journalist: In The Dada Killer, Sven pressures Anna into making an article about Vanessa's murder with photos from the crime scene without caring about the police rules in the matter. If Anna chooses to post her article with a photo of the outer exterior of the victim's apartment, Sven happens to find the photo she took of the murder scene and uses it instead without Anna's knowledge, causing Judit to temporarily call off her friendship with Anna. If Anna alternatively adds the crime scene photo in her article, she has a change of heart and begs Sven to change the photo, which he promises to do but ultimately doesn't, so the outcome with Judit is the same. The man doesn't even bother acting like he's sorry about choosing the readers' intrigue over discretion. However, he later promises to take into consideration Anna's opinion regarding her articles in the future.
Anna: He's the… Editor-in-Cheat! […] I swear he would sell his own mother for ten new readers.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Sven might be a Mean Boss and an Immoral Journalist, but he falls for Amy the cat, even if he tries to hide it. He can also be a Benevolent Boss sometimes, such as in Forgotten Memento.
Kindhearted Cat Lover: He turns out to be one in Ladies of the Night, surprisingly enough. He's not at first happy about Amy the cat being in Anna's office, but he's caught caressing her the next day. In Grey Nature, he's shown happily singing to Amy as he plays with her behind closed doors, much to the amusement of his peeking staff.
Mean Boss: He often tries Anna's patience by being demanding and unsympathetic.

Judit Halle

A lieutenant of the Zürich police whose career Anna has followed with admiration, and vice versa.

Fair Cop: This police lieutenant has a tough appeal to her. The outfit she wears at the Cabaret Rousseau makes her particularly attractive.
Friend on the Force: She quickly befriends Anna and lets her help investigate the Dada Killer. She will remind Anna that she has her obligations to follow, though.
Forgets to Eat: Ruben says Judit tends to forget to eat while she focuses on solving murders.
Kindhearted Cat Lover: She quickly takes a liking to Amy the cat Anna gives her as an Apology Gift.
Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Judit is a tough-as-nails police lieutenant while Ruben Lefèvre, her fiancé, is a passionate and sensitive Dadaist.
Sacrificial Lion: You work closely with Judit throughout The Dada Killer until she becomes one of the last victims of the Dada Killer, making his arrest all the more personal for Anna.
Woman Scorned: Judit is furious when it looks like Ruben was the Dada Killer all along and has also been cheating on her. Too bad Oskar framed him of the murders and manipulated him into infidelity, and before things can be cleared up between them, they're both murdered.

Ulli Reiter

Voiced by: Sam McGovern

A constable who's relatively new and under Judit's supervision.

Dumb Blonde: Subverted. Ulli is blond and initially comes off as a Dumb Muscle, but he gradually proves himself to be observant and smart once he gains more self-confidence to show it.
Friend on the Force: He doesn't become close with Anna as quickly as Judit, but he gets there, especially after Judit's death.
New Meat: He's still relatively new to the Zürich police in his debut chapter.
Nice Guy: He's a sweet policeman who never acts unreasonably harshly.
Rank Up: After Judit is murdered by Oskar who is revealed to be the Dada Killer, Ulli becomes a lieutenant himself.
Took a Level in Badass: He gradually gains more self-confidence during The Dada Killer and shows more self-assertiveness following Judit's murder.

Dierk Becker

The forensics expert of the Zürich police and an old friend of Anna. She credits his teachings for half of her solved cases.

The Lab Rat: He spends most of his time in the police station's laboratory doing analyses.
Smart People Wear Glasses: He wears round glasses and is a meticulous analyst.

Iris Knef

A wealthy woman who supports artists and owns the Knef Gallery as well as the Cabaret Rousseau.

Lady in Red: This proud and elegant woman wears a red dress at the Cabaret Rousseau.
Too Dumb to Live: As Anna and Ulli search Iris' office following her disappearance in Forgotten Memento, Ulli states that she refused police protection even though Oskar's still on the loose. That decision ends up getting her killed.
We Used to Be Friends: She used to be friendly with Vanessa Fiedler while they were in art university, but she's now one of the countless targets of Vanessa's printed attacks.

Manu Schreier

Voiced by: Sam McGovern

A young pickpocket and small-time thief who's been regularly arrested by Judit.

Big Brother Instinct: He looks after a group of younger street urchins.
Dark and Troubled Past: It's revealed in No Quarter that he lost his parents as a child and was taken in by his uncle Leon, but Leon's gambling caused them to lose their home and all their possessions to Antoine's cheating. They lived on the street together for a while, but when Leon became obsessed with having revenge on Antoine, Manu chose to move on and started taking care of himself while cutting all ties with Leon.
Master of Unlocking: He's good at picking locks so quickly it impresses Anna who's also good at this.

Vanessa Fiedler

A journalist and art critic of Eure Tages. She becomes the first victim of the Dada Killer.

Freudian Excuse: The evidence suggests that Vanessa became such an overly harsh art critic because she was expelled from art university.
Jerkass: She wrote so many scathing art reviews that many of Ruben's colleagues quit art altogether. He and Iris even conclude that every artist in Zürich would have wanted her dead and won't shed any tears for her.
Jerkass Has a Point: Though Vanessa used her art reviews to take her bitterness out on artists, Anna concludes that she was right to have Oskar's first Dada exhibition cancelled given the horrible way the Dada Killer has been expressing himself.
We Used to Be Friends: She used to be university friends with Ruben and Iris before she became their most savage critic concerning Dadaism.

Marie Paget

A former fashion model and one of the Dada killer's victims. She was fired by the fashion house she modeled for after she was injured in a car accident, which in turn led to her depression and overeating.

Big Eater: Her apartment is filled with rotten leftovers of her comfort food.
Brainless Beauty: Natalie Meisner claims that Marie was one example of an airheaded model who thinks "a few hip shakes is all it takes to own the world".
Career-Ending Injury: The car accident she suffered six years before her death left her with traumatic injuries that, combined with the weight she was already gaining, led to her company tearing her contract up.
Formerly Fit: One of Marie's photos shows that she used to be a svelte fashion model before she gained weight and was fired by her company.

Natalie Meisner

A retired district court judge and Gustav Meisner's mother. When Marie Paget attempted to sue her former employers, Natalie was the judge.

Corrupt Bureaucrat: After Natalie is murdered, her safe is revealed to contain more Reichsmarks than the retired judge could have possibly saved. There are also documents that show that she presided over many high-profile cases against the Nazi Party and consistently ruled in their favor, so it seems that she took bribes from them.
I Need a Freaking Drink: After Gustav is arrested, Anna gives Natalie a glass of brandy to cope with the shock.

Gustav Meisner

Natalie Meisner's son who lives with her and works as a barber.

Beard of Sorrow: Downplayed in Ladies of the Night where he has grown a stubble as one of the signs of his depression over his mother's murder.
Manchild: He's in his early forties, but he's a simpleminded Momma's Boy and speaks somewhat childishly.
Momma's Boy: He's clearly devoted to and heavily dependent on his mother whom he always calls mumsy. After she's murdered, the depressed state of his appearance and home proves furthermore how reliant he was on her.

Noah

A constable under Ulli following the conclusion of The Dada Killer.

The Klutz: In Grey Nature, Noah gets himself stuck in an experimental iron lung and knocks over a skeleton model.

Max Frost

A shady NDA operative who takes an interest in Anna.

Amazon Chaser: Max first appears to defend Anna against three thugs and is clearly smitten with her after she fights off two of them by herself and afterwards acts unimpressed by his advances.
Max Frost: Nice kick, miss. My name is—
Anna: Thank you, but I can take care of myself. Excuse me, I have to go.
Max Frost: [grins after her] What a temper.
Coat Cape: He likes wearing his coat in this style.

Dr. Karl Brüner

A doctor at Hauptkrankenhaus who has died in an apparent accident in Grey Nature. He was working on a poliomyelitis vaccine with his partner, Dr. Sachs.

Foil: Ernestine establishes that Dr. Brüner was the opposite of Dr. Sachs in that unlike the latter, he cared more about the patients' well-being and progress in the medical field than money and personal glory.
Guilt-Ridden Accomplice: He felt guilty about helping Sachs test their vaccine on patients, causing their deaths and keeping it a secret. His illness catching up with him meddled with his plans to turn himself and Sachs in, so he tried to frame Sachs of his suicide in order to put a stop on their illegal experiments.
Older Than They Look: According to his medical diagnosis, Dr. Brüner was born in 1871, making him in his 60s during the chapter which takes place during the 1930s. Despite being this old, Dr. Brüner looks good for his age, not having any gray hair. Either that, or this birthday is inaccurate.
Your Days Are Numbered: Dr. Brüner had a myocardial infarction so severe he was estimated to live for two months at most. His plan to turn himself and Dr. Sachs in to the police was changed due to him having a stroke on his final evening, so he came up with a plan to commit suicide and incriminate Sachs to stop him from experimenting with their dangerous vaccine any longer.

Georgette Kistner

Ernestine's daughter who also works as a nurse.

Lady in Red: She wears a red dress in her first appearance and quickly establishes herself as a Femme Fatale.
Strong Family Resemblance: Her physical resemblance to Ernestine is rather clear.
Unseen No More: She's mentioned in Ladies of the Night and Grey Nature before making her proper appearance in Forgotten Memento.

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