Geese Howard/Story

Past
Geese comes from a poor American woman and an Austrian terrorist. His father abandoned them after Geese was born in South Town. Working for both of their sakes to surpass his father, he took up odd jobs around the city. Despite his efforts, his mother eventually died from poor health and hunger. Rather than dwelling in sadness, Geese tracks down his father in Europe and learns his father's real name is Rudolph Krauser von Stroheim. He tries to assassinate him when he was 15 but fails due to his half-brother, Wolfgang Krauser, effortlessly stopping him. He tried to rid of his anger through religion but couldn't shake the humiliation of his loss.

Learning at a young age that power grants results, Geese trained in the school of Hakkyokuseiken with Jeff Bogard and Cheng Sinzan, under Tung Fu Rue's tutelage. Other games imply that Geese had also studied with other martial arts teachers, including the grandfather of "Blue" Mary Ryan and Toji Sakata - mainly Japanese martial arts styles. During this time of their prime, the three were once renowned as the "Three Brothers of Godly Battle". However, at the same time, he also started to build his network with the South Town local mafia through intimidation and personal bribes. This is where he also gained the services of Ripper and Hopper. Sensing that Geese would not use the sacred techniques of the school selflessly, Tung passes the secrets of the school to Jeff. He had hoped to tame Geese's spirit afterward, but he departed from the place enraged, and saw the end of the school's relations with him.

He focuses his efforts in overthrowing a kingpin named Mr. Big and he eventually becomes the reigning crime lord of South Town. To separate his business with his mafia and to find a place to properly train, he also commissioned the building of his own headquarters, Geese Tower. As time passed, he also used the tower as one of the main operating stations for his own business, Howard Connection.

Art of Fighting 2
Art of Fighting 2 reveals that it is Geese who orders Mr. Big to kidnap Yuri Sakazaki in the original Art of Fighting game. Yuri is kidnapped to keep in line Mr. Karate (Takuma Sakazaki), who is being forced to work for Geese - the SNES version of AOF states his orders included killing Jeff, but this may not be entirely canonical. It is Geese who orders Mr. Karate to fight his son, Ryo Sakazaki.

Although he was powerful, Geese had still not completely conquered South Town yet. Hoping to gain more men for his cause, he hosts the first known King of Fighters tournament. Unfortunately, he came out of the event empty-handed and was defeated by Ryo. He was able to escape and successfully defended his turf from the jealous Mr. Big.

Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
In 1981, Geese Howard kills Jeff Bogard in front of his two sons, Terry Bogard and Andy Bogard, and hires Billy Kane as his personal bodyguard. He sets up Billy as his champion in his King of Fighters tournaments. After this, he becomes acquainted with Marie Heinlein, whom he eventually marries, and has a son, Rock, in 1989.

Ten years after Jeff's death, Terry, Andy, and their friend Joe Higashi enter Geese's King of Fighters tournament. Terry faces him on top of Geese Tower and defeats him by knocking him out the window.

Fatal Fury 2
While the town presumes him to be dead, Geese was actually alive, apparently thanks to the secrets of a Chinese scroll in his possession. The scroll, called the "Phoenix Scroll", was later discovered in Geese Tower; it allows the user to speed up their recovery rate.

During Fatal Fury Special, Geese hears that the scrolls grant immortality, so he discreetly searches for them.

Real Bout Fatal Fury
The story in Real Bout Fatal Fury explains that Geese obtained all three scrolls from Jin Chonshu and Jin Chonrei. However, he strategically wants them destroyed so that they would never be used against him. In the same game, he finally announces his presence to the public and organizes another King of Fighters tournament to settle his differences with the Bogard brothers. In the tournament's climax, he faces Terry and is once again thrown from the tower. Although Terry caught hold of his nemesis' hand, Geese refused his help and wrenched his arm away from Terry's grasp, laughing while falling to his own death, for good.

Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Though there was speculation that he survived his second encounter, the story in Garou: Mark of the Wolves depicts that Geese had fatally fell from Geese Tower. The Real Bout series alluded to this fact with his nightmare form that appeared as a difficult secret boss. He is survived in the games by his son Rock Howard.

Fatal Fury (OVAs)
Geese's fate in the Fatal Fury anime trilogy differs from that of the game series. After suffering defeat from Terry in the first OVA, his appearances in the latter two films are minimal. In Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle, he goes into hiding and is found by Krauser. The long scar across Geese's left eye was made by Krauser during his failed assassination attempt for his father. In the movie, Geese is seen only briefly as Billy Kane informs him of the Bogards' activities.

The King of Fighters series
Geese's life in this timeline is exactly the same as his Fatal Fury counterpart up until Fatal Fury 2.

The King of Fighters '94
Geese and Krauser watched the events of the 1994 tournament, as well as witnessing Rugal Bernstein's "demise". Although the Fatal Fury Team did not win KOF '94, they were both impressed with their results in the tournament and began plotting their downfall.

The King of Fighters '95
Sometime before the 1995 tournament, Geese learns about the Orochi power, and becomes intrigued with it. He sends his right-hand man, Billy Kane to form a team with Eiji Kisaragi and Iori Yagami and enter KOF '95 to investigate.

The King of Fighters '96
Having manipulated Mr. Big and Wolfgang Krauser's interests in his activities, Geese enters the 1996 King of Fighters tournament to entertain himself. His goal was to minimize his rivals' power and investigate the things surrounding Orochi's power, as well as to settle the score with Terry. In his team's ending, Billy shields him from an assassination attempt from one of Big's men and the crime lords part ways. Since then, Geese plays a minor role by hiring Billy to investigate oddities in the tournaments. He often plans for Billy's teammates in advance by offering them various personal awards. So far, he has been keeping tabs on Orochi and seems to have taken an interest in Gato's father.

The King of Fighters '97
From the sidelines, Geese fields Billy Kane to enter the tournament in his behalf, again to find out more about the Orochi power. He manipulates Blue Mary into joining the team with the treacherous Ryuji Yamazaki. Later on, Yamazaki threateningly demands his pay from Geese after the conclusion of the tournament. and part ways in hostility with Billy Kane. This animosity would last for some time.

The King of Fighters XI

 * This information is based on materials that is not considered canon within the overall plot of The King of Fighters mainline game series.

Geese was included as a bonus character for the PlayStation 2 port of The King of Fighters XI. In it, Geese's win quote after defeating Terry shows him wondering why Terry is so surprised to see him, claiming that he already told him that he's immortal.

The King of Fighters XIV
After many years of his absence from The King of Fighters tournaments, Geese decides to return to participate, together with Billy and Hein, Geese's new butler. It's later revealed that Geese has not unlocked the secrets of the Jin scrolls yet, but they prophesied the events within the story (Verse's appearance and warriors thought to be lost coming back to life), which is the reason why he entered the tournament.

At the tournament's conclusion, he was assaulted by lackeys of Mr. Big (whom he called James) and left the scene for Billy and Hein to handle.

The King of Fighters XV
Geese enters once more, this time with the unruly Ryuji Yamazaki and Billy Kane. At some point during the tournament, in an ironic twist of fate, he runs into his estranged son Rock Howard, who is angry at him for not helping Marie, his wife, in her time of need. Geese warns Rock of their own bloodline and the fate it holds.

At the end of the tournament, Geese blows Hein's cover, with the latter confronting him immediately. He was apparently disappointed at Hein and Yamazaki's escape, stating that hunting wolves were more entertaining.

Maximum Impact series
Geese's life in this timeline is exactly the same as his Fatal Fury counterpart up until his death in Real Bout Fatal Fury.

In the series alternate universe, KOF: Maximum Impact, Geese is presumed dead once more since the game's setting hardly mentions his presence. However, his "Nightmare" form makes an appearance in the sequel.