Wolfgang Krauser/Story

=Fatal Fury series=

Past
About forty years before Fatal Fury takes place, Michael, the present head of the Stroheim family, lost his son and wife in an aerial accident. His granddaughter, Elza, was the only living descendant and no male heirs were available to them. Sometime later, Elza fell in love with a man named Rudolph, who won a martial arts tournament. As she was expecting a child, Elza asked her grandfather to approve of her marriage with Rudolph. Left with no say in the matter, Michael begrudgingly agreed.

Since he became a part of the Stroheim family, Rudolph was forced to leave his wife and child in America, Maria and Geese. When Krauser was nine years old, a boy tried to assassinate his father. This boy was Geese who blamed Rudolph for leaving his mother to die from sickness. Surprisingly, Krauser defeated the would-be assassin and would have killed him if he wasn't restrained by Rudolph. Since then, Geese has always feared his younger half-brother.

When Krauser was older, his great-grandfather died and Rudolph became head of the family. Elza also passed away around the same time. Learning that her husband still loved his old wife over her, Elza had drunk her sorrows away with liquor and died with a frail body. On his sixteenth birthday, Wolfgang challenged his father to a duel a day after Elza's funeral. Although observers were in favor of Rudolph's victory, Krauser killed him in one blow. Thus, Krauser became the undisputed and strongest Earl of Stroheim in the family's history, ruling Stroheim Castle.

Sometime after this event, he fought with Jeff Bogard and Hanzo Shiranui, Mai's grandfather. The two fighters were able to strike Krauser's forehead, which left a cross scar that refused to completely heal. He returned to his country and continued to attend to his family's legacy.

Fatal Fury 2
As a famous and reputed crimelord of darkness, Krauser decided to amuse himself. Once he hears of South Town's reputation, he sends a letter to Geese. Though it was written in a polite manner, it was really a threat for his older half-brother to engage in a contest with him. However, he never received a written reply since he heard Geese died soon after. He was beaten by a man named Terry Bogard in the King of Fighters tournament. Intrigued by the man's name, Krauser sent an imposter to defame Geese's company and came in person to South Town (retconned in Fatal Fury Special).

Staging his own King of Fighters tournament, he injures several veteran fighters from the previous event (retconned in Fatal Fury Special). He also hires three fighters to serve him who are Billy Kane, Axel Hawk, and Laurence Blood. Eventually, he fights Terry himself. After a fierce battle, Krauser is defeated and remains missing from the fighting scene.

According to the Real Bout Garou Densetsu official guidebook and the short movie, Memories of Stray Wolves, Krauser took his own life soon after the events of this game. Despite that, Krauser has continued to appear as a playable character in later non-canonical Fatal Fury games. This was the period in which it was revealed that Geese is Krauser's half-brother.

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
Krauser returned to the series after a two-game absence. This is when it was revealed that he is the current head of the Stroheim family, a clan that is said to have controlled the entire history of Europe from the shadows. He continues to search for the finest work of art.

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
Krauser is aware of the existence of newcomers Rick Strowd and Li Xiangfei, but he does not take them seriously as opponents.

=The King of Fighters series= ''Krauser's life in this timeline is exactly the same as his Fatal Fury counterpart up until Fatal Fury 2. Unlike his Fatal Fury counterpart, he does not commit suicide after his defeat.''

The King of Fighters '96
Nothing was heard of from Krauser until The King of Fighters '96 tournament, when Krauser joined forces with Geese and Mr. Big to create the Boss Team. Although Geese used both him and Mr. Big as pawns in his attempt to nab an ancient power called Orochi, Krauser only cared about self-improvement. After learning of his faults at the hands of Terry, Krauser vowed only to fight stronger opponents in order to restore the strength and prestige he once possessed. For now, Krauser wants only to improve himself first.