History : Was an orphan raised by a rich sports enthusiast in
Switzerland. Raised and trained for the Olympics for Archery and Gun related
events. Was insulted at the olympics by a fellow competitor and killed him,
throwing a steak knife through his eye.
Publicity of the killing attracted the attention of an organized crime leader
in America. The crime boss arranged Krauss' escape and faked his death. He was
trained as an assassin.
He worked for years as an enforcer in the United States before going
freelance. He married at age 20 to a german national and had a son Hans.
During one assassination he was severely defeated and beaten by an operative
known as Stick. Stick defeated then left Krauss by leaping between two
buildings. Krauss attempted to follow and failed to make the leap. His spine was
severely damaged in the fall.
During his convalescence, his home was attacked and his wife killed. After
recovering, with the help of a faith healer named Dark Wind, Krauss hunted down
the assassin and killed her. He has since been manically protective of his son's safety.
He became romantically involved with MI6 agent Andrea Kolesar and retired
from active operation. He learned of a group of young assassins being trained
called the hellions and faked the construction of a training site on his estate.
This was to test her trust in him. Finding the training facility, she left him
without asking further explanation.
More recently, his son Hans was kidnapped and he suffered injuries to
his spine while killing the kidnapper. He faked the injuries as being more
drastic than they were (though they did indeed require much therapy, surgery and
healing). He now feels he is back to near top shape.
After his defeat by Stick he has trained himself in Blind Fighting. He has
since early in his career distained guns after one failed to fire during a
battle. (He is however fully skilled in gun use)
He is uniquely genetically gifted with a 18 dexterity and because his speed
is a 4 he may make 2 called shots per round. He normally ups the damage of the
attack with explosives, toxins or acid.
Former places of Residence : Switzerland , New York, Tokyo, Switzerland,
Florida, New England, and current location unknown.
His henchman is a italian hit man named Luigi but in truth Luigi merely is an
errand man. Krauss lets people think that Luigi makes all his arrangements but
quite the opposite is true. Luigi does has a gift for voice mimicry which makes
him useful.
