Francóis

François was part of the Fellowship that sought out to become one of the new Gods. He sits atop a throne of power that allows anyone who sits on it to become a God themselves.

Lore
François is a member of the Fellowship alongside Nilvan, Ronn Chambara, Valteil, and the Forgotten One.

Said Fellowship embarked on their journey to become New Gods in the year 809. They entered Ma'habre and ascended to become New Gods. François became the Dominating One. Nilvan became the Endless One. Ronn Chambara became the Tormented One. And Valteil became the Enlightened One (Nas'hrah was replaced by Valteil and possibly betrayed by the Fellowship). The Forgotten One was... well... forgotten, tricked by either the Old Gods or tried to tricked the Fellowship themselves, whichever diverging story one follows.

Aftewards, François apparently took up residence at the Golden Temple guarding the throne of ascension from outsiders. According to the events rortrayed in Fear & Hunger: Termina, François was eventually defeated by Le'garde (and whoever might have accompanied him), as the mercenary captain had access to the Throne of the True King and ascended into the Void to become a New God. He can be seen in the hall of New Gods with other inactive entities, meaning his reign indeed has come to an end.

Strategy
Players fighting François may discover that the fight seems to last longer than most of the other fights, there is a reason for that. The game teaches players that one of the most vulnerable targets for enemies are the head, which usually kills them.

Francois is different, his head appears to have a near infinite number of hit points and is immune to decapitation, Instead players will want to first remove his arms and damage his legs, then focus on the body.

Francois has a second golden form, continue to focus on his body. Using pyro trick or combustion on his body will cause it to use a special molten gold attack that is devastating. Instead players should focus on using melee attacks or guarding.

When you talk to the present version of François, he will give the following advice: "I used to be quite the cocky one. Use that to your advantage". This is a hint at the fact that François can be rendered completely harmless for three turns by talking. If the player chooses the following dialogue options, François will be left bepuzzled and will skip his attacks in order to further inquire who is stronger than him: This process can be repeated ad infinitum with the same results, making François one of the most easily cheesable boss fights in the game.
 * "Prepare to die like a worm!"
 * "Of course you are close to gods. You're standing next to one."
 * "You're nothing but a puppet in the greater scheme of things."
 * "How little you really know..."