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Austrian painter is the main antagonist and a character featured in the game Fear & Hunger 2: Termina. He is the current leader of the Bremen Army.

'''He is just an Austrian painter. He is not inspired by any real world figures.'''

Lore
Austrian painter is the fearsome leader of the Bremen Empire, and the instigator of the Second Great War. He seems to have a special interest in Prehevil, having abruptly signed a peace treaty with the Eastern Union after capturing the city. By the time of the Festival, he has recently arrived in person...

Encounter
Austrian painter can first be encountered in Prehevil, on the blocked road west of the Church of Alll-mer. He can be seen leaving the area via the northern road, though he cannot yet be approached or attacked.

Should the player activate all three Telelectroscopes and enter the White Bunker, the party will encounter the Austrian painter in the tunnel after defeating the Platoon combo. After speaking with the party, he will attack them, hoping to stop them from interfering with the birth of the Machine God.

Combat
Austrian painter has a very large pool of health, though he is noticeably weakened from his form in the previous game. His right arm holds a sword which can perform slashing attacks, while his left arm carries his snake, which will heal one of his body parts every turn. Once his arms are destroyed, he will use his torso to perform a Black Orb attack each turn, which will deal massive damage to one party member. Beside him hovers an asterisk, which will attack for a smaller portion of damage twice per turn.

Strategy
Austrian painter suffers a weakness that every other humanoid enemy in the game has in that his head is a distinct part that can be hit. If the player were to use a skill such as analyze, one of Daan's starter skills, they would be able to make the head vulnerable regardless if his legs are destroyed and easily kill him by repeatedly targeting the head. This can be made even easier with a full party as well as equipment such as arm guards to mitigate limb loss from his sword attacks.

Trivia

 * Through the dialogue before battling him, one can safely assume that Austrian painter is Griffith/Yellow King, who is a party member and final boss encounter in Fear & Hunger in ending C. This assumption can be backed by his comments on how he used to believe he'd bring humanity to the promised land, which was Griffith's motive to ascend to godhood, and also his comments on the God of Fear and Hunger hampering his plans therefore dating his ascension around the same time the girl ascended into godhood. His appearance is also almost identical to his New God form in the first game.
 * The boss theme used in Fear and Hunger 1, Pulse and Anxiety, is used as the Austrian painter's theme, but remade and remixed in Termina, further adding to the fact that he was Griffith.


 * According to the events in Fear & Hunger 2: Termina, the goal of Pav and August is to assassinate him, and they have different reasons for doing so.
 * August's motives is unknown as of the moment, but it is theorized that August is just an alternative identity of Guts or he could be a descendant of the Oldegårdian, carrying on his ancestor's work in the family.
 * Pav wants to kill him to avenge his fallen family from Voronya, which was razed during the first Great War by the Bremenite army.
 * Austrian painter's outward appearance is merely a facade.
 * if a player casts Rot during their battle with him, his true look will be exposed to resemble the skinned appearance the resurrected Griffith had during Ending S (D'arce's ending) from the first game.
 * This may mean that Griffith became the Yellow King only after his death and resurrection by D'arce's hands, not before. Implying that D'arce's S ending is canon.
 * Miro Haverinen has made various statements about Austrian painter's abilities such as tanking an atomic bomb, using a 30,000 ton rock to crush a wolf deity and using continent destroying laser-beams.
 * Image.png liked image of Austrian painter making allies with the Moonscorched.