Enigmatic resort overseer experimenting with preserving a near-human cuckoo species. He reveals the parasite truth, locks Gretchen up, attempts to implant a teenage specimen in her, and is ultimately killed in a standoff with Henry.
Their competing responses to the cuckoo experiment culminate in mutual destruction.
Henry shoots Herr König at the pool house, but König remains alive. They later threaten each other with guns and shoot each other dead.
König supports the adult cuckoo's reproductive and preservation agenda.
Herr König experiments with preserving the cuckoo species and prepares to reunite Alma with the hooded woman.
His apparent hospitality develops into coercive control and experimentation.
Herr König offers Gretchen a front-desk job, later locks her in a pool house, and exposes her to a teenage cuckoo specimen.
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