Felix Kranken

Felix Kranken is a major character in The Walten Files. He is a co-founder of Bon's Burgers along with Jack Walten and his accidental killing of Edd and Molly Walten is the catalyst for the story.

History
In 1958, Felix Kranken, along with Jack Walten came up with the idea of a restaurant with animatronic entertainers while in college. He began dating, and later married, Linda Thompson on an unknown date after this. On October 30, 1964, Linda described Felix in her diary as "acting weird" and having been "drinking more than usual". She stated that "he came home at 4 AM, he was crying, he seemed very unstable and stressed." Linda moved in with Felix in August 1965, around the time that Felix and Jack contacted CyberTech Fun to help them with making the restaurant a reality. During the next few years, Jack had three children and Felix's drinking problem worsened. This is evidenced by Linda's December 25, 1970 diary entry where she wrote that "Felix drank a lot yesterday" and that "this has been a problem for a while". Linda was concerned by Felix's drinking but could not convince him to stop. On Christmas of 1970, Felix and Jack gave Edd and Molly a gray rabbit doll they had made which Molly named Rocket.

Felix's alcoholism and relationship with Linda continued to worsen after this. Linda's January 3, 1973 diary entry noted this and says that he sometimes "stays in the warehouse at night for the sole purpose of drinking". At some point in late April 1974, he and Linda got in an argument.

On May 2nd, 1974, Jack called Felix and asked him for a favor. Felix tried to tell Jack that he was having a rough day, but Jack interrupted him and explained that both he and Rosemary were busy, but that Edd and Molly needed to be driven to a school event. Felix reluctantly agreed and brought Edd and Molly to the school. After the event, Edd and Molly found Felix drinking at the school in a drinking area set up for the event, and tell him that its been an hour since they had to return home. Felix drove Edd and Molly Walten back, but his inebriation made him drive poorly, enough that Edd commented that he was driving too fast. This resulted in a crash which killed Edd and Molly, but spared Felix. Fearing Jack's reaction, Felix buried the siblings' bodies and their stuffed rabbit, Rocket, in Saint Juana's Forest. Shortly thereafter, he records himself recounting what happened into a tape recorder as he suspected that he wouldn't remember the events of the night. This same night, Linda left him.

On June 11th 1974, Jack went missing, with some speculating that Felix killed him.

On June 28, 1974, Bon's Burgers opened. Felix forged Jack's signature on documents for Bon's Burgers. The restaurant hosted its first birthday party two days later for Jeremy Simmons. Shortly after this party, Susan Woodings, the engineer who worked on the animatronics, was killed by Bon.

On March 29, 1979, Felix did a radio interview about Jack's disappearance where he stated: "I still wonder about what happened to my best friend, to this day I get people asking how I've handled the situation, how I've managed to keep on with this company knowing that he's been gone for years. It's hard to look back at Jack, because... I know that those happy memories and experiences I had with Walten and his Family will never happen again. And he'll never get to see what our dream company turned out to be. But there's still hope, I guess."

Appearance
Felix has short, brown hair and wears glasses with rectangular frames. He is 5'7" . He is always shown in a white long-sleeved button-up, black tie, and black pants. He sometimes wears a dark suit jacket.

Trivia

 * His favorite color is blue.
 * He studied business.
 * He liked cartoons and had a collection of Looney Toons.
 * In modern times, he “would be popular [online] for all the wrong reasons and would always get involved in internet drama.”