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PLAYER INFORMATION
Your Name: Cipher
OOC Journal: clockworkthrill
Under 18? If yes, what is your age? Older.
Email + IM: AIM: monoclerobot
Characters Played at Ataraxion: N/A
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Heine Rammsteiner
Canon: DOGS: Bullets and Carnage
Original or Alternate Universe: Original
Canon Point: Chapter 67
Number: 067
Setting: Wikipedia, Tvtropes.
History: It must be said that Heine was not born, but created in the deep complexes of the underground. This is an important note to his history as everything prior to being awoken is unknown to the reader, though presumably it was Heine being made and collared. This in mind, there is a possibility that canon could reestablish things, but for now and more importantly to Heine’s knowledge this is what happened and shaped him.
He was not the only created subject, in truth he was one of many created for the purposes of testing out the Kerbero’s collars and to find a suitable candidate for taking control as the leader spine. Subjects, including Heine, were fitted with a metal collar around their necks to control and to grant them greater abilities way beyond the human norm. Unfortunately and well known by the researchers was that at the cost of excellence was instability.
Heine was awoken at what appeared to be at the physical age of roughly nine or ten. None of the subjects knew why they were there and were all of Heine’s age. The first other child that Heine encountered was Lily, a small blond girl with positive outlook on things. Before the two were able to speak more about what was going on, the leading doctor behind the project entered with a large humanoid dog monster that attacked Lily.
The leading doctor, Professor Einsturzen, tells the children that they must fight in order to obtain her love. Heine blanks out soon after this once his collar is activated by an outside source. Upon waking the humanoid monster is dead with a slew of others, Lily returned to her inactive state crying and clinging to Heine scared.
There is a jump from this point to next flashback leaving a considerable gap between them. There does not seem to be anything of major importance and through dialogue the reader comes to know that the children have been fighting since they were awoken, some of them becoming increasing violent and instable. Lily in particular is the most unstable pushing Heine and the others to find a way to save her and to escape before they become the next failed models used as combatants. It is also during this time that Heine bonds with Lily and Giovanni forming a somewhat pseudo family relationship.
Moving ahead, Heine and the other children have grown older into their early teens. The group becomes concerned that their worth is diminishing quickly and that they will soon be the very monsters they are fighting. All of this weighs heavily upon Heine as he tries to find a way out by himself as the others attempt to map out the compound.
Then he is given what he believes is a manner to grab the upper hand by professor Einturzen. She gives him the chance to connect with the original leader spine after proving himself in battle and containing another active unit without going berserk himself. While the others are looking for a way out, Heine is connected and meets with the leader spine.
The leader spine agrees to help Heine and takes control of his body rushing toward the others who have been rounded up and pitted against each other as they are no longer needed now that the researchers have found a worthy candidate for the leader spine. The spine controlled body enters the room finding only a berserk Lily and injured Giovanni alive. Once Heine snaps back and into control, he finds Lily’s body severed in his arms.
The flashback comes to an end here giving a plot hole as to how Heine escapes. Clearly he does and according to his words, he does not remember how. At some point Heine is saved by Bishop and five years prior to the prequel he meets Badou. In relation to how the manga is read, canon actually begins here.
In searching for a way back to the deep underground complexes, Heine comes across a genetically altered muted subject like him named Nill. She is the first of many that he ends up rescuing from a life of prostitution and slavery, his pale appearance becoming the thing of talk and fear by local gangs. At some point he gets hired on by the Stray Dogs gang ran by Granny Liza to hunt and rescue altered beings.
Eventually Giovanni resurfaces after taunting Heine to bring news that the Professor was still very much alive after setting up a meeting between Heine and opposing gangs. More and more things run off the rails and Giovanni’s foresight proves true in days coming. Another member to the ragtag protagonist group is introduced to Heine at this time, a woman by the name of Naoto who is looking for her parents’ killer and the deeper parts of the underground. Despite not getting along, they prove themselves to be formidable in battle when two of Heine’s siblings show up during a misguided negotiation between gangs. The twins, Loki and Noki, are defeated and quickly rush off to join their keeper Fruhling.
The train system comes under attack hours later by deep underground forces. While only one train was hit, the information was spread fast to Granny Liza and the others soon connecting it with the same forces that kidnapped children years earlier. After the attack, a wounded Mihai and Bishop come out of the tunnel ways greeting Heine and Naoto who had been in pursuit of a mysterious black train.
Naoto disheveled after catching a glimpse of Fruhling passes out, Heine catching her momentarily before dropping her completely. There Bishop opens up on how he knows so much about Heine and his collared condition by revealing himself to be a subject as well after being pried for information. Later they go back the church the Bishop and Nill reside where the conversation continues until Bishop vanishes without reason.
With no one to watch over Nill, she is taken by Heine and Naoto to Granny Liza. Soon after dropping Nill off, Giovanni comes back with an army of masked soldiers attacking past the tunnel ways and into the underground cities. Heine, Naoto, and Granny Liza’s gang defend their street from the ensuing forces. Eventually Giovanni breaks the lines and comes to face Heine directly.
Heine thinking a head shot killed Giovanni lets his guard down only to be shot by a rising Giovanni. The attacking forces have ceased their movements and collapsed in pain, smoke billowing out of their necks. A warning is given by Giovanni in regards of what everyone is, puppets in a play. Before anyone is able to stop Giovanni or the detonator, all the masked forces explode sealing the underground city from the surface.
Days later Granny Liza speaks to Heine in the company of Nill, Naoto, and Yora. Questions of who the masked soldiers and Giovanni are rise, Heine answering that they were monsters just like him; ones created for war and nothing else. Naoto retorts calling him out on what he did during the attack leading to him detailing his past in a flashback.
When his detail is over, he repeats his musing on why he can not protect anyone. From out of the rubble comes Magato, a figure from Naoto’s past and the man that killed her pseudo father figure Fuyumine. A fight breaks out, but it cut short as Magato baits the two of them to follow him into the slums. At one of the barrows more information regarding Naoto’s past come to light and the true killer of her supposed parents comes out, Fruhling, as Heine faces the twins again.
Between fighting Fruhling explains that Naoto is her spare, the people she thought her parents only researchers that turned traitor. The fight is stopped by the mayor’s own private forces having previously been called down to investigate earlier train attacks. An emotionally wreaked Naoto and Heine are taken back to the forces momentary headquarters and interviewed. Hans, the division’s leader, explains how much they know and how Heine could be an asset in helping them fight Professor Einsturzen.
This knowledge in mind, they two head back to the church with Nill. Heine questions if what Magato had said earlier held any truth, if the blade that Naoto held could kill him. Before things could be asked of Heine by Naoto, Loki and Noki waltz in. An outburst later, Heine retreats to the church’s roof as Nill cooks for the disarmed twins. Sitting on the roof he speaks with the leader spine when Magato greets him by throwing a knife. The two stand off with Magato suggesting that he cared more to fight Heine than speaking with Naoto.
The two begin fighting with Magato holding up surprisingly well up to Heine's speed. Magato comments on Heine fighting style and the fact he does not rely completely on his healing factor, but he is there to fight the Original Spine and not Heine himself. Lunging forward, Magato purposely gets himself stabbed to close the gap between them. Heine begins to slip allowing the Original Spine to take control.
Personality:
"You're the one that said 'I'm not a sheep' right?"
;Heine referring to an earlier conversation on being told how to live to Naoto
Despite most of his life being planned by others, Heine is very much an individual that believes in carving out your own path and not following one set by others. It does seem hypocritical at times due to his constant evocating and reminiscing of the horrendous things that brought him into existence and what occurred in the in hidden underground complexes during his youth, but his attitude remains that of a stray and not a follower. This immediately flags him as stubborn and for the most part that is true, he doesn’t take well to offered advice or assistance and refuses to take it even when it would be
beneficial or is needed. He’s self efficient or tends to believe that he is, from living day to day or when placed in hostile circumstances where fighting is necessary.
The sense of self reliance stems from his traumatic past and finding himself too weak at the time. Heine was not born, but created to be a weapon by researchers in the deeper levels; most predominately Professor Einsturzen of which he was partly cloned from. In an attempt to escape with his friends and family including Giovanni and Lily, Heine relied on the help of the Original Spine after it was synchronized with him. The spine however considered help ending Lily's life thus 'freeing' her. The event traumatized him and causes him to usually deny help or assistance relating it to his failed attempt at escaping.
Professor Einsturzen’s madness and the loss of his sister have also given him a form of Gynophobia, the fear of women. More exclusively to Heine the fear of touch as it relates to how Lily died in his arms. He’s often either dismissive or rude to those of the opposite gender, but it has little to do with abhorrence as much as a mechanism to keep those of the female gender far away from him and from being touched.
“Hello? Earth to Heine? Oi, Heine!”
“Shut it, I heard you.”
;Heine to Badou after he tried to get Heine's attention
Socially Heine is just on the edge of being a hermit if not for Badou, Bishop, Naoto, and Nill. His semi-hermit lifestyle is influenced by Lily’s death as well. The closer people are to him, the more worried he is about harming them in a fit of rage induced by the Original Spine. Lately however he has become more open about his past and himself, but it has been limited to a small circle of allies and shaky friendships.
He has very few reasons to reach out to people and engage in conversation unless information of something is needed, aside from his few friends and acquaintances. This does not mean he is resigned. Verbally Heine tends to be unclothed and blunt, sometimes for the worse. With people he knows or is accustomed to there is at times a bit of bite and sarcasm to his words. To people he does not know there is little to be said or gathered unless the individual crosses lines and pries too much at him.
His thought process is typically linear and about getting from point A to point B in the most timely and efficient manner. Increasingly more though events have slowed him down from his goals of finding a way back to the deep underground complexes. These bumps in the road have made his priorities gradually shift, his grasp on the past being given up to fight for what he has now. While he is by no means completely dismissive of his past, he has due to recent events and reveals began a switch in what actually matters to him and is currently still in that transition. Depending on future events this could either lead to him letting go of his past and ending back up at square one.
Heine’s only defensive from people getting at him is his offense. By being off-putting people don’t attempt to interact with him, but those who press past the brashness are greeted with weak walls. With persistence it isn’t hard to befriend him, at least one-side friendship and an acknowledgment of your existence from him. His trust is hard to earn by words as he is a man of action, in other words he is a firm believer that talk is cheap.
The term dark comes to mind in how Heine thinks and comprehends things. This boils down to a pessimistic state of viewing the world and humor fully of sarcasm and cynical commentary. His insight and notions are much in tune with the crap-sack world he lives in.
"I am the same as them. Nothing more than a monster that causes destruction."
"But you tried to protect us. You stood up there to protect us."
;Naoto to Heine after Giovanni's assault
Despite his less than savory attributes, Heine is a fierce protector. He however denies this completely as seen with his conversation with Naoto following the deep underground assault lead by Giovanni, but the evidence is hard to refute. While the circle of people he ‘protects’ is fairly small, he does a good job at doing so. With the assistance of Granny Liza’s gang and Naoto, he fended off the oncoming attackers of the deep underground. Even harder to refute is the cases he went out of his way to help Badou and Naoto during battle by dropping his own fight to come to assistance.
In oppisite of the appearance of someone who is hotheaded and short fused, Heine is actually very calm. This tranquility even follows him into battle where not a care is given the bullets falling about. Insults and taunts rile him none aside from those given by his brother Giovanni. Being cool headed comes as useful in making decisions even if they are made with a pessimistic twist.
He holds sympathy for people like him or related to him, though offered comfort is not within his realm of talents. The soft spot is reserved for hybrid young ones like Nill or the children rescued in his work for Granny Liza. The only humans that he holds a remote sense of caring for are Badou and Naoto, though it took five years for the former and discovery of talents and past for the latter. In a weird way, Heine still cares for his family members. During the times he is fighting them there are glimpses of remorse, most notably with Giovanni being shot down and the twins in their first encounter. Although the twins were not part of his group, it connects to Heine's past desire to have saved everyone and failing. To him, if he had succeeded then none of the events now would be happening.
"So...which one of us is the master?"
;The Original Spine/Black Dog speaking to an unconscious Heine
The Original Spine (or Black Dog, Fuhrer Unit, 'Master') is the entity that is inside Heine's Kerberos Spine. It thrives on blood lust and is purely hedonistic for its wants having no true cares for Heine rather than the survival of his body. It is constantly there in Heine's mind and becomes louder when violence is about. Through dialog between the two, it is evident that the Original Spine knows what is happening outside and very much so has an opinion on it.
Heine manages to keep the Original Spine in check most of the time. So far control has slipped five times in canon; once and completely in the flashback where it used Heine's hands to kill Lily, again when Giovanni first appeared in the flesh and rendered Heine unconscious and later during their fight during the deep underground's attack. The fourth occurred after the timed explosions and was seemingly stopped by a tap by Naoto. The last and where he is being taken from is in the fight with Magato where it appears that Heine is losing, the slip only a panel at this time.
Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations:
All of Heine’s abilities are a result of his spine implants as part of the Kerbero’s experiment. Like the other units involved, there is a natural limiter to his abilities and the additional factor of the Original Leader Spine being synched with him. This in mind, the more he uses his abilities the more control slips in favor of the Original Leader Spine; hence he becomes less stable and crazed. In the bullets below his abilities are divided between inactivated and activated and to what extent the Original Spine is in control.
Inactive:
Weaknesses:
Inventory: Minus his clothing as he will be getting new garments; one flat metal Mauser C96 that has a chain attachment on the grip and one black Luger P08. Heine also wear bandages to hide his collar and scars on his neck, but I am uncertain if this counts as inventory or not. Other than his guns, Heine has nothing else really on him.
Appearance: Being an albino, Heine has very pale skin and nearly white hair. His eyes are unnaturally red instead of pinkish and appear to glow when his spine abilities are active. He is not all the tall or built, probably standing somewhere around 5' 6'' or so, and has a lax posture. As of his taking Heine's hair is partly swept back. Overall all he gives off a punkish and ghostly look, and he fully intends to.
Age: Early twenties as no official age is given.
AU Clarification: N/A
SAMPLES
Log Sample:
The running faucet was the only sound he could make out distinctly. They had made it back to the church, stopping only to pick up Nill on way back. His jacket was slung over the shower’s side, a sizable hole revealed in its bundled shape. The wound where he had been shot, or stabbed given that the details were blurry at best, has long sealed itself in a puff of smoke.
His eyes barely acknowledged the reflection in the mirror. Cleaning was a practiced art. Of course he healed, but there still were marks left. Blood, that staining red that represented life and death stayed behind when everything healed. Washcloth in hand, he progressed to dab his side until the water and blood mixed becoming easier to absorb.
‘They got ya good eh master?’
“Cram it.” He growled aimed to his reflection, it staring just the same back. The washrag was tossed into the sink to be rinsed later. A moment later his neck was dressed with strips of gauze and shirt slid over his head tousling his hair. Pawing it down, he shot one last glance toward the mirror, the reflection almost mockingly grinning back at him.
‘-almost brings back memories doesn’t it?’
Heine broke his gaze frowning in disgust and giving no word back. With a low huff, he closed the door overly forceful and went on his way, the perverse laughing of the black dog echoing as he walked away.
Comms Sample:
Someone better speak up about this bullshit.
[There is no video for the moment, but Heine's voice gets the meat of the message across. Waking in a labyrinth like place without an idea of how is sure to make anyone paranoid, but for someone on edge as him it makes a bad case worse. There is stillness on his end for the lack of sound, even his breathing controlled despite the unsettling situation.
Then the video is activated, dim red eyes and a hard frown staring at the device. He does not know he is being record, hense his sight is not set on the recording eye. The device shakes giving a quick glimpse of his pushed back white hair.]
Worthless.
[He mutters before flipping the device off.]
Your Name: Cipher
OOC Journal: clockworkthrill
Under 18? If yes, what is your age? Older.
Email + IM: AIM: monoclerobot
Characters Played at Ataraxion: N/A
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Heine Rammsteiner
Canon: DOGS: Bullets and Carnage
Original or Alternate Universe: Original
Canon Point: Chapter 67
Number: 067
Setting: Wikipedia, Tvtropes.
History: It must be said that Heine was not born, but created in the deep complexes of the underground. This is an important note to his history as everything prior to being awoken is unknown to the reader, though presumably it was Heine being made and collared. This in mind, there is a possibility that canon could reestablish things, but for now and more importantly to Heine’s knowledge this is what happened and shaped him.
He was not the only created subject, in truth he was one of many created for the purposes of testing out the Kerbero’s collars and to find a suitable candidate for taking control as the leader spine. Subjects, including Heine, were fitted with a metal collar around their necks to control and to grant them greater abilities way beyond the human norm. Unfortunately and well known by the researchers was that at the cost of excellence was instability.
Heine was awoken at what appeared to be at the physical age of roughly nine or ten. None of the subjects knew why they were there and were all of Heine’s age. The first other child that Heine encountered was Lily, a small blond girl with positive outlook on things. Before the two were able to speak more about what was going on, the leading doctor behind the project entered with a large humanoid dog monster that attacked Lily.
The leading doctor, Professor Einsturzen, tells the children that they must fight in order to obtain her love. Heine blanks out soon after this once his collar is activated by an outside source. Upon waking the humanoid monster is dead with a slew of others, Lily returned to her inactive state crying and clinging to Heine scared.
There is a jump from this point to next flashback leaving a considerable gap between them. There does not seem to be anything of major importance and through dialogue the reader comes to know that the children have been fighting since they were awoken, some of them becoming increasing violent and instable. Lily in particular is the most unstable pushing Heine and the others to find a way to save her and to escape before they become the next failed models used as combatants. It is also during this time that Heine bonds with Lily and Giovanni forming a somewhat pseudo family relationship.
Moving ahead, Heine and the other children have grown older into their early teens. The group becomes concerned that their worth is diminishing quickly and that they will soon be the very monsters they are fighting. All of this weighs heavily upon Heine as he tries to find a way out by himself as the others attempt to map out the compound.
Then he is given what he believes is a manner to grab the upper hand by professor Einturzen. She gives him the chance to connect with the original leader spine after proving himself in battle and containing another active unit without going berserk himself. While the others are looking for a way out, Heine is connected and meets with the leader spine.
The leader spine agrees to help Heine and takes control of his body rushing toward the others who have been rounded up and pitted against each other as they are no longer needed now that the researchers have found a worthy candidate for the leader spine. The spine controlled body enters the room finding only a berserk Lily and injured Giovanni alive. Once Heine snaps back and into control, he finds Lily’s body severed in his arms.
The flashback comes to an end here giving a plot hole as to how Heine escapes. Clearly he does and according to his words, he does not remember how. At some point Heine is saved by Bishop and five years prior to the prequel he meets Badou. In relation to how the manga is read, canon actually begins here.
In searching for a way back to the deep underground complexes, Heine comes across a genetically altered muted subject like him named Nill. She is the first of many that he ends up rescuing from a life of prostitution and slavery, his pale appearance becoming the thing of talk and fear by local gangs. At some point he gets hired on by the Stray Dogs gang ran by Granny Liza to hunt and rescue altered beings.
Eventually Giovanni resurfaces after taunting Heine to bring news that the Professor was still very much alive after setting up a meeting between Heine and opposing gangs. More and more things run off the rails and Giovanni’s foresight proves true in days coming. Another member to the ragtag protagonist group is introduced to Heine at this time, a woman by the name of Naoto who is looking for her parents’ killer and the deeper parts of the underground. Despite not getting along, they prove themselves to be formidable in battle when two of Heine’s siblings show up during a misguided negotiation between gangs. The twins, Loki and Noki, are defeated and quickly rush off to join their keeper Fruhling.
The train system comes under attack hours later by deep underground forces. While only one train was hit, the information was spread fast to Granny Liza and the others soon connecting it with the same forces that kidnapped children years earlier. After the attack, a wounded Mihai and Bishop come out of the tunnel ways greeting Heine and Naoto who had been in pursuit of a mysterious black train.
Naoto disheveled after catching a glimpse of Fruhling passes out, Heine catching her momentarily before dropping her completely. There Bishop opens up on how he knows so much about Heine and his collared condition by revealing himself to be a subject as well after being pried for information. Later they go back the church the Bishop and Nill reside where the conversation continues until Bishop vanishes without reason.
With no one to watch over Nill, she is taken by Heine and Naoto to Granny Liza. Soon after dropping Nill off, Giovanni comes back with an army of masked soldiers attacking past the tunnel ways and into the underground cities. Heine, Naoto, and Granny Liza’s gang defend their street from the ensuing forces. Eventually Giovanni breaks the lines and comes to face Heine directly.
Heine thinking a head shot killed Giovanni lets his guard down only to be shot by a rising Giovanni. The attacking forces have ceased their movements and collapsed in pain, smoke billowing out of their necks. A warning is given by Giovanni in regards of what everyone is, puppets in a play. Before anyone is able to stop Giovanni or the detonator, all the masked forces explode sealing the underground city from the surface.
Days later Granny Liza speaks to Heine in the company of Nill, Naoto, and Yora. Questions of who the masked soldiers and Giovanni are rise, Heine answering that they were monsters just like him; ones created for war and nothing else. Naoto retorts calling him out on what he did during the attack leading to him detailing his past in a flashback.
When his detail is over, he repeats his musing on why he can not protect anyone. From out of the rubble comes Magato, a figure from Naoto’s past and the man that killed her pseudo father figure Fuyumine. A fight breaks out, but it cut short as Magato baits the two of them to follow him into the slums. At one of the barrows more information regarding Naoto’s past come to light and the true killer of her supposed parents comes out, Fruhling, as Heine faces the twins again.
Between fighting Fruhling explains that Naoto is her spare, the people she thought her parents only researchers that turned traitor. The fight is stopped by the mayor’s own private forces having previously been called down to investigate earlier train attacks. An emotionally wreaked Naoto and Heine are taken back to the forces momentary headquarters and interviewed. Hans, the division’s leader, explains how much they know and how Heine could be an asset in helping them fight Professor Einsturzen.
This knowledge in mind, they two head back to the church with Nill. Heine questions if what Magato had said earlier held any truth, if the blade that Naoto held could kill him. Before things could be asked of Heine by Naoto, Loki and Noki waltz in. An outburst later, Heine retreats to the church’s roof as Nill cooks for the disarmed twins. Sitting on the roof he speaks with the leader spine when Magato greets him by throwing a knife. The two stand off with Magato suggesting that he cared more to fight Heine than speaking with Naoto.
The two begin fighting with Magato holding up surprisingly well up to Heine's speed. Magato comments on Heine fighting style and the fact he does not rely completely on his healing factor, but he is there to fight the Original Spine and not Heine himself. Lunging forward, Magato purposely gets himself stabbed to close the gap between them. Heine begins to slip allowing the Original Spine to take control.
Personality:
"You're the one that said 'I'm not a sheep' right?"
;Heine referring to an earlier conversation on being told how to live to Naoto
Despite most of his life being planned by others, Heine is very much an individual that believes in carving out your own path and not following one set by others. It does seem hypocritical at times due to his constant evocating and reminiscing of the horrendous things that brought him into existence and what occurred in the in hidden underground complexes during his youth, but his attitude remains that of a stray and not a follower. This immediately flags him as stubborn and for the most part that is true, he doesn’t take well to offered advice or assistance and refuses to take it even when it would be
beneficial or is needed. He’s self efficient or tends to believe that he is, from living day to day or when placed in hostile circumstances where fighting is necessary.
The sense of self reliance stems from his traumatic past and finding himself too weak at the time. Heine was not born, but created to be a weapon by researchers in the deeper levels; most predominately Professor Einsturzen of which he was partly cloned from. In an attempt to escape with his friends and family including Giovanni and Lily, Heine relied on the help of the Original Spine after it was synchronized with him. The spine however considered help ending Lily's life thus 'freeing' her. The event traumatized him and causes him to usually deny help or assistance relating it to his failed attempt at escaping.
Professor Einsturzen’s madness and the loss of his sister have also given him a form of Gynophobia, the fear of women. More exclusively to Heine the fear of touch as it relates to how Lily died in his arms. He’s often either dismissive or rude to those of the opposite gender, but it has little to do with abhorrence as much as a mechanism to keep those of the female gender far away from him and from being touched.
“Hello? Earth to Heine? Oi, Heine!”
“Shut it, I heard you.”
;Heine to Badou after he tried to get Heine's attention
Socially Heine is just on the edge of being a hermit if not for Badou, Bishop, Naoto, and Nill. His semi-hermit lifestyle is influenced by Lily’s death as well. The closer people are to him, the more worried he is about harming them in a fit of rage induced by the Original Spine. Lately however he has become more open about his past and himself, but it has been limited to a small circle of allies and shaky friendships.
He has very few reasons to reach out to people and engage in conversation unless information of something is needed, aside from his few friends and acquaintances. This does not mean he is resigned. Verbally Heine tends to be unclothed and blunt, sometimes for the worse. With people he knows or is accustomed to there is at times a bit of bite and sarcasm to his words. To people he does not know there is little to be said or gathered unless the individual crosses lines and pries too much at him.
His thought process is typically linear and about getting from point A to point B in the most timely and efficient manner. Increasingly more though events have slowed him down from his goals of finding a way back to the deep underground complexes. These bumps in the road have made his priorities gradually shift, his grasp on the past being given up to fight for what he has now. While he is by no means completely dismissive of his past, he has due to recent events and reveals began a switch in what actually matters to him and is currently still in that transition. Depending on future events this could either lead to him letting go of his past and ending back up at square one.
Heine’s only defensive from people getting at him is his offense. By being off-putting people don’t attempt to interact with him, but those who press past the brashness are greeted with weak walls. With persistence it isn’t hard to befriend him, at least one-side friendship and an acknowledgment of your existence from him. His trust is hard to earn by words as he is a man of action, in other words he is a firm believer that talk is cheap.
The term dark comes to mind in how Heine thinks and comprehends things. This boils down to a pessimistic state of viewing the world and humor fully of sarcasm and cynical commentary. His insight and notions are much in tune with the crap-sack world he lives in.
"I am the same as them. Nothing more than a monster that causes destruction."
"But you tried to protect us. You stood up there to protect us."
;Naoto to Heine after Giovanni's assault
Despite his less than savory attributes, Heine is a fierce protector. He however denies this completely as seen with his conversation with Naoto following the deep underground assault lead by Giovanni, but the evidence is hard to refute. While the circle of people he ‘protects’ is fairly small, he does a good job at doing so. With the assistance of Granny Liza’s gang and Naoto, he fended off the oncoming attackers of the deep underground. Even harder to refute is the cases he went out of his way to help Badou and Naoto during battle by dropping his own fight to come to assistance.
In oppisite of the appearance of someone who is hotheaded and short fused, Heine is actually very calm. This tranquility even follows him into battle where not a care is given the bullets falling about. Insults and taunts rile him none aside from those given by his brother Giovanni. Being cool headed comes as useful in making decisions even if they are made with a pessimistic twist.
He holds sympathy for people like him or related to him, though offered comfort is not within his realm of talents. The soft spot is reserved for hybrid young ones like Nill or the children rescued in his work for Granny Liza. The only humans that he holds a remote sense of caring for are Badou and Naoto, though it took five years for the former and discovery of talents and past for the latter. In a weird way, Heine still cares for his family members. During the times he is fighting them there are glimpses of remorse, most notably with Giovanni being shot down and the twins in their first encounter. Although the twins were not part of his group, it connects to Heine's past desire to have saved everyone and failing. To him, if he had succeeded then none of the events now would be happening.
"So...which one of us is the master?"
;The Original Spine/Black Dog speaking to an unconscious Heine
The Original Spine (or Black Dog, Fuhrer Unit, 'Master') is the entity that is inside Heine's Kerberos Spine. It thrives on blood lust and is purely hedonistic for its wants having no true cares for Heine rather than the survival of his body. It is constantly there in Heine's mind and becomes louder when violence is about. Through dialog between the two, it is evident that the Original Spine knows what is happening outside and very much so has an opinion on it.
Heine manages to keep the Original Spine in check most of the time. So far control has slipped five times in canon; once and completely in the flashback where it used Heine's hands to kill Lily, again when Giovanni first appeared in the flesh and rendered Heine unconscious and later during their fight during the deep underground's attack. The fourth occurred after the timed explosions and was seemingly stopped by a tap by Naoto. The last and where he is being taken from is in the fight with Magato where it appears that Heine is losing, the slip only a panel at this time.
Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations:
All of Heine’s abilities are a result of his spine implants as part of the Kerbero’s experiment. Like the other units involved, there is a natural limiter to his abilities and the additional factor of the Original Leader Spine being synched with him. This in mind, the more he uses his abilities the more control slips in favor of the Original Leader Spine; hence he becomes less stable and crazed. In the bullets below his abilities are divided between inactivated and activated and to what extent the Original Spine is in control.
Inactive:
- Minor Regeneration: Wounds limited to small arms fire and cuts can heal within a few minutes to a few hours depending on the severity. The greater the wounds inflicted or the amount slows his rate of healing. At this point the Original Spine is weak and more or less a nagging voice.
- Physical Enhancements: Due to the spine implants Heine has a more strength, stamina, speed, agility than most humans. Some attacks at close range can be dodged and he can stand toe to toe with seemingly larger and ‘stronger’ individuals.
- Accelerated Regeneration: Most physical damage barely makes a dent in him at this point. Wounds heal within seconds and bellows of smoke appear when he is healing. He is by no means invincible, but slowing him down takes much harder hitting weapons such as higher caliber weapons or massive amounts of repeated damage. At this point the Original Leader Spine is awake and aware of the outside world; occasional slips allow it to take control for a few seconds.
- Greater Physical Abilities: Strength, stamina, speed, and agility are increased greatly. Taking on several targets at once appear not to faze him at this point, even the masked soldiers.
- Hand-to-hand Combat: With his speed and strength, Heine has no problem with taking down individuals as close range. He has no formal training in it, but his spine implants and creativity make up for it
- Weapons: After years of honing his handgun skills, Heine is a fairly good shot. More often than not however he closes in gaps between him and his target thus does not need to truly aim.
- Nourishment/Sleep: He does not need large amounts of nourishment or sleep to keep running. He will ear and attempt to sleep in the company of others to portray himself as more human, but it is not required of him.
Weaknesses:
- Gynophobia: As mentioned earlier, Heine is extremely afraid of being touched by women. Even something light as a brush causes spasms and headaches as seen in the prequel. It is certainly hard not to notice how he avoids women, even going out of his way to scoot into someone to avoid a woman. There are a two within canon that he seems comfortable to okay with touching, though both have taken a consider amount of character building and are related to him either genetically or mentally.
- Socially inapt: Having been cut off from the world for most his life and then being traumatically effected by the death of his sister, Heine is socially inapt. Jokes, gestures, and the like are not understood that well. He does have his own brand of sarcasm, but it remains unrelated to others. Talking to others is nigh impossible without reason, he simply is not one for making conversation without reason. This inapt does not mean Heine is mean spirited, though his is often sharp around the edges, only the he lacks understanding.
- The Original Leader Spine/Black Dog: The factor and apparently required individual needed to control all the Kerberos’ subjects. It is crude, violent, and hedonistic. Only Heine, more to the Leader Heine’s body, and getting its way matters. The more blood and carnage, the better for the Leader Spine. There is an obvious switch when the leader spine breaks through; most notably facial expressions and manner of speech. Heine tries to keep it under, but occasionally it slips through while he is fighting or simply to taunt him when the situation turns for the worst. When it does speak to Heine, it refers top him as master in a sarcastic manner and belittles him.
- Albinism: Heine burns easily from his lack of pigmentation. He can heal right through it however, but being in sunlight for considerable amount of time bothers him. Bright lights also hinder his vision, though it settles quickly as normal eyes do after awhile.
- Mentally Unstable: Being part of the Kerberos’ project and having the Original Leader Spine imbedded into him, Heine without a doubt is mentally unstable. By words alone it is hard to pick out as he is usually quiet and observant. In battle the signs are apparent, from calmness while bullets and whizzing by to laughing blissfully while taking aim. More often than not, it is the Leader Spine coming through that showcases his mental instability.
Inventory: Minus his clothing as he will be getting new garments; one flat metal Mauser C96 that has a chain attachment on the grip and one black Luger P08. Heine also wear bandages to hide his collar and scars on his neck, but I am uncertain if this counts as inventory or not. Other than his guns, Heine has nothing else really on him.
Appearance: Being an albino, Heine has very pale skin and nearly white hair. His eyes are unnaturally red instead of pinkish and appear to glow when his spine abilities are active. He is not all the tall or built, probably standing somewhere around 5' 6'' or so, and has a lax posture. As of his taking Heine's hair is partly swept back. Overall all he gives off a punkish and ghostly look, and he fully intends to.
Age: Early twenties as no official age is given.
AU Clarification: N/A
SAMPLES
Log Sample:
The running faucet was the only sound he could make out distinctly. They had made it back to the church, stopping only to pick up Nill on way back. His jacket was slung over the shower’s side, a sizable hole revealed in its bundled shape. The wound where he had been shot, or stabbed given that the details were blurry at best, has long sealed itself in a puff of smoke.
His eyes barely acknowledged the reflection in the mirror. Cleaning was a practiced art. Of course he healed, but there still were marks left. Blood, that staining red that represented life and death stayed behind when everything healed. Washcloth in hand, he progressed to dab his side until the water and blood mixed becoming easier to absorb.
‘They got ya good eh master?’
“Cram it.” He growled aimed to his reflection, it staring just the same back. The washrag was tossed into the sink to be rinsed later. A moment later his neck was dressed with strips of gauze and shirt slid over his head tousling his hair. Pawing it down, he shot one last glance toward the mirror, the reflection almost mockingly grinning back at him.
‘-almost brings back memories doesn’t it?’
Heine broke his gaze frowning in disgust and giving no word back. With a low huff, he closed the door overly forceful and went on his way, the perverse laughing of the black dog echoing as he walked away.
Comms Sample:
Someone better speak up about this bullshit.
[There is no video for the moment, but Heine's voice gets the meat of the message across. Waking in a labyrinth like place without an idea of how is sure to make anyone paranoid, but for someone on edge as him it makes a bad case worse. There is stillness on his end for the lack of sound, even his breathing controlled despite the unsettling situation.
Then the video is activated, dim red eyes and a hard frown staring at the device. He does not know he is being record, hense his sight is not set on the recording eye. The device shakes giving a quick glimpse of his pushed back white hair.]
Worthless.
[He mutters before flipping the device off.]