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Bai Jin, born in 1758 to Chinese puppeteers, traveled to Prague with his older brother Bai Yin to study alchemy, intending to craft human-like moving puppets. There, he met and instantly loved Francine, expressing devotion through gifts and puppet shows for children at her suggestion. When Francine accepted Bai Yin's marriage proposal instead, Bai Jin perceived betrayal. Consumed by jealous rage, he kidnapped Francine hours after the wedding.
He confined her for nine years in a Quiberon castle, physically abusing her when she rejected his advances; she never attempted escape. After villagers imprisoned her during an illness, Bai Yin tracked them down, but Bai Jin had descended into madness. Both brothers developed Aqua Vitae to cure Francine, yet villagers burned her hut before treatment. Francine chose death in the flames, content to reunite with Bai Yin. Bai Yin gave Bai Jin a lock of Francine's hair, which Bai Jin fused with Aqua Vitae to create "Doll Francine," believing he could resurrect her.
Twenty years later, disillusioned by the doll's inability to laugh or smile, Bai Jin slaughtered Krohg Village and its inhabitants, Les Quatre Pionniers. He strangled Doll Francine and abandoned her, accepting her as a mere imitation. Wandering for years, he returned to China planning suicide in a self-made Aqua Vitae spring. Moments before jumping, he conceived a reincarnation plan to resurrect Francine. Infusing his soul into Aqua Vitae, he commanded a dog to force a kidnapped boy to drink it, transferring his memories into the silver-haired vessel, Dean Meistre.
As Dean, Bai Jin infiltrated the Shirogane organization opposing his Automatons. Adopted into the Saiga family as Sadayoshi Saiga, he manipulated events for decades, including attacks on "son" Masaru Saiga to prepare Masaru's body as a vessel. Shedding this identity, he became Commander Faceless—an elderly figure with a machine-enhanced body and rubber-like face—leading both Automatons and their foes. He perpetuated Zonapha syndrome, a respiratory disease, as part of his centuries-long scheme to reunite with Francine or her reincarnations.
Francine's rejection transformed Bai Jin from cheerful and kind to obsessive and psychotic. Unrequited love fueled sadistic acts, including mass murder and psychological torment, driven by desperate need for affection. His fixation endured beyond death, manipulating generations for a twisted reunion. His name "platinum" contrasts with Bai Yin's "silver," symbolizing their divergent fates.
He confined her for nine years in a Quiberon castle, physically abusing her when she rejected his advances; she never attempted escape. After villagers imprisoned her during an illness, Bai Yin tracked them down, but Bai Jin had descended into madness. Both brothers developed Aqua Vitae to cure Francine, yet villagers burned her hut before treatment. Francine chose death in the flames, content to reunite with Bai Yin. Bai Yin gave Bai Jin a lock of Francine's hair, which Bai Jin fused with Aqua Vitae to create "Doll Francine," believing he could resurrect her.
Twenty years later, disillusioned by the doll's inability to laugh or smile, Bai Jin slaughtered Krohg Village and its inhabitants, Les Quatre Pionniers. He strangled Doll Francine and abandoned her, accepting her as a mere imitation. Wandering for years, he returned to China planning suicide in a self-made Aqua Vitae spring. Moments before jumping, he conceived a reincarnation plan to resurrect Francine. Infusing his soul into Aqua Vitae, he commanded a dog to force a kidnapped boy to drink it, transferring his memories into the silver-haired vessel, Dean Meistre.
As Dean, Bai Jin infiltrated the Shirogane organization opposing his Automatons. Adopted into the Saiga family as Sadayoshi Saiga, he manipulated events for decades, including attacks on "son" Masaru Saiga to prepare Masaru's body as a vessel. Shedding this identity, he became Commander Faceless—an elderly figure with a machine-enhanced body and rubber-like face—leading both Automatons and their foes. He perpetuated Zonapha syndrome, a respiratory disease, as part of his centuries-long scheme to reunite with Francine or her reincarnations.
Francine's rejection transformed Bai Jin from cheerful and kind to obsessive and psychotic. Unrequited love fueled sadistic acts, including mass murder and psychological torment, driven by desperate need for affection. His fixation endured beyond death, manipulating generations for a twisted reunion. His name "platinum" contrasts with Bai Yin's "silver," symbolizing their divergent fates.