Katherine Faust

Katherine Faust
Age	16
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Transeescence	(Spoiler)11
Archetype	The Gamer
Faction	???
Voiced By	???
Drawn By	???

Katherine "Rin" Faust is a German student of sorts, and natural transeer. She was abandoned at the age of 2, although she did not remember exactly when or why she was abandoned; she only knows what her foster parents have told her. She was home-schooled until the age of 14, at which point she ran away from home. Unlike Kazuki Kamata, Rin receives absolutely no instruction in transeeing. The combination of her childish imagination and curiosity provides an exploration for her unrealistic (but functioning) dream worlds.

She is most significant as an antagonist in opposition to Kazuki, although she is also a playable character. It should be noted that Rin is loosely based off of Number 35 from Elfen Lied, in terms of personality and outlook.

Backstory/History

Rin was born in Michelstadt, Germany. Her exact birth date is unknown, but reckoned to be around December, 1994. Immediately after the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Non-Proliferation of the Nuclear Weapons (fourth session), Rin was found in the parking lot of the United Nations Headquarters in New York. She was handed over to the authorities. The local police department intended to give her to the local orphanage, but the orphanage denied the request, using "we are full" as justification. Rin was meant to be shipped by train to a small orphanage in San Francisco, but due to a communication error, Rin was abandoned at a BART train station with her blanket and a photograph of her parents.

An anonymous BART customer half-saved her life. Knowing that a bustling area would be hazardous for the infant, this individual took Rin off of the bench she was on, and took her to a small Sacramento neighborhood. Unfortunately, this customer felt unable to care for Rin, and left her on the doorstep of her neighbor. This neighbor's name was Ariadne Lamb. While Ariadne was poor and still in college at the time, she herself was abandoned by her parents, and took Rin into her care.

As it turned out, Rin was relatively easy to raise as an infant. She never cried and did not eat much. When she turned 5, she began attending the local elementary school, and while she never spoke with the other students, she fit in otherwise. However, when she turned 8, she felt that the past is worth remembering but not worth holding onto, and burned the photograph and blanket in the fireplace. A bit ironically, she also burned her right arm, and can't help but keep the blanket's ashes in her back pocket. Ariadne asked how Rin got the burn. Rin explained her stance and what happened; Ariadne simply told Rin to stay away from the fireplace; there was nothing else for her to do.

When Rin turned 12, she discovered that she could control absolutely every aspect of her dream, even to the point of bringing items in and out of the dream world at will. This leads to Rin keeping more to herself, but again, being otherwise no different from the other children.

You pick up her story in the middle of a high school class, toying with a new idea...

Personality

Rin is a sadist in a very indirect sense. She gains pleasure from the pain of others, regardless of the cause of the pain. Similarly, Rin isn't interested in the suffering itself, but the different ways in which each person deals with pain. That definitely is not to say that she is beyond causing the pain herself. Asides from this, Rin shifts her behavior to suit the needs of the immediate situation, to the point of being erratic. This may mean acting lost (a la puppy dog eyes) when she needs information, then shifting to angry and loud if she is unable to get it. In this way, her personality is only consistent in that it is self-centered.

Physical Appearance

Rin is a small and thin girl, with short blond hair. However, as a high-level Transeer, she may manipulate her body's structure and appearance in accordance to her desires.

In-game Data

Non-spoiler: Alternate synopsis

You are Katherine "Rin" Faust, a foster child. Found in the streets of Sacramento as an infant, you never knew your parents. Two things were left with you: a small blanket, and a photograph of your parents. The world was never particularly kind to you, leaving you alone and without a voice, but it gave you one grace: a loving foster mother. Having been abandoned herself, your mother couldn't help herself from quietly taking you off of the streets, and she began raising you while she was in college. Of course, this means sometimes wondering when your next meal is, but thus far, you've managed to get by. When you were eight years old, you purposefully burned the two aforementioned things. Your mind matured very early, and you understood that the past, while worth remembering, is not worth holding onto. But as a child, you can't help but holding onto the past, and keep the ashes of both items in your back pocket. Ironically, you also burned a third thing: your right arm. Very early into the game's story, you learn that you are a "transeer" (\tran-sē-ər\), and a very powerful one. You are a person whose dreams affect reality. Sadly, although understandably, you have an extremely negative view of the world. The player picks up this story when Rin is 16 years old, and still living in Sacramento with her mother...