| Japanese name: |
ハイネ・ラムシュタイナー |
Heine Rammsteiner also known as the "Stray Dog", is an albino gunman who has undergone genetic manipulation and implants as a child. He has a collar fused into the back of his neck, called a "Kerberos Spine", and is able to quickly recover from any degree of injury due to the Kerberos experiments conducted by Angelika Einstürzen. She is referred to as his "mother" and she considers him to be her favorite of all the test subjects. Raised by Einstürzen in an underground research facility established to create the "ultimate human weapon", Heine's understanding of humanity and family is very skewed. Einstürzen, who sees his proficiency in combat and ability to take charge of most situations, selects him as the receptor of the "Kerberos Leader Spine", which should have enabled him to control the other test subjects. After the implantation, Heine received a second persona independent of his own from the Spine. This second personality is referred to as the "Dog", and is both incredibly bloodthirsty and insane. The "Dog" takes over in times of violence or stress. For example, just after being synchronized with the Spine, the "Dog" leads Heine to kill Lily, a girl he considered his younger sister, who killed the other test subjects in a frenzy. After realizing what had happened, he attempted to kill everyone involved with the Kerberos project in a berserker rage.
As a result of what the "Dog" does while in control, Heine becomes apathetic and distant from almost all other people. Also, due to the previously-depicted event, and the twisted form of love Einstürzen lavished on him, Heine developed gynophobia, an abnormal fear of women, and usually suffers a mental breakdown when in close proximity to a woman. Heine, however, develops a close bond with Nill after discovering she is also a genetic experiment and that he can come into physical contact with her. He is often Badou's "work partner". He carries two guns: a white Mauser C96 pistol connected to his belt by a long chain attached to the base of the grip, and a black Luger P08 pistol. He often uses the chain for close-range combat, choking or restraining opponents with it. In Stray Dogs, the Mauser pistol does not have a chain.
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