Baxter

**Baxter**, fully known as **Baxter Fischer**, is a supporting protagonist in the *Divine Comedy*.

Once known as Baxter Fischer he was a renowned German scientist that would perform inhumane experiments for the sake restoring Germany to its glory. He was also a lab partner of Sir Charles Parkes (Sir Pentious), an ingenious Victorian scientist until the latter's subsequent death by Baxter's own hands. Baxter would then flee to America on a steamship only to die from drowning during a storm then be condemned to Hell as a sinner.

## History

### Background

In life, Baxter Fischer was a renowned German scientist who was fascinated by and experimented on the evolutionary strain of Earth's life forms, seeking to bring out their powerfully adapt prehistoric selves while maintaining their modern intelligence and none of the setbacks. Of course, Baxter's scientific viewpoints where polarized with some either calling him a genius or a madman, the latter of which infuriated Baxter and brought out his more darker side. This side of Baxter was hidden from the public as he would secretly conduct heinous experiments on his harshest critics which included his own colleagues.

However, during one of his many experimentations, Baxter made a fascinating discovery found in a freshly acquired body of a man that is dubbed "superhuman than most". He found several pairs of genomes not normally found within the typical human body and looked to be almost foreign yet compatible with other systems that gives the body enhanced bodily functions. His fascination grew to obsession and his research led him to more occult paths which of course vexed him since Baxter did not believe in the supernatural but rather the natural, but for this it was more unnatural since body looked to have slowly awakened an evolutionary strain not found in the typical specimen from prehistoric times.

His obsession of this foreign genome alienated him from his colleagues and eventually took him on an expedition to Antarctica. It was from there he at last found the source of this alien genome believed to have sprung from the now frozen wasteland of the Arctic and saw that it stretches all the way to the Precambrian era. Baxter collected as many samples as he could along with finding a small obsidian prism, almost as large as his hand, and concluded that it looked to be some sort of device that conducts energy. However, due to his isolated and obsessive nature he had little to finance more experiments. His concerns were answered when heard of a renowned Victorian inventor and scientist by the name of Sir Charles Parkes. Baxter sought to partner up with Parkes to consolidate their influence and share finances from their creations which gives Baxter more legroom to continue with his experiments.

### Death and Arrival to Hell

Baxter met up and befriended Parkes, and together they sought to create an empire of their own that deals in the manufacturing of advanced machinery equipped for battle as well as conduct heinous experiments on unfortunate victims, who suffered from their business, and turn them into superhuman soldiers. On the side Baxter would use the power of this prism to hasten the advancement of Parkes' machines as well as clear a path to discoveries of the truth behind the evolution of man. On one fateful day, Baxter recalls of how he would hear whispering coming from the prism, saying things like how Parkes flaunted and boasted of his superior intellect, playing into Baxter's envy of his Victorian partner. The whispers even told him that his "friend" was planning on killing him once they've reached their peak and finds that he no longer has any use for Baxter.

In his paranoia and madness, Baxter killed his longtime "friend" and partner before taking what he can salvage from their work and fled to America on a steamship. On his way to New York, the ship would be caught in an unforgiving storm but more bizarre is that the passengers, Baxter included, and the ship would experience numerous paranatural encounters among them is time dilations. Unbeknownst to them, it was due to the black prism Baxter brought on the ship and of course some of the passengers turned on each other either out of paranoia or sheer discrimination which Baxter was not spared from especially his German heritage. Eventually, it culminated in the ship getting lost at sea and sunk to the ocean taking the passengers with it as well as Baxter.

Baxter was condemned to Hell and tossed into the Envy and Pride Circles, reborn as an anglerfish-like demon and continued his work with the assistance of a teenage sinner named Crymini. Moreover, Baxter would engage in many competitions against none other than his former partner Charles Parkes who now goes by the name of Sir Pentious who crafted many machines and devices of mass destruction, which he uses as a part of his advantage to rebuild his industrial empire, take over all of Hell and elevate to an Overlord. What truly made Baxter heated was the fact that Pentious used the knowledge he gained from working with Baxter in life to create an army of sentient eggs known as the Eggmen which Baxter perceives as a mockery of his work.