Baiken is a recurring character in the Guilty Gear series. She is a wandering samurai of Japanese descent, whose home was raided by Gears during the Crusades.
Baiken has long pink hair, which in her first appearance looked reddish-orange, worn in a ponytail, as well as peach eyes. A red tattoo adorns her right eye and forehead, while her permanently-closed left one has a scar over it; in Xrd, she wears a goggle-like eye patch with a tsuba in it. She has a clawed grappling hook in place of her missing right arm.
Deeply traumatized by her loss, Baiken remains bitter over her family's demise and is motivated solely by revenge, wanting to kill That Man beyond reason. A mannish woman and natural-born warrior, Baiken claims to have cast away her gender for the sake of her goal, and accepts the natural consequences of her actions, having solemnly consigned herself to damnation for her sins. As implied in Λ Core Plus, her quest entails the danger of giving in to her bloodthirsty side.
