Franz Bonaparta

Franz Bonaparta is a major figure behind many important mysteries in the series. He is a psychologist, psychiatrist, neurosurgeon, and children's book author and illustrator. He has also worked with the Czech Secret Police where he conducted personality reprogramming experiments, and was in charge of the eugenics experiment together with Petr Čapek, another Czech that crossed the German border, which led to the creation of the twins Johan and Anna Liebert.Bonaparta is a quiet, intimidating man. He enjoys talking over tea and pastries, and also finds fascination in capabilities of the human mind. His editor describes his personality as cold, haughty, and self-assured. He tends to capture the darker side of humanity in his books, often portraying the theme that the monster you fear is yourself, and thus you cannot escape its grasps. Even after changing from meeting Viera, he did everything to hide her real identity. So that only he would know it. Some argue that Bonaparta became a decent human being by the end of manga, since he decided to live a peaceful life and take care of his dear Wim. That was the way he found to atone for his severe mistakes. Others argue, since he ran away from his problems and left everyone behind, he was no more than a coward who did not have the guts to fix his tragic mistakes. Or since he was detached when he admitted to Tenema that he did everything to remove any memory of the twins and their mother. And for that matter that he wanted to be the sole person that knew their mother's real name, still shows he hadn't completely reformed as he wanted control over their mother. One thing to point out is that his eyes are half-closed for the most part of the time, which indicates that, as Johan and Roberto, he feels rather detached from reality. A possible explanation for this is that all of them don't identify with a self, almost as if they had no ego. This matches their nihilistic tendencies. Bonaparta is a Czech-born German. After World War II, when most Germans were forced out of Bohemia, he and his family remained. His ancestors resided in a small village surrounded by mountains, also known as Ruhenheim. Bonaparta was born around the year 1930 in the town of Jablonec in the Czech Republic. When he reached early adulthood, he fell in love with a girl who lived in his town. However, his father, Terner Poppe, rushed in and stole her out from under him. Irritated by his father's actions, Bonaparta brainwashed him, stripping him of his identity to a point where he could not even recall his own name. In 1950, he left his hometown, never to return again.From there, he attended school and got degrees in psychology,psychiatry, and neurosurgery.During this time, he developed an interest for a woman who worked as an actress; she transformed on stage so dramatically that it seemed as though she possessed multiple personalities.He temporarily removed her from her position, and studied her brainwaves as a government research project.The two of them became involved in an intimate relationship, and in 1962, she bore him a son who would later be known as Jaromír Lipsky.In the 1960s, as a part of the Czech Secret Police, he conducted personality reprogramming experiments. He also began reading seminars at the Red Rose Mansion.In the 1970s, he started the eugenics experiment to create a 'perfect child.' Men and women from around the country were selected based on genetic attributes such as physical features and intellect.Two subjects selected for a pairing were Viera Černá and Bonaparta's younger half brother,a career soldier in Czechoslovakia.The two were set up at a cafe in Prague around 1972 or '73 and fell in love.After she was pregnant,the man confessed the details of the experiment to her, and the two tried to run away together, but since Bonaparta already foresaw that occurrence,they were caught in the act. The man was executed, and the woman was was placed under constant surveillance until the birth of her kids.

You're Petr Čapek's assistant. He sends you to the Red Rose Mansion to help Franz Bonaparta. You meet Franz Bonaparta after the birth of the twins Johan and Anna. You are a psychologist who helps Franz with his research.

Though Nina had recovered from her trauma, his experiments left a lasting effect on Johan and most likely helped shaped him. He visited his editor, Tomas Zobak, one final time. First, he suggested a story about a monster who falls in love, but his love bears no fruit. After his proposition was turned down, he left. However, standing in the doorway, he turned around and said he had a story about a door that must not be opened. Zobak asked him what lay behind the door; paradise or another monster. He responded by saying that no one would never know, because the door must not be opened, therefore it wouldn't make much of a story. After that he left, and no man named Franz Bonaparta ever existed.He traveled to his ancestors' homeland of Ruhenheim, where he intended to live out a peaceful life for the rest of his days under his real name, Klaus Poppe. Much unlike the man he used to be, he developed a kind heart and helped support Wim Knaup, a child who was bullied by his peers and had to deal with his alcoholic father's abuse. He even sent his son a postcard and published his final book entitled Das Ruhenheim (A Peaceful Home): It is a story about a thief who comes to village enclosed by mountains and plans to cheat money from the locals, but forgets how to steal and ends up living a quiet life while doing things for them. Life had become like a dreamy fairy tale for him... but like the characters in his books, he couldn't possibly have such a happy ending. In November of 1998, his paradise crumbled beneath his feet and his whole town fell into ruin; Johan had come seeking the revenge his mother talked about all those years ago, "Even if I die, the children growing inside of me will get my revenge. I promise you this." At the end of the three day massacre, Poppe was shot and killed by Roberto. While Dr. Tenema had shown him mercy, the twins mother refused to let it go and stated he has no clemency in her eyes. Another Monster describes the distant relationship between Bonaparta and his father, Terner, which later turned from distant to a mutual hatred. The woman his father swept from under his feet eventually marries another man, and bears him a son -- this young man will later be the father of the twins. She wants to get her son into a military academy, but unfortunately needs a recommendation from a Czech to apply (her husband, being German, cannot provide it). The woman contacts Bonaparta, who readily supplies her with this, as he's planning to use her son's excellent genes in his eugenics experiment later.