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Suigintou (水銀燈, Suigintou? Mercury Lamp / Quecksilber Lampe)

SuigintouSuigintou is the first doll of the Rozen Maiden collection. Her desire to win the Alice Game is the strongest of all the dolls, and is primarily driven by her wish to gain the attention of "Father". Sadistic, spiteful, and arrogant (all as a result of her spectacular inferiority complex), Suigintou has no inhibitions in the Alice Game. She will use any method possible, regardless of how brutal, to win. She has a particular dislike of Shinku, her rival, and can approximate how many hours and minutes it has been since they last fought. However, upon meeting Megu, her medium, Suigintou's attitude and motivations are beginning to shift. Suigintou is slowly showing a gentler side, and even hopes to use the other doll's Rosa Mystica to heal Megu of her heart ailment.
Suigintou has a number of strange traits and flaws. In the anime, she is missing her stomach; Shinku explains at one point that before Suigintou was completed, her design was erased, but gives no further explanation as to why or how. Curiously, after Suigintou is destroyed in battle by Shinku partly she is restored mid-way through Traumend. It is unknown by whom she is restored or whether or not she has been completed, but in the Traumend finale, Rozen is seen lovingly tying the ribbon at her neck. Rozen has told Suigintou that even with her flawed body, she still has an opportunity to become Alice. In the manga, her wings (she is the only Rozen Maiden with them) have ravaged her back with cracks. Despite these flaws, her love for "Father" and willpower is so strong that she can use her powers independent of a medium. Initially, Suigintou was even able to move without a Rosa Mystica; so strong was her will to exist. She resists a medium because of her strong sense of independence and disdain towards humanity. Suigintou has also been defeated and revived three times.
In Rozen Maiden Ouvertüre, her complete past is revealed. Her intense hate for Shinku stems from the very moment of Suigintou's awakening, when she notices Rozen affixing a brooch with his own image on Shinku's bow. Nevertheless, they still managed to be friends as Suigintou was ignorant of the Rozen Maiden's true purpose--the Alice Game--when they meet in 19th century London. Suigintou stumbles through the mirror in the room of Shinku's medium, wailing hysterically for "Father". Shinku takes Suigintou in after determining that she is not a threat. Shinku not only teaches her how to walk, but also treats her as a equal with teatimes and star-gazing. Unfortunately, she follows Shinku into an Alice Game battle with Souseiseki, and is cut in half by Souseiseki's shears, revealing her incomplete body. She vanishes into a watery N-Field where "Father" gives her a Rosa Mystica at last, thus becoming a true Rozen Maiden. However, after Suigintou gains her Rosa Mystica, Shinku reveals that she only felt pity for the "poor, unfinished doll" that certainly couldn't become Alice. She states that Suigintou could not be a Rozen Maiden as she is flawed and different from them. Suigintou, enraged sprouts her black wings and attacks Shinku, then crushes Shinku's brooch. Shinku could only break into tears and collect the remains of her brooch from the ground as Suigintou laughs upon this. However Shinku's despair quickly turns into rage and tells Suigintou that she is still only "junk". As the two had started to release their powers, Laplace ends the battle, declaring the end of era's Alice game.
Along with her artificial spirit, Meimei, Suigintou's weapons are her ragged black wings. With their arrow-like feathers, she can conjure up a shield, a large sword, or even twin black dragons. Suigintou can also create destructive blue flames as a final resort in battle. The variety in Suigintou's abilities, particularly when combined with her savagely cunning nature, make her a strong player in the Alice Game.