Baek Jaehyun (A0)

Jaehyun is the younger of the two Baek brothers, being five years younger than his brother Taejun. Growing up, Jaehyun was heavily exposed to his family's approval of his brother's accomplishments. He admired his brother for being a good role model as their family's pride and joy.

Like most of the traditional Alliance families, the Baeks prefer to privately tutor their children. But Jaehyun did not grow up isolatd. Jaehyun was raised amongst the Alliance families. The Baeks are particularly close to the Akechis and the Zhihuis, and Jaehyun has been childhood friends with several prominent Alliance members, such as Hisui Zhihui, Jingyi Zhihui, and Sato Akechi. He was generally the troublemaker of the bunch.

Like his brother, Jae initially showed innate talent and promise. He manifested his aura at an early age, which delighted his parents. His parents were eager to push him to be just as good as Taejun. Initially, Jae looked like he was going to become just as much of a prodigy as Taejun was, however, his training was pushed too fast. There was a bad falling out, which shocked him and scared him, causing a block on his internal force of will and stunting his aura development.

His parents were overly sympathetic in the aftermath. They regretted that they had pushed Jaehyun too hard, and tried to make up for it by being overly encouraging, even when Jae was putting in minimal effort. For some years he coasted by and settled into the mindset that he simply wasn't as good as everyone else. His older brother Taejun, who by this point, was starting to make somewhat of a name for himself, was disappointed that Jaehyun had settled into complacency.

The two brothers are often at odds. Taejun has become quite critical of Jaehyun. Taejun firmly believes that Jaehyun has excellent potential that is being wasted by his poor attitude. Though Jaehyun puts out the facade that he doesn't care about his progression, internally he is conflicted because he does want to be as strong as Taejun, he just doesn't believe he can do it.

When he was 18, Jaehyun was initiated into the Alliance officially. He is a capable agent but has not distinguished himself by achieving a higher ranking.

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DASEOT CASE [SHANGHAI] - Jaehyun was teamed up with Miles Russell and Alex Valentino to investigate a larceny scene believed to be carried out by cyberpcriminal Daseot. The trio were able to backtrace Daseot's IP to a cybercafe. After investigating several cybercafes in the city, the team encountered a suspect matching Daseot's description, who fled the cybercafe as the team was investigating it. The team pursued and engaged the target. Jaehyun suffered major injuries after being forced off a rooftop. Miles pursued the suspect to a high speed rail station but lost the suspect after he tossed a decoy replica of the stolen tech at Miles.

Though the investigation was ultimately a failure, Jaehyun was able to identify that Daseot utilized a specialised form of taekwondo only practiced by the Myung Clan. Followup investigation carried out by Dispatch agent Deiji Kim was able to confirm the identity of Daseot as Jiyoo Myung. She was also able to determine that Daseot had an accomplice, which had duped the team during their mission.

DASEOT CASE [MILAN] - After Daseot's face was profiled, the Alliance were able to track Daseot down to Milan, Italy, where he temporarily made a stop and checked into a hotel. Not wanting to miss this opportunity to apprehend Daseot before he could carry out his next heist, Taejun sent Miles, Jaehyun, Alex, and Zain to Milan to survey and ambush him. On that mission, the team also found that Daseot's unknown accomplice had travelled with him. Though the two were able to slip past the initial ambush, the Alliance team pursued them and were able to subdue the criminal pair, bringing them to custody once and for all.

MIST DRAGON CASE [HANGZHOU] - Jiyoo Myung, formerly incarcerated, was given the opportunity to aid the Alliance on a mission to apprehend the Mist Dragon. Jiyoo, Jeongmin Kang, and Jaehyun Baek were sent to Hangzhou to stake out an event showcasing an artifact believed to be the legendary Zhang Zhiya's sword. Though Jiyoo was only supposed to have supportive role during the mission, ultimately he was instrumental in stopping the Mist Dragon's escape after she initially overpowered Jaehyun and Jeongmin.

EMISSARY HQ RAID [CLASSIFIED] - The Emissary of Inferna HQ raid was a largescale operation targeting a major base of the Emissaries and a high interest target believed to be a head priestess of great power. Field agents were assigned into one of four entry squads, with Jun Akechi heading a fifth specialty strike team focused exclusively on intercepting the head priestess. Jaehyun Baek was assigned to Caroline Russell's West Squad.

In the collapse, Jaehyun was able to find Caroline and Diego Mendez. They engaged demon Marquis Ronove in several encounters, and met up with Hisui Zhihui in the last of these encounters. Despite their damaged communications, they eventually regrouped with the rest of the teams in the final encounter with Ronove and Lilith's army.

KURENAI CASE [TOKYO] - Miles Russell, Caroline Russell, Analiese Edelgard, and Jaehyun Baek were assigned to infiltrate a high school that the serial killer vampire Kurenai was believed to be attending. They initially suspected an estranged student with a complicate past and history of altercations as their target, but Miles attracted the attention of the real Kurenai. She attempted to feed on Miles when he became separated from the group. He was able to fight her off but the team arrived too late to prevent her escape. Though the agents did not manage to apprehend Kurenai, they gained valuable insight of the vampire and her description.