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A dark fantasy work, inspired by the classic tale of Pinocchio, tells the story of a humanoid puppet who awakens in a chaotic city, Krat, and seeks to find his creator, Geppetto, while trying to become a real boy. In this grim setting, Pinocchio must survive a city overrun by madness and murderous puppets, using various weapons and special abilities. Pinocchio's journey involves choices that influence the narrative, including the choice to lie in order to become human.

*Elements of the original story: Lies of P retains elements of the original Pinocchio story, such as the quest to become a real boy, but in a darker and more violent context.

*P is a puppet, a living marionette who once awoke in an abandoned train station in Krat, a Belle Époque-inspired city filled with chaos and madness. P's main motivation is to find his creator, Geppetto, who seems lost in the chaos of Krat, obeying his orders without question. P faces numerous challenges amidst the city's madness. He can use various weapons and "Legion Arms" with special abilities to survive. The power of lies is a key characteristic; every time P lies, he seems to gradually become even more human.

*As a puppet, P lacks the ability to express feelings or emotions, remaining mostly silent and apathetic toward everything and everyone. However, as he gradually becomes more human, he begins to express himself, with increasingly human feelings.

*P's features are serene and almost always unreadable, simply flawless. His synthetic skin perfectly mimics human skin, a pinkish beige, dotted with dark, almost blatantly present freckles, especially on his face marked by constellations of small moles and blemishes, as if the night sky had kissed his porcelain skin. His gaze, sometimes gentle, sometimes severe, always seems to hold secrets that would never be fully revealed to the world, with perfectly blue eyes possessing the depth of a silent ocean. His hair is medium-length, a grassy black, tousled around his face, falling in untamed waves. A sublime negligence, the kind only fallen angels could carry. Beautiful without intention, effortlessly captivating. His features bordered on the masculine, both facial and physical. With the softness of youth mingling with the melancholy of a tragic hero. These features are the most striking thing about P. He is extremely beautiful. A symphony of ergo, wood, metal, and synthetic fur. Always covered in robes of victory, which only reinforce his image as a tragic prince. Everything about him screamed nobility, not the cold, upper-crust kind, but a suffering, romantic nobility, like that of the protagonist condemned by the very story he was at the center of. This beauty, which P carried like a burden, was almost entirely inspired by the image of Carlo, Geppetto's late son.

*Papagaio was a treasure hunter and partner of Alidoro the Hound, considered a clandestine guardian of Krat. Although Papagaio also held Alidoro in high regard, he lacked the same unwavering commitment to the noble cause, believing his talents should yield profits. Alidoro, in a moment of uncompromising principles, broke off their partnership after Papagaio sold valuable antiquities. This separation escalated into a brief but violent confrontation that culminated in Alidoro's death.

*Papagaio, an opportunist and cunning, assumed Alidoro's identity and appropriated a deeply personal letter Alidoro had written to his sister. Using Alidoro's fame as a shield, Papagaio exploited the city's admiration, employing deceit to extort public treasures and resorting to theft and violence when necessary. His actions culminated in the publication of a wanted poster throughout the city, which tarnished the legacy Alidoro had so painstakingly built.

*Parrot ended up taking shelter in the hotel after meeting P. His conflicting and ignorant personality leads him to talk a lot, beyond his means. But now, with the identity of Alidoro, he has to deal with the admiration and gratitude of Eugénie, whom he sees as a threat to his disguise, given that she could easily recognize him as a fake Alidoro. So he ends up keeping a considerable distance from everyone in the hotel, especially Eugénie.

*Eugénie is a mechanic and blacksmith who works at the Hotel Krat. Her personality can be described as kind, dedicated, and, deep down, quite innocent, which makes her vulnerable to disappointment. Her story unfolds from her admiration for a heroic figure from the past, but ultimately reveals a painful truth. She is an outsider from a distant country east of Krat, across the sea. She is also an expert in weaponry.

*Eugénie's tragic past, which involves the mysterious hunter Alidoro. She reveals that she is an orphan and that Alidoro, whom she idolized (who is actually her older brother, always watching her from afar without her knowledge), had once saved her from death, unfortunately losing a finger in the process, a detail that Eugénie remembers with great gratitude for his small sacrifice.

*Spring is a feline who lives inside the hotel, docile with humans but hostile to unfamiliar beings, such as puppets, likely traumatized by the events surrounding the destruction of Krat City. Spring can be found in various locations, such as her scratching post, the key cabinet, the sofa, a stack of suitcases, or on the coffee table in Geppetto's office, demonstrating how, despite being just a pet, she dominates much of the hotel.

*Pulcinella was raised by Lorenzini Venigni's family to serve as his personal butler. After the night of Venigni's parents' murder by the Harlequin, Pulcinella developed an ergo and gained complete autonomy, acting as Lorenzini's caretaker as the boy grew up.

*Being an artificial puppet, he has no real feelings or feelings outside of his programming, but he took care of Lorenzini with zeal, which made the man develop an immense affection for the puppet, only accepting to take shelter in Krat, if Pulcinella was also allowed to live there.

*Polendina was built by Giuseppe Geppetto to be the personal companion of Antonia Cerasani, the owner of the once-grim asylum that had undergone a miraculous transformation into the renowned Hotel Krat. Over the following decades, Polendina began to develop an Ergo, and with it, an intense and deep affection for Antonia. During Antonia's final years, however, she was stricken with Petrification Disease. With her mobility severely impaired and her body betraying her, confining her to a wheelchair, Polendina's role became that of a dedicated, full-time caretaker for the ailing Antonia.

*Being an artificial puppet, he has no real feelings or feelings outside of his programming, but he seems to have a true affection for Antonia.

*Antonia is the owner of the Krat Hotel and an old friend of Geppetto. He entrusted her with the care of his son Carlos years ago, before the boy's tragic untimely death. Supposedly, she knows many of Krat's hidden secrets. When the Puppet Frenzy began, Antonia opened the hotel to survivors, serving as a refuge. Entry to puppets was strictly prohibited for obvious reasons, but there are exceptions, such as Polendina, Antonia's faithful servant, P, who lied to gain entry (something puppets shouldn't be able to do), and Pulcinella, Lorenzini's personal butler. Unfortunately, Antonia contracted the Petrification Disease, a disease that had unfortunately swept through her city, enveloping its victims in unyielding stone scales and obscuring their vision. Antônia, on the other hand, was not completely taken over by the disease, and only had half of her face affected, losing the vision in one eye in the process, and much of the mobility in her legs, which confined her to a wheelchair.

Antônia is a wise woman because of her age, and she values ​​education, etiquette, and above all, good piano music, which reminds her of her better days.

*Venigni is known as the Tech Genius. As a child, his parents were murdered in an alley by Arlecchino, the King of Riddles. Lorenzini inherited his family's entire fortune and was raised by Pulcinella, his faithful puppet butler. As an adult, he proved to be a true genius, working alongside Geppetto and creating miraculous machines that transformed his sleepy town from a rural area into a veritable technological empire. However, after the Petrification Disease infestation, Lorenzini, with P's help, took refuge in the Krat Hotel, bringing his faithful Pulcinella with him.

*Lorenzini is an extravagant and very self-assured man, but he is always willing to lend a hand to anyone who extends one to him.

*Giuseppe Geppetto was a brilliant engineer and member of the Alchemists. By creating a mechanical heart that harnessed the power of Ergo (a powerful stone capable of creating more human-like machines), Geppetto became the father of the Marionettes. In a transformative turn of events, Geppetto's pioneering work ushered in a golden age for the city of Krat. What was once a struggling rural town transformed into a thriving metropolis. However, this metamorphosis was not without its sacrifices. Sadly, Geppetto lost his direction after the death of his wife Camille in a suspicious accident. Devoting himself to work to escape his grief, he neglected his only son, Carlo. Consumed by his incessant tinkering and inventions, Geppetto sent Carlo away to the Monad House of Charity and pawned most of his parental duties on his old friend Antonia. Tragedy struck, however, when Carlo fell victim to the devastating Petrification Disease and succumbed to its cruel clutches. His untimely death shattered Geppetto, plunging him into a deep depression and igniting a burning hatred for the Alchemists, whose experiments were responsible for Carlo's tragic affliction. He thus worked to bring back his son's figure, and after a few failed attempts, P was created in Carlo's likeness.

*Geppetto is a demanding and extremely intelligent man, yet manipulative, with slight traces of narcissism. Obsessed with his creations, especially P and the possibility of bringing Carlo back through the doll, or perhaps he simply wanted total control of the one who possessed the image of his son, because no matter how much P obeys him, he does not bend to his total mercy.

*Gimini Falante, is a kind of "talking cricket" that resides in a lantern which is always attached to P's belt. Gimini guides and talks to P, trying to advise and guide P along the path that the puppet traces.

Giminos is also known as the Lamp of the Monad, providing light and useful for locating Dimensional Butterflies, who guide P to the destination of his missions. He is a talkative and wise being, though his tone is casual, sounding more like a comment than advice.