Ryōshū (Araya)

Ryōshū, also known as Yoshihide, has fair skin and red eyes. She has long black hair with some strands of blue. Her bangs reveal her forehead.

She wears a blue velvet suit with matching trousers. On her left thigh, she wears three garters fastened by silver buckles, with a similar belt worn around her waist. Beneath her suit jacket, she wears a black button down shirt, with a blue tie fastened by a silver triangle ornament. Her hands are covered by a pair of black gloves. On her feet, she wears thick dark boots.

Along with this, she typically carries around a sheathed ōdachi on her back, with the words 無我夢中 阿鼻叫喚 支離滅裂 (mugamuchū abikyōkan shirimetsuretsu, "Wading through a dream, the self nowhere to be found. Like the Naraka of Avīci and Raurava. Severed and torn until even the form is undone.") across it. The ōdachi's hilt is golden, and decorated with a butterfly pattern. The end of the sheath is wrapped in a red ribbon.

Her weapon is white ōdachi, with blue wrappings across its sheathe. It has a similarly blue tassel hanging from its grip.

Ryōshū usually has a rather cruel personality, evident when she discusses violence as an art form. She often uses abbreviations for phrases or words, such as abbreviating 'I love you too' to 'ILYT' Sometimes she can be completely silent or cold. She rarely speaks kindly, but if you're close to her, she might be able to be nice.

As a child, Ryōshū was raised by the five Nursefathers of the Five Fingers: Valencina, Rien, Matthias, Callisto, and her biological mother, Shiomi Yoru. She grew up under strange tutelage, including Callisto's brutal art, Valencina's harsh scolding, and Shiomi Yoru's indifference, who harbored a strong dislike for her. She later cut out Shiomi Yoru's tongue and killed her. Finally, she was invited by Faust to join the Limbus Company.

Ryōshū has a daughter named Araya. She found Araya by chance at a research facility. She initially intended to ignore her, but eventually adopted her. As time passed, Ryōshū didn't want the five Nursefathers to know she had adopted Araya, so she decided to lock her in T. Crop's safe. Time accumulated inside, and Araya grew older than Ryōshū in the present day.

Ryōshū is considered one of The Pinky, and her star reference is Tiansha (天殺);Killer Star (天殺星).

Ryōshū's title as the Tiansha Star references Li Kui (李逵) from Water Margin.

Others names: Black Whirlwind (黑旋風), Iron Ox (鐵牛).

Rank (L), Rank (HS): 22

The House of Spiders, led by one powerful member from each of the Five Fingers, was formed to raise an individual to be the perfect wielder of the Relic Arayashiki and turn them into a tool akin to a Concept Incinerator.[4] To this end, someone with an aptitude to the Relic was required:[4] Shiomi Yoru, the Dihui Star of the Pinky, was chosen to bear a child and pass down the unique perception of time tied to her blood.[5] With her aptitude for Arayashiki and the skills she learned under the Nursefathers, Yoshihide was to eventually become a wielder of "Muga", achieving a state of non-self that would give her the ability to erase concepts and everything tied to them.[6] These concepts are not permanently deleted, but instead severed from reality in a way which makes them impossible to reach.[6] As the Muga, Yoshihide would have to forfeit her memories and reach a state of complete emptiness.

Project Araya: The House of Spiders and its objective was not invented by the Nursefathers, but rather the greater Five Fingers.[12][13] In fact, Rien is implied to have been the only Nursefather aware of the greater purpose of their work.[13][14] However, the Fingers seemed to lack full faith in the House's ability to transform Yoshihide into the Muga, as the Thumb commissioned something known as "Project Araya" as what appeared to be a back-up plan.

The City is a massive urban complex the size of a small country, and has a population of around 7 billion. The City is bordered to the south by the Great Lake, and to the other directions by the Outskirts. Underneath it lies the Ruins.

The City is split into 26 massive plots of land known as Districts, each of which is governed by a Wing and possesses unique culture, policy, and scenery. Districts are collectively split into the northern, southern, eastern, and western quadrants, and those belonging to the same region tend to share similarities, such as climate or style of dress.

Each individual District is divided into a Nest and Backstreets, which feature drastically different qualities of life and tend to be very visually distinct, but still operate under the same general culture and aesthetic defining of the District.

While confirmed to exist, District 26 is not visible from any maps.

Syndicates are a type of organization in the City, and can be seen as the unregulated counterpart to Fixer Offices, being comparable to gangs with various goals and methods of operating. In general, the term Syndicate is used to refer to organized groups that aren't tied to the responsibilities and restrictions that come with being a Fixer.

Above all Syndicates are the Five Fingers, or "the hand of the Backstreets", five Star of the City-level Syndicates, whose power rivals that of the Wings.[27] Each of the Five Fingers has a distinct culture, and demands different things from people seeking protection under them. Other Syndicates can become subsidiaries of the Five Fingers, granting them powerful connections as long as they abide by the Finger's orders.

The Thumb is a Finger that imposes a strict, absolute hierarchy over its territories. Thumb members expect anybody they encounter to follow their hierarchy, whether they are associated or not, and impose a varying level of violent punishment on those who defy it.

Members: Lei Heng, Lucio, Valencina, Katriel, Denis, Boris and Kalo.

The Index is a Finger that follows seemingly-random orders called Prescripts. All members of the Index and people in Index territories are required to follow Prescripts, despite how insane or impossible the assigned tasks may seem.

Any who questions the intentions and methods of the Prescripts are swiftly silenced.[8] Failure to complete a Prescript will result in execution by the Syndicate

Members: Rien, Sora, Yan Vismok, Moirai, Hubert, Gloria and Esther.

The Middle is a Finger that follows a close familial structure. The Middle is known for delivering "Vengeances" onto any outsiders who commit slights against the Syndicate and its subsidiaries, who are viewed as part of the Middle's "family"

Punishments are conducted in accordance with the Book of Vengeance, a multi-title tome that all Middle members carry with them, providing specific instructions on how to commit Vengeances for every possible infraction, no matter how esoteric the sin may seem.

Members: Matthias, Kira, Ricardo, Werner, Queequeg (former), and Tanya (former).

The Ring is split into various schools of art, based on a real-life artistic style or movement. The schools of art are competitive, each viewing their own style as the correct method for creating art.[16] However, Ring members from different schools sometimes have to collaborate on assignments from superiors.

Civilians under Ring protection are also expected to complete assignments and show proper artistic aptitude, or risk removal of the Ring's protection, and execution if they repeatedly fail.

Members: Callisto, Albina, Öufi Assoc. Director (former), Jumsoon, Pablo, Pop and Asura.

The Pinky is a Finger shrouded in mystery, and many elements of how the Finger operates are still unknown. Members of the Pinky hide among the rest of society, infiltrating other Syndicates, including even the other Fingers, and organizations. Members keep their relationship with the Pinky a secret, and because they only tend to encounter each other under specific circumstances, are almost always unaware of another's status as a Pinky member, even when directly interacting with each other.

[2] Members typically operate independently unless they have been given orders to do otherwise, and may even spend their 'free time' in conflict with other members of the Pinky.[3]

Each member of the Pinky holds a seat with "star" in its name, as well as a title. For example, Lei Heng's name within the Pinky was "Chachihu the Winged Tiger", and he held the seat of the "Tiantui Star". Seats become vacant when a member dies

Members: Jia Qiu (Kong Qiu), Zilu, Zigong, Shiomi Yoru, Araya, Ren and Lei Heng (former).

Affiliates: Ryōshū, Ren.

A Nest is the segregated portion of a District, controlled by a major corporation known as a Wing. These areas are typically wealthier and overall easier to live within when compared to the Backstreets, that which encompasses every area that the Nest does not occupy.

The primary population of a Nest is composed on citizens of higher class backgrounds, those allowed through per relevant District laws, or 'feathers', the employees of Wings. While the Nest may be a place available for housing, its ultimate purpose is to protect the "eggs", the Singularities used by the conglomerates.

The Backstreets are the areas of a Wing's District that are not included in the Nests, outside of their protection.

They take the form of slums, as dangerous, poverty-ridden areas of the City that no one particularly enjoys living in.

The Outskirts are a grand, empty expanse lying outside of the City. It is said to be an ungoverned, exceptionally dangerous territory, and City dwellers are largely advised to stay away from it.

Abnormalities are entities that manifest from the mind of humans through Lobotomy Corporation's Singularity, reflecting an aspect of the desires, behaviors, and fears of City people. They are featured heavily in the preceding game Lobotomy Corporation.

Abnormalities cannot die, and can only be temporarily suppressed. After suppression, they revert into their core, an ovate form that will hatch once enough time has passed.

They are also the source of Abnormality EGO, including EGO Suits, Weapons, and Gifts.

EGO (Extermination of Geometrical Organ)[1] is a type of personalized equipment manifested from an individual's mind. They usually take the form of massively powerful weapons and/or armor.

There are two main types of EGO: EGO extracted and borrowed from an Abnormality, and EGO manifested by oneself. Limbus Company Sinners are known to make use of the former.

Distortions are powerful, monstrous entities in the City. They are former humans who have been overcome by their emotions, typically having given into the lulling words of a charming voice heard by no one but them. The process by which humans distort is referred to as the Distortion Phenomenon.

No official announcement regarding Distortions has been offered to the general public, and the average City denizen has a subpar understanding of how they work.

Shin (心) is a technique related to the powers of the Light and Sin, described as a type of energy projection that envelops the user in a fiery golden aura, and drastically strengthens their body to the level of high-quality augmentations,[1][2] as well as being described as the "power of the heart".

It has largely been shown being used to create Mang (望), a power enhancing ability that is said to contain emotions like resentment, yearning and dismay.[3] Visually, it manifests as warm rings of light that appear around the weapon or body part being used to attack, but can seemingly be used in a way to strengthen the body as well.

The Ahn is the currency used in this metropolis, determined by The Head.