LCE

It is implied Marton was scouted from the Backstreets by Hohenheim, who would favor those from the area as possible candidates for hiring.

Marton was first introduced alongside his coworkers Hohenheim and Alyssa, featured as one of the three researchers looking to perform the dedicated LCB Health Check-up. Accompanying the group as a noteaker, he took part in the various tests as an observer, documenting the ways the Sinners would react to various stimuli.

Like his coworkers, Marton is a dedicated researcher focused on furthering the studies of the LCE Department. He is a steadfast, collected, and reliable individual who demonstrates great loyalty towards his company and associates. Compared to Hohenheim and Alyssa, Marton appears more cynical and less proud, without as much of the aloofness and wit the other two carry themselves with. When he does quip, his delivery is rather deadpan.

Marton is also clearly caring and observant, but does not let it get in the way of his duties. Rather, these traits appear to help him mesh with Hohenheim, who is often in need of someone to call him out on his deceptively emotional drivel. Furthermore, Marton proves himself to be a quick thinker with a good grasp on what needs to be done. When it came down to it, his considerate and logical personality was what managed to save Hohenheim's life and allow power to be restored to the facility when it was desperately needed.

Marton is a tall man with dark blue hair worn in a parted manner and amber eyes. He is seen wearing an EGO Suit extracted from the Abnormality Faelantern, one featuring a dark overcoat made of a wooden surface with many eyes sprouting from the lower half, accompanied by a sprout that acts as a perch for the fairy associated with the Abnormality and EGO Beneath his overcoat, he wears a gray suit jacket over a black suit paired with a blue tie. Atop his head, he wears two small twigs resembling horns. Typical of his department, he wears an LCE armband on his left arm.

It is implied Alyssa was scouted from the Backstreets by Hohenheim, who would favor those from the area as possible candidates for hiring

Alyssa was first introduced alongside her coworkers Hohenheim and Marton, featured as one of the three researchers looking to perform the dedicated LCB Health Check-up. Accompanying the group as a noteaker, she took part in the various tests as an observer, documenting the ways the Sinners would react to various stimuli.

Like her coworkers, Alyssa is a dedicated researcher focused on furthering the studies of the LCE Department. She is a casual, collected, and reliable individual who has a habit of making witty comments. Compared to Marton, Alyssa's personality appears to align more with Hohenheim's, with her leaning into humor and aloofness as a means to get through emotionally taxing situations. She doesn't carry herself with as much boldness, as while Alyssa is willing to criticize her boss, she commits to these moments less than Marton.

Alyssa is a woman with long red hair, featuring blunt bangs, tied into two pigtails, fastened by small flames associated with the EGO Suit she is wearing, as well as red eyes. She wears a dark red suit that extends into flickering flames at the ends of the tailcoat and sleeves, overtop a glowing orange suit jacket. Beneath her suit jacket is a red tie atop a dark suit. Typical of her department, she wears an LCE armband on her left arm.

During the era of Lobotomy Corporation, Hohenheim was a researcher within the Control Team. He retained his unsociable attitude, briefly mentioning frequent workplace conflicts. With his high status as a researcher, he was provided an individual laboratory, where he would one day be contacted by Johann, a man who originated from the Backstreets. Johann thanked him for having chosen him as a new hire, seeing it as Hohenheim recognizing a "potentiality" within him that no one had cared to consider before. Hohenheim brushed off Johann's gratitude, after which Johann offered to become the researcher's "loyal right-hand man" due to their contrasting dispositions that could take advantage of different situations. Hohenheim dismissed the idea, but reluctantly accepted after Johann suggested winning Department of the Year together.

As Lobotomy Corporation's higher manager completed his final goal, all Branches began a sudden burial protocol to seal the Abnormalities inside. The escape pods within Hohenheim's Branch only had room for one more person, with the next set to come several minutes after the burial. Despite Hohenheim's distress and reluctance to leave his colleagues behind, Johann eventually convinced him to take the remaining seat. Hohenheim would later become employed under Limbus Company's LCE Branch, where he would favor hiring employees from the Backstreets.

Hohenheim is blunt and straightforward, often making arrogant and haughty remarks without consideration of others—making him disliked by most. Concurrent with his arrogance, Hohenheim is vastly intelligent, being a high-ranking researcher both past and present. He is said to have a "highly irresponsible level of curiosity,"[1] putting both his safety and the safety of others after his desire to experiment and gain results. This is demonstrated in the present by inciting further danger for the Sinners and going as far as to willingly Distort to be the subject of his own experiment.

Despite his apparent callousness, he carries deep grief and survivor's guilt from his past at Lobotomy Corporation. To cope, he suppresses his emotions and covers them with an exaggerated act of his usual brash behavior. However, his anguish is expressed—even unintentionally—by his generally disheveled appearance and disregard for self-preservation. The Combat Events within the battle with Distorted Hohenheim convey his feelings of remorse, loneliness, and attempts to distance himself from his emotions.[2]

Hohenheim is a spindly man with unkempt blue hair, gray eyes, and round glasses. In the present, he most often holds a tired, neutral expression with prominent dark circles under his eyes and stubble. He wears an iteration of the AEDD EGO Suit extracted by Limbus Company's LCE Department and sourced from the Abnormality Shock Centipede. The suit features a high collar and two large belts fastening the front. Large glowing blue nails sparking electricity are on the EGO Suit's shoulders and lower portion. Beneath the coat, he wears a black turtleneck, dress shirt, slacks, gloves, and a blue tie. Typical of his department, he wears an LCE armband on his left arm.

In the past, while employed at Lobotomy Corporation, he had no dark circles under his eyes, was smooth-faced, and was relatively more expressive. He wore a white lab coat over a dark suit with a red tie. On his left arm, he wore a Control Team armband.

As a Wing, L Corp. operated as an energy producer and supplier, entering mutual business relationships with a number of other Wings, including W Corp., R Corp., and T Corp. As much as L Corp. benefited each Wing, they also assisted it in turn (unknowingly allowing its plan to occur.) For example, T Corp. granted the use of its TT2 Protocol which was used to alter and loop the timescale of L Corp.'s main facility, while R Corp.'s Rabbit Team was contracted to act as security for the facility.

The Backstreets are the considerably less desirable half of each District, characterized as slums outside of the Wings' protection and the antithesis to the Nests. The Backstreets are dangerous, hectic, and generally unkempt, and its citizens live precarious lives under the constant threat of death. While there are some who may benefit from the cruel, somewhat barbarous nature of the Backstreets, it would be nigh-impossible to find a resident who actively enjoys the lifestyle.

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.

Districts are traditionally split into the Nests and the Backstreets. The Nests are the parts of a District governed by a Wing, and lend to safer environments and better living circumstances. On the other hand, the Backstreets of a District are expansive slums where death is both prevalent and palpable, overrun by Syndicates and crime. most While citizens yearn to live in―or remain in―one of the City's impervious Nests, in reality, equally dubious practices operate in the Nests whose "protective" Wings seek profit through human suffering. The two halves of a District frequently feature the same underlying culture despite differences in its environment and denizens. Said cultures, which may revolve around features like the currency, resources, or environment, are shaped primarily through their respective Wing's Singularity. While Wings are not nearly as involved with their District's Backstreets as they are with the Nest (the cause of the quality of life disparity), Backstreets citizens are still frequently subject to unique rules laid out by the Wing, such as all District 20 citizens having to pay Time Tax regardless of where they live.[2]

Fixers act as contractors that cover a wide variety of roles in society, working on commission. They often handle lines of work which are considered more dangerous or more specialized than those of average citizens, including direct combat, assassinations, or protection, as well as less violent roles such as trading information, espionage, investigative work or enforcing contracts. At some level, they may act as peacekeepers, being hired to take up jobs more specific to those who hire them. The specialization and accomplishments of Fixers in fields that a majority of citizens do not have allow them to garner great bounds of attention and popularity.

Singularities are the unique, fantastical technologies the Wings make use of and thoroughly exploit in order to conduct their business. Many Wings hold the rights to more than one Singularity, whether invented by them or purchased from a fallen Wing. Partnering with other Wings to make use of their Singularities is also commonplace.

The details of a Singularity are incredibly valuable information that tends to be guarded deep within the Wing. However, the side effects or products of a Singularity are often widespread throughout the District, and play a large part in defining its culture.

Singularities are said to work "inexplicably" and defy all known laws of physics,[1] making them a mystique of the City.

There are a total of 26 Wings, each of which has authority over a Nest in a District. The Wings directly oversee all faces of life in their Nests and generally leave their District's Backstreets to fend for themselves. However, the Wings still remain the highest authorities of their District, and will not hesitate to punish offenders who break the rules established in that District. The laws of a Wing, called Taboos, are enforced by specialized Fixers called Taboo Hunters, who capture and/or kill any violators of the Taboos, whether in the Backstreets or the Nest. Every District has some Taboos, though each Wing handles Taboo offenders in their own way.

Abnormalities are entities that manifested 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 predominantly 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.

Limbus Company is a wealthy and enigmatic company "practically built on secrecy and suspicion". The corporation has zero budgetary concerns, and possesses backing from shareholders of a wide array of fields. It consists of at least five different departments of varying specialties: the LCA, LCB, LCC, LCD, and LCE. These departments are said to lack a common goal, but tend to behave in ways benefiting the LCB's amateurish adventures, such as planning out the Sinners' missions or cleaning up their messes after the fact. The company's only known corporate officer is its Chief Executive Director Dias.

This is an overarching term referring to the EGO that is extracted and borrowed from Abnormalities.

The EGO utilized within The Library and by the Sinners take on a different form than that of L Corp.'s Lobotomy EGO, and would likely not be classified as such. While not explained in detail, Faust indicates that these are the "base" form of EGO, and that Lobotomy EGO specifically refers to a more compressed and refined version in the form of EGO Weapons and Suits. These "basic" EGO share the risk of corroding that Lobotomy EGO does, although it is easier to lose oneself to them than proper EGO Gear.

The Limbus Company Enkephalin Department, or LCE, serves as the company's research and development team. They are involved with the study and classification of captured Abnormalities, Distortions, and Pecatula, throughout the EGO extraction and Monolith work. The team is stationed within Limbus Company's headquarters, and a portion of the LCE staff wear extracted EGO Gear on a regular basis.