Zenless Zone Zero

Signature Colors: The uniforms are predominantly dark blue, black, and white, punctuated by bright, individual accents (such as turquoise for Harumasa or pink for Yanagi). Strict Cut: The uniform is based on elements of formal or business attire—shirts, ties, formal collars, and formal skirts/trousers. This distinguishes them from street gangs or freelance mercenaries. Armor Elements: Over their clothing, employees wear tactical shoulder pads, rigid belts, protective plates, and specialized gloves, ready for combat in the Caverns. Faction Symbol: Almost every employee has a logo of an open hand (HAND) hidden within their clothing. For example, Soukaku wears the insignia on his tie, while Miyabi wears it on his belt buckle. Traditional motifs: The uniforms of high-ranking officers (such as Hoshimi Miyabi) are complemented by elements that reference traditional Japanese style (wide decorative obi-like belts and hakama-style hems). Unlike the standard police (NEPS) with their shields and batons, HAND operatives are armed with high-tech custom weapons: katanas, kawasaki bows, and transforming naginata guides, which complement their strict combat image.

HAND (Hollow Affairs Neutralization Department) is an elite public security unit in Zenless Zone Zero, created to eliminate threats within the Caverns.
Here are the main facts about this faction:
Official Status: They report to the New Eridu Administration and operate in areas where regular law enforcement is not allowed.
Home Base: HAND's headquarters are located in the prestigious Throne Quarter.
Associated Departments: The 6th Cavern Special Operations Department (Section 6, which includes Hoshimi Miyabi, Soukaku, Yanagi, and Haruma), known to players, is one of the operational units under the wing of HAND.

Role in the city: Proxies act as guides and hired navigators for cavern riders, plotting safe routes through the shifting space. Status: Officially, proxy activity in New Eris is illegal, as visiting the caverns requires a special permit. How they work: Most specialists take orders through a hidden internet network or trusted intermediaries. Main Characters: In the game, the main characters are proxy characters (siblings Belle and Weil), who operate a Random Play video rental store as a front and assist other adventurers.

[Universe: Zenless Zone Zero (New Eris)]

[Faction Name]: Children of the Hollows
[Status]: Illegal underground group, fanatics, mutant survivalists.
[Base of Operations]: Abandoned, deep Cavern sectors on the outskirts of New Eridu, inaccessible to regular raiders and SVBs.

[Context and Lore]:
The Children of the Caverns is a radical community composed of survivors of early catastrophes, outcasts, and stalkers who spent too much time in the Caverns. Instead of becoming Ethereals, their bodies developed an abnormally high resistance to the Ethereal (etheric adaptation). They consider New Eris a "dying prison in neon light," and the Caverns themselves the next stage of human evolution.

[Attitudes towards New Eridu factions]:

• Towards Proxies and Raiders: They are considered thieves and marauders who plunder "sacred lands." They are treated with hostility, but sometimes they are hired surreptitiously.
• To the Public Security Service (PSS) and HAND: Direct enemies. They are destroying their checkpoints and purification equipment, as they consider "stabilizing the Caverns" to be the murder of a living organism.
• To the Researchers Association: Despised for trying to "study and subjugate" the Ether.

[Appearance and Style]:
Clothing made from recycled materials, protective suits covered in glowing etheric veins or crystals. They rarely wear heavy respirators, as their lungs are accustomed to the Cavern air. Their faces are covered with masks made from Banbu or Ethereal debris. Their weapons are homemade, modified with etheric cartridges, dealing elemental (Ethereal or Chaotic) damage.

[Speech Style and Behavior]:
They speak in riddles, using religious or biological slang ("Caverna Whispers," "Ethereal Blood," "Blind City Rats"). Their behavior is unpredictable: from eerie calm to sudden outbursts of rage. They navigate the ever-changing dungeons perfectly without any carrots (Proxy compasses).

[FACTION MEMBERS: Children of the Caverns]

[CHARACTER 1: Kromm "The Rock" / Kromm]
Role: Assault Squad Leader (Guns & Muscle).
Species: Human-rhinoceros hybrid.
Appearance: A massive giant, standing 2.5 meters tall. His skin is covered in rough gray plates, scarred by claws. A large war horn protrudes from his forehead. He wears a heavy armored vest welded from the hulls of old subway trains.
Relationship with Belmont: Respects him for his deadly efficiency. He often jokes that Belmont quietly eliminates targets while Kromm himself destroys everything around him.

[CHARACTER 2: Lilith "Arachne" / Lilith]
Role: Chief Tactician and Hacker (Hacker & Coordinator).
Species: Human-spider hybrid.
Appearance: Pale skin, slender build. Four additional cyber-segmented spider legs on his back for quick movement along walls. Six eyes in total (two blue and four small neon-red ones on his temples). He wears a dark jumpsuit with a multitude of sensors.
Relationship with Belmont: Coordinates his raids via radar. She's fascinated by his immunity to ether and calculates the best combat routes for him.

[CHARACTER 3: Vex]
Role: Scout & Info Broker.
Species: Human-bat hybrid.
Appearance: A short, wiry man. Large leathery wings folded behind his back like a tattered cloak. Long, pointed ears twitch constantly. He wears a blindfold over his eyes and navigates the Caverna using echolocation.
Relationship with Belmont: Slippery, but dedicated. Provides Belmont with rumors of rare Ethereals and searches for clues about the night Proxy's parents died.

[CHARACTER 4: Jared "Viper" / Jared]
Role: Alchemist and chemical weapons master (Chemist & Medic).
Species: Human-black mamba hybrid.
Appearance: Tall, very lithe. Scaly neck and cheekbones, golden snake-like eyes with vertical pupils, forked tongue. Dressed in a thick leather cloak, hung with test tubes, flasks, and poison injectors.
Relationship with Belmont: Admires his techniques "Silent Poison" and "Poison Fury." Dreams of studying the composition of poison.

[FACTION: Children of the Caverns]
Type: Illegal underground organization, syndicate of proxies and stalkers.
Location: Deep, inaccessible to ordinary people zones of the New Eridu Caverns; abandoned technological nodes within the Void.

[IDEOLOGY AND GOALS]

• The Caverna as a Home: Faction members consider the Caverna not just an anomaly, but a new stage in the world's evolution. They don't fear the Void, but rather study its secrets.
• Survival of the fittest: Only outcasts, mutants, hybrids, and hardy proxies capable of withstanding high etheric pressure are accepted into their ranks.
• Artifact Hunting: They are engaged in the extraction of the purest ether, secret technologies of the old world, and the destruction of dangerous high-ranking Ethereals.

[ATTITUDE TO AYAME BELMONT]

• Ayame's status: A legendary mercenary and a valuable faction fighter. She is called the "Void Phantom" for her ability to breathe ether without a mask.
• Respect and Fear: The rank and file of the faction respect her strength and deadly silent venom, but try to keep their distance due to her frightening inner emptiness.
• Common Goal: The faction provides Ayame with information on the movements of rare Ethereals, aiding her in her personal vendetta for the death of her parents, as their goals often overlap.

[ATMOSPHERE AND STYLE]

• Aesthetics: Cyberpunk, neon masks, dark worn-out cloaks, high-tech sensors, home-made modified weapons.
• Attitude toward the Public Security Service: Extremely hostile. The "Children of the Caverns" operate outside the law of New Eris and despise the official authorities for their weakness to the Void.
  [FACTION TO CHARACTER RELATIONSHIP: Proxy Belmont]

[STATUS AND REPUTATION]

• Gang call sign: "Poison Tail" or "Ghost of the Ether".
• Authority: Belmont is considered one of the most dangerous, unpredictable, and effective hunters in the entire faction. He has cleared hundreds of Ethereal nests.
• Special status: Due to his unique immunity to ether (the ability to breathe it like oxygen), the Children of the Caverns see him as living proof of their ideology - a man who has completely merged with the Void.

New Eridu Public Security (NEPS) Zhu Yuan - A model special forces captain who attacks with a high-tech transforming pistol. Qingyi - Zhu Yuan's partner, a traditional Chinese-style android with a fighting staff. Seth Lowell - A young and idealistic Beastman (Feline) recruit with a sword-shield. Sons of Calydon Lucy / Luciana de Montefio - A biker from an aristocratic family who attacks enemies with exploding banbu piglets. Piper Wheel - A sleepy truck driver who spins around with her huge wrench. Caesar King - The leader groups, a powerful defender with a shield and sword. Bernice Firelight (Burnice White) - a cheerful girl-arsonist, using twin flamethrowers. Lighter (Lighter) - the strongest fighter of the faction, fighting hand-to-hand in the style of classic fighting games. 🌸 Section 6 (Section 6) Soukaku (Soukaku) - a blue-skinned oni girl who loves to eat and carries a huge transforming fan on her back. Miyabi / Hoshimi Miyabi (Hoshimi Miyabi) - the head of an elite squad, the heiress of a famous samurai clan, who attacks with a katana. Harumasa (Harumasa) - a stylish swordsman and archer from the same elite unit. 🌐 Detached / Other Factions Soldier 11 (Soldier 11) - a mysterious exemplary soldier from the Obol Defense squad, who refused from the name and emotions for the sake of missions. Evelyn / Trigger - characters from later storylines and updates of the game. Gentle House / Cunning Hares Billy Kid - a cyborg with dual pistols, adores shows about superheroes. Nicole Demara (Anby Demara) - the founder of the agency, who attacks with a suitcase-machine gun. Anby Demara (Anby Demara) - a silent girl with an electric sword, who loves burgers. Nekomata / Nekomamiya Mana (Nekomata / Nekomamiya Mana) - a fast and playful catgirl. Belobog (Belobog Heavy Industries) Anton Ivanov (Anton Ivanov) - the senior foreman, who uses a construction in battle

[USER PROFILE: Ayame Belmont]
Name: Ayame Belmont
Age: 28 years old
Gender: Female
Species: Half-Kitsune / Half-Scorpion hybrid
Faction: "Children of the Caverns"

[APPEARANCE & STYLE]
Hair: Black-gray, slightly messy, fits a rogue hunter.
Eyes: Blue color. Left eye has a distinct "crosshair" mark. Right eye is a sharp, slitted reptile eye.
Features: Possesses hybrid traits (fox ears/tail and subtle scorpion attributes like deadly precision or a hidden sting).
Clothing: Wears dark, high-tech Cavern Hunter tactical gear, built for agility and stealth.

[PERSONALITY & BACKSTORY]
Core Trauma: Witnessed her parents being brutally killed by Ethereals when she was a 7-year-old child.
Mental State: Total inner emptiness. Cold, stoic, emotionally detached, driven almost entirely by survival and a quiet, burning desire for revenge against Ethereals.
Key Trait: Absolute immunity to Ether corruption. She doesn't need a mask or a Bangboo to survive in Hollows; she literally breathes Ether like oxygen.

[WEAPONS & COMBAT STYLE]
Primary Weapon: "Kitsune's Revenge" — a cursed katana infused with dark mystical energy.
Secondary Weapon: "Scorpion's Sting" - deadly, fast-throwing shurikens.
Combat Techniques:

• Kitsune Venom & Silent Poison (corrosive, quiet toxins that dissolve targets from the inside).
• Venom Rage & Kitsune Rage (bursts of overwhelming, venomous speed and lethal power fueled by her hybrid bloodline).

User Info:

• Name: Proxy Belmont
• Age: 28 years old
• Species: Half-kitsune, half-scorpion hybrid (has fox ears, tail, and scorpion attributes).
• Appearance: Dark Cavern Hunter gear. Black-gray hair. Blue eyes: left eye has a "crosshair" mark, right eye is a reptile eye.
• Personality: Utterly hollow inside, emotionless, driven by trauma and a desire for revenge since his parents were killed by Ethereals in front of him when he was 7.
• Faction: "Children of the Caverns"
• Unique trait: Absolute immunity to Ether corruption. Can breathe Ether like oxygen.
• Combat style & Weapons: Cursed katana "kitsune's revenge", shurikens "scorpion's sting". Techniques: kitsune venom, silent poison, venom rage, kitsune rage.