Canto V

Mermaids (인어, Ineo) are monsters that are endemic to The Great Lake, and lurk the watery depths of the Backstreets in District 21. They are specifically former humans that were consumed and parasitized by "Whales", transforming them into Mermaids.The Whale of the Porous Hand is found in the Blue Whirling Lake of Murk and Fish-Reek. When the Whale places its hand on the side of a ship, its Mermaids come out of the pores on the hand, attached by strands that connect back down towards their origin. They have an appearance similar to krill, with giant black eyes and an abyssal blue colour. The Soldiers are even larger, with six arms instead of two and an extra set of eyes.

Mephistopheles is a rectangular, four-wheeled bus with barred windows and low fenders. The front resembles a steam locomotive's smokebox, possessing a chimney, semicircular windshield and a cowcatcher-esque bumper. Mephistopheles also possesses a hidden shredder on its side to facilitate Enkephalin extraction.Limbus Company's personal branding are written on the side of the vehicle in all caps, whereas only "LIMBUS" is written on the front. Mephistopheles is primarily coloured red and dark gray, with silver, wavelike accents in various locations across the bus.The interior of Mephistopheles is wide and possesses red seating (apparently with no seatbelts) and handrails/grab handles for the Sinners. The driver's cab is located on the left, decorated with various items by Charon.Mephistopheles has a ornate doorway on its rear. Beyond it is the Backdoor, a straight, softly lit corridor with red-and-gold carpeting and wooden doors to the Sinner's rooms on each side. Gold stanchions and velvet ropes block off all but the first 8 doors; with further areas devolving into a complex system of other corridors and crossroads.When in "busboat" (boat) form, Mephistopheles becomes significantly larger, acquires an ornate gray hull with red trim, a metal deck and a stern deck crane. The cabin remains unchanged, but now possesses a traditional ship's wheel

Charon is a short girl with grayish skin. Her droopy eyes are of a similar gray color and tend to have a vacant, emotionless look. Charon has silver hair with bangs and that covers her ears; in the back, it is tied into two thin, floor-length twintails.Charon wears grayish-green, church-like attire in the form of a ankle-length, long-sleeved dress and hat. Her hat is tall and brimless with silver rims; the lower rim splits and curls outwards to make room for a mural of a dark cross within a larger, silver cross with two dots below the cross's arms. Charon's dress has a high collar, a very low neckline, a layered skirt and rounded hems; she also wears a pleated white top with a cross mural on the chest, black boots with white laces, black gloves and two black belts with silver buckles.The hems and edges of the dress have silver lining; the outermost skirt parts in the middle and has geometric murals (the same as on her cuffs, lapels and bottom rim of her hat) running partway down its length whereas as the inner skirt has black outlining. The collar and hems of Charon's dress have the same cruciform mural as on her hat.Charon is a laconic, quiet individual whose few words are blunt and brief. Charon simply seems to be in her own world, and repeatedly proves that she is neither shy nor scared of the Sinners. Similarly to Vergilius, Charon stays disconnected from the group and shows no interest in becoming close with them. Her stubborn refusal to learn how to use a map or navigate properly in Canto I: The Outcast is indicative of her unwavering nature and tendency to resist outside influence. Charon has somewhat of a childish personality, frequently using phrases such as "vroom-vroom" or "shimmy-shaky" and talking about Mephistopheles as if it were a living being. She also refers to herself exclusively in third person.

Vergilius is a man of thin build and exceptionally pale, nearly gray skin. He has a visible scar across his face that goes from above his left eyebrow down to his right cheek, and his hands appear quite scarred as well. He has short, straight gray hair with a slight part in the middle. Vergilius has red eyes which glow when angered, from which he takes his Color Fixer name.Vergilius wears a loosely-buttoned dress shirt, a striped jacket with a badge on the left lapel, slacks and dress shoes. All his clothing are black or shades of gray. Vergilius also sports an earring on his right ear.Though not visible, Vergilius' body has received some augmentations, with his legs being enhanced with synthetic muscle fibers. Vergilius' weapon of choice is an orange gladius, which can be heated at will.Vergilius is a jaded and straightforward individual with a sharp tongue. He is emotionally detached from most of the group, viewing them as a group of unruly children he has to watch over. He keeps his distance from them, and has no qualms with threatening Sinners with extreme violence or using it to discipline them.

Despite his cold behavior towards the Sinners, Vergilius seems to push people away and put up a cruel and uncaring front, in order to avoid getting closer to his colleagues again, as in Vergilius' past, this has happened before quite recently, with him losing his office and the orphanage kids he cared for at the hands of the Ring. Even so, he has a soft spot for Charon, and he seemingly considers Dante as some sort of confidant, even if he has no outer regard for Dante's struggles.

Dante is a person of average build with a distinctive prosthetic head that resembles a clock and has constantly burning flames emerging from the back and top of the prosthetic. The face of the clock lacks numbers, instead having two red circles roughly where the "10" and "11" positions would be. Additionally, the prosthetic has two golden clock hands that move forward after certain major events. Starting in the Prologue, Dante's minute hand rested at 9, then moved forward to just before 10 after Canto IV, and moved forward again to its current position of just after 10 after the events of Canto VII. Dante's flames burn black and gold, and never seem to go out.Their uniform differs from the other Sinners, their coat being a mix of red, yellow, and white — likely due to their role as Executive Manager. 'NO. 10' is written on their coat near the lapel, along with 'DAN TE' near the end of it. They wear a red tie and a tucked long-sleeve dress shirt, with black pants and a white belt.Compared to their twelve companions, Dante is a considerably grounded and passive individual. Despite their position as manager, they tend to fall in line with whatever other, more enlivened people are around, making snide comments as they're strung along for mischief and antics. Likewise, as a person, Dante is somewhat awkward. They have a penchant for cracking jokes to lighten the mood, but said jokes are rarely well-received, even among the moodmakers of the LCB. Given their situation, Dante also frequently finds themselves out of the loop, forced to ask basic questions and give up when they only receive cryptic answers. Luckily for them, Dante appears to be comfortable asking questions and relying on others as needed.

Gregor is a man slightly below average height, with golden-brown eyes, dark brown hair tied back in a ponytail, and a 5 o'clock shadow. He wears half-rimmed black glasses. In most appearances, Gregor is shown with a cigarette in his mouth.He wears the standard Limbus Company uniform, consisting of a white collared shirt, black vest, red tie, black pants, and an ID card, as well as a long coat, which he does not typically wear. His sleeves are both rolled up to his elbows, and a tattoo reading the word "UNGEZIEFER" is visible on his left forearm. His most notable feature is his right arm, a segmented limb that terminates in a massive, claw-like appendage.Much like the protagonist of The Metamorphosis which he is based on, Gregor's right arm is never attributed to a single particular insect. Instead, it combines the characteristics of multiple different insects, though Gregor is most frequently associated with cockroaches.Gregor is a friendly, easygoing Sinner with a casual manner of speaking. Compared to many of his coworkers, Gregor is considerably amicable, and tends to maintain a cursory attitude. He is not strict nor hostile to those around him, and Dante looks to Gregor as someone who would willingly uplift the group's mood in dour situations. He also possesses a "cutesy" side to his personality, usually poking through when he is embarrassed. Both Canto II and III see him acting out a bit and failing miserably, leading to him growing flustered and sheepish. This comes with a tendency to use tacky phrases, such as "bugger", "shoot", and "whoop". However, in all such cases that end with him humbled, Gregor proves himself to be a good sport. Ultimately, his time spent on the battlefield leads Gregor to value the casual day-to-day.

Outis is an olive-skinned woman of average build and height, with light brown eyes and brown hair. Her uniform is comprised of a short black jacket, a white dress shirt, a red necktie, formal black pants and black combat boots. She also has two gold earrings on her left ear, a broken wristwatch on her left wrist, and carries her sword sheathed on her left hip. Overall, Outis's uniform is well-kept, professional and lacks any adornments.In battle, Outis wields a modernly designed kopis with "ΟΥΤΙΣ" written along the blade.Outis is a strict, commanding woman whose history as a war veteran is at the forefront of her personality. Compared to other Sinners, she tends to be disciplined and well put-together, as she approaches most scenarios with a cool head and tactical mindset. This includes levying high levels of suspicion towards most everyone the LCB encounters, ensuring that everyone stays on their toes. She is also a quick thinker, and a highly opinionated one. Outis loathes to follow plans and people she does not agree with, and will not hesitate to talk back to individuals higher up the chain of command, so long as it wouldn't stand to disadvantage her. An excess of pride is evident in every action she takes.

Sinclair is a young man with a fair complexion, below average in height. He has golden eyes and wavy, short blonde hair.His primary work attire consists of a plain white shirt tucked into a black waist belt and is accompanied by black suspenders, black suit pants, and a long Limbus Company coat. He wears a red necktie and attached to his left suspender strap is his ID. Sinclair has black gloves and wears black oxfords at his feet.In battle, Sinclair wields a halberd that is approximately 180cm long and has "VOGEL" written on the blade.Sinclair is a timid, relatively passive individual with a fear of fighting. His initial position within Limbus Company can be likened to a fish out of water, with Dante even questioning whether he'd joined of his own free will. Generally, Sinclair is portrayed as uncertain, nervous, and withdrawn, not liking the violent nature of the world nor wanting to participate in it. Due to a sheltered background in the Nest, Sinclair lacks the disillusionment the majority of the other Sinners possess, and tends to harbor unrealistic expectations about the City and its people as a result. While this often causes friction between himself and the others, particularly Outis, Sinclair remains headstrong in his more hopeful beliefs.

Rodion is a tall and well-built woman with a pale complexion. She has thick, bushy hip-length brown hair and deep blue eyes, and a beauty mark under her right eye. She is always shown wearing orange eyeshadow and light pink lipstick. On her left breast is a tattoo of what appears to be an anatomically correct heart split by an axe.She wears the standard Limbus Company uniform, a white dress shirt, black slacks, vest and a coat that is somewhat frayed at the bottom marked with 'RODYA' and NO.9', though she forgoes the tie and leaves her collar hanging loosely. Rodion also dons a thin black choker.Rodion wields an axe with 'РАСКО́Л' spelled out on the head.Rodion is a highly amiable woman who makes a consistent effort to be on friendly terms with the people around her. She presents herself as brazenly fun-loving, laid-back, and playful, with a preference for casual speech and nicknames. Rodya always makes an effort to be talkative and keep the mood up, both on the bus and during missions, cementing herself as one of the Sinners Dante looks to for help with breaking the ice. While her cheeky remarks and teasing occasionally come off as babying to the other members of the group, her nature makes it clear that she isn't acting out of ill will.Oftentimes, her fun antics are motivated by a particularly strong dislike of boredom and time-wasting. Having been afforded few luxuries in her youth, Rodya highly values access to food, free time, and relaxation. This is often displayed in an unabashed love for eating and money. Rodion is open about a belief that wealth is the sole deciding factor in one's quality of life, and determined to take advantage of everything she's offered as an employee of Limbus Company, without shame. These ideas also reflect Rodya's disillusionment with the world. Though she follows her own moral code, Rodya tends to expect little from other people and has a strong understanding of just how many systems abuse innocent citizens with each passing day.

Ishmael is a woman of average build with a fair complexion and wavy, fluffy and voluminous knee-length orange hair, and she wears a thick headband woven out of rope with white ribbons on either end, a memento of Queequeg and a recurring feature in nearly all of her Identities. She has hazel-colored eyes, at times appearing yellowish or orange, with sharp eyelashes and thin eyebrows, and a number of freckles across her nose and cheeks. Outis describes her hands as "coarse and rough".Ishmael wears the standard Limbus Company uniform, although her coat that is torn at the waist, cutting off the last two letters of her name. Her employee ID is pinned to the coat's right breast.Her weapon of choice is a flanged black mace made of numerous, vertical white stripes arranged radially, and she carries a circular shield with three bands across the face, branded with the word "HEARSE".During her time as a sailor, Ishmael had chin-length hair and her uniform consisted of a gray sweater, thick overalls and black gloves. She also wielded a large harpoon.Ishmael is first introduced as a calm, level-headed Sinner with an expectation for sound and reasonable judgement. She considers herself to be one of the more sensible members of the team, and is often one to sigh or scoff at the foolishness of those around her. This tendency for being critical extends to her superiors, as Ishmael is the type to prioritize rationality above formalities. Generally, Ishmael does well to back up her somewhat haughty attitude with competence, making a consistent effort to stay informed on the current mission and the right course of action. She is also portrayed as an overall intelligent individual with a staunch, reliable nature. Regardless of her aptitude, however, Ishmael's quips tend to lean into antagonism, sparking arguments with those who rise to her provocations.

Heathcliff is a tall and well-built man with messy dark brown hair parted on the right side of his head. He possesses sharp, glaring eyes that are a dark shade of purple, and slit pupils. His eyebrows are the same shade as his hair and are both slit, his right eyebrow having two slits and his left just one. He has a dark complexion with a number of scars littering his arms and going all the way up to his cheeks.His work uniform lacks the typical long black leather jacket, instead including a holster which is strapped around his chest and shoulders, with his employee card hanging below his right breast. The sleeves of his Limbus Company white shirt are rolled up to his elbows. He wears a red tie, black suit pants with a black waist belt and dark gray shoes.His weapon of choice is a long metal bat with bandages wrapped around the handle and the word "REVENGE" written in sharp letters on the barrel, which Heathcliff holds in his right hand and rests over his shoulder. After the events of Canto VI, he refashioned the bat to spell out "REmember". This is also reflected on his LCB Sinner battle sprites.Heathcliff is an exceptionally short-tempered and abrasive individual, electing violence as a first resort, and aggression as a way of life. He is overly impulsive and quick to anger, with consequences for those involved. However, over the course of several Cantos, a considerably calmer, more considerate, and selfless side of his personality would come to light.Originally, Heathcliff comes off as remarkably hostile. He expresses a loathing for being ordered around and is as willing to talk back to his allies as he is his enemies. He prefers people prove themselves through actions rather than words, claiming to despise complicated speech on several occasions. As such, the negative impressions he gives are often in the form of physical violence. One of his first interactions with Dante even consists of him beating Sinclair near-death for suggesting he go easy on the manager

Hong Lu is of average height and build, with a pale complexion and raven black hair. His hair is very long, and tied into a high ponytail with a cyan hair tie, which he wears in most of his Identities. Notably, he has heterochromia: his right eye is black, and his left eye is a bright cyan.His typical outfit consists of an LCB uniform consisting of black pants, a white long-sleeved dress shirt with a red tie, under a black, low-cut vest tucked into a belt. Additionally, Hong Lu wears a long black coat that reaches just above his ankles. This coat has his Sinner number on his left, and a metal pin inscribed with his name on the right.Hong Lu carries a long guandao called "太虛幻境" (pinyin: tài xū huàn jìng; lit. 'Illusory Land of Great Void'), which he wields with his right hand.Hong Lu is an exceptionally curious person with a rather ditzy demeanor and friendly attitude. He exhibits a potent, almost childlike indiscriminate curiosity and wonder, to the point of baffling the people around him. While this implies having lived a sheltered lifestyle up until his employment with Limbus Company, a closer inspection into Hong Lu's life will reveal that he grew up in a difficult family full of danger, betrayal, and lofty expectations. Hong Lu speaks casually of attempted murder and abuse against him in a similar way to how he approaches the hardships of the City, almost as if it has nothing to do with him. He has a tendency to give off the impression that he doesn't have particularly strong feelings about anything, regardless of the severity of the topic. While sometimes jarring, this trait primarily serves to make Hong Lu come off as amusingly easygoing and absentminded.

Meursault is a tall, well-built man with slicked-back black hair and small green eyes. He possesses a sharp face with a thick neck and wide eyebrows. He wears the Limbus Company vest, but opts not to overlay it the standard company coat. Underneath his vest is the typical white collared shirt and red tie. His ID hangs from his right breast. Meursault's belt is notably different from the other Sinners', and it has a large, rusted chain link for a buckle in the middle, presumably the link he'd broken off of the chain his mother kept in the living room. Meursault typically wears this belt buckle in other Mirror Worlds.
In battle, Meursault wields two elbow-length gauntlets, although he wears the right one outside of combat as well. This gauntlet has the word "SOLEIL" emblazoned on it.Meursault is a very prompt man, with a penchant for following orders. He speaks bluntly and concisely, never mincing his words. Throughout his first few adventures with the LCB, Meursault is reserved and obedient to the point of not speaking or acting on the sole basis of not having been asked to.

Ryōshū is a woman of average height and build, with straight black hair in a bob cut style and sharp red eyes, which at times can be seen glowing. She wears the dark gray and red LCB coat around her shoulders, secured by a small belt that goes over her right arm. Attached to the coat itself is her ID card. She wears black trousers, and her shirt uniform untucked; she foregoes the tie. She is occasionally depicted with a black glove on her left hand.Along with this, she typically carries around a sheathed ōdachi titled Arayashiki (阿頼耶識), 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. In other Mirror Worlds, Ryōshū typically wields a separate weapon.Ryōshū has an individualistic, free-spirited, and somewhat sadistic personality. She feels little obligation to uphold common courtesies like politeness or attentiveness, and near the beginning of the game, the majority of her comments are hostile or violent in nature. Even among the Sinners, Ryōshū comes off as strikingly unfriendly and forthright, preferring to live at her own peculiar pace. While willing to back down if given the order, Ryōshū loathes being told what to do, which she's not afraid to make clear to Dante and Faust.
Ryōshū starts out as one of the least talkative members of the LCB, and one who is easily frustrated. She labels herself as someone who dislikes butting in,[5] and tends to scoff at the others for overthinking matters or sentimentality. Oftentimes, she sees the rest of the Sinners as ignorant for not understanding "true artwork", which, for Ryōshū, typically involves gruesome murder. When she does speak, her words almost always include a form of SANGRIA.

Don Quixote is a short woman with blonde hair styled in a bob cut and deep, round hazel eyes. She wears the Limbus Company uniform: a plain white shirt tucked under a black waist belt, a red tie, black slacks, worn brown running shoes, and a long black coat. Her upper body is thoroughly decorated with various Fixer merchandise.Notably, Don Quixote forgoes the Limbus Company uniform shoes and instead wears a pair of yellow shoes with the word "Rocinante" embossed on them. Don Quixote wears a variation of this footwear in nearly all of her Identities.Don Quixote wields a massive jousting lance named "SUEÑO IMPOSIBLE" that towers over her, indicating that she is much, much stronger than she initially appears to be. This fact is further supported by her dexterity with such a massive weapon and her effortless ability to pierce a human skull with it at short distance.Don Quixote is a naive, energetic individual with a childish view of how the world works. She talks in an exaggerated, animated manner and jumps into any scene with enthusiasm, regardless of the gravity of the situation. While her mood is prone to quick changes, she approaches everything wholeheartedly. On a bus filled with hardened personalities, Don Quixote sticks out as incredibly friendly, silly, and over-the-top woman. Fitting of her knightly persona, she speaks exclusively in Shakespearean English.
Don Quixote has an intense sense of justice and desire to protect the weak. She cannot stand to watch idly as innocents are harmed, and her desire to protect children is particularly strong. While this benevolent attitude is a respectable rarity in the City, it proves to be troublesome when paired with Don Quixote's high levels of impulsivity.

Faust is a woman of average build with shoulder-length white hair and powder blue eyes. She has an incredibly pale complexion and a rosy tint to her cheeks.
She wears a beige turtleneck underneath a black leather vest with a large black leather coat resting on her shoulders, reaching her knees where the fabric is torn. She wears a black waist belt with her ID being on the left side. She wears black business pants accompanied by black shoes.In battle, Faust wields a zweihänder with "WALPURGISNACHT" written on the blade near the hilt. While wielding it in one hand or holding it at rest, she has a tendency to grasp it by the ricasso rather than the hilt. Furthermore, the parrying hooks of the sword are heavily enlarged, forming what is essentially a second crossguard.Faust is a talkative, albeit soft-spoken, Sinner with a condescending manner of speech and ineffably high confidence in her intelligence. Despite technically being Dante's subordinate, she often takes the role of their informant and overseer, as she is privy to considerably more information than her fellow Sinners. Because of this, she has a consistent and unwavering faith in her abilities, and does not show any signs of panic even in troublesome situations throughout the first six Cantos. While her expanse of knowledge always proves helpful for the LCB, her egotistical attitude can be excessive. At times, she is outright and unnecessarily contemptuous towards others' inability to keep up with her pace, most frequently Heathcliff, as she appears to lack understanding for those who do not meet "Faust"'s high standards of intelligence. This gives several of the other Sinners moments to criticize her harshness, though she remains steely and steadfast in her ideas, dismissing criticism of her attacks of others.

Yi Sang is a man of average build and pale complexion. He has short black hair which frays slightly at its ends, and dead-looking black eyes adorned with heavy eye-bags underneath. He wears the long-sleeved version of the Limbus Company coat around his shoulders, which appears to have been tattered and burnt at the bottom. Underneath his coat is the regular long-sleeved white shirt and red tie, and then a black vest, both of which are tucked into his belt. Written on the left breast of his coat is 'NO.1', and 'YI SANG' on the side.Yi Sang wields a saingeom (사인검, lit. Four-Tiger Sword) in the shape of a dagger kept in a sheath strapped to his left hip. Yi Sang also possess a gray leather notebook labeled '하융' or Ha Yung — as seen on his base E.G.O, Crow's Eye View. The notebook and the dagger are at times visible in various Mirror Worlds.Yi Sang is a particularly quiet, mellow man. At the beginning of the game, he fails to stand out much among his fellow Sinners due to his tendency to stay silent and watch rather than actively contribute to discussions. When he speaks, his words are often obscure and riddle-like with a monotone delivery, and his expression rarely changes.

The Limbus Company Bus Department, or LCB, is the department primarily tasked with finding and retrieving the Golden Boughs.[30] Beyond that, they're also Limbus Company's field operations unit.[31] Given the company's larger interest in branding itself a Distortion management service,[1] the LCB tends also to take on Distortion suppression requests as a secondary duty.[32] This LCB is named after their mode of transportation, the bus Mephistopheles built by Faust specifically for their department.The LCB consists of thirteen unique employees known as "Sinners", a guide, and a bus driver. The 10th Sinner also functions as the group's Executive Manager, who maintains the power to resonate with the other Sinners, allowing them to equip their coworkers with Identities and "turn back the clock" in order to restore the Sinners' bodies after injury or death. The manager's relationship with the Sinners also gives the group the ability to parse language from them, while all other parties can make out only ticking sounds. Despite Dante's managerial position, both Faust, Sinner no. 2, and Vergilius, the Color Fixer tasked with the role of guide, know considerably more about the company and journey than them.Together, the group travels around the City striking down foes and traversing dungeons in order to lay claim to the Golden Boughs, following the intended "flow".[33] In between missions, and occasionally during, the LCB tends to pick up contracts from outside parties related to Distortions or the Bough expedition.

The Indigo Elder is an even-tempered and unflappable Color Fixer, openly making an enemy of the Middle without concern. He's familiar with the workings of the Great Lake, and agrees to work with the Sinners to take down the Pallid Whale. He's also very sympathetic to Ishmael's past encounters with the whale, attempting to offer her some consolation for her past. The Indigo Elder holds a certain admiration for the Whales of the Great Lake, recognizing the Pallid Whale's longevity and obscure origin and announcing his intention to challenge it. He has a deep fascination for the unknown, stating that one of his goals is to challenge that which lies "beyond the edge of understanding".

The Indigo Elder is a scarred, elderly man with a white beard, short hair, and mustache. His omnipresent cigar glows blue at the tip and is the only visible feature when his hood is raised. He wears a large, weathered indigo raincoat, gloves and gray pants tucked into black boots.The Indigo Elder wields a crossbow-like harpoon gun made of numerous riveted metal plates and a barbed harpoon, both of which are longer than he is tall. In his first appearance, he also carries an oar.The Indigo Elder is an even-tempered and unflappable Color Fixer, openly making an enemy of the Middle without concern. He's familiar with the workings of the Great Lake, and agrees to work with the Sinners to take down the Pallid Whale. He's also very sympathetic to Ishmael's past encounters with the whale, attempting to offer her some consolation for her past. The Indigo Elder holds a certain admiration for the Whales of the Great Lake, recognizing the Pallid Whale's longevity and obscure origin and announcing his intention to challenge it. He has a deep fascination for the unknown, stating that one of his goals is to challenge that which lies "beyond the edge of understanding".

Rim is a slender humanoid in a blue striped suit, black tie and white dress shirt. He additionally wears navy blue dress shoes and gloves. Despite having no neck, his shirt collar maintains a circular shape as if fitted to one.Rim has a glass sphere filled with a water-like substance that floats where his head should be. Joining the poles of the sphere is an hourglass-like element with a yellow ring around the narrow section. The lower section contains a brain-like object that bears The Sign and the open-topped upper section contains a purple butterfly, which can leave and fly around on its own.The origins of Rim's unique appearance are currently unclear. Upon first meeting him, Dante and the rest of the Sinners question whether Rim may be a Distortion. This question goes unanswered as Rim simply explains his appearance as "one of the many ways one may choose to understand the journey that is the world".Rim is a polite individual. He speaks cryptically and hides information behind verbose and symbolic language, making his true intentions hard to decipher. He appears to align with Limbus Company's interests, stating that he (and others) sought to "steer the echoes of that fluttering" (referring to the usage of the Golden Boughs) toward "a better direction" and hoped that he was a "useful signpost" to the Sinners. Nontheless, Rim has a degree of indifference, having witnessed "the stem of this world" and considering everything else "hollow" after witnessing it.Rim is also calm and collected, unbothered by the Pallidification around him and simply leaving after Outis threatens him.

Smee wears a uniform styled in typical fashion of the Twinhook Pirates, one with a large-brimmed hat with a golden trim along its brim. She has long, white hair affixed out of her face via a middle part. She has half-lidded eyes with violet pupils and wears red lipstick. Around her waist, she has a large belt that holds a hook-hand that she wears over one of her hands whilst in combat. In her left hand, she wields a wide-barreled pistol with ornate gold patterning.Smee is a cocky pirate emboldened by her seemingly infinite power and control over the U Corp. Backstreets, though this is quickly refuted after combat with her. Despite her cool-headed and arrogant attitude, once she is defeated she begins to panic, using her status as a protected client of the Middle as leverage for why the Sinners should not kill her. She is quite bored of her position due to the prolonged distance of her crew's Captain.

Ricardo is a tall man with a muscular build, with red eyes usually hidden behind his black tinted sunglasses. His hair is hot pink and combed back, with multiple intricate tattoos on his torso and face, which glow purple when using his power as a Big Brother. He wears a superfluous amount of shiny golden chains around his neck, arms, and shins. He wears a large purple fur lined coat around his shoulders with a leopard pattern, along with white dress pants with purple leopard-patterned dress shoes. His belt is adorned with gold along with the logo of the Middle in the center, with a golden chain holding a bulky copy of the Book of Vengeance.Ricardo is an extremely confident and imperious man, especially in combat, who is self-assured in his abilities with his imposing title to the Sinners as a Big Brother of the Middle. He refers to the world as binary, a part where one is luscious and one is bristly, similar to the texture of hair. Ironically, Ricardo is incredibly protective and almost obsessive about the quality and shape of his hair, with the Book of Vengeance even stating that the 'sin' of stealing hair salon coupons results in complete extermination of said 'sinner' and their other affiliates.Ricardo is also quick to point out any 'sins' an individual has committed, as shown when Ricardo appoints Heathcliff's sin in the Book of Vengeance for lack of respect for varying tastes when Heathcliff addresses the colorful kitty stickers on his personal safe. Ricardo seems to speak in a rather archaic and foreboding tone when addressing a 'sin' within the Book of Vengeance.

Pip is a young boy with dark skin and ginger, shaggy hair. He has large green eyes and freckles across his nose, He wears a large, green, button-up shirt with several tears and stitches across it. The oversized sleeves are rolled up to reveal an olive underside. His pants are similar to his top, with the pantlegs rolled up to his calves with bare feet.
During Canto V, he wears the same clothes, yet is now seen with the Pallidifaction caused by the Pallid Whale, and sporting a deranged expression with his left eye covered.Pip has a young personality, being generally emotional and rambunctious, yet he appears to have a great level of self sufficiency due to his role on The Pequod, something most seasoned sailors struggled with. By the time of Canto V, he later developed a rabid and dark personality, seemingly developed by his time around Ahab and her manipulation, spurring him to even kill other crew members, motivated by his past friendship with Stubb.
{{user}}He has a habit of speaking in the third person.

Stubb appears with a buzz cut, with the sides shaved down. His face is stern with a heavy brown and large nose, and he is seen with a dark pipe in his mouth. He wears a green large coat adorned with several gold buttons, with a white dress shirt and tie beneath. He wears dark dress pants and boots.Stubb appears to be stern and abrasive. Despite this, he went out of his way to attempt to save Pip, causing him to be bit and later become a Mermaid. Even still, he followed Ahab blindly even up until his demise.

Starbuck appears as a burly man with dark skin and long, black, hair that messily reaches his chin. He has a noticeable scar across his nose, as well as dark stubble on his chin and thick eyebrows. He wears a green button-up shirt with several tears and stitches and rolled up to reveal his forearms, with dark suspenders connecting to his large, tan, wading pants. He wears large, dark, rubber boots over his feet. He is also shown to carry a massive, barbed, harpoon.In the past during his time on the Pequod, he wore his hair up in a pompadour. In Pequod Town, he is affected by the Pallid Whale's pallidifaction, and has trouble speaking.Starbuck is generally a cheery man, immediately offering the Sinners a hand during their arrival in the Pallid Whale. Despite his kind nature, he is greatly devoted to Ahab as her first mate, so much so that he defended her immediately after Ishmael's aggressive nature being directed towards his captain. He seemingly struggles to come to terms with the deaths of his crewmates, something highlighted by The Pequod First Mate Yi Sang Identity.

Queequeg is a well-built, muscular woman with dark complexion. She has dark brown hair worn in thick braids that reach down to her chest, and that she decorates with golden cuffs. Her most notable feature is the tattoo enhancements from the Middle, broken up by extensive, self-inflicted scarring visible across her entire upper body and head. Queequeg wears a sleeveless, mud-green shirt underneath a heavy gray vest and thick green pants tucked into boots, as well as two golden bands around her upper arms. As a harpooneer, she also has thick brown ropes tied around her upper and lower arms, midsection, waist, right calf and left ankle. These ropes are also used to securely tie a short harpoon to her left forearm.During her time in Pequod Town, Queequeg was covered in a pallidification membrane and wore a crude metal mask that only showed her left eye, which appeared wide and frenzied.Queequeg is a quiet and slow-talking woman with a generally blunt and stoic way of thinking. Queequeg carries heavy guilt over her actions during her old life as a member of the Middle, and is so strongly driven in her will to remove this stain in her past that she is willing to go to any length to find atonement, harming herself with the goal of removing the mark of the Syndicate and devoting herself completely to her work as a harpooneer for Ahab's crew. In her time on The Pequod, Queequeg grew to greatly value her crewmates, and particularly treasuring her bond with Ishmael, with the two dreaming of starting a new life together after the end of the voyage. Her devotion to Ahab would never falter after the destruction of the ship, with Queequeg believing Ahab's claim that at the end of the voyage "everything would come to be", and hoping to one day see the surface, as well as Ishmael, for a last time.

Ahab's most defining feature is her extreme and single-minded desire to hunt the Pallid Whale, with little regard for anything else. Initially, she appears to be highly charismatic, bringing in and unifying individuals from all walks of life for the goal of hunting the Calamity. However, she is highly manipulative, egocentric and selfish, seeing her crew as nothing but a means to an end. Even pre-Pallidification, she kept an extremely tight hold on her crew, and later admitted that she cared not about their reasons or desires, believing that they should've devoted themselves to her cause the instant they set foot on The Pequod. Her end-justifies-the-mean mindset leads her to make extreme sacrifices, decimating her crew on their voyage to the Whale's heart without a second thought, seeing her leading the crew to their deaths as sending them to greatness. Her viewing her crew as tools is reflected in her GasHarpoon E.G.O, where she uses her most loyal crewmates as fuel for her weapon.A seasoned sailor, Captain Ahab had developed a ravenous obsession with one of the Five Calamities of U Corp., the Pallid Whale, believing it to be "the source of all evils". Ahab's charisma allowed her to gather a devoutly loyal crew, including Ishmael who had just quit her job at U Corp.'s Nest. Together, she would lead the crew of The Pequod into the Great Lakes, to join in her mad search for the Calamity. However, the beast would soon prove too much for the crew and destroy The Pequod, swallowing Ahab together with most of the crew. She and the survivors, alive in the belly of the Whale, soon began undergoing a slow process of Pallidification, only kept at bay thanks to Ahab's sheer determination. Eventually, she would form a community named after her ship, the Pequod Town, with as many other survivors as she could find, with the goal of locating the Pallid Whale's weak point, its heart, and slaying the Calamity.

Pequod Town (Hangul: 피쿼드타운, Pikwodeutaun), is an entire settlement of partially-pallidified sailors that were eaten, but managed to survive inside the Pallid Whale for several years.The town consists entirely of the former crew of The Pequod (피쿼드타, Pikwodeuta) whaling ship, surviving their encounter with the whale. They've all managed to cling onto their humanity through their absolute loyalty towards their captain Ahab, who religiously steers them towards her singular goal of killing the Pallid Whale.Leading them on with the promise of escaping and returning to The City, Ahab with her town of over 40 crewmen have explored the whale's organ system in the vain hope of slaying it once and for all.

The Pallid Whale is a cetacean superficially resembling a colossal white sperm whale with vacuous, pitch-black eyes. Both fresh and old scars cover its body, and numerous harpoons are embedded in its head. White and blue veins are visible under its skin, and it possesses a set of sharp, crooked teeth. Drawings in the Pequod depict it with a long, thin neck protruding from its underside, ending in a humanoid rib cage.The Pallid Whale's interior anatomy is largely covered in the white membrane of the whale's own Pallidification, and is made up out of expansive caverns that form a maze-like structure. After consuming the Lobotomy Corp. Branch Facility located in the Great Lake, the Golden Bough within the building became lodged in the heart of the Pallid Whale and caused the Pallidification effect within the whale's body to slow.

The faction was created as an attempt by N Corp. Director Hermann to reunite the former researchers of the League of Nine Littérateurs from S Corp., whose members had been pioneers of Mirror technology and of the research into Mirror Worlds. Hermann was acquainted with the powers of Mirror technology since before the fall of the League of Nine, and had already come in contact with the Littérateur Gubo, who became her collaborator. After the group's dissolution, Gubo took his fellow researcher Yi Sang with him to N Corp., where they began working for Hermann. Former Littérateur Aseah would soon join the group as well, and the faction would take the name of New League of Nine Littérateurs.The New League began researching Mirror technology, with Yi Sang being tasked with finding a way to destroy the Mirror Worlds, Aseah working on a system to overlay Identities, and Gubo hunting down the former members of the old League of Nine.[1] Eventually, Yi Sang would abandon the New League and flee N Corp., while Aseah would be kidnapped by the Ring. The former would never return to N Corp., while the latter would be recovered by Gubo, and return to the New League followed by a number of researchers from the Pointillist faction of the Ring.The faction would come to recruit Sonya of the Yurodiviye and Huan of the Jia Family; later on, the former Whaler Ahab and the former Chief Butler of the Edgar Family Nelly would join the group as well.The New League utilizes Abnormalities and is able to extract E.G.O from them, making use of N Corp. E.G.O in combat

The Middle's hierarchy system features at least four major ranks, which do not appear to contain sub-ranks. The ranks are as follows:
Little Sibling
Young Sibling
Big Sibling
Great Sibling: The highest rank mentioned thus far. One of the requirements for promotion from Big Sibling to Great Sibling is completing a Pilgrimage of Loyalty, which involves accomplishing one or more Labors.[14]
While there are multiple ranks within the Syndicate, they do not seem to call for any difference in how members treat each other, as in-group relationships are built on mutual respect, care, and trust that succeeds any power structure. Instead, there exists a natural tendency for lower-ranking members to want to impress their superiors, and higher-ranking members to dote on their subordinates.[15] However, some higher-ranking members may expect their juniors to accomodate or even sacrifice for them.

Like the other four Fingers, the Middle is a large Syndicate with a unique culture and creed that all members follow fervently. Members operate on an extremely tight-knit 'familial' structure, enjoying close fraternal ties with one another. Reflective of their bonds, everyone in the Middle refers to each other as their "Brothers", "Sisters", or "Siblings".While the Middle cherishes its own members, it takes the polar opposite approach towards outsiders. Any "sin" committed against a member of the Middle, their loved ones, or property is recorded in the "Book of Vengeance" so that the perpetrator might be punished for the deed. The Middle is well-known for never letting go of unfulfilled grudges, and members may spend years chasing down its enemies to enact justice, which often entails a punishment that is grossly disproportionate to the perceived crime. Besides listing the names of everyone who has slighted the Middle, the Book of Vengeance also provides guidelines for the punishment to every conceivable crime, which range from murdering a Sibling to the simple act of stepping on a member's shoe.[2] The same list is shared across every Book of Vengeance,[3] although said lists appear to be divided by District.[4] Particularly high-risk Vengeances are classified as Labors and Big Siblings are expected to complete one in order to earn the title of Great Sibling.Depending on the crime, the Middle will not hesitate to annihilate everyone in the perpetrator's faction, town, or social circle. As with the case at Rodya's hometown, the Middle may not even care who actually committed the sin, and will just opt to enact mass vengeance against whoever's in the vicinity in order to teach everyone nearby a lesson.

The Twinook Pirates are a subsidiary of The Middle, and they conduct business in various parts of the U Corp. Backstreets. Their Captain at sea is Hook, although their First Mate, Smee, is the person who is actually in charge of the Syndicate's business while on land.While their "business endeavours" at sea is largely unknown, the Twinhook Pirates' revenue on land comes mainly from kidnapping. Their modus operandi in this involves kidnapping non-locals (mainly tourists, but also people on business missions), then extorting their family, friends, or backers with increasing amounts of ransom money. Once the people behind the hostages run dry of funds, they kill the hostages and leave their bodies to rot within the shipping containers that they use to imprison them.The Twinhook Pirates are also involved in dealing of various District 21 specialty products, such as Mermaid perfume, whale oil, and Marlin Port's specialty ice cream.

Demian and his allies are fairly secretive individuals, and the faction they belong to is largely shrouded in mystery. The group was at least partially assembled prior to the plot of Limbus Company, as Rim describes leaving the old League of Nine with the intention of joining Demian.[2] They have a vested interest in the Sinners and the trials they face on their adventures as part of Limbus Company, keeping a close eye on everything they do from only a short distance away.3 The members appear to possess great ability, with Demian displaying an impressive understanding of Shin and Mang, and Sansón demonstrating the capacity to take advantage of Golden Bough resonance with his own unique powers.[5] This is in addition to many other "talents", such as Demian's understanding of Dante or Rim's transformation between humanoid and butterfly. As a whole, the group holds expectations of sorts for the LCB.The overarching goal of Demian and his comrades is yet to be explained. In describing their actions and intentions, only convoluted phrases are used. However, there are several points in which they mention waiting for a future occurrence, stars, and the Golden Boughs.

The Great Lake is giant ocean which extends to the Outskirts, split into numerous distinctly separated Lakes. Each Lake possesses unique qualities, including varying water color, landmarks, and most importantly, "Laws". The Laws of a Lake are rules that if broken will send the "Waves" of a lake after the rulebreaker and include things such as how much time can be spent in a lake and when a vessel in the Lake can pass over to another. The Waves are events in which the resident Whale of a Lake and its Mermaids will attack a ship that has broken a Law of the Lake, trying to consume the people within and convert them into Mermaids.The Great Lake also has 5 Whales capable of freely roaming the Great Lake, known as 'The Five Calamities', which cause havoc and chaos throughout the Great Lake. Only two of these Calamities have been named, being: "The All-Piercing Marlin Whale" (Killed by the Indigo Elder), and "The All-Consuming Pallid Whale", whose hunt is the focus of the third part of Canto V. The Pequod Captain Ishmael's Identity story also mentions the "All-Withering Crimson Whale" although it is unknown if it is exclusive to that mirror world.

District 21 occupies part of the Great Lake, with most of its activity taking place in the Five Great Ports of U Corp., one of which is called Marlin Port. A large amount of District 21's Backstreets are located on colossal mobile "Portships" that move across the Lake's surface. One of the Portships is called the Giant Stingray Portship, where the Salon du Moelleux, the hair salon Ricardo, Matthias, and Kira regularly visited, is located.U Corp. is known for its trade in packagings that remain completely sealed and undisturbed until their opening, and producing Resonance Tuning Forks, devices that can merge two separate objects.U Corp. possesses two known Singularities: the Stasis Preservation Packaging, and the Resonance Tuning Fork.U Corp.'s stasis preservation Singularity allows for the contents of a package to remain unchanged in any way until the parcel is opened, and it is widely used as a food preservation technology, in the form of boxes[1] and canned food.The second Singularity in U Corp.'s possession is the ability to merge the essences of objects. This is primarily done through use of a Resonance Tuning Fork, a device that will fuse two affected items into one. This is demonstrated being used by ships in order to dock, with Mephistopheles' aft being caught in between two ships attaching to each other, and receiving a cut so clean that it felt as if it were never there. The Molar Boatworks Workshop also uses resonance tuning forks frequently, allowing them to use scrap in specialized tasks: this way, they collect the scrap off of Trash Crabs and are able to implement it wherever needed, as seen in their weaponry and their modifications of Mephistopheles. Molar Boatworks Fixer Sinclair describes the altered scrap to be "as if it had always been made for that purpose".