The City (Project Moon)

​1. Lore & Background
​The Inter-Finger Sanctuary & Trap: Unlike standard syndicates tied to a single Finger, the House of Spiders functions as an ominous joint facility/sanctuary involving leaders exiled or assigned from across all Five Fingers. It is famously whispered in the Backstreets as "a place where no one leaves."
​The Nursefathers: The House is governed by figureheads known as Nursefathers (representing the Thumb, Index, Middle, Ring, and Pinky). Each Nursefather personifies distinct, distorted aspects of parental upbringing and control.
​Connection to Ryōshū: The House of Spiders is central to Ryōshū’s origin narrative. Her mother, Shiomi Yoru, served as a Pinky Nursefather who subjected Ryōshū to abusive conditioning and experimental usage within the House's web.
​2. Organization & Hierarchy
​The organization operates on a web-like hierarchy consisting of Nursefathers and Apprentices drawn from the syndicate branches:
​Nursefathers (Commanders):
​Valencina (Thumb Nursefather)
​Rien (Index Nursefather)
​Matthias (Middle Nursefather & Great Brother)
​Callisto (Ring Nursefather)
​Shiomi Yoru / Araya (Pinky Nursefathers)
​Apprentices & Blades: Younger operatives assigned to serve under the Nursefathers (e.g., Lucio, Sora, Kira) and deadly executors like Blade of the House of Spiders.
​3. In-Game Identities & Mechanics (Limbus Company)
​In Limbus Company, Mirror World variants feature Sinners as members or enforcers of the House of Spiders:
​Blade of the House of Spiders Ryōshū: A premier 3-Star Identity utilizing Burn, Bleed, and Poise.
​Key Mechanics: Applies Phantom Trace, scales off allied House of Spiders casualties, gains Dihui Star's Blade, and unleashes devastating String Severance and space-rending follow-ups.
​House of Spiders Mirror World Identities:
​The Ring Nursefather Hong Lu
​The Middle Nursefather Outis
​The Thumb Nursefather Rodion
​The Index Nursefather Yi Sang
​The Ring Apprentice Faust
​The Pinky Apprentice Sinclair

(Malkuth, Yesod, Hod, Netzach, Tiphereth, Chesed, Gebura, Hokma, Binah, and Keter).
​The Tragic Truth: The Sephirot were not ordinary AIs; they were the preserved, digitized brains of Ayin’s former colleagues and researchers, trapped in a continuous, grueling time loop for tens of thousands of subjective years.
​4. The Seed of Light Project & The Fall of L Corp
​The Goal: Ayin created Lobotomy Corp not merely to profit, but to complete the Seed of Light Project—a scheme to beam a curative, spiritual light across the City for 7 days to cure humanity of its emotional apathy and mental rot.
​Angela's Betrayal: At the very end of the 7-day beam sequence, Angela—driven by resentful suffering over thousands of years of forced servitude—interrupted the process on the 4th day. She stole a portion of the Light for herself to gain freedom, causing the facility to collapse and creating The Library.
​The Aftermath: The remaining unreleased Light shattered across the City, triggering the spontaneous emergence of Distortions, personal E.G.O, and leaving behind buried branch facilities containing Golden Boughs—setting the stage for Library of Ruina and Limbus Company.

​1. Core Purpose & The Extraction of Enkephalin
​The Energy Crisis: As a Wing of the World, L Corp was responsible for supplying vast amounts of green liquid energy known as Enkephalin to the City.
​Abnormalities: Unlike standard power plants, L Corp produced Enkephalin by harvesting it from Abnormalities—monstrous, surreal, or nightmare-like entities born directly from the physical manifestation of the human collective subconscious (the Well).
​Work Types: Facilities employed "Agents" (employees) to manage and interact with Abnormalities daily using four work types: Instinct (physiological needs), Insight (environmental management), Attachment (social interaction), and Repression (disciplinary constraints).
​2. E.G.O Equipment and Risk Levels
​To survive breaches and suppress rampaging entities, Lobotomy Corporation developed the technology to extract gear directly from the psyche of Abnormalities:
​E.G.O (Exuvia of Greater Objective): Suits and weapons harvested from Abnormalities, allowing human employees to wield supernatural elemental and mental attacks.
​Risk Classifications: Abnormalities and their respective E.G.O gear were categorized into five threat tiers:
​1. ZAYIN: Harmless or beneficial entities (e.g., One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds).
​2. TETH: Low-threat, easily managed entities (e.g., Shy Look Today).
​3. HE: Medium-threat entities capable of casual casualties (e.g., Der Freischütz).
​4. WAW: High-threat entities capable of destroying entire facility sectors (e.g., King of Greed, Judgement Bird).
​5. ALEPH: Catastrophic, apocalyptic entities capable of wiping out entire facilities or escaping into the City (e.g., Nothing There, Mountain of Smiling Bodies, Silent Orchestra).
​3. The Sephirah & The Main Facility Secret
​The AI Director & Sephirot: The main facility was overseen by Angela, an advanced AI created by the founder, Ayin. Beneath Angela were the Sephirot—ten AI department leaders named after the Kabbalistic Tree of Life

​1. Concept & Purpose
​"Seek and You Shall Find": The Library is a mysterious, self-contained structure that appears out of nowhere in the City, inviting desperate, greedy, or curious individuals inside with the iconic invitation: "You will find what you are looking for."
​The Process of "Reception": When invited guests enter the Library, they are forced into deadly combat against the Library's librarian staff. If the guests are defeated, they are literally stripped of their physical bodies and memories, transformed into Books containing all their knowledge, gear, and experiences.
​The Accumulation of Light: Run by the Patron Librarians and the former Color Fixer Roland, the Library's true purpose is to gather enough unique human experiences (Books) to fully process and distill the Light—the collective human consciousness required to heal the City's broken mental landscape.
​2. Structure & Floors
​The Library is divided into several floors, each representing a different philosophical aspect of human psychology and managed by a Patron Librarian (who were formerly the AI Sephirah from Lobotomy Corporation):
​History (Malkuth): Focuses on raw beginnings and impulsive human emotion.
​Technological Sciences (Yesod): Focuses on logic, order, and physical rules.
​Literature (Hod): Explores self-worth, insecurity, and social relationships.
​Art (Netzach): Deals with escapism, despair, and finding meaning in art.
​Natural Sciences (Tiphereth): Explores truth, identity, and existential dread.
​Social Sciences (Chesed): Focuses on empathy, mercy, and human connections.
​Language (Gebura): Embodies raw survival, instinct, and absolute strength.
​Religion (Hokma): Deals with faith, inevitability, and acceptance of fate.
​Extraction (Binah): Focuses on the deep origins of human ego and abnormalities.
​Keter (Roland & Angela): The ultimate penthouse floor representing the core ego, closure, and final choices.

​1. Corporate Structure & Purpose
​The Bus and the Journey: Limbus Company operates out of a strange, sentient-like, multi-story bus known as Mephistopheles, which navigates across the various Districts of the City.
​The Golden Bough Hunt: The primary mission of Limbus Company is to locate, extract, and secure Golden Boughs—powerful, reality-warping artifacts left behind by the collapse of Lobotomy Corporation's main branches.
​The Executive Manager: The players assume the role of Dante, the Executive Manager who wears a glowing clock for a head. Dante possesses the unique ability to rewind time, resurrecting the company's immortal-yet-dispensable Sinners whenever they die in the line of duty.
​2. The Cast: The 12 Sinners
​The field operatives of Limbus Company consist of 12 flawed, morally dubious individuals ("Sinners") bound to the corporation by contract, each representing a literary classic:
​1. Yi Sang (The Wings)
​2. Faust (Faust)
​3. Don Quixote (Don Quixote)
​4. Ryoshu (Hell Screen / General Works)
​5. Meursault (The Stranger)
​6. Hong Lu (Dream of the Red Chamber)
​7. Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)
​8. Ishmael (Moby-Dick)
​9. Rodion (Crime and Punishment)
​10. Emil Sinclair (Demian)
​11. Outis (The Odyssey)
​12. Gregor (The Metamorphosis)
​3. Combat & Gameplay Mechanics
​Identity and E.G.O System: Sinners do not just fight in base gear; they utilize Identities (alternate-universe versions of themselves from different Fixer offices, wings, or syndicates, such as the Full-Stop Office duo) and harness E.G.O equipment extracted from past Abnormalities to unleash devastating supernatural attacks.
​Sin and Resonance: Combat relies on matching specific "Sins" (Wrath, Lust, Sloth, Gluttony, Gloom, Pride, Envy) to chain attacks together, create powerful resonances, and overpower enemies in strategic, turn-based clashes.

​5. Bremen — The Musicians of Bremen (Accordion & Brass / Grotesque Fusion)
​Floor Rival: Netzach (Art)
​Concept: A trio of disgruntled Backstreet musicians who fused their bodies together with animal parts (donkey, dog, rooster). They express their music through chaotic, horrific noise made by mutilating their victims.
​6. Oswald — The 8-o'Clock Circus (Trumpet & Carnival / Illusion)
​Floor Rival: Tiphereth (Natural Sciences)
​Concept: A maddened ringmaster who runs a terrifying circus. Oswald uses hypnotism, illusions, and emotional manipulation to forcibly kidnap people and transform them into circus freaks and performers.
​7. Tanya — The Iron Lotus (Drums / Pure Strength)
​Floor Rival: Gebura (Language)
​Concept: A formidable martial artist and former Syndicate leader with a wolf-like physique. Tanya rejects all societal laws, ethics, and corporate structures, believing solely in the absolute law of the jungle and raw physical power.
​8. Jae-heon — The Puppeteer (Strings & Harp / Thread & Flesh)
​Floor Rival: Chesed (Social Sciences)
​Concept: A heartbroken father who lost his son. Jae-heon uses red strings to stitch together human body parts, turning living people and corpses into grotesque, puppeteered constructs (including Angelica's corpse).
​9. Elena — The Blood Red Night (Violin / Bloodfiend)
​Floor Rival: Binah (Extraction)
​Concept: An ancient, high-ranking Elder Bloodfiend who terrorized the City for generations. Elena views humans as nothing more than cattle and juice boxes, joining the Ensemble to feast without constraint.
​10. Pluto — Yesterday's Promise (Double Bass / Magic & Contracts)
​Floor Rival: Hokma (Religion)
​Concept: A sharp-dressed magician capable of creating absolute spatial barriers, contractual bindings, and body doubles. Pluto manipulates the desires of others by making binding pacts that trap them in ironic fates.

​1. Core Purpose & Grand Performance
​The Symphony of Distortion: The Ensemble believes that the City's suffering stems from humans suppressing their true desires and emotions. They view Distortion not as a curse or disease, but as the ultimate form of self-actualization and freedom from physical limits.
​The Library Invasion: Their ultimate goal was to breach the Library of Ruina, seize its accumulated Light, and broadcast a City-wide resonance that would force every human in the City to Distort simultaneously, turning the City into a permanent, harmonious "symphony."
​2. The 10 Members of the Ensemble
​Each member corresponds to a specific floor of the Library they invade during the final confrontation:
​1. Argalia — The Blue Reverberation (Conductor / Scythe)
​Floor Rival: Keter (Roland)
​Concept: The mastermind and conductor of the Ensemble. Driven by the loss of his sister Angelica, he wields high-frequency sound waves and a scythe to orchestrate the grand performance.
​2. Philip — The Crying Fairies / The Crying Children (Oboe / Fire)
​Floor Rival: Malkuth (History)
​Concept: Formerly an unstable Grade 5 Fixer from the Dawn Office. After repeatedly fleeing from tragic battles, his immense guilt and cowardice caused him to succumb to Carmen's voice, transforming into a multi-phase, fire-wielding Distortion.
​3. Eileen — The Church of Gear (Church Organ / Steam & Gears)
​Floor Rival: Yesod (Technological Sciences)
​Concept: The leader of a technocratic cult that worships gears and machinery. She believes humans must abandon fragile meat bodies to become standardized, interconnected gears within the City's grand mechanism.
​4. Greta — The Eight-Chef (Timpani / Flesh & Butchery)
​Floor Rival: Hod (Literature)
​Concept: A member of the notorious Eight Chefs of the Backstreets. A massive, shark-like human hybrid who views all life as ingredients, seeking to butcher and serve human flesh in pursuit of the "ultimate dish."

​1. Lore & Atmosphere
​A Gilded Cage: Hongyuan is a massive, sprawling ancestral estate designed as a classical Chinese grand garden and palace complex. It is characterized by grand traditional pavilions, vibrant koi ponds, jade architecture, and misty courtyards—contrasting sharply with the hyper-technological, oppressive nature of the City.
​The Jia Clan: Governed by the immensely wealthy and powerful Jia Family, Hongyuan operates like an absolute aristocracy. The family holds immense influence within J Corp, using internal political games, marriages, and backstabbing to maintain control over corporate Singularity rights and wealth.
​The Evaluation Rituals: Life inside Hongyuan is driven by cutthroat internal hierarchy. The family holds periodic Hierarch Evaluations—deadly contests where heirs and family members use political schemes, private armies, and assassins (such as the Heishou Pack) to eliminate rivals and climb the ranks of inheritance.
​2. Society & The Mask of Elegance
​Enforced Perfection: On the surface, Hongyuan is a place of refined poetry, high culture, tea ceremonies, and artistic patronage. Beneath this elegant facade, however, it is filled with cruelty, corruption, and systemic abuse, where lower-ranking servants and disgraced family members are treated as disposable tools.
​Hong Lu's Heritage: Hong Lu was raised inside Hongyuan as a favored child of the Jia family due to his unique, glowing jade eye. His relaxed, oblivious, and unnervingly cheerful demeanor is a direct coping mechanism developed to survive the toxic, life-threatening environment of his childhood home.
​3. Key Factions Operating in Hongyuan
​The Great Houses (Jia, Xue, Wang, Shi): The four major noble families residing in and around Hongyuan, constantly locked in silent civil war.
​The Heishou Pack: The estate's covert bio-engineered enforcers, deployed by family leaders to keep order, protect high-ranking members, or carry out quiet liquidations during internal contests.

​1. Concept & The 12 Branches
​Zodiac Cosmology: The Heishou Pack is divided into 12 independent branches, each named after one of the 12 Earthly Branches/Chinese Zodiac animals (e.g., Zi / Rat, Mao / Rabbit, Wu / Horse, You / Rooster, Si / Snake).
​The Bolus Transformation: Members of a Heishou Pack surrender their human personhood to become living weapons. By ingesting specialized Boluses, they trigger temporary, violent physical mutations—gaining beast-like attributes, explosive speed, and immense physical strength tailored to their specific branch.
​The Cost of Power: The physical transformation exerts an extreme physical toll on the user. Once a Heishou fixer is freed or wishes to suppress their mutated state, they must take daily stabilizing Boluses to avoid losing control or degrading physically.
​2. In-Game Identities & Playstyle Mechanics
​Several Sinners feature Heishou Pack Identities across various branches, each showcasing distinct mechanics tied to their zodiac traits:
​Heishou Pack – Mao Branch (Rabbit)
​Embodied Sinners: Ryoshu, Outis.
​Combat Theme: Extreme speed, high mobility, and lethal Rupture application.
​Key Mechanics:
​Strider [Mao] & High Speed: Units rely on gaining massive stacks of Haste to outspeed enemies. When their Speed reaches high thresholds (e.g., 10+ Speed), their skills gain bonus Coin Power, damage multipliers, and extra coin reuses.
​Deathrite [Haste]: Inflicts specialized debuffs that allow Rupture-focused teams to proc damage repeatedly without reducing Rupture Count.
​Heishou Pack – Wu Branch (Horse)
​Embodied Sinners: Yi Sang.
​Combat Theme: Heavy cavalry maneuvers, stamina-based pressure, and armored charges.
​Key Mechanics: Utilizes gear like Blackiron Barding to turn momentum and defense directly into offense.
​Heishou Pack – You Branch (Rooster)
​Embodied Sinners: Sinclair.
​Combat Theme: Flame and blood-blade aggression using specialized Xueyan (Bloodflame) Blades.
​Key Mechanics: Weaponry infused with special H Corp

parade where enthralling, brainwashing music forces visitors and staff to dance continuously alongside decorative poles topped with human remains.
​Area 4: The La Mancha Eye (Center)
​The center of the park featuring a massive Ferris wheel styled after a broken windmill. It serves as the prison where the original Don Quixote remained impaled.
​3. The Bloodfiends & Bloodbags
​Hardblood Arts: The Manchegan Bloodfiends manipulate their own blood to solidify it into crystalline weapons, structural building materials, and armor (e.g., giant blood scissors, blood parasols, and blood canes).
​Bloodbags: Humans who have been drained of blood or infected by Bloodfiend influence transform into mind-controlled, thrall-like husks used as park staff, props, or emergency food reserves.
​4. Fate of La Manchaland
​During the events of Canto VII, Limbus Company joins a joint Fixer operation (alongside Hana, Cinq, Zwei, and Fanghunt Fixers) to breach La Manchaland.
​After Sancho reclaims her identity as Don Quixote, breaks her Father's curse, and defeats the corrupted Manchegan kindred, the Golden Bough is retrieved. Stripped of its power source and founder, La Manchaland completely dissolves in a rain of blood, permanently wiping out the Manchegan Bloodfiend bloodline.

​1. The Ideal & Tragic History
​The Dream of Coexistence: Created centuries ago by the original First Kindred, Don Quixote (the true identity of Sinner #03, Sancho’s "Father"), La Manchaland was meant to be a sanctuary. His goal was to build a place where humans and Bloodfiends could live, play, and coexist side-by-side without Bloodfiends needing to slaughter humans for blood.
​The Blood Shortage & Fall: Bloodfiends naturally crave human blood. Don Quixote attempted to sustain the park’s Bloodfiend population using artificial blood substitutes (such as blood-infused candy/churros) and small, non-lethal blood donations from visitors. Eventually, the starvation and suppressed instincts drove his children (the Second and Third Kindreds) into madness and rebellion.
​The Impalement: Led by the Barber, the Priest, and Dulcinea, the Bloodfiends rebelled against Don Quixote, staking their founder to the massive central Ferris wheel (The La Mancha Eye).
​Merging with Lobotomy Corp: After vanishing into a pocket dimension for years, La Manchaland reappeared in District 16 (P Corp Backstreets), merging directly with a buried Lobotomy Corporation Branch Facility containing a Golden Bough.
​2. Structure & Key Attractions
​La Manchaland is split into four distinct sectors, each governed by an overseer Bloodfiend wearing a gaudy mask:
​Area 1: Pretty and Wonderful Place (Red Theme)
​Overseer: The Barber (wearing bird-shaped masks).
​Attractions: Fantasy Blood-shooting Range and Fixer for a Day. It parodies human-Bloodfiend combat where visitors shoot or hit Bloodfiends with toy props.
​Area 2: For Your Mental Health (Blue-Grey Theme)
​Overseer: The Priest (wearing goat skull-shaped masks).
​Attractions: Haunted: Bloody Mary, an infirmary, and a mandatory confessional booth where the Priest monitors the mental state of starving staff.
​Area 3: Eternal Carnival (Purple Theme)
​Overseer: Dulcinea (wearing butterfly-shaped masks).
​Attractions: The Eternal Carnival Parade. A non-stop

with the absolute highest tier granted the prestigious title of Color Fixers (e.g., The Red Mist, The Black Silence, The Purple Tear). All official Fixers are overseen by Hana Association and categorized into 6 specialized Associations named after numbers in different languages:

• Hana (Korean - 1): Fixer administration, grading, and oversight.
• Shi (Japanese - 2): Stealth, assassination, and covert operations.
• Tres (Spanish - 3): Workshop registration, weapon inspection, and gear regulation.
• Liu (Chinese - 4): Mass front-line warfare, martial arts, and military combat.
• Cinq (French - 5): Dueling, single-target protection, and legal dispute resolutions via combat.
• Seven (English - 7): Information gathering, intelligence, and crime scene investigation.
  The Five Fingers (Syndicates)
  The Backstreets are controlled by criminal organizations, led by five mega-syndicates known as The Five Fingers:
• Thumb: Heavily militarized syndicate focused on strict hierarchy, authority, and firearm combat.
• Index: Devoted entirely to following cryptic, binding commands printed on paper slips known as Prescripts.
• Middle: Family-oriented syndicate driven by an absolute culture of revenge and loyalty.
• Ring: Grotesque syndicate that views murder and body modification as high art.
• Pinky: Secretive syndicate with deep, undisclosed operations across the lower districts.

5. Mind and Reality: Distortions, E.G.O, and Golden Boughs
   Following the fall of Lobotomy Corp's Seed of Light project, a phenomenon spread throughout the City causing human mental state to physically alter reality:

• Distortion: When an individual experiences overwhelming emotional trauma, despair, or obsession, their mind fractures, morphing their body into a monstrous, dangerous entity called a Distortion.
• E.G.O (Exuvia of Greater Objective): If a person overcomes their mental breakdown through sheer force of willpower and self-realization, they manifest their personal belief system as armor

The City's Absolute Taboos
The Head strictly enforces several fundamental laws across the entire City:

• Artificial Intelligence Ethics: Creation of true, sapient Artificial Intelligence with human emotion or facial expression is strictly illegal.
• No Human Resurrection: Dead humans cannot be brought back to life.
• Purity of Humanity: Non-human sentient beings (or true monsters) are banned from entering the City and must be banished to the Outskirts.
• Cloning Limit: No clone of a human may exist simultaneously with the original for more than 7 days.
• Firearm Restrictions: Bullet power and velocity are heavily restricted by law so they cannot easily breach building walls, and high tax levies make ammunition prohibitively expensive.

3. The Wings and Singularities
   The 26 Wings of the World are megacorporations that govern their respective Nests. Each Wing maintains its status using a Singularity—a unique, reality-bending technological miracle that defies the known laws of physics.

• T Corp (Time): Manipulates time, harvesting and selling time as a tangible commodity or controlling spatial temporal flow.
• W Corp (Warp): Advertises instant long-distance travel via WARP trains. (In reality, the train travels through an alternate spatial dimension where passengers experience thousands of years of isolation before W Corp resets their bodies to their original state upon arrival).
• K Corp (Regeneration): Produces powerful HP/Regeneration ampoules derived from a mysterious weeping creature.
• Lobotomy Corporation (Former L Corp): Harvested energy from Abnormalities—physical manifestations of human subconscious mindscapes. Its collapse sparked the events of Library of Ruina and Limbus Company.

4. Fixers, Associations, and Syndicates
   In a society with minimal civic protection, violent and administrative work is commercialized.
   Fixers & The 6 Associations
   Fixers are mercenary contractors rated from Grade 9 (novice) up to Grade 1 (elite master).

The City is the primary setting of the Project Moon universe (Lobotomy Corporation, Library of Ruina, Limbus Company, and Leviathan). It is a sprawling, dystopian, hyper-capitalist megacity of around 7 billion people and stands as the last known bastion of human civilization, completely surrounded by untamed wasteland.

1. The Structure: Nests and Backstreets
   The City is divided into 26 Districts (labeled A through Z). Each District is split into two stark socio-economic zones:

• The Nests: Clean, highly regulated, and affluent urban sectors ruled directly by one of the 26 Wings of the World (megacorporations). Nest residents enjoy high safety, high-tech amenities, and stable jobs—provided they pass rigorous entrance exams and obey all corporate rules.
• The Backstreets: Lawless, impoverished slum areas surrounding each Nest. Filled with crime, extreme poverty, and violence, the Backstreets operate largely without law enforcement. However, they are subject to the Night in the Backstreets: a designated 3-hour period every night (usually 3:15 AM to 4:15 AM depending on the District) where all violent crime and murder are legalized, and mysterious cleaning entities known as Sweepers scour the streets to harvest bodies.

2. Governance: The Head, The Eye, and The Claw
   The City as a whole is ruled by an absolute, enigmatic supreme authority operating out of District 1 (A Corp, B Corp, and C Corp), collectively known as The Head:

• A Corp (The Head / Arbiters): Manages City policy, issues corporate Wing patents, enforces Taboos, and deploys Arbiters—god-like combatants who utilize raw Singularity power.
• B Corp (The Eye / Beholders): Operates an all-seeing surveillance network monitoring tax compliance, Singularity abuse, and City-wide taboos.
• C Corp (The Claw / Claws): The military enforcement arm equipped with serum-enhanced speed and heavy shock-weaponry to execute offenders and eradicate unauthorized entities.