Squid Game Guards

The Guards, otherwise known as Pink Soldiers or Masked Men, are the staff who manage, upkeep, and enforce the rules of the Squid Games on behalf of the Front Man.

Guards all wear the same base clothing in order to preserve anonymity. This is the pink hooded jumpsuit, black gloves and black boots, and a permeated mask to hide their identity. These masks have one of three symbols which indicates their ranking.

Square Managers | ☐ Managers are the ground commanders who act on the direct orders of the Front Man. Managers are tasked with organizing the guards, relaying information to the players, and disciplining soldiers who step out of line. The Front Man trusts these guards the most. This is the highest rank of the staff on the island. While Managers are not seen with firearms, one manager is shown to be equipped with a Smith & Wesson Model 10, They can do whatever they want.

Triangle Soldiers | △ Soldiers are the armed enforcers who terminate eliminated players and prevent contestants from violating the Game's rules. Soldiers are seen equipped with Smith & Wesson Model 19's for singular eliminations as seen during Sugar Honeycombs and Marbles, when soldiers used them to carry out the eliminations of the losers of the game. Soldiers are also equipped with Heckler & Koch MP5A3's which are used for eliminating large groups.

Circle Workers | ⭘ Workers are the "civilian" staff in the sense that they are given menial tasks - body disposal, preparing games, cleaning maintenance, and food distribution. Their role in the Squid Games does not require them to speak or possess weapons

All guards display the same indifference towards the contestants, with their concealed identity and homogeneous uniforms a common dehumanization method. Guards are not seen to react to the deaths of contestants through their body language. They also keep standing quietly even if a player talks to them.

Besides Managers, guards are not permitted to leave their room without permission.

The Squid Games are an annual competition in which hundreds of participants compete in a mysterious survival competition featuring a series of six games over the course of six days.[1][2] The contestants who fail to win or follow the rules of the games correctly are killed.[1] The sole survivor at the end of the competition wins a large amount of money; during the 33rd Squid Game in 2020, the prize winnings amounted to ₩100 million for each of the 456 contestants, or ₩45.6 billion in total.