History Characters / LibraryOfRuinaAssociations

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Dieci Association is further split into two large divisions: The Keys and the Fists. The former apparently fights with weaponized keys.

* BeleaguredAssistant: After struggling to convince Walter about the significance of the Library, when he suddenly changes his tune and joins her there because the Library has the L-Corp floor plans he desperately needs, she's ''then'' forced to remind him that provoking Angela might not be a good idea.

!Devyat' Association

An Association that seems to work as couriers and handles business transactions

!Dieci Association

An Association that deals with the collection of knowledge, running what are essentially libraries.

* CastFromExperiencePoints: Dieci Association perceives knowledge as power in a literal sense by using equipment that draws physical strength from knowledge: The harder to obtain and more precious the knowledge, the greater the strength it grants in return. However, this knowledge is personally lost when they use it.
* NunTooHoly: They dress like nuns and priests while bludgeoning foes with their fists or keys.

!Öufi Association

An Association that specializes in dealings and transactions.

* TheHeavy: Since the Head does not deal with entities that don't directly push their eccentric list of {{Berserk Button}}s or harm them (including City-wrecking Distortions), the Associations and their Fixers act as the frontlines who do most of the work against the city's more generic disorderly entities.

* HufflepuffHouse: There are twelve Associations in total, but only the Zwei, Seven, Shi, Liu, and Hana Associations have any real relevance to the game, and four of the other Associations not even mentioned (8, 9, 10 and 12). Some of these have since appeared in the following game, ''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'' as mentions and corresponding Identities.

** The Seven Association is named after the number, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "seven" in English.]]

A duelist Association, Cinq specializes in one-on-one combat and are usually hired as proxies to solve personal disputes between two parties

* HufflepuffHouse: There are twelve Associations in total, but four of them not even mentioned (8, 9, 10 and 12). Some of these have since appeared in the following game, ''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'' as mentions.

* NumerologicalMotif: Their names are all based on a different sequential number, each in a different language. Not only that, but the Association's aesthetic is informed by what language their number is in: For example, "Hana" is 1 in Korean, and have a focus on Korean spiritual practices in their fightint styles, while "Dieci" is Italian for 10 and have uniforms similar to that of Catholic clergy.

* NumerilogicalMotif: Their names are all based on a different sequential number, each in a different language. Not only that, but the Association's aesthetic is informed by what language their number is in: For example, "Hana" is 1 in Korean, and have a focus on Korean spiritual practices in their fightint styles, while "Dieci" is Italian for 10 and have uniforms similar to that of Catholic clergy.

* HufflepuffHouse: There are twelve Associations in total, but four of them not even mentioned (8, 9, 10 and 12).

%%An Association with a currently unknown specialty. Its Southern Branch was attacked by and lost many personnel to [[spoiler: the Reverberation Ensemble]].

!Öufi Association

An Association that specializes in dealings and transactions.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: A variation. Whereas the Shi use Japanese katanas, the unnamed Liu members use Chinese blades known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dao_(Chinese_sword) dao]]. Meanwhile, Lowell and Xiao prefer using the [[BladeOnAStick guandao]].

* BladeOnAStick: Wields a guandao, a type of Chinse polearm, alongside a jian, a Chinese double-edged sword. By the time she manifests E.G.O. it becomes her sole weapon of choice.

* BladeOnAStick: Favors a large glaive in combat, and he sure does know how to use it.

* PlayingWithFire: The Liu Association channels fire in their attacks.

* MyGreatestFailure: If the lyrics to "Iron Lotus" are any indication, all throughout her boss fight she's regretting not telling Lowell she loves him before his death.

* AchillesHeel: Stagger. While she starts off with a massive pool of stagger resist, it only regenerates half when she gets back up from stagger unlike every other character. If the player focuses on dealing stagger, then she can be taken down much more easily.

* AndThenWhat: During the Liu Section 1 encounter he poses this question to Xiao, asking what she'll do after throwing away her status as an accomplished Fixer just to retrieve Lowell's book. Xiao doesn't answer, simply stating she's already resolute in her decision to enter the Library.

* WeaponOfChoice: They all use a Zweihandler in battle.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: The Shi Association's WeaponOfChoice is a red katana.

* NumberMotif: Four, and it's not just in the name of the Association she leads. Her keypage is number 2'''4'''001, her fight lets you bring four Librarians, her playable page has 44 stagger resist, her SecretArt Boundary of Death has a cost of 4 Light, she starts at 1/4th of her max HP, and her story is coded as number 400001 in the game data.