Five Fingers

The Five Fingers (다섯 손가락, Daseos songalag), also known as the Fingers of the Backstreets (뒷골목의 손가락, Dwisgolmog-ui songalag) or The Hand (그 손, Geu son), are the five most prominent and powerful Star of the City-level Syndicates in the City who control the Backstreets.

Overview

Labeled as Stars of the City, the Five Fingers are the largest and most powerful Syndicates in the City, and are considered unlawful equivalents to the Wings. As the term implies, the Fingers are comprised of five different Syndicates each named after a finger. These are the Thumb, the Index, the Middle, the Ring and the Pinky.

Every Finger has their own unique culture and creed that all its members follow zealously. Each Finger owns territory in the Backstreets, where they enforce different rules to those inhabiting them. They have near absolute power and great influence in the Backstreets and are responsible for keeping order in them, so much to the point that not even the Head, the Eye or the Claw can simply disrupt and impose their will and authority, thus making the Backstreets nearly untouchable. Additionally, each of them has their own strict rules that, if violated, will result in harsh, unforgivable punishment. They also have several Syndicates under them as subsidiaries, who assist in managing the Backstreets as well as business with other Syndicates.

Relations Between Fingers

All the Fingers are generally rivals, usually not getting along with one another and often getting into heated arguments and turf wars over territory or something else. In fact, during the events of Library of Ruina, among those who did not participate in the war for the control of the destroyed Nest L and excluding the Middle who were still recovering from the devastating attack by the Black Silence that disrupted most of its operations in the south, the Ring and the Pinky were fighting in a major war in the Outskirts.

Finger Bow-Bell

Despite their rivalry and constant feuding, the Fingers and their respective subsidiaries sometimes come together in meetings called a "Finger Bow-Bell", with all the heads of every Finger along with representatives of all their subsidiaries attending to discuss practical ways to maintain control of the Backstreets, as well as manage their own territories.

Currently, not much is known about Finger Bow-Bells.

List of Five Fingers

• The Thumb
• The Index
• The Middle
• The Ring
• The Pinky