Hermann

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Hermann
Other Names
Korean	헤르만
Japanese	ヘルマン
General Information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Director
Affiliations	Old G Corp. (formerly) N Corp. League of Nine Littérateurs
Relations	Gregor (son) Gubo (co-director) Jia Huan (coworker) Sonya (subcontractee) Ahab (subcontractee) Nelly (pawn, later subcontractee) Catherine (subcontractee)
First Appearance	Leviathan, Book7 - Ingress (mentioned) Canto I: The Outcast
Status	Active
Voice Actor	Bi Ju-eon

“	How are you treating your present, my son? I didn't invest in you just to see you in such a state.	”
–Hermann, Canto I: The Outcast

Hermann (Hangul: 헤르만, Hereuman) is an overarching antagonist introduced in Canto I: The Outcast, and was the former head scientist of the Old G Corp. Responsible for augmenting the G Corp. soldiers with their insectile body parts, she prizes that on her son Gregor as her greatest work.

As of now, Hermann is currently a Director of N Corp., being one of the few who escaped scott-free from the consequences of G Corp.'s collapse after the Smoke War. In her new position, her team is currently in opposition with Limbus Company to retrieve the Golden Boughs within the ruined Lobotomy Corporation facilities.

Appearance

Hermann is a tall, middle-aged woman. She has pale skin and olive-green eyes, and appears to wear dark lipstick and eyeshadow. Hermann has wavy, dark brown hair swayed to one side, reaching just beneath her chin.

Hermann wears a dark navy-blue uniform with red-accented lines, a white, collared shirt, and a bright red tie. The first part of her uniform is a large, navy-blue overcoat that is draped over her shoulders and extends down just below her knees. The second part is a single piece, navy-blue collared dress, with silver buckles on the lapel and silver chains connecting small buttons on the skirt. The dress is separated by a thick belt of similar color, with a large silver buckle and her ID tag attached to the loops.

Hermann also wears navy-blue cuffed boots and darker blue, almost black leggings, and a dark turtleneck underneath her shirt.

Personality

A renowned scientist and currect Director of a Wing, Hermann is a cunning woman, ruthless to anyone that stands in her way. She appears confident and cold-blooded, maintaining a serene expression and a calm demeanor in most situations.

As a former war-mongerer, she is the one responsible for gene-splicing the hapless feathers of Old G Corp. and ruining countless lives in the Smoke War. She maintains a mocking, yet affectionate relationship with her son and prized experiment, Gregor, whom she used as a poster boy for the war and continues to run his life—even after escaping her clutches.

A patient sort, she is a master manipulator and orchestrates numerous ploys the LCB face on their hunt for the Golden Boughs. Ultimately, she seeks to use their powers to destroy every Mirror World; for what reasons as to why, are currently unknown.

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Trivia

• Hermnann takes her name from Hermann Kafka, the father of Franz Kafka, author of The Metamorphosis, referencing Hermann being based on the father of Gregor Samsa, who was not given a first name in the original book.
  • In The Metamorphosis, the family was horrified by Gregor’s sudden transformation into a monstrous vermin; Mr. Samsa on several occasions attacks Gregor out of fear for his appearance, severely injuring him. During one of these spouts of abuse, Mr. Samsa threw apples at Gregor, lodging one into his back and crippling him. The wound, his other injuries, and his self-starvation eventually leads to Gregor’s death. Even when Gregor was human, his father never really cared for his well being, only seeing him as the family’s main source of income. Franz Kafka largely based the Samsa family on his own, with Mr. Samsa heavily mirroring his own relationship with his father, Hermann.
  • Apples appear as a major motif in Gregor’s chapter, Canto I: The Outcast, often representing Gregor’s trauma relating to the Smoke War and his relationship with Hermann. Most notably, Hermann had Gregor slicing apples with his insectile arm as practice before gutting people for the war, and had Yuri decapitated after she was eaten by the Abnormality, the Golden Apple.
• Hermann's voice actor, Bi Ju-eon (비주언), also voiced Nikolai from Library of Ruina.

External Links

• Hermann (헤르만) - Korean page (Namuwiki)
• Hermann (Герман) - Russian page (Project Moon wiki)