Nanseul
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Sim Nanseul is a Fixer working at the same Office as Vergilius. He is a major supporting character in Leviathan and is introduced in Book1.
Appearance
Nanseul is a tall man frequently seen wearing a meek expression with short, black, hair worn messily. He has a plain face, and wears a bandage over his left cheek as well as his right temple. He wears a zip-up jacket featuring a wide lapel and an ID card hanging over his left breast, underneath which he wears a white suit, dark tie, and vest. He wears dark pants tucked into similarly dark boots. His hands are wrapped in bandages.
In disguise as an employee of MDM Enterprises, he wears common occupational safety gear consisting of a working vest, a hard hat, and plain cloth worn around his neck.
While he is seen wielding a guandao in concept art, he does not use the weapon in the contents of Leviathan. He does utilize a short blade while in disguise however.
Personality
Nanseul is a quiet and generally calm person, seen joking alongside the rest of his coworkers, caring about them deeply. He carries himself meekly, typically quietly sinking behind the more eccentric members of their group. In his care for others, he devalued himself enough to work as a secret agent of Jumsoon, betraying the Office after his family was threatened. Knowing Vergilius would at least spare his family, he showed a scheming side as he offered his services as a traitor.
Story
Prior to Leviathan
Nanseul, as well as the other members of Vergilius's Office, would have become acquainted to the struggle of affording food to survive, slowly deluding the group to a point of greed, making them willing to harm or abandon others if it means they will achieve a stable life.
Leviathan
Nanseul, alongside the others of Vergilius's Office, are seen celebrating the lead-up to Christmas, cheerfully giving their boss gifts as means to send back to the orphanage he frequently visited, unknowing of the visitors the orphanage would soon have.
At a later date, the group enjoyed drinks and food alongside Garnet, where Nanseul participated in the event, ordering several drinks. Following the recon done on a school and gallery operated by the Ring, he was involved with the plan to rescue Lapis from the Finger, as well as locating the enigmatic Singularity the Finger was believed to be using. In a moment of misguided comfort, Nanseul tried to tell Garnet of the struggles of a Fixer struggling to eat, and how it drives people to points like their collective greed.
Tasked with sneaking into the Ring's facilities via transporting an MDM Enterprises piece of technology alongside Rikako, Nanseul worried dearly about the concept of the machine falling over and breaking; Lan Yen reminded the man that if the machine were to break, he would lose five years of pay, much to his distaste. Inside one of the Ring's laboratories, the disguised duo began to pry the machine open, revealing a fleshy inside and causing violent noises to emanate, which incapacitated anybody into a state of yearning for 'returning home' and 'seeing the sea', something that temporarily effects Nanseul as Rikako continues the work without him. His coworker brings him back to his senses, though quickly abandoned him as she peddles the fleshy inside to Asura, who meekly watched around a corner. A moment later, Nanseul questioned Rikako over what she would do if she were a meandering river meeting a stream to sea, and what she would do in the situation. Told that she doesn't enjoy mingling with others, Nanseul meekly laughed off the answer, expecting something like that.
When the group meets again alongside Garnet, they battle Ring members collectively, making short work of them. While the group briefly discussed the concept of Office camaraderie, Nanseul visibly becomes disillusioned as he ponders things. However, Jumsoon cut this moment short with his arrival to the area. In a sudden rush, and per the Maestro's command, Nanseul stabs Rikako in the back, to her and Garnet's surprise. Though questioned, he referred back to Rikako's past answer to his hypothetical, allowing her to die in front of him. With Jumsoon's word, he flipped a lever which began intensive Refraction experiments on Lapis.
Later, as Vergilius prowled the laboratory, he found Gubo, alongside Aseah and Nanseul. The N Corp. members leave through the Corridor, leaving behind a confused Nanseul, who is confronted by both his former boss and the recently-released Abnormality Schadenfreude, which ran directly towards the man, ready to attack. Dejected as his former boss protects him, he admits that the Ring would have killed his entire family, while Vergilius would only kill him - a difference of matters positive enough for him to have taken the role of a traitor. Dejectedly, he resigns from his life as Schadenfreude attacks him, mincing Nanseul into mere pieces.
As Vergilius concluded the events within the Ring's laboratory, he finds both Rikako's and Nanseul's bodies. He covers Nanseul's minced remains with his coat out of respect for his Officemates.
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