The Library
The Library (Hangul: 도서관, Doseogwan) was the hub for all major events in Limbus Company’s prequel game, Library of Ruina. It replaced the former L Corp.'s Facility X-394, taking the form of a branching tower shrouded in thick fog, and slowly becoming more visible and influential across the City over the course of the game.
It is now located in the Outskirts, while the City bears witness to the randomly strewn "revivals" of many of the guests whom had once fallen there.
Overview
A former Star of the City (And then Impurity of the City, before its expulsion to the Outskirts) which made a name for itself over the course of Library of Ruina. Described as Angela's E.G.O by Zena, the Library was a notable, powerful fortress which thrived off a system of Books and Invitations. While many people would pass through, it acts as a permanent shelter only to Angela, Roland, the X-394 Abnormalities, the Sephirot, and their Librarians.
The Library, during its active period, was incredibly dangerous, as everyone who entered it are never heard of again and are presumably killed. The truth is even worse; once a selected victim is teleported into the Library, their real bodies are actually blackholed and a copy is made in their place, ensuring that they will be inevitably defeated no matter how hard they resist - fighting against the Library is simply a futile cause. On top of that, the Library will only offer invitations during situations where the designated victims have nowhere else to go. This results in many influential personalities vanishing over the course of its activity, leaving the City open to attacks from the Reverberation Ensemble with nobody left to stop them, as all capable opposition are invariably blackholed and presumed dead. Fortunately, imprisonment in the Library might be temporary; if Roland and Angela decide to forgive each other, Angela will voluntarily release all of her victims off from the Library. Some of its former victims such as the Molar Office and Tomerry are still active up to this day.
As of present-day Limbus Company, the Library no longer resides in L Corp. Instead, it lies somewhere in the the Outskirts, following an exile from the City by the Head. Currently, no one else other than the Library-goers and the Head responsible are aware of its location. Characters such as Dante and Don Quixote simply refer to the Library as having suddenly disappeared from its previous location.
Story
The Library was created by Angela following her dissatisfaction with the role she was forced to play by her creator, Ayin, throughout Lobotomy Corporation, and her thirst for knowledge on what makes one human that had grown substantially over a million years. It was formed using the Light that had begun to shine across the City after the Seed of Light Project began to bear fruit. Stopping the spread of Light caused the White Nights and Dark Days and, ultimately, the Distortion phenomenon.
Angela worked together with Roland in order to invite guests, combat them, and turn them into Books. Her intention was to discover what she called the "one perfect book" to attain humanity, and gather back the three days' worth of Light scattered throughout the City to free herself and all the Sephirot and Abnormalities in the Library. Many things happened as they proceeded with this plan: the Light was successfully gathered, Angela managed to attain a human form, and the Library opened a total of ten floors and awakened nine Sephirah, all the while ranking all the way up from a insignificant Canard to a Star of the City.
At the end of Library of Ruina, Angela returns to her form as an Artificial Intelligence after attempting to give herself up for the Seed of Light project but getting pulled out at the last minute by Roland. The Head, under the A.I. Ethics Amendment, would proceed to turn up at the Library in order to wreak havoc for the breaking of City law. Angela and her allies would ultimately get away with simple exile; with this, the entirety of the Library was relocated to the Outskirts.
Angela's time in the Light also released all former guests from the Books they were sealed in, effectively bringing them back to life. However, her incomplete sacrifice would lead to them being randomly scattered throughout the City at random intervals, rather than properly restored. Limbus Company shows Olga, Rain, and Mika, for example, now working for a new Workshop they made in the Backstreets of U Corp, while Tomerry and The Purple Tear appear alive in Leviathan.
Trivia
- In the ending of Library of Ruina, Angela mentions she is likely planning to run the Library in a different manner following their move to the Outskirts. As of Limbus Company, neither whether she reopened the Library nor the difference in management have yet to be revealed.
See also
- The Library - Library Of Ruina wiki