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Philip | Also known as "The Crying Children", he was a Fixer of the Dawn Office, before being broken by his own cowardliness and tragedy, becoming a wax angel Distortion based around fire. Fights using a burnt longsword. |
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Unspeaking Child x 4 | One of the Children that make up the Distortion, representing "Speak No Evil". Its main power in this fight is when enough Burn is stacked, use a different set of Combat Pages. |
The Reverberation Ensemble
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| “ | We are truth seekers and artists, perched on the boundary as we search for an answer. | ” |
–Pluto | ||
The Reverberation Ensemble (잔향악단, Janhyang-agdan) is a mysterious but very powerful Syndicate comprised of Distortions which aims to develop then steal The Library's Light and use it to turn the entire City into Distortions, and overthrow other major Syndicates such as the Fingers, the Wings, and eventually The Head, the Eye, and the Claw themselves. They plan to achieve this by gathering Distortion-related people or items to use in their plan and sending their victims to the Library to grow its Light, making enemies of many prominent City factions in the process. They are the main antagonists in Library Of Ruina.
They are a group of 10 Uninvited Guests that break into the Library, and they cover the second chapter of 
Impuritas Civitatis.
Composition
The encounter with the Reverberation Ensemble is not a singular act, but rather a separate line of invitations from the rest of the game. Each floor of the Library recieves one of the 10 members of the ensemble, sometimes associated by their respective allies. Each member of the ensemble is fixed to appear on a specific floor of the library, similar to Abnormality Battles. Some of these fights can only be accessed once their respective layer is available. Key and Combat Pages are also locked to their respective floor until the entire layer is completed. The reception for the 
Floor of General Works is locked, however, until all other floors have been completed. Key and Combat Pages from the Floors of 
Philosophy and 
Religion will still be locked.
Once started, The Library can no longer burn any books, invite other guests, suppress abnormalities, or fully realize floors. Abnormality fights and floor realizations, however, can be refought from the Credenza tab, which remains unlocked during the Reverberation Ensemble. The reception can be ended at any point if desired, allowing for these functions to be reopened at anytime. This will reset progress made into the Reverberation Ensemble if it has not been fully completed.
- Asiyah:
Floor of History receives The Crying Children, which consists of Philip and 4 Unspeaking Children.
Floor of Technological Sciences receives The Church of Gears, which consists of Eileen and up to twelve Gear Worshippers.
Floor of Literature receives The Eighth Chef, which consists of Greta and 3 Fresh Meats.
Floor of Art receives The Musicians of Bremen, which consists of Bremen, Mrs. Mermaid, a Gear Worshipper, and 2 regular Puppets.
- Briah:
Floor of Natural Sciences receives The 8 o'Clock Circus, which consists of Oswald, Mr. Knife, and Mrs. Mermaid.
Floor of Language receives L'heure du Loup, which consists of Tanya alone.
Floor of Social Sciences receives The Puppeteer, which consists of Jae-heon, Puppet Angelica, a Weighty Puppet, a regular Puppet, and a Nimble Puppet.
- Atziluth:
Floor of Philosophy receives The Blood-red Night, which consists of Elena and The Vermilion Cross.
Floor of Religion receives Yesterday's Promise, which consists of Pluto, accompanied by 4 (and potentially more) Shades copied after the floor's Librarians.
- Final Reception:
Floor of General Works receives The Blue Reverberation, which consists of a duel battle pitting Argalia against Roland.
Guests
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Eileen | Also known as the leader of the Church of Gears, Eileen grafts gears made of purpose-seeking people onto herself to increase her mind and body. Fights by issuing orders to her Gear Worshipers and 'Smoke'. |
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Gear Worshippers x 12 | Also known as "Meat Gears", they are people who became monstrous cyborgs in an effort to find purpose in the City. They fight using their mechanically enhanced bodies and 'Smoke'. |
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Greta | Also known as "The Eight Chef", Greta is a cannibalistic chef who left her former group, The Eight Chefs, to die off from auto-cannibalism when her interests didn't align with theirs. Fights by using a tenderizing hammer and using "ingredients" to buff herself. |
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Fresh Meat x 3 | Greta's "ingredients", which she will target to buff herself. Will turn unfortunate Librarians into Fresh Meat as well to replenish her stock with her Combat Page "Into the Sack You Go!". If a Librarian is turned into Fresh Meat, they can be staggered to release them. |
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Bremen | The Musicians of Bremen were once three separate people known as "Doodle-Doo, Heehaw, and Woof" who were inspired by the music of the Pianist to replicate it. They left their Syndicate behind to follow Argalia and merge into a Distortion to achieve "yet grander debauchery". Fights by using horns coming out of their body, and each head has their own method of fighting. |
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Mrs. Mermaid | Member of the Eight O'Clock Circus based around singing. |
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Gear Worshipper | Also known as "Meat Gears", they are people who became monstrous cyborgs in an effort to find purpose in the City. They fight using their mechanically enhanced bodies and 'Smoke'. |
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Puppet x 2 | The basic version of a Puppet, victims turned into creatures with their sentience intact, but no free will, and commanded by The Puppeteer. |
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Oswald | Also known as the 8 o'Clock Circus's Ringmaster, Oswald is a clown-based Distortion born from a lonely man with an overactive imagination, heading a circus full of "friends" that were people he broke and turned. |
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Mr. Knife | Member of the Eight O'Clock Circus based around throwing knives. |
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Mrs. Mermaid | Member of the Eight O'Clock Circus based around singing. |
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Tanya | Also known as "L'heure de Loup", Tanya is a wolf-based Distortion obsessed with strength, feared in the Backstreets as a terrifying warrior. In combat, she mainly uses punches and kicks powered by brute force. |
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Jae-heon | Jae-heon is a Distortion based on turning people into controllable puppets, aptly called "The Puppeteer." They once were a technician who lost his son to a roller and became obsessed with weaving, believing he could bring him back. Despite his pleas, his efforts would be destroyed by Roland. His fighting style includes commanding and buffing his puppets in combat. |
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Puppet Angelica | The Puppeteer's "magnum opus"; the Puppet version of Angelica, created from the combined efforts of Jae-heon and Elena. |
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Weighty Puppet | The strong version of a Puppet, victims turned into creatures with their sentience intact, but no free will, and commanded by The Puppeteer. |
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Nimble Puppet | The fast version of a Puppet, victims turned into creatures with their sentience intact, but no free will, and commanded by The Puppeteer. |
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Puppet | The basic version of a Puppet, victims turned into creatures with their sentience intact, but no free will, and commanded by The Puppeteer. |
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Elena | Also known as "The Blood-red Night", she is a Bloodfiend and serial killer that was once slain by the efforts of Roland and Angelica. She attacks by using her claws, blood manipulation, and issuing orders to her puppet, the Vermillion Cross. |
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The Vermilion Cross | A Colored Fixer that wields a superheated cross as their main weapon. The Vermilion Cross was killed in combat by the Reverberation Ensemble, and is now used as Elena's puppet. |
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Pluto | Also known as "Yesterday's Promise", Pluto is a Distortion whose main power is associated with making contracts which curse any who sign it due to various hidden clauses they contain. In combat, he uses magic to create copies of assistant librarians, bind librarians, and forcing librarians to use unjust contracts which have hidden negative side effects. |
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Shade x 4 | Created by Pluto, they are mimics of the Assistant Librarians, complete with their respective Combat Pages, Key Pages, and Passive Abilities. |
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Argalia | A Colored Fixer known as "The Blue Reverberation" and the conductor of the Reverberation Ensemble. After the loss of his sister Angelica to the Pianist, he seeks the Light to turn everyone in the City into Distortions. He holds a grudge against Roland for failing to protect her. In combat, he uses a scythe to gather "Vibrations". |
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Trivia
- A majority of members in the Reverb Ensemble have some personal connection with Roland:
- Argalia's sister is Roland's wife, thus making him Roland's brother-in-law. He looks down on Roland and seems to blame Angelica's death on him.
- Eileen, Jae-heon, and Pluto were all hurt by Roland before they became Distortions.
- Elena was defeated by Roland and Angelica, losing her rank as a
Star of the City. - Tanya was a member of The Middle, which were caught up in Roland's rampage.
- Philip's closest ones were murdered in the Library, where Roland contributed to their demise.
- Roland killed The Pianist, who was the idol of the Musicians of Bremen.
- Out of the ensemble, Greta and Oswald seem to be the only members without a pre-established relationship with Roland at all, neither directly nor indirect in concerns of personal or factional ties towards him.
- While Oswald does express disappointment towards the death of his crewmates to the Library, he personally seems to hold no ill-will towards the Librarians or Roland in particular at all.
- Due to each member of the Ensemble acting as a narrative foil towards the Patron Librarian they fight, each member becomes associated with one of the ten Qliphoth of the Tree of Death the Sephirot were associated with in Lobotomy Corporation, in both personality and ideals:
- Argalia: Represents Thaumiel/Duality due to his loss/Pianist-music driving him mad, and possessing contradicting reasons for creating the Ensemble. He seeks a world where everyone is freed from "loneliness" by way of turning the entire City into Distortions, but Roland states it's just because he's unable to deal with Angelica's death. Despite holding Roland in contempt for failing to save her, he has Jae-heon and Elena defile Angelica's corpse and turn her into a Puppet, seeing it as "perfected".
- Pluto: Represents Ghogiel/Ignorance due to being a victim of deception thanks to Roland's contract destroying his Office and giving him the nihilistic belief that everything is just a dream, including himself. His powers meanwhile are based around contracts that damn any who sign it due to hidden clauses. Seeks to create a world without lies or deception.
- Elena: Represents Sathariel/Arbitrariness due to being a vampiric serial killer who thirsts for violence to sate her urges and claims herself to be a self-proclaimed victim of racism due to her status as a Bloodfiend, envious over how humans can live as violently and selfishly as they want, while she and her kind are shunned and forced to hide in the dark. Seeks a world where everyone can live according to their desires without difference or discrimination.
- Jae-heon: Represents Agshekeloh/Insensitivity due to being a victim of Roland's rampage, but is guilty of the same things he accuses Roland of, such as turning the first class Warp Train passengers into
Puppets out of a desire to torture them for perpetuating the suffering in the City with their wealth, but also turning unlucky innocents into Puppets as well just because their were in the wrong place and time. Believes that a higher power manipulates the cycle of suffering, reflecting his abilities of turn people into Puppets for him to sacrifice. Wants to create a world where people are freed from their "strings". - Tanya: Represents Golohab/Cruelty due to her Social Darwinistic beliefs, seeing that the strong should abuse their power and trample over the weak, and seeing those who protect the weak as wasting their time. Wants a world based on these beliefs.
- Oswald: Represents Tagiriron/Ugliness due to seeing the world as a cruel place that is impossible to meet any sort of expectation, and believes it is better to just laugh at it instead, wanting a world where everyone can smile and laugh without a care. On a more surface level, the members of his circus are bizarre, patched together monsters who have succumbed to his beliefs.
- Bremen: Represents Gharab Tzerek/Lust due to enjoying their current, horrific and unintelligible form as a Distortion in the name of their "art", even abandoning their other founder Meow to join with the Ensemble and build a world where they can live in hedonism and ecstasy forever.
- Greta: Represents Samael/Greed due to her need to make others suffer for the sake of creating and enjoying the best food, even abandoning her fellow Eight Chefs to die by autocannibalism due to seeing nothing wrong with their choices, so long as they were happy. Her wish is to create a world with "pure and clean ingredients" to hunt in order to replace the "trash" she's been forced to eat.
- Eileen: Represents Gamaliel/Instability due to her slavish devotion to both her Gears and Argalia, and wants a world where everyone can become a gear and have a purpose. In combat, she becomes staggered when her fellow Gear Worshippers are killed.
- Philip: Represents Nehemoth/Materialism due to forgetting everything about his life as a human and Fixer due to the Library and misfortune. Seeks a world of isolation, where people don't need to become better and only care about themselves.
