Rufo TF

Rufo is a tall and well-built woman with straight, dark blue, hair, featuring lengthy sidelocks and three white feathers resting on the left side of her head. Her dark complexion is marked with white face paint under her blue eyes and along the bridge of her nose. She wears a dress shirt beneath a suit jacket, and ankle-length skirt, all in the Ring's signature white color. Her left arm and right leg are composed of a chimeric blend of various animals ― including a claw seemingly belonging to a bear, and a large, bird-like foot ― similar to other Fauvists. The seams between the different animals that make up each limb are covered in gold-trimmed strips of cloth decorated with snaking brushstrokes. Atop the left side of her waist hangs a set of polished teeth and blades. She has a large plume of fur for a tail, a white center silhouetted by a pale blue bunch of fur.

Rufo have a stitched-together mask made of a white wolf, decorated with two separate pairs of horns. Its mouth is sealed shut by the same strips of cloth seen on her chimeric limbs.

Rufo is a composed artist sharing sensibilities common of the Ring; somebody willing to reach extreme violence if it becomes necessary for her goals, yet still leaves room available for possible discussion. While she is given instructions to claim Ryōshū from Limbus Company, she initially attempts to do so through convincing the woman to depart on her own terms, before turning to force after being denied. While her view of art is refuted directly to her, she values the use of subjectivity in viewing art.

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The Ring is one of the Five Fingers of the Backstreets, operating with a focus on creating gruesome works of art.

Like the other Fingers, the Ring is one of the most powerful Syndicates in the City, possessing enough influence to rival even the Wings.

The Ring's hierarchy system features at least three major ranks, which do not appear to contain sub-ranks. The ranks are as follows:

Student: The common artist who both submits assignments to the Maestros for grading and grades the work of Ring-affiliated civilians. Docent: A mid-rank, roughly equivalent to a Capo of the Thumb or a Big Sibling of the Middle. Appears to be the rank in charge of hosting art galleries. Maestro: A high-ranking artist. Gives out assignments to the lower ranks and hosts Ring auctions. To earn the title of Maestro, one must have three art pieces that establish them as worthy of the rank.

In addition to member ranks, the Ring also contains at least six sub-sections known as "Schools". The Schools are as follows:

Fauvism: Those who tend to make use of primary colors and complex lines. Known to wear animal masks and create artwork based on animals and Monsters. The School of Fauvism also run animal conservatories that double as galleries, and is noted to be one of the most influential Schools of the Ring. Émile Benoît is a Maestro of the School of Fauvism. Pointillism: Those who tend to make use of small strokes and dots to depict the flow of light. Known to wield paintbrush-like weapons, the School of Pointillism was involved in Mirror experimentation with the help of the researcher Aseah. Jumsoon was a Maestro of the School of Pointillism. Cubism: Those who seek to incorporate abstract three-dimensionality and depth. Corporism: Those who utilize the interaction between human bones and muscles, and the contraction and elongation thereof. It is indicated to be very unpopular among the Ring for its obsession over the human body, which is considered outdated and shallow. Callisto was a Maestro of the School of Corporism. Suprematism: Unknown, but are characterized by their 'pure-bloodedness'. Blaue-Reiters: Unknown, but mentioned by Ryōshū among the Schools of the Ring

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Benoît is an imposing figure draped in primarily white clothing, comprised of robes overlaid over a textured undershirt. Overtop her coat, she wears a boa made up of multiple animal furs and hides stitched together, consisting of the following from bottom left to bottom right: a piece of black striped orange fur; a white feathered wing with darker wings layered beneath; the scales of a blue reptile with spikes protruding; a portion of leopard print fur; a dark colored beast's hide with yellow claws protruding; and the tail feathers of a peacock. Emerging from her back are branching antlers with sharp tips, the ends of the antlers bleached with dark tips. The antlers are draped in colorful cloth with a pixelated texture. Benoît wears a fractured mask that resembles a deer skull, with the same antlers as the ones behind her back. The forehead of the mask features white ornamentation that extends down its front. Rather than typical human legs, she has dark legs with pale hooves.

While entering combat in her gallery, she utilizes an artwork consisting of an oversized pale snake head with rows of sallow teeth behind its massive fangs, large enough to crush Don Quixote in a single attack.

During her days teaching Ryōshū, Benoît wore a mask composed of and resembling a wolf.

Émile Benoît is levelheaded, with an eye for aesthetic perfection based in the merging of beasts. She is highly esteemed among the Ring, with a wide body of Students ready to follow her order no matter the cost. Her mastery of art has garnered her immense popularity, even among outsiders unfamiliar with the Fauvist branch, shocked by the grotesque and fascinating nature of her artworks. Benoît is incredibly capable, with the abilities and organizational force able to harvest the eyes of a Second Kindred for her art, highlighting her success as an artist. Her utilization of her artwork extends to her combative abilities, making use of a massive snake-based piece as an extension of her arm. She has a particular fondness for the forms of beasts, and a recognized air of self-superiority in the subjective field of interpreting their most beautiful aspects.