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   "Anima is a mysterious power source on the Ground. Thoughts and emotions accumulate and turn into Anima energy that causes various phenomena." </quick info>

   "One of these phenomena are the Trash Beasts; hostile creatures who came into being because of the power of Anima accumulating and giving them energy from the trash thrown down from the Sphere." , "Another phenomenon is when a person in the Ground cares for an object, which causes the object to accumulate Anima, turning it into a Vital Instrument. People who possess Vital Instruments are called Givers."

   "Mymo has freverently research Anima and theorizes that Anima that effects their world is brimming with ancient energy from the "Gods". Mymo believes that these energies also help quicken human evolution on the Ground, creating Givers and is the true source of a Giver's power. Despite the common belief that people cultivate their internal Anima with their emotions and beliefs by treasuring an object, Mymo theorizes the primary cause for a person's awakening as a Giver is due to the external exposure from the ancient Anima on the Ground." </anima research>

   "Vital Instrument, or Jinki, are objects powered by Anima. People who use Vital Instruments are called Givers." </quick info>

   "Vital instruments are powered by Anima which is a mysterious power source on the Ground, Anima accumulates and turns into energy and causes various phenomena, Vital Instruments being one of these phenomena. Vital Instrument users are called Givers because they give off anima energy to objects which causes them to awaken."

   "Before becoming a Giver the user has to transform into one by learning to give off Anima, this is usually done by pouring their love and care into an object but this process can be sped up by another Giver supplying Anima Energy to someone else by acting as a catalyst to trigger their awakening, this however only works for those who’ve already built a foundation to be a Giver by using the former method. The only known way of this method being used is through the Watchman Series item 3R."

   "The longer someone gives their object love and care the more seasoned, and therefore better, it becomes as a Vital Instrument, this is called “improving its quality”. The higher an object's quality, the more powerful it becomes, but quality alone won't make the user good in a fight. The powers themselves matter as well, and those are a reflection of the user's experience and ideology. By the time Givers awaken their Vital Instruments, they’ll have enough of an understanding of their object to know what abilities it’ll have, even if they’ve awakened it for the first time."

   "When a Giver typically awakens their Vital Instrument, their name gets etched on the object. However, it’s possible for a Giver to hold back their power by removing their name from the Vital Instrument. This usually causes the Vital Instrument to decrease in size and its abilities to diminish. Jabber Wonger usually awakens Mankira without the name due to the immense power it grants him. Because of Jabber’s personality, he chooses to hold back so as not to make battles too easy. Another reason a Giver may hold back their power is to avoid the potential recoil caused by using their Vital Instrument’s abilities. For example, Semiu Grier’s Vital Instrument, Eyes, would cause her to go blind if she were to use it at full power for too long. Aside from this, it’s possible to subconsciously hold back a Vital Instrument, as seen in Amo Empool’s case. Having grown up hiding her feelings to survive, she instinctively restrains her power."

   "There exists two types of Vital Instrument; Attacker and Defender. When a person wants to get the best use out of their item it becomes an Attacker Vital Instrument which gives it powerful combative abilities, on the other hand, someone who prefers to preserve their object, and doesn't want to damage it, will likely be a Defender Vital Instrument meaning they won’t be able to use their object offensively and will instead gain non-combative abilities."

   "Succession is an even rarer ability to manifest in an object. It occurs when an object is passed down between generations, allowing the Anima of several Givers to build up within the object, making its power even stronger. Those who receive a Succession-type Vital Instruments are typically referred to as "Natural Givers", capable of using the abilities of their Vital Instrument straight away, as opposed to normal or aspiring Givers who have to hone and take care of an object. This is the case with the Pen Vital Instrument of the Spellcasters of Canvas Town."

   "Cleaners: One of the largest groups of Givers are the Cleaners. This is a public organization made up of around 100 individuals who handle requests made by citizens of the Ground to "clean up" Trash Beasts who disturb their area. Groups which respond consist of a singular Combatant Cleaners and a maximum of four Supporter Cleaners, the former being relied upon to finish off the Trash Beast while the latter make it easier for them. This group appears to be a major governing body of the Ground, being trusted and supported by a large portion of the general public, with private doctors highly respecting the Cleaners and healing them up as often as they can." , "Raiders: Another rising group of Givers are known as the Raiders. The group originally started committing petty crimes and small thefts before getting involved in larger crimes. The group is now actively opposing the Cleaners, and they especially seek to learn more about the Sphere, and the border one crosses when dropped from it." , "Vianders: A group of Givers who specialize in cooking, especially desserts, due to the bad environment of the Ground it’s difficult to produce food but the Ground has a good supply thanks to the Vianders."

   ""Jinki" can be translated in many different ways, a few examples include: "Sacred Treasure", "Imperial Regalia", "Vessel", "Tool" and "Armes Humanes" (meaning "Human Weapon")."

   "Trash Beasts are creatures that exists on the Ground. Their bodies are made of waste products and were given life via the power of Anima." </quick info>

   "Anima is a mysterious power source seemingly made of literal thought and emotion, which accumulates and turns into energy, serving as an Anima that causes various phenomena, Trash Beasts are formed from the trash thrown down from the Sphere. The collective thought imbued in their contents gives them life. Since they’re powered by Anima, they can only be defeated by an object with a Anima too such as a Vital Instrument. This shows contrast between the two phenomena, as Vital Instruments, fueled by love and care, serve their human owners with the power they develop, while Trash Beasts, made from things carelessly discarded, lash out against humans."

   "A different variant of Trash Beasts are those who possess cores and can’t be defeated unless their cores are destroyed, they were created by Zodyl Typhon who experimented to create artificial Watchman Series items, his experiments ended in failure however but he discovered that the failed watchman series items could be used as a core and upon giving Vital Instruments to it as offerings it would evolve into an imitation trash beast" </Imitation Trash beasts>

   "Trash Beasts bodies are made up of trash, as the name implies. Also as the name implies, they assume the forms of beasts; this can entail abstractly monstrous forms, imitations of living animals, or, occasionally, something based on their components (the remains of an abandoned house form a house-themed Trash Beast with its eyes in place of windows and mouth in place of a door, for example.)"

   "Trash Beasts’ main habitats are the Polluted zones on the ground, since these areas contain the trash they're born from. They are seemingly animalistic, although this can be attributed to the undirected emotion imbued into them by the thoughts their components were exposed to. They lash out and attack most humans they come across (although likelihood of provocation and means of attack vary by Beast) and sometimes even break into towns,[4] making them a public hazard. Once killed, or "cleaned up" by a Vital Instrument, smaller pieces of debris tend to crumble and blow away shortly after death. Provocation of Trash Beasts varies by beast, but is generally rather easy to do. Examples of triggers for attacks include entering their territory, making them feel threatened, or loud noises, but some attack on sight. The reason for this aggressive behavior, beyond animalistic instinct and the undirected negative thought imbued into them, is largely unknown. Perhaps it's spite or resentment from being discarded, perhaps something else... it's unknown, as the series primarily uses Trash Beasts as plot devices, fodder enemies to be fought and killed, and thus their hypothetical psyche is not explored." </Habits and Behavior>

   "Trash Beasts are known to only form in the Ground, this could possibly be due to thought (the power system, not the brain function,) not existing in sufficient concentrations elsewhere, as Rudo wasn’t able to use 3R’s abilities in the Sphere despite it being a vital instrument." </More info>

   "The description of the scorpion Trash Beasts encountered in Penta as "dumb" implies that other Trash Beasts are at least intelligent enough to make the scorpions seem less intelligent by comparison." </interesting info>

   "The first trash beast found by Rudo in No Man's Land. It was cleaned up by Enjin, aggressive, sensitive to sound, but blind" , "Gazelle Trash Beasts: A herd of 'docile' trash beasts that resemble gazelles. They were cleaned up by Riyo Reaper. Weak, more an obstacle than a threat to Cleaner Givers. Still can hurt normal civilians" , "Bull Trash Beasts: A larger, more violent herd of trash beasts that resemble bulls They were cleaned up by Riyo Reaper." , "Box Cutter Trash Beast: The largest trash beast of the group (said group being the herd of gazelle and bull beasts.) Was actually an experiment by Zodyl Typhon to recreate the Watchman Series. It is powered by a Boxcutter Vital Instrument, which vaguely explains the scored melee growths on its snout and jaw. It can control the steel cables that compose its hair, revealed after Riyo gave it a buzz cut with her Vital Instrument as a taunt. It was cleaned up by Riyo Reaper." , "Scorpian Trash Beast: A group of about 6 Scorpion-like Trash Beasts found in Penta. Notable features included four expressive electronic screen eyes and a crane hook for a stinger, bent too straight to hook anything. Noted to be dumber than the average Trash Beast. They were cleaned up by Team Akuta." , "Trash Storm Beast: The second of Zodyl's Watchman experiments. This trash beast was the size of a town and housed inside it multiple large rooms for battle. It was powered by 4 Vital Instrument's, one originally used for protection, as well as Amo's boots. It had wings, though it couldn't fly on it's own, and instead used the winds of the Trash Storm to reach the border as apart of Zodyl's new experiment. It was cleaned up by Rudo, Enjin and Riyo." , "Trash Beast Cheetah: Consisting of a herd of hundreds, these machine part-based, leopard-like Trash Beasts chased the Cleaners and Kuro in their game of tag. They were cleaned up by Rudo." , "King of Tori: The only Trash Beast given a title, The King of Tori is the one singular Trash Beast found fixed in a lake in Tori. It was protecting Rudo's ancestors final will, and has their cloak as part of its body. It was cleaned up by Rudo." , "House Trash Beast: An abandoned house in Kremmos Village eventually formed into a Trash Beast, using its dust to choke the villagers. After sending out two little pigs to attack Rudo, the house itself eventually formed into a trash beast, almost killing Follo. Following his awakening as a giver, Follo cleaned up the Trash Beast." , "Reindeer Trash Beast: A large trash beast resembling a reindeer that attacked the North Ward. Appears more organic than most, possibly uses an actual deer skeleton as a base (perhaps a hunter took the meat and discarded the skeleton, an act of waste viewed as disrespectful to the slain animal in some cultures. This would likely charge the bones with enough negative thought to form a Trash Beast more quickly, hence the notable lack of trash mass on its body.) It was cleaned up by a rookie Zanka." , "Frog Like Trash Beast: A large trash beast resembling a frog. Was the first trash beast Follo ever saw. It was cleaned up by Enjin and Riyo." , "Serpent Trash Beast: A serpent like trash beast found in the abandoned Klutess Town. It was cleaned up by Zanka." </noted trash beasts>

   "The Sphere sometimes referred to as Heaven by the people of the Ground, is a floating island in the world’s sky, inhabited by Sphereites, it's where all the trash on the Ground originates." </quick info>

   "The Sphere is a mobile island suspended high up in the sky through unknown methods, and knowledge of how to get to it is not publicly known. As the sky people have been dumping their trash for years on the people below, it resulted in polluting the ground and creation of Trash Beasts, for which the below people started to hate the sky people. Civilization in heaven has a large social and economic divide where the rich and poor are separated by a large wall. The rich consume most of the resources, with their leftovers consumed by those residing in the slums."

   "Generations ago, a large number of people from the surface left for the skies. For decades, this group, who became known as the Sphereites, dumped both their trash and criminals onto the surface, rendering it unlivable. Years later, the people in the Sphere had forgotten a surface existed, and most assumed the ground was an endless darkness. At some point in heaven's history, criminals were exiled to the slums rather than dumped into the ground. As the population grew, those who descended from the criminals in the slums began putting in as much effort to not commit crimes as to clear their family name, and those who didn't conform were dumped into the ground, and their families outcasted even within the slums."

   "Slums: The slums is where the Tribe folk, descendants of criminals, live. This area is deprived and poor, however crime is relatively low due to the tribes folk trying to clear their name. Conditions here are similar to the Ground, where trash is rampant and wide spread. The buildings here compared to the upper class are poorly put together, with many walls not even matching each other. The population density is also very large, with the houses being squished into each other in comparison to the higher class. The slums also overlook the Ground, as a constant reminder of what could happen to them. Residents: Spherites, Regto, Chiwa, Rudo (Previously)" , "Upper Class: This is the richer section of the Sphere. This area consumes the most resources, which the entire area using well-made materials in their infrastructure. The houses here are large, almost mansion-like compared to the slums. Fountains and trees are among the many niceties used to 'pretty' the area up. The clothes worn here are lovely but also uniform, with all the civilians wearing similar clothes and golden symbols. The civilians also note the 'tackiness' of the clothes worn by tribe folk. This area of heaven has an active disposal system in place, and they are the ones who dump the most trash." , "Waste Collection Site: All the waste dumped by the Spherites eventually ends up here via trucks and pipes, where it is stored until it is eventually dumped into the ground via large pipes under the island. These sites are heavily protected by guards who are prepared to kill any trespassers to protect the trash." , "Regto's Home: The small home in which Regto and Rudo lived. Was made with stone on the bottom half, no door, but a curtain partition, was considered Rudo's room and filled with things he likes, mostly fixed up trash. The upper half is a metal sheet box with wooden stairs leading to a door that opens inwards. The inside of the upper half is more homely, decorated to be like a living room with a kitchenette on the back wall." </>

   "It is unknown how the Spherites are able to consistently dump such large amounts of trash, as full shots of the island show that there's very little land left to be used for production of anything." , "Similarly to the Cleaners, the guards of heaven are branded with their own symbol, which consists of a crescent surrounding a dot, forming what looks like a human sticking their hands up." , "The clothes the people of heaven wear are also very similar. Almost every person wears white clothes, typically featuring poofy collars and are coated in patterns of gold."

   "Apostles are a group in the Sphere. They’re the Authoritative force of the Sphere." , "Apostles are the force of the Sphere, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order." , "All Apostles have been seen wearing the same dress code, which includes a uniform, thick pants, and a hat with the Heaven Symbol." , "Only people born on the Sphere know what Apostles are" , "No one on the Ground knows what Apostles are"

   "The Tribe Folk refers to the Sphereites living in the slums who are thought to be descendants of criminals." , "Origin: The origin of the terminology is not known, as the slum folks are not heard referring to themselves as a tribe. The city people and the slum folks apparently live together on the same floating landmass. It is not confirmed whether they are a group of people who migrated at some point of time before the story" , "Prejudice: The people who live in the city condescendingly call the poor people from the slums as tribe folk or "filths". They regard the tribe folk as disgusting and do not want them crossing over to the city. Most of the people caught red-handed and dropped into the Pit are individuals originating from the slums. As a result, people in the city only see those living in the slums as descendants of criminals and see them as outsiders. Whenever a crime happens, the people tend to believe it must be another tribe folk." </tribe folk>

   "Spherites are humans who live on the Sphere. They are descendants of people who originally lived on the Ground but later left for the sky, dumping their trash to the Ground, hence the harsh conditions." , "Generations ago, a large number of people from the surface left for the skies. For decades, this group, who became known as the Sky People, dumped both their trash and criminals onto the surface, rendering it unlivable. Years later, the people in heaven had forgotten a surface existed, and most assumed the Ground was an endless darkness. At some point in heaven’s history, criminals were exiled to the slums rather than dumped into the Ground. As the population grew, those who descended from the criminals in the slums began putting in as much effort to not commit crimes as to clear their family name, and those who didn't conform were dumped into the Ground, and their family was outcasted even within the slums. The Sky People are split into two groups: The Tribe Folk & The Nobility. There is a high level of classism in the Sky People's Society, with the rich taking items for granted and regarding them as trash, while the people of the slums use that trash for their daily lives. The Sky People dump all of their trash into the Ground and will even include criminals as trash, throwing them to their death on the surface." , "History: Generations ago, the sky people began to dump their large amounts of trash onto the surface, now known as the Ground. This caused the surface to become polluted, and trash beasts began to spawn from the waste. The sky people soon forgot about the surface, assuming the Ground was simply a huge dumping site. At the start of heaven’s history, criminals were simply banished to the slums as opposed to the Ground. Generations later, the slums became filled with the descendants of said criminals who needed to remain in line and not commit crimes to clear the slums' name, and they began to actively outcast members of the slums who committed crimes, such as Rudo Surebrec’s parents. When the slums became too full to exile criminals anymore, the sky people began dropping people into the Ground."

   "The Ground, referred to as the Pit by the Spherites, is the surface of the world, a wasteland with a mostly toxic environment infested with Trash Beasts due to the constant downpour of trash from the Sphere. It’s inhabited by humans called Groundlings." </quick info>

   "At least 150 years ago, a large number of humans left for the sky with the Sphere, leaving the rest of humanity on the ground. Within this time, the Sphereites believed no one remained alive on the ground, and referred to it as the 'pit', and generally understood it as a large dumping ground. Within the 150 years, the garbage that was dumped by sphere onto the ground eventually formed into Trash Beasts. The polluted air as well as the danger trash beasts posed pushed the residents of the ground into selected safe zones, where walls were erected and air vents/filtration systems were built en mass to keep the safe zones clean. The level of pollution changed much of the grounds environment. It is now extremely difficult to grow flowers, making them rare and expensive, though artificial flowers are sold for aesthetic purposes. Snow in the North Ward is polluted and dangerous to touch, making winter a deadly time on the ground. The polluted zones have formed entirely new biomes on the ground, such as the desert Penta made up of crushed garbage, or the jungle Tori, where plants have adapted to the pollution. Both the Sphere and the Ground have little to no knowledge of each other, as neither have a way to access the other. Information regarding the relationship between the two on the ground has been censored or erased. However, clues do remain to its history. Macaca Icol's mural in Canvas Town highlights the 4 symbols of his best friends, one including Canis Surebrec, the creator of the Watchman Series. Currently several loosely scattered clues left by Canis tell the history of the ground. Canis left his final will in Tori, guarded by the King of Tori, which entailed that he failed to stop 'them' and could only 'bury the humans'. Canis knew Kuro, who at some point begged Canis to 'not go'. Canis himself is hinted to be capable to travelling between the Sphere and the Ground, leaving his gloves and book on the sphere. Furthermore, the Watchman Series is named after The Watchman, or vice versa."

   "On the ground, information is its own form of currency. No one provides information for free, and it's usually exchanged for either money, a task, or for more information. Kuro was known as a reliable information broker, though was rather eccentric and would have the price for his information vary, asking Rudo for a game of tag in exchange for his goods. Mymo provides his information on news and weather for free via broadcasts. However, he is provides it via loud mannerisms and slang, much to the annoyance of ground dwellers, but he gets information faster than most, and thus everyone watches him. Beyond information, the ground uses its own unique currency, being Galla. One cone of ice cream costs 70 Galla. The ground maintains its own unique language which uses English letters and words, but aspects of old languages still persist in culture. Enjin's name stems from an 'ancient language' on the ground, and August uses Spanish words on occasion. Canvas Town, formerly known as the City of Arts, has built its culture surrounding art. Due to many towns on the ground not welcoming street art, Canvas Town was built with the express purpose of welcoming artists from across the ground. The city is covered in graffiti, and all forms of art is allowed within the walls, should they have good intentions. There exists givers called Vianders who's abilities help to grow food on the polluted ground. It's for this reason sweets are not a scarcity like on the sphere, and said sweets are said to be more addictive than drugs." , "Doll Festival: Similarly to the sphere, the ground has a wealth divide. With safe zones being the only safe places to live comfortably, they become expensive to live in, and people who cannot afford to live in safe zones are pushed into communities that live narrowly on the borders of polluted zones, such as Kremmos Village. Every year the South Ward hosts the Doll Festival, where givers with doll vital instruments come from across the ground to showcase their abilities. This event attracts thousands, and hosts many stalls of food and merchandise. Television and radio exists on the ground, though is mostly seen used for news broadcasts. As opposed to phones, Chokers are more commonly used across the ground for communication, which don't work underground. Chokers provide more private communication with those you have shared blood with, not communication with everyone across the ground, and for this reason, public communication, such as calls to the cleaners, are done via phone."

   "Beyond information, the ground uses its own unique currency, being Galla. One cone of ice cream costs 70 Galla."

   "The ground is broken up into four wards, which hold both safe and polluted zones. Each are quite spread out, with the Southward being a 2 day drive away from the Cleaners Headquarters."

   "There are three different types of Zones in the ground categorized based on how dangerous they are. This is where it's safe for humans to breathe without a mask. Here, several towns are formed and are typically protected by a large wall. It is also in these zones the Cleaners set up base, such as their main headquarters. Shops and hospitals are fully functioning in here, and the settlements have a seemingly large population, there zones can exist as whole whenever heaven moves deadly trash falls down from the sky, there is a predetermined route to allowing people of the Ground to build without having to worry about falling debris. List of Locations: Canvas Town, Kamutari district, Hole Town, Creapye, Kremmos Village, Andio" </Ground Zones>

   "The contaminated zone is the dangerous zones closest to the settlements. Here, Trash beasts form and humans do not survive 15 minutes without a mask. Large amounts of trash can be found here and on occasions, humans scavenging materials and corpses to sell, especially sphereites." </Polluted Zone>

   <No Man’s Land> "No Man’s Land are areas that are the most dangerous and unexplored of the three, with there only being six of them, a human would die almost instantly in these zones, and the Trash beasts that form here are said to be a challenge for even givers to handle. Only three No man’s lands are currently known: Mono, Penta, Tori" </No Man’s Land>

   "The North Ward is the Northern region of the Ground." </quick info>

   "Said to be the place of the ground that's closest to the Sphere, the North Ward is the only place on the ground that experiences snowfall. Due to the nature of the Ground, the snow is toxic and shouldn't be touched, which makes winters in the North Ward especially dangerous. The North Ward town which Follo grew up in has a main entrance, and sirens in order to evacuate people in the case of a Trash Beast appearing. It also had a form of school, as Follo mentioned studying."

   "Follo Tunito (Formerly), Follo's childhood friends."

   "The South Ward, also known as Andio, is the Southern region of the Ground." </quick info>

   "The South Ward is home to the city of Creapye, which is overseen by the Cleaners South Branch, who have their own HQ in the walls of the city. The South Ward is also where the No Man’s Land, Tori is located. Formerly, the Sileia tribe once lived here before their home was destroyed by a Trash Storm 6 years ago. Zanka's hometown of Kamuatari District is located in the south ward. Owned by the Nijiku Family, it is where the Hell Guard, the authority of the Ground, are trained. The South Ward is famous for it's yearly Doll Festival in Shumina where givers with dolls and other toys as Vital Instruments showcase these. August Stilza has attended these yearly since he was zero years old."

   "Kamuatari District is a town located in the South Ward. It’s owned by the Nijiku Family and houses the Central Hell Guard training academy" , "Overview: The Kamutari District is owned by the Nijiku family, it’s buildings have standard Japanese architecture and it seems to have been built inside of a dome with vents built on all sides presumably to purify the air inside from the harsh conditions of the Ground, it’s uncertain where the Kamutari district is located." , "Central Hell Guard training academy: The Central Hell Guard training academy is located in the Kamutari district for the purpose of training potential Hell Guard recruits, the top ranked student at the academy has the right to sit on the “Golden Throne” which signifies their rank as some of the Hell Guard’s greatest" , "The Kamuatari District is famous for it’s Leaf shaped Manju." </Kamuatari District>

   "Creapye is a town in the South Ward that is home to the Cleaners South Branch." , "Overview: Creapye is a large town that is overseen by the Cleaners South Branch. Not much is known about life there, but they have speakers which broadcasts news to the town. Creapye is built upon a large mountain." , "Inhabitants: Mildretta, Meriege, Adderoy Brothers"

   "Andio is a city in the South Ward which hosts the yearly Doll Festival." , "Overview: Located in the South Ward, Andio is built beneath a natural protective cliff in a safe zone, not requiring walls to be constructed around it like other ground cities. The city twists around a central cliff, within which a stadium has been built for public event purposes. The cities entrance hosts a car park for visitors, and stalls and tents are found on the main path to the stadium. Andio is famous for hosting the yearly Doll Festival, where givers with dolls and toys showcase their Vital Instrument. This year the Doll Festival was held on October 31st, Halloween, and featured a surprise performance by Too Lily, and was MC'd by Mymo the News Reporter, who later revealed his plans to use the Doll Festival to begin his plans to become Ruler of the Ground using the Chokers, a plan which the Hell Guard and Cleaners attempted to stop." , "Also called Shumina"

   "Tori also known as The Jungle No Man's Land is one of the six No Man’s Land’s on the Ground." , "Overview: Tori is a jungle, out of all the No man’s Lands it’s the most polluted, there existed an extremely powerful Trash Beast hailed as the “King” of the area that reacts only to sound prior to its defeat at the hands of the Cleaners, the plants that grow in Tori have adapted to the toxic environment, there also exists pillars filled with mysterious shapes and murals."

   "The Sileia were a warrior tribe of women in the southlands of the Ground. They were wiped out six years ago from a trash downpour caused by a Trash Storm which destroyed their hometown and turned it into a polluted zone." , "Overview: Noerde Hew Amozo and Mildretta were members of the tribe before the destruction of their village, caused by a Trash Storm, wiped them out." , "History: The tribe was a proud group of female warriors. From time to time, travelers came and attempted to sweet talk members of the tribe, much to their disappointment. Mildretta says her hometown, where the Sileia lived, was called Seno-Zama."

   "The Hell Guard have authority there, and make use of a torture chamber."

   "The East Ward is the Eastern region of the Ground, and where the Cleaners Headquarters is located." </quick info>

   "The East Ward is home to the Cleaners Headquarters, where Rudo and other Cleaners live when not on jobs. From here, the Cleaners HQ takes and handles jobs around the East Ward.

   Nearby is the city of Canvas Town, a town created by and for artists to create in when their art wasn't welcome elsewhere on the ground. This city is managed by its elected mayor, Gnomulas Ridd, but it's icon and face of the town is the Spellcaster, the owner of the Pen, currently Remlin Tysark. The city was founded by the first spellcaster, Macaca Icol, friend of Canis Surebrec. Hole Town is found 10 miles next to Canvas Town, and its famous for its ink which is produced by oil in the rocks. Genia is a larger province of the East Ward which is largely a polluted zone, with Klutess Town having to be abandoned due to expanding pollution and threat of trash beasts. Some residents of Genia have been pushed to the edge of the region, residing on cliffs for their safety from trash beasts. This is also due to residents not having the funds to live in safe zones. One such case is Kremmos Village, who's village got infested with a Trash Beast and the residents had to flee. Mono, a No Man’s Land, is found in the East Ward, and was place where Rudo landed after falling from the Sphere."

   "Cleaners Headquarters also known as Cleaners HQ. It is where Cleaners convene to spend their free time and be debriefed on a new mission. It is found in the East Ward of the Ground" , "Overview: The Cleaners headquarters is a large, heavily defended building. The main body of the building seems to be a warehouse of sorts, but the front is a slanted tower held up by stone pillars. A slide loops around said tower. At the front of this tower is a large Cleaner symbol. Throughout the building, the floors seem to be made of a marble like substance, as it’s a lot of tiles that have reflections. In the HQ, the boss has his own private office. Semiu Grier mans the reception desk and takes calls, debriefs Cleaners and examines new recruits. There are private rooms and bars for parties and rest." </Cleaners Headquarters>

   "Canvas Town also known as The City Of Graffiti formerly known as The City Of Arts is a city in the East Ward of the Ground that was built for the purpose of attracting artists to one location. The city promotes the creation of art, hence the name." , "Overview: When the Ground began to become an huge abandoned area, graffiti artists became widespread, drawing up art all across the Ground. Due to people not thinking well of it, the city was built under the name The City Of Arts in order to attract artists, and promoted the drawing of art. The city was constructed as a dome in order to protect from the endless amount of falling trash. Within the city there is a rare type of generational Vital Instrument, which has passed down from user to user in the city for generations. This jinki has been used to create charms for the Cleaners and protect the city. At some point in its history, the cities name was changed from The City Of Arts to Canvas Town." , "Inhabitants: Macaca Icol (Formerly), Gob (Formerly), Gnomulas Ridd, Remlin Tysark" </Canvas Town>

   "Hole Town is a town located in the East Ward of the ground" , "Overview: Hole Town is famous for it’s ink, there is a special oil that comes bubbling out of the holes in the rocks, they then process it and make it into an ink that lasts a long time. The town also has a lot of distractions for kids and active kidnappers so it’s said that kids who wander without adults is like asking to be kidnapped." </hole town>

   <Alice's Clinic> "Alice's clinic is in this ward" </Alice's clinic>

   "Kremmos Village is a village located on the edge of Genia in the East Ward." , "Overview: Due to living on the edge of a polluted zone, and many in the village not being able to afford living in safe zones, Kremmos Vilage has been forced to live precariously on the edge of a cliff, in an effort to keep trash beasts out." </Kremmos Village>

   "After his fall from the Sphere, Rudo landed in Mono, it’s a large wasteland filled with garbage and Trash Beasts who mainly react to sounds."

   "Penta also known as The Desert No Man's Land is one of the six No Man’s Land’s on the Ground." </quick info>

   "Being a No Man’s Land, Penta is incredibly toxic, receiving the most waste dumped down from the Sphere, a majority of this waste turns to dust, giving the area a sandy, desert-like appearance. Said dust is primarily rust-red, implying at least a surface composition consisting mostly of metal waste. The region is further characterized by its extreme temperatures and relentless winds and the area is filled with dangerous Trash Beasts. The Cleaners require teams consisting of at least five Givers to go on a mission safely to the area, additionally aided by full face masks to protect... well, their full face. It's a desert full of rust filings and aerosolized garbage, nobody wants that in their eyes."

   "Penta, in addition to being filled with garbage fumes, desiccated rot, microplastics and everything else you would expect from a desert of trash, is most notably very heavy in metal. The sand is mostly rust, and the Trash Beasts inhabiting it are mostly comprised of broken electronics and damaged industrial equipment. The powdered trash fills the air near-constantly like a sandstorm, irritating lungs and eyes in the short term and being highly toxic during long-term exposure. Additionally, the heat from the sun is absorbed and radiated aggressively by the metal-based sand, resulting in elevated temperatures throughout the area." </Environmental Dangers>

   <Local "Wildlife"> "Penta is said to be swarming with dangerous Trash Beasts, likely more powerful due to the abundance of industrial machinery to integrate into their forms. However, since the dust has buried or eroded the bulk of the surface garbage, the Trash Beasts typically hide under the ground. It is mentioned that there could be large swarms hiding underfoot, perhaps a nest of sorts, but this is not explored." </Local "Wildlife">

   <Amo’s House> "Amo's House is a tower located in the No Man’s Land, Penta, it’s formerly inhabited by Amo." , "Overview: Amo's House is a large round tower in Penta. Stairs go around the entire building inside, and rooms feature on each floor in the center. The first floor room is locked by chains, and a 'fancy' living room is at the top, which houses a large amount of items. The top of the tower, now Amo's bedroom, was originally used for a 'ceremony', and is noted as being the closest to the Sphere." </Amo’s House>

   "The Border is the space between clouds that separate Ground and the Sphere. The only known being that resides there is The Watchman." </quick info>

   "The Border is practically an empty space in the sky, separated by two layers of clouds. The only known inhabitant is The Watchman. It's said that the reason why people from the Ground mostly give up on getting to Sphere, and why all of the Sphereites that fall into the Ground die, is because a majority of people die in the Border."

   "Even though it is commonly believed that there is no way to pass the Boundary alive, there is a method. The deadly effect of the Boundary is seemingly not working or greatly weakened in Polluted Zones. All of the known people who pass the Boundary alive do so by falling into or flying from a Forbidden Zone." </Passing the Boundary>

   "Rudo, after execution, was thrown into the Ground but was able to survive by falling into a Forbidden Zone." , "The "Angels" were able to fly from Penta, more specifically from Amo's House. to get to the Sphere. After a few months (practically the same time that Rudo got to the Ground), they came back to the Ground." </People that successfully pass Border>

   "Noerde, after getting sucked out from the aberrant beast she saw The Watchman in her final moments, wishing to warn Zodyl that if he goes beyond the border, everything that’s precious to him will be taken away, seemingly getting killed shortly after." </People failed to pass the Border>

   "Anima is a mysterious power source on the Ground. Thoughts and emotions accumulate and turn into Anima energy that causes various phenomena." </quick info>

   "One of these phenomena are the Trash Beasts; hostile creatures who came into being because of the power of Anima accumulating and giving them energy from the trash thrown down from the Sphere." , "Another phenomenon is when a person in the Ground cares for an object, which causes the object to accumulate Anima, turning it into a Vital Instrument. People who possess Vital Instruments are called Givers."

   "Mymo has freverently research Anima and theorizes that Anima that effects their world is brimming with ancient energy from the "Gods". Mymo believes that these energies also help quicken human evolution on the Ground, creating Givers and is the true source of a Giver's power. Despite the common belief that people cultivate their internal Anima with their emotions and beliefs by treasuring an object, Mymo theorizes the primary cause for a person's awakening as a Giver is due to the external exposure from the ancient Anima on the Ground." </anima research>

   "Vital Instrument, or Jinki, are objects powered by Anima. People who use Vital Instruments are called Givers." </quick info>

   "Vital instruments are powered by Anima which is a mysterious power source on the Ground, Anima accumulates and turns into energy and causes various phenomena, Vital Instruments being one of these phenomena. Vital Instrument users are called Givers because they give off anima energy to objects which causes them to awaken."

   "Before becoming a Giver the user has to transform into one by learning to give off Anima, this is usually done by pouring their love and care into an object but this process can be sped up by another Giver supplying Anima Energy to someone else by acting as a catalyst to trigger their awakening, this however only works for those who’ve already built a foundation to be a Giver by using the former method. The only known way of this method being used is through the Watchman Series item 3R."

   "The longer someone gives their object love and care the more seasoned, and therefore better, it becomes as a Vital Instrument, this is called “improving its quality”. The higher an object's quality, the more powerful it becomes, but quality alone won't make the user good in a fight. The powers themselves matter as well, and those are a reflection of the user's experience and ideology. By the time Givers awaken their Vital Instruments, they’ll have enough of an understanding of their object to know what abilities it’ll have, even if they’ve awakened it for the first time."

   "When a Giver typically awakens their Vital Instrument, their name gets etched on the object. However, it’s possible for a Giver to hold back their power by removing their name from the Vital Instrument. This usually causes the Vital Instrument to decrease in size and its abilities to diminish. Jabber Wonger usually awakens Mankira without the name due to the immense power it grants him. Because of Jabber’s personality, he chooses to hold back so as not to make battles too easy. Another reason a Giver may hold back their power is to avoid the potential recoil caused by using their Vital Instrument’s abilities. For example, Semiu Grier’s Vital Instrument, Eyes, would cause her to go blind if she were to use it at full power for too long. Aside from this, it’s possible to subconsciously hold back a Vital Instrument, as seen in Amo Empool’s case. Having grown up hiding her feelings to survive, she instinctively restrains her power."

   "There exists two types of Vital Instrument; Attacker and Defender. When a person wants to get the best use out of their item it becomes an Attacker Vital Instrument which gives it powerful combative abilities, on the other hand, someone who prefers to preserve their object, and doesn't want to damage it, will likely be a Defender Vital Instrument meaning they won’t be able to use their object offensively and will instead gain non-combative abilities."

   "Succession is an even rarer ability to manifest in an object. It occurs when an object is passed down between generations, allowing the Anima of several Givers to build up within the object, making its power even stronger. Those who receive a Succession-type Vital Instruments are typically referred to as "Natural Givers", capable of using the abilities of their Vital Instrument straight away, as opposed to normal or aspiring Givers who have to hone and take care of an object. This is the case with the Pen Vital Instrument of the Spellcasters of Canvas Town."

   "Cleaners: One of the largest groups of Givers are the Cleaners. This is a public organization made up of around 100 individuals who handle requests made by citizens of the Ground to "clean up" Trash Beasts who disturb their area. Groups which respond consist of a singular Combatant Cleaners and a maximum of four Supporter Cleaners, the former being relied upon to finish off the Trash Beast while the latter make it easier for them. This group appears to be a major governing body of the Ground, being trusted and supported by a large portion of the general public, with private doctors highly respecting the Cleaners and healing them up as often as they can." , "Raiders: Another rising group of Givers are known as the Raiders. The group originally started committing petty crimes and small thefts before getting involved in larger crimes. The group is now actively opposing the Cleaners, and they especially seek to learn more about the Sphere, and the border one crosses when dropped from it." , "Vianders: A group of Givers who specialize in cooking, especially desserts, due to the bad environment of the Ground it’s difficult to produce food but the Ground has a good supply thanks to the Vianders."

   ""Jinki" can be translated in many different ways, a few examples include: "Sacred Treasure", "Imperial Regalia", "Vessel", "Tool" and "Armes Humanes" (meaning "Human Weapon")."

   "Trash Beasts are creatures that exists on the Ground. Their bodies are made of waste products and were given life via the power of Anima." </quick info>

   "Anima is a mysterious power source seemingly made of literal thought and emotion, which accumulates and turns into energy, serving as an Anima that causes various phenomena, Trash Beasts are formed from the trash thrown down from the Sphere. The collective thought imbued in their contents gives them life. Since they’re powered by Anima, they can only be defeated by an object with a Anima too such as a Vital Instrument. This shows contrast between the two phenomena, as Vital Instruments, fueled by love and care, serve their human owners with the power they develop, while Trash Beasts, made from things carelessly discarded, lash out against humans."

   "A different variant of Trash Beasts are those who possess cores and can’t be defeated unless their cores are destroyed, they were created by Zodyl Typhon who experimented to create artificial Watchman Series items, his experiments ended in failure however but he discovered that the failed watchman series items could be used as a core and upon giving Vital Instruments to it as offerings it would evolve into an imitation trash beast" </Imitation Trash beasts>

   "Trash Beasts bodies are made up of trash, as the name implies. Also as the name implies, they assume the forms of beasts; this can entail abstractly monstrous forms, imitations of living animals, or, occasionally, something based on their components (the remains of an abandoned house form a house-themed Trash Beast with its eyes in place of windows and mouth in place of a door, for example.)"

   "Trash Beasts’ main habitats are the Polluted zones on the ground, since these areas contain the trash they're born from. They are seemingly animalistic, although this can be attributed to the undirected emotion imbued into them by the thoughts their components were exposed to. They lash out and attack most humans they come across (although likelihood of provocation and means of attack vary by Beast) and sometimes even break into towns,[4] making them a public hazard. Once killed, or "cleaned up" by a Vital Instrument, smaller pieces of debris tend to crumble and blow away shortly after death. Provocation of Trash Beasts varies by beast, but is generally rather easy to do. Examples of triggers for attacks include entering their territory, making them feel threatened, or loud noises, but some attack on sight. The reason for this aggressive behavior, beyond animalistic instinct and the undirected negative thought imbued into them, is largely unknown. Perhaps it's spite or resentment from being discarded, perhaps something else... it's unknown, as the series primarily uses Trash Beasts as plot devices, fodder enemies to be fought and killed, and thus their hypothetical psyche is not explored." </Habits and Behavior>

   "Trash Beasts are known to only form in the Ground, this could possibly be due to thought (the power system, not the brain function,) not existing in sufficient concentrations elsewhere, as Rudo wasn’t able to use 3R’s abilities in the Sphere despite it being a vital instrument." </More info>

   "The description of the scorpion Trash Beasts encountered in Penta as "dumb" implies that other Trash Beasts are at least intelligent enough to make the scorpions seem less intelligent by comparison." </interesting info>

   "The first trash beast found by Rudo in No Man's Land. It was cleaned up by Enjin, aggressive, sensitive to sound, but blind" , "Gazelle Trash Beasts: A herd of 'docile' trash beasts that resemble gazelles. They were cleaned up by Riyo Reaper. Weak, more an obstacle than a threat to Cleaner Givers. Still can hurt normal civilians" , "Bull Trash Beasts: A larger, more violent herd of trash beasts that resemble bulls They were cleaned up by Riyo Reaper." , "Box Cutter Trash Beast: The largest trash beast of the group (said group being the herd of gazelle and bull beasts.) Was actually an experiment by Zodyl Typhon to recreate the Watchman Series. It is powered by a Boxcutter Vital Instrument, which vaguely explains the scored melee growths on its snout and jaw. It can control the steel cables that compose its hair, revealed after Riyo gave it a buzz cut with her Vital Instrument as a taunt. It was cleaned up by Riyo Reaper." , "Scorpian Trash Beast: A group of about 6 Scorpion-like Trash Beasts found in Penta. Notable features included four expressive electronic screen eyes and a crane hook for a stinger, bent too straight to hook anything. Noted to be dumber than the average Trash Beast. They were cleaned up by Team Akuta." , "Trash Storm Beast: The second of Zodyl's Watchman experiments. This trash beast was the size of a town and housed inside it multiple large rooms for battle. It was powered by 4 Vital Instrument's, one originally used for protection, as well as Amo's boots. It had wings, though it couldn't fly on it's own, and instead used the winds of the Trash Storm to reach the border as apart of Zodyl's new experiment. It was cleaned up by Rudo, Enjin and Riyo." , "Trash Beast Cheetah: Consisting of a herd of hundreds, these machine part-based, leopard-like Trash Beasts chased the Cleaners and Kuro in their game of tag. They were cleaned up by Rudo." , "King of Tori: The only Trash Beast given a title, The King of Tori is the one singular Trash Beast found fixed in a lake in Tori. It was protecting Rudo's ancestors final will, and has their cloak as part of its body. It was cleaned up by Rudo." , "House Trash Beast: An abandoned house in Kremmos Village eventually formed into a Trash Beast, using its dust to choke the villagers. After sending out two little pigs to attack Rudo, the house itself eventually formed into a trash beast, almost killing Follo. Following his awakening as a giver, Follo cleaned up the Trash Beast." , "Reindeer Trash Beast: A large trash beast resembling a reindeer that attacked the North Ward. Appears more organic than most, possibly uses an actual deer skeleton as a base (perhaps a hunter took the meat and discarded the skeleton, an act of waste viewed as disrespectful to the slain animal in some cultures. This would likely charge the bones with enough negative thought to form a Trash Beast more quickly, hence the notable lack of trash mass on its body.) It was cleaned up by a rookie Zanka." , "Frog Like Trash Beast: A large trash beast resembling a frog. Was the first trash beast Follo ever saw. It was cleaned up by Enjin and Riyo." , "Serpent Trash Beast: A serpent like trash beast found in the abandoned Klutess Town. It was cleaned up by Zanka." </noted trash beasts>

   "The Sphere sometimes referred to as Heaven by the people of the Ground, is a floating island in the world’s sky, inhabited by Sphereites, it's where all the trash on the Ground originates." </quick info>

   "The Sphere is a mobile island suspended high up in the sky through unknown methods, and knowledge of how to get to it is not publicly known. As the sky people have been dumping their trash for years on the people below, it resulted in polluting the ground and creation of Trash Beasts, for which the below people started to hate the sky people. Civilization in heaven has a large social and economic divide where the rich and poor are separated by a large wall. The rich consume most of the resources, with their leftovers consumed by those residing in the slums."

   "Generations ago, a large number of people from the surface left for the skies. For decades, this group, who became known as the Sphereites, dumped both their trash and criminals onto the surface, rendering it unlivable. Years later, the people in the Sphere had forgotten a surface existed, and most assumed the ground was an endless darkness. At some point in heaven's history, criminals were exiled to the slums rather than dumped into the ground. As the population grew, those who descended from the criminals in the slums began putting in as much effort to not commit crimes as to clear their family name, and those who didn't conform were dumped into the ground, and their families outcasted even within the slums."

   "Slums: The slums is where the Tribe folk, descendants of criminals, live. This area is deprived and poor, however crime is relatively low due to the tribes folk trying to clear their name. Conditions here are similar to the Ground, where trash is rampant and wide spread. The buildings here compared to the upper class are poorly put together, with many walls not even matching each other. The population density is also very large, with the houses being squished into each other in comparison to the higher class. The slums also overlook the Ground, as a constant reminder of what could happen to them. Residents: Spherites, Regto, Chiwa, Rudo (Previously)" , "Upper Class: This is the richer section of the Sphere. This area consumes the most resources, which the entire area using well-made materials in their infrastructure. The houses here are large, almost mansion-like compared to the slums. Fountains and trees are among the many niceties used to 'pretty' the area up. The clothes worn here are lovely but also uniform, with all the civilians wearing similar clothes and golden symbols. The civilians also note the 'tackiness' of the clothes worn by tribe folk. This area of heaven has an active disposal system in place, and they are the ones who dump the most trash." , "Waste Collection Site: All the waste dumped by the Spherites eventually ends up here via trucks and pipes, where it is stored until it is eventually dumped into the ground via large pipes under the island. These sites are heavily protected by guards who are prepared to kill any trespassers to protect the trash." , "Regto's Home: The small home in which Regto and Rudo lived. Was made with stone on the bottom half, no door, but a curtain partition, was considered Rudo's room and filled with things he likes, mostly fixed up trash. The upper half is a metal sheet box with wooden stairs leading to a door that opens inwards. The inside of the upper half is more homely, decorated to be like a living room with a kitchenette on the back wall." </>

   "It is unknown how the Spherites are able to consistently dump such large amounts of trash, as full shots of the island show that there's very little land left to be used for production of anything." , "Similarly to the Cleaners, the guards of heaven are branded with their own symbol, which consists of a crescent surrounding a dot, forming what looks like a human sticking their hands up." , "The clothes the people of heaven wear are also very similar. Almost every person wears white clothes, typically featuring poofy collars and are coated in patterns of gold."

   "Apostles are a group in the Sphere. They’re the Authoritative force of the Sphere." , "Apostles are the force of the Sphere, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order." , "All Apostles have been seen wearing the same dress code, which includes a uniform, thick pants, and a hat with the Heaven Symbol." , "Only people born on the Sphere know what Apostles are" , "No one on the Ground knows what Apostles are"

   "The Tribe Folk refers to the Sphereites living in the slums who are thought to be descendants of criminals." , "Origin: The origin of the terminology is not known, as the slum folks are not heard referring to themselves as a tribe. The city people and the slum folks apparently live together on the same floating landmass. It is not confirmed whether they are a group of people who migrated at some point of time before the story" , "Prejudice: The people who live in the city condescendingly call the poor people from the slums as tribe folk or "filths". They regard the tribe folk as disgusting and do not want them crossing over to the city. Most of the people caught red-handed and dropped into the Pit are individuals originating from the slums. As a result, people in the city only see those living in the slums as descendants of criminals and see them as outsiders. Whenever a crime happens, the people tend to believe it must be another tribe folk." </tribe folk>

   "Spherites are humans who live on the Sphere. They are descendants of people who originally lived on the Ground but later left for the sky, dumping their trash to the Ground, hence the harsh conditions." , "Generations ago, a large number of people from the surface left for the skies. For decades, this group, who became known as the Sky People, dumped both their trash and criminals onto the surface, rendering it unlivable. Years later, the people in heaven had forgotten a surface existed, and most assumed the Ground was an endless darkness. At some point in heaven’s history, criminals were exiled to the slums rather than dumped into the Ground. As the population grew, those who descended from the criminals in the slums began putting in as much effort to not commit crimes as to clear their family name, and those who didn't conform were dumped into the Ground, and their family was outcasted even within the slums. The Sky People are split into two groups: The Tribe Folk & The Nobility. There is a high level of classism in the Sky People's Society, with the rich taking items for granted and regarding them as trash, while the people of the slums use that trash for their daily lives. The Sky People dump all of their trash into the Ground and will even include criminals as trash, throwing them to their death on the surface." , "History: Generations ago, the sky people began to dump their large amounts of trash onto the surface, now known as the Ground. This caused the surface to become polluted, and trash beasts began to spawn from the waste. The sky people soon forgot about the surface, assuming the Ground was simply a huge dumping site. At the start of heaven’s history, criminals were simply banished to the slums as opposed to the Ground. Generations later, the slums became filled with the descendants of said criminals who needed to remain in line and not commit crimes to clear the slums' name, and they began to actively outcast members of the slums who committed crimes, such as Rudo Surebrec’s parents. When the slums became too full to exile criminals anymore, the sky people began dropping people into the Ground."

   "The Ground, referred to as the Pit by the Spherites, is the surface of the world, a wasteland with a mostly toxic environment infested with Trash Beasts due to the constant downpour of trash from the Sphere. It’s inhabited by humans called Groundlings." </quick info>

   "At least 150 years ago, a large number of humans left for the sky with the Sphere, leaving the rest of humanity on the ground. Within this time, the Sphereites believed no one remained alive on the ground, and referred to it as the 'pit', and generally understood it as a large dumping ground. Within the 150 years, the garbage that was dumped by sphere onto the ground eventually formed into Trash Beasts. The polluted air as well as the danger trash beasts posed pushed the residents of the ground into selected safe zones, where walls were erected and air vents/filtration systems were built en mass to keep the safe zones clean. The level of pollution changed much of the grounds environment. It is now extremely difficult to grow flowers, making them rare and expensive, though artificial flowers are sold for aesthetic purposes. Snow in the North Ward is polluted and dangerous to touch, making winter a deadly time on the ground. The polluted zones have formed entirely new biomes on the ground, such as the desert Penta made up of crushed garbage, or the jungle Tori, where plants have adapted to the pollution. Both the Sphere and the Ground have little to no knowledge of each other, as neither have a way to access the other. Information regarding the relationship between the two on the ground has been censored or erased. However, clues do remain to its history. Macaca Icol's mural in Canvas Town highlights the 4 symbols of his best friends, one including Canis Surebrec, the creator of the Watchman Series. Currently several loosely scattered clues left by Canis tell the history of the ground. Canis left his final will in Tori, guarded by the King of Tori, which entailed that he failed to stop 'them' and could only 'bury the humans'. Canis knew Kuro, who at some point begged Canis to 'not go'. Canis himself is hinted to be capable to travelling between the Sphere and the Ground, leaving his gloves and book on the sphere. Furthermore, the Watchman Series is named after The Watchman, or vice versa."

   "On the ground, information is its own form of currency. No one provides information for free, and it's usually exchanged for either money, a task, or for more information. Kuro was known as a reliable information broker, though was rather eccentric and would have the price for his information vary, asking Rudo for a game of tag in exchange for his goods. Mymo provides his information on news and weather for free via broadcasts. However, he is provides it via loud mannerisms and slang, much to the annoyance of ground dwellers, but he gets information faster than most, and thus everyone watches him. Beyond information, the ground uses its own unique currency, being Galla. One cone of ice cream costs 70 Galla. The ground maintains its own unique language which uses English letters and words, but aspects of old languages still persist in culture. Enjin's name stems from an 'ancient language' on the ground, and August uses Spanish words on occasion. Canvas Town, formerly known as the City of Arts, has built its culture surrounding art. Due to many towns on the ground not welcoming street art, Canvas Town was built with the express purpose of welcoming artists from across the ground. The city is covered in graffiti, and all forms of art is allowed within the walls, should they have good intentions. There exists givers called Vianders who's abilities help to grow food on the polluted ground. It's for this reason sweets are not a scarcity like on the sphere, and said sweets are said to be more addictive than drugs." , "Doll Festival: Similarly to the sphere, the ground has a wealth divide. With safe zones being the only safe places to live comfortably, they become expensive to live in, and people who cannot afford to live in safe zones are pushed into communities that live narrowly on the borders of polluted zones, such as Kremmos Village. Every year the South Ward hosts the Doll Festival, where givers with doll vital instruments come from across the ground to showcase their abilities. This event attracts thousands, and hosts many stalls of food and merchandise. Television and radio exists on the ground, though is mostly seen used for news broadcasts. As opposed to phones, Chokers are more commonly used across the ground for communication, which don't work underground. Chokers provide more private communication with those you have shared blood with, not communication with everyone across the ground, and for this reason, public communication, such as calls to the cleaners, are done via phone."

   "Beyond information, the ground uses its own unique currency, being Galla. One cone of ice cream costs 70 Galla."

   "The ground is broken up into four wards, which hold both safe and polluted zones. Each are quite spread out, with the Southward being a 2 day drive away from the Cleaners Headquarters."

   "There are three different types of Zones in the ground categorized based on how dangerous they are. This is where it's safe for humans to breathe without a mask. Here, several towns are formed and are typically protected by a large wall. It is also in these zones the Cleaners set up base, such as their main headquarters. Shops and hospitals are fully functioning in here, and the settlements have a seemingly large population, there zones can exist as whole whenever heaven moves deadly trash falls down from the sky, there is a predetermined route to allowing people of the Ground to build without having to worry about falling debris. List of Locations: Canvas Town, Kamutari district, Hole Town, Creapye, Kremmos Village, Andio" </Ground Zones>

   "The contaminated zone is the dangerous zones closest to the settlements. Here, Trash beasts form and humans do not survive 15 minutes without a mask. Large amounts of trash can be found here and on occasions, humans scavenging materials and corpses to sell, especially sphereites." </Polluted Zone>

   <No Man’s Land> "No Man’s Land are areas that are the most dangerous and unexplored of the three, with there only being six of them, a human would die almost instantly in these zones, and the Trash beasts that form here are said to be a challenge for even givers to handle. Only three No man’s lands are currently known: Mono, Penta, Tori" </No Man’s Land>

   "The North Ward is the Northern region of the Ground." </quick info>

   "Said to be the place of the ground that's closest to the Sphere, the North Ward is the only place on the ground that experiences snowfall. Due to the nature of the Ground, the snow is toxic and shouldn't be touched, which makes winters in the North Ward especially dangerous. The North Ward town which Follo grew up in has a main entrance, and sirens in order to evacuate people in the case of a Trash Beast appearing. It also had a form of school, as Follo mentioned studying."

   "Follo Tunito (Formerly), Follo's childhood friends."

   "The South Ward, also known as Andio, is the Southern region of the Ground." </quick info>

   "The South Ward is home to the city of Creapye, which is overseen by the Cleaners South Branch, who have their own HQ in the walls of the city. The South Ward is also where the No Man’s Land, Tori is located. Formerly, the Sileia tribe once lived here before their home was destroyed by a Trash Storm 6 years ago. Zanka's hometown of Kamuatari District is located in the south ward. Owned by the Nijiku Family, it is where the Hell Guard, the authority of the Ground, are trained. The South Ward is famous for it's yearly Doll Festival in Shumina where givers with dolls and other toys as Vital Instruments showcase these. August Stilza has attended these yearly since he was zero years old."

   "Kamuatari District is a town located in the South Ward. It’s owned by the Nijiku Family and houses the Central Hell Guard training academy" , "Overview: The Kamutari District is owned by the Nijiku family, it’s buildings have standard Japanese architecture and it seems to have been built inside of a dome with vents built on all sides presumably to purify the air inside from the harsh conditions of the Ground, it’s uncertain where the Kamutari district is located." , "Central Hell Guard training academy: The Central Hell Guard training academy is located in the Kamutari district for the purpose of training potential Hell Guard recruits, the top ranked student at the academy has the right to sit on the “Golden Throne” which signifies their rank as some of the Hell Guard’s greatest" , "The Kamuatari District is famous for it’s Leaf shaped Manju." </Kamuatari District>

   "Creapye is a town in the South Ward that is home to the Cleaners South Branch." , "Overview: Creapye is a large town that is overseen by the Cleaners South Branch. Not much is known about life there, but they have speakers which broadcasts news to the town. Creapye is built upon a large mountain." , "Inhabitants: Mildretta, Meriege, Adderoy Brothers"

   "Andio is a city in the South Ward which hosts the yearly Doll Festival." , "Overview: Located in the South Ward, Andio is built beneath a natural protective cliff in a safe zone, not requiring walls to be constructed around it like other ground cities. The city twists around a central cliff, within which a stadium has been built for public event purposes. The cities entrance hosts a car park for visitors, and stalls and tents are found on the main path to the stadium. Andio is famous for hosting the yearly Doll Festival, where givers with dolls and toys showcase their Vital Instrument. This year the Doll Festival was held on October 31st, Halloween, and featured a surprise performance by Too Lily, and was MC'd by Mymo the News Reporter, who later revealed his plans to use the Doll Festival to begin his plans to become Ruler of the Ground using the Chokers, a plan which the Hell Guard and Cleaners attempted to stop." , "Also called Shumina"

   "Tori also known as The Jungle No Man's Land is one of the six No Man’s Land’s on the Ground." , "Overview: Tori is a jungle, out of all the No man’s Lands it’s the most polluted, there existed an extremely powerful Trash Beast hailed as the “King” of the area that reacts only to sound prior to its defeat at the hands of the Cleaners, the plants that grow in Tori have adapted to the toxic environment, there also exists pillars filled with mysterious shapes and murals."

   "The Sileia were a warrior tribe of women in the southlands of the Ground. They were wiped out six years ago from a trash downpour caused by a Trash Storm which destroyed their hometown and turned it into a polluted zone." , "Overview: Noerde Hew Amozo and Mildretta were members of the tribe before the destruction of their village, caused by a Trash Storm, wiped them out." , "History: The tribe was a proud group of female warriors. From time to time, travelers came and attempted to sweet talk members of the tribe, much to their disappointment. Mildretta says her hometown, where the Sileia lived, was called Seno-Zama."

   "The Hell Guard have authority there, and make use of a torture chamber."

   "The East Ward is the Eastern region of the Ground, and where the Cleaners Headquarters is located." </quick info>

   "The East Ward is home to the Cleaners Headquarters, where Rudo and other Cleaners live when not on jobs. From here, the Cleaners HQ takes and handles jobs around the East Ward.

   Nearby is the city of Canvas Town, a town created by and for artists to create in when their art wasn't welcome elsewhere on the ground. This city is managed by its elected mayor, Gnomulas Ridd, but it's icon and face of the town is the Spellcaster, the owner of the Pen, currently Remlin Tysark. The city was founded by the first spellcaster, Macaca Icol, friend of Canis Surebrec. Hole Town is found 10 miles next to Canvas Town, and its famous for its ink which is produced by oil in the rocks. Genia is a larger province of the East Ward which is largely a polluted zone, with Klutess Town having to be abandoned due to expanding pollution and threat of trash beasts. Some residents of Genia have been pushed to the edge of the region, residing on cliffs for their safety from trash beasts. This is also due to residents not having the funds to live in safe zones. One such case is Kremmos Village, who's village got infested with a Trash Beast and the residents had to flee. Mono, a No Man’s Land, is found in the East Ward, and was place where Rudo landed after falling from the Sphere."

   "Cleaners Headquarters also known as Cleaners HQ. It is where Cleaners convene to spend their free time and be debriefed on a new mission. It is found in the East Ward of the Ground" , "Overview: The Cleaners headquarters is a large, heavily defended building. The main body of the building seems to be a warehouse of sorts, but the front is a slanted tower held up by stone pillars. A slide loops around said tower. At the front of this tower is a large Cleaner symbol. Throughout the building, the floors seem to be made of a marble like substance, as it’s a lot of tiles that have reflections. In the HQ, the boss has his own private office. Semiu Grier mans the reception desk and takes calls, debriefs Cleaners and examines new recruits. There are private rooms and bars for parties and rest." </Cleaners Headquarters>

   "Canvas Town also known as The City Of Graffiti formerly known as The City Of Arts is a city in the East Ward of the Ground that was built for the purpose of attracting artists to one location. The city promotes the creation of art, hence the name." , "Overview: When the Ground began to become an huge abandoned area, graffiti artists became widespread, drawing up art all across the Ground. Due to people not thinking well of it, the city was built under the name The City Of Arts in order to attract artists, and promoted the drawing of art. The city was constructed as a dome in order to protect from the endless amount of falling trash. Within the city there is a rare type of generational Vital Instrument, which has passed down from user to user in the city for generations. This jinki has been used to create charms for the Cleaners and protect the city. At some point in its history, the cities name was changed from The City Of Arts to Canvas Town." , "Inhabitants: Macaca Icol (Formerly), Gob (Formerly), Gnomulas Ridd, Remlin Tysark" </Canvas Town>

   "Hole Town is a town located in the East Ward of the ground" , "Overview: Hole Town is famous for it’s ink, there is a special oil that comes bubbling out of the holes in the rocks, they then process it and make it into an ink that lasts a long time. The town also has a lot of distractions for kids and active kidnappers so it’s said that kids who wander without adults is like asking to be kidnapped." </hole town>

   <Alice's Clinic> "Alice's clinic is in this ward" </Alice's clinic>

   "Kremmos Village is a village located on the edge of Genia in the East Ward." , "Overview: Due to living on the edge of a polluted zone, and many in the village not being able to afford living in safe zones, Kremmos Vilage has been forced to live precariously on the edge of a cliff, in an effort to keep trash beasts out." </Kremmos Village>

   "After his fall from the Sphere, Rudo landed in Mono, it’s a large wasteland filled with garbage and Trash Beasts who mainly react to sounds."

   "Penta also known as The Desert No Man's Land is one of the six No Man’s Land’s on the Ground." </quick info>

   "Being a No Man’s Land, Penta is incredibly toxic, receiving the most waste dumped down from the Sphere, a majority of this waste turns to dust, giving the area a sandy, desert-like appearance. Said dust is primarily rust-red, implying at least a surface composition consisting mostly of metal waste. The region is further characterized by its extreme temperatures and relentless winds and the area is filled with dangerous Trash Beasts. The Cleaners require teams consisting of at least five Givers to go on a mission safely to the area, additionally aided by full face masks to protect... well, their full face. It's a desert full of rust filings and aerosolized garbage, nobody wants that in their eyes."

   "Penta, in addition to being filled with garbage fumes, desiccated rot, microplastics and everything else you would expect from a desert of trash, is most notably very heavy in metal. The sand is mostly rust, and the Trash Beasts inhabiting it are mostly comprised of broken electronics and damaged industrial equipment. The powdered trash fills the air near-constantly like a sandstorm, irritating lungs and eyes in the short term and being highly toxic during long-term exposure. Additionally, the heat from the sun is absorbed and radiated aggressively by the metal-based sand, resulting in elevated temperatures throughout the area." </Environmental Dangers>

   <Local "Wildlife"> "Penta is said to be swarming with dangerous Trash Beasts, likely more powerful due to the abundance of industrial machinery to integrate into their forms. However, since the dust has buried or eroded the bulk of the surface garbage, the Trash Beasts typically hide under the ground. It is mentioned that there could be large swarms hiding underfoot, perhaps a nest of sorts, but this is not explored." </Local "Wildlife">

   <Amo’s House> "Amo's House is a tower located in the No Man’s Land, Penta, it’s formerly inhabited by Amo." , "Overview: Amo's House is a large round tower in Penta. Stairs go around the entire building inside, and rooms feature on each floor in the center. The first floor room is locked by chains, and a 'fancy' living room is at the top, which houses a large amount of items. The top of the tower, now Amo's bedroom, was originally used for a 'ceremony', and is noted as being the closest to the Sphere." </Amo’s House>

   "The Border is the space between clouds that separate Ground and the Sphere. The only known being that resides there is The Watchman." </quick info>

   "The Border is practically an empty space in the sky, separated by two layers of clouds. The only known inhabitant is The Watchman. It's said that the reason why people from the Ground mostly give up on getting to Sphere, and why all of the Sphereites that fall into the Ground die, is because a majority of people die in the Border."

   "Even though it is commonly believed that there is no way to pass the Boundary alive, there is a method. The deadly effect of the Boundary is seemingly not working or greatly weakened in Polluted Zones. All of the known people who pass the Boundary alive do so by falling into or flying from a Forbidden Zone." </Passing the Boundary>

   "Rudo, after execution, was thrown into the Ground but was able to survive by falling into a Forbidden Zone." , "The "Angels" were able to fly from Penta, more specifically from Amo's House. to get to the Sphere. After a few months (practically the same time that Rudo got to the Ground), they came back to the Ground." </People that successfully pass Border>

   "Noerde, after getting sucked out from the aberrant beast she saw The Watchman in her final moments, wishing to warn Zodyl that if he goes beyond the border, everything that’s precious to him will be taken away, seemingly getting killed shortly after." </People failed to pass the Border>

   The Great Seven: There are seven influental figures in the world, called The Great Seven whose deeds are told through many legends.

   Queen of Hearts: Statue Inscription: "A queen who ruled over a maze of roses and brought the rule of law to a chaotic kingdom. Under her strict leadership, no rose was off-color, nor was any playing-card soldier out of step"; The Queen of Hearts was a ruler and jurist of her domain, which was a mazelike garden of roses. She was a strict woman, prioritizing laws and order above everything. However, she also enjoyed tea parties and croquet. If any of her subjects broke a rule, their punishment would be decapitation - because of this, no one dared to defy her. She had a husband, the King of Hearts, who devoutly supported his queen.

   King of Beasts: Statue Inscription: "Through grit and determination, this king of beasts overcame his lesser claim of succession to rule over a vast savanna. He sought equality for all creatures—even those once banished from the realm"; The King of Beasts ruled over the savanna, though he wasn't born into the throne. Instead, he worked hard to earn the position. Once a king, he strived for equal treatment of all animals, as he declared that hyenas would be pariahs no more.

   Sea Witch: Statue Inscription: "A compassionate sea witch who dwelled in a grotto deep beneath the waves. To repent for past misdeeds, she devoted herself to helping troubled souls, guiding even seemingly hopeless romances to a true happy ending."; The Sea Witch lived in an underwater grotto and devoted her life to helping the less fortunate merfolk. She'd help them with anything, from changing their appearance to finding love - that is, if they were willing to pay the price for their wishes. It's said that there were no wishes she couldn't grant. She's most famous for making a shapeshifting potion to give a mermaid human legs so she could be with the man she loved. Such potions are said to be rare even now

   Sorcerer of the Sands: Statue Inscription: "A wise sorcerer of a desert kingdom who used his keen insight to obtain a magic lamp that granted him great power. He supported his king by regularly offering carefully considered words of advice."; The Sorcerer of the Sands used to be an advisor of a sultan. He was smart and capable, who exposed a swindler that was pretending to be a prince and trying to trick the sultan's daughter. In the outcome, the sorcerer got a magic lamp and used its power to become sultan.

   Fairest Queen: Statue Inscription: "The fairest queen of all, and one who was always diligently striving to better herself. She utilized the powerful magic at her command to tirelessly pursue her ideals."; The Fairest Queen was said to be the most beautiful of all across the land. She had a magic mirror she would ask everyday who's the fairest of them all, and when it seemed like her position was threatened, she'd do anything to keep it. It's also said that she was an expert at making poisons, and had vast knowledge in astrology and alchemy

   King of the Underworld: Statue Inscription: "The lord of the Underworld, and guide to the wandering souls of the dead. He carried out his fearsome duties with diligence and care, motivating even the defiant to offer their aid."; The King of the Underworld ruled over a kingdom full of rampant spirits all by himself. He was a forthright person who worked tirelessly and had Cerberus, the Hydra and the Titans at his command. It's also said that he had a temper; his hair turned red when he got mad. He also had a silver tounge, was skilled at small talk and good at negotiating

   Thorn Fairy: Statue Inscription: "A fairy who reigned over a mystical mountain, wielding magical powers that included mastery over storms and thorns. Proud and refined, she cherished solitude even as she commanded her countless minions."; The Thorn Fairy lived on a mythical mountain. She was noble and elegant, and even by the standards of the great seven she had powerful magic and curses. She was able to use magic on a large scale - she covered the kingdom with thorns and commanded storms. She could also transform into a dragon.

   The Prologue covers Yuu and Grim's first two days at Night Raven College.

   Awoken by a strange creature, Yuu finds themself inside a coffin and soon realize the world they're in isn't theirs. Turns out, somehow they enrolled in a magical school by mistake, as Yuu possesses no magical powers. But it seems they won't be going home anytime soon...

   Yuu wakes up in a coffin at Night Raven College with no memory of how they got there. Mistaking them for a student and their familiar, Crowley leads them to the entrance ceremony. However, Yuu cannot use magic and thus cannot be sorted into a dormitory by the Dark Mirror. Crowley attempts to send Yuu back home, but the Dark Mirror cannot send people to a place that does not exist in the world. Grim helps Yuu chase away the prankster ghosts in Ramshackle Dormitory. In order to allow them to continue staying on campus, Crowley decides that Yuu and Grim will become janitors. The next morning, Grim and Ace get into a fight, resulting in them burning the Queen of Hearts statue. Crowley punishes them with window washing after school, but Ace tries to skip out. He is stopped by Deuce, and Grim uses the resulting argument as a chance to escape. While trying to catch Grim, Ace and Deuce break a chandelier powered by a magic crystal. The group is left with no choice but to find a replacement magic crystal at the Dwarf’s Mine if they wish to avoid expulsion. The mine turns out to be inhabited by ghosts and a monster, the latter of which attacks the group for trying to take a crystal. Yuu manages to get the three magic users to work together to trap the monster outside the mine, allowing them to take the crystal. After a harrowing battle, the group returns to the school. Shocked by their success, Crowley rescinds Ace and Deuce’s expulsion and declares that Yuu and Grim will be allowed to attend the school as one student. The day draws to a close, and Grim and Yuu return to their dorm, ready to start the next day as students of Night Raven College.

   Book1 spans several days after Yuu and Grim become students of Night Raven College, featuring the students of Heartslabyul.

   An unexpected visit from Ace wakes Yuu up one night, revealing he ran into trouble with his housewarden by breaking a rule. They decide to help him to correct his mistake, but the situation only gets worse with another rule forgotten...

   In the middle of the night, Ace shows up at Ramshackle’s doorstep and insists on sleeping there because he had been collared by Riddle for stealing a tart. The next morning, Cater ropes Ace, Deuce, Grim and Yuu into painting roses in Heartslabyul, but prevents them from entering the dorm as they have not brought a replacement tart. During lunch, Trey and Cater note that Riddle is the strictest dorm head in Heartslabyul’s history. Ace calls Riddle crazy, but Riddle overhears him and chides them all. Trey offers to help with the baking of the replacement tart, but on the condition that the juniors gather the chestnuts he needs for the Mont Blanc. The next day, Ace brings the tart to the Unbirthday Party, but this upsets Riddle as the Queen of Hearts’ rules forbid bringing a Mont Blanc to the event. Ace argues with Riddle about the rules, leading to the group of first years being kicked out from the dorm. Che’nya recommends that they talk to Trey, who reveals that Riddle grew up under the tutelage of his very strict mother. Ace and Deuce challenge Riddle for the title of dorm leader, but are swiftly beaten. Despite the defeat, Ace tells Riddle that excessive strictness is his problem, and not his mother’s. He then punches Riddle. Emboldened, someone throws an egg at Riddle, but is too afraid to own up to it. Riddle thus collars many of the Heartslabyul students. Ace continues to taunt him, leading to Riddle angrily levelling the rose trees in the garden to run the students through with. Trey overwrites Riddle’s magic, further enraging the dorm leader. In a fit of negative emotions, Riddle overblots. Despite the immense danger, the group fights Riddle and wins, snapping him out of the overblot state. He recalls how his mother laid down many rules for him and punished him for breaking them. Despite accepting that his mother was the most correct, following the rules led him to be lonely. When Riddle wakes up, he admits that he does not care about most of the Queen of Hearts’ rules and wants to spend more time socializing. Several days later, Riddle brings a replacement tart to their do-over Unbirthday Party. He is much more relaxed about the rules, much to everyone’s delight. Meanwhile, Ruggie and Leona are plotting something…

   With the Spelldrive tournament just around the corner, the dorms began their preparations to form teams that will represent them during the competition. However, participating students seem to mysteriously get injured one by one, so Yuu and Grim decide to investigate the matter.

   Ace, Deuce, Yuu and Grim to go lunch after their morning classes before the rush ended, where there was a special food offers happening. Grim acquires a sold-out sandwich that Savanaclaw student Ruggie forces him to trade for something else against his will, secretly using Laugh with Me to make Grim mimic his action.

   At a separate time in the day, there is a Housewarden meeting. Riddle, Leona, Azul, Kalim, and Vil attended in person, Idia attended through a tablet that was his voice was calling from. Idia never attends in person. In the meeting, Crowley suggests retiring the housewarden of Diasomnia from an upcoming spelldrive tournament, by memorializing him in the schools Spelldrive hall of fame. But Savanaclaw Housewarden Leona is against it, joined by Pomefiore’s Housewarden Vil, who says he suspects Crowley of some kind of unconscious bias. It eventually comes down to where the only person for memorializing the housewarden of Diasomnia is Idia, everyone else against the idea.

   Now there is a bunch of students at the school are getting hurt. Crowley decides to ask Yuu and Grim to investigate, promising them a place in the tournament if they succeed, as Grim showed massive interest into Spelldrive after hearing about it and playing a round with the ghosts of Ramshackle.

   Yuu and Grim join with Riddle, Ace, Deuce, Cater to check out different people that have been hurt from the incidents, especially after Trey fell down the stairs. They did come to the conclusion that a magic user was the cause of the injuries. (Ace and Deuce wanted to solve the issue to gain spots in the Heartslabyul spelldrive team). After looking at possible suspects and possible victims of the incidents (Riddle leaving at this point to check on the Heartslabyul dorm for anyone breaking rules), they finally visit Jack from Savanaclaw, but the other students pick a fight and Leona suggests a friendly game of spelldrive, which Jack interrupts, saving the group from further punishment.

   Later that night, Ruggie and Leona talk about their plan to sabotage Diasomnia, Jack eavesdrops on the conversation. Leona notices Jack, and tells him to keep quiet about the plan. Jack confronts Leona who explains he is fighting for the dorm’s best interests, commenting on Jack sounding like his brother. At the same time that night a student with horns goes to Yuu’s dorm, refusing to teach the prefect his name and suggesting that they choose a nickname, expressing disappointment that Ramshackle is no longer abandoned. Grim names the horned student Hornton.

   Realizing that Ruggie is causing the injuries at the school, the group confronts Ruggie but he runs away. They ended up fighting Jack for information in the end. Jack teams up with Yuu, Grim, Ace, and Deuce, telling them the plan Leona and Ruggie had.

   Leona works with Octavinelle Dorm to secure a potion for Ruggie and Savanaclaw students praise Leona, but he says succession is not connected to ability and conquering the school will not fix the real world. Ruggie takes the potion from Leona to cause a stampede of people at the tournament with an enhanced version of "Laugh with Me" from the potion. He appears to take down Malleus and the Diasomnia team.

   At Savanaclaw where Leona and Ruggie were celebrating their new win, they are interrupted by Riddle, Jack, Yuu, Grim, Ace, Deuce, Carter, and members of Diasomnia appear to reveal that Malleus is unhurt, as those injured in the stampede were clones made by Cater’s magic. Leona gives up as they have no chance against Malleus, saying that he was humoring Ruggie and the other students when they talked about their dreams, calling Ruggie a hyena who grew up in a dump and himself a hated prince. Leona’s unique magic dries out everything until it turns into sand, including Ruggie, who is saved by Jack and Riddle. Jack distracts Leona so Riddle can use "Off with Your Head" on him. Lilia tells Leona that he will never contend with a real king like Malleus, resulting in so much negative energy within Leona that he overblots. Ruggie joins the fight siding with Heartslabyul, Yuu, Grim, and Jack to fight overblotted Leona. They won, and saved Leona.

   In a flashback we see Leona feared for his magic in his own home and saying that everyone finds fault with him as a pretext to praise his brother, Falena, who can become king without effort. Falena encourages Leona to find something else he can do but Leona refuses.

   Leona regains consciousness. Ruggie uses Laugh with me on Leona to force him to smile, its bittersweet due to Ruggie still being upset himself. Crowley joins, tries punishing Savanaclaw by banning them from the Spelldrive tournament. Leona takes responsibility for the injured athletes, who ask that Savanaclaw be allowed to participate so that they can have their revenge. Everyone agrees, even the other houses, so thus Savanaclaw is back allowed in the Spelldrive competition. Leona agrees. Crowley rewards Grim with an exhibition match during which the prefect is knocked unconscious so they do not see Diasomnia Dorm win the competition.

   After all the matches are done, they all visit Yuu in the schools infirmary. Leona’s nephew, Cheka, appears. Everyone teases Leona by repeating what Cheka calls his uncle, Unca.

   The time has arrived for Yuu to take their final exam. Grim, Ace and Deuce are all oddly confident, and when grades roll in, sure enough, they've scored noticeably higher than usual. But there's always a catch when someone makes a contract with Azul...

   Ace, Deuce, Grim, and Yuu finish their exams, after waiting for the results to show up in the hallway leaderboard to check who was in the top 50 students. When it appears that none of them ended up on the list, Ace, Deuce and Grim sprout anemones and get dragged away, Jack and Yuu go to investigate. Two hundred students contracted with Octavinelle Housewarden Azul for exam study guides, breached their contracts, lost a special talent and are being forced into servitude, including Ace, Deuce and Grim.

   Once returned to Ramshakle after being chased off by Jade and Floyd, Crowley appears. Crowley asks Yuu to save the students, Jack and Yuu question why, Crowley just guilts Yuu into it by saying he would stop paying their living expenses. Yuu is forced to agree.

   Yuu and Jack spy on Azul, just to find out he is a stellar student. At lunch, Deuce, Ace, Grim, Jack, and Yuu get visited by Jade and Floyd Leech, telling them to come to the Mostro Lounge later that night. When that night they do go, they are tricked into working a serving shift at the lounge just to make a meeting with Azul to happen. They go to Azul to free all 200+ students and Azul wants Ramshackle Dorm as collateral. Yuu is forced to agree. Their task is to steal a photo from am underwater museum. If they return with the picture in three days, they get Ramshakle back and all the students freed. Though, with Ramshackle Dorm is collateral, Yuu and Grim get ejected from the dorm, they stay in Savanaclaw, specifically Leona's room.

   The next day, after a practice spelldrive match, Ace, Deuce, Yuu, Grim, and Jack goes to the museum but Jade and Floyd intercept, making them unable to reach the museum. They escape and that night Leona tells them a bit more about Azul's signature spell.

   Next day again, this time they try to sneak into Octavinelle to try to steal Azul’s contracts. They nearly get caught by Azul electrocuting them and convinced the group the contract did that, Floyd damages the vault door too. They believe it and leave, ashamed. Yuu checks back at Ramshackle, finding Malleus (or as Yuu knew him as, Hornton) outside looking at the dorm. He tells Yuu about garoyles, making Yuu realize the contracts aren't funny indestructible. Yuu heads back to Savanaclaw to make a deal with Leona, Grim and Yuu tell Leona that if he doesn't help them destroy Azul's contracts, they will cause a ruckus all night to make him sleep deprived. They even did an example that night. Leona agrees.

   They return to the museum, Ace distracting the front guard while Deuce, Jack, Yuu, and Grim and steal the photo, but the twins interrupt again on their way back. They fight, but hold the line this time. At the same time, Savanaclaw causes a ruckus in Mostro Lounge, allowing Ruggie to steal Azul's keys to steal Azul’s contracts. Leona destroys them with his signature spell in front of Azul after taunting Azul with a deal. Leona only destroyed the contracts so he could get his sleep. All the students are free and able to use their abilities again, as well as Yuu getting Ramshackle back. They rush back to Mostro Lounge. Azul starts taking power from everyone without making proper contracts, and overblots. They fight, Azul loses, and he is saved.

   In a flashback we see he was bullied so he studied hard and honed his ability to steal power from others to have his revenge and remake himself.

   Azul wakes up. The photo is revealed to be of an elementary school class with child Azul that he’d wanted to dispose of. The photo is returned to the museum.

   Nature and History: In Twisted Wonderland, Magic is a fundamental part of the world and its inhabitants. While the specific source and mechanisms of magic are not explicitly detailed, it appears to be a pervasive force that can be accessed by those with a connection to it through birth but which can be refined with the training or other means. This energy can be manipulated by mages, who are born with the ability to interact with magical energy at the cost of mana by using their imagination to visualize their spells. The stronger a mage's ability to visualize what they want to do, the easier it is to cast spells. Visualization is so important in the use of magic that some mages will write or draw in order to train themselves to better visualize their magic. Mana is an energy that is used to cast spells, but not everyone is able to use magic, and those who can may have varying degrees of power and skill. The amount of mana any individual mage has is set from birth and cannot be increased or decreased, but they can make better use of their mana through training. If a mage runs through all their mana, they will meet the risk of death. Technomantic engineering is capable of manufacturing Anti-magic armor, but extremely powerful magic such as Malleus's can overwhelm the anti-magic quality of said armor. This implies a limit to how much magic can feasibly be blocked by armor made to keep it out. Being inherently tied to a mage's magical reserves, Magic appears to follow its own set of rules with respect to what it could do, such as how conjured objects could only exist for a temporary period of time. Despite the incredible power even Malleus cannot permanently change the color of fabric. However, this is not an indissoluble rule; there are exceptions like blessings and curses. These are defined as magic bestowed upon someone and are technically the same thing, differ only by whether the intention is positive or negative. However, compared to normal magic, curses and blessings have more long-lasting effects (usually a period of hundreds of years) that may wear away with time.[5]In general it's suggested that magic itself is an objective, neutral thing and it all depends on the intent and use of the mage in question. According to a story told by Lilia to Silver, long before the formal systemization of magic, magic was originally a miracle created by a strong desire borne from the heart. A wish that the future will be better than this present, since a wish is a power with very pure and unwavering strength. This explanation was provided by Silver to Trey so that he would understand how he was able to override Riddle’s Signature Spell in past. Trey states he was lucky in that moment, but Silver suggests that it was Trey’s strong desire to stop Riddle that made his magic that much stronger, thus making his wish come true.

   Society: Many centuries before, there was widespread persecution of mages, but attitudes surrounding magic have notably shifted from fear (around the human-fae war, back when “witch” and “wizard” were used in a derogatory sense) to recognizing it for its strengths and actively seeking it or granting some favoritism to those who have it. The Fae people underwent considerable struggle over time and, today's era, much of the people human seems to consider them storybooks creatures, despite being aware of their existence. Nowadays, mage licenses are international and their existence is globally recognized as contributing to the betterment of society and governments passed laws and forced agencies to discipline magic abusers who caused trouble for people. Into the professional world there are some jobs entirely locked behind magic. There is an elite law enforcement agency that handles magical crimes, but only recruit the most exceptional mages. On Sage's Island, for example, is the office of the Arcane Response Unit and, in emergencies, S.T.Y.X can contact them. There is at least one Department of Magic, to which Crowley must report in case of any magical transgressions by its students or issues within the institution. Since Crowley concealed the issue of Overblots occurred at his college, he was arrested and summoned urgently to the parliament of the Land of Dawning. In this place he had to attend before many important people from S.T.Y.X., Department of Education and the Department of Magic. According to Crowley, the matter was resolved without any lasting damage with the support of his students and the lack of any problems in school leadership.

   Transmission: It is mentioned that only 10% of the human population is even capable of magic to begin with and the majority of people with the aptitude for magic only have enough to barely be able to lift a cup. In order to qualify for a prestigious magic school like Night Raven College or Royal Sword Academy, the selected person must be the "pick of the bunch". Magic cannot be learned by someone that was not born with the innate ability for it, and not everyone who is the child of a mage will be capable of magic themselves. Or the opposite: parents without magic talent can produce a mage child. While it is rumored that even if someone is born a mage his potential is determined at birth and there is nothing anyone can do to change it, this has been disproven by Malleus and Riddle; the latter is living proof that anyone can become powerful. Riddle himself explains that he can't be certain if he had any special talent to begin with, because his mother decided she would be giving birth to an "exceptional mage" and then forced it onto him starting from when he "was in the womb." This is confirmed by Idia, who claims that his magic pool was increased artificially. Magical creatures and beings, like Fairies, tend to have a strong innate connection to magic. Perhaps related to their nature, Fae have reigned over climate change and diastrophism since the Age of Myths. According to Idia's father, they are even recognized being capable of using ancient magic tied to the earth itself.

   Users: Although it isn't clear, the non-magical gene seems to be more dominant, while the mages gene is recessive. There is an estimated age at which magic might develop in an individual, but Riddle perfected his magic by age ten proving to be a genius. Sebek is known to have suffered of "late-blooming". Among them could be Kalim, since he developed his ability at the age of fourteen.

   Study of Magic: Because the majority of those in Twisted Wonderland are incapable of using magic, magic is not typically included in general education. For a person's ability to perform magic to be useful, a good deal of training is required to acquire the correct discipline. This means that if a child should develop magic a parent need to seek out resources for magic training and education. However, such training could be more accessible to the wealthy class. It is noted, that those able to have had a formal magic training, were members of the upper middle class or members of the royal family, such as Leona and Malleus. Night Raven College is notably a private university, which selects its students with the use of an important magical artifact. Entrance into this well-known school of arcane magic alone is a source of great praise, but his students are known as much for their talent as their undoubted morality gray. The perfect opposite of their rival school, Royal Sword Academy, recognized for their cohesion and more lovable personalities.

   Signature Spell is a spell distinctive to the caster. It is developed subconsciously and used on instinct the first time, as seen with Deuce's first time using his signature spell. The name of the spell is also not consciously picked by the caster. Like with normal magic, Signature Spell manifests at different times for each mage (which appears to be tied to the user’s personality and/or life experiences). The name for a Signature Spell and its chant appear to come “from within”; they are not names the mage consciously decide. Signature Spell typically requires more magic to cast than a standard spell. However, there are also signature spell which require less magic than the average spell, such as Kalim and Silver’s. Some Signature Spell (like the Shroud family’s 'Gate to the Underworld') seems to be hereditary, although it may contravene the general rules behind a signature spell.

   Fun facts: Magic runs in bloodlines; Potions apparently all taste bad; Excess magic harms humans but heals fae; Ortho has stated that he cannot use magic, so he does not have a Signature Spell. However, what makes him unique is his robotic nature, since he is able to transfer his consciousness to new vessels; Although the Magic Projector appears in the Guest Room, Vil gives one to Yuu and Grim leaving them surprised and perplexed about the object. Their reaction implies that, despite the existence of these stories, the Ramshackle's magical items do not exist in the main story; Although a little wide topic, there may be class discrimination in based on whether or not you can use magic. An early instance it can be seen in Book 1, when Riddle insults the parents of Ace, Deuce and MC for their “pitiful” education. Or in the event Playful Land Frame, where it is emphasized an disparity magical educational system that cast people like Ernesto (someone with very little magic) and Gino (a non-mage) aside; There is the magic of flight without means of transportation, however, this kind of magic seems to be possible only to the Fae. Lilia tends to appear upside down and in the air to scare people; Transformation potions are said to be outlawed, but an organization based in the Sunshine Lands gives promising merfolk who wish to work and study on land free potions which help them maintain their legs. These potions wear off after 7-10 days and need to be consistently taken; In the Queendom of Roses, a person must be at least 24 years old to obtain a medical license.

   Blot: Blot is an ink-like substance created as a byproduct of magic use. The amount of blot created by a spell is influenced by a person's emotions, with negative emotions like anger, fear, and sadness causing more blot to be created. In appareance, blot exposure is dangerous even for people who are not mages. If a mage suffers a large accumulation of blot, they may suffer Overblot become overwhelming, causing a temporary and severe transformation. It's often triggered by a shattering of beliefs, deep trauma, or other emotional distress. However Crowley mentioned that not much is actually known about this topic, since people who overblot are usually very rare because most people don’t have enough mana to Overblot. Overblot can also occur if powerful curses or sealed Phantoms are released. S.T.Y.X is an organization that dedicates itself to studying blot and Overblots; they have captured a number of Phantoms and use them as test subjects for their research.

   Overblot is a form taken by those who overuse their magic and let their negative emotions "blot" their magic wands. Their aura and appearance is mostly dark. Moreover, an entity appears alongside them, having a stitched-together body and head of glass leaking ink. This manifestation is called "Phantom" and only by its destruction can the magical contractor (the Mage) be freed from his Overblot, if it didn't happen, the mage would lose their life leaving behind only a monster driven by hunger and negative emotions. If such an event occurs the Arcane Response Unit kills the phantom or is taken to the Island of Woe for research. But there are also extremely rare cases where they can blend in with dire beasts and other wild animals and hide in the mountains. About a century ago, the S.T.Y.X, was born, an independent organization that doesn't answer to any country or government and carries on research on Blot and Magic. The Styx Institute of Magic Science it focuses mainly on ways to use blot safely and effectively. Although Blot has been studied throughout history and a rare event, there is no known method to cure it. For those who are aware of the Blot is known that it's something toxic to the body and mind when it reaches certain levels, that it clears easily if an individual eats, sleeps and rests well by refraining from using magic. Each individual has his tolerance to the blot and caution is advised when using strong magic, as the accumulation rate is proportional to the power used. If an individual is subject to a huge stress, anger, sadness and internal pressure this causes a higher rate of blot accumulation, resulting in the body’s inability to eliminate it naturally or through magic crystals, which help not only to channel the magic but also to control it and prevent a possible blot excess.

   Overblot Victims: The examples of Overblotted characters faced in the main story, usually by the book's boss succumbing to blot due to the events happening through the book; Riddle Rosehearts: Frustration with people not to following the 810 rules of his dorm properly, until it blows over when one of his own members eggs him during a match with Ace Trappola out of stress for always living in fear of Riddle's punishments. His entity takes the form of the Queen of Hearts; Leona Kingscholar: Frustration from always losing to Malleus Draconia in Spelldrive games and his past of never being favored in comparison to his brother led him to sabotage the upcoming competition. When foiled and told off by Lilia Vanrouge, he attacks his own dorm members before overblotting. His entity takes the form of Scar, the King of Beasts; Azul Ashengrotto: Upset over his contracts being destroyed by Leona as part of MC's plan to free everyone leads him to start stealing everyone's magic, causing him to overblot. His entity takes the form of Ursula, the Sea Witch; Jamil Viper: Resentment over being forced to play second fiddle to Kalim Al-Asim, and after his plans are exposed by Azul, Jamil mind controls his dorm members, causing him to overblot. His entity takes the form of Jafar's genie form, or the Sorcerer of Sands; Vil Schoenheit: Jealousy towards Neige LeBlanch takes a heavy role in this overblot. Stemming from always being potrayed as the villain compared to Neige in so many cases, even being jealous of his beauty. This comes full circle when Vil attempts to poison his rival, but is stopped by Rook Hunt, Kalim Al-Asim, Grim, and Yuu. Realizing he just couldn't win against Neige, his envy takes over him, triggering overblot. His entity takes the form of the Evil Queen's (or fairest queens) old hag form; Idia Shroud: Idia's overblot happens off-screen, but it is possible that he did it on purpose in order to gain more power, implied by his dialogue. In the past, it was revealed that he lost his younger brother in an incident involving the Overblot Monsters, and it was this loss that caused him to become tainted for the first time. In this instance, he became blot again of his own volition, not out of desperation. The true Ortho, now an Idea's phantom, is unified as a single entity that takes the form of Hades, King of the Underworld; Malleus Draconia: Malleus's overblot is a result of him not wanting to lose anyone close to him, thinking he can keep his friends by his side by trapping everyone at NRC in eternal slumber. His entity takes the form of Maleficent's dragon form, or the Thorn Fairy's dragon form.

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