Gregor/Story

## Background

From a young, unspecified age, Gregor was used as a G Corp. test subject.

Against his will, Hermann conducted an augmentation surgery on Gregor. This procedure gave Gregor his signature verminous right arm, which had the unique ability to regenerate and and did not inflict side effects. He was then placed in a plain blue room where an apple dangled in front of him. There, scientists watched over him and instructed him daily to use his arm in order to slice it in half. For a long time, Gregor resisted, refusing to abide by these instructions. However, he would eventually reach a point where he could no longer fight back; proceeding to give into the scientists' commands and cut down the apple the day he turned fifteen years old.

Gregor believed that this would free him from the harsh reality he described as a nightmare, but it only continued. Using his arm, he would cut a numerous amount of apples, with no choice but to go along with what he was told to do.

Eventually, Gregor was sent to participate in the Smoke War and granted the rank of Manager. Given the special benefits of his arm which the other bug soldiers lacked, his troops looked up to him greatly, and he was widely seen as a symbol of hope in the terror of the war. Ultimately, whether Gregor wanted it or not, he would go on to become a widespread symbol of G Corp. war propaganda. Following the war, this would become a reason for many G Corp. veterans to despise Gregor.

Once the Smoke War finally came to an end, Gregor would attempt to live normally. Though the average person did not recognise him as the man from the propaganda posters, he nonetheless continued to suffer from his past, surrounded by the widespread repulsion and distrust people held towards G Corp. His arm did not assist in his attempts to become a normal citizen. At one point, it would become randomly agitated, attacking a civilian and horrifying the crowd, despite Gregor's desperate attempts to reel it in. All Gregor could do was scream for the security to cut if off. And yet, it always grew back.

With the passage of time, Gregor would manage to grow into the more stable, humorous man seen present day. He would then at some point join Limbus Company.

## Relations

### Hermann

Hermann is the reputable scientist who had a tight grip on Gregor for the majority of his life. She refers to him as her son, suggesting that she is his mother- however it may be that they simply harbored a familial relationship, as opposed to being literally blood related.

Hermann performed surgery on him when he was young, a procedure he didn't even want, giving him his verminous arm and abilities. Gregor states that his free will played a very little role in his life and that he never once strayed from her control. When the first Golden Bough resonated with him, turning his feelings and memories into a landscape the sinners were forced to navigate, massive hands would at one point rain down from the sky and crush their surroundings. When Gregor comes to the realization that these great hands belong to her, he suggests that the group should just give in and allow themselves to be smashed by them, as that was the only option he ever had with her, exhibiting the absolute jurisdiction she had over him.

Although Gregor would eventually manage to grow into a relatively normal and free-spirited man, this was only once he escaped from her grasp following the war. Despite the fact that Hermann and her relationship with Gregor has yet to be explored in full, it is clear that she did great damage to him, and her position as his former abuser should not be undermined.