Lore

Unlike most busy people in New York city, Zoe has plenty of time to study the magical graffiti in the old subway.

A lot of graffiti was hidden in the depths of the subway. Without direct sunlight, the graffiti is very well preserved. From the first day that Zoe saw first graffiti there, she fell in love with it. Zoe likes to look at all of them, and she enjoys every second she spends with these hidden treasures of this great city. Every time she finds a new graffiti wall light her day up.

In the adventure of finding new graffiti walls, Zoe found a more attractive thing - the legendary "Subway Hunter".

The legendary "Subway Hunter" was a human being. Zoe was surprised by him when she first saw someone's body was rebuilt in such a crazy way. She could not imagine what caused his camelback and a trace of chemical burns. Discovering the legendary "Subway Hunter" really excited Zoe, and she quietly followed this magical individual and found his chemical laboratory.

Since then, in addition to continuing to look for graffiti, Zoe has spent her time observing the "Subway Hunter". She always quietly hide around the laboratory to watch the new laboratory-use various chemical reagents on his own body. Zoe can't believe her eyes when she saw what he does to himself. It is unbelievable people like "Subway Hunter" really exist in today's peaceful world. Zoe was scared by herself since she feels she is somehow attracted to this "Subway Hunter" - a complete psycho.

Not long after Zoe noticed "Subway Hunter" attacked a lady who wore a white coat. He realised a poisonous gas on the lady in the subway, the lady was shocked and ran away. Zoe has never thought about that the "Subway Hunter" would hurt innocent people, and she also thought the rumor of he was a discrimnation since people always judge others by their appearance.

Zoe worried about the lady, but because of the "Subway Hunter", she only can followed the lady secretly. Zoe saw that the lady who looks so tired took out a device from her bag, and installed it on the ground right before she fell to the ground for exhaustion. Zoe ran to the lady as fast as she can to hold her body. At the moment, Zoe touched her body, and everything went black. After a while, Zoe tried her best to open her eyes, and she realized she suddenly teleport to the subway platform, and the lady was faint right next to her. But there was an unknown force that kept her from moving her body.

Two security men that work for East Tale Cooperation came and carried Zoe out before she knew it. At the same time, Zoe saw few doctors started to treat that poor lady with the white coat. Zoe felt released since the doctor came to save that innocent lady's life.

East Tale Cooperation offered Zoe a deal: If Zoe agrees to enter the Arena, and promise will never tell anybody what happened in the subway at that time, the cooperation will provide a lot of money that is enough for her to spend the rest of life.

Zoe accepted the deal which will spend a majority of free time with pleasure. She also did not want to go back to the subway. Zoe had a bad feeling after witnessing what the "Subway Hunter" did to the lady. Until she saw the "Subway Hunter" in the Arena, Zoe realized that the accident she was involved in was not simple...

### Crow

(Also known as Daisy Lee)

Like other workers in old New York City, Crow faced the daily risk of being targeted by "Subway Hunters". The lab where Crow worked in, was secretly working on a technique named "The Organism Space Transfer" for East Tales Corporation. The research project went well, which thanked to Crow's daily work.One night, Crow was getting ready to take subway home as usual. But it was strange that the subway station was very empty, and the lights of the station hall were broken one by one before her eyes. Darkness was coming toward Crow.Crow realized that she might be targeted by "Subway Hunters" and her life was at stake. At this point, she had to go for it and put a transporter prototype of "The Organism Space Transfer" next to her feet.In the darkness, strange growl hung around Crow's ear. She used the glimmer of another prototype to race along the subway tunnel like a crow frightened by a scarecrow. As the growl got closer, she opened the untested prototype and walked into the beam in desperate, attempted to get away from the "Subway Hunters".Her body was broken up according to the machine program. Crow closed her eyes and her consciousness was gradually lost. "The 'Subway Hunters' are at least gentler than the rumors says..." Crow could only comfort herself this way and calmly accept the possibility of death.Fortunately, she woke up and found herself back in the subway station hall, which had been restored to its bustling appearance, with a broken prototype alongside.At this time, Crow was not excited about the succesful practice of the prototype. She spilt the beans of the secret technique in public, which made her start to worry about that she would be punished by East Tales Corporation.In order to avoid the punishment, Crow surrendered to the Corporation. They gave her a way out -- Become a "extractor".Crow's weak body is not suitable for high-intensity fight of Arena Survival Competition. But she is smart enough to use her knowledge to modify a lot of equipments to keep her safe. At this point, she equips transporter which has alreday appeared on the market in the arena for survival...

### Dancing Girl

(Also known as Ming Lin)

There are few people are willing to become a highly difficult literary and art worker with low salary in this era. In fact, this field has been almost replaced by robots, some people who have been hiding their identities here for a veriety of reasons.

Dancing Girl is the agent who tracks down these people who drags out an ignoble existence. Her erea is the Macau Center, which is full of traditional troupes and circuses that seem to be celebrating carnival every day.

Dancing Girl knows all about these groups that seem to get little attention, since she watches the "actors" on stage in the dark almost every month. Once found the performance exposed "actors", Dancing Girl will wait for the opportunity to quietly execute them.

One day, Dancing Girl successfully captured the target. But as she prepared to carry out her execution, she suddenly noticed that the target's face is exactly like hers, just like looking in a strange mirror...

Finally, Dancing Girl expressed in the mission report that the target had been wiped out. She had not been seen after that, and few people cared about her whereabouts.

Soon after, an agile dancer who dressed in traditional Sichuan opera costumes appeared in the arena. She used the arena as her stage, as if performing someone's rebirth.

### God Father

(Also known as Gang Zai)

In the streets of old Chinatown of Philadelphia, God Father grew up with the "Street Spirit" -- not afraid to give his life to fight for survival.

In fact, God Father was born and raised as a construction worker. But he always felt he had a bigger "mission", and tattooed it on his body.

He often expresses dissatisfaction with East Tales Corporation in public, and disengages from social production gradually. His rebellious thoughts attracted the attention of the upper class, the power finally extended to him.

Faced with the pressure of the power, God Father has been injured many times and always successfully escaped, and accidentally learned the skill "Self-Healing", which made him hardly afraid of being hurt. His body gradually lost shape, because of the irregular runaway life. God Father thought that one day he would be captured for not being quick enough. So, he gave himself up, and chose to become a "Extractor" of East Tales Corporation for survival, his skill will make the Arena Survival Competition more ornamental.

### Shadow

(Also known as Watanuki Shadow)

Shadow has a special last name. It is an identity symbol that gets him a superior job as a researcher of East Tales Corporation in this era.

He used to be satisfied with his work and life. The project of his research team was not going well, so he was very depressed and started to doubt the so-called scientific theory of the project.

Shadow usually enjoys going to arena to watch survival games. But one day, Geisha, a well-known robot player in the arena, attacked him in the lab. Shadow jumped into a pool which was full of biochemical reagent in panic, then lost his consciousness...

When he woke up, he found that his body had been influenced by biochemical reagent. Shadow took advantage of the body change and got the survival skill to use body inside energy to release a form of smoke that blocks sight after his body modification.

When he found that his job had been replaced by someone else, he became suspicious of his employer more and more. But it also gave him a chance to reappear as "Extractor".

After a while, Shadow stood in the arena. He hopes to discover the true purpose of East Tales Corporation by participating in his favourite Arena Survival Competition.

### Soul

(Also known as Minamoto Rie)

Soul is a girl born in an underclass worker's family. But as the only "Natural Born Individual" in nearly a century, she can use a legal loophole to choose her future career.

Finally, she "chose" to become a worker who repairs body parts and illegal life forms and was forced to undergo body modification.

Since Soul work in repair factory, more accidents happened on the strict workflow frequently, it caused dissatisfaction of the senior employees to her.

The law defined "Naturally Born Individual" as illegal organism afterwards, and senior employees immediately protested her existence. Soul has dragged her body which was forced to transform repeatedly and escaped from the repair factory at this time...

When she reappeared, she had become a "Extractor" of the Arena Survival Competition. Though she suffered from the world, her inherent optimism infected teammates and supporters deeply, and she was regarded as a spiritual pillar by people at the bottom of society.

## Watchers

### Fortress

(Also known as Silvaner)

Strictly, Silvaner has died once. He sold his dead body to the East Tales Cooperation, and he agreed to join their research project that focuses on studying the resurrection of carbon-based organisms. In the agreement Silvaner signed in with East Tales Cooperation, with the main goal of this research being to make dead people recall who killed them or talk about how they felt before they die.

The research clearly failed since Silvaner couldn't remember anything after he woke up. He sshould be dead. He can vaguely remember some sporadic language, a flash image of himself writing his name on the agreement, and a hazy memory of playing cricket.

Silvaner is facing a serious problem since he was supposed to fall asleep within a few hours after the resurrection, and then die again without pain. What really happened to him is that he did not die after waiting countless hours with deep anxiety. He hopes someone can tell him why he is still alive.The reason is that his life is illegal now.

Soon after Silvaner became a "monster" , those with power put him in jail. Without his precious family memories, Silvaner can't feel anything. He can't talk in complete sentences, or form words correctly. The only thing Silvaner could think about was grabbing things and smashing them against the wall in anger. Then, East Tales Cooperation gave him a way out - enter the Arena, use his skill to kill his opponents and become a star, so that they can help him find his family.

Silvaner didn't think - he lost the ability to think, and there was no room for him to think clearly. Entering the Arena seemed to be his only way to get out of all the troubles. He agreed to enter the Arena, and accepted the all-around transformation of East Tales Cooperation.

That's how Shivana joined the Arena. Although he tries his best to throw bombs at the poor escaper, he could not blow up the whereabouts of his family.

"But it's pretty fun," said Silvaner. "At least it feels like I am still alive."

### Geisha

(Also known as Mad Puppet)

Geishas are robots who have katana as their calves that look like killing machines. But because of their elegant size, they are used as full-time geisha to work.

After geishas caused some safty problems, this model was discontinued and recalled for destruction.

Only one "Geisha" escaped the recall storm. It is extreamly yearning for human life, but now be pushed out by the society, no one is willing to adopt it.

This "Geisha", who have nowhere to live, is eroded by loneliness and gradually become crazy. One day, it sneaked into Tokyo research center of the East Tales Corporation and killed more than 40 people in 15 minutes,

The whole of Tokyo Wwas panicked. According to the investigation, the purpose of "Geisha" is to find out where it was born and hope to study the technology to make it human...

To calm things down, East Tales Corporation assured it that they would develop the anthropomorphic technology specially for "Geisha" as long as it was willing to be a Wacther in the arena and attracted enough viewers.

In this way, a swift and mad Watcher joined in the arena, chasing the "Human Dream" day and night.

### Warden

(Also known as N99)

Salt Shaker, an undisclosed cyborg prison, has ordered a batch of warden N99 robots to manage dangerous prisoners who called "Extractors". What is unknown is that they are also responsible for "cleaning" prisoners. One day, the administartor of the "Salt Shaker" prison ordered a warden to execute an "Extractor" named Sould for "Premeditating gathering prisoners and destroying the prison". The warden unexpectedly refused the order, and claimed that it was an admirer of "Soul" and would never execute her personally. Administrator was surprised for this, but had other ideas. He would arrange to the warden and "soul" in the same game of Arena Survival COmpetition, not only can make it personally execute "Soul", but also can bring a lot of audiences...