Associations

**Fixer** **Associations** or **Associations** (협회, *Hyeobhoe*) are large organizations of Fixers. There are twelve Associations in the City, with each having its own specialized area of expertise.

## Overview

Made up of Fixers, the Associations act as the major collective that controls the flow of particular fields of Fixer work. Fixer Offices can work alongside Associations, taking their particular methodologies in mind as representatives. These Association function on a much greater scale than the typical Fixer Office, being able to take jobs from wherever they need to within the City, provided that the work is in their respective field of interest.

## Structure

Associations are composed of several branches split among the City, with the Southern branch being the ones most focused on during the plot of *Limbus Company's* Sinner Identities. Branches are further divided into Sections which are ranked from 6 to 1, with the lower the number representing the more competent Association Sections. Not only do these numbers signify the section strength, they show the greater pay and competency the sections receive. Each branch has a branch director, and each section, their own director.

Every Association abides to the collective structure, though each of them have their own niches, uniforms, and rules. These create the variety which allows for hirers to choose which faction will be chosen for work with guidelines clearly and properly defined by the Hana Association, which act as the primary head for the groups.

## List of Known Associations

Currently 11 of the 12 total Associations have been mentioned across *Project Moon's* works.

### Hana Association

The Hana Association is made up of high grade Fixers who specializing in information gathering. They act as the leader of the associations, responsible for grading Fixers and granting Color Fixers their titles. They appear in Library of Ruina as the first reception of Impuritas Civitatis. It is currently the only one of the remaining associations to have an appearance in another title in the franchise, but not yet appear in Limbus Company.

## Trivia

* The Associations take their names of numbers 1 through 12 in multiple different languages; those numbers and languages matching the designations and authorial nationalities of the Sinners, respectively.
	+ 1 - ‘Hana’ (Korean: 하나, “one”)
	+ 2 - ‘Zwei’ (German: “two”)
	+ 3 - ‘Tres’ (Spanish: “three”)
	+ 4 - ‘Shi’ (Japanese: “four”)
		- The Japanese word for ‘four’, or ‘shi’ (四), is homophonous with the Japanese word for ‘death’ (死, shi). This is true among other East Asian languages, with the death association and tetraphobia inspiring the assassination niche of the Shi Association.
	+ 5 - ‘Cinq’ (French: “five”)
	+ 6 - ‘Liu’ (Chinese: “six”)
	+ 7 - ‘Seven’ (British English)
	+ 8 - ‘Eight’ (American English)
		- Seven and Eight are the only Associations that are based on the same language where there is no major difference in spelling or pronunciation between dialects. This is in contrast to the Zwei and Öufi Associations, as the latter uses the Swiss dialect of German, which is distinct from the German word for eleven, ‘elf’.
	+ 9 - ‘Devyat’ (Russian: девять, “nine”)
	+ 10 - ‘Dieci’ (Italian: “ten”). The Dieci Association represents their logo as the Roman numeral for 10, ‘X’—matching the heavy Roman influence of Dante Alighieri’s Italian upbringing.
		- The Dieci are the only known Association represented by a Roman numeral, rather than a Arabic numeral.
		- The letter ‘X’ is often an informal shorthand for Christ, as an orthographic borrowing of ‘chi’ (Χ), from Χριστός (*Khristós*, “Christ”). Additionally, ‘X’ is the mathematical designation for an unknown amount or value, and by extension, is used as a placeholder for an unknown or hypothetical name.
		- The aforementioned are the reason why the protagonist of *Lobotomy Corporation*, X, is given the designation. Additionally, Dante, similarly is a unvoiced protagonist like X, along with having their namesake in the *Divine Comedy* being a Christ-like figure in the narrative of the work.
	+ 11 - ‘Öufi’ (Swiss German: “eleven”).
		- Hermann Hesse, the author of *Demian*, was of German-Swiss citizenship, emigrating to Switzerland at age 4. The Swiss municipality of Solothurn holds the number 11 as spiritually significant, being a common motif in the local architecture such as the St. Ursus Cathedral.
	+ Following this naming scheme, it can be presumed that the 12th and final Association would be named the ‘Dodeka’ (Ancient Greek: δώδεκα, “twelve”) Association—corresponding with Ancient Greek poet, Homer.
	+ In the scrapped ending of *Library of Ruina*, the Purple Tear proposes the formation of a 13th Association consisting of E.G.O users known as “EGOISTS”. While (currently) non-canon, the new branch would possibly be named either: ‘Sh'losha asar ’(Hebrew: שלושה עשר), ‘Třináct’ (Czech), or ‘Draytsn’ (Yiddish: דרײַצן), concerning Franz Kafka’s national and ethnic backgrounds.

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