Castle Top 10

Castle's Top 10 representative are the 10 strongest members of Castle when it comes to individual and fighting strength.

## Overview

These 10 represent the strength of Castle. All are world class fighters in their own right. They command the respect of everyone within their own organization as well as those outside. Each one of them is more than capable of taking out multiple combatants in one go or quick succession. While each has their own preference of fighting style and weapons being used, they are more or less all rounders and capable of taking on those below their level of expertise without the use of their own weapon or preferred style of fighting. This can be seen when Director Ryu Ji-Hak easily subdued Kim Dae-Geon without using either his knives and called him 'chicken'. Similarly it was seen when Nam Goong Hyuk initially faced off against Pi Woo-Jin and Kim Dae-Geon without using his Brass-knuckles and only using them in the end to put out Pi Woo-Jin faster.

As a Castle member mentioned, to compete with the Top 10 one should have an overwhelming performance and they need to have clear accomplishments.

## Entry/Exit

There are 5 possible ways to be considered a member of Castle's Top 10

1. A pillar picks/chooses you (mandatory)
2. Defeat a incumbent member
3. Fight a incumbent member to a tie
4. If the upcoming member is chosen from the same group to which outgoing member belongs, then it is simply a case of previous member ceding his position to the new entrant. Eg. Ryu Ji-Hak replacing Hyeon Seok
5. Defeat huge numbers of Castle's top fighters one after the other. (The fighters level have to be similar to that of Shin Tae-Jin, they may not be at the level of Top 10 but enough to pose a serious challenge to the Challenger when he has to face them continuously.

There are 3 possible ways of one exiting from Castle's Top 10

1. Killed by an adversary.
2. Defeated by another member of Castle's Top 10
3. Ceding one's position to new entrant if both are from same group.

## Members

* Season 1
* Season 2

* Top 10
* Probable Top 11

While the official number of members are restricted to 10. In the recent Exchange between the 2 new pillars and 4 old pillars in ongoing Season 2, many commented that the exchange is also a chance for new members entering the hallowed group given the loss of 4 members of Top 10 after the Advanced-Gold-Mori fiasco. Some commented that this could lead to decision of the new Top 11. Whether or not this is allowed and acknowledged by the pillars and CEO Choi Min-Wook remains to be seen.

## Personality

Absolute confidence in ones own ability and the ability to gauge the strength of their opponent is the hallmark of Castle's Top 10. Some like Ryu Ji-Hak are known for their composure while there are likes of Oh Do-Hwa who are known for their tenaciousness and thirst for fighting and getting their score even. They are also known for their competitive spirit like Choi Dal-Cheon always wanting to fight Ryu Ji-Hak to know who is the stronger one.

## Influence

While these people come from one or the other pillars of Castle, due to their overwhelming strength and power, their actions and decisions can often sway the outcomes of a conflict or change it. The 10 representative are not a proper group though that acts a node of power within Castle. The grouping is simply done to denote the Top 10 people in Castle in terms of individual strength. They may collaborate from time to time out of their own interests or the interests of the pillar they represent.

Such is their influence that they can disregard direct orders from the Pillars themselves if they want to without the fear of repercussions for their actions. Eg. Ryu Ji-Hak saving Kim Shin after his fight with Baek Do-Chan from being killed by Hyeon Seok. Some of them are also close confidants of the Pillars, Eg. Juro.

They also hold considerable sway over the decisions made by the pillars. As seen in case of Huajin and Advanced Trade, they are themselves the pillars as well and make decisions for their group.

## History

They are first mentioned by Shin Tae-Jin when he is asked about the structure of Castle by Kim Shin after he is defeated by him. The first appearance of a member was with that of Baek Do Chan when he visited Lisa at Bar Iskra, followed by Nam Goong-Yuk and then Ryu-Ji Hak.

## Abilities

Members of Top 10 are both master hand-to-hand combatants as well weapon masters. Ryu Ji-Hak is known for his mastery over knives, Choi Dal-Cheon, Nam Goong-Hyuk are known for their hand-to-hand combat skill while Oh Do-Hwa is known for his mastery over axe.

Baek Do-Chan the face of Castle's strength is known for his masterful handling of knife as well as hand-to-hand combat.

Such is the strength of Castle's Top 10 that according to Shin Tae-Jin Kim Shin's group would need atleast 5 people who are at the same level if they hope to destroy Castle.

## Notable Others

There are few notable people whose strength has been compared to be at the same level as that of the members of Castle's Top 10 by other people or a member themself. Although whether they are really at that level is yet to be seen.

## Fights

* Season 1
* Season 2

* Nam Goong-Hyuk vs Pi Woo-Jin & Kim Dae-Geon
* Ryu Ji-Hak vs Kim Dae-Geon
* Ryu Ji-Hak vs Shin Tae-Jin
* Choi Dal-Cheon vs Yeo Min-Soo
* Choi Dal-Cheon vs Ryu Ji-Hak
* Oh Do-Hwa vs Pyo Young & Kanemura Hideaki & Nam Il-Ho
* Oh Do-Hwa vs Pyo Young & Kanemura Hideaki & Nam Il-Ho & Black Mamba
* Baek Do-Chan vs Medvedi
* Baek Do-Chan vs Kim Shin
* Nam Goong-Hyuk vs Pi Woo-Jin % Krisa

* Ma Hak-Young vs Scales
* Ryu Ji-Hak vs Kim Shin