Sea of Time

The **Sea of Time** is one of 10 Clans (Top 9 Clans) of the Obelisk and is stated to be one of the most ancient and most mysterious of the Top Clans

## Structure

### Members

As stated by Yeon-woo after reading Jeong-woo's journal, the Sea of Time had numerous members hidden all throughout the Obelisk, typically keeping their identities secret and posing as someone else to keep their activities and operations from being found out.

Their members were stated to typically hide and disguise themselves as hired mercenaries or pretend to be inhabitants of certain floors. While in other times, the members of the clan would even infiltrate and join Merchant Unions. And sometimes, members of the clan would even infiltrate the larger clans of the Obelisk to act as spies and gather information.

However, an indicator to help identify a member of the Sea of Time was the fact that all members possessed a special mark on their bodies that contained their clan's symbol. These marks were stated to be very well hidden and could not be found unless a special method was used to make it appear on the bodies of its members.

It would later be revealed by Leonhart that the Sea of Time itself was hidden in plain view of the others in the Obelisk due to the fact that its members also primarily masqueraded as entire clans appearing separate from their own. This is seen where multiple smaller clans thought to be independent, were in truth all parts of the Sea of Time.

### Heavenly Society

With it being revealed that Harmonia, their leader is a Transcendent Being and Hou Yi of Trinity Wonder being counted as their members, it has been confirmed that the Sea of Time is not only one of the Top Clan of the Tower, but they are also counted as a Transcendent Society on the same level as the Godly/Demonic Societies within the 98th Floor of the Obelisk.

### Faith

The Sea of Time are noted to be a religious cult on par with the Devil Army in their faith and belief in their God, The Black King and their meetings and assemblies of their clan members were noted to primarily involved preaching of the Black King's might and his eventual revival that they planned to enact.

### Goal

It was revealed that the "Time" within their clan's name is a direct reference to the Black King, and their true goal is to revive him and have him descend into the Tower and bring about the "End of Times".

Their zealotry and devotion to this goal has effectively branded them as Apocalyptic Death Cult.

### Resources

Due to the Sea of Time essentially be consisted of multiple clans and organizations and them having members hidden and imbedded in nearly all the organizations, groups, natives and other top clans of the Obelisk, the Sea of Time have a gigantic amount of resources available to them and at their disposable, hidden.

* **Curse of Gaia:** Although unknown how, its been shown that the Sea of Time has figured out a method to make use of and create the Great Mother's most powerful curse for their own purposes. This is seen where they gave a small amount of the curse to Asgard in order to help them assassinate the Martial King and later gave some to Yvlke's faction in order to use against the other members of the Bureau of Floor Guardians during his rebellion.

## History

### Background

The exact age of when, where or even who started the Clan known as the **Sea of Time** is unknown, but it has been stated that it has existed since the beginning of the Tower and its ancient age had made it akin to that of a an old wives’ tale.

"They are everywhere and nowhere." was the best aphorism best used to describe the Sea of Time. This was due to them being famous and experts in not revealing absolutely nothing about themselves. This is seen where no one is sure how many members they have, where and how far their influence extends or even the identities of the Clan's members or even its leaders.

Normally the Sea of Time would have just been treated as nothing more than a highly secretive clan and ignored by the other Top Clans of the Tower. However every time they showed themselves, their contribution was shocking.

The most astonishing incident was when they sent All-for-One back to the 77th floor when he was still active during presumably an excursion he took to the lower floors.

During Facless and the Chest of Souls invasion of One-Horned Tribe's village with the assistance of White Dragon and Asgard, The Sea of Time also partook in the invasion and took advantage of the chaos in order to steal the 'Eyes' of the Psychic medium. Using their second incarnation of All-for-One, Nocturn, as well as the aid of the Bureau of Floor Guardians to deal with the Martial King Nayu through Hydra's poison and curse of the Great Mother.

In order to advance their goals as well, the Sea of Time awakened and somehow healed the Chief/King Gods of the 98th Floors Godly Societies and brought them together in order to have them compete as the one true god of the cosmos by offering the Obelisk's Key Source Code and replace All-For-One, turning the Tower into their Divine Territory.

It is revealed that they have been manipulating All-for-One since the beginning with the help of the Bureau of Floor Guardians. The incident where they prevented him from descending to lower floors was but a misdirection setup by both parties. From the merchants and across multiple worlds, they have constantly gathered precious metals and materials for their cause.