Gorgax

**Gorgax** is the librarian of the Library.

## Appearance

Gorgax is a monster with a giant eyeball as his body and multiple tentacles. He floats in the air and does not like being pushed around.

Gorgax resides on the bottom floor of the library on a stone pillar.

One of Gorgax's diaries suggests Gorgax is a male.

## Ability

Gorgax has two attacks:

* His tentacles can rapidly stomp his enemies into the ground.
* His eye can shoot energy orbs. Gorgax threatens the town guitar player of this attack through Gretta.

## Story

### Early days

Gorgax came from the same Monster World as Id. As an immortal, Gorgax's memory has fainted a lot. The only memory Gorgax has is that he used to live in "nest" carved to cliffs during his early days. Right outside his nest, a giant sword was visible floating in the air. During the conversation with Yu, he comments that the scene has "stayed unnervingly clear in my mind", and commissioned someone to construct a giant sword stained glass on the top floor of the library in order to see the sword again.

### Kugo

At one point in his life, Gorgax was summoned and landed in Kugo's world. A creature with many tentacles, he found the Kins from Kugo's world "silly" for walking on two limbs and fragile compared to the his home world. Gorgax laughed for the first time in his life when he was told to serve the Kins. Kugo was able to defeat him eight/nine times, and eventually sentenced Gorgax as a librarian for 100 years. Gorgax was very unhappy about it and sweared to "pull legs off of aaaall bipeds!"

Gorgax read and sorted all the books in the library and received compliments from Kugo for his efficiency. He also wrote 12 volumes of journals, all of which can be found in the library. He was also able to recruit "heavily modified ants" as library assistants.

Gorgax invented a new book sorting method by "assigning arbitrary numbers" to categories and form index, so that "bipeds will not ruin Gorgax's intricate sorting" after his imprisonment is finished. This impressed Kugo, who then went on lobbying and securing for Gorgax a new intercom system and free roam of the sub basement before he died on less than 10 years from Gorgax's 100-year imprisonment.

Gorgax grew attached to the library and ended up remaining in the librarian position for nearly 200 years.

### Main world

Gorgax was once again pulled to a new world with the library. The library building is placed in a dense forest (boundary between Green Woods and Blue Woods), with only the third floor above the ground. He thought of escaping, but chose to stay to avoid damaging the philosophy section on the first floor. He also repurposed an intercom pipe by stretching his tentacle through the pipe to form a new librarian figure, which Gorgax named "Gretta".

Gorgax is irritated and starts a fight with Yu during their first encounter. But when Yu's sword sticks inside Gorgax's eye, he calls for a timeout, returns the sword to Yu and apologizes for his lost of manner. He is able to provide a map to the Dark Woods, a critical aid Minno calls for the adventure to the Big Sword.

When the Big Sword drops to the ground, Gorgax mentions that his adamantine cage is gone. In the end credit, Gorgax remains with the library but is able to move to the top floor. A study area has been repurposed to a stage, where Gorgax reads book for Yu and children from the Town while playing hand puppets with his tentacles.

## Journals

A total of 12 journals can be found scattered throughout the library.

1. GORGAX WILL NOT BE LIBRARIAN. SQUISHY BIPEDS MAY HAVE CONTAINED ME NOW, BUT GORGAX WILL BREAK OUT OF ADAMANTINE CAGE AND PULL LEGS OFF OF AAAALL BIPEDS! THEN THEY WILL BE NOPEDS! AHAHAHAHA!!!
2. BIPEDS SAY IF I SORT OLD BOOKS BY CONTENT FOR 100 YEARS I CAN GO. GENERAL KUGO SAY I READ VERY FAST, WHICH IS VERY FLATTERING, BUT WILL NOT STOP ME FROM PULLING HIS LEGES OFF WHEN I ESCAPE.
3. GENERAL KUGO WANTS GORGAX TO WRITE JOURNAL. GORGAX HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITING JOURNAL! HOW ELSE WOULD GORGAX FONDLY REMEMBER DISMEMBERING VICTIMS?? JOURNAL SEPARATES CIVILIZED GORGAX FROM STUPID MONSTERS. GORGAX DID LIVE READING OF FAVORITE JOURNAL ENTRIES TODAY AS PROOF. LIBRARY STAFF SCREAMED IN DELIGHT AT GOOD PARTS.
4. GORGAX HAS READ SO MANY BOOKS. THEY WERE ALL STUPID. I DO NOT CARE IF PHLANEGIANS TRADED ALONG EASTERN COAST IN YEAR 925. OR THAT WAFFLE REQUIRES 1.5 CUPS FLOUR PER EGG. OR THAT FABIO LOVE MARLIENE, BUT CANNOT TELL HER HOW HE FEEL. BUT NOW I KNOW, AND I CANNOT UNKNOW. GORGAX WISHES HE HAD FOREHEAD TO BEAT AGAINST SIDE OF CAGE.
5. Gorgax has sorted entire sub basement of books. General Kugo says Gorgax has gone much faster than expected. Though asked Gorgax not to sort War Conquest histories to 'Comedy' section. Detainment, however, will still be 100 years regardless of sort finish time. Gorgax must REORGANIZE books after dumb bipeds take and read them. Does Kugo expect Gorgax to remember where every book should be? Of course, Gorgax DOES remember, but notion is still very presumptuous.
6. Gorgax has proposed new book sorting method to upper library management. It assigns arbitrary numbers to categories and subcategories, which can be combined to form index. This way bipeds will not ruin Gorgax's intricate sorting after end of 100 year imprisonment. Senator Kugo is very proud of proposal, says other libraries may adopt method as well. He has been lobbying for increased leniency in my mobility within library. He visits less often now, but I appreciate his trust in my duties. I will reconsider pulling his legs off when I am free of my cage.
7. Senator Kugo has passed away. His final motion was securing me a new intercom and free roam of the sub basement. My term of imprisonment will be over in less than a decade. I am not sure if I will leave.
8. Today marks the termination of my 92nd Library Assistant. Why are mortals so incompetent? Sorting is not a hard job. It is 'place square peg into square hole', just with 43,926 shapes. Fine. I can make my own, *better* library assistant. Homunculi? Robotics? Necromancy? The hardest part will just be choosing.
9. I have created my own fleet of library assistants. After much trial and error, I have settled on 'heavily modified ants'. These 'helpers' can read the library index system well enough to sort books by themselves. They don't even have to be told what to do. Finding loose books and sorting them is instinctual. I'm sure this will have no ill repercussions.
10. Something has happened. I felt it in the night. As if the whole library were suddenly somewhere else. All but the third floor is suddenly underground. My view from this room is very limited, but... But it seems that the whole library is now situated in a dense forest. It's just as quiet as it ever was. I suppose I could try to break out of this basement... But I fear doing so might damage the philosophy section on the first floor. I will just stay here for now.
11. I've carefully moved one of the old intercom pipes to lead straight to the third floor. With a little stretching, I can reach the help desk up there. I've fashioned a wig of sorts out of old rolodex shreds, and now 'Gretta' is the new 'Librarian'. A couple of patrons have come by so far. I don't know from where. They all seem to clam up when I ask where they live.
12. THE HELPERS HAVE STOLEN GORGA----... The 'helpers' have stolen all of my journals. What's more, they seem to have sorted them INTO the library. I don't know what they do with unnumbered books. If I'm lucky, they haven't just shoved them in random shelves everywhere.

## Quotes

* For nearly 200 years, I have cared for this library. I have read and sorted every book you see. Though, now that my precious sanctum has been moved to this new realm, that job has become much more difficult. You see... I do not fit through the door. And I worry that breaking through the way would damage my already crumbling library. I have been managing, barely, with these intercom pipes and "Gretta". It's been rough. Which means I don't need NOSY BIPEDS poking through areas deemed FORBIDDEN. I don't even know how you got down here. But you're ruining my concentration. And unfortunately for you, there's no way back up. So if you could kindly, please throw yourself off my pillar into the abyss below, so that I can get back to this.
* STOP. BOTHERING. ME.
* I think this fight can be over now. My apologies, small human. It's been a long time since I had anyone to speak with. Some of my manners must have bled into these pages. And old habits die hard, you know? It's only been a few hundred years since I was a hyperviolent demigod... excluding today... You know, you remind me of another stubborn creature I used to know. A general from long ago. The one that sealed me away in this library. I had been terrorizing their kingdom for years. I still don't know why he decided to let me live, or why he visited me here so often. I mean, I probably tried to kill him at least eight, maybe nine times. Ah, there was this one! I had learned how to make poison gas from an alchemy book using... It's not important. And here I go, prattling on. It really HAS been a while since I've had someone to talk to without having to wear a wig. Thanks for hanging around and listening to me... oh, right (releases Yu)... I swear, I had manners once... Small human. I feel that being here, this place has lost something. A library with no patrons is a hollow sanctum, and I fear it will be lost to the ages. As, eventually, will I. The knowledge here is yours to scavenge. And though I can't leave this basement, through these walls, I can sense a presence. A mechanism is ticking... hopefully that gives you some direction. Regardless, I will keep scrying. Good luck, biped.
* A big, floating sword? Here? In this forest?? ... Human. For a long time, I have had a suspicion. That being brought to this world... was not the first time I have traveled between planes. It is a very faint memory, from thousands of years ago. I was small. There were others like me. A... nest, carved into a cliffside of black stone. At its mouth, I spent many long days observing the desolate fields. Though, my gaze would always drift upwards. Towards it. A Sword. Floating in the sky, a monolith above all. The memory is weak, but the image of that sword... it has stayed unnervingly clear in my mind. The stained glass on the top floor was a commission. I wanted to see it again. Human... I cannot tell you exactly what it means, or does... But whatever world I came from, that sword came from too. it is not a good place. Be very careful.
* I definitely sense a presence. Something... not strictly mechanical. Nor strictly alive. It gives me the same sensation I felt when my library was moved. The feeling of...falling out of reality. I only hope it does not try to encroach on my sanctum.
* You are looking for a map? Documents from the outside do often end up here. I will take a look. If there is anything, I will leave it at reception.
* Hmm... I have not heard of this phenomenon. Though, speaking STRICTLY as a cosmic horror, I can't deny that it sounds like something in my... ballpark. The wall between other worlds is thin here. It would not take much for another, more malicious world to... knock at the door. Perhaps that's what's happening here.
* The world of my origin? You know my only memory of it. Everything is fleeting swirls or violence. Tearing apart abominations less than you. Running from those greater. It was an endless, beautiful cycle. Until one day. I do not recall how exactly it happened. Just the feeling of... slipping between worlds. I do remember the creatures I soon found on the other side. How silly they were, walking on two limbs. Small and fragile too, compared to the monsters I had come to know. They thought they had brought me there to serve them. I believe that was the first time I ever laughed. And, I suppose my gleeful rampage thereafter was an expression of relief, of sorts, not to excuse it or anything.
* ...?? This is not from my library. Human, you found this on the second fl... I mean, the first basement floor? ... Could you do me a favorable deed? If this map is accurate, there are cave tunnels mere feet from this library. Could you... check the rooms on the lowest floor? If anything is living in these tunnels, I fear they may find their way into this place. And I doubt they would treat it with respect. If you could... please make sure there are no breaches? I would appreciate it.
* That's a great question, human.
* Oi. Stop that. Look, I know I am floaty. I'm not a beach ball. \*sign\*

## Notes

1. ↑ From *Librarian's Journal, Volume IV*, "GORGAX WISHES HE HAD FOREHEAD TO BEAT AGAINST SIDE OF CAGE."
2. ↑ The adamantine cage might be the reason why Kugo was able to defeat Gorgax eight times and trap him. During the conversation between Clover and Yu before their battle, it was mentioned that Immortals always respawn at the same location after their death. To defeat an immortal, one simply needs to build a cage around this respawn point to trap them. Clover steals Gorgax's adamantine cage to trap Yu, but bridge troll helps Yu out.