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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Berserkers | The Berserkers is a gathering for people who live to fight,<ref name="ch4">[[Event Quest:Main Quest:Chapter 4 Release Campaign|Chapter 4: Missionaries - Dogma City, Aoyama]]</ref><sup>16</sup> whether it be participating in matches or spectating them. Claude holds matches within the guild's home base, the Ikebukuro Colosseum located within and beneath the building previously known as the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre. He has also set a rule for those wanting to join, that only the strongest warriors may enter the Colosseum. In order to gain access, the visitor's strength must be recognized by a current gladiator of the Colosseum.<ref name="ch3">[[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 3: Berserkers - Ikebukuro Colosseum]]</ref><sup>2</sup> | ||
They claim to be the strongest guild in Tokyo, though this is likely not true because of the existence of the [[Guild#Three True Guilds|Three True Guilds]]. | They claim to be the strongest guild in Tokyo, though this is likely not true because of the existence of the [[Guild#Three True Guilds|Three True Guilds]]. | ||
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===Ikebukuro Underground Experiment=== | ===Ikebukuro Underground Experiment=== | ||
In collaboration with [[Wisemen|The Wisemen]], Claude conducted an experiment to safely summon an [[Exception]] in an | In collaboration with [[Wisemen|The Wisemen]], Claude conducted an experiment to safely summon an [[Exception]] in an artificial [[The App#Battle Zones|Battle Zone]]. | ||
The [[Berserkers#Ranking System|Ranking System]] employed by the Berserkers mimics the hierarchical structure [[the App]] uses to determine what [[Rule]]s are more powerful than others. Additionally, the walls of the underground Colosseum represent the guild's boundaries, which lies just outside the App's [[the App#Battle Zones|Battle Zones]]. With the exception created by two members ordered under the ranking system, {{Transient icon|Kengo}} and {{Transient icon|Oniwaka}}, they could create an Exception that was safely trapped within the guild's territory that was much smaller in scale because of the ranking system put in place.<ref name="ch3"></ref><sup>13</sup> | |||
Claude also requested The Wisemen, notably {{Transient icon|Duo}}, to create a [[Guild#Safe Houses|safe house]] within the underground labyrinth hidden in a way that nobody could predict its whereabouts, even if they knew about its existence. {{Transient icon|Shuichi}} implies that Duo did this knowing that only Shuichi would know Duo's genius enough to be able to figure out its location.<ref name="ch9">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 9|Chapter 9: Crafters - Karmic Engine]]</ref><sup>11</sup> | Claude also requested The Wisemen, notably {{Transient icon|Duo}}, to create a [[Guild#Safe Houses|safe house]] within the underground labyrinth hidden in a way that nobody could predict its whereabouts, even if they knew about its existence. {{Transient icon|Shuichi}} implies that Duo did this knowing that only Shuichi would know Duo's genius enough to be able to figure out its location.<ref name="ch9">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 9|Chapter 9: Crafters - Karmic Engine]]</ref><sup>11</sup> | ||
This | This test had several purposes—one was to figure out how to tame and weaponize Exceptions. By summoning the Exception into a heavily controlled and limited environment, they could gain more valuable insight into their nature. The eventual goal of the experiment would be to mobilize a rational Exception as a weapon of war.<ref name="ch11">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 11|Chapter 11: Warmongers - The Moonlit War]]</ref><sup>16</sup> Because Claude was also aware of the existence of [[loop]]s in some form, another purpose behind the experiment was to figure out how to stop the loops, as well as to figure out a way to stay in the fight as long as possible.<ref name="ch9"></ref><sup>11</sup> | ||
This experiment would later be recreated by the [[Warmongers]] on a grander scale with the Exception {{Transient icon|Mahakala}} by creating an area above ground that would act as an artificial extension to the deep space underground where Mahakala and the other Exceptions reside. Exceptions cannot manifest in areas where meaningful information—light—is found. By covering Shinjuku Ward in a thick, impenetrable cloud of moon dust and debris, the Warmongers have effectively extended the boundaries of the subterranean labyrinth. This would enable Mahakala to appear at the surface, fully cognizant. However, the Mahakala present is akin to a ghost as it lacks the infinite power that comes with a Rule gone berserk.<ref name="ch11"></ref><sup>13</sup> | This experiment would later be recreated by the [[Warmongers]] on a grander scale with the Exception {{Transient icon|Mahakala}} by creating an area above ground that would act as an artificial extension to the deep space underground where Mahakala and the other Exceptions reside. Exceptions cannot manifest in areas where meaningful information—light—is found. By covering Shinjuku Ward in a thick, impenetrable cloud of moon dust and debris, the Warmongers have effectively extended the boundaries of the subterranean labyrinth. This would enable Mahakala to appear at the surface, fully cognizant. However, the Mahakala present is akin to a ghost as it lacks the infinite power that comes with a Rule gone berserk.<ref name="ch11"></ref><sup>13</sup> | ||
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| 10 || Previously<br>{{Transient icon|Taurus Mask}} || Implied to have been left by Taurus Mask | | 10 || Previously<br>{{Transient icon|Taurus Mask}} || Implied to have been left by Taurus Mask | ||
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After Chapter 3, the Rankers' order is roughly as follows: | After Chapter 3, the Rankers' order is roughly as follows: | ||
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|{{Background|ring_viproom|name=n}} | |{{Background|ring_viproom|name=n}} | ||
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| scope="row" colspan="3" align=center| Ikebukuro Underground Labyrinth | | scope="row" colspan="3" align=center| Ikebukuro Underground Labyrinth | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* {{Transient icon|Kirito}} would leave the guild at the end of [[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 3: Berserkers - Ikebukuro Colosseum]], implied to have only joined under a temporary contract to help the Berserkers with the Ikebukuro underground experiment.<ref name="ch3"></ref><sup>16</sup> | * {{Transient icon|Kirito}} would leave the guild at the end of [[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 3: Berserkers - Ikebukuro Colosseum]], implied to have only joined under a temporary contract to help the Berserkers with the Ikebukuro underground experiment.<ref name="ch3"></ref><sup>16</sup> | ||
* {{Transient icon|Kengo}} was a | * In Main Quest, {{Transient icon|Kengo}} was a member of the Berserkers before being kicked out after the events of [[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 3]].<ref name="ch4"></ref><sup>1</sup> He was also a full-time member during the [[Dungeon Quest/Yog-Sothoth|Yog-Sothoth Dungeon]] loop.<ref name="yog">[[Dungeon Quest/Yog-Sothoth|Yog-Sothoth's Memory]]</ref><sup>2</sup> | ||
{{Story Terms}} | {{Story Terms}} | ||