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We already know a lot about Shinigami Shihakushō, and Fullbringers are just wearing their own normal human clothes.

My name is Jean De Baroque D’Orleans, though, you might simply call me Jean, of the Grand Magasin Sysphe Production Team. Please, any inquiries for specialised Canned Experiences, bring it up to me or my superiors. We are always ready to supply your needs, just, be ready to repay what it is owed.

(OC made with a Picrew Project Moon maker game, the creator is MiEzako)

(Artwork by Nishikujic)
USEERMAATRE-SETEPENRE (Powerful is the Ma’at of Ra, Chosen of Ra)

Dias, the mistress of the Udjat, Dias, the Chief Executive Director of Limbus Company, Dias, the one chosen by Ra.

It’s not secret that Dias is based of Ramesses the second. Her name, Dias, is apart of Ozymandias, the Greek name for Ramesses, specifically after the Pharaoh’s Throne name, Useermaatre-Setepenre. This name Throne was also used within the Distortion Detective character page about her, confirming her inspiration.

This inspiration is also where her connections to Dias come through, as many theorise the Pharaoh that Moses (the Prophet from the Bible) faced against to free the Jews was infact Ramesses II.

Now, what is my theory? Gods of the Cities, a concept introduced within Library of Ruin (mostly the artbook), these Gods have had their own reintroduction within Limbus, specifically Canto 9. Hermes, the God of the Prescripts Device, and seemingly only one of the Gods of the Index. From what the Library of Ruina Artbook tells us, alongside Moirai talking about the Will of the City, Gods are beings created by human desire, and who posses the desire to fulfil humans by giving them a purpose.

Within pre-Islam Egypt, there existed the concept that the Ruler of Egypt, the Pharaoh, was the divine incarnated as a human. Whether a human who could talk with the divine, simply given the right to rule by the Gods and other are the incarnation of an aspects of a God. Ramesses II himself was uplifted as a God, specifically by successor Pharaohs as the “Great God”.

Dias has some unique things about her.

1. She has seemingly not aged much, even while being 70 or 80 years old (she raised Moses, who is 47 years old). This is unique among the City. There are of course other immortals, if Dias is one, but she doesn’t seem to have the adverse effect each one has. Bloodfiends have an endless hunger for blood, which also drives them towards an idea of propagation, while Dias has neither hunger (for blood or an ideal, like our resident Bloodfiend) nor lesser Kindreds to her side. I’d imagine if she could, she would, given how loyal a Kindred is to its parent. The Xianren and the Hierach of Daguanyuan (Jia Mu) are another category. Though not immortal till the end of Canto 8, Jia Mu was as obsessed with immortality as the Xianren are, however, she also seems to be aging normally for a human, meaning she likely was under any process to make her younger, which seems strange for the youth obsessed Hierach. The Xianren, as a cabal of rich monster wankers, who have accumulated countless forms of immortality, yet, all the forms we see them use are failures. They degrade the body, leading to some being just moving corpses, others it mutated, making them inhuman. If the Xianren could, I believe they very well would wish for a human form. This is likely why Xichun, even if she did not find traces of the water of the River of Immortality, was still allowed to pass for any evidence of the Rivers. Given how the River of immortality is the most likely pure form of immortality we might have seen. Bari, one knowledgeable in the Rivers, who lead Sancho to one, also appears immortal, giving Sancho counter-less comics, trophies and other Fixer merchandise, just till recently. Also her seemingly being the same person as the “Bookhunter” from LoR’s bad ending.

Herbert could also be put on this list, possibly. He seems young, despite the fact he must be as least as old as Benjamin and certainly older then the Time Ripper and his brother, he also makes comments about how T corp’s goal was to stop time so that people could be preserved. All in all, he might well be physically trapped in the same body, without aging.

Each of these examples are extremely rare, and or have extreme drawbacks (excluding Bari, and maybe Herbert). None of the rich people we see in Daguanyuan nor in T corp’s seem particularly well aged, so it seems the method aren’t even particularly common to the rich, yet Dias remains.

2. A desire to overthrow/defy the Head. Among all the characters within the City, there are only a few who can attest to this desire. Carmen, Ayin, Benjamin, Angela, Roland, Kali, Binah and of course, Dias. Perhaps the most incredible in scope idea we see, and it is one that Dias has seemingly made her whole around to resolve. But for why? My thought, maybe, is that the idea that there is something that is above her, and that will outlive her, is all be sacrilege to her. But why? How can one obtain such a massive ego? Why believe you could ever amass such resources for this plan? What makes it so that influence comparable to a Wing CEO is not enough for you?

3. The money and influence which can rival a Wing, despite her seemingly not owning a Wing. We see that even the Daguanyuan Great Houses don’t possess the amount of capital Dias must have, considering her Udjat army is a force more comparable to a Wing’s full military force, both in equipment, power and staffing, then any of the Great Houses’ personnel armies (A single squad of Udjat can handle Rien, an Oracle’s Proxy, if not sabotaged, whereas the personal army of the Jia family, the Jialan Guards, are cut like butter by the Thumb’s Capo IIII- Lei Heng/Meursault). This absurd, even for the rich among the City, when at most, a family can field the likes of the Butlers seen with Canto 6.

Now, speculation. A theory to answer all three. One based in Egyptian belief. I believe Dias to be a human who has bonded with a God of the City, or a God of the City who has taken human form.

Gods of the City seemingly do not normally have physical form, yet can manifest in specific things. Specifically, abilities spawned from the Light (E.G.O and Distortion) and in weapons could Oracle Devices.

Don’s Index ID confirms that her E.G.O is resonating with one God, resembling the form of it. Her E.G.O bares similar design to Yan’s Distortion, which could seemingly sense Prescripts being delivered to it without a Paper Slip or Pager. Both are oily, black, inky liquid substances and possess large, clawed hands. The Oracle Device: Caduceus- named after Hermes’ Staff (this will also become more important later)- is a weapon which can change it’s shape via Prescripts, seemingly with just resonating with the God itself (it does not possess mechanical features, unlike other methods of receiving Prescripts, except for Yan). Also, the liquid used, asides from resembling Mercury, a metal that shares its name with the Roman interpretation of Hermes, also appears to be an inky, oily, black, liquid substance.

All in all, this is seemingly the method of a God appearing in the physical world.

Interestingly enough, there is a mechanic used by the Index which actually implies the existence of non-Index affiliated Gods/Prescripts. “The Prescript’s Target - The Index”, the wording here, specifying it to be the Index, seems to me, at least, that other variants of “The Prescript’s Target” will exist, just of other factions.

Though, you might be asking, what does that proof about Dias being a God, wouldn’t the Udjat be using her Prescripts then?

However true is that the Udjat do not currently used a Prescript mechanic. However, they do have several mechanics which related to a certain God of our world. The Udjat in itself, is also know as the “Eye of Horus”, which is a symbol of protection and healing. “Udjat” is a card used by the Udjat in LoR, and a status used by LCA Outis, which makes her equip the mask with the Udjat symbol on. Each Udjat wears these masks, which provide instructions and help for combat, specifically in the methods of protection.

In Limbus, LCA Outis has the passive “Sceptre of Horus - Replica”, which is a passive which allows her to get the statue of Udjat (and so equip her Udjat mask) should an enemy have the panic type that blue sand inflicts on them. The Sceptre of Horus is also known as a “Was Sceptre” in ancient Egypt. Used as a symbol of power, wielded by Pharaohs and Gods. Dias herself wields a Sceptre, which while not resembling a stereotypical Was Sceptre, does look close, and also possesses the head of a bird (Horus is depicted with the head of a bird) and a Udjat eye. Given how Outis’s passive it what gives her the Udjat statue, it can be assumed that in some way, that Dias possesses the true Sceptre of Horus and that it what gives the Udjat mask their special quality.

Now, remember how I said Caduceus would become more important later? Well, this is where it becomes important. Both are objects associated with one God, and it seems they both possess supernatural effects. Would it not be a given then that both are connected with a God?

Now, talking of aesthetic. I made a point about Sora/Don’s E.G.O, Yan’s Distortion and Caduceus sharing traits, showing connection. So, what is the aesthetic connection between the Sceptre of Horus, Udjat masks, and Dias? Gold, the Udjat eye, and Red. Every Udjat mask glows Gold, emitting from the pupil of it. The Sceptre wielded by Dias has gold covering near all of it, with a different such of colour glowing from the pupil of the Udjat eye, that being red, the same colour as Dias’s eyes, which are apparently one of her most striking features to characters.

Dias herself has often called the Udjat “her eyes”, called Moses her “her precious eyes” and she might be more literal. She might be able to view through the masks, and it appears her blessing is what gives the Udjat their protection via the masks.

Her immorality might be simply another amazing power of the Gods, her goal to overthrow the Head might be born because she is fulfilling the desires of humans who birthed her, to be an absolute God that they can all follow and worship, also explaining her charisma, and her resources and influence might stem from being a God, who at least with the Index, seem to be able to tell the future via “vibrations of the past, present and future”, or even from having an endless amount of time to collect needed money and influence.

How is it that the form created by the former G corp appear as art in your eyes? Crude, brutish and merely practical? Or is there a semblance of your School’s style hidden with the chitin and vestigial, segmented limbs?

The first two are images I collected off remnants within D corp’s Backstreets. The other is something that your School scrapped away from the recording devices of *that House*’s Thumb Corridor.