flags of T10
thoughts? what could i improve?
T10 [Tokyo Times Ten] is a central mega metropolis, for my sci-fi comic, Gauge Zero.
flag no. 1 - Visage of The Knife
The Knife is a secret society based in T10. The Knife primarily works as a shadow government, often having their hands in everything without the notice of the general public. The Knife purely exists in the public as a niche internet conspiracy, discussed on hidden civilian servers. the society mainly monopolizes the cities companies, experiments on the general public, surveils the public, interferes with private/public assets and trade, and enforces authoritarianism subliminally, and or through direct interference disguised as the actions of others.
meaning of colors: i was initially inspired by the flags of both north and south Korea for some reason, but overall the colors are supposed to give a false sense of balance and calm, and the domineering black represents control. the shapes around the emblem are also supposed to look like eyes. eyes = surveillance.
edit: i forgot to mention the actual emblem itself is inspired by Fuji bikes logo, which is a mountain. which you could say a mountain kind of represents a "Knife" cutting into the clouds, which could symbolize anything lol, maybe the mountain is just a symbol for strength and fortitude. Idk haven't thought about its representation too much other than that, its just a cool symbol.
Flag no. 2 - H.C.O.D. Kiken banner
H.C.O.D., Hazards Clean-up and Operations Division, is a privatized union made up of hazard specialists, owned distantly by The Knife. Not much lore on it as of now, other than the main characters enroll within it. and honestly i could end up using the symbol for something else cause i really like the symbol, but, HCOD was more important in the first iteration of this comics concept, and since then the comics overall concept has went under drastic changes, deeming HCOD less vial to the story.
meaning of colors: yellow = danger. Kiken 危険. there originally was gonna be a triangle with flat points and concaved sides holding the emblem, but I haven't been able to design it yet.
Flag no. 3 - Hurloch Empire: THIS concept is also very dependent on the later direction of the comic, but for now, the Hurloch Empire is a pseudo empire curated by a being named Olgg, or Peacekeeper Olgg, as The Knife titles him. the empire was entirely fabricated by Olgg, with him being a powerful outsider and a good manipulator, they had no reason suspect otherwise. now "Hurloch" is a term to classify anything pertaining to "eldritch" beings similar to Olgg, or relating to them. in the more expanisve canon/alt timeline, The Hurlochs are actually real galactic invaders. But, for this current canon I'm working on, they are a big phony operation for now
meaning of colors: they remind me of space, and the hurlochs are supposed to be outsiders so that kinda goes hand and hand i guess. honestly the least thought about flag on here.
LMK also if any of this lore interests you I have am unfinished very amature stream of consciousness written rough draft, with more lore if anyone's cares in viewing the google doc.