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Roland (롤랑, Lollang) is one of the main protagonists, a playable character in Library Of Ruina and the servant of Angela, following his story in the Library across the game. He used to be a Grade 9 Fixer of a one-man Office before he wandered into the Library. He is the first Librarian that the player can use, and becomes the Patron Librarian of the first Floor to be unlocked: the Floor of General Works.
Roland has a casual and relaxed personality, often clashing with Angela and the Patron Librarians. Being a person who has hit rock bottom, he has come to accept what he cannot change or control, while trying to survive and do his best in any situation, expressing this through his saying "That's that and this is this". He also believes that everyone is responsible for their own choices and that any resulting consequences are entirely their own fault - even if someone else's choice led to those consequences.
In his conversations with Angela, he is shown to have a rather deadpan and sometimes sarcastic demeanor, often teasing her about her lack of knowledge about the City, and how she does not open up to him very much. This usually makes Roland explain the various aspects of the City - the different Districts, the many Associations, Syndicates, and the other groups that operate throughout the City. He is not always knowledgeable of all its aspects, such as the Ruins.
Some events here reference other cutscenes in Receptions, Suppressions, and Floor Realizations. For more context, see the individual pages of Guests and Patron Librarians for their individual stories.
According to Roland, he was formerly a "kickass" Grade 1 Fixer who mainly dealt with intelligence and information (and did not participate in actual combat) before being demoted to the lowest rank, Grade 9. He then started a one-man Office to continue making a living as a Fixer, before mysteriously finding himself inside the Library while trying to visit a HamHamPangPang sandwich shop.
Also according to Roland, he does not have any surviving family; his parents died when he was young, and he used to live with his grandmother until she mysteriously disappeared one day. He was also married, with his wife being another high-graded Fixer. However, both his wife and their unborn child were killed when their house collapsed in a disaster that happened in Roland's home district while Roland was away. Despite this, he claims to have accepted his loss, insisting that his tragedy was nothing special amongst the denizens of the City.
At the beginning of the story, Roland wanders into the Library without noticing; and soon he is faced by Angela, the owner of the Library. When Angela questions him, Roland is unable to respond properly to her questions at first. She cuts off his limbs as punishment, and eventually he faints. Roland later wakes up, restored, and with his body intact, as a servant/assistant of Angela. She tells him that he will be working for her, as ignoring him may cause there to be a possible threat to the Library, as entering to it should only be possible with an Invitation. She also explains his job in the Library, and how he will help her, by receiving Guests during a Reception, to then obtain Books from them by defeating them, in order to reach the ultimate Book. Although Roland feels wary of her methods, he considers them fair and he is willing to help while trying to learn more about her, the Library, and his fellow Patron Librarians on the other Floors. From that point, he works in the Floor of General Works as the Library expands.
After dealing with a number of guests, Roland notes that he's gotten used to sorting out books by now, something that makes Angela ask why is he helping her so submissively, to which Roland sarcastically remarks how she dismembered him on his arrival, adding that can't leave on his own either. Angela, however, points out that Roland doesn't seem to be fearful of her, having already seen people crawl with terror in their faces, deducting that he's not just compliant out of fear of death. He jokingly wonders what did she do in the past, before replying that there's some things he also wants to know about the Library, hoping he'd get an answer by helping her goal, and guessing it's probably better than being a washed up Fixer, scraping at the bottom of the barrel for a living.
While Angela appreciates the coincidence of interests and although she tells him he's "free to make use of her as long as she exploits him", she also warns him to not pry into her past any further, with a careless attempt possibly being enough to have him killed. He jokingly asks what made her use such vicious words, to which Angela adds that she feels like slowly melting his limbs this time. Retracting his question, Roland sarcastically asks for permission to make another, adding "ma'am" at the end of every sentence. Angela grants it to him with another warning, which makes Roland ask about the Librarians, noting they don't "feel" human, but not like machines or artificial creatures either. Angela explains that they're entities previously known as Abnormalities and Employees, similar to her in the sense that they originated from humans, taken advantage of by the facility that once stood on the Library's place, and were abandoned once they were no longer useful. Roland mentions that the way Angela uses them still sounds like exploitation, which Angela justifies by adding they couldn't hold a stable physical form and are barely kept together by being bound to a book, along that they'll all be freed along with Angela once she find the one perfect book. This surprises Roland, with Angela adding that's the only way any of them, herself included could leave.
Roland cheerily notes that the Library will soon be exalted to the rank of Urban Legend. He explains that most Urban Myth rank cases are mostly false or underwhelming, but the really interesting ones are moved to Urban Legend. Annoyed at his roundabout explanation, Angela asks if that higher grade means they'll attract guests with more valuable information, something that Roland confirms, since Urban Legends are acknowledged as a phenomenon worth their attention, shortly recalling the times when his grandmother told him tales of Urban Legends as a kid, before beating himself down for remembering his own past. Angela expresses curiosity about Roland's family, but he adds that he lost all of them, having been raised by her grandmother, his parents passing away without him knowing how and his grandmother disappearing one day, before adding it's nothing special. Angela wonders what was Roland going to say, but he moves on to ask about the one perfect book that'd give Angela her freedom, specifically, if freedom is the only reason why she's gathering books. Angela replies he's only partially correct, since during the time she was trapped underground, she could only collected fragmented information about the outside world, which were repeated over and over again. She wanted to hear new stories and see new faces, along with the freedom to live as herself, the freedom to forget, and "a little bit of revenge". Roland wonders what does she mean by getting revenge, with Angela elaborating that she's taking it on the "abominable person" and the world that made her into the way she is, believing she will only attain freedom once he completely destroys every trace of his dream.
Roland then asks if she'd really get her freedom and vengeance by following the Invitation, to which Angela further explains that it will guide her to the book that will let her achieve them, but she doesn't know how exactly will those wishes come true. In spite of that, she is sure that the one perfect book will complete her and the Library, containing everything she needs to know. This surprises Roland, who can't really believe her entire plan is just finding that book without knowing exactly what will happen next. Angela justifies it as only knowing that she will become whole at the end of the Invitation's journey, and even she could fill the infinite space of the Library with infinite books from countless guests, it'd be an inefficient way to collect the information she needs compared to the Invitation's guidance. Roland further asks that if she gets the one perfect book, would she know what it'd exactly do to her to become "whole" in her terms. Angela replies that she doesn't care what happens to her, as long as she can get the results she's hoping for, something that makes Roland note her tenacity as almost frightening.
Angela calls out Roland's name, asking to confirm if they'd have to prepare for guests from major Syndicates and even Wings. He notes that what just happened was the "third most surprising thing to happen to him" on the Library, specifically, Angela calling him by his name. She replies that it's simply his name after all, but he adds that she had never referred to him by his own name before, which Angela explains that her trust for him has increased, and wanted to refer to him in more relatively intimate terms to reinforce their amity. Roland teases her by calling her explanation a boring answer, since it had been long since anyone had called him by his name, the last time he heard it having been from his family. Angela asks what he means, considering his grandmother disappeared long ago, with Roland simply adding that he used to have a wife, something that peaks Angela's interest. Roland jokes that she's surely more interested about "the concept of this inefficient practice known as marriage", rather than his own, before she openly asks for him to tell her more about his marriage. He warns that it's a banal story with some sad moments, which he thinks Angela wouldn't like. Nonetheless, Angela insists, stating she's open for new stories, which makes Roland poke fun at her for not even telling her own life to him. Angela sternly replies that she's simply sick of it, being a boring and trifling story looped over for ten millennia, comparing it to reading the same book for a million years, to which Roland sympathizes by saying he'd have choked himself by the fifth time he'd be forced to read a boring book over and over before telling his story.
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