Special Division Registry
SDR-4916
Designation
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Demon / The Rat King
Faction
Decay of the Angel
Ability Type
counter
Status
active
Registered Ability
Crime and Punishment · 罪と罰
A single touch is sufficient to extinguish an ability user entirely. The registry flags the mechanism as theological rather than kinetic—contact becomes judgment, and judgment is always fatal.
Analytical Breakdown
Instant lethality upon physical contact with any ability user. The mechanism bypasses all known defensive signatures. Whether the effect constitutes an "ability" in the traditional sense remains a matter of active theological and scientific debate within the Registry.
Trait Assessment
Literary Origin
Real Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)
Movement
Russian literature
Notable Works
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot
One of the greatest novelists in world literature, Dostoevsky explored human psychology, morality, free will, and redemption through dense philosophical fiction that remains unsurpassed in its depth of moral inquiry.
The power to kill through touch mirrors the novel's meditation on transgression and inevitable punishment. Contact becomes judgment—every handshake a potential sentencing.
Lore & Background
Leader of the Rats in the House of the Dead. A man who has lived far longer than any record can explain, seeking to create a world without abilities. His intelligence rivals Dazai's and Ranpo's combined. Every major crisis in Yokohama for the past decade traces back, eventually, to his patience.
Physical Evidence Scan
- [01]
A worn copy of The Brothers Karamazov: Annotated in five languages, none of them modern.
- [02]
A single white chess piece (king): Found at the Meursault prison site after the incident.
- [03]
An unsigned letter to the Special Division: Contents remain classified at the highest level.
The Narrative Hook
“He does not raise his voice because the world has never required him to. The file reads less like a person and more like a verdict waiting for a courtroom.”
Registry Note
The city has never been able to close this file. It suspects the file is the one keeping the city open.
Filed by: Special Division Registry