The Workshop

The Gong Bang(The Creation Room or the Blacksmiths) is an organization founded within the Tower by the Great Father Macseth. It also exists outside the Tower. And no one knows origin of the Creation of Gong Bang, in general.

Its' ultimate ambition is to find the order and reason of all creation in the world. And by doing so, to know how to recreate all such creation and with that, the God of all creation.

Note: To avoid all hilarity on pronunciation of the name; (probably American pronunciation) Gong – the “o” is a long “o”, like the ‘o’ in “for”, “or”. It is NOT pronounced like the percussion instrument. Bang – NOT pronounced like the sound a gun would make. The ‘a’ is a short a, like in ‘farm’ or ‘ma’.

About
The knowledge of the Gong Bang cannot be given to an outsider and this is the absolute law of the Gong Bang. (If one leaves the group, his/her knowledge, by law, will be ‘sealed’.) The Gong Bang only creates items for ‘One who is worthy’. And this law is often applied even to Zahard and the 10 Families.

The Gong Bang can be found in the Middle Area of each floor. From there, they perform the role of providing items to people who they deem worthy enough. A Regular who has climbed many floors has better chances of receiving an item, than one who climbed fewer. The same applies for Rankers. The higher the ranking, the better the chances.

Ranks withing the Gong Bang
There are presumably 5 ranks within the Gong Bang: Great Father, Father, Great Teacher, Teacher and Disciple.

Great Father
The highest rank is that of the Great Father. It is currently occupied by the founder of the Tower's Gong Bang, Macseth.

Father
(Note: Great Teachers and Fathers might possibly be the same rank or equal.)

There is one known Father who is one of the Tower's Lords, Flux (Magician) and he is the first Disciple of Masceth.

Like all the other Fathers of the factory, Magician is an artificial organism created by Masceth.

Great Teacher
There are currently 4 known Great Teachers, Max, Mai, Mad and May, each of them an artifical lifeform created by Macseth (they are considered his 'children'). They are not given a ranking by the Ranking Administration, because of their relationship with the Gong Bang. Their fighting capabilities are S-level, comparable to High-Rankers.

According to rumor, each of the four all hold different personalities and knowledge. And one of them, contrary to his title of Great Teacher, is a very mischievous prankster.

Teacher
The title of Teacher is self explanatory, however, it has to be noted that their influence within the Tower is enormous (see Influence).

Disciple
Disciples are chosen by the Teachers of the Gong Bang. They formally become one after a set period of training.

As their position and title rises within the group, a Disciple enjoys benefits rivaling those enjoyed by Rankers.

In special cases, a Disciple may be chosen to be a Regular. However, he will be expelled from the Gong Bang and his/her knowledge 'sealed' by law.

Influence within the Tower
The Gong Bang is not ruled by Zahard and completely independent. One may think that this kind of existence may threaten the power and balance of the Tower’s Rulers, but this is not the case. This is because the Gong Bang have ‘absolutely no interest’ in the Tower’s power struggles and politics, even though Masceth himself shares some kind of affiliation with Zahard and possibly, the 10 Great Families.

This means they are not ruled by the Ruler and the Ruler of a floor cannot touch the Gong Bang’s laws and regulations.

When the administrator of a Floor created a commotion with the Gong Bang, an attending Teacher completely humiliated him. The Ruler of the floor himself came to ask for forgiveness from the Teacher after the news reached him.