Po Bidau Gustang

Po Bidau Gustang (포 비더 구스트앙, Po Bidder Gustang) is an Irregular and the Family Head of the Po Bidau Family. Tens of thousands of years ago, Gustang entered and climbed the Tower with Zahard and other 11 Great Warriors. After Zahard stopped their climb and decided to became the King of The Tower, Gustang created his own family and at some point in history, also married his fellow Great Warrior companion Eurasia Blossom. During The Great War conflict, he chose to remain loyal to Zahard.

Gustang is currently travelling with his family, on board of their family's mothership called Ark of Knowledge. He stays close to protect his family because Zahard had declared hostility against Gustang as stated within the third article of the latest Three Orders which ordered followers of the Zahard Empire to eliminate the entire Po Bidau Family.

About
Gustang is one of the Great Warriors and the first living being to systematically record knowledges about Shinsu. He is the Tower’s most famous Wave Controller and writer. Excluding the eccentrics within The Workshop, he probably knows the most about The Tower.

Gustang and The Workshop have a pretty close relationship. So much so that Macseth (The Great Father of The Workshop) and Gustang often get together to exchange stories. Because of this close relationship, there exists a rumor that says "Gustang knows the way out of the Tower". Hearing this rumour, Urek Mazino once visited Gustang to learn the way to leave the Tower. However, he left after a while with a headache and complained to Baek Ryun, “It'll be easier for me to dig my way out of the Tower with a spoon than to learn anything from that guy”.

Gustang is the one who pioneered the research of Shinsu but, other than Shinsu and knowledges about the Tower, Gustang was highly interested in researching and learning about the "Guide" Position. However, the topic of the "Guide" is a highly taboo topic within the Research Association. Some believe it's because of his pride as a researcher that he doesn't want anyone else to take his research targets.

Notes and Trivia

 * Gustang's sobriquet "Aloof Wave" means something like "alone but elegant", like the English term the "Lone Wolf". An alternate translation would be the "Lone Wave".
 * It seems Gustang loves to smoke cigarettes. He was seen at the beginning of the Workshop Battle with a plain cigarette and later on smoking a mysterious cigarette that Madoraco states it is "a top product only sold by his merchant group" and only a few can get their hands on it.
 * He is the first family head and the second top 20 ranked character to be shown in and directly affect the active plot of Tower of God.
 * "Gustang looking at Blossom" has become a comparison for envying a person's natural talent while the envious one has plenty of natural talent themselves. It has evolved to describe a man and woman in a poor relationship.
 * It's widely known that Gustang was both Blossom's greatest fan and hater. There are many stories floating around about the union of the two, however, most are fake. But it is a fact that a certain legal document exists in the possession of the sealed Princess, Enne Zahard, that contains a secret about the two.
 * SIU noted that he is an extremely influential character over the whole story, as well as a dark mastermind.
 * He is probably named after the Norwegian scientist Gustav Gaudernack.
 * Hwaryun told a person in FUG that Urek Mazino's appearance in Floor of Death surprised her, notably excluding Gustang. It implies that Gustang's appearance in Floor of Death was part of the plan.

Alternate Translations

 * (Korean pronunciation) Poh Bi-duh Goo-seu-teu-ahng
 * Poe Bidau Gustang (LINE Webtoons)

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