Fogland

They live in different areas/villages inside Fog Land. For example, 182 lives in Tofu Village. * They form communities around powerful prisoners. Fog Land has powerful figures who effectively control parts of the prison; the French official synopsis describes six especially powerful criminals as the “Pillars.” * They have food and communal areas. There is a chow hall and ordinary eating/social activity inside the prison. The series even has an OST called Chow Hall. * They have their own routines and relationships. 182, for example, has been imprisoned for over 20 years and has his own little life in Tofu Village, including taking care of a sweet potato as if it were an animal. * They participate in organized activities/conflicts. Later chapters include Box Wars, which shows that prisoners aren’t simply sitting in cells all day. * Survival and power are central. The German official description explicitly says that in Fog Land “das Recht des Stärkeren” applies — essentially, the strongest make the rules — and prisoners have unusual abilities. * Some prisoners have useful roles within the society. For example, there are people connected to medical care and information, rather than everyone just being a fighte. The really important part is Fog. Fog Fog is a strange substance found inside Fog Land. It doesn’t simply give someone a random superpower. The basic concept is that Fog amplifies a talent that the person already possesses. So the ability is connected to something that person was naturally unusually good at. For example: * Rambutan → extraordinary jumping/leg ability. * Lychee → extraordinary visual memory; she can remember scenery extremely precisely. * Other prisoners develop physical or sensory talents in completely different ways. So you could have a character whose natural talent is something seemingly ordinary, and Fog pushes it to an absurd level. And then there are the “Shoulders” This is the part you were talking about. The Shoulders (어깨) are the exceptionally powerful figures at the top of Fog Land’s prisoner hierarchy. The story currently revolves around six major Shoulders/Pillars. They’re not simply “prison guards” or gang leaders. They’re basically monsters at the top of Fog Land’s internal power structure. And there’s an even bigger concept behind them: The Supreme Leader. There is a legend in Fog Land that a person can continue developing their talents through Fog and eventually become the Supreme Leader, gaining essentially limitless talents and becoming capable of transcending the rules of the world and freeing Fog Land. The dangerous part of developing talents Someone who already possesses a Fog-enhanced talent can apparently consume more Fog in an attempt to develop another talent. There are three important concepts: Limbo — what happens when a Fog-dependent person is deprived of Fog. Ascension — extremely rare successful development of another talent. Falling/Descent — when the attempt at further development fails catastrophically. According to the Korean setting material, most attempts at Ascension fail, resulting in “Falling,” which is fatal. So the power system isn’t: “I ate magic substance → I got a cool superpower.” It’s more like: natural talent → Fog amplifies it → dependence → potentially greater talent → increasingly dangerous attempts to evolve. That’s MUCH more central to Fog Land. Fog-born babies There’s also a really important category: Fog-born babies. These are people born inside Fog Land and exposed to Fog from birth, rather than ordinary prisoners who arrived there later. They’re essentially people who grew up as Fog users from the beginning. That makes them fundamentally different from an ordinary newcomer.