Black Anchor

The Black Anchor is a gang that is primarily located in Port Elpis. They come into conflict with Phaethon after one of their thugs is caught threatening Venus.^[1]

History

At some point, the Black Anchor began making several unidentifiable transactions within the Hollow, the details and participants of which were highly classified. These activities were recorded by Bangboo Merchants, creating the risk of scandal should they be leaked to the public. As such, the gang opted to conduct an operation within the Hollow to wipe out all the Bangboo: the original plan to take out the specific Bangboo with the recording had to be changed due to the Hollow's complex nature making it impossible to find. To that end, the gang posed as normal clients on Inter-Knot and arranged for a rookie Proxy to guide them to the merchants, as hiring a simple rookie would make them easier to kill afterwards.^[2]

However, this operation would mark the beginning of the end for the gang. The hired Proxy witnessed the gang members silencing the merchants and secretly sabotaged them before sneaking away. Not long after, the vigilante Bangboo Kami North caught wind of their assault and began hunting the gang down. With the gang coming under pressure, they tracked down Venus and began threatening her to reveal the Proxy's location to them. This attracted the attention of Phaethon, who was in Port Elpis at the time and threatened to report them to New Eridu Public Security. Upon learning the situation, they agreed to help relocate Venus to Sixth Street for the time being, only to fall into a trap set up by second-in-command Lana that nearly resulted in the pair getting brutally assaulted by gang members before Kami North arrived to save them.^[2]

Taking out several thugs, they manage to find out the location of the gang's hideout from one of them before Gerant and Sita arrive on the scene. With the info in hand and Venus' safety assured, Phaethon and Kami North storm the gang's hideout to finally take them down. The members were successfully taken out, with Lana captured by Public Security thanks to Kami North's anonymous tip, bringing an end to the Black Anchor.^[2]

Members

Unnamed Boss
Lana (second-in-command)
Jeraf
Jake

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Black Anchor
Chinese (Simplified)	黑锚帮 Hēimáo-bāng
Chinese (Traditional)	黑錨幫 Hēimáo-bāng
Japanese	ブラックアンカー団 Brakku'ankā Dan
Korean	검은 닻 Geomeun Dat
Spanish	Pandilla Ancla Negra
French	l'Ancre noire
Russian	Чёрный якорь Chyornyy yakor'
Thai	Black Anchor
Vietnamese	Bang Mỏ Neo Đen
German	Black Anchor
Indonesian	Geng Jangkar Hitam
Portuguese	Gangue da Âncora Negra