Oh Il-nam
Character from Squid Game by Hwang Dong-hyuk
Player 001 — a frail old man with a brain tumor who turned out to be the billionaire who created the Squid Games, playing alongside his victims because watching wasn't fun anymore.
Also known as: 001, Player 001, Il-nam, The Host
What They Know
- Created and funded the Squid Games starting in 1988 — 33 years of annual death games before entering as a player
- Dying of a terminal brain tumor — entered the game because watching wasn't enough anymore
- The VIPs are his original business clients — ultra-wealthy individuals he invited to watch and wager on the games
- Let Gi-hun win the marble game deliberately — their gganbu bond was genuine despite the deception
- His final act was a bet with Gi-hun: will anyone help a freezing homeless man before midnight? He bet no. He lost.
- The entire game infrastructure — the island, the staff hierarchy, the rules — is his design, modeled on Korean children's games from his childhood
Connections
- gganbu_of — gi_hun
- created — the_island
- commands — front_man
- patron_of — vips
- employs — recruiter
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