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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