Nameless

Because he exists inside the pages of a novel rather than the main narrative, little of his physical form is put on display. He is defined less by looks than by the ideals attached to him within Takatsuki's story.

Only broad strokes of his character are given. He is written as a noble and heroic figure, a leader carried by a firm sense of justice who takes up the cause of the oppressed.

Within King Bileygr, this nameless one-eyed ghoul becomes an improbable champion, drawing great numbers of ghouls under his banner. He shapes them into a revolutionary force and wages war on a rotten human institution in order to liberate his people from its grip.

The book lands with tremendous force in the wider world, remarkable both for being penned by a ghoul and for casting a ghoul as its sympathetic lead. Eto Yoshimura weaponizes it to stir controversy, kindling public interest in ghoul rights while turning criticism onto the Commission of Counter Ghoul, and protests break out as a direct consequence. The story pointedly evokes the Washuu Clan, and the parallels readers notice push Itsuki Marude to investigate the organization's leadership, a trail that ends with him assassinating Yoshitoki Washuu. Ayato Kirishima suspects the novel is also meant to rouse ghouls ahead of the One-Eyed King's arrival, and Kaneki, then living as investigator Haise Sasaki, recognizes how closely Nameless mirrors that figure. After taking up the title of One-Eyed King himself, Kaneki follows the fictional blueprint and founds the revolutionary group Goat.