Gregor - Vermin
Particulars: Repulsive, Spontaneously Metamorphic
Apple: nightmarish
Gilded Apple: hopeful on the outside, rotted on the inside
Cockroach: small, controlled by others
Rodion - Split
Particulars: Materialistic, Engrossed Gambler
Matryoshka Dolls: bodies of her neighbors, the massacre
Cold: self-punishment, unable to forgive herself
Axe: evil, violence
Sinclair - Bird
Particulars: Wishy-washy, Overdependent, Inexorably Insecure
Tree: knowledge, sin
World of light: family, food, school
World of dark: Kromer, dead family, prosthetics
Coin: the two worlds?
Egg: Sinclair as a baby bird, immature and unable to face the world until he breaks out of his shell
Yi Sang - Ha Yung
Particulars: Ruminating
Mirror: longing for the ideal, reflects the current state of the world
Tranquilizers: forced stasis, unable to move forward
Wings: Freedom, hope, dreams
Ishmael - Hearse
Particulars: Suffers from an obsessive-compulsive neurosis
Lakes (ironic): rebirth for the worse, incromprehensible
Compass: Her purpose, her clear direction
Heathcliff - Revenge
Particulars: Anger-management Issues, Ruffian, Inferiority Complex
Bat: extremely violent
Bodysack: never-ending vengence
Cliff: the destruction caused by his impulsive need for revenge
Don Quixote - Impossible Dream
Particulars: Over-passionate, [REDACTED], Has Delusions of Grandeur
Knight Armor: Righteousness
Fixer pins: Obsessiveness, unrealistic expectations
Carnival horse: Her cheery behavior which masks her true bloodlust (horses are skewered in her base ego)
Hong Lu - Unreal
Particulars: Bachelor, Sheltered
Jade eye: Unable to escape his family
Ryoshu - Frantic, Screaming, Incoherent
Particulars: Has an aesthetic sense, chain smoker
Fire: uncontrollable anger, likely an ironic change
Butterfly: death
Meursault - Sun
Particulars: Refuses to cast any moral judgement
Chains: restricted by society
Sun: expectations of society, imposes a literal obstacle to him
Outis - Nobody
Particulars: Strategic
Pocket watch: stasis, longing for the end
Faust - Walpurgisnacht
Particulars: Insufferable, Chronic Lassitude
Formulas: Knowledge, thirst for more knowledge
Alchemy's flask: homunculus?
Dante - Durante
Clock: time