Phantom Troupe
The Spiders: a gang of thieves from Meteor City led by Chrollo Lucilfer.
The Phantom Troupe, also called the Spiders, is a gang of thieves with 13 members and a changing roster. Its leader Chrollo chooses new members, and anyone who kills a member may take their place. Each member bears a numbered tattoo of a 12-legged spider.
Lore & Background
Chrollo and most members come from Meteor City, a slum whose residents appear in no official records. The group began as children performing live voice-over dubs of foreign television shows and turned to crime after one of its early members was abducted and murdered. Though they mainly steal and kill, they sometimes do philanthropic work.
The Spiders wiped out the Kurta Clan; only Shizuku, Hisoka, Kalluto and Illumi joined afterwards. After Hisoka kills two members following his defeat by Chrollo, the Troupe boards the Black Whale to hunt him down.
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