World Void Information Control Organization

The Novus Orbis Librarium (NOL or Library for short) in BlazBlue, is a multi-national task force, run by a central authoritorian leadership. The NOL's purpose is to keep balance in the world by watching over and safeguarding sources of dangerous power.

The Librarium was created during the Dark War. When The Black Beast was trying to destroy the world, humans developed the Ars Magus and mankind fought as one against it. The people who figured out the Ars Magus made the first grimoires, so that anyone could use them. The NOL developed a number of grimoires during the Dark War. With those books, they were able to defeat the Black Beast. After the war ended, the NOL decided they should keep the grimoires and who should have access to them. They claimed it was to keep the grimoires safe, but the people resented them for their tight control over the only thing that could let them use the Ars Magus. A great deal of dissent was caused by this widening socioeconomic gap between those who could and couldn't use Armagus. This dissent would eventually form years later into the Ikaruga Civil War, sometimes known as the Second War of Magic, when the Ikaruga Union openly rebelled against the Librarium. After the war, the Librarium imposed a harsher rule on the world, punishing any rebellion against the Librarium with the death penalty.

According to Jin in "Teach Me, Miss Litchi", the NOL doesn't like being called the "Library".

Known members in the Librarium

 * Jin Kisaragi, a major of the NOL.
 * Noel Vermillion, a lieutenant.
 * Tsubaki Yayoi, part of a group called the "Wings of Justice"
 * Hazama, a captain of the NOL's Intelligance Department.
 * Makoto Nanaya, working for the Intelligence Department.
 * Saya, the Imperator of the NOL.

Name Meaning

 * Novus - "new"
 * Orbis - "circle", "ring", "sphere", anything round or rotating
 * Librarium - "library"