Factions

The groups that move the story: idol units, an army in the sewers, a very profitable bear, a telephone company, and whatever Order is.

Idol group

Squid Sisters

Inkopolis's original idol duo, cousins from Calamari County, and secretly Agents 1 and 2 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon.

Official render of Callie from Splatoon 2

Official render of Marie from Splatoon 2

Idol group

Off the Hook

The Inkopolis Square duo of an Inkling heiress and an Octoling engineer, hosts of Splatoon 2's news and heroes of the Octo Expansion.

Official render of Pearl from Splatoon 2

Official render of Marina from Splatoon 2

Idol group

Deep Cut

Splatsville's idol trio and part-time treasure bandits: a cool Octoling, a fiery Inkling, and a manta ray who says only 'Ay.'

Official render of Shiver from Splatoon 3

Official render of Big Man from Splatoon 3

Agency

New Squidbeak Splatoon

Cap'n Cuttlefish's secret squad of agents, heirs to the Great Turf War's Squidbeak Splatoon, who fight the wars Inkopolis has forgotten.

Official render of Craig Cuttlefish from Splatoon 3 Return of the Mammalians

Model render of Agent 3 in the Hero Suit, as seen in the Octo Expansion

Military

Octarian Army

The underground military of the Octarians, led by DJ Octavio, that lost the Great Turf War and has spent a century trying to reverse it.

Official render of DJ Octavio piloting the Octobot King from Splatoon (downscaled)

Official render of an Octoling holding a .96 Gal from Splatoon 3

Company

Grizzco Industries

The shady egg-collection company that hires Inklings and Octolings for Salmon Run, run by a bear who turned out to be the last mammal on earth.

Official render of the Mr. Grizz bear statue from Salmon Run

Species

Salmonids

A tide-driven warrior culture of evolved fish who surge onto the coast to spawn, guard their Golden Eggs fiercely, and are the enemy in Salmon Run.

Official render of Smallfry from Splatoon 3 Return of the Mammalians

Official render of a Chum Salmonid from Salmon Run Next Wave

Official render of a Cohock Salmonid from Salmon Run

Company

Kamabo Co.

The corporation that runs the Deepsea Metro and its tests, a front for Commander Tartar's plan to sanitize the sea creatures and start evolution over.

Model render of Commander Tartar, the telephone, from the Octo Expansion

Official render of C.Q. Cumber from the Octo Expansion

Agency

Order

The program that took over Marina's Memverse in Side Order, bleaching Inkopolis Square into the Order Sector and building the Spire of Order to make everything identical.