SECRET LORE Hidden In These Character Designs (Regulus, Sotheby, A Knight) | Reverse: 1999

[@IslandXD]

I LOVED making this video. I feel right at home digging through lore of characters!! I hope you enjoyed this video, and if you want more videos like this for different characters in the future, please let me know!

[@jayrnada]

I'm really interested in the references for an an lee's character and tooth fairy! this was very informative and I'm curious what else I've missed

[@shrimpfryWW]

yes please

[@lightshard8]

YES PLEASE!

[@reconfox82]

Moar pls

[@abyssenjoyer]

I love you. Please more of this

[@Tin_Le]

I also learned that Lilya was an actual Soviet female pilot Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, nicknamed "Lilya". Pretty cool.

[@bryantan4228]

There’s a few more characters from history. Druvis’ last name is Weyerhaeuser, which is a real timber company whose family did not die in a giant fire. Bkornblume is a member of the Stasi of East Germany Sweetheart is literally just Marilyn Monroe, who was nicknamed “America’s Sweetheart” Lilya was born in the USSR

[@CreedATM]

Regarding Sotheby being the name of an auction house, it was mentioned at the end of Chpt 2 that Sotheby is indeed the heir of auction house owners. This implies Sotheby may not be her first name, but in face her family name. Like how nobles and the rich tend to be reffered to by the collective “family” instead of their individual names

[@L16htW4rr10r]

Oooh, I didn't know that. That's very cool!

[@unclefudge4206]

everyone who has a mother should play Reverse 1999

[@suverin007]

Regulus: So you have a mother.

[@sirbachelorboredmen1314]

Ngl that sounds kyute lol

[@Owudukan]

So you do have a mother

[@dummycarrot1748]

So orphans cannot play:(

[@brings2520]

@@dummycarrot1748 they can, because they likely came from a female, only issue is they likely may or not have a mother figure. Everyone can game knowing they have a mother! Albeit not knowing whether or not they love them... But nonetheless! Edit: two words. Test-tube Babies.

[@thecrabjail]

I adore Click. He is the perfect representation of how vital journalists were in WWII

[@geminiokra]

I've researched WWII extensively. Click is definitely one of my favorite characters. Have you seen "Five Came Back"?

[@cursednormie7854]

I did my own digging on Click and quickly concluded he was based on Hungarian-American war photographer Robert Capa. Others have also arrived at this conclusion.

[@thecrabjail]

@cursednormie7854 that's so cool!!! He's my favorite and I hope they give us more of him

[@simplythecat4068]

I think Sotheby's family actually ARE the owners of a very well-known auction house within R1999's world and lore, I think it gets mentioned somewhere in chapter 2, so that reference was very intentional. Regarding the Knight, his sword is named "Durendal", and in one of his dialogues you unlock with high bond he mentions an old friend that once drove to the moon. Which is all referencing Roland from classical french literature.

[@LemonedIScream13]

and he was referencing to his cousin, Astolfo, who flies to the moon to find the cure for Roland's madness.

[@NereusBlue]

Funny thing about "A Knight" is that i think the reason he was design that way to reference "Orlando Furioso". In which Roland when on a furios rampage while he naked. (FGO roland is also naked because of this)

[@najed8789]

Another thing that alludes to A Knight being Roland ist his Line mentioning a Friend who traveled to the Moon. Said Friend being Astolfo who (If I remember correctly) traveled to the Moon to find a cure for Rolands Madness in Orlando Furioso. Roland also was naked during His Rampage which might be the reason why A Knight isn't wearing much.

[@ynsn4344]

3:19 “The Son of Man”, a painting made in 1964, is also a great parallel to Mr. Apple! It depicts a man behind an apple, which covers his face, which when compared to Mr. Apple, is quite similar to his collar body design. There are many interesting symbolisms behind this painting. I’m excited to see how it may affect Mr Apple’s story!

[@reveriesend4668]

This is par the course in modern character design. Props to dev for not releasing a half-arsed character.

[@krosingu]

most character design gacha games only make good-looking characters but not unique. I'm just grateful I can find a unique character design and unique theme vibe from this game. and most stories in gacha games die = good story, I just hope that the game story is not as simple as meeting new people fighting bad guys, the main character gets powers and ends up defeating the boss. btw island u already this deep into the lore wth lmao

[@YiSangmyYiSang]

So A Kningt's sword called Durandal which is the same sword name used a protagonist called from Roland from Library of Ruina which is the prequel to Limbus Company?! So that means that A Knight and Roland from Library of Ruina are based on the same book called Orlando's Furiuso? WAW! Now I want a Collab that is Limbus Company x Reverse 1999!

[@Alice-he2zh]

Orlando Innamorato and Furioso is italian fanfiction of GODland you swine. He died a hero by alerting Charlemagne with his battle horn, not as some simp for an asian cunt.

[@GlebSeva]

> WAW Seems more like an Aleph, to be honest

[@corvuscorax9028]

did someone say "FURIUSO"*Roland 3 playing in background

[@YiSangmyYiSang]

This comment take too long to be noticed by a PM fan because of how decent the amount of brain rotters in the PM community.

[@brings2520]

Did i hear someone's dead wife theme?

[@Chronosynco]

I can’t even begin to imagine the hours of research this video took. Didn’t expect it to be this in depth, kudos to island for putting so much effort into his content I actually really like this type of video, never really gave much thought to the backstory of character design. Now I’m interested in finding out more about the irl references the game uses

[@zaneyang4602]

1999的每个角色应该都有原型，半年来中国玩家已经找到了很多。不过，有的是人，有的不是人，有的不只一个人，有的不是真人……国际服开服后让考据变得更加有意思了，很多原型可能只有当地人才了解得透彻，希望这个游戏可以促进各国玩家间的交流互动❤（转念一想，深蓝好强，这种半架空的的近代世界观，穿插着真实的历史事件，制作组光网上冲浪肯定不够，估计组里高手如云且来自五湖四海

[@piaoyugexia]

1999文案真的无敌！

[@mirararr]

I had no idea about this, but honestly It was so interesting and fun to learn also a quick fun fact, the character "Pickles" is based on the real life dog who found the stolen Jules Rimet trophy in 1966.

[@Tin_Le]

I learned that recently too. Didn't know the World Cup used to called the Rimet Cup, and it was actually stolen then. Historical Mr.Pickles also had a sad end to his life so dog lovers beware.

[@ravencrow1011]

I dont even wanna know if they gonna but another dog character named laika

[@DumbDalzel]

Another neat, minuscle, detail about A Knight's identity as Roland can be found in his Ultimate. If by casting his ultimate (After AD 778) he scores a kill, he will grant the "rousing morale" buff to all allies, and the icon used for the buff is that of a horn, which could be a direct reference to Roland's olifant.

[@PhongNguyen-lb5qh]

Reverse 1999 has some awesome design and background, I adored A Knights design the moment I see it. The design and art style reminded me of Arknights and how they add so much detail and story to the character’s designs. My sources being that Twitter(aka X) character design war between GoldenGlow and Ayato. I say war but it was more like a fashion show for Arknight

[@AstronScion]

you've certainly done your homework. probably could make videos like this with other characters from this game

[@zomfgroflmao1337]

I hope you didn't miss A Knight singing in the voicelines!

[@chronice]

im very late to this but im surprised you didn't mention how the drastic change between clothes style in the 1920s is also perfectly shown in sotheby's design between her original garment and her insight2 garment!

[@noar2171]

Reverse be teaching kids the way history should be taught, Thought we wouldn't notice.

[@DoppelKayano-fg2ec]

About X, I think he is a mix between Alva Lorenz and the Novel of Jakyll & Hyde- Alva Lorenz and Nicholaz Tesla case, I forgot about it but they did the electric thingy that makes most vehicles works nowadays, its referenced in his character notes and skill attacks. About Jakynn & Hyde however, is a book written by someone interested in psychology about personalities and its a tale about a Split Personality Killer, I had forgotten the date but somewhere 1920. I just had the hunch considering it's in X's character to be a creation and uhh yeah, his duality somehow.

[@-nufzy-]

5:55 I'm Russian, so I can read cyrillic characters, I'm not sure, but for me it literally says "Durandal".

[@Master_Matoya]

Great, Fate got me into Historical Mythology, now 1999 is getting me into Historical Fact.

[@Khn_2102]

What if, both could have a Collab?

[@rossalbertdelacruz6751]

Fate does not limited to historical mythology, they have famous people in history like Leonardo, best waifu, da Vinci; Florence, Menace, Nightingale; Thomas, the Bara Lion, Edison; and etc

[@sammarkovich9347]

Apples are also commonly associated with teachers, fitting in with the knowledge theme. For the Sotheby bit, I was wondering why everytime I searched sotheby fanart, I'd get auctions :). As well, the holding onto the old dress fashion I always felt was relatable to her holding onto her youth and past.

[@user-zen59]

THE BEST LORE VIDEO THERE IS LOVED EVERY SECONED OF IT NEVER KNEW THEY WENT THAT DEEP IN DESIGNING THE CHARACTERS

[@aditya_V]

As an arknights, fgo and limbus company player, i never felt before a game greatly encapsulating all my preferment and enchancing it to another level! I tried too to check up A knight and linked it with Rolando but thought it might be something else.

[@lightshard8]

I was hooked for the whole video. Can't wait to be immersed in this game! Also Sonetto is actually an S tier end game character and we just get her for free...

[@Nsquare_01]

The game that unintentionally teaches you history.. aight time to download

[@grildrago]

i fall in love with this game. the nostalgic vibe that i got from this is incredibly euphoric to me.

[@kenngo5713]

Aw... I love these kind of video, feel like getting more closer to the character.

[@nicotheslothking6950]

An Ascended, A Knight, and A Grade 9 Fixer walk into a bar...

[@GustavoMartinez-op9gs]

Poltergeist is based on May Moonie (I think) a 14 year old Canadian girl that downed at her birthday party at the beach on July 3 1960 😢

[@DragonKnight90001]

Honestly I’m just waiting for somebody to roast regulus with a your mama joke.

[@zero-pointgamer]

Ironic i get an ad for the game on a vid for the game.

[@MrRickalba]

Kudos! That’s an insane amount of investigation!

[@Triattt]

Please keep the lore videos coming. Especially recaps because there's a lot of stuff that flew over my head. Like the Limbo stories.

[@Chumbv]

Man this game is so interesting, can't wait to play!

[@8Robba]

My boy A Knight is called Roland??? Wow! Thanks a lot! :)

[@obambagaming1467]

I just recently found out that Voyager isnt actually wearing a maid uniform, but a soviet school girl uniform

[@Kumyuki]

I really think that the video pic doesn't highlight how good your video really is. Loved it, thanks for all the insight, make me appreciate the game way more.

[@larsthememelord3383]

i’ve actually been to harrods, i’ve never seen a more extravagant department store in my life it has a whole egyptian vibe to the stairwell’s

[@wolfyowoz]

I now need every single character get a character analysis

[@sakasama_55]

Im glad i registered for this game

[@suffering69420]

The invisible Knight is so hot damn

[@กษมทรายสมุทร]

Now i start to think that making the player to reserch about each characters and events is also the gameplay of reverse 1999.

[@reimondo3329]

Lovely content, didnt even know those characters has that much reference.

[@emshini]

Typhon is the name of Sotheby’s plushie???? I thought she was just really into Greek mythology lmao

[@BackelChurros-cr8mb]

As soon as i saw the engraving on the sword (ΔURANΔΑΛ) i was greatfull for my time in fire emblem games and Fate grand order. (And also math class so i could read the letters) Thanks to that i knew what the durandal was and got super excited! :D The tale of roland the furious was popular in all central europe, there are even italian/german operas about that. I hope it becomes popular again some day! Most people know at least a part of that cast, thanks to the popular femboy astolpho from the Fate series :D

[@Sh0rt_F0x1]

I have A night and he’s my main dps and thanks for uncovering that little piece of lore.

[@Puddingnoo]

As a British person, when i heard you didn't hear of Harrods I dropped my tea 😦

[@sink5890]

NO WAY THE KNIGHT IS ROLAND ???????? THAT'S SO COOL

[@turntapeover5749]

There are some major history buffs/nerds on the dev theme that seem to really have fun cramming as much historical references as possible in every single character.

[@mr.cheese9299]

Good video, made me even more interested

[@damnwhyisitsohard]

Greeting. I enjoyed the hidden secrets, how I wish you keep it continue, especially the whole whole. Thanks

[@taketsu1355]

They showcase different varieties of nationalities tooo in a non-racist and accurate representation unlike some RPG games out there lol. Can't wait for a Filipino Character to be added in game. Since the timeline is going backwards, I think its gonna be a reference to the Philippine Colonial Era or Pre-colonial era.

[@Alex-rn1zo]

your reverse1999 are so good!!! i'm suscribing

[@lens_hunter]

It's really interesting how people like to learn. Someone talking to you for an hour? Boring. Characters in a video game built from the ground up entirely based on history? Fire those books up. Everyone learns and is interested in things differently.

[@brings2520]

Cant be that one guy with black gloves who has his own dead wife theme

[@day7645]

Are you planning to do more fashion/historical origin analysis of the other characters in the game? 🤩

[@user-c4c6g]

I love this game so much.I hope more people play it❤

[@AverageYTcomment]

The most appealing designs for me are the more surreal ones like MR APPLe or the girl inside the TV's (forgor her name).

[@nen.j]

TTT

[@AverageYTcomment]

@@nen.j yep

[@gonosoi]

It is to say that this is just 3 characters this game characters are so full of details all the way to star 2!! I love this game characters

[@nightowlowo149]

Im studying about historicism in modern literature... video games count... right? Is it at least art? It has to count, this theme is so good. They executed this really well

[@Dawson_Darling]

I love reverse 1999 i hope you can please make more of these

[@scaranism]

Sir APPle is indeed the most apple

[@darianstarfrog]

It's literally the first game world I feel I belong in... 😢

[@gianfrar]

Cool hope you do more of this for other chars

[@barghest8763]

i like this game because of the story took place in a real name places in fictional story, just like fgo

[@alexmetaverse]

THE FUNNY KNIGHT IS ROLAND LIBRARYOFRUINA

[@FlyingCowSN]

wow so much interesting breakdown

[@Owudukan]

On the knight part my genshin brain activated

[@yukinohazuki9918]

a Knight is gonna use furioso when he fight agaisnt Argalia and Olivier

[@RenoKyrie]

Ayo wrong Roland At least he wont go IMADA, KURAIMAX

[@kuro7853]

iirc Mr.APPle's ultimate quote also reference Isaac Newton

[@liszst]

oh hey ive been to harrods lmao the shit there is crazy expensive

[@frankkropaczewski8825]

have you done TTT, i’m fascinated

[@Marta-mi4ws]

A fewdays ago I realized that aliEn T has ET in his name😂

[@ManongBoompi]

Lovin'it

[@yasuo0105]

I need more of this

[@TimoNaaro]

could you do lore breaktrough of the story chapters . ´people eating gold etc. It makes no sense to me though I love some individual scenes.

[@geminiokra]

i know that for "people eating gold" its because the storm was about to occur and it was making normal humans hallucinate real food as disgusting items (like maybe your dead dog) and gold/money as food. the storm can warp people's perception. if you have any other specific scenes ill try to explain them if i can!

[@lyner7715]

Why there is alot of scene here that I haven't seen in the game? I've finish chapter 4 already. Did they remove it?

[@geminiokra]

trailers definitely

[@squid4951]

have u done one ab twins sleep? they seems uncanny to me

[@rouleslite5312]

I was hoping that the charaters was design in 3D but this far from what I want. A good story relating to history. Maybe L2D is more suitable.

[@r1nlin]

Can you do Lilya, tuesday and windsong?

[@oxxn111]

just wait until bro finds out about arknights

[@t3hDave]

Yo this is so wild

[@Osmanthus839]

Can you pleassseeeee talk about bkornblume? She’s a character in East Germany before the Berlin Wall fell

[@AtomTomZeitalter]

There's honestly not a lot to say. She workes for the Stasi (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit [ministry for the safety of the state]) which surveilled the citizens of East Germany. Her name comes from Blaue Kornblume, the cornflower, scientific name Centaurea Cyanus. The book she's reading is "Berthold Brecht Große kommentierte Berliner und Frankfurter Ausgabe" A collection of all works from Berthold Brecht. It started releasing in 1988, with Brechts 90th birthday and the last of 30 volumes released in 1998 for his 100th birthday. The volumes were released by the Suhrkamp Verlag. Presumebly she is reading one of the first volumes. The intersting part is when you consider that Brecht was a citizen of the GDR, he gave the copyright of his works to the Suhrkamp Verlag, since the founder and Brecht were friends. This obviously led to potential conflicts and the Suhrkamp Verlag was also under surveillance by the Stasi. Her reading this book could be reference specifically to that.

[@iylamai.]

What country can you get this game in?

[@antonioroach3625]

Did u change the thumbnail?

[@nightsky6649]

Very cool

[@GlebSeva]

Huh, one more Roland

[@yejubrando272]

Subscribed

[@retrokeng3455]

Reverse saber

[@copper_39]

Thankfully you don't search over fate series.

[@chiickennuggets]

❤

[@ShangJPN]

kek

[@McArcher07]

A Knight = EKUSU...KARIBAAAA + Vergil Judgement Cut End

[@monikkkkka1891]

you should play fate/grand order then

[@jcredcoast]

Hot take but this game is just less convoluted Fate Grand Order.