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MultiVERSE Arc

The name "MultiVERSE Arc" (マルチVERSE) is derived from the multiverse setting, and the version of the game where in which it started. This name was coined by the site owners.

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Arca Caela

• An underground shelter community in the dying world of Ecutopia made up of numerous connected cities. The 81st city, Solaris, is home to Eirene and Maria.

Megacity Libra

• A modern city on the coast known for the aurora permanently visible in the sky for the last five years, dubbed the "Librarian Wave." William grew up here with his father Everett, as well as his school friends Frederick and Matilda. Ibis Harbinger, CEO of major tech corporation Libra Dynamics, funded Everett's multiverse research here.

Neon Nebula

• Momo, Gigi, Lavina, and Dr. Ibis's home city. A high-tech science-fantasy fusion inhabited by humans, machines, and beastmen. Ruled by the "Three Chairmen," including Momo and Ibis. Linne was also created here from one of Lavina's experiments.

Solaris

• Eirene and her mother Maria's hometown. An underground city in Arca Caela whose people must cooperate to survive. Possibly named for the 1961 science fiction novel Solaris depicting a space station crew attempting to understand alien intelligence.

Wasteland

• The desert world Eirene and William are first transported to. A brutal environment home to mobile cities and Scavengers. Ankh and Hilde hail from here, as well as Disaster Jane and the Carnelians.

Named one-off characters and/or reoccurring minor characters who do not have character stories/artwork of their own.
Since this story is currently ongoing, characters in this section may be moved to the etymology section in the future.

Boogie Lance

• A Scavenger from the group that massacred Ankh's family when he was young. He gets his name from the way he harpoons his victims and dances to the vibrations of his prosthetic arm when he drags them in.

Bridget

• Everett's late wife from Megacity Libra, who perished in the Libra Heim incident when her body was corrupted into an otherworldly monster resembling a sea slug.

Din & Michelle

• 1. • A pair of upper-class television hosts with a distaste for the poor, who attempted to seize William's inheritance. They may be expys of Dan and Mika...?

Dino

• A crocodile beastman, or Anthro, living in Neon Nebula. Commands respect among his fellow beastmen and is fiercely protective of his turf.

Frederick Blackcape

• William's school friend from Megacity Libra. His father runs a local church in the run-down decadent zone, where he befriended William. The name "Blackcape" may be an English translation of "Kurosaki."

Fried Carnelian

• 1. • Liza's older brother. The mayor of Carnelians, a small mobile city in Wasteland.

Helhenir

• 1. • The mayor of a mobile city in Wasteland who specializes in hunting and trading humans. She bought Hilde and disfigured her, then hunted her down again when Ankh freed her.

Kiesel

• 1. • The Carnelians' Weapons Engineer.

Matilda

• William's school friend from Megacity Libra, hospitalized after incidents in which she wasn't acting like herself. Her name shares a linguistic root with Hilde, who sometimes jumped into her body from Wasteland.

Sara-Jean

• Presumably a bear-type Anthro and the third chairman of Neon Nebula alongside Momo and Ibis.

Velwitschia

• A merchant from the desert of Wasteland who took in a lost and starving Eirene. Her name is a variant of "Welwitschia," a massive plant found only in the Namib desert and known for its longevity.

This list may be incomplete.

Ankh

Named for the ancient Egyptian symbol representing life, often associated with the gods in religious artwork.

Astor

Derived from a Latin root meaning "hawk."

Disaster Jane

Likely named for Calamity Jane, a legendary figure of the American frontier.

Eirene Curious

Eirene is the goddess of peace in Greek mythology. Her name also likely references Irène Joliot-Curie, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist and daughter to Marie Curie, the likely namesake of Eirene's mother Maria.

This spelling was canonized on official Amnibus merchandise.

Everett Winsled

Likely named for Hugh Everett, a physicist who first proposed the many-worlds interpretation.

Hilde

A name meaning "battle" derived from the Old Norse root hildr, a root she also shares with Matilda and Brynhildr.

Hilde may be named after Hildegard of Bingen, a German saint and composer known for her scientific and philosophical contributions. She was know to experience visions, and invented a lingua ignota, a constructed language with its own writing system not unlike the symbols Hilde uses to communicate with Ankh.

Ibis Harbinger

The ibis is a large wading bird with a distinctive long, curved beak, notably depicted in Egyptian mythology as the head of Thoth. "Harbinger" is an English word which typically mean omen or sign, but can also refer to a forerunner of new fields, trends, or technologies.

Larva

"Larva" was originally a term sometimes used to refer to lemures, restless spirits of the dead in Roman religion.

Linne

Likely a reference to Carl Linnaeus, or Carl von Linné, the Swedish biologist who popularized modern taxonomy. The name also sounds like rinne, the Japanese term for samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth as seen in Buddhism.

This spelling was canonized on official Amnibus merchandise.

Maria Curious

Likely named after Marie Curie, and Eirene after her daughter Irène.

Momo & Gigi

Both characters' names come from Momo, a fantasy novel by German author Michael Ende (also the namesake of Momo's company). The novel follows Momo, a young girl who strives to save her city from the time-stealing Men in Grey. Gigi is the name of a tour guide she befriends.

William Winsled

Likely named after William James, an American philosopher who coined the term "multiverse." Winsled, while not a real name, may be based on "Winslet," best associated with actress Kate Winslet, befitting William's status as a movie buff?

This spelling was canonized on official Amnibus merchandise.