Hi. How are you doing? I have one theory. I know you believe that Undertaker is definitely Cedric Ross, but let's say that's proven canonically not to be the case. Let's just say. Could Undertaker be one of the people at his lockets? Especially Alex B. or Oliver A. at page 35 at chapter 35. Maybe you can find out the day of their deaths. xx
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Um, well. First off, let me make this very clear to everyone: I have never in my life believed that Undertaker is named “Cedric Ross”. Ross is a last name that someone randomly came up with, and I’ve seen it a lot in headcanon posts, but I have never ascribed to the idea. Instead, I believe the last name will end up being something longer, like Rosewood. I get my idea from Ivanhoe, set in AD1194, in which Cedric of Rotherwood hates King Richard, refuses to accept the king’s coin and prefers to barter, can’t stand innovation in agriculture or other industries, (temporarily) disowns his own son for following the king, keeps a jester as a slave because he likes the jokes, schemes with Robin of Locksley (Robin Hood), and makes funeral preparations for someone who isn’t even dead. It was initially published in 1819, the year 136649 most likely tried to destroy the reaper HQ. It’s also the year Queen Victoria was born. The name “Cedric” was invented by (Sir) Walter Scott for this character.
About the lockets, we have dates for all of them, though one is a bit questionable. Out of the seven lockets, five of them appear to be male names, so I’ll limit the analysis to those five:
Oliver A. — Nov. 13, 1840
Emile C. — Jun. 18, 1848
Harry E. — Oct. 7, 1851
Alex B. — Apr. 20, 1854
Gilbert D. — Mar. 1, 1862 (or 1884/1885. The locket has different years, depending on which reference you look at.)
None of them make sense for a reaper who didn’t even escape from/desert the reaper organization until at least 1819. Probably more like 1829/30 when he finally escaped. So, Undertaker’s canon death date (as a human) must be before 1819. A long time before 1819, actually, since he had been collecting souls for a “long time” before he went rogue on the organization. Recall that he feels like it was only recently that Frances/Francis was born, and she’s in her 30’s. So, a long time to a reaper is indeed a long time. And keep in mind Undertaker is strongly suggesting that he was present at her birth.... More reason to think he’s Cedric K. Ros—, the biological father of Frances/Francis... who looks so much like him that she’s even got his little baby hairs on the nape of her neck. Lizzie has them, too.
Edward canonically takes after his mother’s appearance, and she canonically takes after Cedric’s appearance. Yana-san has made that clear in a tweet. She’s also made it clear that Frances/Francis and Vincent are full siblings.
All that said, if Undertaker somehow proves to not be Cedric K. Ros—, he’s not any of the people represented by his lockets, either.










