#urd reverse 1999

[emmebearpaw]

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Bonus sentimarsha I think is too simple, they both need to be weaned off the trenches (I made the memes back in June before 3.0 was on global)

[acesw]

Discussing Urd's Character [3.3 Spoilers]

Urd has been a mysterious subject in Reverse: 1999 in it's almost-3-year long narrative. Even if she currently has a face, we still have only the bare minimum of an idea of who she is as a character. However, there are many things that can be inferred from the bits of lore pieces that we can gather.

This will be an extensive post on who Urd is, what she's based on, and her importance so far in the story. Spoilers ahead for Chapters 10 and 12.

Who and What exactly is Urd?

Urd is a recurring character in the main story who is defined by three main points:

1. She is Vertin's mother

2. She is a wandering writer/biographer for UTTU

3. She is likely a goddess of fate

While not much is seen of her, her presence in the story is undeniable. She is the one person Vertin has been searching for since she became the Timekeeper. But as the story goes in, we see that she transforms into a character who holds an influential role in the game's narrative. From a hypothetical mother who had little to no trace of who she might be, to an entity whose existence is fundamental to the supreme law of the world: time must move forward.

She plays a major role in the creation of the "Storm" or the Battle of 1999, where her efforts in stopping Manus Vindictae's flood ritual resulted in a seemingly erroneous loop. The world tries to correct itself through the "Storm," and she is 'reversed' as a result. Her following incarnations wander across the world as a lost, blind woman for years. Yet because of it, every organization flips the world upside down searching for her.

Urd's Concepts

We first break down the concepts that she and Vertin are based on. Urd and Vertin follow the motif of the Fates in European polytheism, where they are commonly depicted to be weaving the fates or destinies of humans and sometimes even gods through textile metaphors. The most famous of the myths are the Moirai (Greek) and the Norns (Norse).

We understand that Urd is a blind seer who is largely based on Urðr, one of the three Norns in Norse mythology. Norns are deities who decide the laws and fates of humanity, and tend to the world tree of Yggdrasil. In a similar sense, it can be assumed that Urd is also based on Clotho of the Moirai, the spinner of the thread of fate. Vertin all the while would be based on Verðandi and Lachesis, both of whom being deities of the present.

It can also be believed that her blindness likely also contributes to her character design. Her blindness could be taken after the concept of the blind prophet (i.e. Tiresias), who is capable of seeing the fates of everyone and everything. But with the game's nature, this concept is reversed, and Urd in turn can only remember fragments of the lives of her previous iterations.

The way these concepts manifest into Urd's character is interesting. It's not only through the fact that Urd is quite literally the spinner of the golden thread, but also her identity as a writer. Writers, specifically biographers, write about what has happened or what could've happened. Urd has been wandering around the world for years holding the identity of a biographer long since her first appearance. She goes to different places, interview various people, and writes about them. And like she tells Vertin in Chapter 12—

She can only tell you what has already happened.

Impact on the Narrative

While these concepts being largely important, these are not the only indicators of how important Urd is in the game's worldbuilding. When looking at other character or organizations, many if not all of them have had the goal of finding Urd herself. The story starts off with Vertin initially setting the goal of finding her mother despite the Foundation's claims of having no record of her at all.

Once entering Chapter 5, the Foundation also starts to follow closely by to Vertin's mission and goals. When moving over to Notes on Shuori (1.6), we find Yenisei's character journey is largely influenced by Bessmert's nature and her care for her. Then back to Chapter 8 and 12, Igor's motivations of searching for Urd himself was because he knew of the nature of the Amber Room experiments. Chapters 8-12 ultimately lead us to the reveal revealed that the Foundation and Manus Vindictae are fighting to reach Urd's incarnation first. All for the purpose of truly gaining control of the power scales in the "Storm."

Now, we find that Urd—or specifically, Urd's role as a Fate—is a starting point for most of the major characters we have so far in the story. Despite being affected by the "Storm" herself, her existence is not entirely erased either.

Even within in-game interactions and merchandise, Urd's presence spreads quite far. From the "Friend from Afar" alias under UTTU, to this ARG that briefly occurred among CN beta players, and even to current merchandise for 3.3 (yes, really).

So now that we're here. For now, we only know that the Foundation has figured out a way to get (the original) Urd back, even if in a moment set in the future. But we still have not encountered Urd's current incarnation in this era. When and if we do during this series, I'm eager to know how it will play out between Vertin, Manus Vindictae, and the Pax House.

In a later post, I will also be laying out Urd's journey so far in the story. I could even go further with this, but these are enough ramblings for one night. I will answer further questions once I get around to them. Thanks for reading.

[cuffinmeamint]

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[ihaveforgortoomany]

Something something about blindness and fate, and how the most prominent character who is blind in the story is also named after one aspect of Norse Fate: Urd.

(I dont have anything concrete yet but something about how Beryl's loss of clear sight of fate, as in its hazy and its getting foggier for her to see aspects of future in contrast to Urd, whose been depicted as a slave to fate's whims whose most known outside of being Vertin's mom as being blind)

I wanna explore a bit more later

[nxmvzo]

[Reverse: 1999 2.8 "Paradise Regained"]

Am I the only one suspicious why Vertin seems to lean more on the Manus members (Arcana) (and Moldir, whom canonically sided with the Manus) and Sonetto seems to lean more on the Foundation members (Urd) (and Ulrich, well he's Laplace but you get it he means good)

ANYWAYS VERNETTO CONTENT WE ARE SO UP, MATCHING OUTFITS EVEN

ALSO URD OMG HELLO?? and hey Arcana ig hi

[daily-re19-ship]

todays reverse 1999 ship is:

Arcana (?) x Urd/Martha/Bessmert/Dores

[amacaronexpert]

Hello, I saw your requests are closed but I wanted to share something of an idea with you, also be aware I am prone to renting so this may be somewhat long lol, I saw you mention in a post Arcana being a yandere in a relationship with Urd or obsessed with getting her back, I think that is the case if I read it right, and it reminds me of an Idea I have had for an AU where Arcana is not just yandere for Urd as her runaway wife, but also a platonic Yandere for their daughter in the form of Vertin.

Part of the idea is Vertin basically becoming the one moral chain Arcana has left and her abducting and raising her in some versions of the idea, that said I am imagining Arcana finally catching up to Urd and cornering her, with Arcana looking at her runaway wife before she sighs and lifts her up in a bridal carry, with her telling Urd they will talk later on, with Arcana telling Urd that she is sorry for whatever made her wife leave her, but this has gone on long enough and she wants her family to be together at last.

As an addition to the above is the idea of Arcana hating humanity simply because Urd loves them and is trying to save them from the Storm, with Arcana deciding to erase mankind just to get her lover to focus all of her attention back on her and their family, with Arcana being certain that with the right spells and rituals they could get the chance to raise Vertin as they should have been able to the first time and be happy together.

Also, Arcana being genuinely happy every time she encounters Vertin and perhaps sparing her Crew and letting them escape in exchange for her spending time with her, Arcana only letting her go because she wants to get her wife back first either so that her mind can start to go back to how she was before Urd left her and thus she would feel more confident in being able to raise Vertin well, or because she wants to get Urd since she is the more illusive of the pair first so that the hardest objective is out of the way and she can focus everything on Vertin and getting her family together.

At least that is what I have for this at the moment lol, sorry for the nonsensical rant it just came to me and I figured I would share it with you, I hope you have a great day and stay safe.

P.S. Arcana seeing Vertin and how close she became to Schneider and wanting to nip the potential of her following in Urd's footsteps in the bud as a reason for the shit show in the Walden, that and she did not think Schneider was anywhere near good enough for her daughter.

My requests may have been closed, but this shit is so good that I can’t resist-

In the AU, I definitely see Arcana as like very desperate for surf to come back and play the game of house again, as a “happy family”.

With Vertin and Schneider, Arcana, in my sort of interpretation in this AU, Arcana has a few reasons, 1 being that she does lead Manus Vindictae and she does this to make an example out of Schneider for Vertin. 2, that reason you have stated, Arcana does not want Vertin to follow after her mother.

Along with getting Urd’s attention, Arcana feels offended, feels desperate to get Urd back onto the ‘Good’ side, kinda like how Magneto’s and Xavier’s relationship gone through, Arcana feels confused and betrayed by Urd joining the side of helping humanity against Manus Vindictae, and Arcana can’t stand it. Humanity has hurt arcanists, many attempts to wiped them out, and not to mention brainwashing them in that Foundation to think that serving humanity and they are just canon fodder.

Arcana is not angry at Urd, her delusional self believes that the Foundation has brainwashed her like how Vertin has been brainwashed. But Arcana noticing Vertin not trusting the Foundation, Arcana has hope that Vertin will join Manus, and plus getting the arcanists that Vertin had met and convinced to join her would be an added bonus to her cause.

Like imagine, Arcana being mad at Urd about abandoning their “family” to play hero for humanity (as you said), and Urd is just confused about Arcana bridal carrying her while Arcana is like,”Hush kittenwhiskers, daddy will discuss it LATER-“

Next thing Urd knows, she is reunited with Vertin, and Arcana happily at a dinner table, being surrounded by members of Manus Vindictae, acting like it’s a family dinner, Urd is just sweating bullets because what the hell is Arcana doing. Meanwhile Arcana is like talking to Urd all like,”Look at Vertin, she misses you so much- but she is so excited about spending time together as a FAMILY. You are not going out for the milk ever again.” (Dramatization but you get the point)

Also in a version of this AU you stated, I do also think to believe that Arcana may be trying to go back in time, before the whole Vertin being put in the Foundation, Urd running from her, all in the attempt to “be a family” like it should have been all those years ago, but first off, she has to reverse time so she can be sure that this world is perfect for her family to grow in. Can’t have a perfect family if you can’t have a perfect world suitable to you.

In her deranged wide eyed mannerisms and ye olde speech, Arcana is smart, and in the way of her encountering Vertin, Arcana in her twisted ways, is happy to be spending time with Vertin, along with keeping her on her toes while Arcana is all like,”Oh my, my baby is so smart! Must take after me,” imagine Arcana saying the most depraved shit to Vertin, but it’s supposedly a dad joke or some attempt at humor to put Vertin at ease.

Overall: Love this idea so much, chef’s kiss, never stop ranting because ranting about it makes it fun. Have a nice day and see ya ദ്ദി˶•̀֊•́)✧

[doomedfem]

R1999 CHAPTER 10 SPOILERS

INFINISHED CHAPYER 10 OMGGG it was devastating weeps like oh my god it was so devastating urd come back to us AND ARCANA’S NEW FORM?????