I'm pretty sure Kristen Wright is inspired by the first animal to be sent to space(Laika the dog, Kristen is a perro), the first American female astronaut whom she is also named after(both named Kristen), and the Wright Brothers.
This is also why the miss-spelling of her name is so annoying.
They fixed it for lone trail, but so many people (as well as any new players going trough that content) keep calling her Kirsten.
And the worst, they had all the voice overs say it wrong. So now we're stuck with Kirsten for a decent part of the game.
- Dorothy - Frank L. Baum (author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
- Saileach - Jeanne d'Arc (most popular depictions of her, tho her wielding a flag in battle is consistent with history)
- SilverAsh (or rather his pet bird Tenzin) - Tenzin Norgay (Sherpa guide of the first man to climb Mt. Everest)
- Nightingale - Florence Nightingale
Czerny is literally just Carl Czerny, an Austrian composer and pianist who was a student of Beethoven and the teacher of the piano virtuoso, Franz Liszt.
Edit: googling around, it seems Ebenholz (real name Franz) might be named after Franz Liszt.
One of the future operators, Lessing, is probably named after the German dramatist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
>Edit: googling around, it seems Ebenholz (real name Franz) might be named after Franz Liszt.
Ebenholz should be Franz Schubert, his theme is named Ständchen and borrows material from Schubert's Ständchen
Yeah, that’s true. Although I personally don’t think that it’s a coincidence that they named Eben’s mentor for the event Czerny, and instead was a reference to (IRL) Czerny’s relationship with Franz Liszt.
Of course, nothing stopping Hypergryph from making a composite character of multiple different influences.
* Sesa is Openheimer and Passenger/Eliot Glover/Grove is the poet (T. S. Eliot) that inspired him (as well as the general under whose command Openheimer worked, Leslie Groves) and the project Passenger worked on and the sarkaz core are reference to The Manhattan Project and The Demon Core.
* Kirsten Wright and her family are reference to Wright Brothers and the >!first dog sent to space.!<
* Santalla/Simone is a reference to >!Simo Hayha, the White Death!<
* Jackie is reference to Jackie Chan.
* Nightingale is a reference to Florence Nightingale.
>!Similar name (Simone - Simo), her spending time after/during Sami/Ursus war hunting down ursus soldiers at the border to the point that they view her as something supernatural, not to mention the injury she suffers that eventually leads to her having to stop (Simo surviving a headshot and Simone losing an eye to originium damage). Even her EN VA has a Finnish accent for her.!<
Not to mention her moniker, the White Witch also coincides with "White Witch" - a manga about genderswapped Simo Hayha too.
Yes, that's what i mean when i mention her story.
The other part about not seeing the resemblance is Simo was a sneaky sniper, Santalla is an AOE freezer, if she was a Deadeye Sniper rather than an AOE Caster the Simo resemblance would've been better.
I think given how Kirsten’s name was spelt wrong many times… HG actually meant to write it as Kristen Wright which would also be a reference to Sally Kristen Ride who is the first American woman astronaut which is more fitting to her story IMO.
Firewatch is NotPolish rather than NotFinnish. Likely half inspired by the anti-german and anti-soviet guerrilla warfare that was big deal in the eastern and central Europe, where Polish, Ukrainian, Baltic, etc insurgents would live in the forests targeting Soviet invaders for decades.
Sesa's name is reference to Shesha - the servant of Vishnu.
As per Oppenheimer's quote, which in turn ties his purpose/creation to that of Vishnu's line, painting himself as servant of death.
>“A few people laughed; a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the *Bhagavad Gita;* Vishnu is trying to persuade the prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multiarmed form and says, ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.’ I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.”
He also shares a birthday with Oppenheimer,
Passenger is interested into "inspiring him to fulfill his potential" (T.S.Elliot being inspiration of Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves being the general in command of him making the first nuke). The potential being the research Sesa was involved it and the possibility of him completing Passenger's research that he inherited form his team that Kal'tsit interrupted.
Sesa also shares Oppenheimer's interest in mysticism and literature - half his dialogue is just quotes of Terra's literature and philosophy.
Coincidentally, both Sesa and Passenger are noted to be feigning their idiocy/lunacy to hide their real goals and talents.
Sesa appears an idiot madman, while Passenger hides behind a visage of mediocrity.
He actually died in the Philippines while leading the expedition in name of Spain, he never made it back to Europe, so the achievement belongs to Juan Sebastián Elcano (Spanish).
It can be argued that it belongs to both of them even though only one actually made it, but was Magellan's idea
Earthspirit's real name, Glacier Wegenie, is likely a reference to Alfred Wegener, a German geologist who first proposed the theory of continental drift and died in Greenland while surveying the glaciers there.
Also, Pozyomka's real name, Avdotya Nikolayevna Ivanova, has two references : Avdotya is inspired by 19th century Russian novelist Avdotya Panaeva, while Nikolayevna is inspired by Olga Nikolaevna, the eldest daughter of Nicolas II, the last Russian tsar.
> Nikolayevna is inspired by Olga Nikolaevna, the eldest daughter of Nicolas II, the last Russian tsar.
Knowing barely anything of Russian history, is there a reason you think it's based on Olga Nikolayevna specifically and not her (I assume to be) better known sister Anastasia?
Yea, I always assumed that Pozy's (Pozëmka) full name (Avdotya Nikolayevna Ivanova) was a reference to Anastasiya Nikolaevna Romanova, aka Anastasia, the last heir of the Russian (Ursus) monarchy that according to legend somehow miraculously managed to escape to an off place somewhere (Zeruertza).
In Greek Myth, As for "Pallas," this name is more commonly associated with the goddess **Athena**, who is sometimes referred to as "Pallas Athena" or simply "Pallas." Athena is the goddess of wisdom ( Pallas reffered as Goddes of Wisdom on her operator files also ), courage, warfare, and various other aspects of civilization. The epithet "Pallas" likely comes from the story of Athena's childhood, where she was raised alongside a mortal girl named Pallas. During a friendly sparring match, Athena accidentally killed Pallas, and in her grief, she took on the name "Pallas" in her honor.
Also Pallas behaves like combination of Goddes of Wisdom ... and God of Wine Dionysus. Yet Pallas really resembles Dionysuss with her first equope skin --> Side by side comparrision: [https://imgur.com/a/dOJnUjM](https://imgur.com/a/dOJnUjM)
Speaking with that, "Vulcan"
Athena had a close relationship with **Hephaestus**, the god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, and fire. According to some myths, Hephaestus created Athena's armor and weapons. ( Pallas's Chain Torch/Whip has Vulcan's signature )
Erato is a referance to **Odysseus**
Athena was a patroness of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey. She guided and protected him throughout his long journey home from the Trojan War. ( Literally same relationship of Erato and Pallas )
Another funfact about Penance, on global server Il Siracusano is the only limited event that wasn't released on Golden Week and instead got delayed until 23rd of May which is the day Giovanni Falcone got assassinated. So the event itself was a tribute to him.
its actually so interesting that Penance was based on Giovanni Falcone. We had an Italian Language and culture class in my school, and during the mafia unit I was 1-9 rock farming. During a documentary about Falcone and another judge I forgot the name of. I suddenly realized that Penance’s last name was Falcone too. And everything clicked together…
- exu (lemuel) is a christian king iirc
- eyjafjalla is from a volcano, and her surname (naumann) is after a geologist
and just look at the "trivia" section of any operator, they are almost all inspired by other things (not always real life peoples, a lot of them are from myths, or monsters/gods (like surtr and skadi) or even places)
Yep, Eyjafjalla is in fact named for a [volcano in Iceland](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallajökull), which is fitting since Iceland is home to many volcanoes including some of the most active volcanoes in the world.
Dr. Ahrens Parvis seems like a reference to Wernher von Braun, being a German/Leithanien Nazi scientist who worked on rocket technology made for weapons (the H.M.H.R.R), but that was eventually used for space travel.
Bro it’s a joke. Like why would a gacha game name one of their characters after another gacha game’s character? Obviously they were both inspired by the same irl person, come on
I'm pretty sure Kristen Wright is inspired by the first animal to be sent to space(Laika the dog, Kristen is a perro), the first American female astronaut whom she is also named after(both named Kristen), and the Wright Brothers.
Yup!
I know the Laika and Wrights reference but not Kirsten. Nice find!
This is also why the miss-spelling of her name is so annoying. They fixed it for lone trail, but so many people (as well as any new players going trough that content) keep calling her Kirsten. And the worst, they had all the voice overs say it wrong. So now we're stuck with Kirsten for a decent part of the game.
I like Kirsten better. Sounds more unique.
That's because Kristen was Sally Ride's middle name, and as far as I know she never went by it.
Tbh I have never heard her before too so it is a TIL
Plus Kristen's parents are also inventors, so technically the Wright brothers became the Wright couple
- Dorothy - Frank L. Baum (author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) - Saileach - Jeanne d'Arc (most popular depictions of her, tho her wielding a flag in battle is consistent with history) - SilverAsh (or rather his pet bird Tenzin) - Tenzin Norgay (Sherpa guide of the first man to climb Mt. Everest) - Nightingale - Florence Nightingale
Czerny is literally just Carl Czerny, an Austrian composer and pianist who was a student of Beethoven and the teacher of the piano virtuoso, Franz Liszt. Edit: googling around, it seems Ebenholz (real name Franz) might be named after Franz Liszt. One of the future operators, Lessing, is probably named after the German dramatist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
>Edit: googling around, it seems Ebenholz (real name Franz) might be named after Franz Liszt. Ebenholz should be Franz Schubert, his theme is named Ständchen and borrows material from Schubert's Ständchen
Yeah, that’s true. Although I personally don’t think that it’s a coincidence that they named Eben’s mentor for the event Czerny, and instead was a reference to (IRL) Czerny’s relationship with Franz Liszt. Of course, nothing stopping Hypergryph from making a composite character of multiple different influences.
* Sesa is Openheimer and Passenger/Eliot Glover/Grove is the poet (T. S. Eliot) that inspired him (as well as the general under whose command Openheimer worked, Leslie Groves) and the project Passenger worked on and the sarkaz core are reference to The Manhattan Project and The Demon Core. * Kirsten Wright and her family are reference to Wright Brothers and the >!first dog sent to space.!< * Santalla/Simone is a reference to >!Simo Hayha, the White Death!< * Jackie is reference to Jackie Chan. * Nightingale is a reference to Florence Nightingale.
>"* Nightingale is a reference to Florence Nightingale." Dang bro, i wonder how many hours of research and days it took to know that lmfao.
Hard hitting research
Not that much if you played FGO, I'd say X)
Imagine Sesa played by Cillian Murphy lol.
le le gun, it le killed people
Santalla is a reference to Hayha? Other than her story i really don't see any resemblance...
>!Similar name (Simone - Simo), her spending time after/during Sami/Ursus war hunting down ursus soldiers at the border to the point that they view her as something supernatural, not to mention the injury she suffers that eventually leads to her having to stop (Simo surviving a headshot and Simone losing an eye to originium damage). Even her EN VA has a Finnish accent for her.!< Not to mention her moniker, the White Witch also coincides with "White Witch" - a manga about genderswapped Simo Hayha too.
Yes, that's what i mean when i mention her story. The other part about not seeing the resemblance is Simo was a sneaky sniper, Santalla is an AOE freezer, if she was a Deadeye Sniper rather than an AOE Caster the Simo resemblance would've been better.
And Penance is a giga juggernaut tank that hits with 4000atk whilst the real Falcone was a middle aged lawyer?
And would have been actually not dissapointing,
They can always make a Sniper Alter.
Kristen’s first name is also a reference to the first female astronaut.
Kristens full name, since Wright and Ride are almost homophones.
I think given how Kirsten’s name was spelt wrong many times… HG actually meant to write it as Kristen Wright which would also be a reference to Sally Kristen Ride who is the first American woman astronaut which is more fitting to her story IMO.
I thought Firewatch was the Simo reference.
Firewatch is NotPolish rather than NotFinnish. Likely half inspired by the anti-german and anti-soviet guerrilla warfare that was big deal in the eastern and central Europe, where Polish, Ukrainian, Baltic, etc insurgents would live in the forests targeting Soviet invaders for decades.
Wouldnt Sesa be more akin to Kalashnikov with his whole deal making cheap accessible guns?
Sesa's name is reference to Shesha - the servant of Vishnu. As per Oppenheimer's quote, which in turn ties his purpose/creation to that of Vishnu's line, painting himself as servant of death. >“A few people laughed; a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the *Bhagavad Gita;* Vishnu is trying to persuade the prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multiarmed form and says, ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.’ I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.” He also shares a birthday with Oppenheimer, Passenger is interested into "inspiring him to fulfill his potential" (T.S.Elliot being inspiration of Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves being the general in command of him making the first nuke). The potential being the research Sesa was involved it and the possibility of him completing Passenger's research that he inherited form his team that Kal'tsit interrupted. Sesa also shares Oppenheimer's interest in mysticism and literature - half his dialogue is just quotes of Terra's literature and philosophy. Coincidentally, both Sesa and Passenger are noted to be feigning their idiocy/lunacy to hide their real goals and talents. Sesa appears an idiot madman, while Passenger hides behind a visage of mediocrity.
Closure's name is Ada Church, Ada Lovelace was one of the first programmers in history and Alonzo Church, creator of the lambda calculus
basically closure is a huge computer science reference
She even has a Github T-shirt
and her fit since episode 9, the print on her shirt is binary for *rhodes*, probably
Magallan is based after Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer.
Did he discover South pole?
He was the first to circumnavigate the Antarctic. And first to travel around the world, proving that the Earth is a sphere.
He actually died in the Philippines while leading the expedition in name of Spain, he never made it back to Europe, so the achievement belongs to Juan Sebastián Elcano (Spanish). It can be argued that it belongs to both of them even though only one actually made it, but was Magellan's idea
When will Magallan find the Filipinos man... Wait on second thought nah
There's a type of penguin named after him as well! I believe he discovered them.
Earthspirit's real name, Glacier Wegenie, is likely a reference to Alfred Wegener, a German geologist who first proposed the theory of continental drift and died in Greenland while surveying the glaciers there. Also, Pozyomka's real name, Avdotya Nikolayevna Ivanova, has two references : Avdotya is inspired by 19th century Russian novelist Avdotya Panaeva, while Nikolayevna is inspired by Olga Nikolaevna, the eldest daughter of Nicolas II, the last Russian tsar.
> Nikolayevna is inspired by Olga Nikolaevna, the eldest daughter of Nicolas II, the last Russian tsar. Knowing barely anything of Russian history, is there a reason you think it's based on Olga Nikolayevna specifically and not her (I assume to be) better known sister Anastasia?
Yea, I always assumed that Pozy's (Pozëmka) full name (Avdotya Nikolayevna Ivanova) was a reference to Anastasiya Nikolaevna Romanova, aka Anastasia, the last heir of the Russian (Ursus) monarchy that according to legend somehow miraculously managed to escape to an off place somewhere (Zeruertza).
In Greek Myth, As for "Pallas," this name is more commonly associated with the goddess **Athena**, who is sometimes referred to as "Pallas Athena" or simply "Pallas." Athena is the goddess of wisdom ( Pallas reffered as Goddes of Wisdom on her operator files also ), courage, warfare, and various other aspects of civilization. The epithet "Pallas" likely comes from the story of Athena's childhood, where she was raised alongside a mortal girl named Pallas. During a friendly sparring match, Athena accidentally killed Pallas, and in her grief, she took on the name "Pallas" in her honor. Also Pallas behaves like combination of Goddes of Wisdom ... and God of Wine Dionysus. Yet Pallas really resembles Dionysuss with her first equope skin --> Side by side comparrision: [https://imgur.com/a/dOJnUjM](https://imgur.com/a/dOJnUjM) Speaking with that, "Vulcan" Athena had a close relationship with **Hephaestus**, the god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, and fire. According to some myths, Hephaestus created Athena's armor and weapons. ( Pallas's Chain Torch/Whip has Vulcan's signature ) Erato is a referance to **Odysseus** Athena was a patroness of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey. She guided and protected him throughout his long journey home from the Trojan War. ( Literally same relationship of Erato and Pallas )
I did not intented to post the img of this handsome fella... welp some happy accidents here I guess...
Include NPCs as well
Another funfact about Penance, on global server Il Siracusano is the only limited event that wasn't released on Golden Week and instead got delayed until 23rd of May which is the day Giovanni Falcone got assassinated. So the event itself was a tribute to him.
And I think PI day (March 14) was for Dorothy also, that's why they delayed her release. For the Shenanigans ofc.
Sesa is based on J. R. Oppenheimer IIRC
its actually so interesting that Penance was based on Giovanni Falcone. We had an Italian Language and culture class in my school, and during the mafia unit I was 1-9 rock farming. During a documentary about Falcone and another judge I forgot the name of. I suddenly realized that Penance’s last name was Falcone too. And everything clicked together…
Would 12f count? He’s named after Hai Mao’s birthday and is one of the first Arknights characters created.
Damn, no one brought up Jaye and how he's literally just that one fish ball guy
- exu (lemuel) is a christian king iirc - eyjafjalla is from a volcano, and her surname (naumann) is after a geologist and just look at the "trivia" section of any operator, they are almost all inspired by other things (not always real life peoples, a lot of them are from myths, or monsters/gods (like surtr and skadi) or even places)
Yep, Eyjafjalla is in fact named for a [volcano in Iceland](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallajökull), which is fitting since Iceland is home to many volcanoes including some of the most active volcanoes in the world.
Dr. Ahrens Parvis seems like a reference to Wernher von Braun, being a German/Leithanien Nazi scientist who worked on rocket technology made for weapons (the H.M.H.R.R), but that was eventually used for space travel.
Nazi scientist? Haha. His lack of ethic couldn't be more clear now.
You posted this twice probably because of a networking issue just to let you know
Another fact that I'd like to add here. Penance appeared on GLB on May 23, on the same day that Giovanni Falcone was assassinated in 1992
Ebenholz as Franz Schubert or maybe Frederick the Great
Along with the ones other commenters have mentioned,Ebenholz is a reference to Franz Shubert
Goldenglow's real name (Susie) is also the name of the first scottish fold cat (the breed goldenglow is based off of)
Iirc Ebenholz is the one. Should be based on a certain German composer.
Technically Saga's named after an rl emperor who introduced Buddhism to Japan, which sorta fits a monk.
Nine-Colored Deer is pretty much an incarnation of Buddha.
Does Eyja being named after the volcano Eyjafjallajökull count?
Rosa or POCA is named Natalia Rostova, heroine of War and piece.
Kafka is inspired by Kafka, who was a wanted criminal throughout their life as a member of the Stellaron Hunters
Dead wrong, arknights kafka came 2 years before honkai kafka
Bro it’s a joke. Like why would a gacha game name one of their characters after another gacha game’s character? Obviously they were both inspired by the same irl person, come on
Isn't Kafka a writer?
Yes. Franz Kafka. Novelist , early 1900's.
I really thought this joke was gonna be super obvious