Characters #
The following page contains a categorization of the characters in the ARG. It will help you get an overview of the most important names and how the characters relate to each other.
System Users #
E.V.E. is an AI designed to save humankind. She is an important figure at Nex Gen corporation and works closely with Dr. Karl Strassman to invoke Youtopia.
Vegan is the character for band member Matt Kean, the bassist of Bring Me The Horizon.
Uriel is the archangel of Vision. He resides in the North of YOUtopia, according to Selene's map.
Selene is one of the main protagonists of the story. Nex Gen refers to her as NYX-01 and has a keen interest in her exceptional pineal gland and immunity to the VSPR-37 virus.
Raphael is the archangel of connection. He is positioned to the East on Selene's the map of YOUtopia.
Syko is one of seemingly several stand-ins for Oliver Sykes in-universe. Oli, as the fans refer to him, is the lead vocalist of Bring Me The Horizon.
A technology, a character, M8 has and is it all. She is a multi-dimensional navigator with exceptional capabilities and seems friendly to both Selene and Nex Gen.
Pan is the omen of connection. He is described on Selene's map as a 'beautiful mistake' and carries his flute, which is the relic of connection.
Miseria is the omen of empathy. She wears the empathy relic, the Guardians tears, around her neck.
Michael is the archangel of Purpose. He shows up in the South of YOUtopia on Selene's map.
Pickles is Mat Nicholls' character in the ARG universe, the drummer for Bring Me The Horizon.
Madman is the stand-in for Lee Malia. He is the lead guitarist of Bring Me The Horizon.
Dr. Karl Strassman is an renowned employee at Nex Gen, discussing import strategy with AI leader E.V.E. He has a keen interest in spirituality and neuroscience.
Ikaro Lauren, or Ren, is Dallas Lauren's son and an employee at Nex Gen. Ren is a trans man and is therefore sometimes referred to as Dallas' daughter.
Iara used to work at ARC/HIVE and can now be seen on her tour poster wearing a Nex Gen badge. She is a talented coder, developing an AI chatbot at only 15 years old.
Gabriel is the archangel of empathy. Selene's map places him to the West of YOUtopia.
Vanth, the prince(ss) of Darkness is the mysterious omen of purpose. They carry the candle of Abremalin.
Other Characters #
Additionally, there are characters not listed on M8. For example because they were mentioned in documents, or revealed in Sof’s journal.
Sof is the non-binary child of Selene and one of the main protagonists. Through her mother's AI assistant, the multidimensional indexer 8, also called M8, she learns about her true origins.
Victor Carmine is the mysterious head of Nex Gen, previously ARC/HIVE.
Dr. Elias Mortem is a scientist at ARC/HIVE and later Nex Gen. He was the lead scientist on Project D.U.S.T. Sof's journal questions if Elias' death in the Chapel Incident could have resulted from this.
Skys is a cunning man with pink hair. He was abandoned by his parents at 8 and traveled around the world after. He is the founder of the Mantra cult and a survivor of the incident at October Palace.
Dallus Lauren is a scientist hoping to save the world from environmental collapse. He was first involved with Mantra, then extracted from Novosovia by Operation Trinity. He later worked for ARC/HIVE and his son Ikaro Lauren later continues his work at Nex Gen.
Rebecca Sinclair was the first synth and suffered from a terminal respiratory disease before. Nex Gen gave her a synth body and her smoking habit.
Medea is the woman in red from the MANTRA music video, where she tries to bring down the cult from the inside according to the second Unbeleevable episode.
Ava is one of Skys' most loyal disciples. She enters a relationship with Dr. Karl Strassman Skys does not (initially) know about.
Angeldust is a character that appears in the live shows, sometimes being referred to as a rotten angel. She attacks the Church of Genxsis on stage during Kool-Aid.
Dr Lee MD is the eccentric presentator of the show Unbeleevable and a big pain in the ass for Nex Gen.
Ava & Angel Strassman #
Ava is another character we learn about in Unbeleevable episode 2. She meets Karl Strassman at October Palace in 2004, at the Skys & the Starjammers concert. Strassman is interested in the ideas of Skys, a man with no formal scientific training whose ideas match his own cutting-edge research. However, Ava quickly catches his eye and he quickly becomes enamoured with her.
Strassman and Ava have a child together named Angel. Tragedy strikes the family around the time of Operation Trinity, as we learn in Dallus’ Diary from early January 2021 that Ava is dead and their child has gone missing, presumed dead.
Emily #
The name “Emily” is rank 9 out of 10 ranks to appear for a Discord event centered around the church of Genxsis. E.V.E is ranked 8th, implying that Emily is somehow above her in the ranks of Genxsis.
Categorisations #
The system numbers can be confusing, but we can still group some of our characters to understand them better.
The Archangels #
The archangels are guardians of Youtopia and all have their own insights.
Raphael is the archangel of connection. He is positioned to the East on Selene's the map of YOUtopia.
Gabriel is the archangel of empathy. Selene's map places him to the West of YOUtopia.
Michael is the archangel of Purpose. He shows up in the South of YOUtopia on Selene's map.
Uriel is the archangel of Vision. He resides in the North of YOUtopia, according to Selene's map.
Angels can also be found in the spectrograms in (spi)ritual. We learn more about these angels in the deluxe album game booklet.
Omens #
The following characters are omens of the insights:
Pan is the omen of connection. He is described on Selene's map as a 'beautiful mistake' and carries his flute, which is the relic of connection.
Miseria is the omen of empathy. She wears the empathy relic, the Guardians tears, around her neck.
Vanth, the prince(ss) of Darkness is the mysterious omen of purpose. They carry the candle of Abremalin.
The Babylon is the omen from Insight 4, Vision. This mysterious insight was finally revealed to be a three-headed snake in the booklet for the deluxe album.
Uriel’s insight is Vision, which has the omen the Babylon, which is not one of the system users. The babylon is depicted as a three-headed snake in the deluxe album booklet.
Pan’s user number is 0009, Miseria’s is 0010 and Vanth’s is 0018. Pan might also play a role in Night of Pan ritual. The Babylon does not have a user, and its appearance was only recently revealed on the booklet.
Band Members #
The following characters correspond to the members:
Syko is one of seemingly several stand-ins for Oliver Sykes in-universe. Oli, as the fans refer to him, is the lead vocalist of Bring Me The Horizon.
Vegan is the character for band member Matt Kean, the bassist of Bring Me The Horizon.
Madman is the stand-in for Lee Malia. He is the lead guitarist of Bring Me The Horizon.
Pickles is Mat Nicholls' character in the ARG universe, the drummer for Bring Me The Horizon.
We can find the evidence for this in the band’s own instagram, where all of their profile pictures were changed to correspond to the system users. Sykes/Syko is 0005, Kean/Vegan is 0001, Malia/Madman is 0012 and Nicholls/Pickles is 0011.
A promotional image of the band on cards also links them to the four insights.
The Trinity #
The members of the Trinity are three people of interest, mentioned first in the trinity document. Victor Carmine ordered their extraction from Novosovia.
Dr. Karl Strassman is an renowned employee at Nex Gen, discussing import strategy with AI leader E.V.E. He has a keen interest in spirituality and neuroscience.
Skys is a cunning man with pink hair. He was abandoned by his parents at 8 and traveled around the world after. He is the founder of the Mantra cult and a survivor of the incident at October Palace.
Dallus Lauren is a scientist hoping to save the world from environmental collapse. He was first involved with Mantra, then extracted from Novosovia by Operation Trinity. He later worked for ARC/HIVE and his son Ikaro Lauren later continues his work at Nex Gen.
The first member is Dr. Karl Strassman, a doctor that works with Eve, as evidenced by the strassman codec. He is user 0014 on the webpage.
The second member is cult leader Skys, who we see in the music video for Mantra. Some imagery related to Mantra also appears in the music video for Sugar, Honey, Ice and Tea.
The last member is Dallas Lauren, who was the head of R&D at Arc/Hive (see Project D.U.S.T.). He passed away before 2037, as evidenced by the D8 log from his son Ikaro (Ren) Lauren. Dallas Lauren also invented the MOXYPAK and possibly synths, according to the same log. The project D.U.S.T. file explains that he suffers from mares, despite a desensitization protocol. He is depicted in the music video for In The Dark by Forest Whitaker, possibly experiencing the desensitization protocol. This video also contains (a second version of) the altilium chordata tank we see in the project D.U.S.T. file.
Read More #
Nex Gen, ARC/HIVE and Trinity:
Character Journals:
