User blog:Inept Wiki User/Cosmos in the Lostbelt: Post-Prologue, Pre-Anastasia Information & Speculation

It has been a little while since the Prologue of Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt and it will be a little while before the first chapter is released (apparently in April though I haven't verified this). People have had time to look over the information presented so far and speculate on what might be to come. Given the circumstances, I thought it might be an idea to gather the pieces of information and speculation that are around in one place for consideration, before things properly get going.

This will probably take a little while to compile and construct (even not taking external circumstances into account) and I might need some help in doing so. If there's anything to add or amend, please say so in the comments below - it'd be much appreciated.

WARNING: Spoilers below for those not following the Japanese release of Fate/Grand Order



Primary construction incomplete as of 21/03/2018

Human Order Incineration Incident
During the Human Order Incineration Incident, Sherlock Holmes was investigating a certain mystery on behalf of Charles Babbage. While he was speaking with Chaldea's team in the Camelot Singularity and was discussing the topic of why the incineration started in 2016, Holmes brought up the hypothesis that there was something beyond 2016 which even 'Solomon' couldn't see and the troubling possibility that there was no future past that point to begin with.

Shortly after the defeat of Goetia, it was noted by Gilgamesh that certain other forces were also likely to be moving, such as Beast VII of the End.

Epic of Remnant
Following the resolution of the Human Order Incineration Incident, during the restoration process, several Singularities were instigated by surviving Demon Pillars who escaped the collapsing Time Temple. Several aspects of these singularities foreshadowed certain elements which would come up again later with the invasion from the Lost Belts and the events occurring afterwards.

In Shinjuku, Holmes described the results of his investigation at Atlas, which revealed that certain forces were likely emerge from distorted history with the restoration of the Human Order following its incineration which would shake the world and attack proper history. According to Holmes, they would normally be prevented by the Counter Force or something else before they occur, but during the restoration they will temporarily revive and resurrect from the gaps of history. He compared it to a quarantined computer virus becoming active again when the computer reboots.

Among these distortions, Shimousa (initially designated Subcategory Singularity III, but later reclassified as an otherworld and Subcategory Parallel World) was not brought about by the remnant Demon Pillars and displayed characteristics somewhat similar to some described of a Lost Belt. A key player in the events which occurred in Shimousa, Caster Limbo (Ashiya Douman), was apparently searching for the Lost Belts and would later be involved in the events which would transpire from them. Two other key players were Sliders, travelers originating from culled timelines, whose existences were described as being Mobile Singularities.

In Salem, Raum attempted to call in an Outer God through Abigail Williams by re-enacting the events of the Salem Witch Trials. This would have repercussions which showed themselves during the escape through the Imaginary Number Space following the attack on Chaldea.

-Moonlight/Lostroom-
During the OVA, Fujimaru entered Chaldea's mysterious Lost Room and among other things, saw the world reverted to a 'blank slate' and received an admonishment from Galahad.

In the throne of the destroyed Time Temple, an unknown individual took a single ring from the ten rings of Solomon on the throne.

Koyanskaya
The first of the two enemies who infiltrated Chaldea, Koyanskaya acted as Goldolf Musik's assistant, manipulating him into purchasing Chaldea and eliminating the people who stood in the way. She displayed knowledge of Fou's true identity and the two had mutual hostility towards one another. During the interrogation period and the subsequent assault (which she planned), she searched for the recorded Saint Graphs which had been secretly entrusted to Fujimaru. When she confronted during the assault, her comments implied that she was not human and possibly a Servant.

Kotomine
The second of the two enemies who infiltrated Chaldea, Kotomine acted as a Church overseer, allegedly sent to investigate and observe the interrogation and change over of Chaldea's staff. During the assault on Chaldea, he fatally impaled da Vinci from behind with his hand, though she managed to hold him in place long enough for the others to escape in the Shadow Border.

Anastasia
The Caster-class Servant who led the Oprichniki in their assault on Chaldea, hailing from the Lost Belts. Referred to as the Imperial Princess (皇女), Anastasia appears to have a personality as cold as her powers. Capable of manipulating ice, her currently unnamed Noble Phantasm was used to freeze Chaldeas and render Chaldea uninhabitable, dropping temperatures to -100 degrees. She also possesses a shadowy beast with an evil eye, named.

She will be appearing in the first Lost Belt, which also shares her name.

Oprichniki
The black troopers that made up the bulk of the army which attacked Chaldea, the are the members of the, a secret police organization which operated in Russia during the reign of Tsar Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Ivan the Terrible), carrying out many acts of repression, persecution, torture and executions, particularly against the aristocratic class.

The Oprichniki who attacked Chaldea gave off Saint Graph reactions and stood up even when riddled with bullets. They massacred Goldolf's mercenaries and required Servants to combat. A large number of them along the coastline forced the survivors to submerge the Shadow Border into Imaginary Number Space in order to escape.

Crypters
The Crypters are a group of seven Masters who were formerly part of Chaldea's A-Team together with Mash, a line-up of top-rank Masters and geniuses from various backgrounds with various quirks, now adversaries working with the forces from the Lost Belts to supplant the Greater History of Man. The Crypters are described as Apocryphal Leaders, chosen by seven seeds in order to remake the world, filling it with Mystery and returning it to the Age of Gods.

Like the other Master Candidates, they were critically injured by the bomb planted by Lev Lainur Flauros and subsequently placed into cryogenic sleep in their Coffins. They remained there during the resolution of the Human Order Incineration Incident and the events in its aftermath. While Koyanskaya spoke of them to Fujimaru as having been robbed of the opportunity to save the world by him, implying they would resent it, da Vinci described them as meritocrats to the core and those who performed great feats, such as Fujimaru, who fought to save the world when they could not, would earn their respect (reckoning that on waking up, they'd probably badger him for stories from the singularities and not let him sleep for a week).

On December 31st, it was discovered that the someone had removed the A-Team from their Coffins before Chaldea's staff, with a fake signal left in their place. As the survivors escaped from Chaldea following the assault by the Oprichniki, they heard a broadcast by Kirschtaria Wodime declaring their rebellion against the Greater History of Man, as the representative of the Crypters.

Kirschtaria Wodime
The A-Team's leader and the head of the Clock Tower's Astronomy Faculty. A young scion of a prestigious aristocratic family with a millennium-old history and Magic Circuits. Marisbury Animusphere's top disciple, he was said to be better successor for Lordship than Olga Marie and at the top in Chaldea in terms of overall strength as a Magus. He was assigned to summon a Lancer.

Following the destruction of Chaldea, he made the declaration of rebellion against the Greater History of Man as the representative of the Crypters.

Kadoc Zemlupus
Kadoc's circumstances have been described as similar to Fujimaru's, being an average magus but possessing high Rayshift compatibility. Da Vinci described him as a youth with a gentle smile but with somewhat masochistic tendencies, timid but a mythology nerd and an avid reader. Mash described him as someone who pays attention to his surroundings but is sensitive about his own pessimism. He was to summon a Caster as his magical energy was low and he wished to avoid high-consumption combat Servants.

Ophelia Famulthorone
Originating from the Clock Tower's Spiritual Evocation Faculty, Ophelia apparently possesses special Mystic Eyes and wears an eye-patch, which was somewhat conspicuous in Chaldea. She was to be assigned to a Saber, and was apparently insistent with regards to the race of the Heroic Spirit she was to be contracted with.

Hinako Akuta
Originating from the Clock Tower's Botany Faculty (aka Witch Studies), she was originally a technician at Chaldea but became a Master candidate after her talent was discovered. She is described as being silent, having an odd vibe and being happy to just read a book all day in the shade. She apparently wouldn't show up to medical exams. She was assigned Rider and strongly wished for it.

Scandinavia Peperoncino
A freelancer whom Marisbury met and recruited on his previous travels. The name is almost certainly an alias and his nationality is unknown, though he apparently looks Italian. The oldest in the A-Team, he is described as friendly, casual and a good listener, who would lighten the team's mood with jokes (according to Mash, even the usually silent Akuta would close her book when he was around). He is also described as a man who might have been born in the wrong era. He is knowledgeable about Buddhism and Indian myths, apparently liking mythologies about repeated cycles of destruction. He was assigned Archer.

Beryl Gut
Not much is known about Beryl Gut, given that da Vinci skipped past him during her description of the A Team, though her and Mash's reactions to his name, the indication that he was to summon an Assassin, the fact that his Lost Belt has an EX value, the blood on his mouth in the opening and the conspicuous absence of information in the first place, doesn't exactly bode well.

Daybit Sem Void
Among the gathered geniuses of the A-Team, Daybit was the only one da Vinci described as an unclear (or dangerous) element. He originates from (and was expelled from) the Clock Tower's Anthropology Faculty, the one with the least students since the institution was founded, a heretical faculty which handles relics not of this world and reports directly to the head of the Clock Tower. His extraordinary talents were apparently valued by Marisbury and da Vinci said that there were only one or two people in life whose genius she acknowledges like his. He is someone who will not try to understand others or be understood, and as such was assigned Berserker, given there were no expectations of communication.

Servants
It is a given that we will see new Servants during the journey through the Lost Belts. Several of these have been shown in the opening for Cosmos in the Lostbelt and are likely to have key roles in the story, though only two have been properly identified in-story at present; Anastasia, who participated in the attack on Chaldea and as such is covered in the section above, and Ashiya Douman, who appeared in Epic of Remnant.

Ashiya Douman
An Onmyouji from the and a rival to Abe no Seimei, Ashiya Dōman was the first of the group of Servants from the opening to appear, though obviously non-playable and not with his battle character sprite. Appearing in the third chapter of Epic of Remnant, he was a key player in the events of the Shimousa Singularity (or rather, the Shimousa Otherworld), under the title Caster Limbo, and was responsible for the corruption of various Servants by imposing the Karma of Isai Ousatsu upon their Saint Graphs. At the end of these events, he spoke to an entity which he referred to jokingly as Satan Who Art As Lucifero (real name currently unknown), saying he had finally located the lost history (which we now know referred to the Lost Belts).

Opening Servants
Other than the two mentioned before, six other Servant figures were featured in the opening.

Others
In addition to the Servants featured in the preview, there are a number of Servants who have either appeared or been referenced in the story previously, and there is a possibility that a few of them may appear in some shape or form. Below are the remaining Servants listed in that old datamine and some of the figures from the story so far which have yet to be released (adapted from table on the FGO article, and not fully processed):

Unnamed Woman
Another key figure is an unknown, alien-looking female, who has appeared in -Moonlight/Lostroom-, the opening and the Second Prologue, observing the events which transpire and apparently unseen by the people involved. In the opening, she was seen reaching out towards Mash from the other side of a screen. During the attack on Chaldea, she was seen in the ruins, looking on with a sad expression.

Cloaked Figure
Another person of interest is a hooded figure in a ragged cloak who appears briefly in the opening, standing with their back turned, on the frozen surface of the world.

Mastermind(s)
At this early stage, it cannot be said for certain who the mastermind (or perhaps masterminds) behind this whole incident is, though there are a number of promising candidates.

Lost Belts
Recent Fate works have had a tendency to explore certain temporal mechanics of the Nasuverse. Part 1 of Fate/Grand Order had time travel, the distortion and incineration of history, and temporal Singularities at the heart of its plot. Fate/Extella explored the concept of Quantum Time Locks, where the universe periodically culls divergent timelines in order to prolong its overall lifespan. This trend continues here, with the exploration of the Lost Belts.

Though many of the specifics are not yet known, the Lost Belts are described as apocryphal histories, isolated and cut off from becoming even parallel worlds. As opposed to the Greater History of Man, the history of 'winners' born from correct choices and proper prosperities leading to the "present", the Lost Belt is the history of 'losers' born from wrong choices and mistaken prosperity. These histories, leading to a dead end, are considered "unnecessary" and are therefore cut off. They have also been described by Koyanskaya as a "hard mode" to the Greater History of Man's "easy mode", although the veracity of this bit has yet to be fully determined.

Normally, the Lost Belts and the like would not be able to threaten the Greater History of Man, being prevented by the Counter Force or other entities before they could do so, however the fragile state of the world during the restoration of the Human Order in the wake of the Human Order Incineration Incident (and possibly aid from unknown parties), has enabled the forces of the Lost Belt to attack the proper history, in what Goetia described in the PV as the Filtering Outsider Phenomenon (濾過異分子現象).

It has been implied that it would have been possible to act against the Lost Belts through Rayshifting, which is why their forces attacked Chaldea in order to eliminate this threat. Instead, the survivors of Chaldea will be using the Shadow Border to dive through Imaginary Number Space in order to reach the Lost Belts.

Similar to the Human Order Foundation Values associated with the seven primary Singularities, the Lost Belts have an associated value known as a Lost Depth (異聞深度), and as with the first part of the story, parts of the titles are censored in the PV so as not give too much away too early.

Lost Belt No. 1: Anastasia
Anastasia: Permafrost Empire (永久凍土帝国), alternatively Princess of the Land of Beasts (獣国の皇女) and Lost Belt No. 1 (ロストベルト No. 1), is the first of the seven known Lost Belts. It's Lost Depth is D and it's associated Crypter is Kadoc Zemlupus. The events in it occur in 1570 AD, which was when the happened.

The scenery glimpsed in the opening and PV is comprised of mountains covered in snow and in the grips of blizzard. A castle is also featured in the opening behind Anastasia.

Lost Belt No. 2: Gotterdammerung
Gotterdammerung: Eternal Flame Century (無間氷焔世紀), alternatively ■■■ of the Unfading Flame (消えぬ炎の■■■) and Lost Belt No. 2 (ロストベルト No. 2), is the second of the seven known Lost Belts. It's Lost Depth is B+ and it's associated Crypter is Ophelia Famulthorone. It's events occur in 1000 BC.

is the German translation of the Old Norse term, meaning "Twilight of the Gods", which refers to a prophesised battle in Norse Mythology which will see the death of most of the gods, and the destruction and subsequent renewal of the world. Götterdämmerung is also the title of the last opera in 's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.

The background in the PV appears to be split between blue on the left and red on the right (likely ice and fire)(each with a large mass or peak at the back), with several large figures on the left and smaller spikes on the right. The opening features several castles, bridges and stairways in a mountainous region.

Lost Belt No. 3
■■■: Land of Unified Knowledge (人智統合真国 ■■■), alternatively Crimson Beauty Under the Moon (紅の月下美人) and Lost Belt No. 3 (ロストベルト No. 3), is the third of the seven known Lost Belts. It's Lost Depth is E and it's associated Crypter is Akuta Hinako. It's events occur in 0210 BC.

The background in the PV appears to have a large luminous dome with multiple moving lights shining out from it. The opening features oriental-style buildings.

Lost Belt No. 4
■■ ■■■■■■: Genesis Destruction Cycle (創世滅亡輪廻 ■■・■■■■■■), alternatively The Black Final God (黒き最後の神) and Lost Belt No. 4 (ロストベルト No. 4), is the fourth of the seven known Lost Belts. It's Lost Depth is A and it's associated Crypter is Scandinavia Peperoncino. It's events occur in 11900 ??.

The background in the PV appears to feature a light blue surface (water?) under darkness, with a lotus flower and a floating cube (reminiscent of the Moon Cell's core).

Lost Belt No. 5
■■■■■■: Interstellar City Mountains (星間都市山脈 ■■■■■■), alternatively The Day God Is Shot Down (神を撃ち落とす日) and Lost Belt No. 5 (ロストベルト No. 5), is the fifth of the seven known Lost Belts. It's Lost Depth is A+ and it's associated Crypter is Kirschtaria Wodime. It's events occur in 12000 BC.

The background in the PV appears to feature a large sphere surrounded by a similarly large ring. The opening features a circular, walled, tower-like city, lit with light and surrounded by water.

Lost Belt No. 6
■■■■■■■■■: Round Table Territory (■■円卓領域 ■■■■■・■・■■), alternatively The Day the Star is Born (星の生まれる刻) and Lost Belt No. 6 (ロストベルト No. 6), is the sixth of the seven known Lost Belts. It's Lost Depth is EX and it's associated Crypter is Beryl Gut. It's events occur in 0500 AD.

The background in the PV appears to feature an aurora. The opening features a castle in the mountains with a forest nearby.

Lost Belt No. 7
■■■■■■■■■■: ■■Forest (■■樹海■■ ■■■・■■■■■), alternatively ■■■■■■■■ (■■■■■■■■) and Lost Belt No. 7 (ロストベルト No. 7), is the last of the seven known Lost Belts. It's Lost Depth is A++ and it's associated Crypter is Daybit Sem Void. It's events occur in ???? BC

The background in the opening and PV appears to feature a massive forest with several pyramids and structures which appear to be of a nature.

Shadow Border
With the destruction of Chaldea at hand, the survivors (Fujimaru, Mash, Holmes, Goldolf and 8 other members of staff) escaped in the Imaginary Numbers Submersible Shadow Border (虚数潜航艇 シャドウ・ボーダー), which had been secretly constructed in anticipation of such a situation, concealed within a container normally used for waste disposal. A twelve-wheeled armored vehicle, the Shadow Border uses an "artificial Servant", namely a younger back-up of Leonardo da Vinci, as its navigator and pilot, requiring her for its full operation.

The Shadow Border is capable of a special form of dimensional and temporal travel, which was devised in the early stages of Chaldea's formation but abandoned due to difficulty and inherent danger. Unlike rayshifting, where a subject is broken down into Spiritrons and projected to a specific space-time belt, this method involves slipping between the gaps of the world and vanishing from reality, submerging the vessel into Imaginary Number Space (虚数空間). Usage of the Imaginary Numbers Observation Device Paper Moon (虚数観測機 ペーパームーン), which is a part of the procedure, normally requires authorization from Atlas, but given the current circumstances that isn't possible. Fortunately, Holmes familiarized himself with its operation while looking at the TRI-HERMES records.

With the loss of Chaldea, the survivors are no longer able to rayshift, and have had to turn to this method despite the risks. The story left off just as the Zero Sail has been set for the first time and the Shadow Border has dived into Imaginary Number Space to escape from the Oprichniki covering the shoreline of Antarctica.

Speculative References
