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Welt Joyce (Profile)
Appearances
  • Second Eruption (flashback)
  • AE Invasion (mentioned)
  • Alien Space (flashback)
  • Gemina Invasions (mentioned)
    • Aliases
    • Ω1[1] (code name)[2]
    • Guinea pig
    • 1st Herrscher
    • Herrscher of Reason[3]
    Welt Joyce (Navbox)
    Birthplace
    Berlin[4]
    Birthday
    January 1, 1952[4]
    Known Relatives/Close Associates
    Race
    Gender
    Male Sign (Small) Male
    Age
    Unknown
    Status
    Deceased
    Affiliation
    Occupation
    Lab 42 Assistant[7] (formerly)
    Welt Joyce (Profile)
    Appearances
  • Second Eruption (flashback)
  • AE Invasion (mentioned)
  • Alien Space (flashback)
  • Gemina Invasions (mentioned)
    • Aliases
    • Ω1[1] (code name)[2]
    • Guinea pig
    • 1st Herrscher
    • Herrscher of Reason[3]

    Welt Joyce was the first Herrscher of Reason of the Current Era and Welt Yang's hero.[3]

    He was one of the founders of Anti-Entropy alongside Lieserl Albert Einstein, Frederica Nikola Tesla, and Emma Planck. His first and last name were given to him by Einstein[1] and Tesla respectively.

    Appearance

    Welt Joyce is a young man[8] with blue hair,[3] blue eyes and fair skin. He may be of East Asian descent, as when Schicksal attempted to discover his origins, they considered that he may have came from Japan due to his habits.[9]

    Story

    A man of unknown origins, Welt Joyce was both the cause of and sole survivor of the Honkai disaster that destroyed Berlin in 1952.[2] He suffered from amnesia and knew nothing of his past, but was fluent in German, English, Russian, Latin, Japanese, and Chinese.[10]

    After Berlin, he was captured by Schicksal and given the code name of Ω1. Schicksal unsuccessfully attempted to uncover his past and the secret behind his survival, performing painful experiments on him for three years.[2] The endless experiments caused him great physical and mental suffering, which was only alleviated by his correspondence with the mysterious "Clown α,"[11] an alias for Schicksal's Overseer, Otto Apocalypse. On October 20, 1955, he was transferred to the Imperial Research Institute Lab 42 in London,[12] where he came to work with Einstein and Tesla.[6]

    Personality

    Trivia

    • The name "Welt" was given to him by Lieserl Albert Einstein because he didn't have a real name. She gave him the name "Welt," as, in his code name "Ω1," a lowercase Ω (ω) looks similar to "W," and the German "welt" means "world".[1]
      • On 21/10/1950, he received his fake family name "Joyce" from Einstein (on his passport). This was a reference to James Joyce, the author of Ulysses.
    • Welt Joyce can speak German, English, Russian, Latin, Japanese, and Chinese.[10]
    • In Anti-Entropy (Visual Novel), Welt Joyce recalls a lot of references from many literary works, especially Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. This is because, during his three years of being experimented on, Otto gave him a lot of books to read.
    • The original Welt Joyce died from an injury and gave his Herrscher core to the only compatible individual nearby, the young Joachim Nokianvirtanen, who took the name Welt Yang to carry his predecessor's legacy.
    • In the "Houkai Classroom" comic, Bronya gave the name of Welt ① and ②. The name 'Welt' then became a unit of measurement for combat power in the world of Houkai. It is said that the strength of Fu Hua, who is not wearing thigh socks, is equal to 10 Welt.[citation needed]

    Other Languages

    LanguageOfficial NameOfficial Name
    EnglishWelt Joyce
    Chinese
    (Simplified)    		瓦尔特·乔伊斯Wǎ'ěrtè - Qiáoyīsī
    Chinese
    (Traditional)    		 瓦爾特·喬伊斯
    Japaneseヴェルト・ジョイスVeruto - Joisu
    Korean웰트·조이스Wolteo - Joiseu
    FrenchWelt Joyce
    ThaiWelt Joyce
    VietnameseWelt Joyce
    GermanWelt Joyce
    IndonesianWelt Joyce

    Navigation

    See Minor Characters page for extra entries.

    Notes

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Anti-Entropy (Visual Novel), chapter 1, part 1
      CN text:
      爱因斯坦: 你的名字？
      我: ......Ω1。我的资料上有。
      爱因斯坦: Ω1不能算作人类的名字。
      我: ......那我没有名字。
      爱因斯坦: 不方便。
      她摇了摇脑袋。
      我: ......
      话虽如此，可我也没有办法啊。毕竟——
      爱因斯坦: ......瓦尔特。W.E.L.T.
      [...]
      Ω = W。Welt = 世界。作为世界的弃儿，叫这么一个名字倒也是有趣。
      Translated text:
      Einstein: Your name?
      I: ... Omega 1. It's in my files.
      Einstein: Ω1 is not a human name.
      I: ... Then I don't have one.
      Einstein: How inconvenient.
      She shakes her head.
      I: ...
      Even so, I can't do anything about that. After all —
      Einstein: ... Welt. W.E.L.T.
      [...]
      "Ω" = "W". "Welt" = "World". Indeed, as an outcast of the world, to have such a name would be most amusing.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Anti-Entropy (Visual Novel), chapter 1, part 2
      CN text:
      "我是谁？"
      他很自然地反问出了这样的问题。
      "我们也不知道。"
      [...]
      天命。这是一个历史悠久的秘密组织。是世界真正的掌控者、人类的救星。
      [...]
      自己。失忆的自己是一场崩坏事件中唯一的幸存者。地点在柏林，位于某个不认识的大楼中。
      身体。这具幸存之躯上隐藏着巨大的秘密——为了拯救世界上更多的人，接受他们安排的人体实验是唯一正确的选择。
      一个月。又一个月。再一个月。
      一年。又一年。再一年。
      编号为"Ω1"的青年被带到一个又一个的实验室里，重复着一模一样的事情。
      Translated text:
      "Who am I?"
      He quite naturally retorted with such a question.
      "We don't know either."
      [...]
      "Schicksal". Our "Destiny". A secret organization with a long history. The true masters of the world, the saviors of humanity.
      [...]
      "Myself". I, who lost my memory, was the sole survivor of a Honkai event. Its location was Berlin, where it had originated from some multistoried building.
      "My body". Within this fortunate body of mine hides a great secret — for the sake of saving more people, I must accept their plans for experimentation on my body: it is my only option.
      One month. Another month. Month after month.
      One year. Another year. Year after year.
      The young man, code-named "Ω1", was taken from one laboratory to another, to repeat the exact same thing, over and over again.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter XXIII, Act 2, Scene 1
      Bronya: He? Mr. Joyce?
      Welt: Right. Seems like you've learned a lot at the base.
      Welt: He is my hero. And he was a good teacher.
      [...]
      Bronya thought for a moment before sharing her bizarre dream with Welt, including the blue-haired young man.
      Welt: ...
      Welt: Yes, that is Joyce, the 1st Herrscher of Reason.
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter XXXIII, Unconditional Records
      Bronya: But one thing is correct...
      Bronya: ... Before the Honkai outbreak in Berlin, the consciousness known as Welt Joyce did not exist on this Earth.
      Bronya: The Herrscher born from nothing began collecting the thoughts of other sacrificial victims because he was influenced by a victim's thoughts.
      Bronya: As the thoughts grow... the Herrscher core grows more complete.
      Bronya: No one knew for sure what he had done.
      Bronya: But they knew the countless thoughts, the cries of a destroyed city, was a call for a savior. Their last stand against Honkai.
      Bronya: — And the man known as Welt Joyce rose from the ruins.
    5. ↑ Chapter XXXIII, Troubled Waters
      Bronya: Carl Gustav is one of the three hundred thousand that constitute the core, and possibly the first.
      Bronya: In other words, he isn't only the origin of Welt Joyce, but also the origin of Herrscher of Reason.
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Anti-Entropy (Visual Novel), chapter 1, part 3
      CN text:
      女青年: "尊敬的Ω1先生：你好。"
      [...]
      女青年: "从本日起，你已成为帝国研究院42实验室的一员。当然，本实验室与不列颠政府无关，而是由天命总部直接领导的独立机构。"
      Translated text:
      Young Woman: "To the most respectable Mr. Ω1: greetings."
      [...]
      Young Woman: "From today onwards, you are a member of the Imperial Institute, Lab 42. Of course, our laboratory has nothing to do with the British Government, but is instead an independent organization under the direct authority of Schicksal Headquarters."
    7. ↑ Anti-Entropy (Visual Novel), chapter 2, part 1
      CN text:
      瓦尔特: 那个......我是42实验室的新助理......所以......
      Translated text:
      Welt: Um ... I'm a new assistant with Lab 42 ... so ...
    8. ↑ Anti-Entropy (Visual Novel), chapter 1, part 3
      CN text:
      青年感到了来自脑后的一记重击。
      Translated text:
      The young man felt a heavy blow strike the back of his head.
    9. ↑ Anti-Entropy (Visual Novel), chapter 2, part 1
      CN text:
      轻手轻脚地打开别墅的大门，青年礼节性地向空无一人的客厅问候着。
      他自有记忆以来就保持着这种古怪的习惯，以至于天命组织曾认真调查过他是日本人的可能性。
      Translated text:
      Gently opening the villa front door, the young man politely greets an empty living room.
      He has maintained this odd habit for as long as he could recall, so much so that Schicksal had seriously investigated the possibility of him being Japanese.
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Anti-Entropy (Visual Novel), chapter 1, part 2
      CN text:
      三年前的这个季节，他从一片混沌中睁开了眼睛。陌生的男男女女打量着他、询问着各种走失儿童才会面对的问题。
      "你叫什么名字？"
      "以前住在哪里？"
      "你是哪国人？"
      "......"
      这种感觉很奇怪——你明明知道答案，但就是无法把它们在大脑中“凝聚”起来。仿佛联络记忆之海的神经全都被烧却了一般。
      "我不知道。"
      这是青年唯一能给出的答案。
      自己还记得如何说话——他不知道自己是不是应该为此而庆幸一番。德语、英语、俄语、拉丁语……甚至还有日语和汉语。他不明白自己为什么会懂这么多门语言。
      Translated text:
      It was this same season, three years ago, when he first opened his eyes to a scene of chaos. Unfamiliar men and women were inspecting him, asking him all sorts of questions, questions that one would only ask a lost child.
      "What is your name?"
      "Where do you live?"
      "What is your nationality?"
      "..."
      It was a strange feeling — you undoubtedly knew all the answers, yet you could not "congeal" or solidify those answers in your brain. It was as if all the neurons that wove the sea of your memories were fried.
      "I don't know."
      This was the one response that the young man could muster.
      He could still remember how to speak — yet he didn't know whether this was something he should be grateful for. German, English, Russian, Latin ... even Japanese and Chinese. He couldn't remember how he came to understand so many languages.
    11. ↑ Anti-Entropy (Visual Novel), chapter 1, part 2
      CN text:
      有时候真的很想一死了之。
      ......
      如果不是还有个话痨在惦记着自己。
      [...]
      你的老朋友，
      小丑阿尔法
      1955.10.2.
      Translated text:
      There were moments where I really wanted to just die and be done with it.
      ...
      If it wasn't for that chatterbox who kept checking in on me.
      [...]
      Your old pal,
      Clown Alpha
      1955.10.2.
    12. ↑ Anti-Entropy (Visual Novel), chapter 1, part 1
      CN text:
      少女: 格林尼治时间，10月20日22点57分——辛苦你了，小白鼠。
      [...]
      少女: 帝国研究院42实验室。
      她自顾自地解说着——
      少女: 欢迎回家。
      Translated text:
      Girl: Greenwich Mean Time, October 20, 22:57 — Thank you for bearing with us, little lab rat.
      [...]
      Girl: Imperial Institute, Lab 42.
      She speaks, as if to herself —
      Girl: Welcome home.