Reveil (レベイュ, Rebeiyu) is a location in Jun Mochizuki's Pandora Hearts. It is the current capital city of the country wherein the characters dwell and the story takes place. After the Tragedy of Sablier destroyed the former capital one hundred years ago, Reveil became the capital in its place and now stands as the base of operations for all major events.
After Oz Vessalius escapes from the Abyss with the help of Alice the B-Rabbit, they along with Gilbert Nightray reside at Reveil as they work to further their goals, Pandora Headquarters being located in the same city. As a result the capital serves as the background setting for a significant part of the story.
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Notable Locations[]
Pandora Headquarters[]
Pandora Headquarters is the main base of operations for the organization Pandora. As powerful and connected as Pandora is, the place where their headquarters is positioned reflects that wealth and power. It is a large and sprawling estate, filled with office areas for work and private sleeping quarters for members to take refuge at. Its amenities include a vast library with many resources and information, and a large lawn which is meticulously trimmed and manicured. One of the most important locations is the meeting room for the Four Great Dukes to discuss important matters, making it one of the most guarded rooms in the Headquarters. Below the grounds are a litany of hidden passageways and subterranean tunnels. And finally, there is a secret secluded garden area which holds a Stone Seal.
Pandora Headquarters formerly belonged to the Baskerville Clan. This is the reason for the existence of the intricate tunnel system mapped out below the estate's property, so cast they connect to other former Baskerville properties such as Lutwidge Academy. After the Tragedy of Sablier, Pandora took as many resources as they could from the Baskervilles, including what stands as their current Headquarters. One hundred years after the Tragedy, Oz Vessalius is cast into the Abyss, only to escape with Alice the B-Rabbit, and subsequently recruited into Pandora for their combined power. At first their recruiters, Xerxes Break and Sharon Rainsworth, hid their existences from their higher-ups. In time however, Oz is discovered and revealed to be the reincarnation of Jack Vessalius, hero of the Tragedy who created Pandora. Afterwards Oz stays in a private room at Pandora Headquarters, which becomes home base from then on for him and his companions.
Lutwidge Academy[]
Lutwidge Academy (ラトウィッジ
Lutwidge Academy is the school attended by Ada Vessalius, Elliot Nightray, and the latter's valet Leo. After Oz Vessalius escapes from the Abyss and is discovered by Pandora to be Jack Vessalius's reincarnation, his uncle Oscar Vessalius plans a day trip to allow his nephew to relax. For him, Oz, and his companions to break into Lutwidge Academy, so that Oz may see Ada for the first time after ten years apart. Lutwidge is the same place where Oz befriends Elliot and Leo, and encounters the Baskervilles for the first time.
Luca's Gate[]
Luca's Gate (
After Pandora is overtaken by the Baskerville Clan, Oz is captured and slated for execution. Gilbert helps him escape and they run into Oscar in the tunnels below Pandora. Together, the two help Oz come to terms with his existence and release Jack Vessalius's hold on his mind, reuniting him with Alice. Oscar then leads the trio to Luca's Gate, before they are ambushed by the Baskervilles' ranks. Oscar opens the Gate, pushes the three through, and shuts it behind them, saving their lives at the cost of his own.
Gilbert's Apartment[]
Gilbert's Apartment is an apartment belonging to Gilbert Nightray. It is located in the slums of Reveil, Old Town, in its residential area at the very edges of the city. It is a small and modest flat with two rooms and one bathroom. It consists of a living space, a connected kitchen area, a small bedroom, and a bathroom. It is minimally decorated and furnished for only the bare necessities, but it is still rather well-lived in and kept after. The owner Gilbert often goes between staying at this apartment of his and at a private room at Pandora Headquarters. Due to its mundanity, the place is rarely seen or featured in the main story.
After being adopted by the Nightray Dukedom, Gilbert never felt welcomed in the family, nearly all of whom despised him and his blood-related younger brother Vincent (with the sole exception of the youngest Elliot). It was to the extent that all the blood-related Nightrays outside of Elliot conspired to kill Gilbert and Vincent; however this only lead to their own deaths and the surgence of the Headhunter incidents. The people around Gilbert started being attacked, prompting him to leave the Nightray manor and never look back. This lead him to buying his own apartment as far away from the Nightrays and nobility as possible, attempting to live a humble and quiet life since.
Old Town[]
Old Town (
Old Town is where Gilbert's apartment is located, which Gilbert had bought in order to get away from the suffocating Nightray household. For a short time before Pandora discovered them, Oz and Alice stayed in that apartment with Gilbert. In addition, Old Town is where Oz first meets and encounters the Flower Girl, and Phillipe and William West. Aside from these small moments in the main story, Old Town's most significant appearance and exposition is in the Caucus Race story where Oz goes with Alice to Old Town to buy a gift, and Gilbert stalks after them out of overprotective paranoia.
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History[]
After the Tragedy of Sablier, Reveil was made the new capital city in order to allow people to try and rebuild their lives and carry on with newfound peace and security. There, four noble families came together to form the Four Great Dukedoms, obtaining four of the five Doors to the Abyss to solidify their position above the other noble families. This action caused a long period of great unrest and conflict, as other noble families such as the Sinclairs grew to hate the Four Great Dukedoms because of their unconventional protection from the state, while some simply aligned themselves with the Four Great Dukedoms to take advantage of their powerful position. Sometime during this period, the Sinclair family's eldest daughter was assassinated, likely by another noble family. This led to the youngest daughter becoming an Illegal Contractor and sacrificing her entire family to her Chain, only to be dragged into the Abyss, thus wiping out the Sinclair Family. In an alternate timeline, the entire family was eradicated four years earlier, having been murdered in their own home by "thieves," while the family's knight, Kevin Legnard, was away with the youngest Sinclair daughter, although the act was likely the doing of another noble family.
Together, the Four Great Dukedoms formed the organization, Pandora, whose purpose was to study the Abyss, obtain The Intention of the Abyss, and prevent another event like the Tragedy of Sablier from ever happening again. The Dukedoms, which consisted of the Nightray Dukedom, the Vessalius Dukedom, the Rainsworth Dukedom and the Barma Dukedom, all relocated their residences from Sablier to Reveil and turned a large building which had previously belonged to the Baskervilles, into Pandora's headquarters.
After Oz's return from the Abyss and eventual meeting with the Intention of the Abyss, Gilbert Nightray brought Oz and Alice to his townhouse in Reveil to rest. The next day, Gilbert received a message from his brother, Vincent Nightray, about a mission and the trio went into town to buy food for dinner but encountered trouble when an Illegal Contractor appeared. Grim and William West faced off against Oz, Alice, Gilbert, as well as Vincent's servant, Echo. Vincent later killed William, and brought all of them to the Rainsworth mansion. The next day, Oz, Alice and Gil returned to Reveil to search for Gil's missing hat, which was in the possession of a small gang. They had an arm wrestling competition to win the hat back which, with the help of Oscar Vessalius, they eventually did. Alice, however, was later kidnapped alongside Break by Cheshire and the two were taken to his own dimension. Break, planning for this to happen, left Emily behind as a clue for Oz.
St. Bridget's Day was a day in Reveil where the city organized a festival in order to commemorate the angel, St. Bridget, who had come to Earth after falling in love with a human. People would don blue feathered outfits and spend the day pretending to be someone else. It was customary for people to give a blue feather to someone they cared for. During this day, Oz and Alice were brought into town by an attendant from Pandora, though while he was distracted by Alice's antics, Oz met Echo and the two spent the day together. On this day, Bernard, Bernice, and Vanessa Nightray were all away from the Nightray mansion, allowing Gilbert to visit without having to worry about being forced to stay by his adoptive family. There he had a talk with Vincent, who proceeded to instill poisonous thoughts into Gil's mind. Meanwhile, Echo and Oz watched the fireworks together, and at the end of the festival, Oz gave Echo a blue feather, not knowing that it symbolized his affection. Echo began to leave, embarrassed, but Oz caught up and thanked her for saving Sharon's life. As she replied though, Oz's Incuse moved forward, and Echo was caught in the power rippling out of it, causing both of them to fall unconscious.
Oz, Gilbert and Alice were given a day off and went to enjoy themselves in Reveil during a festival involving pink flower petals and empty birdcages. They later met Leo, Vincent, and Echo, and during the encounter, Leo summoned his Chain, Jabberwock, and attempted to send Oz back to the Abyss after Oz refused to join him. Gilbert managed to save Oz from the Chains of Condemnation and summoned Raven to counter Jabberwock. The two fought until the battle wore Leo out, causing Vincent to take over the battle, summoning Demios the Executioner to fight Raven while he personally fought his older brother. After chasing Leo through Reveil and realizing his deception, Oz, riding Equus, along with Gilbert and Alice, returned to Pandora headquarters.
Leo, Echo, and Vincent followed them with Jabberwock, and Leo attempted to draw Oz out so they could continue their fight. Oz used B-Rabbit's scythe to cut off one of Jabberwock's hands, but he refused to fight Leo, insisting that the two of them were friends. Leo argued that they weren't friends and that they only happened to meet because of Elliot Nightray. This angered Oz, who stated that he didn't care about that, because he didn't regret meeting Leo, mentioning how if Elliot could see Leo right now, he'd punch him. Oz then punched Leo in the face, causing Leo to see the error of his ways. While things simmered down, Jack took over Oz's body and used B-Rabbit's Chains to impale Leo. Jack attempted to finish Leo off, however Oz refused and stopped him. Alice arrived on the scene and drop-kicked Jack because she had heard Oz cry out for her like he had in Sablier. She ordered Jack to get out of Oz's body, stating that she was the only one allowed to make Oz cry.
Jack asked Alice if she intended to get in his way again, telling her that there was a misunderstanding, as Oz was his Chain, and that if Alice were to leave Oz's body, she would disappear. He stated that it wasn't he who needed to leave Oz's body, but her. Jack then used B-Rabbit's power to try to kill Alice, but she was saved by Echo. Jack noted that because B-Rabbit's power hadn't fully matured yet, using it tired him out. Jack then slammed B-Rabbit's scythe into the ground, making the "Chains" that prevent the Abyss from engulfing the world visible. Jack then proceeded to use Oz's powers to sever the chains, just as he had done 100 years ago in Sablier. This caused an explosion of light as well as earthquakes throughout Reveil. Jack then disappeared as he had fulfilled his desire to sever the chains, leaving Reveil to fall into the Abyss and the entire world to follow.
Appearances[]
- Retrace IX: Question
- Retrace X: Malediction
- Retrace XI: Grim
- Retrace XII: Where am I?
- Retrace XIII: A Lost Raven
- Retrace XIV: Lop Ear
- Retrace XVII: Odds and Ends
- Retrace XXI: Discord
- Retrace XXII: His name is...
- Retrace XXIII: Conflict
- Retrace XXIV: Hello my sister!
- Retrace XXV: Elliot&Leo
- Retrace XXVI: The pool of Tears
- Retrace XXVII: Get out of the pool
- Retrace XXVIII: Modulation
- Retrace XXIX: Rufus Barma
- Retrace XXX: Snow White Chaos
- Retrace XXXI: Countervalue of Loss
- Retrace XXXII: Snow Dome
- Retrace XXXIII: Echo of Noise
- Retrace XXXIV: Noise of Echo
- Retrace XXXV: Madness of lost memory
- Retrace XLII: Stray
- Retrace XLIII: Crown of Clown
- Retrace XLV: Queen of Hurts
- Retrace XLVI: Persona
- Retrace XLVII: Unbirthday
- Retrace XLVIII: Isla Yura
- Retrace LX: Egg Shell
- Retrace LXI: Demios
- Retrace LXII: Repose
- Retrace LXIII: Purpose
- Retrace LXIV: Tarantelle
- Retrace LXV: Collapse
- Retrace LXVI: Jack
- Retrace LXX: Oz
- Retrace LXXII: Bloody Rabbit
- Retrace LXXIII: A note
- Retrace LXXIV: Broken Rabbit
- Retrace LXXV: Alone
- Retrace LXXVII: Vacant
- Retrace LXXVIII: Decision
- Retrace LXXIX: Falling
- Retrace LXXX: Oscar Vessalius
- Extra episode: It makes all kinds
- Retrace LXXXI: CHILDREN
- Retrace LXXXII: Wish
- Retrace LXXXIII: After the Rain
- Retrace LXXXIV: Trickster
- Retrace LXXXV: Reverberate
- Extra episode: Together
- Retrace LXXXVI: Wager
- Retrace LXXXVII: Starting Point
- Retrace LXXXVIII: Answer
- Retrace LXXXIX: Staccato Drop
- Retrace XCII: A Story
- Retrace XCVIII: Reverberate
Coming soon!
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Trivia[]
- Reveil derives from the French word "réveil," which translates into English as "waking," "awakening," "waking up," or "alarm clock."