Detective

*This article is about the starring character in the Identity V Story. For the Survivor Character, see Novelist. For the Hunter Character, see "Nightmare". For other uses, see Orpheus (disambiguation).*

## Detective Orpheus

### Career

Detective
Novelist

## Character Details

### Voice Actor

中文（中国大陆） Liu Bei Chen | 刘北辰
日本語 Shin-ichiro Miki | 三木 眞一郎
EnglishScott Whyte

## Story Details

### Connected Characters

Major:* Alice DeRoss
* Helena Adams
* Ada Mesmer
* Emil
* Galatea Claude
* "Nightmare"
* Frederick Kreiburg
* Melly Plinius
* Mary
* Norton Campbell

Minor:

* James Reichenbach
* Reichenbach Girl

### Connected Locations

* Oletus Manor
* White Sand Street Asylum
* Kreiburg Racecourse
* Darkwoods

**"Orpheus"** is a detective and one of the starring characters in the Identity V story, revealed through his ability to deduce the personality and experiences of the characters through their diaries. He is described as having an almost supernatural ability to 'see' what has occurred in the past through deductions and written evidence.

The player's username is described as an old "alias" of his.

## Background

Orpheus was once a famous crime novelist, but after being rescued from a fire about 10 years ago, he lost all his memories. His body recovered, but his memories never returned. Unable to do anything about his memory, Orpheus quickly accepted his new lifestyle and founded his own detective agency. However, he received no good cases and turned back to drinking.

Yet, Orpheus would always awaken the next day to find cuts all over his body, from objects that he never would've touched normally. Thinking it to be some sort of mad, drunken thing he did after drinking, he quit it. However, even after that, days would mysteriously get skipped over with increasing frequency.

Orpheus eventually found the source of his problem from the looks from his neighbors: he didn't lose track of the days at all, but instead, another persona awakened inside him, an old, old, self of his.

He is introduced in the Tutorial as he drives to the mysterious Oletus Manor on the heels of a missing child case, but soon finds himself tangled in the "game" of Survivors and Hunters, and the ugly, horrifying truth behind the enigmatic Manor.

### Orpheus' Medical Record

A Medical File detailing Orpheus' personal information, character traits and recurring behaviors was available in its own dedicated section of the official website. Some of its entries are scribbled over, implying someone may have wanted to erase some of the information available on the file.

The file was introduced at least since early September 2017, during the first public test, and didn't undergo any changes during the testing period and after release. Despite that, some details may have been changed during Time of Reunion and Ashes of Memory. The Record's contents are as follows:

 **Age:** 30
 **Record:**1. Unstable relationships
2. Impulsivity (Wasteful, substance abuse, dangerous driving)
3. Emotional instability (Strong discomfort, [unreadable], restlessness)
4. Overly intense and disproportionate anger (loss of restraint)
5. Recurring self-injurious behavior
6. Significant self-identity *confusion* (Unstable self-identity, egomania)
7. Feeling of emptiness and disinterest
8. Unable to recall important personal information

**Diagnosis result:**Overt borderline personality mixed with yet unclear dissociative symptoms**Treatment Recommendations:**[unreadable]

### Additional Details

During the Tutorial, a few notable details are revealed about Orpheus, which are important to the story:

1. He has a supernatural "deduction" ability that resembles Psychometry, where he is able to actually **see how past events played** out by collecting evidence, most notably written accounts. He will see the events from the perspective of the person who wrote the account, and can gain insight into the person's personality.
2. He potentially has DID/Dissociative Identity Disorder, or OSDD-1a, due to the lapses in his memory every time Orpheus blacks out. According to the official artbook, Orpheus has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), as well as having "unspecified dissociative symptoms".

A younger version of himself exists as two playable characters of different factions under the Identity Switch mechanic which were announced on Time of Reunion Trailer. A playable Survivor Character, the Novelist, was released on Time of Reunion Act 1 - About "Me", and also a playable Hunter Character, the "Nightmare", was released on Time of Reunion Act 3 - About "Him". This confirms that he was part of the following canon Manor Games:

Edits to this table can be made here.

**Game Location: Darkwoods**

**Date: July 15th**
 "Fool's Gold" | Norton Campbell (Prospector)
 Unknown | Melly Pliny (Entomologist)

Edits to this table can be made here.

## Appearance

Detective Orpheus is a middle-aged man with light skin and light brown hair that is combed back with a tuft sticking out over his forehead. He has dark brown eyes. He wears a long-sleeved white collared shirt with a green waistcoat that has bronze curling embroidery. Over that is a red tie and a long brown trench coat. He wears dark dress pants over black dress shoes.

## Trivia

* There are a couple Accessories based on his appearance, such as Gemini, Confident Detective, Expert Detective, Villain Charm, and Bizarro Detective.
* He is named after Orpheus, a legendary musician and prophet in Greek Mythology.
* **Detective**'s Original Skin Icon was glitched in Synesthesia Mode for sometime.

The glitched skin icon. Note the glitched rarity.
## References

1. ↑  The official version of Identity V released in China on April 2nd, 2018, and since the game is told through Orpheus' perspective, his birthday being the release date of the game is likely a reference to his essential role in the story.
2. ↑ Orpheus as the Novelist/"Nightmare" was 24 during his Manor Game. Since it has been 10 years since the fire that ended that game, we know his age
3. ↑ https://wiki.biligame.com/dwrg/%E5%B0%8F%E8%AF%B4%E5%AE%B6 Confirmed voice actor.
4. ↑ Appearances Listed Down Below

	* As In-Game Story Mode Cutscenes (Confirmed by the Official Japanese Twitter Account)
	* Stormy Night "Surprise" Game (Youtube)
5. ↑ According to the cast list on the Identity V IMDb page. Note: there is no public confirmation found from the voice actors/actresses themselves.

### Manor Game Table References

1. ↑ Much of what is known about this game is obtained from Helena's 2022 Letter and Galatea's 2022 Letter. This includes details for a list of known participant serial numbers, and it having participants that "should have been the perfect control group" (though this apparently spiraled out of control).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 While these serial numbers are not directly stated to belong to Orpheus and Galatea it can be inferred from Helena's 2022 Letter and Galatea's 2022 Letter.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 See Galatea's 2022 Letter.
4. ↑ It is most likely that Orpheus escaped his first Manor Game as he was then experimented on by the Manor and participated in the Time of Reunion Manor Game.
5. ↑ In the Closet Diary, Emil is likely the boyfriend in the young couple who died.
6. ↑ In her 2022 Birthday Letter, Helena/0-0-3 is noted as being the "only *Punisher* in the game" which possibly means she ended up being the only "Hunter" in this Manor Game, though the Sculptor is known to be in her game. Due to this, the other participants have been noted as not likely to have a Hunter identity.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 In Helena Adams Diaries and The Mind's Eye's 2023 Letter imply that both Helena and Galatea finished their Manor Game and survived. However, it is still unknown what happened next as the Manor would usually use them in other experiments.
8. ↑ Sculptor's 2022 Letter and The Mind's Eye's 2023 Letter heavily imply that Galatea was a survivor in this Manor Game.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Both Melly and Norton are seen as "monstrous" beings on Orpheus's point of view from the Go Hunting Promotional Video