Sockpuppet

**Sockpuppets** are accounts that are used to create the illusion that more than one person exists on an internet forum. One of the major things about Vresun: Ciraian Ruins is that the majority of the members are sock-puppets of what was belived to be several Masterminds.

## Personality

Sockpuppets can have any personality, though the sockpuppets belonging to the Masterminds tend to be one-dimensional akin to badly written anime characters. Most of their personalities tend to bleed into one another though some personalities do stand out. This was the case with Shane Neumann, Ellen Van Zylle, Kim Tyranto and Bloom Seymour, enough so that it was believed that they were "Masterminds" controlling all the sockpuppets despite being sockpuppets themselves.

### Common Traits between Sockpuppets

* All of the Mastermind associated members have anime characters as their avatars. All of which happen to be either women in thigh-highs and gasmasks, generic anime characters or Kingdom Hearts characters.
* These members are either friends of the Masterminds, siblings or are connected to them in some way. Any member that doesn’t fit into these categories (i.e Alfasketer, Bloxxin or Pteri etc) aren’t considered sockpuppets since they’re actual people and not sockpuppet accounts.
* Sockpuppets aligned with the Masterminds have a sob story or two to tell. The Seymours, Dianke, Ellen’s sockpuppets, and Kim’s sockpuppets tend to do this the most. All of the Masterminds themselves engage in this as well, with Shane and Ellen doing it the most frequently.
* The Seymours are often absent when drama occurs unless they’re a part of it.
* Any time Kushagra calls them the Seymours out on acting like the same person, they tend to leave before returning.
* Kushagra and King of Despair tend to be ignored by the Eternals despite opposing them at every turn.
* On the other hand, Polaris, Bloxxin, Pteri and Karjam are treated like celebrities despite the first three having no closeness with Shane and Karjam being a pariah on the forums despite his knowledge.
* Though the de facto ruler of Vresun, Shane never I.P banned the Eternals. After all, the last thing he’d want is to lock himself and his fellow Masterminds out of their own forum.
* The members tend to vilify and demonise anyone who falls out of Shane’s favour (e.g Kushagra) but conveniently forgets their transgressions if Shane forgives them.
* None of the members learn anything from the conflicts that occurred, allowing them to continue happening. Whenever a conflict, Shane strips all moderators of their powers and effectively sets the forum back to square one.

## Common Traits between the 4 "Masterminds"

* All of the Masterminds have sockpuppets associated with them. You can tell which Masterminds they're associated with by their personalities (or lack of them) and their ties to their Mastermind.

* All of the Masterminds have a dramatic story or two, with Shane and Ellen being the most notable examples.

* All of them have the same I.P and will often disappear for days at a time.

## The 4 "Masterminds"

The Masterminds were 4 individuals believed to be directly involved with The Vresun Conspiracy. As such, they were considered a far bigger deal due to how real they appeared to be compared to the other sockpuppets around them and their prominence during the Aeonian Night.

They are Shane Neumann, Ellen Van Zylle, Kim Tyranto and Bloom Seymour. Originally it was thought that everyone was just Shane's alts then it gradually developed under the idea that Shane can't have done all this on his own. Then it turned that all of them were created by Cibryll.

## List of Sockpuppets

**A-D**

NOTE: During the Aeonian Night, it had been believed that there were 4 Masterminds. Then as things progressed, it was believed that Ellen Van Zylle and Kim Tyranto were the same person. As it turned out, all 4 Masterminds and their sockpuppets were all the work of Cibryll.

* Adamantine Admiral [Mastermind: Shane Neumann]
* Aernout [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Aimee (Lily)  [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Alexander [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Alexis   [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Alucard (aka Alice) [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Anallie [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Ariana (Yui) Seymour [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Ashen/Aidan Vanderskyff/The Eternal Darkness  [Mastermind: Shane Neumann]
* Belle Mary [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Blaire Anne  [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* **Bloom Seymour**
* Caitlin Tyranto  [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Cassie [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Charlotte Seymour [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Cobalt Commander  [Mastermind: Shane Neumann]
* Cosette (Taylor) [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Crizelda  [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Demetria [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Dianke [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Dr Space  [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]

**E-H**

* Ehekatl [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Eleanor  [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Electra [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* **Ellen Van Zylle**
* Ember (aka Alice) [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Ellie Noel McCool-Czyz [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Eunice [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Evelyn  [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Gale (Aidan) [Mastermind: Shane Neumann]
* Gardevoir Girl [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Ginevra  [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Gwyneth;Zijdenkousen  [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Hinata [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]

**I-M**

* IlinaFan01 (aka Mila De Vries) [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Io [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Jessica Zwartwinter [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* K.J. [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Kana Inuko Yukiko (Inoue)  [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Karina [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Karlien [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* **Kim Tyranto**
* Kurumi Tokisaki [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* L (aka [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Lilith [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Lucy [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Lumina (aka LuminescentSky/Dokugasu/Darth Gasmasker) [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Lunaris [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Lynn Vanderskyff (Amy)  [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Melanie [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Michelle [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* MythrilMarshall  [Mastermind: Shane Neumann]

**N-R**

* N (aka Niamh Maiorana)  [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Nausicaä (aka Claire Sikma/kurea) [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Penelope (Daphne) [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Rita [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Rosalind [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]

**S-Z**

* Sarah-Beth  [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* **Shane Neumann**
* Shay [Mastermind: Shane Neumann]
* Shayna [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Shinica Malice [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Simoné  [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Sonja [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* SSJ Vicky [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Suné [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* V.R. (Regan) [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Viola [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Xarcire [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Xylia  [Mastermind: Ellen Van Zylle]
* Yandere Dhampyr [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]
* Yvette  [Mastermind: Bloom Seymour]
* Zinnia [Mastermind: Kim Tyranto]

**Other Sockpuppets**

* BanhammerDeployed/Edgelord (AFTRHR alts, banned.)
* Charlie Hardman (King (2.0)) UNUSED, was mentioned but nothing came of it.
* Inky (King (2.0)) UNUSED, an account was made but was rendered inaccessable.
* PaladinPlatform (AuroraDash test account turned alt)
* Pierre Bruno (King (2.0) Designed to infiltrate Lunar Shadow to gain info and was intended to last 2 years but didn't last that long.)
* Marie Curie (King (2.0)) UNUSED, didn't make it past the concept stage.
* Nathaniel Magdelyne (aka Nathaniel Armstrong/JarmakMX) Nathaniel2/Galahad/Percival/Karjamv2 were all unused accounts trying to get back into Symfora GX, were a result of multiple failed attempts to gain access and were all supposed to be Nathaniel as well. (King (2.0))
* The Infinity; Grandiloquence, Regicide and Parallax were used, though Arbalest, Chauvinism, Equilibrium, Halogen, Nexus, Sidewinder and Whiplash went unused. (AFTRHR. Designed to counter the Eternals)

## Gallery

The thumbnail for Episode 8, implying that two of Shane's characters are sockpuppets.Michelle, a sockpuppet of Ellen.Michelle's avatar on Lunar ShadowLunaris, a sockpuppet of Kim.Serena, one of Kim's Sockpuppets.Lynn Van Der Skyff, yet another sockpuppet.Mastermind ShaneMastermind EllenMastermind KimMastermind BloomMastermind Karjam?Shellen, the inspiration for the Mastermind images.Shellen (Pre-Production)Mastermind Ellen with Karjam as portrayed in Episode 25's thumbnail.Mastermind Bloom as portrayed in Episode 30's thumbnail.An unused Episode 20.1 thumbnail showing the Mastermind's eyes.
## Trivia

* Cosette and The Eternal Darkness were theorised to be sockpuppets by the Mossmouth forum members due to how hostile Cosette was when people called her Shane. Several years later, he first member of Lunar Shadow to be exposed as a sockpuppet was Malice due to her first name being the same as one of Kim's Lunar Shadow characters.
* AFTRHR had been known to call them out every time they start acting the same. As such, he made it a game since it happens often.
* Karjam often defended them when they were accused them of being sockpuppets, he isn't one of the Masterminds. Instead, he's considered their go-to patsy when people call their **Sockpuppets** into question. Despite living in the same country, Shane/Ellen and Karjam have never met in person.

* Mastermind Shane's design is similar to Shellen's image from Twisted Cuts II. Amusingly enough, in that story, Shane and Ellen are considered the same person.

**Terminology:** **Sockpuppet** • The Aeonian Night• The Vresun Apocalypse