Vertin

Vertin (维尔汀) is the main protagonist of Reverse: 1999 and the character controlled by the player. She is a member of the St. Pavlov Foundation, and is currently known as the only person able to withstand "the Storm", having been given the title "Timekeeper" as a result. As she recalls memories of her mother, whose existence she was previously unsure of, she wishes to find the truth behind "the Storm" and the Foundation that she grew up in.

Prologue
Prior to the main story, Vertin has been taking pictures of and recording the people she meets before time reverses due to "the Storm". She discovers that items within her suitcase can withstand the "Storm"'s reversing effects, and experiments with a wide variety of people. However, Vertin discovers that her experiments failed on ordinary people. Her last attempt was with Regulus, who she thought possessed similar arcanist traits, due to her inaccurate reporting on the moon's phase through her ship's radio. Regulus was able to successfully bear the storm with her and ends up joining her as an ally.

Tender is the Night
Together with Regulus, Sonetto, and APPLe, Vertin travels back to 1929 through the storm. She is given intelligence regarding a massacre against arcanists in Chicago on February 14th, with the orders to prevent this massacre. Vertin, Sonetto, and APPLe move to the massacre's apparent location, as Regulus agrees to join the St. Pavlov Foundation and teleports to the headquarters.

As the massacre unfolds, Vertin finds that the past has been altered, and all the gang members who were supposed to target the arcanists were killed by a mysterious girl. After the massacre concludes, the mysterious girl leaves a stock gift agreement with an address to The Walden, on the same day as Manus Vindictae's Storm Gathering - a national gathering of elite arcanists and powerful figures familiar with the barkeeper. The group moves to the given address.

As they travel through the Scorched Woods, they are attacked by a group of ghosts. Sonetto splits with the group to lure the ghosts away from Vertin and APPLe. The two encounter Druvis III, the owner of the woods, who removes the ghosts and gifts them her invitation and stock coupon to the Storm Gathering.

At the Storm Gathering, the group find the true identity of the Mysterious Girl as Schneider, who Vertin is chosen to duel with. Sonetto returns alongside Sotheby to support Vertin. Chaos erupts at the Storm Gathering as the stock market begins to crash. Later, Vertin encounters the Manus Vindictae members Arcana and Forget Me Not, and learns of Schneider's sister Marian. Together, they rescue the imprisoned Marian, and while they are being pursued Sonetto and Sotheby carry Marian to safety, while Vertin stays behind with Schneider to fight off the attackers, however the two are captured and brought back to Arcana by Druvis III.

Arcana does not forgive Schneider of her betrayal, and corners Vertin into saying she would join the Manus, after which she orders her to kill Schneider, when she refused, Arcana offered her an orange, which took Vertin under her spell and seriously injure Schneider. Later, as the storm comes near and people begin experiencing the storm syndromes, Vertin is able to win the support of Druvis, and is also able to meet back with Schneider, whose body was delivered to, and treated by Sotheby and Sonetto. The next day, Manus Vindictae gathers lots of civilians and starts massacring them through explosives, and with Regulus joining back with the team alongside X, there is a major confrontation between the two sides which ends in their victory.

Now all gathered up, Vertin collects and records the wishes of everyone, and together they have a final banquet before the Storm. Just as the storm begins, Schneider approaches Vertin one last time, and reveals her her secret.

Sonetto
Vertin's childhood friend and classmate who she grew up with in the foundation. In the present, she aids Vertin as an important ally, teaching her the basics and also wishing to stay by her side and protect her.

Matilda
Vertin's classmate from the Foundation who is younger than her. As they grew up, they were very close.

Mesmer Jr.
Vertin's classmate from the Foundation. As they grew up, they were very close.

Regulus
The first person recruited by Vertin, she was Vertin's final attempt at trying to bring people through the storm with her, and after it succeeds, she joins Vertin and the foundation as an important ally.

Schneider
The two initially meet as enemies, however after Schneider betrays the Manus, Vertin helps her rescue her sister Marian, however they are unable to escape and get captured by the Manus where Vertin is put under a Arcanum by Arcana to kill Schneider without realising. Luckily, Schneider is able to survive the attack with the help of Sotheby. In her final moments, she reveals to Vertin that she is not actually a arcanist, and cannot bear the storm with her, telling Vertin her final words "Don't forget me".