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※ Note: character placement does not indicate canonical locations of hometowns, only a visual guide.

It is maybe possible that, beyond country names, we only know the specific locations for seven people:

Riddle and Trey: Crimson City (capital of the Queendom of Roses) Deuce: Clock Town Epel: Harveston Kalim and Jamil: Silk City Leona: Sunrise City (thank you @/justalilhime !!)

Not shown on the map above are Crowley, Sam, Kalim and Jamil, as Crowley's hometown is a mystery, while Sam, Kalim and Jamil's places are not shown on the map.

And here is the information as can be found in the game itself, for reference!

Queendom of Roses: Riddle, Trey, Ace, Deuce (Clock Town), Crewel

Sunset Savanna: Leona (Sunrise City), Ruggie, Rook

Coral Sea: Azul, Jade, Floyd

Scalding Sands: Kalim (Silk City), Jamil (Silk City)

Shaftlands: Cater, Jack, Vil, Epel (Harveston Village), Trein, Vargas

Island of Woe: Idia, Ortho

Briar Valley: Malleus, Lilia, Silver, Sebek

Unknown: Crowley

I'm checking Ortho but it is impossible because Ortho is not a student technically since he is a robot that is made by Idia (but who knows). And it is listed on his occupation at wiki as none.

Makes me wonder what happened to its Vice Dorm Leader :/ Isnt every dorm supposed to have a Vice Dorm Leader? or it is gonna be part of Ignihyde main story? I dont know.

Overall, can't wait for the Ignihyde Story.

Leona Kingscholar: Leona’s name has the word “Leon” in it, which is Spanish for “lion”. In English, “Scholar” means 学者. Perhaps he is intelligent? 

Ruggie Bucchi:* “Rug” means rug-mat, but there is also the term “rugged life”, which means once who has had a rough life. Now that you mention it, if you look into how he was raised…

*Not in book: In Japanese, the spotted hyena (or laughing hyena) is called “Buchi Hyena”, the word “hyena” itself being a borrowed term and “buchi” meaning “speckled” or “a mix of colors”.

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Yes! Originally discovered by Twitter user kanna_tkrb (source), there is water dripping off of Jade in the entire final scene of the event in the original game that was maybe not implemented on EN?

Video for comparison:

Azul Ashengrotto: "'Azul'" is Spanish for 'blue,' while 'ashen' means 'bluish white,' and a grotto is a 洞窟. All together and it is reminiscent of the ocean."

Jade Leech, Floyd Leech: "Leech is English for ヒル. This word also refers to people who prey on others. Jade does mean ヒスイ, but put together with Floyd and their names are reminiscent of Flotsam and Jetsam from the Little Mermaid."

Jamil Viper: "In English, a viper is a poisonous snake, and can also refer to someone that you can’t let your guard down around. Jamil is a common Arabic name for men that means 'beautiful.'"

Vil Schoenheit: "In German, Schoenheit (the spelling is a little off) means 'beautiful.' Vil,' in German, means despicable.

*Not in book: It seems that “Vil” is not actually a German-language word. If it is meant to be German, it is possibly derived from the word “viel,” for “a lot of.” Otherwise, “vil” is a French-language word that means “horrible” and a word in both the Portuguese language and the Spanish language which means “mean” or “vile.”

Rook Hunt: "In English, 'to hunt' means 狩り. Is that a hunter’s hat? Rook means 'swindler.' There is also the rook piece in chess, represented by a castle… "

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Edit: Have seen a rumor that Vil uses "Schoenheit" as a stage name so as not to be associated with his father, but there has been no comment on "Schoenheit" not being Vil's real name, while "Eric Venue" is confirmed to be his father's stage name.

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There does not seem to have ever been any official explanation provided as to why the characters have been given the names they have, but there is something a little similar available in the first Twisted Wonderland Official Fanbook (contrary to the name, there is no fan-made content inside).

While it is official content/information published by Aniplex themselves and even includes official interviews with a selection of Twst's voice actors available no where else, it might be unconfirmed how much (if any) of the information was provided by Yana.

If that is all okay, here is what it says (fan translation)!

Riddle Rosehearts: “Riddle” is English for 謎, while Rosehearts is “rose” + “hearts”. A name reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland.

Ace Trappola: Ace is “1” in card game terms. Trappola is the name of a classic Italian card game, and means “trap”.  Deuce Spade: In English, the “2” in card game terminology is called a “deuce”. Just like his name, the two of spades can be seen on his dorm uniform. 

Trey Clover: Trey means “3” in card game terminology. His dorm uniform incorporates the three of clovers. Heartslabyul Dorm has collected students with the names “one” through “four”. 

Cater Diamond: In English, this name is usually spelled as “Cate” or “Kate”*, but Cater’s name is different, as it is referring to the number “4” in card game terminology. The four of diamonds is on his dorm uniform.

*Not in book: “Cater” is from the French word “quatre” which, in the 14th to 16th centuries, was sometimes spelled “catre”, which the English then took and changed to “Cater,” giving us the dice/card game term. If you listen to the audio, you’ll notice people refer to Cater as “Keito” (“Cater” would be “Keita”). This is the same way that the name “Cate/Kate” is pronounced in Japanese, because of the limitations of the language. Thanks to various celebrities, people are more familiar with the name “Kate” than we are with the dice/card game term “Cater”, making Cater’s name look like a spelling error from a Japan perspective. That misunderstanding is possibly what this explanation is trying to clear up. 

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Short Answer: Yes ^^

Long Answer: Trey, Rook and Idia are the only third-year students born before the new year and Ace and Riddle are only one month apart in age while Deuce is the youngest first-year student (Ortho's age is listed as N/A in his profile), giving us the image above!

※Disclaimer: This chart is only a "What if Twst took place in 2025?" and there is no in-game hint, insinuation or confirmation that that is the year that Twst is happening. It is just the year that it is now, used as an example.

This graph was put together by calculating backwards from May 2025 and would need to be updated every year to remain accurate 💦 But at this moment in time this is what it looks like!

Q: But it's been 21 years since 2004, so why isn't Leona 21 yet? It's been 20 years since 2005, so shouldn't Trey, Rook and Idia be 20 by now?

A: This chart ends at the last-confirmed, in-game date that we have, which is May 15! This means that July-birthday Leona, October-birthday Trey and December-birthdays Rook and Idia will be turning a year older in the current calendar year, but it hasn't happened yet :>

This is explained in more detail, here!

Third-Year Students (excl. faeries) Leona: 2004/7/27 (20 years old) Trey: 2005/10/25 (19 years old) Rook: 2005/12/2 (19 years old) Idia: 2005/12/18 (19 years old) Cater: 2006/2/4 (19 years old) Vil: 2006/4/9 (19 years old)

Second-Year Students Jamil: 2006/9/12 (18 years old) Jade/Floyd: 2006/11/5 (18 years old) Azul: 2007/2/24 (18 years old) Ruggie: 2007/4/18 (18 years old) Silver: 1625/5/15 (18 years old because asleep for 400 years) Kalim: 2007/6/25 (17 years old) Riddle: 2007/8/24 (17 years old)

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This was a very good catch! ^^

The EN-server version of Riddle's line is "Malleus carrying me through the air in his arms," but his original dialogue is a little less vague.

Saying 小脇に抱えられて、Riddle is describing the arrangement as being the same as the fanart you have seen: tucked under Malleus' arm, not just carried in his arms to shore.

Here are some Google images examples of children and objects being carried in this manner, for reference :>