History VisualNovel / AnOctaveHigher

** Gesang - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesang_Martohartono Gesang Martohartono]]; it also happens to be the German word for 'Singing'.

** Frederic Godwin - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Godwin William Godwin]]

** Janis Woolf - Creator/VirginiaWoolf

** ''Why not?'': The true ending. [[spoiler:Elise does not join Libertad and goes to Lord Godwin and the police. Amadeus experts her treachery, however, and ambushes the police's ambush; when Elise tries to chase after him she is fatally wounded by Gesang, only for Frederic to sacrifice himself to save her life, an act which redeems him in her eyes. When Libertad and their army of proles storm the Conservatoire several days later to take Joff Godwin hostage, she breaks in, finds Aretha, and together they take down Jude and Gesang before convincing Amadeus to see the error of his ways. He tells his followers to stand down, telling them they don't need magic to live happy lives, [[SuicideByCop then tricks the cops into killing him by pretending to cast a powerful magic spell.]] As Elise, Jude and Aretha weep over his lifeless body, Elise tries to revive Amadeus using the same spell she'd been using to fix the piano. Elsewhere, that same piano makes a sound when a child accidentally touches its keys, implying that she succeeded.]]

* RealityEnsues: Multiple instances of this bite [[spoiler: Amadeus and Libertad]] ''hard'' in the 'So Beautiful and Lost' ending. [[spoiler: The Libertans have seized the means of production and effectively taken over Overture. However, Magical Mechanical is none the worse for wear; as Janis reveals in the true ending, ever since MM went public, Joff Godwin has only owned a small part of the company. He's just the face, and killing him doesn't mean MM suddenly goes away. What's more, while all the proles being armed with magic means they can overwhelm the police force, Overture is the capital of an entire ''empire'' in addition to being a city-state, and the King is easily able to call in favors with other nations under Overture's umbrella to wipe out the rebellion. No matter what kind of tactics Amadeus can employ, he can't face an entire army with a comparatively small volunteer force of mages whose only tricks rely on them ganging up on small groups at a time. In addition, with the city ruined and unrest filling the streets, the ''volunteer'' force is morally exhausted. After Amadeus had hyped up killing Joff Godwin as being the answer to everyone's problems, the fact that it really ''isn't'' means the volunteers are understandably upset and not sure they can pull off a win against entire armies.]]

* WorfBarrage: Zig-zagged. The Dragoon Unit are ultimately brought up to be the ultimate spellcasters in Overture, if not the world, with their commander Janis Woolf being stronger than even that, shortly before she leads a police raid meant to take out Amadeus. When it turns out to be an ambush, the Dragoons are unable to beat the Libertad members who attack them...because there are only six Dragoon officers (counting Janis) and at least twenty Libertad members fighting each one. However, while the Dragoon officers aren't able to ''win,'' they effectively and easily create a stalemate where lesser cops would have failed because despite all of Libertad's fancy teamwork tactics, they are still the absolute best mages in Overture. In fact, once Gesang is forced to retreat to protect Amadeus from Frederic and Elise, Janis Woolf is able to easily swing things even more in the Dragoon's favor, with the implication that if the fighting had continued much longer, the Dragoons would have fully regrouped and won.

Even as tensions flare between them, the shadow of revolution looms over Overture. Aristocrats and the bourgeoisie have unrestricted access to magic, but the proletariat are only given enough Mana to do their jobs and nothing more. And in the face of poverty, starvation and poor living conditions, an extremist group called Libertad prepares to overthrow the government and put Mana in the hands of the people.

** Gesang - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesang_Martohartono Gesang Martohartono]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Populux and the Candy House," the absurdist children's feature playing at the kinetoscope theatre. Aretha and Franz are left speechless.

** Franz - possibly Music/FranzSchubert or the band Music/FranzFerdinand

** Fydor Hendrix - Music/JimiHendrix