History Fridge / YuGiOhTheDuelistsOfTheRoses

* Bakura is on Yugi's side as Jack Cade, who in real life was executed for leading a rebellion against Henry VI, Yugi's father. While this fits with Yami Bakura/Thief King Bakura's character, who rebelled against the Pharaoh because of his father, why Yugi trusts him enough to make him second-in command is a mystery. Yugi is also more villainous than most portrayals, which brings up the possibility of Bakura influencing him.

* Seto was preparing to fight Yugi before the Rose Duelist showed up, either by challenging Yugi in Brest or waiting for Yugi to invade England. This can be seen in his deck, where he "side-decked" many cards to counter Yugi's strategies. His Royal Decree negates Yugi's Mirror Force and Negate Attack. His Anti-Raigeki negates Yugi's Raigeki. His Magic Jammer negates Yugi's Swords of Revealing Light and ritual spells. Even his preferred battlefield, Stonehenge, is full of Sogen terrain, which disadvantages Yugi's many spellcasters. His Deck Capacity is only slightly lower than Yugi's, meaning he could feasibly challenge Yugi any time he needed to.

!! FridgeBrilliance

Rosenkreuz founded a secret society called the Order of the Rose Cross, which studied ancient knowledge he purportedly learned on pilgrimages in the Middle East, and their sigil was a cross with a white rose in the middle. This symbolically connects Seto to the Yorkists via their own white rose sigil, and perfectly ties into Seto's goal to [[spoiler:summon an ancient Card God from Egypt]]. Rosenkreuz was said to have lived to be 106, and since magic is well known to exist in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' universe, it's totally plausible Rosenkreuz was able to retain his youth for his century-long life. Finally, Rosenkreuz's date of death is 1484, and the Battle of Bosworth field which is the climax of the game took place in 1485. Thus one only needs to fudge the dates just a little bit to make all this work, because [[spoiler:after the battle with the Card God at Stonehenge, which happens very shortly after the Battle of Bosworth Field, Seto and the Rose Crusaders vanish from England and are never seen again.]]\\

!! Fridge Brilliance

Rosenkreuz founded a secret society called the Order of the Rose Cross, which studied ancient knowledge he purportedly learned on pilgrimages in the Middle East, and their sigil was a cross with a white rose in the middle. This symbolically connects Seto to the Yorkists via their own white rose sigil, and perfectly ties into Seto's goal to [[spoiler:summon an ancient Card God from Egypt]]. Rosenkreuz was said to have lived to be 106, and since magic is well known to exist in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' universe, it's totally plausible Rosenkreuz was able to retain his youth for his century-long life. Finally, Rosenkreuz's date of death is 1484, and the Battle of Bosworth field which is the climax of the game took place in 1485. Thus one only needs to fudge the dates just a little bit to make all this work, because [[spoiler:after the battle with the Card God at Stonehenge, which happens very shortly after the Battle of Bosworth Field, Seto and the Rose Crusaders vanish from England and are never seen again.]]\\

!!Fridge Horror

* Seto's presence as Christian Rosenkreuz is one giant heap of FridgeBrilliance. The origins of the "real-life" Rosenkreuz are ShroudedInMyth (if he existed at all is debated), but the manifestos documenting his life put his date of birth in 1378, while the war of the Roses took place in the mid to late 1400s. Furthermore, Rosenkreuz had nothing to do with Richard III or the War of the Roses. So why is is Seto cast as him in service to Richard III? Rosenkreuz founded a secret society called the Order of the Rose Cross, which studied ancient knowledge he purportedly learned on pilgrimages in the Middle East, and their sigil was a cross with a white rose in the middle. This symbolically connects Seto to the Yorkists via their own rose sigil, and also ties into Seto's motives [[spoiler:in trying to resurrect an ancient Card God from Egypt]]. Additionally, Rosenkreuz was said to have lived to be 106; while this would make Seto OlderThanTheyLook, magic is known to exist in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' universe, so presumably Rosenkreuz had some way to retain his youth via such. And Rosenkreuz's date of death is 1484, and the Battle of Bosworth field, the climax of the game, took place in 1485. So, fudging the dates only a tiny bit perfectly allows [[spoiler:Seto to vanish from history shortly after the Battle of Bosworth Field.]]\\

* Bakura is on Yugi's side as Jack Cade, who in real life was executed for leading a rebellion against Henry VI, Yugi's father. While this fits with Yami Bakura/Thief King Bakura's character, why Yugi trusts him enough to make him second-in command is a mystery. Yugi is also more villainous than most portrayals, which bring sup the possibility of Bakura influencing him.

* Seto's presence as Christian Rosenkreuz is one giant heap of FridgeBrilliance. The origins of the "real-life" Rosenkreuz are ShroudedInMyth (if he existed at all is debated), but the manifestos documenting his life put his date of birth in 1378, while the war of the Roses took place in the mid to late 1400s. Furthermore, Rosenkreuz had nothing to do with Richard III or the War of the Roses. So why is is Seto cast as him in service to Richard III? Rosenkreuz founded a secret society called the Order of the Rose Cross, which studied ancient knowledge he purportedly learned on pilgrimages in the Middle East, and their sigil was a cross with a white rose in the middle. This symbolically connects Seto to the Yorkists via their own rose sigil, and also ties into Seto's motives [[spoiler:in trying to resurrect an ancient Card God from Egypt]]. Additionally, Rosenkreuz was said to have lived to be 106; while this would make Seto OlderThanTheyLook, magic is known to exist in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' universe, so presumably Rosenkreuz had some way to retain his youth via such. And Rosenkreuz's date of death is 1484, and the Battle of Bosworth field, the climax of the game, took place in 1485. So, fudging the dates only a tiny bit perfectly allows [[spoiler:Seto to vanish from history shortly after the Battle of Bosworth Field.]] \\
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* Seto's presence as Christian Rosenkreuz is one giant heap of FridgeBrilliance. The origins of the "real-life" Rosenkreuz are ShroudedInMyth (if he existed at all is debated), but the manifestos documenting his life put his date of birth in 1378, while the war of the Roses took place 1457-1487. Furthermore, Rosenkreuz had nothing to do with Richard III or the War of the Roses. So why is is Seto cast as him in service to Richard III? Rosenkreuz founded a secret society called the Order of the Rose Cross, which studied ancient knowledge he purportedly learned on pilgrimages in the Middle East, and their sigil was a cross with a white rose in the middle. This symbolically connects Seto to the Yorkists via their own rose sigil, and also ties into Seto's motives [[spoiler:in trying to resurrect an ancient Card God from Egypt]]. Additionally, Rosenkreuz was said to have lived to be 106; while this would make Seto OlderThanTheyLook, magic is known to exist in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' universe, so presumably Rosenkreuz had some way to retain his youth via such. And Rosenkreuz's date of death is 1484, and the Battle of Bosworth field, the climax of the game, took place in 1485. So, fudging the dates only a tiny bit perfectly allows [[spoiler:Seto to vanish from history shortly after the Battle of Bosworth Field.]] \\

* Seto's presence as Christian Rosenkreuz is one giant heap of FridgeBrilliance. The origins of the "real-life" Rosenkreuz are ShroudedInMyth (if he existed at all), but the manifestos documenting his life put his date of birth in 1378, while the war of the Roses took place 1457-1487. Furthermore, Rosenkreuz had nothing to do with Richard III or the War of the Roses. So why is is Seto cast as him in service to Richard III? Rosenkreuz founded a secret society called the Order of the Rose Cross, which studied ancient knowledge he purportedly learned on pilgrimages in the Middle East, and their sigil was a cross with a white rose in the middle. This symbolically connects Seto to the Yorkists via their own rose sigil, and also ties into Seto's motives [[spoiler:in trying to resurrect an ancient Card God from Egypt]]. Additionally, Rosenkreuz was said to have lived to be 106; while this would make Seto OlderThanTheyLook, magic is known to exist in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' universe, so presumably Rosenkreuz had some way to retain his youth via such. And Rosenkreuz's date of death is 1484, and the Battle of Bosworth field, the climax of the game, took place in 1485. So, fudging the dates only a tiny bit perfectly allows [[spoiler:Seto to vanish from history shortly after the Battle of Bosworth Field.]] \\