Sebastian Solace

About

Sebastian Solace is a character from the Roblox horror game Pressure. The character, voiced by Gianni Matragrano, is a fish-human hybrid creature with a snake-like body, a tail fin, a more humanoid body and a light on his head like an anglerfish. The character became the subject of fan art and other fan-made content throughout 2024, seeing a significant boost in virality in August of that year on sites like X / Twitter and TikTok.

Origin

Sebastian Solace appears in the Roblox^[1] game Pressure, a survival horror game by Urbanshade: Hadal Division in which players must travel through a series of doors in a testing facility known as the Hadal Blacksite and survive the monsters behind each door. Sebastian Solace is an ally to the player and helps them navigate the Hadal Blacksite. Solace is also responsible for the containment breach in the testing facility.^[2][3] Pressure was released in beta on February 7th, 2023 and was officially released on July 7th, 2024.

The earliest known artwork depicting Sebastian Solace was posted by X^[4] user @noctobright on January 21st, 2024, garnering over 790 likes in seven months (shown below).

Spread

Sebastian Solace became increasingly popularized throughout 2024, inspiring numerous works of fan art, memes and fan content online. On May 21st, 2024, YouTuber^[5] KevinDice25 posted a video reading through Sebastian's document in Pressure, garnering over 65,000 views in three months (shown below).

On August 8th and 9th, X^[6][7] users @Lemon0Chi and @m3linia posted fan art depicting Sebastian Solace, garnering over 3,600 likes and 2,800 likes, respectively, in five days (shown below, left and right).

On August 11th, 2024, TikToker^[8] @mrmsfaded posted an animation based on the character, garnering over 1.5 million views in two days (shown below, left). On August 12th, TikToker^[9] @coldeira posted an animation that gained over 200,000 views in a day (shown below, right).

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