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Name: Elysia
Canon: Honkai Impact 3rd
Age: Unknown, but her physical and mental ages are of a young adult woman between her 22~25
Gender: Female
Species: Herrscher (basically superstrong humans who obey to the Will of the Honkai, but Elysia is an exception to the rule in her Era)Appearance: Gallery. 163cm of pure beauty!
Canon point: Post chapter 31, specifically post the short animation
Because of You where the Elysian Realm gets deleted.
History: Here! Which is thankfully not so convoluted despite being HI3...
Personality answers: ⚠️ Please click here for quick tl;dr on some canon jargon to make this app a little bit easier to digest first! ⚠️
Herrscher: A little bit more detail on this, people don't tend to be born Herrschers, so Elysia had been the first of "her kind" to exist. They have their own special powers depending on what kind of Herrscher they are (as seen in the link above for Herrschers), with Elysia once again being somewhat an exception.
Honkai: Something like a plague... except it's the universe's trial to planets (not exclusive to humanity) that can be an endless cycle of fighting and extinction, which is what makes Eras exist. Elysia belongs in the Previous Era before the mankind of her time was entirely extinct and Earth was "reset" from the cycle of Honkai, and the new Era of mankind born after them are known as the Current Era. Someone has described the Honkai as "[...] a mysterious life-threatening phenomenon that comes in the form of natural disasters, Honkai radiation, Honkai beasts, Herrschers, etc."
Elysian Realm: This is a little important to mention, but Elysia and her friends, known as the Thirteen Flame-Chasers, were alive in the Previous Era, and they've all died except for Kevin, Hua, Su and Griseo, who made it into the Current Era instead. However, while Elysia was alive, she created the Elysian Realm with the help of some of her friends, where they all made sims of themselves based on their memories, often times uploading new memories into them as time went by. This Realm did exist in the Current Era, where all the Flame-Chasers existed as beings made of data, including Elysia. While they're not "real" to an extent, they did have their own autonomy and feelings while being aware they're nothing but a compilation of data and memories of the real people who existed. They're pretty much just an after-death extension of those people, and while the "real" Elysia didn't experience anything that happened in it or live through its arc during the story, sim Elysia's behavior and feelings are most likely the same as "real" Elysia would have.
It would have to be Elysia's "Final Banquet", or as some people came to know it, the crusade against the "13th Herrscher". After getting confirmation on her identity as a Herrscher (and that was after fighting against the Honkai and
other Herrschers for a good part of her life), Elysia decided that the only way humanity could be united again was to fight against a common enemy; she sent invitations to a few of her friends, where she would confess to her biggest lie (not being "human") but also bare her most honest self to them, as she values honesty and sincerity. The banquet was masked as a fight against a Herrscher so the outside world wouldn't find out that the truth behind it was only that Elysia wanted to spend her last moments with her friends in a beautiful banquet, believing that her sacrifice could hopefully change something in the next Era of humanity and Herrschers would be born like her — with a human consciousness, rather than obeying the Will of the Honkai.
Though it didn't bring direct development to her character since she died, her sim in the Elysian Realm in the Current Era eventually came to meet Raiden Mei, the Current Era's Herrscher of Thunder and a Herrscher who retained her humanity, meaning her sacrifice had not been in vain and she had been successful in her plan to give humanity new hope and a fighting chance against the Honkai. Her last moments in her life had been full of fear and insecurity over her nature as a Herrscher and what it means to be human, so getting further confirmation in Mei's nature as a Herrscher who also fights on the side of humanity had eased her continuous worries and fears.
02. What would your character say is their best trait? What is truly their best trait?Beyond just being the biggest cutie in the world and the most perfect girl (two things she would most definitely say are her best traits), she would probably say her optimism is her best trait. Elysia had been often seen to be a light of hope in times of war and tragedy, always with a cheerful tone and a smile on her face. She had once told her friend Eden that "tragedy isn't the end, it's only the beginning of hope", a saying that she had carried for life.
If asked some of her friends, they would say Elysia's actual best trait is how pure of heart she is. That is not to say she's strictly naive (though she certainly comes across as such), but simply that her love, sincerity, hope and optimism are all so free of malice that she could be hope incarnate herself (something once said about her as well). Even when she had faced the ugly side of humanity, she simply believed that's what being human is like; people who sometimes do good, and people who sometimes do evil, for every coin has two sides.
03. What is your character most afraid of?Being lonely, hurting her friends in any way, disappointing them, being hated by them — they're all valid answers. For most of Elysia's screentime, she rarely even seemed to experience any sort of negative emotion at all. The first time it had been blatantly shown was right prior the Final Banquet mentioned above, where she admits to being afraid of what her friends will think of her when they find out she's a Herrscher, and therefore that she lied to them. Elysia is a really simple person in spite of sometimes being elusive and mysterious, and her fears seem very minor in retrospect, but to someone who has never lied in her life and is always the most sincere she can be, the lie about her being human while being technically an enemy of humanity was definitely the most terrifying time of her life, a sentiment that carried onto her sim thousands of years into the future, as even sim Elysia had been insecure and afraid of what Mei would think of her after she learned about her real nature as a Herrscher. It was ultimately an irrational response, as Mei herself is a Herrscher and should harbor no ill feelings towards Elysia. That only speaks volumes of how much importance and value she places on her friends' feelings and opinions of her.
04. Who in your character's canon influenced the most growth in your character? What do they think about this character?Undoubtedly, all of her friends in the Flame-Chasers, but I would say Eden, Kevin and Dr. MEI influenced her the most in different ways.
Eden is Elysia's closest and oldest friend, and undoubtedly one of the people she was most afraid of knowing the truth, though Eden herself not only already have a hunch, but didn't care about it. For her, Elysia is Elysia, the beautiful and kind human she spent so many years with, and no identity or nature as a Herrscher would change her feelings. Elysia considers Eden her best friend, and all the years spent with her formed a special bond Elysia never found anywhere else. She unconditionally trusts Eden.
Kevin was the second in command of the Flame-Chasers for a short time, before Elysia eventually made him their leader. She's extremely fond of him, and it pained to watch him slowly close his heart to the world when she knows how kind-hearted and lonely he is. As one of the people she invited to her Final Banquet, he's in fact one of the few who didn't know the truth, and despite his overly negative feelings towards the Honkai, he never once doubted or felt that Elysia lied or even betrayed them. In fact, one of the last times Kevin ever cried was for Elysia, when she was curious to know whether his tears would freeze (as his body temperature is below zero). As one of the few people who still lived in the Current Era, Kevin was also the one responsible for recruiting Raiden Mei into the World Serpent (his organization) and sending her to the Elysian Realm, to
fulfill Elysia's wish from before she died. That undoubtedly was the one thing that brought the most growth and change to her, even as a sim.
Dr. MEI, Kevin's girlfriend and one of Elysia's coworkers from MOTHs, was one of the first people to find out the truth about Elysia... but equally, the first person to reassure her that she is Elysia above everything else, and not evil by any means. MEI is actually the person Elysia reached out to right before the Final Banquet, trusting her with her insecurities and fears. It was largely MEI's comforting words that helped push Elysia forward, to believe in her friends unconditionally, that they would not feel betrayed or hurt.
Inventory:01. Her signature bow! It has
two forms depending whether she's presenting as normal Flame-Chaser Elysia or Herrscher of Human Elysia! They're both the same bow, so I hope it only counts for one, oops.
02. In her Herrscher of Origin form, she has a
very cute staff! It's probably to replace her bows in this form, especially since it's her most "original" form.
03 + 04. Her
maid outfit and her
swimsuit, because they're outfits she has actually worn in canon!! Please and thank you!!!
Powers/Abilities: Please bear with me while I try to make sense of HI3 powers that aren't just for game mechanics.............BOW PROFICIENCY: Elysia was taught how to use a bow when she was younger, and she's evidently very good at it. This is her main source of damage as "human", Flame-Chaser Elysia. Her arrows are also pink and frankly they look like they're made of flames, but I'm sure it's just for general aesthetic.
FLAWLESS DOME: Her main and most powerful attack in this form
(aka her Ultimate lmfao) creates a crystallized pink dome that ricochets arrows at the enemies.
Here's a very quick visual representation of it from the animated short. Much like in the short, I'm gonna say it's probably effective for a short amount of time
(specifically her Ultimate lasts 12 secs, so that's how long I'll say it lasts lol...)HERRSCHER OF HUMAN: That's when she transforms into her beautiful
Herrscher of Human form. She still has
bow proficiency in this form, but her attacks are also now
ICE attacks! They can freeze! Yippe! She can also
fly and levitate in this form, and she makes full use of it to be even faster at firing her arrows. She also gets to fire more than one arrow at a time in this form because uhhhhhh Herrscher.
HERRSCHER OF ORIGIN: From Herrscher of Human, she can transform to her
Herrscher of Origin form at will, probably. In this form, Elysia's attacks are still ice attacks, but since she gets a staff, she mainly performs spells, namely:
- being able to
create icicles (that look like stardust) and launch them at her target;
- being able to make
blades?? probably also of ice that she throws at her target;
- being able to
give herself an ice shield that lasts for a short amount of time and can be broken with a few attacks;
She technically also has a giant pet manta ray that I refuse to even add here because what the fuck lmfao. But apparently it's called Spirit of Origin and she can ride it and throw it at people as an attack. For context, I'm using her canon boss fights with Mei as reference, as well as her enemy wiki pages to make sense of all the skills she uses
(Flame-Chaser Elysia, Herrscher of Human, and Herrscher of Origin). Her Herrscher of Human fight starts at
this timestamp and ends at 6:37 when her Herrscher of Origin fight
starts. I also refuse to add her Elysian Night Arc ability here because what the fuck lmfao part 2 Electric Boogaloo.
Samples: Top level in the TDM! All of her threads show her unfaltering optimism, but I particular like the thread with
Rafayel, since it really does focus on her way of thinking in light of any sort of trouble or inconvenience. The thread with
Aventurine might also be the first time Elysia really addresses their current situation and talks about her feelings on it... even though it's. you know. Elysia style.
Goals: This is a new chance at life for Elysia, who is both a little confused to how she's alive again, and happy that she gets to learn about a new humanity. She currently thinks she was somehow brought back to protect them again (she'll likely just figure it's Honkai related somehow), but I'm excited to be able to explore her more negative feelings, especially with the kind of side-effects Spectral-type souls have! It's going to be a very interesting challenge, and while I don't want to really ruin her character and make her too "evil" or bearing too many negative emotions, I think Elysia herself might even feel a little more "human" to know even she has two sides (like her two sides of a coin analogy with humankind being good and evil). At the same time, the whole monster transformation will be something she will have to deal with, so overall it's just a really fun shift to the kind of character and character arc Elysia is and has had in canon.
Soul Choice: Spectral! Particularly, she's taking the soul of an Angel, the biblically accurate kind. The current ideas I have are inspired by the fanmade animation (with Elysia's CN voice actress!)
Elysian Angels; I want to give her thirteen pair of wings and eyes, each corresponding to one of her friends from the Thirteen Flame-Chasers. It is very much like her to still manage to bring the memories of her friends and companions with her even during a monster transformation in another planet entirely...!
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