Andreas

Description

Physical

• I feel like Andreas would be smaller than Dai (as Zirconia elves in general would be), as well as probably darker-skinned.
  • If it's notably darker, I think people could reach for unfortunate implications about the elves have pale-skinned saviors (though both of the people they pick for saviors are not very good people to hitch your wagon to), but ultimately with a fantasty setting and the general spread of characters any accusations of racism (and it's the internet, so there will be some) will be easily deflected.
• Buildwise, I'm not sure. Probably a bit more toned due to having to survive, not sure if curves play a part in this anywhere.

Mental

• Andreas wants the elves to be safe. And feel the only way this is possible is if the dragons are gone. She's very used to hiding so she prefers others to take action, but desperate times.

Musical

• Probably traditional/tribal/world music. Possibly shares a general theme with the elves/their villages, with it slightly changed to be more aggressive (possibly not until the third arc).

Character Arc and Themes

• In Episode 1, Andreas starts out as sort of a guide for Dai and Koray (and the player) into the world of Zirconia. She and her twin brother Xack kinda explain the whole deal and represent the two states of mind the elves take as the plot progresses: Andreas sees Dai's power and is confident the elves can free themselves through violent action, while Xack is more of a peaceful action kinda guy.
• In Episode 2, most of the prideful elder dragons die trying to attack Corvus at the end of Episode 1, leaving the dragons facing a bit of a cultural identity crisis as well as nowhere near as numerous as the elves. Andreas and many other young elves see this as a chance to wipe out the dragons, especially with the elder and Xack also being casualties during Corvus' attack. Dai refuses to lead a violent attack, and so the elves latch onto Devix's radicalism at this point. Andreas joins up with Devix's group and is involved with several attacks on curious young dragons (as well as old dragons who were trying to attack elves). When Devix falls, Andreas realizes that she ultimately needs to be the force capable of furthering her goals.
• In Episode 3, Andreas seeks out Corvus to gain an edge against dragons, but Corvus seems to have been driven mad due to his defeat at UU's hands. UU explains, and Andreas realizes she's stronger and demands power from her. UU has the Air Zero spirit which she hasn't been able to successfully bond with any of her choices yet as the element is intangible and has just literallly vaporized the last two bodies she tried to bind it to, but Andreas survives by focusing on her single-minded goals and is able to keep most of her body. With this power, she becomes the new leader of the elf aggressors, and eventually kills the now impotent 'prideful' aspect of Bahamut that was leading the dragons. I haven't really figured out her ultimate fate, but I imagine even if she lives she probably ends up bitter and imprisoned so I don't think she really gets a happy ending.
• In general, her themes are obvious. She is single-minded dedication. She does not back from her ideal, she believes she cannot. She is willing to go to any extreme to pursue them, because she believes that the death of her ideal means the end of the entire elven race. She ignores people who argue otherwise as naive and misguided, and those who believe so much that they would stand against her as betrayers and saboteurs. She is a radical who has put herself into a position where she would rather die than compromise, quite literally.

Playstyle

Health/Shield Spread

• Hm....80/20, maybe? I don't know, as noted everywhere else on this page, not really of import until the third arc.

General Feel

• When she finally becomes playable she'll be the Air Zero for Zirconia, so I imagine she's very... self-sustainy. As you spatballed before, probably some stuff about allowing herself some extra moves in there. Fairly easy for her to rearrange her board, and maybe fairly easy to even mess with the opponents'. But ultimately she can't hit very hard in general.

Spells

Trying to come up with one purely physical, one purely mental, and one mix for every character, just to make sure each has one.

• Physical:
• Mental:
• Combination:

Relationships

Corvus

• A deep hate for killing her brother (and in such a manner he probably doesn't even remember), but a deeper respect for his power. Eventually, in her desperation for power, she seeks him out. And the rest, as they say, is the third arc.

Dai

• Andreas originally sees Dai's appearance out of nowhere and effortless beatdown of a dragon as a sign of her being the one to lead the Zirconian elves to freedom. Dai claims she wants that, but Andreas sees freedom only as freedom from dragons entirely, compromise is tantamount to hiding again, and never again.

Devix

• After Dai flops in Andreas' eyes, Devix becomes her next savior. Devix fits Andreas' model more, as he too wants to wipe out the dragons completely. Andreas does her best to sure his support and supplies, and when he is probably killed by Dai she realizes she finally has to take this whole thing into her own hands.

Issues to Be Resolved

• Mm, mostly just thinkin' of addin' a little plot section for arcs and/or themes somewhere in here, to make sure we can track of those. Might just kinda go under Mental? I don't know. We'll talk about it sometime. Maybe.
• There's kinda a distinct naming pattern for Sote elves. I know there wouldn't be the SAME one for Zirconia, but I'm not sure if we want to have one or not.