Player Name: Espilan Contact:Espilan Invited by: I'm already here, but also I said "what if lita" and Amber's answer to that was "litaaaaaa" Other Characters: Nina Lora
Character Name: Lita Nia Elnaeus Canon: Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan (OC, played from the game's setting with no actual ties to plot)
In my EOIV save file, Lita's main class is Dancer and her subclass is Nightseeker. Her element for regain purposes will be Water.
Canon History: lmao, okay, so, the actual Etrian Odyssey wiki itself mostly doesn't have plot deets on it except for Untold if you go digging, for some reason. Instead, as far as relevant linkable things go, EOIV's plot is given a brief summary on its Wikipedia page, and a larger casual explanation of things was posted on the Etrian Odyssey subreddit a few years back.
For potential memory regain purposes, most of the events of EOIV happened, up to a point not terribly long after the Titan's defeat. While she might recall some parts of it since plot did make certain details public knowledge in-game and as such she's aware of some things, Lita herself was not actually involved in any of that because with meme threads as an exception, I generally don't allow my canon OCs to really have direct connections to the plot of the canon they're for.
In Etrian Odyssey in general (unless you play the story modes in the Untold games), the player's party is made up of blank-slate characters, so any personal details regarding them are entirely up to the player. Since I've got Lita down as being uninvolved with plot, that means she gets a mostly-unrelated but canon-friendly background instead. It's nothing super-complicated because her life isn't exactly complicated either, so I'm just gonna keep it simple here:
• Lita is from a family of wandering minstrels and other entertainers that eventually chose to establish a more-permanent home in Etria (the first game's setting). the plot of Etrian Odyssey Untold happened at some point but she's not part of the story mode party so she has zero awareness of any of that.
• she found herself unable to settle down the way her family wanted to, ended up joining a team of explorers because Adventure™, and she was initially little more than a chatty and scatterbrained troublemaker until various incidents and other close calls eventually turned her into probably the most-reliable—and pragmatic—individual on the entire team
• ...reliable enough that when the team learns of another land with its own places to explore, Lita is asked if she wants to help establish a new team there. the prospect of New Stuff™ is an easy way to hook her, so yeah she travels to Tharsis (EOIV's setting) and does exactly that, while remaining in contact with most of her old team (save for two of them, each for different reasons)
• (most of) Etrian Odyssey IV happens while she's there and she has basically nothing to do with it
Canon Personality: As mentioned above, the player's party is made up of blank-slate types, so this is less of a 'canon' personality and more just the personality I've assigned to Lita.
• With few exceptions, Lita openly expresses a like for people in general, making friends quickly and easily. Social situations barely faze her at all, and one could easily argue that she thrives on them. While her presence can be an enjoyable one most of the time, her enthusiasm can get a bit annoying at times, but she can usually tell when she needs to stop and back off. She will try, but she has some difficulty in handling rejection.
• Because Lita does tend to pay attention to the people and things around her, she will eventually notice things about those people or thing, and in regard to people she will try to keep herself in check to avoid becoming too much of a nuisance; if it looks like she can be herself, then she'll do just that, but in situations where it looks like she needs to be more-serious, she'll dial it back at least a little bit but never all the way.
• Lita does believe in second chances, and under most circumstances will be willing to offer one to any individual who had wronged her or otherwise done something seriously bad that she couldn't condone, if they demonstrate that they have learned or are willing to learn from their mistakes. However, should someone Lita has forgiven repeat the same mistakes or do something even worse, then that's it, she's probably done with them (but depending on the circumstances, she might give them another chance again). It should be noted that this mainly applies to serious issues; minor offenses aren't considered an actual problem unless they become a constant-enough thing that they're snowballing into becoming a bigger problem or otherwise getting harder to ignore.
• Even in the worst situations, Lita will try to stay composed and find whatever bit of positivity can be found in the situation, and/or she will remain focused on trying to achieve the best possible outcome given the current circumstances. She is well aware that things won't always go the way she would like them to, though, and won't beat herself up too much over things that have gone south, unless said going-south is a very direct result of her own actions.
• Lita is very willing to get her hands dirty if she finds herself in any situation that would call for it; should she find herself needing to physically defend herself or her friends, she will fight dirty and use whatever is at her disposal.
AU History:
• Lita was born in a small town that, generally, nobody really cares about except people from said town. She's an only child, her dad (Albert) is a band director for some school district in some other town relatively close by, while her mom (Sophia/Sophie) was initially just a stay-at-home sitting on a degree and teaching license of her own. She has one paternal aunt (Claire) who has no children. I am leaving the subject of any aunts/uncles/cousins on her mom's side of the family open in case anyone decides they want to do something there.
• During Lita's elementary school years, her mom accepted a job as a high school dance teacher, so the family moved to the city where that school is so only one parent needs to deal with an actual commute and not both of them. At some point during her middle school years, she met Annalise Delacroix and they've been pretty good friends ever since.
• Lita likes Doing Stuff, so during high school she's kind of all over the place as far as school activities go. The bigger things here are she takes her mom's classes, plays the oboe in band, and is also on the volleyball team for awhile.
• A little while after graduating from high school, she heads to Kaisou to attend college. She has no idea that she's about to get blindsided by any of this.
Lita Elnaeus / Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan (OC) / Normal AU
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Invited by: I'm already here, but also I said "what if lita" and Amber's answer to that was "litaaaaaa"
Other Characters: Nina Lora
Character Name: Lita Nia Elnaeus
Canon: Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan (OC, played from the game's setting with no actual ties to plot)
In my EOIV save file, Lita's main class is Dancer and her subclass is Nightseeker. Her element for regain purposes will be Water.
Canon History: lmao, okay, so, the actual Etrian Odyssey wiki itself mostly doesn't have plot deets on it except for Untold if you go digging, for some reason. Instead, as far as relevant linkable things go, EOIV's plot is given a brief summary on its Wikipedia page, and a larger casual explanation of things was posted on the Etrian Odyssey subreddit a few years back.
For potential memory regain purposes, most of the events of EOIV happened, up to a point not terribly long after the Titan's defeat. While she might recall some parts of it since plot did make certain details public knowledge in-game and as such she's aware of some things, Lita herself was not actually involved in any of that because with meme threads as an exception, I generally don't allow my canon OCs to really have direct connections to the plot of the canon they're for.
In Etrian Odyssey in general (unless you play the story modes in the Untold games), the player's party is made up of blank-slate characters, so any personal details regarding them are entirely up to the player. Since I've got Lita down as being uninvolved with plot, that means she gets a mostly-unrelated but canon-friendly background instead. It's nothing super-complicated because her life isn't exactly complicated either, so I'm just gonna keep it simple here:
• Lita is from a family of wandering minstrels and other entertainers that eventually chose to establish a more-permanent home in Etria (the first game's setting). the plot of Etrian Odyssey Untold happened at some point but she's not part of the story mode party so she has zero awareness of any of that.
• she found herself unable to settle down the way her family wanted to, ended up joining a team of explorers because Adventure™, and she was initially little more than a chatty and scatterbrained troublemaker until various incidents and other close calls eventually turned her into probably the most-reliable—and pragmatic—individual on the entire team
• ...reliable enough that when the team learns of another land with its own places to explore, Lita is asked if she wants to help establish a new team there. the prospect of New Stuff™ is an easy way to hook her, so yeah she travels to Tharsis (EOIV's setting) and does exactly that, while remaining in contact with most of her old team (save for two of them, each for different reasons)
• (most of) Etrian Odyssey IV happens while she's there and she has basically nothing to do with it
CanonPersonality: As mentioned above, the player's party is made up of blank-slate types, so this is less of a 'canon' personality and more just the personality I've assigned to Lita.• With few exceptions, Lita openly expresses a like for people in general, making friends quickly and easily. Social situations barely faze her at all, and one could easily argue that she thrives on them. While her presence can be an enjoyable one most of the time, her enthusiasm can get a bit annoying at times, but she can usually tell when she needs to stop and back off. She will try, but she has some difficulty in handling rejection.
• Because Lita does tend to pay attention to the people and things around her, she will eventually notice things about those people or thing, and in regard to people she will try to keep herself in check to avoid becoming too much of a nuisance; if it looks like she can be herself, then she'll do just that, but in situations where it looks like she needs to be more-serious, she'll dial it back at least a little bit but never all the way.
• Lita does believe in second chances, and under most circumstances will be willing to offer one to any individual who had wronged her or otherwise done something seriously bad that she couldn't condone, if they demonstrate that they have learned or are willing to learn from their mistakes. However, should someone Lita has forgiven repeat the same mistakes or do something even worse, then that's it, she's probably done with them (but depending on the circumstances, she might give them another chance again). It should be noted that this mainly applies to serious issues; minor offenses aren't considered an actual problem unless they become a constant-enough thing that they're snowballing into becoming a bigger problem or otherwise getting harder to ignore.
• Even in the worst situations, Lita will try to stay composed and find whatever bit of positivity can be found in the situation, and/or she will remain focused on trying to achieve the best possible outcome given the current circumstances. She is well aware that things won't always go the way she would like them to, though, and won't beat herself up too much over things that have gone south, unless said going-south is a very direct result of her own actions.
• Lita is very willing to get her hands dirty if she finds herself in any situation that would call for it; should she find herself needing to physically defend herself or her friends, she will fight dirty and use whatever is at her disposal.
AU History:
• Lita was born in a small town that, generally, nobody really cares about except people from said town. She's an only child, her dad (Albert) is a band director for some school district in some other town relatively close by, while her mom (Sophia/Sophie) was initially just a stay-at-home sitting on a degree and teaching license of her own. She has one paternal aunt (Claire) who has no children. I am leaving the subject of any aunts/uncles/cousins on her mom's side of the family open in case anyone decides they want to do something there.
• During Lita's elementary school years, her mom accepted a job as a high school dance teacher, so the family moved to the city where that school is so only one parent needs to deal with an actual commute and not both of them. At some point during her middle school years, she met Annalise Delacroix and they've been pretty good friends ever since.
• Lita likes Doing Stuff, so during high school she's kind of all over the place as far as school activities go. The bigger things here are she takes her mom's classes, plays the oboe in band, and is also on the volleyball team for awhile.
• A little while after graduating from high school, she heads to Kaisou to attend college. She has no idea that she's about to get blindsided by any of this.
AU Personality Differences: /shrug?