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⤛ Name: Mai
⤛ Contact: LonelyAura#2281 on discord; LonelyAura on plurk
⤛ Over 18: Yes!
⤛ Other characters in the game: N/A
⤛ Name: Ellie
⤛ Appearance: Here, including the tattoo.
⤛ Canon: The Last of Us
⤛ Age: 19
⤛ Race: Human
⤛ Racial trait: Wildlander
⤛ Race details: Nothing out of the ordinary. Slightly tall for a human woman, and can see pretty well.
⤛ Choice: Yearning
⤛ Abilities: Nothing magical. Ellie has just never had any talent for it.
⤛ Skills:
⤛ Personality:
+ Determined
Despite everything in her life, Ellie still has a strong will to live. No matter how hopeless a situation looks, she refuses to give up. She has no doubt of her own abilities to get her out of a fight, and will persevere through anything - changed but not broken.
+ Empathetic
That said, Ellie is an excellent judge of when to stop pushing in a conversation. While she’s willing to ask hard questions and is often curious, she can usually tell when she’s on dangerous territory, and usually knows how to cheer someone up or make them more comfortable. Granted, just because she knows how to does not mean she will.
+ Loyal
Ellie is incredibly loyal to her people and ideas, though when given the option she still tries to be helpful to others. Up until five years ago, her inclination was to be trusting - but experience has taught her not to let her guard down. At this point in her life, she’s able to take lives without a second thought, but she has certain lines she won’t cross. Torture, cannibalism... none of those are acceptable to her... so far.
-/+ Confrontational
While this is similar to Ellie’s determination, it is different. Ellie likes to take most problems and situations head on - most of the time, she would rather discuss something - even if the other person doesn’t want to. Depending on how far she takes it, this can be helpful or hurtful for her relationships. While Joel employs avoidance and she’s learned some of it from him, Ellie still prefers to take social situations head on.
- Reactionary (...not politically.)
So far, Ellie has just reacted to situations she’s been presented with. She doesn’t try to establish a new pattern, but focuses on her needs and the situation at hand - not what will happen in a few days, but the then-and-now. She’s also had a pattern of following other people’s leads, though she’s somewhat worked away from that. While this may have changed given enough time living in Jackson, she’s still going to fall back on reacting to each problem as it comes, and not anticipating them.
- Rash
All this reactionary, confrontational determination, however? Doesn’t always leave her with the best plans. While she’s good at thinking on her feet, her plans are usually spur of the moment. In canon (and in her backstory, which is the same in this case) David holds her hand, trying to have an emotional connection with Ellie and gain her trust. Ellie could have gone along with it to get out of the cage and run off to Joel when the moment was right. Instead, she opts to break his finger and try to steal the keys away. It doesn’t work.
- Distant
Since about five years ago, Ellie has become distant. Certainly not shy, and her personality is still intact, but when given the option she often doesn’t engage with people. In most casual talk, Ellie doesn’t open up to others much anymore, and prefers to keep to herself. There are a few people able to catch her attention and draw her out, but she tries to keep people at arm’s length.
⤛ Canon History: the wiki!
⤛ Key History Events:
This follows canon, with some tweaks I felt it important to emphasize. The Fireflies are a group of non-military, pro-Krimnos insurgents based in the other two cities. Marlene (essentially Ellie's godmother) is the leader of those in Atrómitos. When the war encroaches too far into Atrómitos and burns the orphanage where Ellie had been living down, Marlene hires a pair of smugglers to get Ellie from Atrómitos to a camp near Thalassa. Rather than a zombie bite, Marlene gives Ellie a magical knife that belonged to her mother. According to (rather questionable) prophecy, the knife is rumored to have some kind of power that can turn the war in their favor, if channeled correctly. Ellie has absolutely no ability to do anything magical. Ellie and Joel take a winding route to avoid the war, and end up trapped in a magical labyrinth for a while - which would be the stretch of time from Bill’s Town to Pittsburgh to just before Jackson, in canon. The town of Jackson is located on the outskirts of Thalassa, around “Battlefield A”. The abandoned Firefly camp (The University, in canon) is in the forest north of Thalassa, and they discover the Fireflies have retreated to Krimnos. Ellie spends the winter hiding north of battlefield D. While Ellie doesn’t know this, Marlene learns that to use the knife’s magical power (according to the prophecy, anyway) it must kill the owner it has “bonded” to - an owner which must be part of the original bloodline who possessed it, which Ellie fits. Marlene decides to kill Ellie with said knife so she can turn the war to Krimnos’ favor and end it with this supposedly magical dagger. Joel refuses, and ends up killing the entire remaining group of Fireflies. Ellie and Joel then return to Jackson.
As for specific life changing events?
1. Ellie lived in an orphanage for most of her young life, and had a hard time making friends. Those she did, she often quickly lost due to her trouble-making tendencies. So when she finally made a close friend of Riley, an older girl in an orphanage, Ellie clung tight. When Riley died from a poisoned blade, it shook Ellie deeply - especially when the blade should have killed her as well, but only left a scar on her right arm. While she was able to move on, the guilt of living stayed with her, and would only be compounded by the deaths she witnessed of her companions later on.
2. Ellie’s first kill of a living person was to save Joel. While in of itself, death wasn’t a new concept, this was the first time she took a person’s life. While this caused friction between Ellie and Joel, it led Joel to start trusting her to be able to help him in the journey - she wasn’t a burden to him, but a friend... And eventually, a daughter figure. On the other hand, what Joel had to teach Ellie was necessary for survival, but absolutely brutal. Ellie had to learn to kill, to hunt, and to be merciless - how to judge a situation and understand that she couldn’t help or even trust other people at the risk of her own life. And, most of all, Joel passed his unhealthy coping mechanisms down to Ellie - to move forward and not dwell on the past (happier times before the war) for any reason at all.
3. Winter was still a horrible time for Ellie. Much like in canon, Joel had been horrifically injured - a lance through the abdomen - and she was the only one left to take care of him and the horse they had. Every lesson Joel had given her was put to the test, leaving her harder. However, the worst was when she encountered David and his group of cannibalistic bandits. While Ellie had learned to be hard and merciless, she had certain lines she would never cross - David represented every one of those lines to her... and challenged her, comparing her and Joel’s earlier slaughter of his bandit group in self defense to his cannibalism. Everything to him was survival and religion, twisted in a way Ellie had never seen before, and hated with every part of her being. The breaking point was when he held her down, threatening assault as he tried to strangle her. Ellie’s response was to hack him to pieces with a machete, but the damage was done - to this day, Ellie can’t stomach the taste of venison, and is often listless during winter. While it’s abated some, she occasionally experiences dissociative episodes, and has bad reactions to specific triggers. She’s been much more withdrawn since that winter, and her personality shifted away from being cheerful in the face of tragedy to quietly determined.
4. The last blow to her personality was her perception of Joel’s betrayal. While approaching the caves in Krimnos where the Fireflies were supposed to be, Ellie and Joel fell into the river, and Ellie was knocked out. By the time she came to, she and Joel were riding away from Krimnos on a horse. Joel, smelling faintly of blood and sweat, told Ellie that the Fireflies had learned the prophecy was wrong, and the knife wouldn’t do anything. According to him, they had retreated to fight in the war, and couldn’t vouch for Ellie to become part of Krimnos. Joel decided to take Ellie back to Jackson instead, so they could live out the rest of their lives in some peace. Ellie could hear the lies in Joel’s voice, but ultimately said “okay.” Not because she accepted it, but because she realized that there was nothing she could do to argue with Joel. She loves him like a father for what he’s done for her, and recognizes that he’s opening up in a way he hasn’t in a long time... But she hates him for not allowing her to make her own decisions. She realizes that she’s had the ability to be independent for a long time, and has been clutching onto a variety of different people because she’s afraid of being alone. But Ellie has learned she can be alone. She can endure and survive.
5. The next five years of her life are dedicated to learning how to live, and not just survive. She tries to step away from her anger with Joel, while still asserting her independence. She’s quiet and withdrawn, but no less determined when she finds something she wants to do. She tries to learn how to connect with people without being reliant, and she learns how to stop running from place to place. This leaves her in a superficially stable position, but one that can come crashing down with the disruption of her life.
⤛ Name: Mai
⤛ Contact: LonelyAura#2281 on discord; LonelyAura on plurk
⤛ Over 18: Yes!
⤛ Other characters in the game: N/A
⤛ Name: Ellie
⤛ Appearance: Here, including the tattoo.
⤛ Canon: The Last of Us
⤛ Age: 19
⤛ Race: Human
⤛ Racial trait: Wildlander
⤛ Race details: Nothing out of the ordinary. Slightly tall for a human woman, and can see pretty well.
⤛ Choice: Yearning
⤛ Abilities: Nothing magical. Ellie has just never had any talent for it.
⤛ Skills:
⤛ Personality:
+ Determined
Despite everything in her life, Ellie still has a strong will to live. No matter how hopeless a situation looks, she refuses to give up. She has no doubt of her own abilities to get her out of a fight, and will persevere through anything - changed but not broken.
+ Empathetic
That said, Ellie is an excellent judge of when to stop pushing in a conversation. While she’s willing to ask hard questions and is often curious, she can usually tell when she’s on dangerous territory, and usually knows how to cheer someone up or make them more comfortable. Granted, just because she knows how to does not mean she will.
+ Loyal
Ellie is incredibly loyal to her people and ideas, though when given the option she still tries to be helpful to others. Up until five years ago, her inclination was to be trusting - but experience has taught her not to let her guard down. At this point in her life, she’s able to take lives without a second thought, but she has certain lines she won’t cross. Torture, cannibalism... none of those are acceptable to her... so far.
-/+ Confrontational
While this is similar to Ellie’s determination, it is different. Ellie likes to take most problems and situations head on - most of the time, she would rather discuss something - even if the other person doesn’t want to. Depending on how far she takes it, this can be helpful or hurtful for her relationships. While Joel employs avoidance and she’s learned some of it from him, Ellie still prefers to take social situations head on.
- Reactionary (...not politically.)
So far, Ellie has just reacted to situations she’s been presented with. She doesn’t try to establish a new pattern, but focuses on her needs and the situation at hand - not what will happen in a few days, but the then-and-now. She’s also had a pattern of following other people’s leads, though she’s somewhat worked away from that. While this may have changed given enough time living in Jackson, she’s still going to fall back on reacting to each problem as it comes, and not anticipating them.
- Rash
All this reactionary, confrontational determination, however? Doesn’t always leave her with the best plans. While she’s good at thinking on her feet, her plans are usually spur of the moment. In canon (and in her backstory, which is the same in this case) David holds her hand, trying to have an emotional connection with Ellie and gain her trust. Ellie could have gone along with it to get out of the cage and run off to Joel when the moment was right. Instead, she opts to break his finger and try to steal the keys away. It doesn’t work.
- Distant
Since about five years ago, Ellie has become distant. Certainly not shy, and her personality is still intact, but when given the option she often doesn’t engage with people. In most casual talk, Ellie doesn’t open up to others much anymore, and prefers to keep to herself. There are a few people able to catch her attention and draw her out, but she tries to keep people at arm’s length.
⤛ Canon History: the wiki!
⤛ Key History Events:
This follows canon, with some tweaks I felt it important to emphasize. The Fireflies are a group of non-military, pro-Krimnos insurgents based in the other two cities. Marlene (essentially Ellie's godmother) is the leader of those in Atrómitos. When the war encroaches too far into Atrómitos and burns the orphanage where Ellie had been living down, Marlene hires a pair of smugglers to get Ellie from Atrómitos to a camp near Thalassa. Rather than a zombie bite, Marlene gives Ellie a magical knife that belonged to her mother. According to (rather questionable) prophecy, the knife is rumored to have some kind of power that can turn the war in their favor, if channeled correctly. Ellie has absolutely no ability to do anything magical. Ellie and Joel take a winding route to avoid the war, and end up trapped in a magical labyrinth for a while - which would be the stretch of time from Bill’s Town to Pittsburgh to just before Jackson, in canon. The town of Jackson is located on the outskirts of Thalassa, around “Battlefield A”. The abandoned Firefly camp (The University, in canon) is in the forest north of Thalassa, and they discover the Fireflies have retreated to Krimnos. Ellie spends the winter hiding north of battlefield D. While Ellie doesn’t know this, Marlene learns that to use the knife’s magical power (according to the prophecy, anyway) it must kill the owner it has “bonded” to - an owner which must be part of the original bloodline who possessed it, which Ellie fits. Marlene decides to kill Ellie with said knife so she can turn the war to Krimnos’ favor and end it with this supposedly magical dagger. Joel refuses, and ends up killing the entire remaining group of Fireflies. Ellie and Joel then return to Jackson.
As for specific life changing events?
1. Ellie lived in an orphanage for most of her young life, and had a hard time making friends. Those she did, she often quickly lost due to her trouble-making tendencies. So when she finally made a close friend of Riley, an older girl in an orphanage, Ellie clung tight. When Riley died from a poisoned blade, it shook Ellie deeply - especially when the blade should have killed her as well, but only left a scar on her right arm. While she was able to move on, the guilt of living stayed with her, and would only be compounded by the deaths she witnessed of her companions later on.
2. Ellie’s first kill of a living person was to save Joel. While in of itself, death wasn’t a new concept, this was the first time she took a person’s life. While this caused friction between Ellie and Joel, it led Joel to start trusting her to be able to help him in the journey - she wasn’t a burden to him, but a friend... And eventually, a daughter figure. On the other hand, what Joel had to teach Ellie was necessary for survival, but absolutely brutal. Ellie had to learn to kill, to hunt, and to be merciless - how to judge a situation and understand that she couldn’t help or even trust other people at the risk of her own life. And, most of all, Joel passed his unhealthy coping mechanisms down to Ellie - to move forward and not dwell on the past (happier times before the war) for any reason at all.
3. Winter was still a horrible time for Ellie. Much like in canon, Joel had been horrifically injured - a lance through the abdomen - and she was the only one left to take care of him and the horse they had. Every lesson Joel had given her was put to the test, leaving her harder. However, the worst was when she encountered David and his group of cannibalistic bandits. While Ellie had learned to be hard and merciless, she had certain lines she would never cross - David represented every one of those lines to her... and challenged her, comparing her and Joel’s earlier slaughter of his bandit group in self defense to his cannibalism. Everything to him was survival and religion, twisted in a way Ellie had never seen before, and hated with every part of her being. The breaking point was when he held her down, threatening assault as he tried to strangle her. Ellie’s response was to hack him to pieces with a machete, but the damage was done - to this day, Ellie can’t stomach the taste of venison, and is often listless during winter. While it’s abated some, she occasionally experiences dissociative episodes, and has bad reactions to specific triggers. She’s been much more withdrawn since that winter, and her personality shifted away from being cheerful in the face of tragedy to quietly determined.
4. The last blow to her personality was her perception of Joel’s betrayal. While approaching the caves in Krimnos where the Fireflies were supposed to be, Ellie and Joel fell into the river, and Ellie was knocked out. By the time she came to, she and Joel were riding away from Krimnos on a horse. Joel, smelling faintly of blood and sweat, told Ellie that the Fireflies had learned the prophecy was wrong, and the knife wouldn’t do anything. According to him, they had retreated to fight in the war, and couldn’t vouch for Ellie to become part of Krimnos. Joel decided to take Ellie back to Jackson instead, so they could live out the rest of their lives in some peace. Ellie could hear the lies in Joel’s voice, but ultimately said “okay.” Not because she accepted it, but because she realized that there was nothing she could do to argue with Joel. She loves him like a father for what he’s done for her, and recognizes that he’s opening up in a way he hasn’t in a long time... But she hates him for not allowing her to make her own decisions. She realizes that she’s had the ability to be independent for a long time, and has been clutching onto a variety of different people because she’s afraid of being alone. But Ellie has learned she can be alone. She can endure and survive.
5. The next five years of her life are dedicated to learning how to live, and not just survive. She tries to step away from her anger with Joel, while still asserting her independence. She’s quiet and withdrawn, but no less determined when she finds something she wants to do. She tries to learn how to connect with people without being reliant, and she learns how to stop running from place to place. This leaves her in a superficially stable position, but one that can come crashing down with the disruption of her life.
