ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴʏᴍᴏʀᴇ.

Name: Espo
Personal Journal: requiems
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Other Characters Played: Serah Farron, Lucina Estheim, Twilight Sparkle

Character: Elize Lutus
Series: Tales of Xillia 2
Age: 13
History: I've gotta get stronger!

Whilst that covers the events of Xillia, it doesn't cover what happens prior to it nor any of the event leading up to/taking place in the sequel. Prior to Xillia, Elize was raised in the snow-covered mountains of Auj Oule, south of the capital Kanbalar, with her two parents. She was named for the princessia flower, which they also then planted in their garden. Sometime later, her parents were killed by bandits - or this was what Elize was told - but it transpires Jiao was the one who killed them. Whether it was accidental or not is unknown, but he seems to have felt some guilt over this, as he took it upon himself. Elize was then taken to the Labari Hollow, near to Xian Du, where she became part of an early spyrite experiment. Elize and Teepo quickly bonded, and the results were promising.

Once they had the data they needed, Elize was moved by Jiao to the village of Hamil. The village owed him a favour due to a forgiven debt, and they took Elize in. However, over time, the villagers began to see Elize as a liability and treated her with scorn. She is the outsider and they perceived her as the source of their troubles, because her magic use is unnatural. In their mounting anger, they were also seen to throw rocks at her. Elize was eventually shunned by the villagers and locked away in a storage shed, but always managed to find her way out.

At the end of Xillia, Elize seals Teepo's power, finally feeling confident enough in herself to no longer need him by her side, nor have him speak for her – in a way, Elize lets go of her long time security blanket, and even though he's not alive and she'll readily admit that now, she still treasures him. It's not until when she heads to Elympios with the rest of her class as Goodwill Ambassadors that she brings Teepo "back to life", and even then, it's only so she and her friends can show each other their dolls on the trip (as it happens, Teepo stays reactivated, as Elize ends up joining her friends (and Ludger) once more, due to a fractured dimension they found themselves in, which she too wants answers for). Teepo is still his familiar old self, and with the threat and the need to fight monsters and the like, it's important for her to keep him around due to having to use spirit artes so frequently, since he amplifies their use for her, as always. It'll be the same in the Havens, too – same duo, but the dynamics some may remember will have changed remarkably.

Canon Point: Post Chapter 9, after Gaius and Muzét join the party.

( Alvin! Be a lightning rod! )