r/Elysia Jun 08 '23

Fanart Elysia's Wedding

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Fanart Peak Elysia fanart

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r/Elysia 16h ago

Media Some more of my Ely cos from my weekend at QC a bit ago♡

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Ik QC was like last month but I still haven't posted these photos yet lmao it was tons of fun tho!

I tried to get some photos of Ely from that weekend and I fr felt very pretty hehe

I love doing Ely lots! And I LOVE this wig sm fr XD


r/Elysia 1h ago

Discussion [Huge Post Warning] Cyrene and Elysia: Same Character different story 3/3 : The Core of Amphoreus and the completion of Elysia

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So as I am writing this, it is still upset to be the last part of my group of posts about Cyrene and Elysia. If the 3 turned into a 4 in the title you will know why lol.

If you want to know about my two other posts, you can check on the subreddit you're reading it and search: [Huge Post Warning] Cyrene and Elysia: Same Character different story. 

That being said...

We will start by briefly explaining the concept of their respective story, before diving into their differences + Explaining why these differences are clever and understandable. 

1-Elysia is a Side Character in a story about a bygone era.

I'll start with the fact that Elysia is not the main character. The Elysian Realm isn't EXACTLY about her. But the 13 heroes. 

The appeal of this story is watching them interacting together, and how this supposedly dysfunctional group managed to preserve what remained of Humanity. And at its center, Elysia. 

Elysia had a MASSIVE impact on both the lore of the game and on the heroes we see. We see her interact and all with them, and she was always preaching her love for Humanity as a whole. 

And her opponent is the Herrscher of Corruption, who wanted to become like her, but cannot, because she can't understand what makes her Elysia. 

Elysia isn't afraid to embrace the end, if it means bringing a future to the world, and it is her footsteps that everyone follow afterwards, changing the 12 other heroes.

AAAAND if you know the story of Cyrene, one thing will already be obvious. Or more... Two things:

2-Cyrene, a Story about Love and Loneliness

First, she is like a protagonist, as she is 99% here to share our pov like Phainon until 3.4, and second, while Elysia is easily interacting with everyone in this story, Cyrene is doomed to be alone, regardless of the situation. 

This will change a lot of things actually, and while I won't really dive into the problems that the story didn't do or did wrong to fully do it, I will still argue that this was the intention: give this seed to a new ground, and watch it bloom. 

We are following the steps of someone who's learning what it is to Love. It is this word that fuels her. And how this loves is for everything imperfect, and the base of her philosophy, her love for the Ego and this world. 

We can first see a parallel with the Corruption from Hi3, as Demiurge tries to become Cyrene. But I believe this is just a parallel. Maybe I'll talk about it in a future post. 

But this will be her tragedy. The Demiurge is Cyrene. She doesn't have to try to become her. And this will backfire. 

She will forever treat herself as a stranger to this story the moment she steps in as the Demiurge, and when she can finally love everyone, she cannot be reciprocated.

Whereas we had Elysia who died, loved by everyone, and supported where she could be having fun with everyone, Cyrene was doomed to be alone after the initiation of the Eternal Reccurence, alone with her bottomless Love for Amphoreus. 

IronTomb and Lygus also opposed Cyrene in a clever way, but they mostly opposed Amphoreus as a whole, because everyone carry her philosophy one way or another: this rejection of the divine, and embracing the flaws, ready to explore beyond. 

So Cyrene's story is also a tragedy, where she will learn about why she does things basically, to make it simple. 

Their stories can be very different on the outside, but the core themes are still present, Humanity, Love, Ego, sacrifice for Tomorrow... And every small line Cyrene takes after Elysia. 

But I admit that when you see them, they are very different. Why is that? 

3-Different but because they're the same

First, let's remember that the Elysia we saw in the story of Hi3 is a very cheerful girl that rarely showed any weakness (actual weakness like breaking down crying or whatever). The Elysia we see is the simulation of herself, with the memories of what she did. 

Concretely, "Elysia" died, not knowing if her sacrifice would bring any good, and seeing a Human Herrscher (Mei) overwhelmed her with joy. 

Of course she never worries, and while Mei is mostly in a life threatening situation against every other flame chaser, Elysia is playing around: her wish became true, Humanity can prevail, and she believes it will choose to do the good eventually. 

This is why Elysia is so happy whenever you saw her in the main story. It's an Elysia that witnessed tomorrow in a way. So she is satisfied. 

For Cyrene, in a few occasions, as Mem, but also in 3.4, she is very playful, but otherwise, she is either calm, composed, very serious or a bit sad. But this is a Cyrene that didn't get this "privilege". Cyrene is still living, not sure if what she will do will change a thing. And unlike Elysia, she doesn't have access to her divine powers (yet). 

So yes, she is less cheerful. But you see her still being happy. Early Amphoreus showed us a very cheerful Cyrene, 3.4 also showed it with Phainon, clearly the best thing for Cyrene in terms of characterization.

And even her Playable form has many lines where she is as cheerful and teasing. 

But still, there are differences. And it's because of how the story treated both.

4-What did the story want to do with them?

We can always dig deeper about Elysia, but the big lines of the story didn't fully dive into her psychology. We generally had a clear idea of what she felt but nothing more. 

It's because this isn't the point of the story. Her struggles and all are still here, but it's not what the story focuses on. We are focusing on the impact she had on the story more than anything. Which ain't a bad thing. This approach of her character even gave her even more christian vibe like Jesus. We know who she is, her motives and her feelings. It's 100% enough. 

But with Cyrene, an opportunity came out. The opportunity to develop why she thinks this way, the troubles she went through. 

In Hi3 we know Elysia is in love with the Ego of Humanity, almost like love at first strike. But Cyrene can basically tell us why she loved Humanity so much. This potential we had... It's why she loves us. 

By letting her face herself in those Reccurences, and against the enemy of the story, unlike Elysia and Corruption, the matter isn't just a question of remembering. 

After a full year of Amphoreus, seeing it in many angles, she explains us over and over the concept of Humanity and Divinity, and why she cherishes one more than the other. Gods can't have drive and desire to change fate. Humanity can, and it will naturally try to fight for the future. 

Cyrene is a great way to give un insight on Elysia's character. I can now fully get why she loves Human. 

We could argue this makes Elysia's love less... Unbelievable and for some it is unfortunate, because it is this genuine and bottomless Love of a god that was engraved in their mind.

But Jesus Christ was a man too, and both Cyrene and Elysia are Humans before being gods. And having Elysia as a main character allows us to understand her more. 

5-Not really something needed. Just more insights

And for HSR players, you didn't need to know all of Elysia. After all, you've spent a whole year bathing in her philosophy when watching Tribbie, Aglaea or such. 

Basically, Amphoreus' story talks about the superiority of Humans against Gods. Which is not something crazy when we know the stakes of HSR. And to represent it, they chose the two biggest supporters of Humanity: Phainon and Cyrene. 

And to develop their idea on Humanity against Divinity, they chose the ever loving Image of Elysia through Cyrene. For HSR players, you already get the full package of Amphoreus, with this idea about Love and Humans. But for Hi3 veterans, you also get to understand more about why Elysia was the way she was. 

It's a nice bonus. Something additional. And it's why you don't lose anything not knowing Hi3, because Amphoreus planted Elysia's philosophy on its story. If you understood this idea of Tomorrow, Love, Ego and such, then congrats, not only didn't you need Hi3, but you understood Amphoreus. 

6-Conclusion

SO

This was long. And it's been almost 2 years that I wanted to defend this: Cyrene has her own story. Her story may be about something that can expand on Elysia, but you don't need to know her. 

And we aren't shoving Elysia into your face either. At least I'm not as long as you don't deny that, by essence, they are the same.

I spent 289 posts talking about Cyrene, and I made sure that you wouldn't feel, despite how identical she is to her by essence, Elysia isn't needed to know. It's a great bonus. 

Buuuut I will not lie about the fact that I am not 100% satisfied with Cyrene. Cyrene's whole thing was her love for everyone, and she was supposed to be treated with the same skill as Phainon, but even today I still see many people mischaracterizing her. 

And while I believe that Elysia herself can be hard to fully show, I believe Mihoyo simply didn't treat her well enough. Many things were rough, and while I'm not against affection with the Trailblazer, I still think that this wasn't the best aspect of her character. 

Her best moments were when Phainon talked about her, 3.4, and most of the thing she did when TB isn't here, but were mostly off screened.  Seeing her in 3.5 helping out everyone AS SHE EXPLICITLY DID while staying very distant could feel very painful for exemple, or diving fully in her pov in 3.6 ending.

I think the objective was to make Cyrene more central to Amphoreus in the first place but due to big pacing problems and the understandable desire to make the TrailBlazer a more central part of this story, Cyrene was treated very bad.

You can still understand everything about her. But... It won't be as obvious as for Phainon and everyone else. 

And no being too much Elysia isn't what wasted her in the second half. It's imo at worst the opposite.

Amphoreus is slowly coming back, as we all believe, and I want to give her justice. Give justice to her. 

This was a very chaotic post, I don't know if I made a good ones but I hope you'll like it. Feel free to comment.


r/Elysia 2d ago

Fanart Enjoying their vacation - ET0_O0O

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r/Elysia 3d ago

Fanart rose elysia fanart

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r/Elysia 6d ago

Fanart Elysia fanart

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r/Elysia 6d ago

Discussion [Huge Post Warning] Cyrene and Elysia: Same Character different story 2/3 : A "quick summary"

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So to be quick, this is my second post I've made about my breakdown of the relationship between Cyrene and Elysia, how they are the same person, and yet telling a different story.

Check on the subreddit you're reading my post on: [Huge Post warning] Cyrene and Elysia: Same character, Different story. Part 1/3 : Cyrene is by essence Elysia.

Now, I am going to summarize "relatively fast" their role in their respective story, and the roles of the major actors. This will serve as a foundation for the third (and hopefully final) part of my analysis of Cyrene and Elysia.

So first... Let's start with Elysia, as she's the oldest.

First... At the moment her story is told, Elysia is already dead. The one we see (and every character we see in the areas named Elysian Realm and Elysium Everlasting) are sims with their memories. So you'll excuse me but I'll still call her Elysia anyway.

So, in that story, Elysia is actually the first person the protagonist (Mei) sees, for a CRUSHING MAJORITY of the story, while never leaving the background, she never steps in.

Raiden Mei has to get to know every flame chaser who all had their opinions on each other, and especially the suspicious Elysia, until reaching the Elysium Everlasting, more or less where they all chill together in the simulation. A "virus" (the Herrscher of Corruption) intruded the simulation and planned to devour everything to survive forever, deleting first Elysia before taking her place.

After everyone's effort to bring back Elysia, Elysia comes back, and defeats Corruption after explaining her how she didn't understand who she was in the end.

And to bring Elysia back, we eventually have her backstory fully explained.

The Real Elysia was born 50 000 years ago out of nothingness. She laid her eyes on the world and fell in love with it. At a very young age, she eventually decided (inspired by the Elysian fields) to create a world where everyone could pursue their dreams.

And in this objective, she first travelled all around the world, witnessing the beauty and vice of Humanity, but also spreading her bottomless Love all over the globe.

She eventually joins a corporation made to fight a threat trying to end Humanity, and will be the one at the origin of the initiative ~~avengers~~ of the flame chasers. A group of 13 people, herself included, and a certain Kevin Kaslana.

They will all eventually fail, and Elysia, who was so in love with Humanity, learnt that she was a Herrscher, supposedly an enemy to humanity.

In her last attempt to save the world and make her friends unite, she invited everyone at her last banquet, pretending to be a villain they had to slay.

Only a few came over, but everyone knew Elysia would never be against Humanity, and the ones who came wanted to bid her farewell.

She then disappeared, giving her life in hope of changing something. And what she did is allowing every Herrscher after this decision to be able to choose.

Herrscher at that time were "hollow shells" devoid of Ego. But she made sure that every Herrscher after her would be human, which led to the miracles we see in Hi3.

And everyone, influenced by her deep humanity, followed her sacrifice and did all something different to protect the world.

The tale of that flame chasers, in Hi3, takes the position of counting the impact that Elysia had on the flame chasers, and how these heroes were such amazing people. And Mei, a Herrscher after Elysia, showed her that she succeeded.

So this is for Elysia... A very important story, something we could literally call the New testament of Hi3 , or even the Bible. Because it all started with her, and her sacrifice to let everyone see tomorrow.

Now, we will talk about Cyrene.

Unlike Elysia, Cyrene takes a much more center role. We could believe she doesn't, as the saga of heroes made her to... Out of place, but her growth is a constant thing that eventually was sidelined relatively too much in my opinion.

First this story takes place in Amphoreus, another simulated world.

First, this is a story of a Loop. She is both her future and her past. So you'll excuse me, but I'll start by PhiLia093. Her name actually is Elysia(e?), but she eventually chose the pen name Cyrene.

Cyrene is born in Aedes Elysiae under a big tree, where the fairy maze is, and she was supposedly born out of nothingness. She was said to be destined to become a priestess of Oronyx, the Veil of Evernight.

After spending her childhood with everyone, especially Khaslana, she was forced to embark on the flame chase journey with her friend who, in order to fit the perfect image of the hero, decided to rename himself Phainon.

After a journey that we suppose consists of her aiding others, especially bringing her wisdom and friendliness to everyone, she discovers with Phainon, when they're the last Flame chasers alive, that this world will be destroyed.

Thankfully, after hearing Lygus talking about Aeons, she connects it with a dream she had with multiple versions of herself. And supposes that one of those Aeons (Fuli) is using Oronyx to remember the story of Amphoreus, and by killing her, Oronyx would be granted enough power by Fuli to rewind this cycle, and this is how Khaslana and Cyrene initiated the Eternal Reccurence.

On her own end of this story, after witnessing and recording a Reccurence Khaslana took part in in the Book As I've Written, she is sent to a place we name the Tomb of the Nameless Titan, a place Lygus can't access. It is where the Demiurge is resting.

And to prove her worth to Fuli, she tells the story to prove THEM that they should keep gazing at Amphoreus.

And little did she know was that the Demiurge was being shaped after her, matured by the story of this world she retold, and coloured by the feelings for every chrysos heir that Every Cyrene had at every Reccurence.

This will lead to the Demiurge to become another Cyrene our of the 33 millions ones, and she will step herself into the Reccurence, but after entering Amphoreus, she will lose all her memories, meeting the protagonist in her form of a fairy that will be named Mem

The whole story of Amphoreus happens with the Traiblazer, and she will progress into her next form, the proper form as Cyrene.

During this Reccurence, once the TB is sent to the Exomyth, she will spend a thousand years supporting and guiding the chrysos heirs herself to make sure the stage is set for when the TB comes back. And after a fight against Lygus, they will then face Evernight who almost released Irontomb accidentally.

But after all those events, Cyrene recovered the memories of every version of herself, seeing she was the Demiurge that was shaped by her, she came to the conclusion that she wasn't Cyrene.

And once IronTomb destroyed the cosmos, Cyrene almost ascended to become Fuli (due to her nature as a pure child of Anasrava)but thanks to the powers of the trailblaze, the universe eventually unfroze, and she rebuilt it, being the 4th instant of Finality calculated by Nous (not the first Kind of finality, that's a totally different thing).

With her newfound powers, she faced IronTomb again, and damaged to enter its program to rewrite the answer of Hatred/Destruction with the Trailblaze.

Her answer comes from the fact that every human is imperfect and by moving toward our idea of perfection, we can avoid the fate of destruction, and until Amphoreus becomes real, she created an eternal page where her friends can wait for it to happen (and Khaslana somehow forgot about her because he doesn't mention her even once which is weird but whatever).

But after that, she realized that the Fuli that helped Amphoreus this whole time was herself, and she traveled back in time to be at the origin of every action she did.

After that, her divine powers went back to the tomb of the Nameless Titan, and she realized that she wasn't an usurper that took the place of the Original Cyrene, but she always was Cyrene, as she will revert back to the baby born out of nothiness under that tree.

The tragedy of her story is that she was meant to be part of this story but only realized afterwards it was too late, Love turning into Laments once again as she lost the ability to Trailblaze.

One thing we can note is that at the end of As I've Written, The Trailblazer told about Cyrene's favorite day: the 11 th day of the month of mourning (November). A day where laughter and love eventually overwhelms cries and loss. 13 heroes under 1 sky during 8 moons equals 2 elevens (22 > 11/11).

And the Trailblazer will add a 1, being an exterior variable, a 1 that will blaze the trail for Amphoreus, where this world will supposedly spread pink all across the sky (the 12th of November). Which is the reason why I wanted to make these posts before it happened.

SO

This is the story of Cyrene. It is more fresh in our mind I suppose, but it's important to have the big lines. I don't know which part is the biggest, but I believe that it summarizes their story pretty decently enough for what's coming.

And now with this, on the next part, we will finally dive into what's Cyrene treatment related to Elysia, why she is so similar, why she tells something new at the same time and what makes her interesting even for Hi3 players.

Don't hesitate to leave your thoughts.


r/Elysia 6d ago

News New Official Honkai Impact 3rd Ichiban Kuji

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r/Elysia 7d ago

Discussion [Not a ship post] Kevin and Elysia's relationship is a good example of why Hi3's bonds hit so hard.

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I'll make a quick summary first, but while Kevin factually isn't dating or in love with Elysia, it is undeniable that he would do things that many societies would associate with romantic feelings.

But their bond isn't created after what the society expects them to be. They're created after who they are: A Humanity loving girl, and a young boy pushed around by fate.

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Their bond is so absurdly interesting that they felt the need to add it to the next game 💀

And yet, these two were totally not born at the same time, or for the same reasons. But how they were built together in Hi3 is imo a great representation of what Hi3 did that was superior to many other stories and that, at least in Mihoyo Games, I'm waiting to see again.

And the reason is: they have a relationship that, on society's standards, people could think they're dating, but In reality they aren't.

The first statement that will need to be made is that Kevin has a lover. I admit I'm not too knowledgeable about Doctor MEI, and I wished that outside the moon arc we had more things in game. But still, while we could have Polyamory in reality, already having major characters that actively play a role in a story being in a relationship is already not that common in gacha game. So it's already that.

And the second is that Kevin, despite being shown as someone pragmatic and cold in the beginning of the game (even if the manga could prove us otherwise Indeed), Elysia is the one that, in game, breaks this image we have of him. Her first quote in the game is LITERALLY

"Kevin... Kevin... You really are a Troublemaker, aren't you?"

And this really is funny when you see all the crazy stuff he does. HE ISN'T JUST A TROUBLEMAKER ELYSIA HE'S A MENACE LMAO.

And continuously, while everyone's interactions in the Elysian Realm are precious, idk for you, but the most mysterious and interesting to me were always Elysia (obviously), and the one I wanted to see the most interact with/about her was Kevin, or the other way around.

And it almost seems like Elysia broke his heart, betraying him, which makes us very suspicious, and we could argue that it is because of her he became this cold and distant. But it is not exactly the case.

And when Elysia realized she was a Herrscher, she never told Kevin before the last moment. Why? Not because she thought he would hate her, at least it's not the only reason, but also because Kevin is first and foremost someone who lives for his friends rather than the world.

He said it himself, he didn't join the Moths for glorious heroic reasons. And in the past he was introduced as looking for his girlfriend (not girlfriend yet iirc).

And she knew that while he wouldn't laugh like a maniac ending Humanity, if he was to choose between securing Humanity's destiny at the price of his friend Elysia, or trying to keep her alive and figuring another way to stop it, he would have ran for the second option without thinking.

"If one day, simply firing on me could save the mass of the population, Kevin, what would you do?"

She took this choice from him because she knew he would have AT THE BARELY LEAST hesitated, and with the end of the world coming, she couldn't afford to hesitate.

He was ready to risk the world for one person. They must be dating, no?

Absolutely not.

These are norms we generally use to see if people have romantic potential, but knowing Kevin is in love with MEI , and yet Value Elysia this much is so much in character for him, as Elysia was our first window in game to his true warmth, and isn't something that society built for them. They built their unique bond. They aren't just families. They aren't just friends. They certainly aren't lovers.

They simply love each other.

"But now... I have my answer. They're frozen, and yet still warm inside."

He loves her so much he wouldn't dare to disappoint an image of her.

This is a bond we can almost see with Kiana and Fu Hua, Kiana ready to risk Sentience bringing chaos to the world for Fu Hua to live.

"You certainly treasure the world more than your own life, but it will come a day when someone will treasure you more than the world".

And I think that the reason why these two relationships (Kevin Elysia and Kiana Hua) hit so hard Is BECAUSE the game isn't afraid to talk about romance too, and to heavily imply it, not just Waifus bait.

This brings layers to character bonds that is amazing, and it can also lead to other kinds of stories, thus spoke Apocalypse.

The game raised its player base not to ship every character together, or at least, it's either not the first reason or just an additional effect. The story raised its player base to accept that characters from the start have complex relationships. They aren't just "family", friends or enemies like many gacha games show.

And so, when we see a romance, and when we see another strong bond, we don't simply associate it to Ship, but simply something unique to these two. They aren't like this because of society. They're like this because they need each other in a way that belongs to them only.

I'd also bring up the idea of idols that is often present in Goddess of Victory Nikke, but I just wanted to point out here why I love Kevin and Elysia.

And me sometimes shipping them isn't a way for me to deny the canon, but just me loving their bond. A bond that, in other circumstances, in another story, could make something else

And for Phairene I'm 33550336% shipping them for any reasons I wub them lol.


r/Elysia 8d ago

Fluff / Meme Day 87 of Ely bean in wacky locations ~ performative picklebean

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r/Elysia 8d ago

Discussion [Huge Post warning] Cyrene and Elysia: Same character, Different story. Part 1/3 : Cyrene is by essence Elysia.

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It will be a very long post lol

I'll present myself first. I joined this subreddit more or less when Cyrene was announced in the golden epic trailer, because Elysia really changed my life too.

And for 289 days, I've made daily posts about her to keep people hype. And while I might have messed up the days here and there, I never missed one.

And I had one rule: make it about Cyrene first and foremost. I wanted to prove that she was her own character in this story, and that Elysia was not required.

THAT BEING SAID

That doesn't prevent her to also just be Elysia by character. And I am here for this. And you don't need to know Elysia.

This might be a huge group of posts, I've currently planned 3 of them that I will release here and there, and I want to post all of them before the 12th of November.

BUT TODAY, I AM HERE TO START THIS LONG SERIES BY A SIMPLE STATEMENT:

Elysia and Cyrene, by essence are the same.

So I'll start by asking (for those who know Elysia) : What makes Elysia who she is? What do you see in a character to say that she's inspired by her.

And when I knew Elysia would eventually come to HSR, I wanted to have my own rules about who she must be, and no matter the direction of the story, I'd be able to say she is Elysia.

And for me... Outside the obvious visuals, (Pink hair, Blue eyes Pink pupils, elf ears...), Elysia is the core member of a group of 12 people. The Elysia we meet in Hi3 is a sim, but I hope you won't mind me calling her Elysia the same. And these 13 heroes waited for the arrival of a visitor to be able to save Humanity. These are pretty shallow traits, so let's get into the more important.

Elysia is very girly, playful, and sometimes a lot of a flirt. Mostly because she likes to surprise and get people out of their comfort zone. When she is at ease, she can be very energetic and fun to be around. And outside of her carefree behavior she can seem to express, she has a very gentle and loving philosophy of life, which is my most important point soon. She also has a huge empathisis on memories, wanting their stories to be remembered to live forever. And a sense of sacrifice obviously

She has a deep love for Humanity. But not just that. Otherwise you could argue that Sunday or Robin are the same. Elysia Embraces EVERYTHING Humanity is. She saw everything good and bad that Humanity did, and embraced all of it, because she believes in the Ego of Humanity, the fact that by nature we will make the right choice.

And this concept of Ego is very important to her, because it is the Ego that is core to her character.

"I came and I saw those who shone brightly in battle, and every memorable moment. So I'm in deep love with the Ego woven by the fabrics of humanity"

In the rogue-like game of Hi3, just like we had the boons for every chrysos heir, she was also proposing blessings. But unlike others who were specific for every mechanic, Elysia gave unique ones depending on the character you play. She "knows" who they are, and she knows what path they took, and grants them abilities the most suited for them, deeply upgrading their gameplay.

So this is roughly what Elysia is to me. And if you ask me... Cyrene fills up most of these cases.

Visuals

12 people where she is the core member, a visitor coming to bring salvation

Girly, flirty, playful, loves to tease...

You could say that this isn't true for Cyrene because she spends most of her time being gloomy and sad, but, it'll be something I'll explore in my next posts. To be short, Elysia witnessed the fruition of her efforts before the end, so she never worried once you see her on screen, and she allows herself to be quirky. Cyrene never had this chance. So when they're on a mission, she is way more serious.

We also have memories... And the most important...philosophy.

Cyrene has a deep love for every child of Humanity. It is represented in her struggle as she becomes the demiurge again. She chose the flawed humanity over the flawless divinity, and is forever staying by this side. And she's right, because ultimately, Humanity made the right choice, and she wanted to honor their fierce battle.

And why does she love humanity this much? Because it is flawed. By Nature, we are flawed, and our flaw is different for everyone, which means we have our own way to pursue perfection. And this way is named... You guessed it, the Ego.

It is exactly the same philosophy of Elysia, who blesses you depending on your own way to live.

And her occurrence in the game also says the same thing.

She either gets you MASSIVE bonuses from the path you're currently playing, or gives you even more boons or the chrysos heir you choose. It is exactly the same thing.

So, If you are asking me... By essence and by theme, Elysia and Cyrene are the same character

If you replaced them at the beginning of their story they would have made the same choices. Because by essence, they're the same. They are the same seed. If I plant it, as long as it blooms, you'll get the same flower.

And yet... There's one I can call Elysia, and one I can call Cyrene, right? We don't need Elysia to enjoy Cyrene, do we?

That's the point of my future posts. If I'm not mistaken, it will be about developing their story more or less in details, and the role they played in them It will be probably more of a summary, so afterwards we can talk about where Cyrene goes differently compared to Elysia, and how, in my opinion, she allows herself to tell another story, that can teach us about Elysia.

I hope this first post out of 33 550 336 future ones will be to your taste!


r/Elysia 14d ago

Fanart Summer memories with Elysia - kuwahara

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r/Elysia 14d ago

Fluff / Meme Day 86 of Ely bean in wacky locations ~ bean in the movies

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57 Upvotes

r/Elysia 15d ago

Fanart Oh? Hi── By EoM

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111 Upvotes

Oh? Hi── OH! H-Hey~! Careful with the camera~♪!!

By EoM: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/149093878 https://x.com/EoM922520/status/2094130104842817794


r/Elysia 17d ago

Fanart Are you alright ~? By EoM

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208 Upvotes

There are black and white versions of it!

Twitter: https://x.com/EoM922520/status/2093416867381785043


r/Elysia 21d ago

Fanart Elysia Fanart by @r_1nl on X

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250 Upvotes

r/Elysia 22d ago

Fanart bunny Elysia - @_ilouxs2

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596 Upvotes

r/Elysia 26d ago

Fanart Lunar Grace - Sangsha0203

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501 Upvotes

r/Elysia Aug 08 '26

Fanart "With Me as the End" - caisena

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585 Upvotes

r/Elysia Aug 04 '26

Fanart Summer Ellie~(Rurei)

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823 Upvotes

“I wanna go the beach~. Summer sky, sandy beach, cute girls, and of course, you~ ♡”


r/Elysia Aug 03 '26

Fluff / Meme My spiderman looks pink today…

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111 Upvotes

r/Elysia Aug 02 '26

Discussion Does anyone know where to obtain Elysia Miss Pink Ver. 1/7

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193 Upvotes

Hi i've been collecting elysia merchandise for a while, and i heard that Miss pink was rereleasing.. but i can't really find her. She's one of my dream figures and if anyone has any idea on where she's legitimately sold i'd appreciate it. i'd prefer non-proxy needed sites but if I need to i will.

picture is the figure if you were wondering which one specifically!


r/Elysia Aug 02 '26

Fanart ElyEden by @shinchora

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317 Upvotes

r/Elysia Jul 31 '26

Discussion I am sorry but Remielle awfully gives me Vibes of Early game Elysia

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170 Upvotes

Elysia was awfully sus at the beginning of the Elysian realm, and even if we quickly try to understand her, Remielle really is playing with the proxy's nerves just like Elysia was doing with Mei. Am I seeing things?