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==Additional Information==
==Additional Information==
*In [[Hidden Star in Four Seasons/Story/Cirno's Extra|Cirno's Extra stage scenario]], [[Okina Matara]] notes that [[Cirno]] managed to unknowingly gather energy from the border between seasons after travelling through the season door on Eternity's back. Since Cirno was too simple to have figured this tactic out on her own, this led Okina to believe that Eternity was actually more than just a fairy, speculating that she may actually be a [https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/60.3.182 Tokoyo] god, and one of her enemies. It is unknown how much truth Okina's suspicions hold, but she goes on to state that it seems like more than just a coincidence.
*In [[Hidden Star in Four Seasons/Story/Cirno's Extra|Cirno's Extra stage scenario]], [[Okina Matara]] notes that [[Cirno]] managed to unknowingly gather energy from the border between seasons after travelling through the season door on Eternity's back. Since Cirno was too simple to have figured this tactic out on her own, this led Okina to believe that Eternity was actually more than just a fairy, speculating that she may actually be a [https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/60.3.182 Tokoyo] god, and one of her enemies. It is unknown how much truth Okina's suspicions hold, but she goes on to state that it seems like more than just a coincidence. Okina and Tokoy's enmity towards each other may be based off of how Hata no Kawakatsu (of whom the god Matara-Jin is worshiped as a manifestation of) once found and destroyed a cult that worshiped a swallowtail caterpillar as "Tokoyo Kami", about 20 years after [[Miko|Prince Shoutoko's]] death.  
*Eternity Larva appears on the demo CD cover of ''[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons]]''.
*Eternity Larva appears on the demo CD cover of ''[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons]]''.



Revision as of 15:12, 17 August 2017

エタニティラルバ ()
Eternity Larva
Eternity Larva
Eternity Larva in Hidden Star in Four Seasons
The Butterfly Fairy who Approaches God
More Character Titles
Species

Fairy

Abilities

Scattering scales

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games

Eternity Larva (エタニティラルバ Etanitiraruba) is a fairy embodying the growth, rebirth, and metamorphosis of insects.

General Information

Eternity appeared as the Stage 1 midboss and Boss in Hidden Star in Four Seasons.

Abilities

Scattering scales

Her ability refers to the feature of most Lepidoptera of having scales covering their bodies and wings. The wings, head, and parts of the thorax and abdomen of butterflies and moths are covered with minute scales which give them an extraordinary variety of colors and patterns. Most scales are lamellar, or blade-like.

Eternity uses her scales as projectiles in danmaku patterns.

Background Information

Name

Her full name is Eternity Larva (エタニティラルバ). 'Eternity' may signify her theme of metamorphosis and rebirth, while 'Larva' is the juvenile life stage of holometaboulous insects like moths and butterflies. In the HSiFS demo, her name was given as both Etarnity Larva in-game and Etanity Larva in the omake; both being more direct transliterations of エタニティ (eternity). These were corrected in the full version.

Design

Eternity has peach-colored eyes and short light blue hair. She is modeled after an Asian swallowtail, having a pair of very large black and yellow wings, spotted with bits of blue and purple and a large two-pronged yellow osmeterium on her head which is a defensive organ found on all Swallowtail butterfly larvae. She wears a black shirt with black and yellow swallowtail-inspired sleeves and collar, a line of blue spots down the left side, and a large green leaf that encompasses her torso, resembling a pupa. She wears a light green skirt showing two thin irregular black rings and one ring of white spots of various alternating sizes at the edge. Eternity wears a crown of leaves atop her head. She does not wear any footwear.

Story

Hidden Star in Four Seasons

Relationships

Spell Cards

Spell Cards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 8
蝶符「ミニットスケールス」 Butterfly Sign "Minute Scales" HSiFS St. 1: E/N
蝶符「アゲハの鱗粉」 Butterfly Sign "Swallowtail's Scales" HSiFS St. 1: H/L
蝶符「フラッタリングサマー」 Butterfly Sign "Fluttering Summer" HSiFS St. 1: E/N
蝶符「真夏の羽ばたき」 Butterfly Sign "Midsummer Wingbeats" HSiFS
GoU
St. 1: H/L
蝶符「バタフライドリーム」 Butterfly Sign "Butterfly Dream" VD Tuesday - 2
蝶符「纏わり付く鱗粉」 Butterfly Sign "Surrounding Scales" VD Tuesday - 3
夢蝶「クレージーバタフライ」 Dream Butterfly "Crazy Butterfly" VD Wrong Sunday - 4
蝶符「デッドリーバタフライ」 Butterfly Sign "Deadly Butterfly" 100BM 1st Market

Additional Information

  • In Cirno's Extra stage scenario, Okina Matara notes that Cirno managed to unknowingly gather energy from the border between seasons after travelling through the season door on Eternity's back. Since Cirno was too simple to have figured this tactic out on her own, this led Okina to believe that Eternity was actually more than just a fairy, speculating that she may actually be a Tokoyo god, and one of her enemies. It is unknown how much truth Okina's suspicions hold, but she goes on to state that it seems like more than just a coincidence. Okina and Tokoy's enmity towards each other may be based off of how Hata no Kawakatsu (of whom the god Matara-Jin is worshiped as a manifestation of) once found and destroyed a cult that worshiped a swallowtail caterpillar as "Tokoyo Kami", about 20 years after Prince Shoutoko's death.
  • Eternity Larva appears on the demo CD cover of Hidden Star in Four Seasons.

Fandom

Official Profiles

Hidden Star in Four Seasons trial - omake.txt
Eternity Larva  ○1面ボス  神に近づく蝶の妖精

  エタニティラルバ
  Etanity Larva

  種族:妖精
  能力:鱗粉をまき散らす程度の能力

  アゲハ蝶の妖精。
  といっても成虫だけでは無く、幼虫やサナギも含めての言わば
  昆虫の成長と再生と変態の妖精である。

  チルノと同じく、何らかの力でいつもより力を持っている。言わば暴走状態である。
  妖精はそもそも異変時には暴走するものである。
  普段の性格は極めて温厚で、何処かで戦闘があってもパワーアップアイテムを数個
  持参して遊びに行く程度である。

  危険を察知すると、触角から弾幕と臭い匂いを出すらしい。

Stage 1 Boss: The Butterfly Fairy who Approaches God

Etanity Larva

Species: Fairy
Ability: Capable of scattering scales

A swallowtail butterfly fairy.
But with that said, she doesn't just embody grown butterflies, but also caterpillars and chrysalids;
she can be said to be a fairy embodying insect growth, rebirth, and metamorphosis.

Like Cirno, she's stronger than usual due to some strange force. She's in berserk mode, basically.
Fairies typically go berserk during most incidents anyway.

Her regular personality is extremely gentle-- no matter where a fight breaks out, she'll head over
to play with a few power items in hand.

Apparently when she senses danger, she spews danmaku and a foul stench from her antennae.

Official Sources

Official sources

References