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Eternity Larva
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Eternity Larva in Hidden Star in Four Seasons The Butterfly Fairy who Approaches GodMore Character Titles | |
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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
Eternity and Cirno are implied to have known each other before the events of Hidden Star in Four Seasons. Eternity notices Cirno's tan before they fight to see who the summer belongs to. Cirno also debriefs with Eternity in her ending, specifically ending 3, and then enters through Eternity's back door to seek revenge in the extra stage.
In Cirno's extra stage Okina suggests Eternity is in fact a Tokoyo God and one of her enemies. Eternity would have a grudge against Okina and want to help Cirno since the Hata clan which worships Matara-jin through Hata no Kawakatsu eradicted the cult which worshipped her.
Spell Cards
Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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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 no 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
Official Sources
- 2017/05/07 Hidden Star in Four Seasons trial - omake.txt (trial profile, stage 1 dialogue)
References
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