Elena Snark
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"Elias, put down the frying pan before you kill us all."
Statistics[edit]
Real Name: Elena Snark
Aliases: Wisp, Construct 17
Age: 22 (kinda)
Race: Modified Human
Power Level: Uncertain. Possibly over 9000, which is a completely ludicrous number.
Position: Maid, Conscience, Swiss Army Knife
Eyes: Light Blue
Hair: Blonde
Appearance[edit]
Because her body is a construct, she has not really aged since the events that made it so. As such, she appears as a teenage girl version of Elias in a maid outfit due to being his twin.
Background[edit]
Born to Sonia the Dragonslayer and Luthor Snark along with her twin brother Elias on the plane of Everchill, her childhood was comparatively normal considering the only parent present was the mad scientist. Being an immigrant and because of her family situation, she was often bullied. Elias took it on himself to protect her from this, resulting in her assuming the role of caretaker, as Elias was hopeless at actually taking care of himself.
After being poisoned on Empress Niko's orders to get her father to work on Project W.I.S.P., she became a subject of it and was modified into the being known appropriately enough as Wisp. Elias took her with him when he fled Everchill, hoping to find a way to restore her soul. Without a soul, she was effectively an emotionless automaton. It was not until the mysterious Vicar found and restored her soul (unknown to most of TIME) that she became herself again.
Personality[edit]
Elena is the moral backbone of the Snark family. Her responsible streak led to her to take on the role of caretaker for not just her brother but their father as well, trying to fill in for their absent mother. Most often this took the form of things like making sure they didn't eat week old leftovers or wear clothes that hadn't been washed in three months. She is very good at most household activities (cooking, cleaning, etc.) after years of practice, and is probably the sole reason the male members of the Snark household aren't dead of food poisoning or suffocation by their own filth.
Notably, she is preposterously bad at knitting but believes she's really good at it. Clothing she makes may actually qualify as a torture device in most cultures. Elias wears what she makes for him without a fuss. Recent events binding her to a terrorbeast may have upped this to an entirely new level.
Since her transformation into Wisp and the restoration of her soul, Elena has slid back into "Wisp mode" on several occasions, normally when involving significant danger to herself or those around her. It has so far been brief, with Wisp appearing long enough to counter or avoid whatever life threatening situation arises before Elena regains herself. Though initially some incompatibility between the two sides of herself caused memory loss, the events while on Thelmessia resulted in a reconfiguration of the interface with some help from Melog. Since then Wisp has not resurfaced, possibly because Wisp no longer has to force control to follow her directives.
Though it takes some effort to bring it out, Elena looks to have inherited Sonia's temper as well as her skills. It's easier to see how she and Elias are related in these moments, but also completely terrifying. For reference, see Yangire, Berserk Button, Beware The Nice Ones, and possibly even Unstoppable Rage 0_0
Powers[edit]
Natural: A combination of impeccable aim with anything from throwing knives to claymores to battleaxes and burgeoning skill with close combat, she is very much turning into a force to be reckoned with. Her natural skill has been honed further under Melog's "tutelage".
She also seems to have a silver tongue in certain matters. Shop owners rarely know what hit them, and more than once she's managed to drag others into doing what she wants them to *cough*Mihail*cough*.
Given her parentage, it is entirely possible her recent signs of unusual strength are entirely natural in origin. Given she was able to easily wield weaponry nearly her size and scale the side of a building carrying two of the heavier team members through pure rage even before the introduction of her terrorbeast core, she may be more her mother's daughter than anyone guessed.
Wisp Added: Most of these Elena has either not mastered or has no idea she even possesses them. The notable exceptions are healing and weapon summons at this time.
As revealed on Yuutsume's world, Project W.I.S.P. was actually intended to house a manifested terrorbeast in such a way that the shell (Wisp) would remain intact rather than shatter or be driven completely mad. What, exactly, the purpose of this power source is is unclear, but Vicar has referred to her as Slayer. In addition to her ability to summon various weapons/cooking utensils and her quick healing, she also possesses some form of energy shield and her mother's signature attack: A Hundred Thousand Blades to Break. An attack so stupidly overpowered that Sonia decided it was a great way to one-shot dragons.
It seems her mimicry was actually a rapid analysis of various narrative affecting powers by Wisp, recorded for later use and possible neutralization. So far she has shown powers used by Vera Craft, a multitude of parody Magical Girls, flight, and blood magic via Demer. She has also been introduced to several dozen completely useless powers by Winters.
What the introduction of the new core means for her is not yet certain. Her abilities are apparently unstable, anything from her knife throwing to her knitting suddenly showing erratic behavior. One can only imagine what it will do to her mood swings.
Motivations[edit]
Recent revelations about what Wisp is have her more concerned than she lets on. It's not every day you find out you're the only thing standing between a creature that can unmake reality and the oblivion of most everything you know and love.
The last thing she wants to do is unintentionally hurt anyone, so her primary goal is to bring her currently misbehaving skill set under control.
