Characters of the Wild Family

There's a rumor going around lately--

Not one of those tall tales that old wives tell, or some passing gossip from the village. This is about a weird group of travelers. I guess they're not as strange as those folks who came here all in Innsmouth masks or those Enigma Group guys, but I dunno. There's just something about them...

 

Once a month, a caravan will roll into a town. Ten people will come out from it, 

and each of them will request a certain plant which looks like them. 

Once they've gotten all the items, they'll leave, just like that.

 

They don't have real names. They just call each other by the plant they look like. 

What do they want? Where did they come from? It's all a mystery.

I guess that's why it's so interesting.

 

Za Warudo has a bunch of awesome stuff, so I wanted to reinterpret my old characters from idECO. While the "Wild" tag started off as a whim, after so many of my characters took on that name I felt that some sort of story should connect them. You might have seen my one-shot fanfics on WildPotato and WildCotton on Gate00; these were my attempts at writing out the story I thought up. Since I don't actually know much about ECO (seeing as how every active server uses a language I don't know), the stories turned out strange and didn't capture the feeling of ECO. Thus, I think it's better to consider the Wild family as OCs which are not strictly related to ECO. 

 

On this blog post I'll post the screenshots of each character and provide a small bio as well. If you're interested enough to read them, I hope you enjoy! If not, then please appreciate ECO's wonderful IMs, which have powered this post.

 

Name: Wild Potato

Birth Name: Ans

Birthplace: East Acronia (Emil)

Job: Trader

Ans is a quiet and peaceful girl from the Far East of Acronia. In her childhood she was stricken by a disease which led to her complete blindness. The other villagers ostracized her for fear of the disease being contagious. When the Wild caravan stopped by the village, the villagers pleaded with them to take Ans away. The girl joined the Wild family as Wild Potato, so named because the town she came from specialized in growing the tuber. Though blind and dreadfully shy, Potato proved to have an excellent sense for money, bringing her on the path of the Merchant. She later hired Mercenaries to protect her and help her along on her travels.

 

Name: Wild Cotton

Birth Name: Title

Birthplace: Al Ciel

Job: Soultaker

Titanians are born with pure hearts, yet some stray into darkness. Title was one of them. She grew up in a neglected household with only a stuffed doll as her friend. That doll was no ordinary one, however. The little dumpty doll was a Broken Stuffed Doll - the same kind as the boss of Glacial Tunnel. While originally it fed off of her vitality, after she nearly died in an accident it took pity on her and brought her to the Emil World. The darkness in the innocent Title's heart manifested after her near-death experience. letting her proceed on the path of the Warlock. Once she parted ways with the Stuffed Doll, she came across the Wild caravan and joined them in her quest to grow stronger. She chose the name Wild Cotton to pay homage to her friend, who was stuffed with cotton.

 

Name: Wild Cherry

Birth Name: Sieglinde

Birthplace: Dream

Job: Druid

A deceptive existence. Sieglinde is a male Dominion with a pure heart. He is endlessly kind and forgiving, and suffers at the sight of bloodshed. He seems to have no memory of his past, and only knows how to bestow the healing power of life upon others. His name, Cherry, was chosen because of his hair color.

Name: Rotten Cherry

Birth Name: Siegfried

Birthplace: Abandoned Settlement (Dominion)

Job: Dark Stalker

The true "Cherry". Siegfried's home was destroyed during the war. Having lost everything, he prayed and prayed for a miracle. Severely wounded, he lay on the ground, bleeding, and wished for something to save his family, to heal the dying, to grant him the strength to protect his homeland from the invaders. His prayers were answered - but not in the way he had expected. His thoughts and blood had resonated with a nearby crystal of life and birthed his "other half", Sieglinde. In reality, what had happened was his soul had been split in two by the trauma of dying. His wishes formed the pure-hearted Sieglinde, while his fears remained in his own body. Though the two cherries are tied by the stem, this one had begun to rot away from its own darkness.

(A/N: This was one of my more theoretical character backstories. It takes a lot of concepts from the game and running with it [for example, the idea that crystals do more than make equipment slightly more powerful].

But well, if the entire ECO Saga story was caused by you-know-what, then I figure this isn't too far-fetched, either.)

Name: Wild Basil

Birth Name: Geneva

Birthplace: Dominion World

Job: Stryder

WHOOPIE! This cheerful Dominion Girl dropped from the sky as a child. She was picked up by the original Father Wild, who raised her as his own. She's the most experienced of the Wild Caravan now that her father has gone missing to who-knows-where. Apparently she was named "Basil" because Father had been looking for some herbs when he found her. Though seen as happy-go-lucky, she's a reliable "older sister" who never forgives anyone or anything for hurting her family.

Name: Wild Bluebell

Birth Name: Titelli 

Birthplace: Al Ciel

Job: Astralist

An adorable little girl who came to the Emil World with her twin brother. They ran away together to explore the world, but got lost until they found the Wild Caravan. Titelli insisted on joining, forcing her level-headed brother to concede. Though not as smart as her genius brother, Titelli is a prodigy at magic. She felt stifled by the Titania World's teachings and fled to the Emil World with the hope of learning magic with more freedom. With the support of the Wild family she flourished, becoming one of the youngest Astralists. 

Name: Wild Blueberry

Birth Name: Titon

Birthplace: Al Ciel

Job: Sage

A Titanian of genius-level intelligence, he often suffers because of his sister's whimsical behavior. Even so, he dotes on  her like a true Titanian brother. He prefers theory to practice, so his magical power and technique isn't nearly as good as what he can imagine. He is able to make powerful scrolls, however. 

Name: Wild Carrot

Birth Name: Liese

Birthplace: Acropolis

Job: Farmer

This Emil girl looks exactly like a carrot, hence she was named after it. Liese had always wanted to go to Fareast and live as a farmer, but her strict parents insisted that she pursue a more prestigious job. She ran away with the Wild Caravan to Fareast, but grew disenchanted with the wild boars and decided to join the other Wilds instead.

Name: Wild Rose

Birth Name: Aurora

Birthplace: Al Ciel

Job: Guardian

Aurora is a noblewoman from Titania World. She is an unparalleled beauty with eyes glittering like the Milky Way in the open night sky. Her first love is a supporter of inter-race cooperation, so to help fulfill his dreams Aurora descended to the Emil World as an unofficial representative of the Titanians. She ended up joining the Wild Caravan after defending the group from monsters and after noticing how several races worked together in the family.

Name: Wild Corn

Birth Name: Christopher

Birthplace: Iron South

Job: Gladiator

After a mysterious incident in Iron South where monsters raided the city, Christopher began traveling in an effort to train his sword skills. He ended up wandering to Northern Promenade, where he trained while fighting in the freezing weather. He fell in love at first sight with Wild Rose, and pledged to defend her along her travels. Unfortunately for him, Rose was much stronger than he was. He thus trained diligently until he finally became a Gladiator strong enough to surpass the Guardian's.

Name: Undertaker

Birth Name: ???

Birthplace: Morg City

Job: Eraser

The Undertaker is an enigmatic character about whom not much is known. At some points the Undertaker is the enemy, while at others, an ally. The Undertaker is responsible for taking Cotton's right eye, but also helped Basil survive an attack. In actuality, the Undertaker is an assassin-for-hire who was helped out by Basil early in her life. As a poor girl from Morg, she became involved in the shady side of the city and ended up training as a Scout. A short while after starting her work as an assassin, she had accidentally attacked Cotton, who resembled her target. For now, she watches over the Wild Caravan in secret whenever she runs into them, finding solace in the group's vivacity.

Name: Wild Plum

Birth Name: Mimori (美森)

Birthplace: Far East (Dominion)

Job: Miner

Elegant and softspoken, Mimori excels at working in high temperatures with burning metals. She comes from a land far to the East in the Dominion world, but fled to the Emil World after the attacks began. Having lived in Morg for several months, Mimori  started desiring to learn more about the Emil World. When the Wild Caravan arrived, she took the chance to travel and joined the group as their miner.

Those are all of my Wild children so far. I might think up of more tomorrow or in the future (at least one DEM would be good hahaha) orz. Thanks for reading!