Elysia Takashiro

Elysia Takashiro (鷹白・エリシア) is a young human woman from Morrikyu. She is quite an important character, playing quite a big part in the main story and backstory of Tales of Embie, the story that follows her husband, Hanako Takashiro, as well as being a minor character in Fairy Collection Service, the story that follows her child, Ember Takashiro.

Appearance
Elysia is a young, fair-skinned woman with wavy black hair that reaches down to her hips, and one shorter strand that curves in front of her face. She tall for her age, and quite slim. She also has bright green eyes that she likes to complement by adding bits of green to her otherwise boring brown and white outfits. Elysia also wears a small metal ring around her neck on a necklace, something that she inherited from her parents and grandfather.

Personality
Elysia can appear very stern, skeptical and protective on the outside, but is very emotionally weak and fragile on the inside due to her rough upbringing. She always thinks things through properly, even though her mind always rushes to the worst-case scenario. Elysia is an introvert, and prefers alone time or time with only her close family.

Elysia's favourite hobby is sewing, and she constantly sews and embroiders her and her family's clothes, even though she only picked up the hobby a few years ago. She also likes documenting and drawing different types of palnts and herbs, and she often shows these drawing to Ember. When she was younger, Elysia used to enjoy metal-working, something that she picked up from her dad, but doesn't enjoy it as much as she used to now that she lives with Hanako.

Early Life
Elysia grew up in a house in the outskirts of Morrikyu with her mum and dad, Ariya-Ru Tenshiro and Otomo Tenshiro. They were pushed out of the main village due to fear and distrust when the other inhabitants discovered their relation to Nyx Yamiko. As a result, Elysia didn't have any close friends as a child except her pet rabbit, Basil. Elysia's dad was abusive towards her mum, blindfolding her, breaking her legs and scraping away at the skin of her back to make sure that she wasn't a fairy due to her being the daughter of Nyx Yamiko, even though that's not how fairy genetics work. And even though Otomo didn't do anything to her, Elysia still lived in fear of Otomo, and spent most of her time outside to avoid him.

Relationships
Hanako Takashiro - Hanako is the person Elysia is closest to. They have been married since they were 16, and are almost inseparable. They tell each other everything and would die for each other without hesatation. Hanako is always ready to support Elysia with her trauma, and always knows how to make her feel better.

Ember Takashiro - Ember is Elysia's only child. They are incredibly close, with Elysia being the best parent a child could ask for.

Ariya-Ru Tenshiro - Elysia was never close to her mum, Ariya-Ru, due to Otomo not letting them be able to talk. Elysia wishes she was able to get to know her mum before she died.

Otomo Tenshiro - Elysia was terrified that Otomo was going to hurt her like he did to Ariya-Ru. She avoided him at every oppotunity, and spent most of her time outside in order to not see him. Elysia was estatic when Otomo died.

Musume Mizudori - Musume was like the mum Elysia never had. Even though they only knew each other for a short while, they were very close. Musume taught Elysia many things such as how to survive on her own in the forest. they shared a love of plants and the fact that they were both alienated from the rest of the people they used to live close to, Elysia and her parents from the rest of Morrikyu, and Musume from the rest of the mermaids. Elysia was heartbroken when Musume tragically died.

Entymology
Elysia comes from Elysium, the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology, which means blissful

Takashiro (鷹白) Taka (鷹) means falcon and Shiro (白) means white

Fun Facts

 * Elysia made her rabbit mask when she was 14, as a memorial for her dead bunny, Basil
 * Elysia is a very picky eater and will only eat certain foods unless it's prepared by Hanako.
 * Her favourite food is chunky beef stew
 * Elysia is an Aquarius
 * Elysia was one of the first Tales of Embynn characters created, along with Hanako, Ember, and Akane