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Lily, Risa, Camellia and Luna.

These were the first 4, but certainly not the last.

Lily is a Tank
Risa and Camellia are DPS
Luna is a Support Mage

Allow me to tell you guys the stories of how these characters got into the game.

Lily was actually an accident. I ask my friend, FanStalin, while i was creating the first build of Ephilar for a picture of his OC, Lily. I was originally going to use this picture as an easter egg of sorts and then finish the final character for the first build (Which was going to be Alacard originally).
But he misunderstood and thought i wanted her to make a character out of her. This idea sounded much better than the original plan, so i went with it and had him design a kit for her. Later he made custom art just for the Ephilar version of Lily. And this leads us into our next character.

Risa was a byproduct of the accident that was Lily. Another friend of mine, Pai, had seen that Lily was a part of Ephilar. She came to me and asked if her persona, Risa could get into the game as well. I was hesitant at first, because i knew from the start that Risa would be an assassin and didn’t quite want another one yet. In the end i accepted, as long as she created the character art and skillset. The only thing that she had given me that didn’t work was the Passive, which turned into what we had before 0.8.0. Risa was first shown off in the Development Stream for Ruins of Vynfall, along with Eliana and Phoenix.

Camellia was designed by Xelynaria about a month and a half ago. At least her kit was. FanStalin did character art for her about a month later, and i finally finished work on her for 0.8.0.
Unlike the previous two, Camellia’s story is simple.
We already had Phoenix and Lily, so why not add the 3rd member of PlanepForce, Camellia? I swiftly accepted as i loved the idea, and Camellia was the first character that i did an in-dev video on. I plan to do more in-dev videos in the future (with better editing, actual microphone usage and more brief).

Luna is even simpler. She was Maik’s creation for the Character Creation Contest i held a while ago (And he won by default because he was the only entry xd, although he might have won anyway as the Lunar Phases mechanic was amazing). She currently stands as the most complex character in game, although she wasn’t the longest in development by a long shot.

So, with that out of the way…
What’s next?

Well, i quite liked Maik’s creation, and i’m certainly open to do more like it. Especially since i’ve seen quite a few people interested in Ephilar recently.
So, i’m happy to announce that…
ANYONE, no matter what, can request characters to be added in game!
Artists can create their own character art if so desired, but it’s not required.
Just Tweet at me or say something in my Discord server, and we can discuss in DMs from there.

I hope to see your requests, and with that, this post is finally over.
I’ll see you legends out in Ephilon.