Ophelia
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Description
Ophelia is the Rusalka who originally came up with the plan to create a clone of Trace in order to combat Athetos. She has a benevolent demeanor, apologizing to Trace when Elsenova, in her anger, used the nanogates to kill Trace for not agreeing to kill Athetos. When Trace nearly succumbs to Athetos' pathogen, Ophelia is somehow able to cure Trace.
Although Ophelia, being a Rusalka, is considered a war machine, she seems to be more akin to a combat medic than a soldier. She is most likely the outsider being discussed in The Outsider (Note) and Reply: The Outsider (Note). This is further supported by the fact that Ophelia is the only Rusalka with a non-Slavic name (the name Ophelia originates from Shakespeare's Hamlet[1]), as well as the only Rusalka depicted facing fully front, as opposed to in profile.
Traits
- Unlike Elsenova, Ophelia can speak in plain, unbroken English. This seems to indicate that the Rusalki were given different personality types based on some outside factor (perhaps each akin to one of their creators).
- At the start of the game, Ophelia is inert and inactive due to lack of repairs. However, Trace is able to awaken her at Elsenova's suggestion by activating the Remote Drones.
Location
Ophelia's head can be seen in mid to upper left portions of Ukkin-Na. However, her body is located in the lower right portion of Edin. It is not clear whether her head and body are disconnected, or Ophelia is actually this large.
Etymology
In Shakespeare's Hamlet[1], Ophelia is a young woman who ultimately goes mad and drowns herself.[2] This is probably related to the Rusalki being "water machines", as well as the Notes that imply Ophelia speaks Early Modern English. Shakespeare chose that name because in Ancient Greek oPhelia means a great Benevolent act or gift(like Theodora)but it sounds really close to opheLIa which means a great dept(or sin) to pay(punished) for. That good almost homophone with it's evil counterpart pair of words(only one emphasis away) are great as a name to describe the dual nature of any character and were too poetic for the Poet to ignore as it was for the maker of this game as Ophelia(the Rusalka) is questionable in nature.
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