I recently found this feature (thanks to a certain person here who unintentionally made me discover this feature) and decided to use it. I might draw him later idk.
Anyways, meet my beloved child, Elio. So a main goal in creating him is to round off the trio of Tamarack, Qiu, and him of course. I feel like I did a good job at that. I also made sure he is his own person outside of the trio. He has his flaws, but he tries his best to be there for his friends. He prefers to be called Elio, as he thinks its a more fitting name than Elliot, so yes he'll go through a name change in the future. Also it's not shown in the pic, but Elio has light streaks in his hair and it fades lighter due to it being bleached from the sun. I wanted him to have a unique hair trait like the other two. He's also Native American :)
I have built the building blocks for his struggles for the future. I want him to have growth alongside the other two and not be stagnant throughout the game. Now let's go into the meaning of his name. Elliot means "The Lord is my god." But like I said, Elio doesn't really like that name and thinks Elio suits him better. The name Elio means "Sun." Belle on the other hand means "Beautiful." So the full meaning of his preferred name is Beautiful Sun, which I think fits him. It is the sun that lets the Tamarack tree grow and it is the sun that brings in the Autumn season. I want Elio to be the type of character to have an impact and instill growth in the other two while still being his own character outside of them.
Some other little fun facts, Elio is Ambidextrous, his ears are pierced, he has a scar on his neck, he has heterochromia (his eyes are two different shades of brown), he is very sentimental and keeps every little item that has that value, he loves roller skating so much he brings his skates everywhere with him, and he does singing lessons. Tamarack and Qiu have one passion that is music related (well Tamarack will have one in the next step), so I wanted Elio to join in on the action. Oh yeah, he is also crushing on Qiu, and is pretty bold with him. He is also really close to Tamarack, but sees her more as family than a love interest. He also adores horror, being the type to get giddy when getting jump scared or watching a horror movie. One other thing, his favorite color is purple!
Anyways, sorry for rant. I just love this little guy too much. I hope you like him too!
