Jenara Wisteria (Chronicles of Eredità)

Jenara Neve de Wisteria is a protagonist of Chronicles of Eredità and the main protagonist of its sequel, Chronicles of Eredità II. She is a member and class rep of the Academia's Sector XIII. Jenara is the daughter and heir of Duke Sorrel Wisteria, the incumbent duke of the Verglas province. She is part of the Wisteria clan, a bloodline of Mercenaries whose members specialize in various combat ventures that aid the country of Aurore's military forces.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Jenara is a young woman with fair complexion and a skinny frame, she possesses the signature genetic deep purple eyes of the Wisterias and blonde hair. She is short but often wears heeled footwear to hide it.
In Chronicles of Eredita, she wears the Academia uniform which consists of a crimson blazer and ribbon, a grey skirt, white shirt, OTK socks, and heeled school shoes. Which is often treated as a more preppy academy uniform rather than a military one by her classmates. She also wears a brooch of her family's insignia, which also serves as her AEGIS unit. She wears her long hair in a half-up ponytail accented with braids.
In Chronicles of Eredita II, she dons a more Mercenary-fitting outfit but still retaining her noble flair. It is quite similar to her school uniform but consists of a white blouse and a purple cravat, layered with a dark blue short-sleeved jacket with puffed sleeves (accented with fleur-de-lis ornaments), purple grey gloves, high-waisted dark pants, and heeled boots. She also dons two pouches, one of which stores a backup dagger.
===Personality===
Jenara is a haughty, studious, and confident young woman. She is a perfectionist and seeks to be the best in her craft, thus she is always found being worried about her grades and berating her teammates for not reaching the ever so high standards she's set upon herself. Albeit being a bossy know-it-all, Jenara is very strategic and poised with her actions both in a casual and combative setting. She can quickly come up with a foolproof plan and she often thinks thoroughly and strategically before doing something.
Though possessing the qualities and potential of a military captain, Jenara sees her teammates as units that should do as she commands rather than comrades. She often sees the objective of a task first before observing the people around her. Thus, leading her to act selfish and save herself before she could save others.
===Background===
Jenara is a member of the Wisteria clan, a bloodline of noble knights that have fought during the war for the country of Aurore. The clan is also the ruling family of the Verglas province, a duchy in the country of Aurore. The clan was granted power for their efforts in the Great War and have been in power since then, with Jenara's father: Duke Sorrel Wisteria as the current ruler of the province. 
Surrounded by a family of mercenaries, Jenara was also set to become one like them. At a young age, she has been trained by the top tutors of Aurore in the arts of fencing and magic; showing immense potential to surpass the great mercenaries that have been in her bloodline. Jenara was expected to be the best as she was to be the heir to the duchy's throne and she had to meet the highly regarded standards the Wisterias have set upon their mercenaries.
Upon choosing a Mercenary Academy, Jenara was expected to go to Aurore's academy: Fleurdelise Academy. But surprised her family upon announcing that she wanted to study in the Academia in Ordeos for various reasons. Her father was reluctant at first but soon saw the opportunity for his daughter to bring the Wisteria name to glory in another place other than Aurore. He then flew her to Ordeos to enroll in the Academia, hoping for Jenara to bring pride to the Wisteria name in the country of Ordeos.
==Abilities==
Having possessing potential to utilize magic from a very young age, Jenara was trained by her family's top swordsmen and magicians. She was also trained by Aurorean mercenaries specializing in the same field. This amount of training paired with her skills has solidified Jenara's status as a prodigy Mercenary. Her skills in both swordfighting and spellcasting make her a versatile fighter in the field.
===Weapon===
Wielding the Chrysanthemum, a magic rapier that serves as both a sword and a channel to cast magic. It is a single-edged sword with a sharp point which allows Jenara to slash and thrust unto her opponents. Being a magical weapon, Jenara does not need a holster to carry it when idle; instead she is able to magically summon her weapon in her hand.
===Fighting Style===
Jenara is the classic RPG magic knight, she deals both physical and magical damage to enemies. As a mage, Jenara possesses the ability to harness elemental magic which consists of: fire, water, air, and earth. Though her preferred elements to use are water (in the form of ice) and fire, she shows potential to also learn more magical elements. 
==Development==
Jenara was the first character to be developed in the project. She was supposed to be the main protagonist of the first game but the idea was scrapped when Colin was developed. As for her character, Jenara was primarily inspired by characters from both animation series and video games such as Weiss Schnee (RWBY), Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII), Asuna (Sword Art Online), and Aqua (Kingdom Hearts). Jenara's role was to serve as the secondary protagonist to the story, but seeing as most female characters of these types from research material (Weiss and Sakura Haruno from Naruto) often fell flat with aspects such as battles and a role to the story. Jenara's character sought to provide a bigger role and contribution to the story but still giving her a lot of room to develop her character through the story.
Upon developing her appearance, Jenara's original concepts had her as a brunette. With an outfit and hairstyle very similar to the characters that inspired her development. When the idea of a school setting came in, Jenara was now a blonde-haired girl wearing the early versions of the Academia uniform. Initially, her color motif was a light powder blue with cool motifs, but was switched to dainty purple and lavender shades which in turned became her clan's signature color. 
Jenara's weapon and fighting style was heavily inspired by Weiss Schnee of the RWBY series. However, to avoid blatant similarities; Jenara was given a lesser array of magical elements to control along with combining it with Kingdom Hearts' Aqua's style of combat and spellcasting.
Her original name was Calliope with the surname of Bromalise. With further development on her home country, Aurore, being a country inspired by European themes; she was renamed to Jenara for a more unique name. Her surname was changed to Wisteria to match Aurore's European theme.
==Trivia==
*Jenara is a Latin name which alludes to the god Janus and the month of January. The 1st Month in the Eredità's lore is translated to January in the real world, hence her namesake.
**The name also means "spring" in Brazilian, which alludes to the Wisteria's flower theme.
*Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants that are seen as hanging clusters of lilac flowers. Thus, alluding to Jenara's main color which is violet.
*Although being labelled as a class rep of Sector XIII; in the Japanese version of the game, Jenara is appointed as the sector's class president.
*She is the only character in the game that has a known birthdate.
==Gallery==
COE2 jenara render.png|Official Art (COE2)
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