Jena Anderson

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* In-Game
* Official Render
* Aberrant Form
* Jena Asymptote Form
* Jena Apotheosis Form

> ***"There is another way, and soon I will show it to you. Prepare yourselves. You must sacrifice."***
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> ***― Jena, through a transmission all across the Ark.***
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Jena Anderson is one of the main antagonists of ASTRAL CHAIN.A former ARI researcher prior to her disappearance twenty years ago, Jena returns and wreaks havoc across the Ark through instigated Chimera attacks*.* She serves as a major adversary to the player and the Neuron task force.

## Appearance

Jena has long dirty blonde hair that is messily tied up by several large purple clips in the back, and is left to fall across her face at the front right. She wears heavy makeup, with heavy eye shadow and purple lipstick. She wears a white turtleneck shirt and long white coat that resembles a lab coat, as well as a dark purple pencil skirt that is heavily torn over the top of torn black stockings. She wears simple black slip-on shoes decorated with two red triangles. All of her outfit is damaged and covered in dirt, as well as her face.

For unclear reasons, Jena has not physically aged since her disappearance twenty years before. This may be due to her prolonged time in the Astral Plane.

Interestingly, Jena is incorrectly recognized as singer Sierra Lancarson by a fan of hers, so it is likely that she closely resembles this singer.

### Chimeric Forms

In her **Aberrant** form, Jena emits a purple aura around her body, and her right hand transforms into an appendage, similar to that of other aberrations. Her eyes glow red, and her face becomes covered in dark purple streaks that flow from her eyes down to her neck. Popped veins are visible on her forehead. This form is the same as when she is first fought in Ark Mall.

    Jena's second form is a fully formed Chimera, termed Jena Asymptote. In this form, she has completely transformed into a powerful, blade-winged creature. Her whole body is covered in stone-like armor with golden lining, and only the lower part of her face is exposed. There are large horns on both sides of her head that point outward. Above her head is a floating, crown-like object that adorns spikes. She wears a white, tattered skirt that drapes down to her feet, resembling her lab coat.

Jena's final form, **Jena Apotheosis**, has her Asymptote form bound at the center, with her wrists bound with purple lasers emitting from the crown-like object above her. This form is the largest, and has the ability to knock down and destroy whole buildings. There are two large arms; the right arm is engulfed in fiery, orange flames, and the left arm with blue. In this form, Jena does not seem to be in control of her form, and actually appears to be struggling as she is confined within the larger structure that encloses her.

## Background

Jena Anderson began working at the ARI in 2053, becoming a Head Researcher within five years. Researching the effects of redshift, Jena developed an effective anti-redshift drug in 2058, and began developing counter-chimeric technology with her superior Yoseph Calvert following the Pandemic. However, their opposing philosophies led to an increasingly bitter feud, culminating in Yoseph sealing Jena in the Astral Plane to prevent her inference for nearly twenty years.

## Personality

A brilliant but unstable scientist, Jena loathes Yoseph Calvert and his beliefs that humanity needs to transcend itself to become as gods, believing that humanity is capable of extraordinary things with the proper stimulus and does not need to become a new species to survive. However, she does not see the issue with masterminding chimera attacks to force adaptation.

Jena is aware of the dangers posed by legionic fusion, and believes that it will only cause destruction. She warns the player of their own power and to be careful around Yoseph. She also seems to care for the player, as during the first phase of her fight she begs them to not believe Joseph's lies. In the end, she willingly sacrificed her life to stop the Player-Legion Fusion, encouraging them to remain human.

## Gallery

Jena Anderson's information as shown in Neuron HQ PC's Database.
## Trivia

* For unknown reasons, Jena appears to have physically changed little in the time following her disappearance. In an optional conversation with Bill, a Neuron member, he theorized that she might have transformed into an aberration, but also have retained her conscience.
* Given the game's narrative elements being inspired by the Neon Genesis Evangelion, Jena may be an character expy of Ritsuko Akagi, supported by similarities of their likeness and relationship details.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/switch/ab48a/character/11.html
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3WqG1-7Ogk