Elína

Elína was a child who lived in Hazelglen, and the identical twin sister of Arnica.

## Description

She was born to Merlán and Fiala, along with her identical twin Arnica.

Owing to a little mishap as the twins were very young, their parents lost track of which was which. As a result of this, they also lost track of who was born first, naturally a very important subject for the twins, which lead to a lot of playful bickering and banter about who was oldest. This also included a long list of nicknames on the subjects, going both ways "seedling, sapling, flowerbud, baby sister, fledgling and chick". This would often start with one of them using their favoured term, "fledgling" as a nickname for Arnica, "sapling" as a nickname for Elína, then go back and forth with futher namecalling.

With their similar personalities, shared age and shared upbringing, it was perhaps not surprising that the two girls were quite close, though they would often bicker and start prank wars. Before Elína's disappearance, it was rare to not see the twins together, unless they were setting up some prank or joke, They were especially fond of messing with the few outsiders that would come to Hazelglen, as those outsiders would not already be aware of the pair, allowing tricks that involved pretending to be the same person. They were well known in Hazelglen as troublemakers and pranksters, and often got in trouble together as a result.

Elína and Arnica also had a close relationship with their oldest brother, Keric. They would often tease and prank him, which to many outsiders looked like bullying at first, which caused several bouts of worry and scolding. Appearances can be deceiving though, as they always made sure whatever teasing or pranks they pulled would be something their little brother would also enjoy.

## Fate

During the harvest in 7 WD, Glede, Elína disappeared. The twins had been running a prank by pretending to be each other and dropping in and out of conversations, until at one point in the evening where Arnica couldn't find her sister as they would've met up again. She searched around town for an hour or so before heading home, figuring her sister had played a prank on her instead. Upon finding out she wasn't home, and her parents noting that Elína did not come back with Arnica, the entire family was worried. A search started in an attempt to find her, but no one ever did.

The disappearance of her twin sister greatly affected Arnica, she became much more protective of her other siblings afterwards and started spending more of her time in solitude whilst generally more muted than before. It also had an ongoing impact on Leo's birthday, as his second one was the very next day after Elína's disappearance.

## Trivia

* She loved birds. Though much like Arnica with plants, any attempt at finding a favourite would've certainly been folly.
* **Pastimes:** Aside from just messing around with Arnica, she enjoyed learning woodcarving from her father along with her other siblings, as well as cooking and tailoring. She also had fun singing.
* **Creativity:** According to Arnica, Elína was more creative and better at coming up with fun things to do, as well as smarter. According to the same, she was somewhat less outgoing though.