Esteban Dias

**Esteban Dias** is Sebastian's Latin American (Native American, Peruvian, Irish and Spanish) friend and colleague from their expeditions serving as the second love interest within his story route. He is also the descendant of the Inca people due to his mixed heritage. In the second season, he was later replaced by Sohan Heka as the second love interest.

## Appearance

Esteban is a handsome Latin American man who has a mixture between a Native American, Peruvian, Irish and Spanish heritage (although in his limited extra event depicts him being Spanish-Peruvian). He has short black hair which is dyed in dark brown, hazel eyes and a slight facial stubble similar to Ludwig Eberwald's. He also has the same muscular build as his friend Sebastian's and has three tattoos on his right arm consist of a snake, a puma and a condor which is a traditional tattoo for the descendants of the Inca people. He is also accessorized with a single hoop earring on his right ear.

He has four outfits on his portrait and his initial appearance has him wearing a medium blue short sleeved button shirt which is partially opened to show his chest, beige colored cargo jeans with a brown belt around his waist and brown shoes. He also wears a silver watch on his left wrist. This outfit later adapted into Sebastian's third outfit as the color is green and dark brown.

His expedition outfit consist of a khaki cargo vest with a blue long sleeved v-neck shirt with three buttons as the sleeves were reaching through the elbows, brown pants and brown combat boots. He also wears a brown bracelet on his right and a matching sports watch on his left wrist.

His third outfit which is now seen in the second season is a periwinkle and dark blue short sleeved fitted shirt and beige trousers. As the outfit he wears was his sleeping attire.

His fourth outfit and like both Drogo and Peter, he wears the Mystery Spell school uniform due to him being an exchange student as his button shirt was loose when he wears this outfit and his checkered tie is similar to Sebastian's but is red and black.

## Personality

Esteban initially appears as a very fun loving person and is very close to his friend Sebastian in his expeditions. He is also made fun on by other students such as Samantha Gautier when he informs her that he wasn't piloting a luxury plane and is disgusted to see her appearance as well as her aggressive attitude while she needs his help to carry her luggage or ignoring her seductions. This also happens during the events in Chapter 6 through Chapter 7 where he begins to get fed up by her possessive behavior during their expedition and being reluctant to help her when they cross the makeshift bridge. During their dangerous expeditions, it was revealed by Sebastian that Esteban is very athletic. Like Colin Spencer, Esteban can be very charming towards the player during their conversation in a manner similar to the male Latino. A prime example shows him speaking with a Spanish accent as he calls Sebastian as a *hermano* while Samantha as a *senora,* the player being as a *preciosa* and Drogo as an *amigo.*

Esteban is also very talkative to the player and the main reason he was interested in her instead of Samantha.

In Chapter 8, Esteban became angrily suspicious of Drogo when he came out of the Templar unharmed after it had caved in and always interrogated the player about his hidden motives which the player couldn't answer his question as his dislike to the Bartholys is similar to Sarah Osborne's. In Chapter 9, Esteban told the player that he's going back to Mystery Spell with them in order for him to finish his studies much to her delight. Also from the same chapter and onwards, he strikes up his friendship to Sarah Osborne.

In the second season however, Esteban maintains his personality from before and upon learning of Sebastian's true species as a shapeshifter and the player's dormant powers as a witch, he was surprised and shocked as he finally understands their true situation. When Isabella reverts to her human state during the ritual, Esteban shows his attraction to Isabella upon meeting her, and the player was aware of the situation if Sebastian finds out about his liking to his younger sister. Esteban also displays his annoyance when Sohan Héka begins to question Sebastian's missions and his expedition. Throughout the chapters, it was revealed that Esteban has no luck on Isabella, who is actually interested in Peter Bartholy and also shows to have friendly matters with either the player or Sarah when he stayed at her apartment and shows his determination in assisting Sebastian and the others to retrieve the original Mirror of Truth while replacing it with a replica version of it at the Bartholy Manor. In Chapter 9, Esteban discovers that he is able to use magic similar to witches and his Inca tattoo is connected to the Egyptian drawings on the wall and became overwhelmed. He is also upset that his parents didn't tell him about the hidden potential within him as well as utilizing magic. It was revealed in Chapter 10 that Esteban is capable of using architectural magic as he enables to touch the player or both Sebastian and Sarah to get through the magical force field into the Khourinos Palace and he was the first person to discovered it.

In the limited extra scene, Esteban is revealed that both of his parents got separated and was raised by both his mother and grandmother and he came back to Peru for a family visit and participates in the Day of the Dead or Día de Los Muertos festival. When the player attempts to flirt Esteban before being possessed by Ka-Ata-Killa, Esteban is shown to be very shy despite he himself being born romantic.

## Allies

* The Main Character (Sebastian)
* Sebastian Jones
* Sarah Osborne
* Isabella Jones
* Sohan Héka (sometimes)

## Enemies

* Ka-Ata-Killa
* Viktor Bartholy
* Drogo Bartholy
* Nicolae Bartholy
* Samantha Gautier (sometimes)
* Sohan Héka (sometimes)

## Trivia

* Esteban's full name was mentioned by Nicolae Bartholy in Chapter 10 while informing the player for being blinded about her surroundings.
* His full name is shared by the character of the same name on Square's *Life is Strange* game series. The only difference is the last letter of their surnames by using an 's' instead of 'z'.
	+ Both men are in different nationality as Esteban is a Peruvian due to his mixed heritage while the other is a Mexican.
	+ Both men had shared their appearances for being short dark brown hair and a slight facial stubble and wore dress shirts as part of their primary attires.
* His surname Dias is a reference to the character Dias Flac in *Star Ocean: The Second Story* and it's remake *Star Ocean: Second Evolution* and *Star Ocean: Blue Sphere.*
* He is the second love interest to be replaced by another second love interest mid-season. The first being Sebastian Jones who was replaced by Conrad Bartholy during Drogo Bartholy's route.
* His laughing face is a retooled version of Matt Ortega's.
* Esteban could possibly be right handed due to him wearing his watch on his left wrist.
* Esteban and Joe Kicks have been featured in least amount of secret images compared to other second love interests.
	+ Esteban is the only second love interest to only appear in secret images that the main love interest was in as well, meaning that he never had an image be of just him and the player like other second love interests.
* He and Ashton Darrow are the only second love interests that are always nice to the main love interest and never get into competition with them over the player.
* Esteban sometimes bears a psychical resemblance to the famous singer, Ricky Martin.
* Esteban was the first Mystery Spell love interest to have a tattoo.
* In his Halloween chibi form, Esteban wears an outfit similar to Hector from the 2017 Disney Movie, *Coco*.
* He bears some resemblances to Parker Sparke's new look.