Frozen Butterfly

### Description

The snow offers chastity and warmth like slumbering in a cocoon, sheltering me from harm and commotion.

## Other Details

### Series

* Season 13 Essence 2
* Season 22 Essence 3

## Obtaining

### Obtained by

* Season 22 Essence 3
* Memory Spheres - Previous Seasons
* A-Tier Unlock Card

### Cost

N/A

**Frozen Butterfly** is an A-Tier Costume for the Priestess, Fiona Gilman. It was introduced in Season 22 Essence 3.

It is also connected to the Season 13 Essence 2 Lore.

## Appearance

### **Physical**

Fiona's hair is now platinum blond, and her skin is paler. Her eyes are light blue, with a pale grey outline. Shards of ice cover a part of the area underneath both of her eyes.

### **Outfit**

She no longer has her hood. Her headdress is made up of golden chains, and the centerpiece is now a light blue butterfly. The horns are now antlers made of ice and covered in snow, with butterflies and flowers decorating the base. She wears a dark blue dress with a chest window, which is covered with black silk and a necklace. The dress has epaulets, golden butterfly and chain decorations, and finger loop sleeves with icicle decorations, and a butterfly on each of her wrists. The back of the dress is opened, with 3 chains layered on top of each other over her back. The edge of the dress is torn. She also has black silk socks that cover her legs, and her heels are dark blue, with a butterfly at the front. She has on an anklet and leg cuff on her left and right leg respectively.

### **Item**

The Holy Key now resembles a hexagonal snowflake with 6 points. In the center, it has a repeating butterfly pattern that gets smaller the closer to the center it is. A triangle juts out at each of the points, with two smaller points at the base of each triangle.

### **Special Effects**

White sparkles float around her, and a white butterfly hovers around her left shoulder.

## Concept /Design Notes

### Design Notes

The key words for Priestess - Frozen Butterfly are "chastity" and "butterfly". As a governor sent to the ice fields, she is excessively loyal and holds a lot of trust in the establishment. She is like a butterfly frozen in the ice, wrapped and confined by the snow and ice, her wings gradually become more and more fragile to the point of shattering.

### Initial Sketches

The Priestess - Frozen Butterfly is excessively loyal and hold a lot of trust in the establishment's Court, and firmly believes and insists on upholding the Court's "faith", unaware that her faith is already corrupted. Based on the story, we wanted her to reflect the chastity and unadulterated character of her temperament.

The design of the first sketch is a bit old-fashioned, and the skirt is too long, which doesn't reflect her noble and holy temperament. The second version of the sketch has improved the sense of holiness, but she feels less noble, and the butterfly elements are too much and too specific, and doesn't reflect the element of ice and snow. The feeling of deterioration is also too superficial, and the costume is a bit fragmented.

The third version of the draft is closer to the finalized product, with the overall feeling being more unified, and the feeling of deterioration is relatively less obvious, reflecting the overall temperament of being holy and noble better. However, too many snow and ice elements make the character look more magical, and the bright hem will make the edge of the dress slightly disorganized; the horns on her head appear too monotonous and does not have a good texture to it. Therefore, we decided to put the ice, snow and butterfly elements in their respective positions and limit the proportions, to help improve the quality of the costume, increase the sense of noble realism, and reduce the sense of magic.

Finished Product

### Costume Details

1. The horns on her head are like branches growing in the ice and snow, noble and fragile. Her head is decorated with chains, giving her a sense of confinement.
2. The shining epaulets added a touch of glamour and hinted at her abnormal status.
3. Her skirt is shaped like a butterfly's wing. The edges of the skirt were blackened, as if deteriorated.
4. Her shoes are decorated with blue butterflies, echoing the theme of the character. The decoration on her ankle looks like a prisoner's ankle cuff with a phase lock.

### Showroom Notes

In the middle of the blizzard, she is frozen in the ice, like a statue praying silently. Blue butterflies surround her.

She danced with the icy butterflies in the wind and snow, and the Holy Key was like a stage built by the ice.

### Costume Effects

Surrounding her were dots of icy blue streams of light.

## Trivia

* It is based on one of the seven virtues, specifically Chastity.
	+ It is contrasting to Court 7 Commissioner from the related essence storyline, who represents the sin of Lust.
* It was available in the Illusion Hall from May 11th to May 24th 2023 for 1388Echoes because it was used by Call of the Abyss VI Champion Club DOU5 in the COA VI Semifinals and Finals.

## Gallery

* In-Game
* Official Art
* Additional Appearances

### Appearance Decoration Menu

Frozen Butterfly In-Game Model Front View.Frozen Butterfly In-Game Model Back View.Frozen Butterfly In-Game Model Left View.Frozen Butterfly In-Game Model Right View.Frozen Butterfly Entrance Animation.Frozen Butterfly Idle Animation.Frozen Butterfly Press Animation.
### In-Game

Frozen Butterfly changes to the Holy Key.The costume's effects for the Holy KeyThe costume's effects on the torsoThe costume's effects on the shoulderThe costume's effects on the head

### Concept Art & Icons

"Hold up your candle light and let it guide you through the darkness for when the ice melts, you will see the way." - Frozen Butterfly English Concept Art (Twitter)Frozen Butterfly Chinese Concept Art (Weibo)
### Promotional Art

"The light that shines in this harrowing night is one that will guide you home. The bravest sit among the iceshards and stand tall in face of misery!" - Season 22 Essence 3 Poster (Twitter)"O repentant souls on the icy plains! I shall pardon thy sins!" - Season 22 Essence 3 In-Game PosterFrozen Butterfly Chibi ArtworkFrozen Butterfly Chibi Artwork with background (Weibo)"It's like a never-ending waltz, it's fascinating." - 2023 Priestess Chinese Birthday Art (Weibo)February Chinese Calendar 2023 (Weibo)
### Merchandise

Frozen Kingdom Series Merchandise (Weibo)
### Videos

Identity V - Season 22 Essence 3 Background Story"Listen as the bell chimes across this icy plains... atone for your sins as you prepare to face judgement only then will your shackles be released and freedom found!"- Season 22 Essence 3 Trailer

[Portrait] Frozen Butterfly (130 Pulls)
## Other Languages

 🇺🇸 | English
 🇲🇾 | Bahasa Melayu
 🇹🇭 | ภาษาไทย(Thai) | ผีเสื้อกลางเหมันต์
 🇻🇳 | Tiếng Việt(Vietnamese) | Bướm Trong Băng

## References

1. ↑ Frozen Butterfly Design Notes - https://weibo.com/6140485374/M5gHw3WeW
2. ↑ Render by @potasyumsiyenur on Twitter