Enivy, The Guardian of Poison

**Enivy** (エニーニ, *Enini*), also known as **Enini** in the Japanese version of the game, is one of the 20 Elemental Guardians of the world of Lumin. Enivy first appeared in *Echoes of the World*, as one of the 8 main Temple Guardians the player must defeat in order to complete the game, being available in the first half of the game's bosses. She was originally a playful Guardian, often messing around with the people she ruled over and would often prevent little kids from messing with toxic substances and dangerous lifeforms. She has grown to have a sassy personality, being one of the more smart-mouthed of the Guardians.

Due to the re-awakening of Zetto however, she as grown into more of a violent assassin, sneaking poison into the plantlife of the forest she and Aleza, the Guardian of Nature, protected for several years. This caused many of the life that lived there to become sick, and turned most of the Woodstock against each other.

## Design

Enivy's entire design and concept is based off of Poison Ivy, specifically the vines that the plant grows. She's a plant based humanoid, with her face having white skin, and the rest of her body having leafy green skin. Her hair is a bright purple and ontop of her head are two thorns that act like poisonous horns. Her eyes are sharp and reptilian, with eye pupils inside blood red eyes. She has no visible mouth, but is still able to talk. She wears a purple dress that stops short down her hips, with metallic looking petals that petrude from the sides, resembling a sort of seam seen on longer dresses. She has metallic cuffs on her wrists as well.

## Story

### Before Echoes of the World

Enivy was born the very day the Lumin was created, being appointed as one of the 20 Guardians that controlled the elements. Being one of the last Guardians born, she tended to have more of a spunky personality to her. She has been appointed to protect various life forms from poisons, and to keep them under control. She was assisted the Original Heroes with putting Zetto in it's slumber several decades ago. Decades later, Zetto's reawakening would cause her to be one of the first Guardians to act, however, Zetto's influence caused her to become twisted and evil, utlimately putting her close sister, Aleza, in a poison-induced slumber.

## Gameplay

Enivy appears in Echoes of the World as one of the first 4 Temple Guardians the player has to fight to progress through the game. Like the rest of the Temple Guardians, she can be fought in any order, being the weaker if fought first, and stronger if fought later on. Due to her Element, her Temple serves as the player's first challenge with Status Effects, specifically Illness based ones. Because of this, she tends to be considered one of the harder bosses to fight against, however she can be easily dealt with if prepared enough, since the player can stock up on curing items, and DeNette learns her curing spell early on.

Enivy's fighting straegy mostly revolves around using Poison Element magic and inflicting the Poison status on party members. She can also drain HP from the party members, and hit the characters multiple times. Having Posion-Resistant accessories is recommended for this boss fight, as well as many posion curing items. She is weak to Metal and Mind skills, and she's especially weak towards Steel Beam if the player as defeated Acero before hand.