Sukie Maegis

**Sukie Maegis** (スキエ・メイジス, Meijisu Sukie) is one of the playable protagonists of Echoes of the World, and is the 3rd party member to join the team. She is the daughter of a Wicked, and due to living on her own, grew a silent and introverted personality. Her quiet life would change when she stumbles upon Naoto and DeNette and agrees to join them on their Quest in order to find material to aid her newest spell project. After an encounter with an unknown creature, she gets sent to the other side of the planet, and along with the rest of the party, become involved in a quest to defeat the evil Zetto and prevent their world from destruction. Due to her background, she's a rare Wicked that beholds no element whatsoever.

## Design

Sukie is a fairly small dark-skinned girl, being the youngest and shortest of the party as she is only 14 at the beginning of Echoes of the World and 15 by the end of the game. Due to her being part Wicked, she takes her mother's looks, having long sparkling hair that is purple at the top, and darkens to a royal blue by the tips of her hair. At the beginning of the story, she has her hair in a pony tail with two triangle shaped "buns" on the top of her hair that gives her the appearance that she has cat ears, however, she loses her hair band later in the game, and is shown with very long hair that reaches down to her hips. She has matching pink eyes, with star shaped pupils that twinkle whenever she's excited about something., and is always seen with some kind of colored flower in her hair, usually a blue one. She wears one golden earring on one ear as well. Curiously, there's a tuff of hair that tends to stick up from the top of her head, something that she can't ever get rid of.

In the summer, she wears a very big shirt that starts white at the top, and fades into a hot pink towards the bottom, that functions as a sort of dress. Ontop of it, is a dark pink sweater with a black hoodie, and her shoes are black boots with pink shoelaces. In the summer, she wears a black and pink sweater dress, along with light blue earmuffs. She always has a black backpack on, and a holder that contains her wands.

## Story

### Before Echoes of the World

Sukie was born to Tetra Maegis, a Wicked who lives in Twintelle Forest. Due to her mother's occupation, she grew up tending to the Magic Shoppe her mother ran, however, she wasn't able to form a bond with her mother due to the latter often being away. This would cause Sukie to become bored and use reading and studying as her favorite pasttime. Due to this, she would become very interested in crafting new spells and objects, and would create her own Wand at a young age, much to her mother's surprise. Not much is known about Sukie's past life other than she never got to meet her father.

### Echoes of the World

#### Chapter 0 - Prolouge

Sukie first appears when Naoto and DeNette go inside her Magic Shoppe to gain some more Magik Drinks for their Quest. They discover Sukie, who is talking to herself about the ingridents she's missing, and at first brushes off the two Venturers due to being in her mind. After becoming accquinted with the two, she asks to join them and help them find the item they need to complete their first Quest, in return of finding the ingridents she needs. She assists them in finding the Twintelle Caverns, where she notices that something ventured inside the castle, and tells Naoto to not follow the markings, but ultimately follows to help the two after Naoto goes after what broke into the cavern.

They discover what seems to be a black creature with glowing red eyes all over it. Sukie warns that the 3 run away, but before they can, the creature blocks off their escape and defeats the trio effortlessly. Sukie would later be consumed by an energy sphere that transports the group across the planet. After being knocked out for a day, Sukie is the first to wake up, however, she is in pain. With her current last bit of strength, she shoots a signal flare into the air, which would catch the attention of Eldrick and allow his family to take care of the trio.

#### Chapter 1 - A Newfound Path

Upon waking up, she and DeNette would come down to Eldrick's dining table for breakfast, being told what happened and remembering the creature that attacked them. Sukie would comment on where they were, and after learning they are the other side of the planet, panics about not being able to return home, only to be calmed down by DeNette. Upon Naoto's awakening, she assists in helping Eldrick's family with several chores and helps clean up the beach from pests. After the battle against the Hunter Slime, they begin their trek to find their way back home, when they meet Elmi and are asked to get to the Temple of Balance.

## Personality

Sukie is a very silent and introverted girl, often preferring to be by herself or with her mother at the beginning of the game. This doesn't prevent her from speaking up about things she doesn't agree with, or to be around others, but she shows a concernable urge to go with her own flow. While this can make her come off as cold and ignorant of other people's feelings, she is still very compassionate, however her inability to speak up for herself at crucial times prevents her from having a say in things that truly matter to her. She also seems to be obident and innocent to a fault, as seen when she responds to her mother's requests without much question, and has a notable lack of understanding concepts like love.

Even then, Sukie is very intellgent, being arguably the smartest member of the Zetto Fighters. She was able to read and perform complex mathimatical problems at the age of 7, and was able to perform very high level Magik at very young ages, something most prodigies aren't able to do until they reach their late teens. However, this made her have a sort of tunnel vision, as she is more book smart than street smart, causing her to have little understanding in interacting with people outside. This usually gives outsiders a negative outlook on her; seeing her as immature, and clueless, something she takes to heart. In additon to her overall lack of interacting with her own mother, staying by herself gave her a stunted level of self esteem for herself. This lead to her relying on others to give her the strength to do things, and causing her to believe that she can't do much on her own.

Upon meeting Naoto and DeNette for the first time, she was ultimately surprised with how lost they were, showing a more judgemental side to her. Although she panicks during times of stress, she has shown to be very nervous and sensible to knowing when things are going to wrong, often acting like a bad omen reader of the group. As she traveled with the other party members, she slowly became more and more closer to them, and more outgoing to others in the process. This ultimately comes to a head when she yells at Naoto in response of his recklessness. She doesn't like to see anyone suffer, and is one of the few party members that prefers not to resort to killing at first glance, however, she shows no hesitation if this is something she needs to do.

Her innocence tends to also slip out when performing everyday tasks, as she seems to be very ignorant of many social cues. This leads to situations where she doesn't become uncomfortable if naked next to any of the other party members, and her lack of care when her clothes or appearance is messed up. This doesn't exactly mean she's ignorant of her personal care, but it tends to not be much of a issue to her, which makes her have a very low fashion sense. She is often in her own little world, usually analyizing and thinking of her next spells or materials to craft.

Sukie is also very technical and hands on, being able to create various things from her imagination and memorizing spell formulas with ease. This causes her to have the best magical abilities in the team, giving her a "Black Mage" role. However, she tends to be weaker on the physcial side, with her struggling to lift things like a sack of potatoes. Humorously, she has a vocal quirk where she'll make an "Ugu" sound whenever she is flustered, embrassed, or panicked about anything.

While she shows no understanding or care in relationships at the beginning of the game, her character arc revovles around her slowly becoming a more open and communicative person.