Urti

Urti (full name is Urti Genaciqua Caria) is a fictional member of the Xplodin Crew. She is the first official fictional member to join as well as the first official OC created by Endermen295 (he does not count glitch as his first due to him only having a minor change in color pallet compared to his persona, plus Toxic was the one that officially made glitch) She made her first appearance in the second season of Xplodin Archives, and has since appeared in almost all of Endermen’s art work since her initial appearance, as well as becoming a member of the Xplodin Crew.

Her name is pronounced “yer-t”

## General information

Urti is known to generally be rather shy and very often stutters in her speech, unable to go entire sentences without the occasional stutter in her wording, and is commonly portrayed as a dainty female with blonde hair that curls on the sides (though slightly more on the right, her left) , a purple butterfly bow, purple hoodie, blue pants and purple shoes with access to a specially designed robotic left arm as well as a robotic right leg. Urti suffers from Aquagenic Urticaria, a condition that causes rashes and to an extent mild itching when in contact with water, though to her, this only applies on contact with her skin so she doesn’t necessarily have any problem with drinks unless they are spilt. She is also rather short in comparison to most of the other crew member’s standing at a small height of 4ft 9, or about 1.45 meters in height, which has shown to be a bit of an inconvenience when looking up to taller crew members, especially Jack.

With her being rather shy, she is known to take extreme caution and often hesitates in dangerous situations, and will never take risks unless absolutely necessary.

## Phobia’s/Fear’s

Urti herself has several phobia’s which when put near, will often cause distressed/petrified reactions from her when it is encountered.

### Pyrophobia

Fear of fire. This mainly developed as one of her primary phobia’s on the night of her 6th birthday where she lost her family as well as her left arm to a house fire caused by a car crash. Since then, she does not trust herself with the use of anything that involves flames or small fires, not even a lighter.

### Acrophobia

Fear of heights. This mainly developed with both how small she is, as well as how much she was exposed to high places with little regarding safety (mainly back when she was being tested/tortured at the lab).

### Megalophobia

Fear of Large objects. This like Acrophobia, developed due to how small she is. This does lightly affect her when around tall people like Jack though she quickly get’s over it, though the same is not said when looking at giant living things that may provoke a terrified reaction.

### Aquaphobia

Fear of water. This mainly tied in with her condition, Aquagenic Urticaria and whilst she doesn’t mind being near it, she does become extremely scared/panicked when handling damp/wet weather conditions. This has since died down thanks to the pills allowing her to handle water like a normal person, though she is still cautious around it, even when having drinks.

## Early Life

Urti was born on August 13th 1999 with a deformed right leg that had to be removed to prevent infection and possible death. During her early years in her life, she was diagnosed With Aquagenic Urticaria, and developed a minor fear for water, though despite this she mostly lived a normal and happy life with her family that consisted of a mother, father, brother and an upcoming 3rd sibling that was yet to be born.

### Tragic birthday

On her 6th birthday at midnight however, disaster struck when her house was involved in a fire after a drunk driver crashed into it, causing the house to slowly fall to pieces and crumble. Whilst she and her father tried to escape, her left arm was caught under rubble, leaving her pinned to the ground, leaving her father no choice but to separate her arm completely just below the shoulder through the use of a butcher knife. She was the only survivor out her family (consisting of her father, pregnant mother and brother) of the house fire and has since developed an extreme fear of anything related to the use of fire or flames.

### Aftermath

After the loss of her family, she was taken into a laboratory where she gained her cybernetics and the ability to walk like a normal person for the first time in her life. This however came with being exposed to several harsh conditions, environments, and experiments throughout the next 14 years she spent in the lab, being abused and used for a lot of experiments under an unknown high presence.

## Appearance’s

Urti herself has appearance in almost every art illustration that Endermen has drawn since her official debut in Xplodin Archives, and has become one or the many crew members featured in his drawings.

Whilst Urti has appeared in both Archives as well as in Galactic Galaxy Explorers, it was confirmed that the Urti’s in those stories are different from one another, in that the Urti in archives has never met the crew in Galactic Galaxy Explorers and vice versa.

Despite this, Both Urti’s up to the point have experienced the same past in losing their family and obtaining her cybernetics, it’s just how they make their appearance and who they meet are completely different.

## Cybernetic’s

The arm itself is capable of a multitude of functions mainly used for self defence should she ever feel it is necessary. It can administer power charged blows at melee range, deliver a single lightening strike from afar, or project a small personal shield when the palm his held flat and can face where ever the hand faces. This arm is what replaces her left arm.

### Cybernetic leg

Her cybernetic leg functions and is modelled exactly like a normal human leg up until the foot, with the foot being one whole mesh and lacking any toes, though a heel is still present, allowing her to walk like normal without any difficulties, though wearing flip flops are a bit of a hit and miss with her since they constantly keep sliding off her cybernetic foot, which has proven to be a bit of a mild annoyance. She also does not tend to wear socks on the cybernetic leg for the same reason as flip flops.

## Debut in Xplodin Archives

Urti made her first official appearance in the second season of Xplodin Archives, and has since been in every chapter written by Endermen295, having at least spoken one sentence throughout each chapter, making her one of the primary protagonists of the series. This is especially apparent in the 4th season of Xplodin Archives: Fractured.

During the beginning chapters back when Endermen was just finishing building on her as a character, she did stutter less and often made rather specific and scientifically accurate measurements. This has since moved to her being more of a shy person and often stutters in her speech, though is willing to defend her friends if they are in trouble, which has since stayed and has since become one of the protagonists in the Xplodin Archives storyline.

In the 4th instalment, Urti recalls her past, going into significant detail of what her life was like before meeting the Xplodin Crew, revealing that for 11 years she was placed and involved in various experiments that have negatively affected her.

## Relationship (Endermen295)

Whilst it is certainly no secret that the two are commonly put together. It was originally said as a joke (who said it was unknown) though the creator (Endermen295) decided to go along and make them an official couple together, which has since been the result of a Valentine’s drawing of the two sat together in a park bench, with Urti released a strike of energy into the sky in the shape of a love heart.

What the two do together is unknown, as no information has yet been given on this topic except for it being briefly mentioned in archives that both are rather nervous about the whole idea of going on a date. The two have only kissed once at the end of the original trilogy of Xplodin Archives, though that was with some encouragement with a mistletoe attached to a fishing rod being involved. Though in the 4th instalment of Xplodin Archives, it is revealed that the two in the story do live together in the same house (though it isn't clear as to who owns it).

The two do plan on going on dates together in the future, though when and where has not been confirmed, though they do live together in the same house in the story cannon, and have yet to have gone on any dates.

## Inspiration/Redesigns

Urti was created initially as a way to add more flavour to the cast in Xplodin Archives. Her general appearance of wearing a hoodie as well as a robotic arm was inspired by SMG4’s Tari, as well as Endermens recent interest in prosthetic/cybernetic arms. Her personality as well as her shy behaviour and phobias, come from Flaky from the show Happy Tree Friends, where the porcupine is mostly known to be extremely shy, scarred and have many fears/phobias, some of which were given to Urti upon her creation.

### Inspiration statement

Endermen gave a statement as to why she made her, saying the following:

”Urti was created the way she was, as back when I was watching various shows, mainly happy tree friends and smg4 I had a lot more interest in the shy characters of Tari and Flaky, and felt attached to those characters, and liked how they played out. Nervous characters I felt were a lot more exciting narrate and interact with, given how cautious and to an extent how easily frightened they are, with them also getting into a lot of rather troublesome situations. Both characters I mentioned also have some form of defensive capabilities, Flaky with her having her quills and Tari having her gaming skills and smart knowledge.

The idea for her robotic arm came from my growing interest in looking at animatronics and cybernetics” which confirms the similarities between Tari and Urti, both having short hair, wearing hoodies, having a metal arm, and being named after something that is associated with them, and the similarities between Urti and Flaky are mainly in both of them having many phobias and having a rather shy and soft personality.

She was initially created on November 9th 2019, several days before her official appearance in the second instalment of Xplodin archives, though no visual appearance of her was made until a month later with her first design, which whilst rather basic, set the ground work for her future redesigns.

### First redesign

Her initial redesign in January of 2020 into giving her a more saturated look was done with inspiration from an artistic illustration of her drawn by Toxic, of which the style of her hair was used by Endermen295 to give her a more unique and saturated appearance, as well as giving her cybernetics more detailed.

This design was used for several months up until April 2020 when she was scheduled for her 2nd redesign.

### 2nd redesign

Her second more minor redesign was done when he digitalised a sketch of Urti drawn by someone on a separate discord server, of which he loved the round design, and chose to give her head that shape to make her look more natural, as well as slightly altering the style of her hair to match her new design. The details on the cybernetics this time round were simplified slightly but kept most of the details from the initial design.

When asked about any upcoming design changes, he had initially said that he was happy with how she looked, and did not plan on any future redesigns. This has changed as of December 2020, which he has stated that he does have a redesign planned for her.

### 3rd Redesign

Urti’s 3rd and most recent redesign took place on December 20th 2020. The redesigned aimed to simplify her color pallet whilst giving it a more saturated look. Her cybernetic arm as well as the bow in her hair have noticeably changed, with her eyes also changing slightly.

This design was updated slightly with her eyes now becoming 2 different colors, with her right eye naturally being blue, and her left eye being purple, both of them are capable of changing accordingly based on her mood. The eye colors can shift from either blue, to purple or crimson.

## Art gallery (those who have drawn her)

Whilst Urti herself has never drawn before, several have drawn her, mainly by Endermen295 ever since he created her. The sketch by Prophecy is the primary inspiration that caused her to receive the current design she has today. Marty also drew Urti as a birthday surprise gift from them on their birthday, of which Endermen was surprised and thankful for. She has been in almost every single one of Endermen’s drawings since her initial creation, with her design also updating accordingly.

## Trivia

* Urti has gone through 1 major redesign (Impoving the saturation of her overall appearance as well as giving her hair a redesign) and 1 Minor redesign (Making her head round and slightly altering her hair). At the current moment, she is not scheduled for anymore redesigns, though this is subject to change at any time.
* Whilst ambidextrous in certain situations, she is primarily left handed. This might possibly be due to her keeping the blue prints for her cybernetic arm, with her also not feeling pain if any wounds are sustained on her left arm. This is opposite to her partner Endermen295, who like her, whilst ambidextrous in certain situations, is primarily right handed.
* She has only managed a handful of sentences without stuttering at all. This is most commonly seen when against the spooky squash in Xplodin Archives. This has since however stopped when she was more developed as a character, now stuttering in every sentence spoken.
* Her arm mechanics and melee functionality may be a reference to one punch man, though this has not yet been confirmed by Endermen295.
* Urti is the first OC that Endermen has dedicated time to in terms of her design, capabilities and origin, and from what is known currently, he is proud of it.
* Urti’s full name “Urti Genaciqua Caria” is an ironic anagram of her condition “aquagenic Urticaria”.
* She dislikes the summer time, mainly thanks to how much her Urticaria flares up because of the heat causing her to sweat, though she is a fan of the winter seasons, enjoying the snow and cold, much like her partner Endermen295.
* She was the first and currently the only crew member to have been clinically dead (where even though the heart stops beating, but the brain is still functioning), though luckily she was revived by Lily.
* She is almost always seen wearing a dark blue bow in her hair, or a bow of any colour if she is wearing a costume, though this is swapped out for a lavender flower whenever she goes swimming.
* She is a fan of Trevor Henderson’s work, despite how much it unsettles her and gives her nightmares.
* She is known to occasionally purr like a cat when she sleeps, which has caused some confusion in wether or not a cat has snuck into the house.
* Her date of birth, August 13th 1999 was on Friday the 13th. This was later confirmed by Endermen to have been a rather convenient coincidence when creating her lore.
* She does have access to a stash of special pills capable of shutting down her condition, albeit only for a window of a couple of hours at a time. The same applies to Endermen295 in allowing him to handle water as well (since he’s an Endermen)
* Her cybernetic arm as well as her leg, can both be removed by pressing down on 2 buttons located at the top of the prosthetic(s), waiting for the hissing to end, of which they can be removed with ease. This has lead to once incident where she fell over, forgetting to put her leg back on.
* From the information gathered, Endermen295 has stated that Urti will be his first, and only OC to have blonde hair, as he stated “drawing it can be a pain in the ass, given that the majority of the colors used for her hair are extremely similar and hard to tell apart”.
* Whilst not an often occurrence, both Urti and Endermen do watch Star Wars together.
* Whilst she does enjoy eating meat based products like chicken or beef, she is not a fan of spicy foods ever since she felt extreme heart burn when she consumed something spicy.
* Jdogg had almost suggested her to wear the fire flower outfit, before changing his mind after being reminded of what her backstory was.
* She is somewhat capable of fixing, and to an extent able to manipulate her cybernetic arms capabilities, though this has only been done twice, once to allow it to project a shield whilst the other was not successful, though she only suffered minor burns in doing so.
* She prefers to play strategy based games that allow her to take her time and plan ahead, such as the original pvz. She has never played a shooter game before.

**Crew members**