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{ canon update }

Canon & Essence Update—

§ canon update.

Want to canon update your character? No problem. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

What happens. When a character is updated, they will have to leave the Realm of Stories to return to their own. This could be voluntary, such as during a break, or a random disappearance, such as in the middle of a campaign. At that point, it can be assumed that their world has cleared the threats at that time and will essentially resume its original timeline as if none of it happened until the Story Eater returns for the new canon point.
Time lapse. The Realm of Stories functions on its own sense of time (which is like zero), so a month in the character's world could be three days in the Realm or vice versa.
Change essence optional. It's possible to change a character's essence if you want, otherwise they will have the same one again. They'll keep all abilities and anything else they learned unless you want to change things.
Keep memories. All memories of their time in the Realm will return. They can also vaguely remember their time in the Realm while back in their world, but that's up to the player (it can be played off as a dream if trying to work it in as real experience would be too complicated).
Waiting period. There's a wait period of two weeks for any new material installments before a character can be updated, and spoilers should be marked.
Time gone. How long a characters goes out for the update can be from three days to a week. If you need more time, such as working the update as a long hiatus, that can be arranged.

Now just fill out the form, post your canon update in your character's journal, and then link it in a comment to this entry.

§ essence update.

Need to change your character's essence? That's definitely doable, but here are a few things to keep in mind:

Legitimate reason for change. We want our players to carefully consider the essence their character will be having from the start as it's supposed to be a part of the character's growth into the setting. But we do realize that even careful planning doesn't always pan out, so if it turns out that the choice just doesn't fit, then it's definitely A-OK to change the essence out.
Two times max per cycle. Since we don't want characters to randomly go through essences like candy, we have a two time limitation per cycle.
How it works in-game. For a character to have their essence changed out in-game, they won't have to do anything at all. The Storyteller will be able to sense any mismatch or frustration through the journal, or even the essence itself might decide that they chose the wrong vessel to inhabit. Regardless, the character will find themselves suddenly engulfed in a ribbon of white letters and papers. When it clears, they will have undergone a ~~magical girl~~ transformation and find themselves with their essence, completely with change of wardrobe.
Relearning abilities. Except for any basic skills that weren't unique to the previous essence, all special abilities are unlearned and the character will have relearn any that could potentially carry over. Good news is that they at least still have knowledge about their skills and it will be a lot faster, even same day depending on how similar they were. Example, if a character learned to cast ice with the previous essence, they may be able to regain that ability if their new essence allows it. Otherwise, it's back to square one. (Think of it like changing job classes in JRPGs.)
Quirks reset. Obviously any personality quirks from the previous essence will no longer be in play, but it can be replaced with any quirks from the new essence. The character may feel lingering effects of the previous quirk, but at this point it would be more of a habit rather than just because of the essence.
Housing change optional. Characters do not have to move to a new home if they are comfortable in their current lodgings. But if they would like to try somewhere else, then their keys will change to lead them to their next potential home. If they decide after checking it out they don't want it, then the keys will revert back to their original form and remain that way.
Workshop optional. Using the Workshop isn't mandatory, but it is suggested if you're uncertain about what new essence to choose or if you want second opinions. So feel free to use it!

Now just fill out the form, comment to this entry, and wait the approval!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Character: Pearl
Current Essence: Alice | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
New Essence: Nutcracker Prince | The Nutcracker
Updated Abilities and Quirks: A desire to kill rats on sight and a strong fondness for eating nuts.
Carry Overs: N/A
Any other updates: Clothing | Weapon

Questions/Other: Many thanks!

Edited 2018-11-10 06:22 (UTC)

Go forth, Nutcracker Prince!

But will her jaw be strong enough to crack those nuts open—

Character: Roxas
Canon: Kingdom Hearts
Current Canon Point: Post Dream Drop Distance
New Canon Point: Post Kingdom Hearts 3
Essence: The Little Mermaid
Updated Background: Throughout Kingdom Hearts 3 Roxas is mostly absent, though part of Sora's quest involves somehow bringing Roxas back from his heart. The biggest problem comes from what to do with Roxas's heart; even if they manage to free Roxas from Sora's heart, there's no vessel for Roxas's heart to go into. Sora and Ienzo work out that if they had a replica, then it's possible it could be used as a vessel for Roxas's heart. This plan hits a standstill since Vexen is absent, but they later receive one from Demyx, who delivers it to Ienzo after Vexen makes it in secret.

During the battle in the Keyblade Graveyard, Saix and Xemnas move in to attack Sora and Lea, who were also in battle with Xion (who had been forcibly recruited by the new Organization XIII). After Xion's heart transfers from Sora's to her own Replica body, both the danger present and the connection Roxas had with Xion and Lea is enough to call Roxas's heart from Sora's heart, which then transfers into the waiting Replica body and intercepts the attack from Xemnas. He explains how he used the same method Master Xehanort used to allow the new Organization XIII to return (namely, using Replicas to house the hearts of the Organization XIII members he planned to use for his plan) and that he owed his return to many, and how he owed his return to many. He fights alongside Sora and Xion after Xemnas flees, and once Saix is stopped he, Xion, and Lea have a tearful reunion together. Later on, Roxas and the others go to confront Master Xehanort, and after his defeat by Sora's hand helps to seal Kingdom Hearts.

With the battle over, Roxas returns to Twilight Town with Xion and Lea, and the three are seen not only enjoying sea salt ice cream together atop the Clock Tower, but are also joined by Hayner, Pence, Olette, and Isa (who had been recompleted after his defeat as Saix and brought into the group). Later on, when Riku arrives in the Gummi Ship, Roxas and the others travel to Destiny Islands to celebrate their victory on the beach. They all celebrate before turning to watch Sora and Kairi together, before Sora vanishes away.

Updated Personality: Roxas's personality is more or less the same as it was before he left.

Any other updates: Roxas's heart is inside of a Replica vessel, so the argument could be made that he is now technically a Replica. However, Vexen has confirmed that his latest batch of Replicas, of which Roxas's Replica body is from, is able to meld with a heart so well and is so lifelike that the Replica can be considered "human in every way". As such, though his heart is in a Replica vessel, he could basically be considered a human.

~~Also his hair is a little darker now I guess?? lmao~~

Questions/Other: If it's cool I would like him to hop onto his canon update when Sora officially enters the game and then come back a few days later (so probably the 12th-15th or 16th)

Edited 2019-08-10 06:33 (UTC)

You're good to go! Go forth to break hearts and throw little chefs into a tizzy.

Character: Kotori Iida
Canon: Sweetness and Lightning
Current Canon Point: Chapter Two: Pork Miso Soup and Restaurant Lights
New Canon Point: Chapter Eight: Squid and Taro Stew That's Still Yummy the Next Day
Essence: Sweet Porridge Girl
Updated Background: Kotori has been cooking more with the Inuzukas and getting to know them better. Highlights include making boxed lunches for Golden Week, only for her mom to cancel and the Inuzukas to drive back to eat with her, helping Kouhei cook for Tsumugi when the little girl has a cold, meeting Kouhei's friend Yagi and learning to make donuts, and recreating squid and taro for Tsumugi.
Updated Personality: Slowly Kotori's been opening up more to the Inuzukas and beginning to care about them. Having them come back to eat with her after her mom cancelled and the rain ruined the Inuzukas' picnic plans means a lot to her, turning what would have been a crummy day into a really nice one. In exchange, she's beginning to have more investment in Kouhei and Tsumugi outside of cooking, encouraging the two of them to bond more and striving to improve her own cooking skills despite her nerves. It's when Tsumugi is sick that she realizes the depth of her feelings for the both of them: she comes over (in disguise...) to bring Kouhei ingredients for a sick day meal- complete with components for homemade dashi instead of instant- asks to be Tsumugi's friend (only to be told they already ARE friends, silly), and realizes that she might just have a crush on her teacher. Oh boy.
Any other updates: Kotori has a handful of new recipes under her belt, a good portion of which can be made with the donabe.

Questions/Other: Just noting this won't happen until after The Little Mermaid arc, and then gonna be slightly back-dating her return.

I approve this canon update in the name of me!

Character: Della Duck
Canon: DuckTales (2017)
Current Canon Point: Post-"Raiders of the Doomsday Vault"
New Canon Point: Post-"Moonvasion"
Essence: Icarus
Updated Background: Della has gone on new adventures with her freshly-reunited family, and learned more about what it means to be a mother. She (sorta...?) taught Launchpad how to fly properly, she bonded with her boys and Webby, and went to great lengths to contact the best friend she'd made on the Moon. She was given the scare of a lifetime when she watched most of her family blink out of time in a "time storm," she helped save the day from invaders from the Moon, (initially wanting nothing more than to stay away from the danger so her family would be safe, but Louie helped her understand that with bad turns of event come good ones) and she finally reunited with her twin brother.
Updated Personality: While Della will be largely the same, she has matured a small amount. Mostly, she's grown as a mother, specifically. She knows that she can't just be a friend to her children, now, but needs to care for them entirely, even if this means being stern with them at times.
Any other updates: None!

Questions/Other: This will happen a few days into December in real-time, backdated to late November in the game, (if possible,) since I want to wrap up her existing threads first, or at least get an idea of where major ones are going!

Edited 2019-12-01 14:54 (UTC)

All this sounds good! Level up, mama duck!

Character: Kotori Iida
Canon: Sweetness and Lightning
Current Canon Point: Chapter Eight: Squid and Taro Stew That’s Still Yummy the Next Day
New Canon Point: Chapter Thirty-Nine: A Cavity? And Homemade Mapo Tofu
Essence: Little Girl (Sweet Porridge)
Updated Background: More cooking with the Inuzukas and school, with Shinobu and Inuzuka-sensei’s friend Yagi even helping out from time to time. The most important developments include overcoming her fear of knives, rebuilding her bonds with both her parents, learning it’s okay for her to view the Inuzukas as special people, and realizing what she wants to do after school: study to take over the restaurant someday.
Updated Personality: While Kotori is still shy and prone to anxiousness, and while she still LOVES food, she’s also grown a lot in the past two years. She’s grown a little more open about expressing her emotions, positive or negative, and she’s grown more competent in her cooking skills, even taking a leadership role at the school festival’s crepe stand. Her biggest accomplishment of all, though, is finally overcoming her fear of handling knives, in order to help Inuzuka-sensei and Tsumugi overcome a similar incident of their own.
Any other updates: Again, Kotori has explored a lot more recipes, many of which can be made with the donabe. In addition, she can actually use a knife now! Her skill level is still novice, but it’s slowly becoming more solid.

Questions/Other: Why does Kotori’s outfit change four times in the same scene in Chapter 39...?

Hooray, Kotori reached Level 6 at Cooking!

Character: Minato Arisato
Current Essence: Thanatos | Greek Myth
New Essence: Fox | The Little Prince
Updated Abilities and Quirks: No quirk as Fox's emphasis on "taming" is basically a way to teach the prince on making and keeping relationships/friendship with others aka Social Links lol the taming process was actually similar to leveling up in P3. So he technically already has the quirk lmao. Will constantly have fox ears, fangs, and a tail. Shapeshifting into said fox and due to his (initial) untamed nature, the ability to always get out of situations.
Carry Overs: No carry overs.
Any other updates: Clothes will change to French fashion circa 1940s as the book was published 1943.

Questions/Other: Nope, thank you!

We have a quick question regarding Minato's ability to "always get out of situations." Could you elaborate a little more on what kind of ability this is? For example, is it for all disadvantageous situations or is it limited to certain degree of difficult or threat? We're also wondering if this is an actual power such as able to disappear or some other means of escape, or if it's more related to a natural skill such as increased wit to outsmart those involved or able to quickly spot an escape route. Or a mix of above (which is also possible).

(no subject)

afoolshope - 2020-05-31 13:28 (UTC) - Expand

Approved!

keeperoftales - 2020-05-31 20:43 (UTC) - Expand

Character: Gobo Fraggle
Current Essence: Hermes | Greek mythology
New Essence: Alice | Alice in Wonderland
Updated Abilities and Quirks:
Abilities

Size Changing: Being able to grow or shrink in size, via eating comfits (candies) kept in a tin in his pocket. At first he'll only be able to reduce to about six inches or grow to about eight feet, but future upgrades will increase the limit accordingly, as well as how many candies he has on hand.

Vorpal Sword: A bladed weapon to be summoned, which can only be used to harm Story Eater foes. This weapon does not scale with his size changing.

Floating: Falling with style.

Animal Speech: ~~Squeakity squeak squeaken~~ The ability to talk to different animals and interpret their speech.

Creativity Creation: Being able to imagine small things or creatures into being for a short period of time. This will increase in both size, complexity, and length of time as the ability upgrades.

He'll receive no quirk from this change ~~if Gobo gets any MORE curious he's gonna wind up killing himself...~~
Carry Overs: Tunnels: Being able to create and manage tunnels and bolt holes to different places.
Any other updates: His yellow/pink shirt is going to change to a blue/white one instead, and his scarf will be black instead of red.

Questions/Other: N/A

Just be careful with the mushrooms and hookah, young Fraggle. (We'll be updated the Character Roster and such accordingly, so no need to comment anywhere.)

Character: Wembley Fraggle
Canon: Fraggle Rock
Current Canon Point: Post-main series (including the Journey to the Everspring comic)
New Canon Point: Post-Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
Essence: Ferdinand the Bull
Updated Background: Rock On! is a short-form continuation of the Fraggle Rock series, where the Doozers in Fraggle Rock have created a set of audio communication devices called Doozertubes, and set them up in various places around Fraggle Rock. Gobo's Uncle Traveling Matt also was given several, which is notable because it allowed the main Fraggles to interact, via voice, with several (famous) "Silly Creatures" in "Outer Space" - celebrity names will be filed off, of course. The episodes focused on music and a sense of togetherness and fun between Silly Creatures and Fraggles.
Updated Personality: No notable changes!
Any other updates: N/A

Questions/Other: Can this be backdated, so Wembley was away starting Tuesday (two weeks after the finale of Rock On! aired) and returned on Friday?

Edited 2020-06-14 02:09 (UTC)

Rock on, tiny cave cat! And yes, the slight backdating is good.

Edited 2020-06-14 02:24 (UTC)

Character: Gobo Fraggle
Canon: Fraggle Rock
Current Canon Point: Post main series
New Canon Point: Post Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
Essence: Alice | Alice in Wonderland
Updated Background: Rock On! is a short-form continuation of the Fraggle Rock series, where the Doozers in Fraggle Rock have created a set of audio communication devices called Doozertubes, and set them up in various places around Fraggle Rock. Gobo's Uncle Traveling Matt also was given several, which is notable because it allowed the main Fraggles to interact, via voice, with several (famous) "Silly Creatures" in "Outer Space" - celebrity names will be filed off, of course. The episodes focused on music and a sense of togetherness and fun between Silly Creatures and Fraggles.
Updated Personality: ~~He's the same dumbass he was before~~ Nothing changes
Any other updates: Nothing really, short of knowledge of Doozertubes now which will come to absolutely no point whatsoever >.>

Questions/Other: N/A because same question about backdating above also applies here XD

Rock and roll, round cave cat! And yes, the slight backdating is good!

Character: Wembley Fraggle
Current Essence: Ferdinand the Bull | The Story of Ferdinand
New Essence: Winnie-the-Pooh | Winnie-the-Pooh
(I think Winnie-the-Pooh, working as a support role/healing Essence and being a bear of very little brain and Christopher Robin's loyal, loving best friend, is a better fit for Wembley than Ferdinand!)
Updated Abilities and Quirks:
-Summoning Honey Pot Grenades: Standard Honey Pots spread healing energy through the immediate area, or can be consumed for greater healing impact. Other varieties include explosive pots of fireweed honey, sleep-inducing lavender honey, or sunflower honey that lights up the surroundings with a lingering flash - with more to come as he advances.
-Full-Size Honey Pot: Also a summon, and pours out a sticky honey to trap things.
-Summoning a Balloon: For floating purposes!
-Quirk: Craving sweet treats
(He will likely develop further powers as he advances through Campaigns, including a bee outfit that gives him controlled flight instead of floating.)
Carry Overs: None
Any other updates: He'll get a "weapon" - a pop gun that starts off as simply a rifle with a cork on a string, but as he updates, it'll become a more useful distraction.

Questions/Other: Does it count as cheating if I'm copying myself? But seriously, just wanted to get Wembley in a more support role with a more workable power set that I wouldn't... Forget things about half the time.

Everything looks good to us!

Character: Kazuma Asougi
Canon: Dai Gyakuten Saiban
Current Canon Point: DGS2-Case 3, before 2nd day trial
New Canon Point: DGS2-Case 4, when he spends the night in France.
Essence: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Updated Background: DGS2 SPOILERS:

He regains his memories and then accepts a mission from the Grim Reaper to do his own personal investigation. He leaves Great Britain, and confronts Gregson about the Professor case on the S.S Bara Block. He nearly kills him, but manages to only hit the detective's trunk, chipping the tip of his sword, Karma. He then leaves the ship once it docks in France and spends the night at a nearby inn.
Updated Personality: He's just very angry and out for revenge.
Any other updates: Uhh nothing really.

Questions/Other: He's going home after the Alice campaign.

Canon update approved, go for it!

Character: Junpei Iori
Current Essence: Bear Prince | West of the Sun, East of the Moon
New Essence: Prince Ivan | The Frog Princess/Vasilisa the Beautiful
Updated Abilities and Quirks: Junpei gains the ability to ride on horseback, shooting a bow and able to talk to all animals.
His new quirk is bad luck followed by good- now he'll be prone to have bad luck-- falling down, finding the food he wanted sold out, etc. But then good look has a chance of happening to him-- when he falls down, he finds money, finds food he likes even more than the one he wanted. If he is with the frog Princess however, the good luck is REALLY good.
Carry Overs: Uh, he can talk to bears still? But now it's expanded to all animals.
Any other updates: His clothing is more based on Russian Royalty, Like in this film!

Questions/Other:

Go forth with your new essence!

Character: Fuuka Yamagishi
Current Essence: Princess | West of the Sun, East of the Moon
New Essence: Vasilisa | The Frog Princess
Updated Abilities and Quirks: Fuuka now has incredible skill and knowledge of sewing; she is able to speak to plants; she is able to create illusions using items related to the illusions she wants to make. For example, if she wants to make a bird appear, she will need a feather; if she wants to make a waterfall, she will need some water. She is also able to turn into a frog when she is wearing a frog onesie.

Her new quirk is that she HAS to always have the frog onesie on her person, either wearing it or carrying it. When she isn't, she feels intense dread and anxiety, causing her to panic and look for the onesie ceaselessly until she is reunited with it again. (Think of how Bilbo or Frodo are without the ring)
Carry Overs: None
Any other updates: Her clothes look more Russian and flowy, with long sleeves and skirts.

Questions/Other: None

Your Essence update is approved! Hop to it, Fuuka!

Character: Atem
Current Essence: Coyote | Native American myth
New Essence: Aslan | Chronicles of Narnia
Updated Abilities and Quirks: Striking fear into those that are wicked with a look, healing breath, shapeshifting into a lion. The healing breath would eventually evolve to boosting morale and putting people to sleep as he gets stronger. I don’t know about making him too OP given his god-like status and omnipotence but I think we can decide on that as it comes?
Carry Overs: He likely still has knowledge of the trees, shrubbery, and other things on land and in the sea. His knowledge stays but not necessarily his skills as a medicine man, although I’m sure he can just learn that on his own if he so wished. Eventually, since Aslan is known to not always be a lion, he could learn to shapeshift into other animals but that can be by your discretion if you like!
Any other updates: He’ll likely wear Index clothes as Aslan is a lion and is thus not actually wearing anything lol No specific home anymore but he lives with Seto anyway. Maybe a treehouse somewhere idk we don’t know where Aslan sleeps ok

Questions/Other: Nah, I think I’m good! I just didn’t feel like I was utilizing Coyote very well and it didn’t seem as fitting. Thank you!

Edited (grammar ) 2020-10-07 16:45 (UTC)

Your Essence Update is approved! You are correct in that he can't be too god-like, but I'm sure we can figure out how to nerf down a few things that can increase in power/effectiveness/strength over time!

Character: Yu Narukami
Current Essence: Quetzalcoatl | Mesoamerican Mythlogy
New Essence: Zeus | Greek Mythology
Updated Abilities and Quirks:
- Ability to throw bolts of lightning (not very powerful at first, more like tasers, they'll get stronger as he bonds more with his essence)
- Pet eagle (currently in baby form, it will grow faster than normal for each story completed)
- His first 'disguise', able to transform into a swan.

Quirk: Yu has constant clouds around that reflect his emotions (both a play regarding to mount Olympus being in the clouds + Zeus controlling the weather). So, for example, if Yu is annoyed, there might be little flashes of thunder in the clouds, if he's sad, there might be some rain, if he's happy there might be heat coming from the clouds (like a sun). Yu has no control and the emotional weather reflects how he truly feels, vs how he portraits himself to be.

Weapon: A fancy staff

Carry Overs: Nah we're gonna reboot this bad boy
Any other updates:
- He'll be switching to togas more in a Greek style.

Questions/Other: Nope!

Essence Update approved!

Just keep it in your pants, Yu.

Character: Minato Arisato
Current Essence: The Fox | The Little Prince
New Essence: Thanatos | Greek Myth
Updated Abilities and Quirks: Quirk wise: Likes black a lot and treats death a bit more seriously than in canon, which was more apathetic nor was he afraid of it. Essence wise: The power to control shadows (maybe travel in them as he gains more power?), has big black wings, and relieves people of their pain and suffering whether mental or physical. He can't heal, this isn't a healing power. It's strictly to help people until the healer/doctor/whatever arrives. Thanatos was specifically the god of peaceful death, after all so I think helping people ease their suffering would be a big one. Also, I know this is more of the Roman version (so feel free to nix (hah) this if need be!) but the Roman version seemed to be affiliated with butterflies a lot and butterflies are actually a huge symbol in Persona so the ability to communicate with butterflies would be cool too.
Carry Overs: Nah.
Any other updates: He’ll keep his current house, too lazy move again.

Questions/Other: lol I promise this won’t become a normal thing for me.

Essence update approved!

Character: Tohru Adachi
Current Essence: The Evil Queen | Snow White
New Essence: Poseidon | Greek Mythology
Updated Abilities and Quirks: Controlling (salt) water, creating (salt) water (with a limit of how much growing with upgrades). Good swimming abilities as well as later ability to turn into a merman, but for now just water manipulation stuff.

Poseidon is also the god of storms, earthquakes and horses, but I will look into expanding there maybe later?

Quirk... Maybe feels drawn to all surfaces of water and wants to jump in much like Haru in Free?
Carry Overs: No
Any other updates: He gets a trident and a toga to wear. Also gets a horse.

Questions/Other: If an update in the middle of the story (post Cabbage) is impossible, I would update him right after it.

Essence update approved! However it can only happen post-campaign.

Character: Ken Amada
Canon: Persona 3
Current Canon Point: Post FES
New Canon Point: Post Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Essence: Not Changing
Updated Background: After the events in Persona 3 FES, Ken lived the past two years trying his best to be a normal teenager. Despite his issue, he still wants to be treated like a member of his team. However, that all changed when he received word about how his friends were kidnapped in the place called Inaba. During that time, he met new friends and fought his own shadow. He even fought against yet another god like entity to stop the end of the world. At the end, he realized how he should live his life as a teenager anyway. He gave up his spot on his team but is still willing to help should anything happen again.

Updated Personality: Overall, Ken's personality hasn't changed much. He is still someone who is mature and calm for his age. The only real difference is he isn't trying to act overly mature anymore. Instead, he is more comfortable with himself and knows he should act like a 13 year old. With this, he is a lot more optimistic compared to his past self and is willing to joke around more.
Any other updates: Ken is a lot more taller compared to his 5'0 self and is better at playing soccer. Outside of that, not much has changed.

Questions/Other: He's going to be canon updated around Act 2. I'm also switching his journal from

spearlance to

whatsamada

Edited 2020-11-29 21:42 (UTC)

Your Canon Update is approved and I'll go ahead and switch out the journals in their respective pages!

(no subject)

whatsamada - 2020-11-30 09:55 (UTC) - Expand

Character: Jean Kirstein
Canon: Attack on Titan
Current Canon Point: Chapter 72
New Canon Point: Before the raid in Liberio, around chapter 100
Essence: The Beast | Beauty and the Beast

Updated Background: They successfully reclaimed Wall Maria and found out more about the situation they are currently in. They now know about the other continent, where their real enemies reside. They also get allies from Marley (the other continent's country) and start developing their island a little bit more and find out they're a 100 years behind other countries in development. However, once again, Eren's reckless behavior is about the throw them straight into a battlefield against the enemy side of Marley.

Updated Personality: Not much of his personality has changed. He's mostly become more mature and responsible, but he's still mostly the same arrogant and cynical teenager he's always been. He's had years of being in a much more peaceful environment and has had a chance to do more than just fighting. So he's more likely to open up a bit more and be more accepting of social contacts than before his canon update.

Any other updates: Age up from 15 to 19 and also height growth from 175 to 190 cm. Also new skill set with new gear, but no gear with him.

Questions/Other: He will voluntarily go to check on his world during break and return when he does because story eaters are once again on the move and he knows the situation will wait for him. Despite age change, my journal will stay the same.

Your Canon Update is approved!

Current Canon Point: Post True Ending (Royal)
New Canon Point: Post Persona 5 Strikers
Essence: Robin Hood (Not changing)
Updated Background: After the events of Persona 5 Royal, Ren went back to his hometown and old high school, and had a normal life, with Morgana living with him. He comes back to Tokyo at the start of summer vacation to spend it with his friends.

Unfortunately he, Ryuji and Morgana accidentally discover that the Metaverse is back and a mass changing of hearts in Shibuya is going on. The Phantom Thieves come out of retirement, take down the palace, later turning out to be actually called a Jail due to how differently it works than in the past (and it's what the app EMMA calls it).

To make matters worse, they have been blamed for the series of heart changes going all over Japan (and later, a murder again), so they have to go on a road trip across the country to shut down all the Jails, and restore those who had their hearts changed back to normal.

They eventually manage to destroy all the Jails, shut down EMMA (which turned out to be the cause of it all, and had even become the false god The Demiurge), and the last of Shido's conspiracy is arrested. Ren then has to go back to his home town due to summer vacation being over.

Updated Personality: Not a whole lot different but he is somewhat happier and relaxed, and his distrust of police is relaxed somewhat due to having gotten an ally in Zenkichi (who even awakened to his persona), and sees that not all the police are bad after all.

Obviously he'll never fully trust police due to having experienced the corruption and failure of the justice system back in the original game, but at least he's learned that there are a few out there that can be trusted.

Any other updates: His cooking skills have increased to about the level of a professional chef. Where as before, he was a decent cook who could make perfect curry and coffee.

Also he now has a small thin scar on one side of his face from Sophia attacking him, when she got mind controlled into attacking the others. It's only visible if you look close enough.

Questions/Other: The actual canon update will be March 15th and be gone for a week.

However if this posting is still too soon even with that note of it taking place later, I can delete this and wait a few days to re-post it to meet the two-week period.

Edited 2021-02-27 22:57 (UTC)

Due to the release schedule, we would normally require you to repost this canon update at the later date.

However, we already did some discussion and research on whether this update would even be allowed and have discovered that to Strikers is considered as a direct sequel to the original P5 game and not connected to Royal. As the game is still new we are still open for any new information that might arise, but given what is available at the moment, we wanted to inform you of our current thought process at this time. If there is more concrete information that connects the events of Royal to Strikers, then we can consider and discuss this again.

More spoilers here

schrodingers_joker - 2021-02-28 07:30 (UTC) - Expand

Re: More spoilers here

keeperoftales - 2021-03-02 04:38 (UTC) - Expand

Character: Xion
Current Essence: Baldr | Norse Mythology
New Essence: Merlin | Arthurian Legend
Updated Abilities and Quirks: Abilities:

Minor elemental magic: mostly fire and water -> Will upgrade later on

Flower magic: able to make flowers bloom or petals rain down (as a call back to FGO Merlin more than anything)

Telekinesis: able to move objects without touching them

Dragonet: a small dragon familiar

A staff: Not that she actually needs it, but it's an accessory

Quirk: The need to sometimes disguise herself for no reason, especially at fancy parties or such
Carry Overs: Nope
Any other updates: She will likely have a long magician's robe and a pointy hat, like a classic warlock. Also she will likely be moving out of her boat house.

Questions/Other: n/a

Edited 2021-03-25 06:05 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay!

The only thing to note is the telekinesis will need to some limitations at the start, such as only being able to move small, lightweight objects. This can of course improve over time so that she can move larger, heavier objects.

Re: Approved!

replicakey - 2021-03-25 08:33 (UTC) - Expand

Character: Ren Amamiya
Current Essence: Robin Hood | Robin Hood
New Essence: Loki | Norse Mythology
Updated Abilities and Quirks:
Abilities

Shapeshifting: At the start, he'll be able to change into a girl, and eventually a horse mare, a hawk, and a salmon fish. Maybe a snake too.

Increased knowledge with fishing: While he does know how to fish in canon, this will be increased and even be able to know how to make fishing nets.

Quirk: He'll be more prone to mischief/pranking
Carry Overs: Any disguise pieces that didn't come in the original kit (such as that lady disguise he used a while back) will stick around.
Any other updates:
- Increase in height from 5'9'' to 6'0'' as a nod to Loki being half giant (though I can have it be 5'11'' if that's too big of a height change.)
- His main outfit will be this
- New house, key, and journal.
Questions/Other: Can Ren have just the helmet from the MCU version to go with the new outfit? Or does it still count as cosplay?

Edited 2021-04-10 22:56 (UTC)

Your Essence Update is approved! And yes, unfortunately the MCU Loki helmet would be considered cosplay.

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schrodingers_joker - 2021-04-11 18:59 (UTC) - Expand

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