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{{Quote|A mystical new friend | {{Quote|A mystical new friend you met in a mysterious new world. You found Elfilin as he was trying to save the Waddle Dees from the Beast Pack. He seems happy to be Kirby's guide, sharing helpful advice to save the Waddle Dees and rebuild their town. Thanks, Elfilin!|'''Elfilin'''{{'}}s [[figure]] description from ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''}} | ||
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'''Elfilin''' is a supporting character who appears in ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]'', serving as [[Kirby]]'s primary companion. He is a small flying chinchilla-like creature capable of speech with giant ears (the right one having a large missing section on the rim) and turquoise fur. His eyes are bright blue and appear to shimmer in the light. Elfilin appears to be largely helpless at first, and is not keen on fighting, but he is later shown to have potent abilities, including the power to open wormholes through [[Another Dimension]] to connect distant worlds. Aside from that, his main role is to give Kirby (and the player by extension) advice and information on various things in the [[new world]] and in [[Waddle Dee Town]]. | '''Elfilin''' is a supporting character who appears in ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]'', serving as [[Kirby]]'s primary companion. He is a small flying chinchilla-like creature capable of speech with giant ears (the right one having a large missing section on the rim) and turquoise fur. His eyes are bright blue and appear to shimmer in the light. Elfilin appears to be largely helpless at first, and is not keen on fighting, but he is later shown to have potent abilities, including the power to open wormholes through [[Another Dimension]] to connect distant worlds. Aside from that, his main role is to give Kirby (and the player by extension) advice and information on various things in the [[new world]] and in [[Waddle Dee Town]]. | ||
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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Elfilin's name | The origin of Elfilin's name has not been concretely confirmed. It may be a corruption of his ID, "F87," as a result of splitting off of F86. It is also an anagram for "Nil Life"; "Nil" is the Japanese name for [[Void]]. The opening cutscene of [[Lab Discovera]] contains Morse code that spells "EFILLIN" when decoded; "Efillin" is "Nil Life" spelled backwards, and more similar to his Japanese name.<ref>[https://twitter.com/haruda0316/status/1510431813948243970 Video decoding the Morse code in Lab Discovera's opening]</ref> In the Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions of [[Leongar]]'s figure description, it is also revealed that his full name is "Fecto Elfilin" (フェクト・エフィリン, 菲克特·艾菲靈 / 菲克特·艾菲灵, and 펙트 에피린, respectively), matching with Fecto Elfilis. | ||
==Personality== | ==Personality== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*While Leongar refers to Elfilin as Fecto Forgo's "missing half" in his dialogue prior to his boss fight, this is not meant to be taken as Elfilin and Fecto Forgo being literal halves of one being; it is more accurately stated elsewhere that Elfilin is a | *While Leongar refers to Elfilin as Fecto Forgo's "missing half" in his dialogue prior to his boss fight, this is not meant to be taken as Elfilin and Fecto Forgo being literal halves of one being; it is more accurately stated elsewhere that Elfilin is "a small, compassionate soul that hid behind greater, invasive ambitions", comparatively a much smaller part of the whole that makes up Fecto Elfilis. By comparison, the Japanese text uses the term 片割れ (''kataware''), which can be translated as "fragment" in this context. | ||
*The large hole on the outer rim of Elfilin's right ear is reminiscent of the practice of ear punching, wherein laboratory mice have specific sections of their ears punched out in order for researchers to more easily identify them. | *The large hole on the outer rim of Elfilin's right ear is reminiscent of the practice of ear punching, wherein laboratory mice have specific sections of their ears punched out in order for researchers to more easily identify them. | ||
*From behind, Elfilin is shaped like a chipped heart.<ref>[[Shinya Kumazaki]], [https://www.ndw.jp/kirby-interview-220923/ Nintendo DREAM June 2022 interview] ([https://gigi9714.wordpress.com/2022/07/31/translation-of-the-kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-interview-from-the-june-2022-edition-of-nintendo-dream/ translation by Gigi])</ref> This might be a reference to his kind-hearted nature, and/or the fact that he "was born from a small, compassionate soul" of [[Fecto Elfilis]].<ref>''"The Elfilin we first met was born from a small, compassionate soul that hid behind greater, invasive ambitions. Without a soul to temper its power, the creature's spatial-teleportation ability ran amok, opening mysterious vortices left and right. Now that they're whole again, they're already planning their next invasion..."'' <small>--[[Fecto Elfilis]] [[figure]] flavor text</small></ref> | *From behind, Elfilin is shaped like a chipped heart.<ref>[[Shinya Kumazaki]], [https://www.ndw.jp/kirby-interview-220923/ Nintendo DREAM June 2022 interview] ([https://gigi9714.wordpress.com/2022/07/31/translation-of-the-kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-interview-from-the-june-2022-edition-of-nintendo-dream/ translation by Gigi])</ref> This might be a reference to his kind-hearted nature, and/or the fact that he "was born from a small, compassionate soul" of [[Fecto Elfilis]].<ref>''"The Elfilin we first met was born from a small, compassionate soul that hid behind greater, invasive ambitions. Without a soul to temper its power, the creature's spatial-teleportation ability ran amok, opening mysterious vortices left and right. Now that they're whole again, they're already planning their next invasion..."'' <small>--[[Fecto Elfilis]] [[figure]] flavor text</small></ref> | ||