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Lady Ethereal is a major antagonist in Red Candle Games' 2024 Metroidvania video game Nine Sols.

Biography[]

Past[]

Lady Ethereal was tasked by Eigong to build Soulscapes, and although the concept was good, everything quickly went south when Soulscape users began committing mass suicides upon being woken up, not wanting to live in an imperfect world compared to the perfect Soulscapes.

When Yi proposed his Eternal Cauldron Project idea to the Tiandao Council, Eigong encouraged Lady Ethereal not to mention the Soulscape flaws to anyone so as to not incite a panic. As a result, the plan went forward, but was later a failure due to many reasons, one of which being the imperfect Soulscapes.

Shortly after Yi's near death at the hands of Eigong, it is implied that something happened to Lady Ethereal. It is unclear whether or not it was a suicide attempt or just an accident, but regardless her body was no longer fit to keep her alive. Due to still seing value in Lady Ethereal, Eigong harvested the Sol's brain and kept her alive in one of her Soulscapes.

Present[]

500 years after Yi's failed duel with Eigong, he began trying to take the Sol Seals away from the Sols so that he could use them to return to Penglai. However, upon trying to get Lady Ethereal's Sol Seal, he realized that Lady Ethereal was in one of her own Soulscapes. She soon started to go crazy, and battled Yi, although he didn't want to fight her.

Eventually, Lady Ethereal lost and surrendered her own life, finally wanting to accept consequences for her actions, and encouraging Yi to do the same. After he obtains her Sol Seal and leaves her Soulscape, the machine keeping Lady Ethereal alive deactivates, finally allowing the Sol to rest in peace.

Appearance[]

Lady Ethereal is a large Solarian with pink fur, often seen wearing purple. In her Soulscape form, she has butterfly wings and claws. However, her true form is just a disembodied brain and spine floating in her Soulscape vat, as Eigong harvested all that was necessary for Lady Ethereal to stay alive and plugged her in.

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Trivia[]

  • Lady Ethereal is a unique boss in many ways.
    • She is the first boss Yi encounters that he doesn't want to fight.
      • Kuafu doesn't count for this category because he never actually tries to fight Yi himself.
    • She is the first boss Yi encounters that willingly accepts her fate.
    • She is the first boss Yi encounters that has three phases.
      • In fact, if the player doesn't go for the True Ending of the game, she is the only boss Yi encounters to have three phases.
  • Her character design is very similar to that of Toriel from the video game Undertale.
    • Ironically, her personality is also very similar to Alphys, another character from Undertale.

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