So yesterday, I misread a post & it got me thinking about Eva and Eztli (2 of my vestiges). I haven't really gotten around to making a post about their pasts and fleshing out their personalities (& this isn't that post either lmao) but I did want to discuss the basis of their personalities because out of all my vestiges, they're the most similar.
Eva & Eztli pictured below:
So, on the surface, Eva and Eztli are fun, flirty, and sometimes silly, and of course, they're also kind and friendly. It's a huge part of their personality, they tend to be friendly to most people (especially before meeting the hooded figure (for Eztli it might be before that but I need to iron out the details of her past)), and they like having fun which is part of the reason they started adventuring. They wanted to see different parts of Tamriel and meet new people along the way. Of course, by the time they become the Vestige, there is much more beneath what they show to the people they meet.
For Eva, where she used to be open and flirty, she's more hesitant and in denial about attention directed at her. Rather than being excited about making new friends, she is scared of how things will turn out further down the line.
As for Eztli, she threw herself into being flirtatious and silly, using both as a means of deflection from getting attached; unfortunately, it doesn't always work. She still finds ways to have fun while going on these big adventures, but at the end of the day, she is left feeling hollow.
Although they are both still initially kind to strangers, they're more wary; and despite their silly approach to some situations, it's possible to pick up on their pain and fear, especially the more someone gets to know them.
This is why I love the companions in the game, and characters like Raz, Fenn, Naryu (& Darien even though that whole situation remains heartbreaking), because these are (some) characters that get to know and befriend the Vestige, and in the case of the companions, they travel with them. They give the Vestige a chance of thinking, of hoping, that things will turn out differently, or that things will get better.
