Maroon Crystal

Maroon Crystal
Description	By the time the Lost Girl had seen through the lies and betrayal, the land of Oz had long been decayed. Unwilling to give in, she will step into the maroon crystal shoes and return to this strange path.
General Details
Wearer	Enchantress
Rarity	S-Tier (Gold)
Other Details
Series	Season 12 Essence 3
Date Released	September 3rd 2020 (GL) November 5th 2020 (CN)
Obtaining
Obtained by	Season 12 Essence 3
Cost	N/A

Maroon Crystal is a Limited S-Tier Costume for the Enchantress, Patricia Dorval. It was introduced in Season 12 Essence 3.

The costume was obtainable between September 3rd and September 30th, 2020 in the Global Servers and from November 5th to December 3rd, 2020 in the Chinese Server.

Appearance

Physical

Patricia's hair is now tied into a high ponytail with two strands that changed into maroon crystals secured by golden tiara. Her eyes are now red with golden star emblem. Black eyeshadow leaks down her cheeks and her eyelashes turned into spikes. Her lips are marked with dark lipstick.

Outfit

Patricia dons a black-red dress with golden armor pieces, finished by orange fur. One of the layers of the dress is covered with diamond-patterned fabric, there are hearts in some places. She wears green long gloves, covered with gold armor, where one of forearms is protruding. Her legs at the knee length turn into a maroon crystal with gold soles. She also dons black tights and red crystal earrings.

Cursed Emblem

Her ape head is now golden with flaming red eyes and bared fangs.

Special Effects

Small red sparkles mostly glow on her accessories.

Concept / Design Notes

Official Website

Returning to a strange road, condensed with infinite hatred. Crush the crown and tear apart the illusion of a fairyland! Reveal the bright and confusing dreamy underground, the hidden cold and bone-chilling scam!

Neither a fairy tale nor a fairy tale
Whose blood, tears and regret stained the glass slippers red? This is not a fairy tale, nor a fairy tale. Whether it is the corruption hidden under the light, or the betrayal and hypocrisy of others, she will crush it until there is no residue left!

The 14th season of "Identity V" Essence 3 consists of exquisite rewards such as the enchantress's S costume Maroon Crystal, the entomologist's A costume The Wicked Witch and the "disciple"'s A costume Princess Ozma. The Princess Ozma wearing a crown stares at the lost girl wearing scarlet glass slippers. Not far away, the wicked witch is flying towards them. What role will she play in this battle?

Scarlet Shoes, back on the road to strangers
The enchantress's S costume Marron Crystal once strayed into a strange dense forest, was deceived by lies, put on the red glass slippers given by the queen, and fell into a fatal scam. Along with the girl's steps, the color of the glass slippers became scarleter, assimilating to the skin and crystallizing the flesh. But after she saw through the scam and cheered up again, the Tin Woodman's armor, the lion's severed hand, and the straw-head straw all became the trophies of her revenge. Only the name on the cloth strip around her waist remained a trace of warmth.

When the lost girl sees through the lies and betrayal, the wonderland becomes rotten. Unwilling to give in, she will step on the scarlet glass slippers and return to this strange road.

Having seen through the corruption beneath the glamor and the carefully choreographed scam, the strong girl returns to the road just to crush all the residue under the crown! You are lost in a strange place, there is no wizard anymore, only thrilling adventures are waiting for you to experience!

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Background Story
The theme of this essence is a dark fairy tale adaptation of the famous story "The Wizard of Oz".

Compared to the joyful and relaxing story of the original work, we hope to deduce a version that is not only completely different in style, but also in the direction of the story: If Dorothy does not realize wisdom, courage and love in the end, and still chooses to escape from life, and can't leave the fairyland... If everything she faces is actually a conspiracy to trick the girl into gradually losing herself, how will the story develop? In addition, the original source of inspiration for the story were Axe Boy, Mad Eyes and Guard 26 make guest appearances as a trio of companions - using hunters to interpret the original partners of justice. This kind of extended story comparison is really interesting.

Design Idea Plans
In our story, we introduced a second girl who had strayed into the fairy land - but instead of giving up the fight, wallowing and regretting, she endured the pain of the crystal shoe that drew life from her blood and turned it into her spiritual motivation for revenge after experiencing the same deception that Dorothy could not escape from.

In terms of appearance, we actually designed two versions: the lost girl in the story film wears a vest and a small skirt, or the image of a world-weary girl.

And the road to revenge, rising from the deception, vowed to reclaim their cheated courage, wisdom, and love. So, she stripped the Tin Man's iron skin (made into armor), snatched the lion's claws (plated on the armor) and mane (sewn on the hem of the skirt and the edge of the armor), and plucked the straw from the Scarecrow's head (tied into a cursed baboon) as trophies of revenge. Her next target is the Emerald Queen, but the girl must race against time, because the pair of red crystal shoes given to her by the Queen are drawing life from her and becoming more and more shiny. The red crystals on her body are a deadly trap made of her anger and pain, constantly assimilating her body.

Another small easter egg, the "Dorothy" cloth on the hem, is a token given to her after she was rescued by the Black Witch. It is also our tribute to the original.

Design Idea Sketch
The Enchantress's gold outfit, the overall design direction is a gothic dark fairy tale style, and the temperament must have the feeling of a female warrior. There will be lion hair, scarecrow's head, iron, red crystal and other elements on the body.

The first version of the overall design is relatively ordinary, although the design elements are there, but in the sense of design and aesthetics are not well presented, the sense of patchwork is too strong and lacks the distinction of priority, and the elements are not very strong correlated.

The second version of the design still had the problems of the first edition, and the problems of aesthetics and the sense of patchwork of elements were still not solved, so the internal staff was asked to redesign the first edition.

The third version is basically close to the desired effect, but the level of detailing is not yet up to the requirements of S costume.

In the final version, the texture of the metal was strengthened, and the armor's texture and special effects were added to improve the level of expression.

Trivia

• This costume is based on the concept of Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz.
  • This can be seen from the nametag with the word "Dorothy" written on it hanging from her waist.

Gallery

• In-Game
• Official Art

Appearance Decoration Menu

Maroon Crystal In-Game Model Front View.

Maroon Crystal In-Game Model Back View.

Maroon Crystal In-Game Model Left-Side View.

Maroon Crystal In-Game Model Right-Side View.

Maroon Crystal Entrance showroom animation.

Maroon Crystal Idle showroom animation.

Maroon Crystal Press showroom animation.

Maroon Crystal changes to the Cursed Emblem.

Concept Art & Icons

Maroon Crystal Chinese Concept Art (Toutiao)

Maroon Crystal English Concept Art (Twitter)

Maroon Crystal Korean Concept Art (Twitter)

Maroon Crystal Card Sprite

Season 12 Essence 3 Poster Concept Art by Lin Chang

Promotional Art

"Whose blood, tears and regrets dyed the crystal shoes red? This is not a wonderland, nor a fairy tale. Corruption hides under the light. Betrayal and hatred of others are slowly spreading... I will crush all to pieces until there is no residue left." - Season 12 Essence 3 Poster by Lin Chang (Facebook)

Maroon Crystal Korean Poster (Twitter)

Maroon Crystal English Poster (Twitter)

Identity V Japan League (Twitter)

2024 Jīngzhé (惊蛰) Artwork (Weibo)

Global 7th Anniversary First Artwork by @mono96ism (Twitter)

Merchandise

DarkxPOP collabs Identity V Oz theme (Twitter)

Other Languages

"Maroon Crystal" in Other Languages
🇨🇳	简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)	陌路仙踪 (Mòlù Xiān Zōng)	Strange Wizard
🇨🇳	繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)	陌路仙踪 (Mòlù Xiān Zōng)	Strange Wizard
🇺🇸	English	Maroon Crystal
español	Español (Spanish)
🇮🇩	Bahasa Indonesia
🇯🇵	日本語 (Japanese)	オズを彷徨って (Ozu o hōkō tte)	Wandering through the Oz
🇰🇷	한국어 (Korean)	낯선 마법사 (nachseon mabeobsa)	Strange Wizard
🇲🇾	Bahasa Melayu
🇹🇭	ภาษาไทย (Thai)
🇻🇳	Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)