| “ | Before we go, I'll tell you this -- each branch is a history that might have been. However, there is one timeline where all the threads converge... Including our own. | ” |
| Aeon | |
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| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | Unknown/Immortal |
| Likes: | Venus, Mother |
| Dislikes: | Mortals |
| Voiced by: | Cristina Valenzuela |
Aeon (JP: アイオーン Aiōn) is a character seen in Black Dahlia's, Double's and Robo-Fortune's story ending. She is seen playing Skullgirls with Venus.
Aeon is the Trinity's reclusive goddess of time who observes history from beyond this world. Using her Parasite, Khronos, she is able to manipulate multiple timelines, watching how they play out while snagging the occasional collectible. Is her appearance in the roster merely a phantom possibility from another timeline, or did she find the means and willpower to venture out of the comfort of her own home?
She is mentioned in Eliza's Story Mode, when Double accuses the diva of killing her and Venus during her reign of terror as Neferu.
Playstyle Speculation[]
Aeon’s attack themes may be similar to Double’s in that she wields hypothetical versions of characters to attack, conjured from the distorted reflections on her hourglass. She may use figures from the past, characters that have not been seen yet, and alternate versions of the cast including ones where they have become the next Skullgirl. Her own attacks would be themed after sand, glass, and Khronos’s serpentine incarnation with animations that don’t always flow forward. Playing off of her shut-in otaku tendencies, some of her moves may bring in her accumulated merchandise.
In contrast to Isaac who can only travel through time, Aeon is a divine being with the ability to manipulate time itself, including alternate timelines. She may be able to capture moments on the battlefield to unleash later, like a bubble in time containing all attacks executed within its bounds. Then there is the usual slew of abilities to consider like rewinding time, slowing it down, and stopping it.
Gameplay Inspiration[]
- Snapshot
- Time-Space Beam glitch (Super Metroid)
- Gameboy Pokémon Yellow TASes (TASVideos.org)
- Hounds of Tindalos (Lovecraft)
Trivia[]
- Aeon has a literal hourglass figure as her torso is an hourglass.
- Her torso can somehow rotate. It isn't explained how.
- Aeon is one of the women pictured in the stained glass of the Divine Trinity's Grand Cathedral.
- Aeon was the 31st possible DLC character to be revealed in the Indiegogo campaign, at $600,000.
- Both Aeon and Khronos are named after the Greco-Roman deity of Time.
- Her name, along with its alternative spelling 'eon', means "age", "forever", or "for eternity".
- She also seems to be named after Aion, the Greek Hellenistic deity of time who is associated with the zodiac and the ring that encompasses the universe.
- Aeon is mentioned in one of Double's quotes: "To fight is futile. Aeon has foretold our victory."
- She is also referenced in one of Double's loss quotes: "Aeon, why have you forsaken me?"
- Her mural in the comic seems to indicate she is able to create chain constructs.
- If one looks closely to Khronos, the parasite looks very similar to Leviathan with two horns and a curved snout. But one of the biggest differences is that these features are far smaller as well as him being gold with blue eyes.
- While it has been confirmed that Leviathan is connected to her sister’s parasites, Ab-baddon, and he has some forms that look like them, it is unknown if that is also the case with Khronos.
- It is confirmed her and Isaac have an unknown connection.
- Interestingly, in Double's story mode, she is shown to be not wearing shoes.