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Illium Maplestory deserves more love and attention... though even Nexon has done him dirty. They provided contradictory information when it came to his backstory pre-release. When it came to in-game, after his release, some of the info given was entirely incorrect. He had more character and personality in the starting quests than he did in the following 190 levels. The darker themes and struggles that they allow other characters to delve into, were entirely ignored when it came to him. He lacks personality and his gameplay isn't even good enough to make up for it...
On another note, he is also the one behind what I call "The Illium Paradox".
He requires his defensive buff to survive getting set up. The defensive buff is built by dealing damage. He can not deal damage without setting up. He requires his defensive buff to survive getting set up.... I am sure you see the problem here.
Why I care for him, however? Well.... he is cute. I like to draw him, and I like to give him the personality and struggles that he deserves. As the memes say... "My city now".
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