In [[Magolor's Tome Trackers]], Elfilin appears as one of the possible designs on a tome's cover. Additionally, one of the missions for this [[Sub-Game]] requires the player to win while wearing the Elfilin mask.
In [[Magolor's Tome Trackers]], Elfilin appears as one of the possible designs on a tome's cover. Additionally, one of the missions for this [[Sub-Game]] requires the player to win while wearing the Elfilin mask.
== Trivia ==
==Trivia==
*The large hole on the outer rim of Elfilin's right ear is reminiscent of the practice of ear punching, wherein laboratory mice have specific sections of their ears punched out in order for researchers to more easily identify them.
*The large hole on the outer rim of Elfilin's right ear is reminiscent of the practice of ear punching, wherein laboratory mice have specific sections of their ears punched out in order for researchers to more easily identify them.
*From behind, Elfilin is shaped like a chipped heart.<ref>[[Shinya Kumazaki]], [https://www.ndw.jp/kirby-interview-220923/ Nintendo DREAM June 2022 interview] ([https://gigi9714.wordpress.com/2022/07/31/translation-of-the-kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-interview-from-the-june-2022-edition-of-nintendo-dream/ translation by Gigi])</ref> This might be a reference to his kind-hearted nature, and/or the fact that he "was born from a small, compassionate soul" of [[Fecto Elfilis]].<ref>''"The Elfilin we first met was born from a small, compassionate soul that hid behind greater, invasive ambitions. Without a soul to temper its power, the creature's spatial-teleportation ability ran amok, opening mysterious vortices left and right. Now that they're whole again, they're already planning their next invasion..."'' <small>--[[Fecto Elfilis]] [[figure]] flavor text</small></ref>
*From behind, Elfilin is shaped like a chipped heart.<ref>[[Shinya Kumazaki]], [https://www.ndw.jp/kirby-interview-220923/ Nintendo DREAM June 2022 interview] ([https://gigi9714.wordpress.com/2022/07/31/translation-of-the-kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-interview-from-the-june-2022-edition-of-nintendo-dream/ translation by Gigi])</ref> This might be a reference to his kind-hearted nature, and/or the fact that he "was born from a small, compassionate soul" of [[Fecto Elfilis]].<ref>''"The Elfilin we first met was born from a small, compassionate soul that hid behind greater, invasive ambitions. Without a soul to temper its power, the creature's spatial-teleportation ability ran amok, opening mysterious vortices left and right. Now that they're whole again, they're already planning their next invasion..."'' <small>--[[Fecto Elfilis]] [[figure]] flavor text</small></ref>
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
{{main|Elfilin/gallery}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
KatFL Elfilin artwork 2.png|Alternate artwork of Elfilin
KatFL Elfilin artwork 2.png|Alternate artwork from ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''
KatFL Car Mouth Elfilin Bandana Waddle Dee Artwork.jpg|Elfilin and [[Bandana Waddle Dee]] on [[Car Mouth]] Kirby
KatFL Car Mouth Elfilin Bandana Waddle Dee Artwork.jpg|Artwork of Elfilin and [[Bandana Waddle Dee]] on [[Car Mouth]] Kirby
KatFL Elfilin figure.png|[[Figure]] of Elfilin
KatFL Elfilin figure.png|[[Figure]] of Elfilin
KatFL Captured Elfilin figure.png|Figure of Elfilin captured in a Beast Pack cage
KatFL Adventuring Together figure.png|Figure of Elfilin with Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee
KatFL Handmade Elfilin figure.png|Figure of [[Sillydillo]]'s Handmade Elfilin
KatFL Elfilin tutorial dialogue artwork neutral.png|Artwork of Elfilin from tutorial dialogue windows (neutral)
KatFL Elfilin tutorial dialogue artwork neutral.png|Artwork of Elfilin from tutorial dialogue windows (neutral)
KatFL Elfilin tutorial dialogue artwork happy.png|Artwork of Elfilin from tutorial dialogue windows (happy)
KatFL Elfilin tutorial dialogue artwork happy.png|Artwork of Elfilin from tutorial dialogue windows (happy)
KatFL Elfilin tutorial dialogue artwork sad.png|Artwork of Elfilin from tutorial dialogue windows (sad)
KatFL Elfilin tutorial dialogue artwork sad.png|Artwork of Elfilin from tutorial dialogue windows (sad)
KatFL Kirby JP art 1 alt.jpg|Illustration from the [[Kirby JP Twitter]] for the reveal of ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'', featuring Elfilin on the left
Twitter commemorative - Kirby's Birthday 2022.jpg|[[Kirby Anniversary|Kirby 30th anniversary]] illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter, featuring Elfilin
Twitter commemorative - New Years Day 2023.jpg|New Year's Day 2023 illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter, featuring Elfilin
K30AMF Elfilin artwork.png|Artwork from the [[Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival]]
K30AMF Elfilin artwork.png|Artwork from the [[Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival]]
KHC Artwork 1.png|Artwork used for KIRBY Horoscope Collection merchandise series
KHC Artwork 1.png|Artwork used for KIRBY Horoscope Collection merchandise series
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
KatFL story screenshot 5.jpg|Elfilin kidnapped by the Beast Pack
KatFL Elfilin screenshot.jpg|Elfilin introducing himself to Kirby
KatFL Wise Waddle Dee preview screenshot.jpg|Elfilin and Kirby talking to [[Wise Waddle Dee]]
KatFL cafe game cutscene screenshot.jpg|Kirby, Elfilin, and [[Bandana Waddle Dee]] enjoying a meal in town
KatFL Fake Elfilin in cage screenshot.jpg|A doll made by [[Sillydillo]] to resemble Elfilin in a cage
KRtDLD Merry Magoland Elfilin statue unlock.jpg|The Elfilin statue at [[Merry Magoland]] in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]''
KRtDLD Elfilin Mask.jpg|Kirby wearing the Elfilin [[Dress-Up Mask]] in ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe''
KRtDLD Elfilin (Smiling) Mask.jpg|Kirby wearing the Elfilin (Smiling) Dress-Up Mask in ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe''
</gallery>
===Other===
<gallery>
KatFL Main Credits picture 1.png|Picture of the main mode credits, showing Elfilin reuniting with Kirby
KatFL Main Credits picture 2.png|Picture of the main mode credits, showing Elfilin and friends coming back to the New World
KatFL Main Credits picture 3.png|Picture of the main mode credits, showing Elfilin celebrating the happy ending with others
KatFL Main Credits picture 5.png|Picture of the main mode credits, showing Elfilin sleeping with others
KatFL Main Credits picture 6.png|Picture of the main mode credits, showing Elfilin taking a picture with others in [[Wondaria Remains]]
KatFL Main Credits picture 10.png|Picture of the main mode credits, showing Elfilin helping Kirby at the [[Waddle Dee Café]]
KatFL Main Credits picture 11.png|Picture of the main mode credits, showing Elfilin building snow creatures with others
KatFL Main Credits picture 12.png|Picture of the main mode credits, showing Elfilin sleeping in [[Kirby's House]] with Kirby and an Awoofy
KatFL Main Credits picture 15.png|Picture of the main mode credits, showing Elfilin, Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee
KatFL Extra Credits picture 1.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin and Kirby in [[Forgo Plains]]
KatFL Extra Credits picture 2.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin and Kirby running from a possessed [[Bernard]]
KatFL Extra Credits picture 3.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin and Kirby finding a [[piece of Leon's Soul]]
KatFL Extra Credits picture 6.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin and Kirby in [[Forgo Park]]
KatFL Extra Credits picture 8.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin and Kirby resting in [[Forgo Horns]]
KatFL Extra Credits picture 10.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin and Kirby in [[Forgo Wasteland]]
KatFL Extra Credits picture 12.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin and Kirby in [[Forgo Zone]]
KatFL Extra Credits picture 14.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin giving Leon his soul pieces back
KatFL Extra Credits picture 15.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin dancing with Kirby and Leon
KatFL Extra Credits picture 21.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin celebrating Leon's happy ending
KatFL Extra Credits picture 22.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin heading with Kirby inside the [[Colosseum]]
KatFL Extra Credits picture 24.png|Picture of the extra mode credits, showing Elfilin celebrating the true happy ending with others
KDB Elfilin costume render.png|Elfilin [[Costumes|costume]] from ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'', where Elfilin himself sits atop Kirby's head
KDB Elfilin Peacock color render.png|Elfilin Peacock [[Colors|color]] from ''Kirby's Dream Buffet''
KDB Elfilin character treat.png|[[Character Treat]] from ''Kirby's Dream Buffet'', featuring artwork from ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''
KDB Group Pose character treat.png|Group Pose! Character Treat from ''Kirby's Dream Buffet''
KDB Elfilin K30 character treat.png|Character Treat from ''Kirby's Dream Buffet'', featuring artwork for the [[Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival]]
KRtDLD Elfilin Mask Icon.png|Elfilin [[Dress-Up Mask]] from ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]''
KRtDLD Elfilin (Smiling) Mask Icon.png|Elfilin (Smiling) Dress-Up Mask from ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe''
HnK ASC Elfilin Plush.jpg|Elfilin plush from "Hoshi no Kirby All Star Collection" merchandise series manufactured by San-ei
HnK ASC Elfilin Plush.jpg|Elfilin plush from "Hoshi no Kirby All Star Collection" merchandise series manufactured by San-ei
A New Pupupu Lifestyle Kirby and Elfilin Plush.jpg|Kirby and Elfilin Plush from "A New Pupupu Lifestyle!" merchandise series
A New Pupupu Lifestyle Kirby and Elfilin Plush.jpg|Kirby and Elfilin Plush from "A New Pupupu Lifestyle!" merchandise series
PITATTO Elfilin magnet.jpg|Magnet of Elfilin made for [[Kirby Anniversary|Kirby's 30th Anniversary]], from the "PITATTO" merchandise line
Kirby Horoscope Collection Keychains.jpg|Elfilin depicted on the Aquarius rubber keychain from the "KIRBY Horoscope Collection" merchandise line
Lawson 30th Campaign Towels.jpg|Towels from [[Lawson]]'s Kirby's 30th Anniversary Campaign, featuring Elfilin on one of the towels
30th Anniversary Music Fest Glowsticks.jpg|Glowsticks from the [[Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival]], featuring an "Elfilin Green" color
30th Anniversary Music Fest Tote Bag.jpg|2WAY Tote Bag from the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival
30th Anniversary Music Fest Keychains.jpg|Neon Acrylic Keychain Collection from the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival, featuring Kirby and Elfilin
30th Anniversary Music Fest Clear File.jpg|Clear File from the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival
A mystical new friend you met in a mysterious new world. You found Elfilin as he was trying to save the Waddle Dees from the Beast Pack. He seems happy to be Kirby's guide, sharing helpful advice to save the Waddle Dees and rebuild their town. Thanks, Elfilin!
”
— Elfilin's figure description from Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Elfilin is a supporting character who appears in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, serving as Kirby's primary companion. He is a small flying chinchilla-like creature capable of speech with giant ears (the right one having a large missing section on the rim) and turquoise fur. His eyes are bright blue and appear to shimmer in the light. Elfilin appears to be largely helpless at first, and is not keen on fighting, but he is later shown to have potent abilities, including the power to open wormholes through Another Dimension to connect distant worlds. Aside from that, his main role is to give Kirby (and the player by extension) advice and information on various things in the New World and in Waddle Dee Town.
In Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Elfilin joins Kirby after being rescued from a Beast Pack cage in the stage Point of Arrival, hoping to help the pink puffball save all the Waddle Dees, who Elfilin had gotten to know before they were captured. Along the way, Kirby and Elfilin become fast friends, and are later separated when King Dedede kidnaps him and takes him to an abandoned laboratory atop a volcano. Later on, it is revealed that Elfilin was (unbeknownst to him) derived from a primordial life-form known to the New World civilization as "Specimen ID-F86", who is kept in that laboratory and who seeks to be reunited with him to reform the ultimate life-form: Fecto Elfilis. When this eventually happens, Kirby has to fight this life-form and split Elfilin back out again, and then destroy the malevolent half with Elfilin's help.
Elfilin's name is a corruption of his ID, "F87," as a result of splitting off of F86. It is also an anagram for "Nil Life"; "Nil" is the Japanese name for Void. The opening cutscene of Lab Discovera contains Morse code that spells "EFILLIN" when decoded; "Efillin" is "Nil Life" spelled backwards, and more similar to his Japanese name.[1] In the Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions of Leongar's figure description, it is also revealed that his full name is "Fecto Elfilin" (フェクト・エフィリン, 菲克特·艾菲靈 / 菲克特·艾菲灵, and 펙트 에피린, respectively), matching with Fecto Elfilis.
Personality
Kirby agreeing to help Elfilin rescue the Waddle Dees shortly after they meet.
“
When I'm with you, Kirby, everything becomes an adventure!
Through his actions and dialogue, Elfilin is characterized as a kind and energetic, yet unassuming creature who only wishes to live in peace with the Waddle Dees in the New World. When the Waddle Dees are captured, Elfilin is eager to rescue them on his own, but decides to let Kirby take the lead once he offers to help. Despite being imbued with incredible power, Elfilin seems to be unaware of this until after merging and re-separating from his other half; up to that point, he is largely helpless without Kirby's protection. Even after this, he states that his power is still weak, as he can only open and close a single portal to Popstar at a time.
Appears as a golden statue in Merry Magoland as a reward for completing 100 Missions, and his likeness appears in the form of two Dress-Up Masks.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Kirby and Elfilin teaming up to defeat the final boss at the end of Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
Elfilin makes his first appearance in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and is the very first that Kirby frees from one of the Beast Pack's cages in the Point of Arrival stage. Once freed, Elfilin is eager to help Kirby free all of the captured Waddle Dees, and so he accompanies Kirby on his adventure from then on. In stages, Elfilin may pipe up with some instructional dialogue, for instance, informing Kirby that he can keep his Copy Ability while using a Mouthful Mode if he keeps discarding his ability near a mouthful object. He will also make a remark when entering a new area on the New World and give Kirby advice and expository dialogue, both on the World Map and in Waddle Dee Town. Elfilin is also present with Kirby when he is collecting figures from Gotcha Machine Alley, eating food at the Waddle Dee Café, sleeping in Kirby's House, or playing Flash Fishing.
Elfilin is critical to the story of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, since his capture and reabsorption into ID-F86 is the goal of the Beast Pack's leader Leongar, who is being possessed by Fecto Forgo directly. When Kirby defeats King Dedede at the end of Winter Horns, Dedede manages to sneak up from behind while Kirby is dancing and capture Elfilin for this purpose. When Kirby eventually catches up to them at Lab Discovera, he does his best to fight off both Leongar and Fecto Forgo to save Elfilin, but he is absorbed anyways. The two beings combine together to form the final boss of the game: Fecto Elfilis. Kirby has to battle this ultimate life-form until they are weak enough to the point where Kirby can separate Elfilin from them using Dome Mouth. From there, Elfilin helps Kirby destroy Fecto Elfilis for good by powering up his Big-Rig Mouth transformation. Elfilin uses up the last of his power to stop Popstar from crashing into the New World, but is saved from this otherwise-sacrificial act off-screen by Clawroline. He repays the favor to Clawroline by traveling with Kirby into Isolated Isles: Forgo Dreams to recover the lost pieces of Leon's soul and bring the lion back to life. Lastly, when Kirby defeats Chaos Elfilis in the final cup of the Colosseum, the last remnants of Fecto Forgo dissipate into a benign life force that reunites peaceably with Elfilin, ending the split for good.
In addition to appearing physically in the game's narrative, Elfilin also appears in the form of a handful of collectible figures.
Elfilin appears in Kirby's Dream Buffet as a costume for Kirby. Since Elfilin moves and blinks, it is safe to assume that it is the real Elfilin, and not a prop. In addition, a Minigame stage themed after Elfilin is available to unlock. Elfilin also appears on a few Character Treats.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Elfilin is referenced in a few different ways. In Merry Magoland, Kirby can earn two Dress-Up Masks based on Elfilin: one has a neutral expression, and the other is of him "smiling" (despite not having a visible mouth). The former is unlocked by reaching the end of Stamp Rally card No. 20, while the latter is obtained by completing 100 Missions (this also unlocks a golden statue of Elfilin in the Magoland plaza). Wearing either mask causes the wearer's voice to be replaced by Elfilin's, using voice clips from Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
In Magolor's Tome Trackers, Elfilin appears as one of the possible designs on a tome's cover. Additionally, one of the missions for this Sub-Game requires the player to win while wearing the Elfilin mask.
Trivia
The large hole on the outer rim of Elfilin's right ear is reminiscent of the practice of ear punching, wherein laboratory mice have specific sections of their ears punched out in order for researchers to more easily identify them.
From behind, Elfilin is shaped like a chipped heart.[2] This might be a reference to his kind-hearted nature, and/or the fact that he "was born from a small, compassionate soul" of Fecto Elfilis.[3]
↑"The Elfilin we first met was born from a small, compassionate soul that hid behind greater, invasive ambitions. Without a soul to temper its power, the creature's spatial-teleportation ability ran amok, opening mysterious vortices left and right. Now that they're whole again, they're already planning their next invasion..." --Fecto Elfilisfigure flavor text