Etna

Etna is the leader of the Prinny squad, and one of the few vassals who remain in the Overlord's Castle after King Krichevskoy's death.

In the beginning, she attempts to wake up Laharl through 'unique' methods (most of which involved guns).

From then on, Etna becomes Laharl's closest vassal, though not necessarily most trustworthy vassal, aiding him in his rise to power.

She is the only vassal from Laharl's original servants who goes out on the battlefield for him.

Etna often acts carefree and tends to be rather snarky towards Laharl and Flonne, but is also very devious and underhanded.

Often it is hard to tell for whom she really is working.

She holds deep respect and loyalty towards King Krichevskoy, Laharl's father.

When it comes to her Prinnies, however, she tends to be rather abusive towards them, especially in later games.

Etna is often known for ending an episode with a preview of the next episode, all of which have her in the starring role.

Often these previews parody famous TV shows, anime, or video games with the other characters making side comments.

These previews tend to be silly and rarely have anything to do with the next episode.

In both the Normal and Bad Endings, Laharl gives up his position as Overlord to Etna before either killing himself or running away.

As the anime follows the Normal Ending, she becomes the Overlord by the end of the anime. In the Good Ending, however, she continues to serve under Laharl.

In the PSP and DS ports of Disgaea, there is an alternate mode in the game called Etna Mode.

In this mode, rather than awakening Laharl, Etna accidentally kills him and sets out to reclaim her memories while tricking the Netherworld into believing that Laharl is alive by attaching an antenna on a Prinny's head, claiming it to be the demon prince.

The alternate mode delves into Etna's past as a commoner prior to being taken in by Krichevskoy.

As a commoner, she was often shunned by most noble demons, though a dog-like demon often kept her company as a sort of pet.

The pet is later killed by noble demons at which point Krichevskoy helps the young Etna bury it and offers to take her in, stating that commoners should not bear harsh treatment due to any differences.

The scenes between her and Krichevskoy cements her devotion to the King and backs up much of the diary entries found in the main story.

Etna Mode also hints at the relationship between Laharl and her: while she does not respect Laharl as an overlord (or even royalty, for that matter), it seems like she has developed a degree of fondness for the boy as she was seen in the Stellar graveyard shedding tears over her involvement in his 'death'.

She also seems to be slowly developing a strong loyalty to him, after quitting on him and returning to serve under him in the end.

In Disgaea 2 Etna quits her position as Laharl's vassal after a fight with Laharl over pudding (which is supposedly a rare delicacy from the Sea of Gehenna) and becomes a Demon Lord, taking the Prinny Squad with her.

She then travels to Veldime, hoping to eliminate Overlord Zenon, the God of All Overlords, and runs into Adell and his party in the process.

In Episode 9, she gives Adell a fake 'Demon Lord's Nail' and is accidentally summoned by his mother.

The failed summon drops her back to level one (prior to this she was level one thousand), and in order to regain her former power she deigns to join up with the player's party.

At the end of the game, she, along with Hanako, returns to the Overlord's Castle as Laharl's vassal once again.

This situation also occurs in one of the numerous endings of Disgaea: Infinite, where Etna, under the influence of the main character Prinny, allows Laharl to steal/take the Super Rare Pudding. He promptly eats it, to which he exclaims that the pudding is extremely delicious.

It ends up that Etna recovers and gets into a fight with Laharl over eating the Super Rare Pudding in front of her face.

The ending states that the result of this fight was that Etna quit her job and left Laharl's castle, to which the Prinny states that the time during her unemployment is "a completely different story", supported by a screenshot of Disgaea 2.

In Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice, Etna appears alongside Laharl and Flonne and assumes the legendary Overlord they are looking for is Mao, while Mao and his party believe that Laharl is the legendary Overlord.

After the battle, she tries to push Laharl to defeat Mao as the two are evenly matched until Almaz makes them realize that neither of them are the legendary Overlord.

After the battle, Etna joins the party.

Like many of the characters, she has lost something to the legendary Overlord: her one billion Hell savings account.

In an alternate battle, when Laharl appears before Mao, claiming to be his father, Etna tries to convince Mao that she is his mother, speaking in a motherly tone.

However, when Flonne starts claiming she's his mother, the two begin to argue over who the mother should be.

Her description of Laharl's selfishness makes it clear that she still doesn't forgive him for eating her pudding and that he still eats her sweets without permission.

However, in the end, Laharl reveals that they really weren't his parents after all, just an Overlord and his vassals passing by.

In Disgaea 4, Etna appears during the post-game as the third President to replace Axel.

Though she and Flonne both come from the same game (Disgaea: Hour of Darkness), only Etna comes from another Netherworld, while Archangel Flonne comes from Celestia.

Since appointed President, she has brainwashed everyone into making desserts for her and praising her body.

However, when Valvatorez presents, she knocks the dessert into Axel's face, which releases the spell. After Fuka mildly insults her, she challenges them to battle.

Afterwards, she accepts defeat, but quickly gets into an argument with Flonne over whose chest is flatter. In short, the majority of the post-battle conversation is about breast size.

Regardless, Etna joins Valvatorez because she believes this "abnormal phenomenon" replaced her nice body, and she wants it back.

In Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?, she sends off her Prinny Squad to get her the Ultra Dessert.

She gives her Prinnies a special red scarf in order to prevent them from accidentally exploding. She can also be fought in an extra battle when the Prinnies decide to revolt.

However, she does not actually engage them in battle, but has Pringer X, small Prinny robots that hover and shoot lasers, fight them while sitting on top of a throne carried by four Prinnies.

Occasionally, she will call either Flonne, Aramis, or Gordon, Jennifer, and Thursday when Pringer X is defeated.

In Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!, Etna somehow gets her underwear stolen, so she sends the 1000 Prinny Squad to find and retrieve her underwear within a given time period.

She also threatens that if her underwear is not found on time, she'll turn the Prinny Squad into her underwear.

Etna also appears in both Makai Kingdom & Phantom Brave as an extra boss.

In Phantom Brave, she is the reason why Laharl was sent to Ivoire in a bottlemail.

Upon hearing that Laharl had been defeated by Ash and Marona, she and Flonne battle them, but fails to defeat them.

She and Flonne later return alongside Laharl to fight them again.

In Makai Kingdom, she introduces herself to Zetta in a next episode skit and then returns to fight alongside Laharl when she is defeated.

She also appears as one of two Nippon Ichi characters in the game Cross Edge (The other being one of her Prinnies).

Links
Wikipedia> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disgaea_characters#Etna
Disgaea Site> www.atlus.com/dis/characters.html
Disgaea Wiki> disgaea.wikia.com/wiki/Etna

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