Wanda (Origin)
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About the character
| Full Name | Wanda |
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| Age | Oscillating |
| Born | August 8, ??. |
| Favorite Food | 
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| Curio Cabinet Bio | Wanda is a skilled clockmaker who will stop at nothing to outrun her future. |
| Motto | "Time! I just need more time!" |
| Favorite activities | Clocksmithing, tinkering |
| Friends and Relatives | Her baba[1], a mysterious entity[2] |
Backstory
Some parts of Wanda's backstory was revealed in her animated short Long Shadows. An official summary of the short was provided in DST's Compendium:
An enigmatic woman of... well, fluctuating age, Wanda was torn from the world she knew after accidentally creating a fracture in time and space, pulling her from her own timeline into the land of the Constant. Though she avoids divulging many details of her past with the other Survivors, she seems to have an odd familiarity with them, as though she's run into them before... or perhaps, later?
We know for sure only her connection to the shadows and the fact that she made a deal with some sort of a mysterious entity.
Assumptions
- Based on her examination quote for Florid Postern[3] it is possible that the mysterious entity with what Wanda made a deal is the author of Codex Umbra.
- She knew about all the gems except of the green ones[4].
- Presumably this is because the mysterious entity didn't want to let Wanda multiplying the materials that it gave or was giving her by using Deconstruction Staff and Construction Amulet in pair.
Trivia
- Her quotes constantly refer to the fact that she's in a hurry somewhere, despite some abilities associated with time.
- She seems to have experienced Wagstaff picking up the Lunar Essence Extractor with lunar energy in a previous timeline.[5]
- Apparently, she made some kind of deal with a "mysterious entity" which gave her the knowledge of using shadow magic for time travel. Wanda also states how she wasn't told about the green gems before. She also says: "There's no need to be afraid of curses if you're clever enough to outsmart them."
- In her examination quote for Festive Lights, Wanda mentions "electric candles". "Electric candle" is another name for Yablochkov candles, a type of arc lamp invented in 1876 by Russian inventor Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov, with her examination quote seeming to imply that she originates from not long after their invention.
- Instead of dying like any other survivor she travels back in time to the point before entering the Constant.
References
- ↑ Taffy- "I'll never forget, baba used to bring these home for us on special occasions."
- ↑ Gestalt- "Would making a deal with another mysterious entity be pushing my luck?"
- ↑ Florid Postern- "Parts of this mechanism look... familiar..."
- ↑ Green Gem- "If only I could've gotten my hands on one of these before... Well nevermind."
- ↑ Quote on Lunar Essence Extractor: "I should have known it would happen like this again."
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| Don't Starve |           |
| Reign of Giants |   |
| Shipwrecked |     |
| Hamlet |    |
| Don't Starve Together |       |
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| Unimplemented |         |
| Other |        Minor Characters |