Gaia Mascot

Gaia Mascot is the unofficial term for various Gaia Online characters that represent the site, staff, or feature in some form.

Humanoid-type

 * NPC:Admin is Gaia Online's all purpose Administration bot. She handles random tasks from announcements to informing the user that their item has been sold.
 * NPC:Stein is a male character that was created to collect glitch reports about Evolving Items. His arrival was announced on Gaia was in October 2009.
 * MsTransaction was a mule created in 2004 by DARKNRGY (a Developer). She was specifically made for reporting Marketplace bugs. Although it is unknown if she was useful with this task.

Personified-type

 * Gaia-tan is a Chance Item released in May 2009, found in the Gee Boi Turbo, she is Gaia Online's Moe anthropomorphic avatar. Her item description is Japanese text written in Hiragana: かわいいですね~? (kawaii desu ne?) (It's cute huh?).


 * Gaia-sama is a Chance Item released in August 2009, found in the Dark Reflection, she is Gaia-tan's Alternative Universe counterpart. Her item description is Japanese text written in Hiragana: 高いですよ~! (takai desuyo ~!) (It's expensive~!).


 * Gaia-kun is a Cash Shop item released in December 2009, found in the "Gaia Gaia Party Time!" item with Gaia-tan. The item description is in Japanese text written in Romaji: Shinnen akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! (新年 明けまして おめでとう ございます!) (Congratulations on the dawn of a new year!)

Creature-type

 * Rock Puppy is considered the original mascot of Gaia, and was located on the front page of Gaia Online.
 * Item:KiKi Kitty Plushie is a Monthly Collectible released on March 2005. Kiki's image is used for many of Gaia's merchandise.
 * Item:CoCo Kitty Plushie is a Monthly Collectible released on October 2005. Coco's image is used for many of Gaia's merchandise.

Trivia

 * Gaia-tan bears a resemblance to the female model seen in the July 2006 MC promo. She was the first item with a Winking eye pose, and the first item with Japanese Hiragana as the description.


 * During 2004, Gaians started a project called, Forum-tans project. This community creation was an attempt to create various personified characters based on Gaia's main forums. A manga by Sushi Database Studios was spotlighted in the announcements during Summer 2k7: Summer Festival.

External link

 * Gaia Thread: Forum-tans: All that and maid outfits (GCP THREAD OPEN)
 * Gaia Thread: Forum-tans: All that and maid outfits
 * Announcement: Summer Fest News: Event Prizes, Salon Update, Item Contest!
 * Gaia Thread: 2k7 Summer Plot : SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!!! (Part 2 COMPLETE!!)