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Lady Nyx,
The Night Mother
Protogenos of Night, Mother of Vampires and Hellhounds
A healthy mixture of all versions, from Mythology to Marvel and SMITE with a bit of HoN.
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– Character Sheet –
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– Basic Information –
Full Name
Nyx or Nox
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Pronunciation
[niks] / [nɒks]
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Title
“Queen”, “Mother”, “Lady”, "Subduer of Gods and Men", "Vanquisher of Gods and Men", "Swift Nyx"
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Aliases
"Aphrodite", Lady Nox.
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Nickname(s)
Nee, Nyxy, Fang.
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Sex
Variable. Mostly depicted as female [has a male variation].
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Species
Protogenoi.
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Citizenship
Olympian.
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Residence
Tartarus [officially], Luna [secretly].
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Appeared Age
28
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Sexual Orientation/Preference
Whatever is beneficial.
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Occupation
Goddess of Night and Vampires.
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Alignment
Chaotic Neutral.
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Affiliations
Luna, Vampire Organisation, [Loki], her children.
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Prior Affiliations
Fear Lords.
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Marital Status
Divorced.
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– Appearance –
Height
9” [standard] though variable
40" [Mythological Titan Form]
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Weight
500 lbs (226,796 kg)
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Hair Color
Ebony.
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Hair Length
Easily reaches over her rear.
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Hair Texture
Glossy and thick.
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Hairstyle
Wears it open, with a long pony. Usually straight, sometimes curly.
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Skin Color
Ivory.
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Complexion
Barely any.
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Scars
Has thirteen seals engraved in her flesh and several runes. Disguised by an active illusion, unless in use.
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Birthmarks
None, at least none, that are visible.
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Tattoos
Ancient symbolism, spells in Greek and Latin. Her entire body is covered with them. Disguised by an active illusion, unless used.
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Piercings
Occasionally has piercings but her skin regenerates, once they are removed.
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Face Shape
Heart-shaped, sharp around her jaw and high cheekbones.
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Facial Expression
Placid and thoughtful; cold and calculating.
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Eye Shape
Almond-shaped, big, with long lashes.
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Eye Color
Silver, ebony; sometimes emerald, sometimes sanguine.
– Contacts? No.
– Glasses? No.
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Eye Expression
Although often seeming drowsy, her eyes are piercing and mesmerizing, with a hauntingly calm note. They have an otherworldly intensity about them.
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Nose Shape
Small and pointy.
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Lip Shape
Full and naturally colored black.
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Mouth Expression
Usually a horizontal line with a slight downward tilt.
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Ear Shape
Small and rounded.
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Fangs
A set of six. Four bigger ones in the top row, a smaller pair in the lower.
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Body Build
Lean, very tall but quite athletic.
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Body Abnormalities
No visible abnormalities, aside from her extremely pale skin and elongated neck.
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Extra Extremities
A pair of wings. Usually invisible and compacted, unless needed. They are directly woven into her hair.
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– Clothing –
Fabric
Always a structure similar to matt silk. Absorbs light and leaves only little illumination.
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Bottom
Inspired by the Victorian era, her skirt is lengthy and pompous. It can be removed and unraveled into a cloak or blanket.
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Top
Long, removable sleeves are connected to a corset, with quite a risque neckline. Velvet roses are embedded within the fabric and glimmer when light touches them.
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Other Clothing
Wears a skin tight battle suit beneath, which serves for combat, as her usual apparel proves unfavorable in close quarters.
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Footwear
Combat boots with three inch heels.
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Accessories
Has a silver claw attached to her right pinky finger and often wears either lace, silk or leather gloves.
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– Personality –
Mental State
Semi-stable.
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Personality Snapshot
Cold and calculating, cruel though not entirely heartless. Out for revenge against the Gods who have wronged her.
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– In depth personality:
Nyx is seldom easy to read or crack, thanks to her adaptability, cold exterior and analytic thinking. Most of her intentions and motives hide behind a charismatic mix of dazzling charm and calculated distractions. Deceiving without lying, that is what she does best.
A tight codex predicts most of her actions, combined with an extreme loyalty towards her loved ones and family.
Due to experience and political convenience, she is not easily convinced to stay with a lover – for a longer period of time – but still shows great love and affection for her children. Though usually easy going, once her family is threatened, Nyx unleashes everything she has and becomes a force to fear. Her name is forbidden, for it summons the dark deity instantaneously, wherever uttered, whenever.
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Most prominent personality trait:
Her chilling aura. The cold radiating from her.
Best traits of their personality:
Usually polite. Enjoys quipping.
Worst traits of their personality:
Everything else.
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Good Habits
Very open-minded, curious and 99.1% honest. She studies other carefully before forming an opinion about them. Even to her enemies, she is a generous opponent, often leaving them alive when she could've easily killed them with a mere swipe of her hand (though this also serves her amusement). She will instinctively protect children and animals, as they present the aspect of purity and goodness, something her twisted heart still desires to shelter. Before becoming a wrathful goddess, her kindness, understanding and gentleness were her most prominent features; sometimes, they shine through.
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Bad Habits
She rarely trusts others, is manipulative and very self-destructive. Willing to sacrifice limbs in battles, in exchange for analyzing and deducting attack patterns, she has no issue suffering greatly if the gain is deemed worth it. Nyx is always scheming, having a contingency plan for every situation at hand. Her unending hatred burns bright. Cold is her exterior, often rejecting any closer relationships or attempts at bonding with her.
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Hobbies
Reading, experimenting and interacting with mortals, spending time with her children, fighting, tending to her pets and gardens, playing strategic games, learning, unraveling new mysteries, plot twists.
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– Abilities –
She is an extremely powerful goddess, being one of the Protogenoi. She is so powerful and terrifying, that many Giants and Titans fear her, as stated in the mythology. Among those, who fear her was even Zeus.
Umbrakinesis is her main power. As the Protogenos of night, she has divine authority and absolute control over shadows and darkness.
Nyx can control and generate darkness and shadows as if they were physical constructs, most notably using them to bind opponents or to "strangle their souls". She can additionally summon humanoid shadow constructs. Nyx can also generate bursts of shadows capable of reducing her own children to ashes.
She can create a sword which can steal souls even as it slays. In addition, she can open dimensional portals and can call on a number of mystic entities for magical power.
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She can disguise her shape to the point of invisibility, or change/shift it.
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She can travel across dimensions all over the Multiverse, without restriction, as easily as breathing.
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She can cast a pervasive darkness from the deadly 'Sword of Night' [Named Endellion in a HC] to slay souls, or swallow beings with darkness.
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She can create the ensnaring Tendrils of Night, which can strangle others, or work like additional tentacles.
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She can surround enemies into lightless space, or send them into other dimensions, through singularities.
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She can use darkness to create portals to travel from one place to the next (Shadow Travel or so called 'Shadow Portals'). Nyx possesses the ability to teleport herself and other people across time and space. When she used her powers to blind the Scarlet Witch and connect their minds, Nyx was capable of teleporting herself to the Scarlet Witch's location when Wanda entered in contact with a Night Shard.
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She can see through darkness, while her enemies cannot, even in absolute darkness. She can monitor other dimensions as well, independent of her vampiric powers.
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The Shadow Mimicry - She can morph into (living) darkness/shadow. Nyx can also become a shadow herself to slip through the grasp of enemies.
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The Night Empowerment - She is stronger at night, or in dark places (e.g. Tartarus, or shadows).
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The Circadian Manipulation - She is capable of controlling the movement and rotation of planets, thus enabling her to change the flow of night and day.
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She can control nocturnal animals. They'll obey her orders, even if it means their own death.
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She also carries the Mantle of Night.
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Nyx had prophetic powers, and gave oracles from a cave. She was older and more powerful than Zeus, who deferred to her wishes.
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Olympian Deity Physiology: Nyx possesses the conventional superhuman attributes of an Olympian Deity, including superhuman reflexes, speed, strength and durability. She was capable of effortlessly dodging attacks from the Avengers, forcing Hawkeye to try to predict Nyx's movements to hit her, and taking a blow from Hercules with little damage. She has also displayed the ability to fly.
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Parthenogenesis: Nyx was capable of conceiving children without a partner, seemingly sired by her strongest feelings at the moment, whose capabilities followed those circumstances.
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Blindness Inducement: Nyx was capable of blinding Scarlet Witch while also linking their minds, making her only capable of seeing Nyx, her children and the Night Shards.
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Claws: Nyx uses her sharpened nails like a weapon, and they are capable of piercing the Hulk's skin.
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Shield Generation: Nyx has displayed the ability to manifest the Moon as a protective shield.
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Physical Strength: Nyx's strength was at such a level that, even weakened, she could break the neck of a major god such as Zeus.
Those are the few powers, she has used up until this day. The majority of her strength and capabilities is still in the dark.
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– Miscellaneous –
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– Headcanons –
~ Appearance Headcanon
Under normal circumstances, Nox will always wear a black dress, woven from her dark construct, which is clearly heavily inspired by the Victorian era in its style.
Even on the battlefield.
If she switches to close quarter combat, she'll drop the skirt and uses the suit beneath to avoid slowing her swordplay down or getting it caught up in the fabric.
Her dress is furthermore a magical weapon, in case insufficient shadows are around. Very few see that little twist coming and it thus serves as great surprise attack. She can reshape pieces into tendrils to restrict, drain, beat or strangle others but will loose coverage in exchange. It also serves as material to form portals, etc.
So, the less she wears, the likelier it is for an attack to be in the midst of initiation.
During daylight or in the presence of fire or magical light, loosing coverage can be extremely painful to her flesh and overall health. She uses her shadow constructs to completely shield herself of light and occasionally make appearances during daylight. Those quickly drain her, hence she can merely maintain her form for a few hours, at best.
Want to make sure, she can't attack with magic? The dress is the first thing, that has to be destroyed. Then her vocal cords or tongue. That leaves Nyx with her raw physical strength, speed and minor telepathic and telekinetic abilities.
If she drops unconscious, her clothing will dissolve with about three minutes delay. It's a construct and continuously has to be upheld consciously.
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€ Cooking/Food Headcanon
Although her sense of taste has been greatly altered, she still retained some of it. Vampires shouldn't eat human cuisine and immediately throw up. Under normal circumstances. You can consider it poison for them. Their stomachs are no longer capable of digesting it and the food would rot in their bellies.
Nyx has trained herself to mimic humans in that regard. She can eat and drink, without showing any unusual signs for several hours. That doesn't mean, she won't feel sick. Compare it to willingly eating rotten fish, generously doused in a marinade of mashed maggots, with a good spice of sewer and vinegar. She has simply learned to mask the effects with intense training.
Once no nosy eyes are on her, and she has a place to retreat to [usually the next bathroom or side alley], she will cut the contents out of her stomach or teleport them out, if she has to be stealthy.
This also gives her beloved truffle pralines a bitter-sweet after-taste.
The taste of alcohol remained without much alteration, so she can still enjoy those, but it will cause her to feel sick just as well. Chocolate doesn't taste as intense, as it would for a human, but still slightly sweet. Some chemical flavors will still be registered, too. Non-human meat and vegetables are the problematic things. Anything, that decomposes quickly.
#FunFact: she sometimes uses her stomach to store things in.
Since she doesn't need most of her 'fake organs', her half-hollow interior is filled with useful items, she can just seemingly pull out of nowhere, without needing to use any complicated spells to summon them.
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₩ Childhood Headcanon
She yearns for a childhood, to be innocent and careless for a short time.
What she would give for that, but unfortunately Nyx has never been a 'child'. While she was not specifically spat into existence, as a complete 'adult' either, she was several steps ahead in her creation.
Puberty hit her like a truck.
Nyx is an idea. An advanced elemental consciousness, sparked into existence from unknown causes. One day, she was just... there, aware and alone in absolute nothingness.
Until her siblings came.
And without receiving guidance, her primary goal is to learn and grow, until she finds satisfaction and a purpose, to which she can dedicate herself to. Her children and protecting them became that purpose. Aside from getting her revenge upon the Gods later.
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£ Old Age/Aging Headcanon
If Nyx stopped feeding, for more than ten days, you'd see traces of her age.
Death and aging are concepts far away from her grasp. She doesn't fear death [hell, she birthed half of the underworld] or growing old [which she also birthed, by the way], as they are simply things, that will never come for her.
She yearns for Death, too. To finally be released of her enormous responsibility and eternal suffering. However, if Nyx truly ends, the Universe would come to an end soon after. None of her siblings are still consciously active [aside from slumbering Gaia and Tartarus].
Once they all lay down their consciousness and revert to nothing more, than their raw aspect, either one of the remaining ones absorbs said aspect to uphold reality and further acts out the respective role, or it just floats about mindlessly.
The day, all go, everything goes with them.
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¥ Likes/Dislikes Headcanon
She's a sucker for truffle pralines. You'll immediately get her attention with those little treats. It's like catnip for kittens.
Alarm clocks. She hates those with an equal amount of passion, as she despises Zeus. Wave one of these screeching things below her nose and she'll stick to the ceiling and probably kill you afterwards.
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》 Quirks/Hobbies Headcanon
Despite music, Nyx also has a hidden appreciation for nature, given the connection to her sister, Gaia.
Her 'Midnight Roses' are her favorite. She bred them, among other night blooming plants, all securely hidden in her garden. Nyx would only reveal this place to creatures, she values highly, therefore consider yourself special, if you ever get to see her secret little paradise.
Bonus points, if you receive one of these flowers. There is a small diamond hidden in the center, which is revealed when the petals open and the rose blooms.
How to make the rose open up is a small secret. It will only reveal its true beauty under very special circumstances.
A sincere sign of her appreciation, as each of them are individually equipped with said gem and handcrafted.
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● Sad Headcanon
Nyx will rarely openly expose any emotions.
In the instance of her heart aching, she will retreat to a silent place [often the library] and excessively meditate over the event.
She's always in a semi-depressed state, so she rarely drops all the way down. In return, it is not easy for her to be 'happy' or joyful either.
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■ Angry/Violent Headcanon
Set her off and her sword will do the arguing.
Pushing Nyx into her anger is a /very/, VERY BAD idea in general. Anger and violence usually go hand in hand concerning the vampire.
Her entire power will manifest in a very aggressive offense, until she is either rendered incapable of fighting [good luck doing that] or the source of her anger has been neutralized.
Speed and strength are completely unshackled. Not to mention the brutality she'll show.
While she usually holds back [regardless of the opponent, she knows how dangerous she is to her entire environment], that is not the case when she gives into her rage.
She'll chop the responsible down, until all of her energy reserves are depleted, until every last fiber of her body has been destroyed and even then that individual is not safe.
Hide behind a hostage? She'll step through their body, without a second thought. It doesn't matter what stands between her and the target, she'll use the direct approach, regardless of the costs they demand.
You can be sure, she will only rest when her lust for blood has been quenched. There are certain levels of intensity and lethality, but all in one: an angry Nyx is a very dangerous thing to be around.
You can safely assume, you're a dead person, when you manage to beckon her wrath. It's hard.
Touching her family and an overly high amount of arrogance, are the two quickest ways.
Luckily, a rage kill is usually a quick end, unless she despises that individual particularly. Like Zeus. -cough-
In that case, she'll torture you to the brink of madness first.
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○ Sleep Headcanon
Nyx's sleep patter is quite peculiar. Instead of sleeping in regular intervals, she is on the move, until her body literally collapses beneath her.
Thanks to her good connection to the Oneiroi, she has no nightmares. It's less a state of sleep and more a state of unconsciousness or near death, at least for her physical form. Should she fall asleep, her body will not emit any life signs.
As for her 'essence', it regroups with her main consciousness and exchanges data. Unnecessary data will be deleted from the avatar – however, backed up by the main consciousness, in case it does hold some sort of useful information.
Her physical manifestation only has limited capacity and cannot hold her entire being. That becomes very apparent when she falls asleep. It's not that her mind is tired, it's an emergency break from her body, so that she won't tear it apart in her relentless quests.
Sleep defined by human standards does not exist for Nyx.
Depending on several factors, if she falls asleep, she can be away for a few hours, days, weeks, decades, sometimes millennia.
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□ Happy Headcanon
Affection. Hugs in specific. It's that simple. She loves hugs and cuddles. They fill her heart with joy.
Nyx would never admit it, though, but she'll melt all over you.
If you want to make her happy, just give her a little squeeze.
As 'cruel' vampire, she'll be shocked and taken aback, but she'd never punish someone for being so upfront and loving.
Might consider it 'brave', in fact.
Nyx is pretty scary, so she rarely gets those. They're always a little event.
The vampire siblings, Gretel and Hans, frequently snuggle up to her, when no one is watching.
Bonus points, if you dance with her.
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# Random Headcanon
Worry, when she smiles.
Worry a lot.
And even more, when she starts laughing.
She might be plotting your end ...or you really did amuse her.
You can never know.
A smile or laughter from Nyx can mean many things. It can mean hatred as much as it can mean genuine amusement or pain.
On the subject of plotting someone's end: she has at least five approaches completely planned out for every individual, she comes across. Just in case.
Every friend/ally is just an enemy, who hasn't attacked her yet.
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– Fear Headcanon
It is /very/ hard to scare a Fear Lord, but she welcomes the attempts. They amuse her.
In fact, when Nyx is truly intimidated, she drops one of the eeriest laughs ever. It's going to make your skin crawl.
There are things, she IS afraid of, but she'd rather tongue wrestle Mephisto [oh boi the hatred], than spill those.
Psssssst...
She's super claustrophobic.
And... and ...alarm clocks sca--
And that voice has never been heard of again.
Hello, I'm the new narrator. Move along.
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– Time Headcanon [Upon Request] –
Nyx's sense of time is very distorted and confusing, to . . . put it mildly.
Her 'real time' is significantly slower and quicker simultaneously, than that of other creatures on the same plane of existence. While her environment moves at regular speed or 'real time' for her senses, that does not apply to most living creatures.
Not only does she process data much quicker, she also has to speak and move in 'slow motion' for humans or the majority of other creatures, to even hear or see her.
A short 'Hm', can be an indication, that she 'swiftly' thinks about something though in comparison, it would equal several minutes of contemplation for a human mind. It just doesn't appear that way.
Would Nyx speak in her mother tongue, most beings would either be entirely deaf to her words or register it, as a sound similar to the crackling of a sonar. It's that fast. The majority of her spells also work that way. It's not that she pulls something from thin air, you simply didn't hear her utter said spell, because it's beyond the range of frequencies, your senses can assess.
A good way to bypass that, is to record her on a tape and watch it frame by frame. You'll note, that a lot of the things she does, won't match your perception of the interaction.
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An example:
Human perception: She stands across the room, sees you and momentarily 'teleported' to your location.
Nyx's perception: Was watching the human for a prolonged time, then casually walked over in her natural pace.
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As this had undoubtedly been very confusing, she came up with a tactic to make interactions less tiresome on her behalf. She has a perpetual counter in the back of her mind, that manually keeps track of time. A silver pocket watch serves for correction and synchronization now and then.
Would she not constantly keep her mind fully stretched, time would simply slip through her fingers, like loose sand. Months would pass like days.
All of those mechanism and processes, she keeps track of, slow her own perception of time down and make it possible for her to even interact with humans.
In a fight, she will move at her normal speed and drops most of those 'junk' processes.
One second in human perception, is worth ten minutes in hers.
She can't stop, rewind or quicken time itself. Nyx can only accelerate herself so much, that it seems, like the world stands still around her and at the same time, she would simply vanish from human senses.
Running in a circle around someone will make her invisible to their senses, unless she accidentally walked through them [then you can safely assume that human is dead]. The moment, she stands completely still, she will become visible.
Speculating, that also earned her the name “Swift Nyx” in myth.
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– Memory Headcanon [Upon Request] –
This is where stuff gets ridiculously complicated.
Nyx has an avatar [the thing, you all interact with] and her actual being at the edge of the Universe, which will be referred to as 'prime consciousness'.
This prime consciousness is FAR too much to stuff it into a vessel capable of walking the earth, without completely annihilating it. The mass to contain that much energy– well, we're all swimming in it. The black around all those countless golden dots you see in the night sky. Everywhere. That IS Nyx. Have fun fitting that into a humanoid body.
The avatar is a down-graded version of her prime consciousness. She holds selected intelligence and only remembers key events, simply because the capacity of Nyx's entire memory would burst any physical brain.
Also, a very effective method to kill someone. She just has to /show/ herself in her raw form or implant knowledge into someone's consciousness and a human mind would literally melt.
Possessing a human results in a similar thing. They decay rapidly as you see here:
When her physical body collapses from exhaustion, her separated essence joins her prime consciousness, while her body remains in a death like state. The original memory is copied and backed up, before anything 'unnecessary' is deleted and things get compacted. Irrelevant data will be filtered out and the remaining memory 'edited', to contain everything in a chronologically ordered package.
That's why her mind would remind of the virtual world of a computer, should someone look into it. Information is stored in files and meticulously sorted. It is this strict order, opposing her chaotic instincts, that keeps her in check.
Now, this can also be weaponized against psychics or to fool her own morals. The avatar cannot distinguish between information being false or correct, if the prime consciousness purposely labels them wrong. And because they are completely disconnected from each other [unless Seal One is active], there is nothing important, that can be taken forcefully.
So, even Nyx herself can be a pawn.
A lot of the secrets Nyx holds, are even hidden from her avatar, in the rare event of corruption. Since her avatar is also a walking mystical Dark Force bomb, she can just 'flip a switch' from the other end of the Universe and let it blow up into anyone's face.
Panic button, should someone acquire vital information.
The prime consciousness will surveil everything from the shadows, which also offers different perspectives on a situation, once they are reunited.
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THE POINT OF THIS ENORMOUS TEXT:
The avatar won't remember everything. The prime consciousness will and continuously filters through similar simulations and memories to obtain as much information as anyhow possible.
Should the avatar be approached about an event, she currently holds no memory of, she will reconnect with the prime consciousness and her mind will be 'updated' accordingly.
That's how her memories work.
Bonus fact:
Her prime consciousness cannot process emotions very well, so that is left to the avatar alone.
If the avatar is overloaded with emotions, she must be cleansed first, otherwise it will not be allowed to reconnect.
Expressing genuine emotions happens rarely. Most of them just serve as a cover, using data from similar encounters and the reaction a person would show under these circumstances.
Otherwise, it would be even more unnerving to be around her, if no matter what you do, it only gets you THAT resting bitch face.
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◇ Romantic Headcanon
She's a secret romantic.
And if she's serious with someone, she prefers to let things develop slowly on the emotional side.
It's rare for her to fall in love, and it's a long process to get her that far. If it happens, you can be sure, she'll smother you with affection and the most precious thing, she can give: her time.
She's usually a bit more reserved, should she truly develop feelings for someone, simply because she's so suspicious of everyone and taking into account, that even a lover can backstab her one day, Nyx is incredibly hard to woo [at least, in a serious context].
Everything considered, Nyx is demisexual [meaning: there has to be a deep emotional connection, before she considers taking it to the bedroom].
Unless it is otherwise beneficial.
Say, for a long-spun plot. In that case, she will lure lovers into her trap, then dispose of them in one way or another.
So, a quick way to figure out, if she's really into you, is to let yourself be wounded badly.
If she charges in to kill your adversary, the feelings are genuine.
If she does not harbor honest feelings, in 9 of 10 cases, she'll watch you bleed out [unless this person's presence is still useful anyhow or their objective hasn't been completed yet].
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♡ Sex Headcanon
Under normal circumstances, Nyx can only get pregnant every few years. Consider it a safety lock, so the 'Gods' won't create too many offspring. ... -cough- ... ZEUS.
This heat lasts for about a week or two, and it's very simple:
Anything that is 'fuckable' [or could serve as meal] and gets too close, will either be eliminated on sight [if, too weak] or quite literally jumped and relieved of every drop of seed [if someone has the potency].
Applies to /anything/, that's capable of producing offspring with her, not just humanoids.
During this week, Nyx's chamber is sealed tightly and a set of guards, along with Unit Zero, secure the only entrance.
DON'T enter, unless you want to die.
It's utter suicide in 99.5% of the cases, since Nyx won't accept another pregnancy. No yet anyway.
Any living creature with blood in their veins will usually just get eaten alive.
Machines are the safest option, although they may still get attacked on sight, if registered as a threat.
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As for the inside?
Dancing shadows and tentacles will wildly sprout from every direction, the room being filled with nothing but blinding darkness.
Nyx will be located in one of the corners, chained to several thousand tons of weight, while being immobilized with five stakes, pinning her to a thick stone plateau. One in each of her limbs and the fifth in her heart.
Won't stop her, but slows her down, when the maidens throw food inside.
It often occurs, that one of them doesn't make it back out.
They're non-sentient puppet constructs [well, most of them are non-sentient or only possess minor intelligence. Enough to serve autonomously and understand simple commandments], so they do the feeding with blood bags, being given strict instructions by the guards beforehand.
If no blood bags are available, corrupt humanoids with potent blood or animals will be abducted to feed her with.
The entire chamber is a bloody mess of bones, chunks of flesh and leftovers.
Reeks accordingly.
A delicious aroma of copper and death.
Specifically, males get hit with a wall of pheromones, which will attempt to lure them in. Most unaware souls succumb to their lust and follow the scent to its source, in which case they are a quick kill and a warm meal.
The guards will usually not stop creatures from entering, since . . . free food.
Thanatos sticks closely to his mother during this time, for the free souls, she tosses at him. But he'd never dare to enter the chamber, without sufficient armor and weaponry.
She'd even attack her son on sight, which speaks for how dangerous she is in that moment. There are little to no restrictions, no intelligence, merely instincts.
In terms of personality, there isn't much left either, for said time period. Her fangs will stick out like flags, too.
Literally and metaphorically.
It's 'kill, eat and fuck, until pregnancy occurs, or it wears off on its own'.
Her guards will only stop creatures from entering, when specifically instructed by Nyx.
Zeus is on the black list and will only be let in blindfolded and cuffed.
Death would occur in mere moments.
Once inside, the doors will be shut and sealed. It's a one way ticket. They won't open again.
Those guards are only there to make sure, Nyx won't escape. Nothing else.
It's probably the time of her life she hates the most. And it's always quite traumatic.
Lack of control and heat are unbearable, as for which she also seals herself away to avoid any unpleasant surprises.
Not only does she vividly remember everything, she despises herself for it.
In the unlikely event, that someone should be accepted, he will be fed with her blood. That lover will be her first priority or more specifically: to get every drop of seed from them and keeping them alive and healthy to continue said act.
Anything harming or remotely threatening said lover, will also find an immediate end.
Once a lover has been selected, he'll stay with her in that chamber, until the heat wears off, perpetually locked and intertwined with her body.
Feeding him with her incredibly potent blood will ensure, that the individual won't die from exhaustion and can maintain an erection for several days. The chances of getting sleep or even a minor break are simply blasphemous.
Pain is almost non-existent and the stamina and strength level will greatly increase, too.
It also serves as a strong aphrodisiac and creates an emotional bond, if blood sharing occurs. Which is almost a natural aspect of the ritual.
Any further attempts from other males [after a selection has been made]_, regardless of their potency, will also be executed on sight.
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♧ Family Headcanon
Family is her first priority.
Touch her family, and you will experience the most traumatizing end you can possibly imagine.
Now multiply that by one-hundred.
Period.
She doesn't mind plotting it out for millennia, either. Her wrath will come when least expected, and she will make you suffer.
Death will seem very friendly next to his Mother.
Nyx's family functions like a divine mafia.
Fuck with one of them, and you'll have the entire horde on your back.
Believe me, you don't want to be on that list.
If so, don't get too attached to your skin and intestines . . . or genitals.
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☆ Friendship Headcanon
'Friends', that is a word, she seldom speaks and only with genuine intention.
When spoken, there is power and trust behind it.
Nyx would never let down a friend.
Their priority isn't as high as family, but messing with her friends results in a similar outcome: you die horribly.
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♤ Bedroom [On Request]/House/Living Quarters Headcanon
Regardless of the location, if Nyx has a word in the design, it is going to be VERY spacious and sparsely furnished.
She resents pompous decoration and prefers to keep things simple and comfortable.
Bedroom specific, she has a few bookshelves, a carpet, one small closest somewhere in the back corner, two little bed tables each to the left and right of her bed and well, yeah, that enormous bed itself.
The room is usually clouded in shadows, which makes it hard to distinguish anything. As a creature capable of seeing in absolute darkness, she doesn't use any light sources. Only when she has visitors.
Floors and walls are carved from obsidian, which gives it this lovely glittering effect, when light does shines on it. Looks like someone is standing in the midst of the Cosmos itself.
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Well, hi.
Writer is +21
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Female writer; experienced.
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Of German and British origin; fluent in both languages.
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Sucker for literacy and descriptiveness.
━ 'Novella' would be my specialty.
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Preferred Genres: Horror, Angst, Action/Combat, Gore, Emotional, Casual, Comedy, occasionally Erotica.
━ I'm pretty open for anything.
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On the subject of that: you must be +18 to be permitted smut and the characters need to have a sense of chemistry beforehand [as in we have to RP for a while, for anything to happen].
━ I will not accept smut only RPs.
My character might even stab you for such a request in case you come at her IC.
#NumberOnePetPeeve
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I will love you, if you torture my character in either form: physically or emotionally.
━ You have absolute permission to stab, shoot or set her on fire. Whatever your heart desires.
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Shy but curious and always willing to dive into bizarre ideas.
━ Even more so with this Muse.
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Maybe a little bit deranged.
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Will do unimaginably stupid typos, once getting nervous. I'm dyslexic.
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If you're a racist, a sexist or homophobic, kindly escort yourself out.