Winter Sky

Winter Sky, better known as Winter, is an antagonist of Nightfall, introduced in Volume 3.

## Appearance

Winter is a Lopunny with green eyes instead of pink. She has dyed parts of her yellow fur pink to give off the illusion of being Shiny, namely half of her fur cuffs, ears, and eyebrows. Her Love Block is worn on her neck.

## Personality

Winter Sky comes off as very self-centered and delusional. The conceited Lopunny believes that she can always have things her way, and will do anything to meet her needs, even turning to violence if necessary. This is prominently shown in her relationship with Crystal; Winter is extremely jealous of Crys for catching Glaze’s interests more than her, which led to an attempted murder to “have Glaze for herself”.

She has a sadistic side when dealing with those who are weaker, as she believes. Captive Pokémon can face lots of torment from the Normal-type, emotionally and physically. She gets along with Burst quite well, but her vain nature can leave the others annoyed.

## History

Winter Sky joined the Prism Followers late into Infinity’s reign, mostly due to being a Pure Pokémon. She had witnessed their violent actions towards outsiders. The Lopunny used Attract to convince a member to let her inside, where she then persuaded Infinity to let her into the group. She was one of the first Pure Pokémon to take the Necrozma’s side.

### Conflict with Crystal

Winter was first seen in Umbra Sanctuary, being able to get around unrecognized due to dying some of her fur pink. She met Glaze by the food court, prompting an immediate attraction towards the Shiny. Despite many failed attempts to court him afterward, Winter still wouldn’t stop until Crystal was in the picture.

Outraged as to how someone “not as attractive as her” could earn Glaze’s affection, Winter formed a rivalry with the Gardevoir, despite the latter not even knowing her intentions. However, ensuing battles between them would let Crystal know Winter’s feelings towards Glaze.

Their discord reached its peak at the abandoned second floor of Umbra, where Winter confronted the Shiny pair and, via Attract, managed to get the Blade Pokémon under her control. Glaze proceeded to attack Crystal until she was rendered unconscious.

Winter Sky chained up Crystal and verbally tortured her, bringing her down by convincing the Shiny that Glaze didn’t love her. Unfortunately for Winter, the Gallade conveniently snapped out of his infatuation and tried to fight back, but was paralyzed by the Rabbit’s Status Gun. Seeing that they might have the advantage now, Winter stabbed Crystal in the abdomen with a knife in an effort to kill her.

Protective instincts activated, Glaze conjured the strength to break free from his paralysis. He lashed out at the Lopunny and weakened her, taking the barely-awake Crystal and trying to escape. Having no way out other than jumping through a window, the Psychic did just that, avoiding an attack from Winter.

Crystal luckily survived the stabbing, but it only frustrated Winter even more. She took to showing the brunt of her hostility to the Alliance members that mean the most to Crystal, not just Glaze. Nonetheless, these actions didn’t do much other than add another obstacle for the team to try and overcome.

## Trivia

* Winter was originally a Shiny Lopunny, but this idea was downgraded to a normal color scheme to prevent Shiny abundance.
	+ Additionally, her eyes weren’t green at first. She says it came from her father.