Nyx/Nox

**Nyx** is the Greek primordial goddess of the night and hellhounds. She carries the mantle of night in her chariot pulled by two dark horses Shade and Shadow, covering the world with darkness. Nyx is one of the first beings to have sprung from the void of Chaos. Her Roman form is **Nox**.

## Basic Info

### Alias

Protogenos of the Night, Mother Night, Mother (By her children)

## Family Info

### Siblings

* Gaea and Akhlys (sisters)
* Ouranos, Pontos, Tartarus (brothers)
* Erebos (brother-husband)

### Consorts

* Erebos
* Ouranos
* Cerberus
* Orion Campbell

### Offspring

Hemera, Nemesis, Eris, Keres, Arai, Elpis, Lyssa. Aither, Thanatos, Hypnos, Charon, Geras, Hellhounds, Epiales, (Immortal children)Nancy Campbell (Demigod daughter)

### Extended Family

* Uranus, Pontus, the Ourea, the Hecatonchires, the Cyclopes, the Titans, the Gigantes, Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcys, Ceto, Eurybia, Typhon, Grace Davis (Niblings by Gaia)
* Nereus, Thaumas, Phorcys, Ceto, Eurybia (Niblings by Pontus)
* The Titans, the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires, the Erinyes (Furies), the Giants, the Meliae, and Aphrodite, Nick Winchester, (Niblings by Uranus)
* James Reynolds and Maria Reynolds (Niblings by Akhlys)

## History

### Early Life

Nyx was born directly from Chaos and Tartarus, two of the first protogenoi. She lives in Tartarus in the Mansion of Night, where she stays during the day and leaves during the night.

Nyx married her older brother Erebus (Darkness and Mist) and had many children with him. She also had children on her own, such as her daughter Hemera (Day), who left Tartarus when Nyx entered it, creating night and day.

In ancient times, Nyx, her daughter Hemera (whom she usually fights with), her son Aither, and the stars were the only constant company of Ouranos.

### Trials of Heracles

Under Hera's orders, Nyx's son Hypnos put Zeus to sleep so the Olympian goddess could shower Hercules with misfortune without Zeus interfering. Zeus soon found out about Hypnos' involvement and furiously chased him. Hypnos quickly fled to his mother, who Zeus respected enough to hold his anger at bay.

### In Series

After the Second Titan War, she lets Hypnos hide in her domain. One day, she finds Evan Gonzales and soon Ephialtes and Otis appear and ask for the son of Hades. Soon, Evan slips away, but is traumatized when he sees the Mansion of Night. Nyx taunts him before handing the boy over to the giants, wanting to see him again if he survives.

## Personality

As the embodiment of Night, Nyx had a terrifying presence, temporarily stunning Melody and her grandniece Kelene into silence. Despite this, she is quite gullible, easily falling for the heroes' story. Though she is proud that most of her children are terrifying, Nyx is uncomfortable when someone asks her who is her favorite child. Even years later Nyx has failed to realize that Melody was only tricking her and actually took their advice to heart to create brochures. It's revealed by her children (Mainly Hypnos and Nemesis) that Nyx is emotionally and mentally abusive to her children such as shown by her treatment of Nemesis and Hypnos. This causes them and Epiales to turn against her. Nyx develops an obsession with Evan Gonzales and making him embrace his darkness and stay in Tartarus while also imprisoning Al the Titan and trying to get him to change back into Iapetus. However, Nyx is short-sighted enough not to realize that it's possible for a being to change like Al did or that Evan had already embraced his darkness a long time ago with Nyx's efforts only resulting in Evan beginning to move forward past it. Due to Nyx only knowing pain, she is unable to cross the River Acheron which physically hurts her. Despite Nyx's actions, Evan is left feeling genuinely sorry for her, telling Amber Knowles that he gets the appeal of constantly holding onto the darkness. Evan thinks that it's Nyx's way of being in control - she was born of Chaos and Tartarus and Nyx's whole existence is darkness, suffering and death.

## Appearance

Nyx was described as a churning figure of ash and smoke, as big as the Athena Parthenos *(*which was 40 feet tall). Her face was hard to see except for the pinpoints of her eyes, which shone like amethysts. When her wings beat, waves of darkness rolled over the cliffs. Her dress was void black, mixed with the colors of a space nebula as if galaxies were being born in her bodice. Her skin is pale, and with wavy dark purple hair that is almost black

## Powers and Abilities

### Goddess Abilities

As one of the Protogenoi, Nyx is an extremely powerful deity, feared by many Titans and Gods. Evab once referred to Nyx as even worse than her sister Gaea. Zeus himself feared Nyx enough to retract all threats against her son Hypnos. However, being made of darkness, Nyx is somewhat vulnerable to those with powers over light, such as Amber Knowles, who was able to burn her with photokinesis. Nyx's own children, working together, can temporarily restrain her.

* **Umbrakinesis**: As the Protogenos of Night, Nyx has divine authority and absolute control over shadows and darkness. Due to this, less powerful users of umbrakinesis cannot resist her, with Evan being unable to break out of Nyx's shadow tendril when she grips him with it.
	+ **Night Empowerment**: Nyx becomes stronger at night or in dark places (e.g. Tartarus).
	+ **Darkness Generation**: Nyx can shoot solid bolts of darkness, surround enemies in pitch-black clouds of dark space, and solidify shadows into virtually impenetrable shields or tendrils.
	+ **Shadow Travel**: Nyx is able to travel anywhere she desired at incredible speeds through shadows.
	+ **Night Vision:** Nyx is able to see clearly in even total darkness. However, even she cannot see in the absolute darkness created by the combined might of dozens of her children.
	+ **Umbrakinetic Vitakinesis**: Nyx is able to heal minor injuries sustained by herself and others using darkness.
	+ **Shadow Camouflage**: Nyx can use shadows to cover herself in darkness to become invisible.
* **Parthenogenesis**: As shown in *Caspian's Miscellaneous Myths*, Nyx managed to become pregnant with several divine children all by herself.
* **Control of Nocturnal Animals**: Nyx is able to control nocturnal animals, such as owls and bats.
* **Circadian Manipulation**: Nyx is capable of controlling the movement and rotation of planets, which enables her to change the flow of night and day.
* **Tartarus Inhabitants Regeneration Control**: Nyx has a degree of control over the regeneration of Tartarus' inhabitants, trapping a reforming Al in a permanent regeneration cycle in an attempt to force him to become Iapetus again. She also made his regeneration pod incredibly durable, forcing Evan and Amber to combine their powers in order to free Al from it.

## Children

 Ouranos (by his blood)
 Cerberus
 Orion Campbell

## Trivia

1. Akhlys and Kelene refer to Nyx as being older than Gaea, thus making her the oldest daughter of Chaos. However, in *Caspian's Miscellaneous Myths*, Nyx is said to have been created after the emergence of Gaea, Ouranos, Pontos, and Tartarus.
2. The International Astronomical Union named one of Pluto's moons Nix in honor of the Greek goddess. They spelled it with an "i" because there was already an asteroid with her namesake.
3. Nyx is a shadowy figure in Greek mythology but from the extracts about her, it is gleaned that she was a figure of great beauty and power.
	1. Her son Moros (Doom) is mysterious as well and is believed to be omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent, as he drives all things to their ends.
4. In some myths, Styx, the goddess of the boundary between life and death, is Nyx's daughter.
5. Her Egyptian equivalent is Kauket.
6. Her Norse equivalent is Nótt.