Palutena!Azure

## Goddess Of Light

> *And as the goddess of light, it's my duty to protect humanity from her...*
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- Palutena!Azure

## Biography

Palutena!Azure, also known as "Lady Palutena," is the Goddess of Light, rightful ruler of Angel Land, and patron deity to Pit!Drift. She is kindhearted and benevolent, as opposed to the cruel and malevolent Medusa. The goddess of light and ruler of Skyworld. Palutena!Azure guides Pit!Drift through most of his journey, using her powers to help him protect the humans of the surface world from her archnemesis, Medusa, goddess of the Underworld.

## Appearance

Palutena!Azure has the appearance of a slender, light skinned girl, with long green hair that reaches down to her lower legs. She stands at around 5'9" (176 cm), and has an overall elegant and regal appearance, fitting her title as the Goddess of Light. Her outfit consists of a layered, white dress, along with numerous gold accessories in the form of a necklace, laurel crown, fibula, arm bands, arm brace, armored sleeve, and ornaments secured by belts. She wields a gold staff with a blue handle in her right hand and sports a mirror shield attached to her left arm by a leather band.

## Personality

She's a "pure-hearted and kind" goddess who puts her people before her own welfare. Depicted as kind and wise, she is shown to care much about the human race and her personal army and will go to great lengths keep them safe from harm.

Despite her mature appearance, she has been shown to possess a playful and mischievous side. Palutena!Azure often teases Pit!Drift and even purposely places him in dangerous situations in order to complete his missions. She also has a habit of saying common phrases incorrectly and using complex vocabulary that confuses Pit!Drift. Despite this, she gets along swimmingly with the angel and banters with him throughout their adventure.

She is shown to be intelligent and knowledgeable, as she helps Pit!Drift identifies weak points for his foes and gives him hints for overcoming obstacles. In fact, her information is so useful to Pit!Drift that Hades sometimes calls her "Professor Palutena" or "Know-It-All Palutena" during the events of *Kid Icarus: Uprising*.

## Capabilities

She's a god with all the power of divinity. Palutena!Azure can bestow upon her champion a wide range of abilities, including flight and transformation. For the most part, she uses her powers defensively and to support allies. Palutena!Azure has the ability to levitate, effortlessly and seemingly indefinitely; even when she swoons from resisting the Chaos Kin, she does so in midair. Palutena!Azure can shoot a plethora of light-based projectile attacks. She can create three balls of light above her either horizontally or vertically.

## Skills

Despite being peaceful, Palutena!Azure can be quite a warrior herself. A prime example is when she fought Pit!Drift while being under the mind control of the Chaos Kin. She is also responsible for giving Pit!Drift certain magical powers and weapons like Pit!Drift's five-minute air flight. While she mostly acts as a supporting character, Palutena!Azure is shown to be quite adept offensively as well, possessing a wide range of unique skills that she is able to utilize in battle. While Palutena!Azure seems much more comfortable at a distance, she possesses a swift melee attack in which she twirls, surrounding herself with rings of light and knocking her target back. She will use this as a counter to being melee attack if her target is extremely close to her.

## Powers

**Palutena Glam Blaster:** A fierce attack Palutena!Azure uses to finish the Three-Headed Hewdraw if Pit doesn't finish the last head quickly enough, killing it in one shot.

**Cover Your Eyes!:** Palutena!Azure raises her shield and charges her light power, then unleashes it blinds her target with light, if in range. This lasts for about three seconds.

**Time for a Sacrifice!:** Palutena!Azure shoots a large, slow-moving ball of teal light that hones in on her target. Palutena can shoot up to three in quick succession.

**Kneel Before Me!:** Palutena!Azure waves her staff and shoots three fast-moving columns of light across the stage.

**Poor You!:** Palutena!Azure launches a halo that resembles her own across the ground. The halo hones in on her target and chases it, and it additionally shoots its own light projectiles at her target, up to three times before evaporating.

**This Might Sting!:** When her target is nearby, Palutena!Azure raises her staff and zooms forward in a huge column of light, blazing toward her target at great speed, covering a great distance in an instant.

## Relations

**Pit!Drift** - Palutena!Azure trusts Pit!Drift, who is thoroughly loyal and dependable in return. They share a mutually beneficial relationship: Pit!Drift does the legwork and Palutena!Azure guides and aids him in battle.

**Dark Pit!Drift** - Fondly referring to Dark Pit as "Pittoo" and "quite the little scrapper," Palutena!Azure initially mentions that his existence is unnatural, and he needs to be eliminated. However, Palutena!Azure seems to become more tolerant of Dark Pit!Drift and even acknowledges how having two angels is useful as opposed to just one.

## Trivia

* Palutena!Azure appears to have a knack for mixing up phrases and names. For example, she refers to "Super Smash Brothers" as "Super Bash Sisters," and instead of "Every rose has its thorn," she says "Every coral has its thorns." Whenever Pit!Drift corrects her, she always insists she's right.

* Despite her young appearance, she is sensitive when it comes to her age and strongly dislikes being called "ma'am."

* Similarly to Pit!Drift, food never seems to be far from Palutena!Azure's mind, and she proves to have an eccentric love of exotic cuisine.

* Her soul is fused by an Azure Lynn snapshot soul, giving her an Azure personality.

* Palutena is likely based off of the Greek goddess Athena. Her staff and shield are a staple of Athena's classical appearance, and in Greek mythology, Athena is the goddess responsible for transforming Medusa into a monster, just as Palutena had done to Medusa prior to the events of the original *Kid Icarus*.