Nike (Phoenix)

Nemesis (Demonic Dragon)

Phante

**Nike** (Formerly **Chirpy**) is the son of the Phoenix. It's Cha Yeon-woo's pet.

## Appearance

It is similar to a newborn little bird except that its feathers are reddish-orange and extremely glossy.

After Yeon-woo feed him the energies of the Sabertooth Tiger, Chirpy was noted to have evolved and gained its blue aura.Due to being taken in by Yeon-woo and feed souls from his Black Bracelet, Chirpy was noted to have also developed black streaks.

Chirpy after eating the energies of the Sabertooth Tiger
## Personality

Initially Chirpy has a cheerful personality and likes to play around. However as he began to grow and being raised under Yeon-woo it was noted that he had begun developing a ruthless and possibly destructive streak due to the "evil" aligned personality of Yeon-woo and him beginning to rub off on him.

Despite his age of being less than a year old, Chirpy has shown to possess advance intelligence and wisdom years beyond his age due to his mother teaching him many things prior to her death. By the time of her death and him being taken in by Yeon-woo, Chirpy had already become somewhat knowledgeable and more observant than when he was newly hatched. As seen where he was able to pick up on Edora's romantic interest in Yeon-woo and picking up on her attempt to confess to him about her feelings for him, causing him to assume that they would "mate" right then and there. Later he was finally able to realized that "Chirpy" was a silly and ridiculous name and asked Yeon-woo to changed it and expressed depression when he refused, causing him to then continue to beg him to change his name. Later he expressed satisfaction when Yeon-woo gave in and renamed him "Nike".

Similar to Nemesis, Nike cares for and enjoys entertaining Sesha and has come to care for her, but like Nemesis, he is annoyed by Sesha's insistence to use "Chirpy" as his name and expressed frustration when she refused to call him Nike.

However despite his intelligence surpassing the average grown adult, its evident that Nike also retains the psychological emotional age of a small child. This is seen where like Sesha, he also enjoys the sweets that Yeon-woo would make for them and enjoys eating them.

## Background

Prior to its hatching, it was kidnapped by a few humans from the Phoenix's nest while her mother was out looking for food for her soon-to-hatch chicks. It was saved by Yeon-woo who tracked the thieves and returned it to the Phoenix.

## History

### **Volume 3**

After hatching, it instantly became attached to Yeon-woo as it may have realized that Yeon-woo was the one that saved it and reunited it with its mother.

### **Volume 4**

It became friends with Yeon-woo's egg which contained his yet-to-be-hatched pet. It played around with for hours while Yeon-woo left in the Phoenix's custody to obtain nutrients for it.

### **Volume 5**

It was hidden and sealed away by Phoenix when Saber God invaded her territory as she realized it wouldn't leave her to die. She sealed it behind her nest in hopes of Yeon-woo arriving soon and saving it.

After Yeon-woo saved it, it cried for a long time, having witnessed the death of its mother and siblings while being helpless. It vowed to take revenge against Saber God.

As Yeon-woo arrived before the dying Sabertooth Tiger and absorbed it using Bathory's Vampiric Dagger, Chirpy didn't bat an eye as the Sabertooth Tiger had previously called its mother "stupid" and "a disgrace for dying at a human's hands." In fact, it even asked Yeon-woo provide him a part of the Sabertooth Tiger's energy so that it could grow up faster and avenge its family.

Afterwards, Chirpy begged Yeon-woo to give it a better name since it realized "Chirpy" was an odd name. However, Yeon-woo ignored it.

## Powers & Abilities

As the child of one of the Four Mythical Beasts, Chirpy possess immense power due to also being one, with his overall potential being high enough that many would attempt to steal him while he was an egg in order to use him to boost their own powers.

Later his power began to grow even further upon by taken in by Yeon, with the latter having to now begun to augment his power by feeding him the souls he collected from his Black Bracelet. Later he even feed Chirpy the soul and energy of another Mythical Beast, The Sabertooth Tiger, that further empowered him.

Eventually Yeon changed his name to **Nike**, the Greek Goddess of Victory. In the hopes that the Goddess would lend him her Divine Authority and Holy Power to further empower the young Phoenix.

Later as stated by Yeon-woo, Nike is naturally talented and has the necessary skills and abilities suited for reconnaissance and looking for specific individuals and scouting a large area. This combined with his connection to Yeon-woo makes him ideal as a scout.

Nike was also shown to have the ability to grow in size or shrink, with him usually being in his small bird form for convenience and grow to much larger forms for combat.

### Skills

* **Flames of Life:** As Phoenix, Nike naturally posses the ability to conjure and manipulate the "Flames of Life", granting him the ability to create incredibly powerful fires for offense and create flames with powerful healing properties for support.