Ivy Efiáltis

Art by the lovely Jade-the-Tiger

### Secret Heart's Desire

"I'd love nothing more than to *not* repeat father's legacy. I want to form my own legacy."

### My "Magic" Touch

"From my father, I inherited his powers to create and manipulate nightmares. I somehow, also managed to inherit *Pappous's* powers over darkness. All of us are still confused by that."

### Immortal Romance Status

"I am currently dating a wonderful guy, though, everyone else has bad vibes about him just because he's a villain's son, adoptive, but whatever. Blake von Rothbart has been nothing but a gentleman (or gentle-sorcerer) towards me. He isn't even bothered that I am a demigoddess."

### Oh "Gods!" Moments

"To be honest, I never really had a moment that...? Sure, there are moments when my powers react to something else, but usually I can control them. Though, I *may* wish people wouldn't expect me to be mean just because father is the God of Nightmares. *That* gets old really fast."

### Favorite Subject

"I don't really have a single *favorite* class. But I enjoy my *Mythos Magic* class as it does help me understand my two powers."

### Least Favorite Subject

"It's...it's not really the class... It's more with the *teacher* that I dislike *Epics 101*."

### Best Friends Immortally Forever After

Vesper Divitiae and Blake von Rothbart

**Ivy Efiáltis** [*she/her*, *they/them*] is a 2017-introduced and all-around character. She is the daughter of **Phobetor** and **Calliope** from *Greek Mythology* and is set to inherit her father's legacy.

At the time of the **Rebel Movement**, Ivy is attending her **Yearbook Year** (third) and currently does not room with anyone. Though happy with her set destiny, and having no issues towards it, Ivy sides with the **Royals**. However, Ivy does find the fighting between sides, tiresome to the point, she sides with the **Neutrals** on the fighting matter. On the other hand, Ivy full supports the Rebels (and anyone) wanting to have their choice in their future.

## Characteristics

### Personality & traits

* Ivy is a quiet and mysterious person, preferring to keeping to herself
	+ It's rare if you see her having a conversation with someone that isn't family.
* Does open up, once you get to know her, but in time, slow time.
* Halloween is her *favorite* holiday. She and her father travel to the Mortal World and scare humans.
	+ Scaring people isn't something she'd normally do, but it lets her spend more time with her already busy father.
* Romance is something Ivy is not confident about. And she doesn't know much about it.
	+ It doesn't help much as her parents' relationship fell through and wasn't great, until Mania came around.
* She does later get together with Fairy Tale Kid, Blake von Rothbart.

### Physical appearance

Ivy is a petite young girl with a light greyish pale skin tone (which is hard to explain considering she was born and raised in Greece). She has long, almost waist-length gradient silver hair and light blue eyes. She wears the colors of indigo-purple and silver and likes having her hair in the traditional hairstyles of Greek, with hair clips that remind her of home.

Her hair actually reaches her waist, but she keeps it held up in a traditional Greek-style hairstyle. She hates wearing it down and loose. At night time, she keeps it in a loose ponytail.

### Hobbies & Interests

#### *Reading*

Ivy enjoys reading a good book, her favorite being action and adventure series. She can be cooped up in her room for hours just reading and most of the time, Vesper has to drag her out.

#### *Creative Writing*

Since she was a young child, Ivy has always been interested in creative writing.
Ivy's always been interested in creative writing, even as a young child. For the longest time, Ivy wasn't sure where she got her interest in creative writing, usually playing it off as something else, she never considered she could have gotten it from her mother...

For the longest time, Ivy kept her writing a secret, even after she published. The first person to know as her chaotic, Aunt Eris, who ran into Ivy while she was doing a book signing. Eris ended up helping Ivy create a better, more mysterious alias to avoid people trying to connect her with herself. That was the birth of "Illay Eliades".

Despite wanting to keep it a secret for as long as possible, Ivy eventually had to tell her father and grandfather, as she would need their permission for something related. To her surprise, both supported her, and her father later revealed that her knack for creative writing *possibly* is from her mother, Calliope (that was the first time her father openly talked about her mother, mind you).

Currently, Ivy is on break from writing her sixth book, having been stuck with Writer's Block for the past couple of months. She's hoping enjoying her high school life might help her out.

#### *Fashion*

Growing up in a household of guys, Ivy had to get creative when it came to finding her style. She was able to design various outfits, but actually bring them to live, *that* she could not do. She was never taught or never learned how. So, she usually goes to those that can sew, like Lizzie Hearts, to help bring her designs out.

### Powers & Abilities

As a child of two Gods, Ivy is extremely powerful, especially since she inherited not only her father's powers of Nightmares, but also her grandfather's powers over Darkness.

Her getting Erebus' powers was a complete shock to her father, but he took it in with stride, and immediately she was put into training in order to control her powers. Ivy never reveals her two powers, only her nightmare powers. As of now, *no one* knows about her dark powers, and Ivy plans to keep it that way.

#### *Powers*

* **Nightmare manipulation:** As the daughter of Phobetor, Ivy easily inherited his powers over nightmares. She is able to generate and manipulate nightmares. Even with this power, Ivy is capable of having nightmares herself, but they are much more intense than the normal ones, as they feel more real to her (this is also another reason she prefers to room alone).
	+ **Nightmare walking:** She is able to walk in people's nightmares.
	+ **Nightmare creation:** She is able to make nightmares become real. However, this power takes a lot out of Ivy as she hasn't fully mastered it.
	+ **Nightmare capturing:** She is able to capture nightmares from people.
	+ **Nightmare embodiment:** She is able to become the embodiment of nightmares.
* **Darkness manipulation:** In addition, Ivy also inherited Erebus's powers over darkness, which allows her control, generate, and manipulate darkness and shadows. She is able to generate shadows at her will, even manipulate dark energy and can shape shadows and dark energy into constructs that she can use. Though she has full control over this power, Ivy does not reveal it to people, and hopes to keep it that way. At this point, only one person knows of her dual-powers and that is her boyfriend, Blake von Rothbart.
	+ **Dark telekinesis:** Ivy is able to use darkness in a way like telekinesis. Out of all the things she can do wit her darkness powers, this is the one she uses the most and in public.

#### *Skillset*

* **Multilingualism:** Ivy is able to speak English and Greek, modern and Ancient Greek. From Mania and Vesper, she's recently begun learning Latin.
* **Creative writing:** She is skilled in creative writing. Her favorite things to write about are action-adventure stories with a heroine/hero.
* **Dragon care and riding:** Since adopting Kova during the *Dragon Games* season, Ivy's learned how to care and ride her dragon. Since Kiyomi Raiden has comes to the Mythology Campus, Ivy's learned a lot more on the sport as well. She hasn't fully decided if she wants to be a member of the Mythos Team, but she's on standby.
* **Fashion designing:** Ivy is knowledgeable in the fashion area, able to create some amazing Greek-inspired outfits, but cannot actually make them. Since meeting her father's girlfriend, Mania, she's started to create Roman-inspired outfits.

### How Does Ivy Fit Into it?

Ivy was the result of a drunken one-night stand between the God of Nightmares, Phobetor and the Muse of eloquence and epic poetry, Calliope.

Shortly (like a couple of hours), after her birth, Ivy was abandoned at Phobetor's place by Calliope. Luckily, Phobetor was able to sense Ivy due to her already developing powers. Though shocked, Phobetor couldn't turn her away as it was obvious she was his (Ivy practically looked like a mini-Phobetor). As he stared at her, Ivy was already starting to produce a nightmare (so yes, definitely a child of a Nightmare God).

Of course, then, Ivy has no name. There was not even a note left with her. While Ivy wasn't named until she was about three months old, she was raised with love by her father and paternal grandfather, Erebus, the Primordial God of Darkness.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Parents

Ivy's parents are Phobetor, Greek God of Nightmares, and Calliope, the Greek Muse of Eloquence and Epic Poetry.

As she was raised primarily by her father, Phobetor, aftering being abandoned by Calliope, Ivy is extremely close to him and considers him her best friend. They have a lovely father-daughter bond and Phobetor loves spending time with her. He is highly protective over her and didn't even what her to meet his siblings, claiming them to be too "chaotic". Eris ended up meeting Ivy by chance while in doing some shopping of her own.
Despite learning who her mother is, Ivy hasn't really searched or gone after her. With her mother a teacher (and one of hers), Ivy isn't sure how to breach the subject. She also finds it extremely uncomfortable just talking to her mother as a teacher. She can't even ask her for help, and usually goes to other students, but refusing to explain why she can't see Calliope.
#### Erebus and Nyx

Erebus is Ivy's paternal grandfather, and one of her caretakers. Nyz is Ivy's...great-aunt/paternal grandmother, Erebus sister and consort...

Ivy has a very close relationship with her grandfather, Erebus. Her close bond is also due to her inheriting all his powers, so Erebus trained her. They have a loving grandfather-granddaughter relationship and Ivy goes to him with questions when her father won't answer them. Erebus was also the one to gift Ciaran to Ivy.
Ivy finds her family extremely confusing with terms and whatnot that she just calls Nyx "Grandma Nyx". Their relationship is in the middle; Nyx didn't visit a lot when Ivy was younger and often stayed away, the reason is unknown. But, she somehow never forgot Ivy's birthday and always sent a gift.
#### Eris

Eris is one of Ivy's paternal aunts and her father's younger siter.

Out of all her her uncles and aunts, Eris the only one Ivy has meet and talks to on a regular basis. Despite her father warning her of her chaotic nature, Ivy doesn't see that with Eris, just someone who's misunderstood and had a rough past.
#### Mania

Mania is Phobetor's girlfriend and recently, Ivy's mother-like-figure.

When she was fourteen, Ivy met her father's girlfriend, Mania, the Roman Goddess of the Dead. At first, she was very unsure, since the last time he was with a woman, she abandoned him with a newborn baby. However, this time, it didn't happen. Mania, Phobetor's new girlfriend, happened to be extremely different. Ivy quickly formed a bond with the Roman Goddess of the Dead, which surprised Phobetor himself. Despite only know Mania for two years, Ivy sees Mania as the mother-figure she didn't have during her younger years, in fact, she tends to slip up and has called Mania "Mother/Mom" a few times. So far, her father and Mania have been doing well, and Ivy hopes they continue and maybe marry in the future.
### Friends

#### Vesper Divitiae

Through Mania who works alongside Pluto, Ivy met his son, Vesper. The two instantly connected and soon became best friends. Vesper was the one to help Ivy realize her feeligs for Blake and even help them go on their first date. Vesper cares for ivy like that of a sibling, being the youngest of Pluto's children and having most of his siling moved out.

### Pets

#### Ciaran, Black Panther

Ciaran is Ivy's pet panther, who she got as a birthday gift from her grandfather. Ciaran was gifted with immortality. Ivy loves Ciaran very much and is often found snuggling with him. When Ivy is away in class, Ciaran is often found wandering around, just to keep an eye on Ivy.

#### Kova, dark Dragon

Kova is one of Legend's babies, part of the batch cursed by the Evil Queen. Despite being "evil", Ivy still was able to bond with the dragon.

### Romance

Ivy and romance an unknown topic for her. Raised by Erebus, the God of Darkness, and Phobetor, the god of Nightmares, made it a bit hard, and she really didn't know what to do. Her father's romance with her mother wasn't great and it didn't help that she was raised by men all her life. Despite her quiet and mysterious self, she has gained a few crushes over the years, on men, a few women, and recently someone that did not identify a gender. Through that, Ivy came to the conclusion that she was **pansexual demiromantic**.

## Future Timeline

In the future, Ivy goes to marry her highschool sweetheart, Blake von Rothbart/Ivashov (who has found his biological family by then), and they have three children together, Roman, Juliyana, and Cleo. Ivy marries Blake when Roman is four, and shortly after their wedding, has their second child.

Their first, is their only son, Roman, who they had a couple of years after graduating. Their second, is their eldest daughter, Juliyana, and their third, is their younger daughter, Cleo. Roman ends up being the only one to inherit her powers over Nightmares (and a bit of his great-grandfather's powers over darkness), thus becoming the one to be the next God of Nightmares. Both her daughters end up inheriting Blake's magic powers, and thus become fill-in sorceresses.

Though she was unsure about being a mother, Ivy ends up being a loving, caring, and supportive mother and wife. Much like Blake, Ivy urgers her children to try different things to find what *they* like and see what *they* want to do with their live.

## Education

### = Yearbook Year

* Period 1: Mythology
* Period 2: Ancient Alphabets
* Period 3: Mythos Magic
* Period 4: Ancient Arts
* Period 5: Epics 101
* Period 6: Alchemy

### Dorm Room

In her third year, Ivy was given the privilege to room alone, something she has found she thoroughly enjoys (and not because she can bring her boyfriend into her room - NOPE). With a room all to herself, she can let Ciaran prowl around all he wants, and even let Kova enter (before she gets too big).

The side Ivy sleeps on has the colors black and silver and light gey. Her bed is Greek-themed, with the main color being black with accents of silver going everywhere.

## Quotes

*"My name is Ivy Efiáltis, daughter of Phobetor... And...I pledge to follow my...destiny to be the next Goddess of Nightmares...?"*
— Ivy during a practice for the Mythos students' Legacy Day.
*"Just because one's parent is evil or really bad, doesn't mean the child will follow, the child could be different!"*
— Ivy defending students' who might have an "evil" parent.
*"She left me with Dad. She was never in my life. Why would I want her now?"*
— Ivy on Parent's Day and explaining her dislike for her mother, Calliope.
## Alternate Universes

### Supernatural/Superhero

Ivy is the only known child and daughter of anti-hero, **Nightmare** (civilian name: *Phobetor Elliot*); her mother abandoned her with her father for unknown reasons. Unfortunately, Nightmare would late pass away during a battle gone awry, leaving her in the care of her grandfather, renowned anti-hero **Shadowman** (civilian name: *Erebus Elliott*). To the surprise of both Erebus and Ivy, her powers would manifest from the passing of her father, revealing she not only inherited her father's nightmare powers, but also her grandfather's famous darkness powers, making her a very powerful child; children with two sets of powers was rare. Erebus immediately began training Ivy to control both sets of powers, so she could control then once she went to school.

### Pokémon World

Born in an unknown region, Ivy most likely would have left home as soon as she was able, wanting to get out and away from her controlling mother, taking her Zorua, with her. As a child, Ivy wasn't left with much freedom, stuck listening to what her mother told her to do. The only freedom she got, was when she was allowed to visit her father (as her parents were never together, thus her living in two different homes), who gave her Skya, her Zorua.

* **Zoroark:** To represent her *nightmare/darkness powers*. Nickname: *Skya*
* **Umbreon:** To represent her pet panther, **Ciaran**, and her *darkness powers*. Nickname: *???*
* **Absol:** To represent her *darkness powers* and he Mega Evolve is awesome. Nickname: *Chaos*
* **Purrlion:** To represent Ciaran and her *darkness powers*; a gift from her boyfriend Blake. Nickname: *Ciaran*
* **Hydreigon:** To represent her pet dragon, **Kova**. Nickname: *Kova*
* **Alolan Persian:** To represent her pet panther, **Ciaran**. Nickname: *Chiara*

## Etymology

Like any other child of a God(s), Ivy has no true last name. While attending Ever After High through the Mythology Program, she goes by *Ivy Efiáltis*.

The name *Ivy* is an English name meaning "Faithfulness"; it matches well to how she is faithful to her family and close friends. The surname *Efiáltis* is Greek for "Nightmare", which works as her father is the God of Nightmares.

Her author alias is *Ilay Eliades*.

The name Ilay is of Greek origin meaning "light". The name Eliades is a Greek name patronymic from the Biblical name Elias.

## Trivia

* Unknown to her peers, Ivy is the secret author of the well-known *Anastasia Leventis* series. Her aunt Eris (yes, the chaotic Eris) suggested Ivy use an alias so she could still be a normal teenager (or a normal *demi-god* teenager).
* Before knowing her mother (Ivy spent thirteen years not knowing even her mother's name), Ivy thought she was half-mortal, half-demigod.
* Her public Social Media name is *@PrincessNightmares*. She also has one for her series called *@Official\_IllayEiades*, in which she posts previews of her writings.
* Ivy's birthday is November 14 1996, making her a Scorpio.
* Ivy identifies as **pansexual demiromantic**.
* Ivy won *Character of the Month* of January of 2019.

### Notes

* Elle has 2013 being the year Legacy Year/Rebel Movement comes into place (the year being the same year EAH was first aired).
* Ivy's hair was going to have highlights, but Jade-the-Tiger suggested gradient color.

## Timeline

* 15 June 2021: Ivy Efiáltis undergoes a massive update.
* 5 May 2019‎: Ivy Efiáltis is posted on the Ever After High Mirror Portal Site.
* 28 December 2017‎: Ivy de Erevos is renamed to Ivy Efiáltis
* 13 November 2017‎: Ivy de Erevos is posted on the Ever After Mythology High Fandom

## Gallery

Ivy drawn by Jade-the-Tiger.Ivy's "official" looking card also by JadeIvy's character cardsIvy's Royal CardIvy's Moodboard