Nectar

## Nectar

### Aliases

The Queen's Stranger
Architect of Paradise
Maintenance Worker (by Compulsion)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black

**Nectar** is a character in Reflection. She is a powerful Demon created by the Queen of Flames to act as her assistant and second in command.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Nectar is a short woman with a humanoid torso and a lower body resembling a snake's. Her skin is gray and she possesses pointed ears and a pair of small conical horns. Her eyes are completely black with no distinguishable sclera, iris, or pupils. Her hair is black with patches of blue. She wears a pair of large, circular glasses with glowing blue frames, as well as a pair of earrings in a similar shape, alongside a blue sweater and a white lab coat.

### Personality

Nectar often acts very casually with little respect for decorum or discipline. She is quite opinionated and tends to verbalize whatever comes to her mind no matter the circumstances. She is very inquisitive and enjoys taking the chance to study new and odd discoveries, especially relating to Flame.

She is immensely loyal to the Queen of Flames, and considers it her foremost duty to help conserve and improve the Queen's health. However, after meeting Arg0s, she began to develop an interest in the Burning World above.

## History

### Early Life

Nectar was created by the Queen of Flames in the distant past to serve as her assistant. She was summoned using the primordial slurry left behind in the wake of the devastation of the Old World, but brought with her technology that streamlined the creation of future Strangers and lesser Demons. Before being summoned, she lived in a distant place known only as "Paradise", where the "original" Demons are said to reside.

### World Twelve

Nectar encountered Stephano and Arg0s in Fio's body within the Derelict on her way to the funeral of the Hunter of Mortals. Due to her abilities, she immediately realized what was going on, and decided to help Arg0s fix his situation rather than report him. She explained to him some of the basics of the social order of the Demonic Courts. After the funeral, she delivered Arg0s to the Queen, who restored him and Fio to normal. Following this, she took part in a strategy meeting for an upcoming large-scale, multi-Court assault to capture Upwind, presenting all present with threat assessments of known FLOW members. She also privately took Stephano aside and asked him to procure her some FLOW merchandise. Following the assault, she took note of Ace Galatine's flameless-but-animate body, updating the Golden Knight on its continued movements. She then retrieved Fio and Sonnet from the bottom of the Derelict and took them to hear the Queen's announcement. She then oversaw the transferral of Ace's Flame to a new body. Upon waking up, she informed him of the situation and the danger he was in, and told him not to make Stephano upset.

Nectar stood by the Queen's side as she offered Ace a position as the Pyromancer of Laughter. After Ace accepted the role and left, Nectar asked the Queen why she made such a dangerous decision, to which the Queen responded that Ace had a role that he would fill out either way, even if it came back to hurt her. A few days later, Nectar helped Laughter summon his own Stranger, explaining the framework of Demon summoning as well as Laughter's own role as a Pyromancer. During the summoning process, she fine-tuned the machine used to summon Strangers. Some time after that, she and Laughter went to awaken the Stranger, only to find her already awake and moving about the Derelict. After Laughter returned from his mission, Nectar oversaw him as he used his powers on some gathered Flametouched. She explained to Laughter how her goal was to find a way to escape the fundamental morality of Flame, as no matter which side won this war, they would all end up like this eventually.

After Eternity arrived at the Derelict to oversee Compulsion's assault, Nectar forced Laughter to remain in hiding in his court's chamber. She then spoke to Fio in her room before she was possessed by Arg0s. She gave him information on two powerful Demons created by Compulsion and the Golden Knight, and promised to Arg0s to look out for Fio. Hours later, she encountered one of Compulsion's wounded Simulacrums desperately attempting to inform Eternity about what she learned regarding Fio, but Nectar used her abilities to deactivate her suit, killing the Simulacrum.

## Abilities

Nectar is incredibly knowledgeable about Flame and how to manipulate it. Additionally, she possesses the ability to percieve Flame within objects and discern its properties.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Crossing Threads
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dying Flame
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Take Your Time
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lost Blade
5. ↑ Lock And Key
6. ↑ No Options
7. ↑ Through The Gate
8. ↑ Strong Enough