Nephis

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> *"This world, Sunny. This cursed place. The Dream Realm. No, I won't be the first one to conquer the Fourth Nightmare. I will be the first one to conquer every Nightmare. I'll go through them one after another, destroying anything and anyone who stands in my way. And when I get to the heart of the Nightmare Spell, I'm going to obliterate every part of it, I'm going to rip it to shreds, I'm going to decimate and bring it to ruin."*
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Nephis is a descendant of the Immortal Flame Clan, and one of the important characters in Shadow Slave.

## Appearance

Nephis was a tall, slender girl around Sunny's age, with clear grey eyes and a detached look on her face. She had sliver-white hair that was cut short and neatly parted to the side. She has ivory skin.

When Sunny saw Nephis again after three months of separation, she changed a lot compared to the last time he had seen her. Outwardly, she looked almost the same — tall, firm, and strangely distant, as though existing slightly apart from the rest of the world. She was wearing the Starlight Legion Armor, which accentuated the graceful lines of her slender, lithe body.

Her silver hair was much longer now, almost reaching her shoulders. Without the short tomboyish cut, she looked strangely mature and feminine, making Sunny's heart beat a little faster. Her calm grey eyes were as striking as ever. It shined with resolve and determination, radiating an almost infectious feeling of temperate confidence.

## Personality

The first time Sunny saw Nephis, she look as though she was apart from the world. She looked confident and self-sufficient, but also a bit lonely. Later, Sunny realized, even though Nephis seemed to exist a bit apart from the world. She was mysterious, aloof and rather cool. Her taciturn character and strange speech patterns made people interacting with her feel unnerved and rattled, often revealing more than they had been planning to. The less she talked, the more she seemed to know. That silent, indifferent confidence was arresting, and sometimes even oppressive.

However, that impression turned out to be completely wrong, as Sunny realized, Nephis was simply an incredibly awkward person. Nephis was not in a habit of openly showing her emotions. As a result, she was really bad at emoting them that her face always looked cold and neutral. That's why, most of the time, she simply chose to talk as little as possible or not to talk at all.

Before the long separation, it was revealed that while Sunny was learning how to use a sword from Nephis, she was learning how to use people from Sunny.

## First Nightmare

> *"The hardest part was walking up the steps to the top of the lighthouse. Not because of what waited for me in the future, but because of what I was leaving in the past." --* Chapter 286 Blessings of the Fire
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In her First Nightmare, She was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper. Her family lived in a beautiful tower on the shore of a beautiful sea. They lived together in harmony, humbly but needing for nothing. Her Nightmare was actually a paradise. But that was what made it so hard to overcome, impossible, even.

She searched for a way out of the Nightmare for a long time. But no matter how hard she looked, there wasn't any. The longer she stays there, the harder it became to the point she had to force herself to continue searching. And eventually, a day came when she thought that maybe she can just stay. That was the day she went to the top of the lighthouse to douse herself in oil, and set herself aflame.

After a long time, she found herself in a dark cave, nestled in a slimy cocoon of black silk. All around her, people were sleeping in similar cocoons with their eyes open and happy smiles on their empty faces. Above them, was a creature so revolting and abhorrent. It was feeding on their dreams. She somehow managed to break free and kill the creature before it fully regained its senses.

## Aspect, Ability & Flaw

Her attributes give her an affinity to light and fire, as well as a strong affiliation to divinity. Her powers seem to be able to either destroy, augment Memories or heal. Her Aspect Ability is so versatile that Sunny is almost sure that it was of Divine Rank.

### Flaw

She experiences extreme pain every time she uses her Ability.

## Background

It is not yet revealed why Immortal Flame clan is gone. Nephis is the only one remaining from their clan.

Nephis's father, Broken Sword, was the first human to conquer the Third Nightmare and become a Saint. Her grandfather, Immortal Flame was the first one to conquer the Second Nightmare and become a Master. And her mother, Smile of Heaven received her True Name in the First Nightmare.

## Quotes

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> *"A sword can pierce, it can cut, it can bash. It can be used effectively at a variety of ranges. It is swift and maneuverable. Every part of the sword, from tip to pommel, can be used to attack. While wielding a sword, you won't be the best at everything. But you'll be the most adaptable."* -- To Sunny, Chapter 57 Use of Weapons
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> *"First, we had to have an oracle in our group to see the future. Then, Cassie had to formulate and execute an ingenious plan in the short amount of time her memory remained intact. That plan was based on the fact that there was someone with an awakened armor of fifth tier in our group, one enchanted with the extremely rare mind protection trait, no less…That person then had to find and kill a Great Devil. More incredibly, he had to receive an actual Lineage Memory from it. Do I need to explain how implausible this combination of events is?"* -- To Sunny, Chapter 87 Plan Of Escape
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> *"Keep sharpening your sword, Sunny. I expect big things from you."* -- To Sunny, Chapter 216 Tacit Understanding
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## Trivia

* She is first place in the Academy ranking.
* Her True Name can be translated as "Star of Change", "Ruinous Star" or "Star of Misfortune", depending on what exact rune that was used to relay the meaning of the name.
* She chose to help Cassie in The Forgotten Shore simply because she wanted to.
* Every time she uses her Ability, it's like being burned alive.
* Nephis is a big fan of Night from Nightingale.
* When Nephis provided the dwellers of the slum with free food, Some people even started jokingly calling her "Saint Nephis", as though she was some sort of an angel.
* Her nanny tried to kill her for the first time when she was six years old.
* There's only two people Nephis trusts in this world: Cassie and Sunny. She only trust Sunny to have her back.
* Nephis' mother is one of the Hollow. She became Hollow while pregnant with Nephis. She was a hollowborn.
* According to Sunny, when Nephis laugh, it was melodic, pure, and very pleasant to the ear. To the point he wished that their lives were different, so that people could hear Nephis laugh more often.
* Nephis's original hair color was black but after her First Nightmare it became silver.
* She was the one and only graduate of Sunny's school of deception and lies.
* She wants to visit her mom once she's back to the real world.
* The battle technique she taught Sunny was from her inheritance.
* When she enrolled into the Academy, she knew someone among her classmates has received orders to make sure she never return from the Dream Realm. At first, she thought it was Sunny due to many things that doesn't make sense about him:
	+ He claimed to be an orphan from the outskirts, but somehow managed to survive both the First Nightmare and the arrival on Forgotten Shore.
	+ He didn't consume any soul shards, but keep going growing more powerful.
	+ He said that he had never held a sword before, but absorbed her lessons with astonishing speed.
	+ Every other word he said was a lie, especially when it came to his origins, his past, his strength and his Aspect.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 19 Crossing The Bridge
2. ↑ Chapter 207 Beach Episode
3. ↑ Chapter 122 Four Months Ago
4. ↑ Chapter 39 Journey To The West
5. ↑ Chapter 167 Unforgivable
6. ↑ Chapter 37 Getting To Know Each Other
7. ↑ Chapter 296 Creature of Light
8. ↑ Chapter 93 Black Water
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Chapter 53 Immortal Flame
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Chapter 38 Questions In The Dark
11. ↑ Chapter 88 Boat Builders
12. ↑ Chapter 54 Spoils Of War
13. ↑ Chapter 255 Dawn Shard
14. ↑ Chapter 27 Measure Of Power
15. ↑ Chapter 25 Wilderness Survival
16. ↑ Chapter 24 Moving Up in the World
17. ↑ Chapter 28 Training Montage
18. ↑ Chapter 38 Questions in the Dark
19. ↑ Chapter 170 Star-Crossed
20. ↑ Chapter 157 Wind Of Change
21. ↑ Chapter 165 Power
22. ↑ Chapter 178 Lost Expedition
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Chapter 210 Shadow of the Past
24. ↑ Chapter 171 Tether
25. ↑ Chapter 209 Fireside Banter
26. ↑ Chapter 215 Shapeless
27. ↑ Chapter 285 Kill Order