Nyx

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe artwork

### Appearance

Headdress dons a crimson circlet adorned with a blazing fire emblem. Along with phoenix-like feathers resembling a look of a wig. Wings and tails has flaming feathers that glows, and flickering when activated.

### Ability Icon

File:KRtDLD Fire Ability Star artwork.png

> From within the ashes, Nyx breathes fiery life, blazing trails of awe in her wake, scorching foes to dust with every flaming exhale.
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> Flavor Text, Kirby’s Return To Dreamland Deluxe

**Nyx** is one of Kirby's *Copy Ability*, debuting in *Kirby’s Return To Dream Land Deluxe*, created by *Nintendo*. A Nintendo-switch remake to *Kirby’s Return To Dream Land.*

It is an addition to the base game, making its first appearance alongside *Mecha* and *Sand*. Along with his many other copy abilities, he also harnessed the power of *Fenyx*– a flame phoenix.

## Games

Nyx is a copy ability in the popular video game series, *Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe*. This embodies the iconic ability of Kirby to absorb the powers of his enemies by inhaling them.

In the case of *Nyx* (Phoenix Kirby), it focuses on dealing more damage than its counterpart, *Fire*. It provides a remarkable utility with dealing damage with a large area of effect(AOE) and to survive boss fights, making progress easier. This ability imparts the capacity to control and generate flames, unleashing fiery havoc on foes, and is able to fly in the sky with the use of his flaming feathers. When Kirby transforms into Nyx, his appearance undergoes a notable change. He dons a crimson circlet adorned with a blazing fire emblem, this symbolizes the elemental power he now wields. His eyes shimmer with a warm and fiery glow that shows the inner power he commands. His body transforms into a beautiful phoenix with vibrant colors on his feathers of flames. Nyx can be obtained from inhaling the *Ember Bird Hatchlings* or from a rare *Fenyx’s Ash*.

### *Kirby’s Return to DreamLand Deluxe*

Nyx’s move set includes a range of phoenix flame-based attacks, such as *Blaze Burst*, *Exothermic Wave*, and *Vermillion breath*. It is also the only ability to grant indefinite flight to Kirby. These abilities not only allow Kirby to defeat hordes of enemies with a fiery attack but also provide him with self-sufficient abilities to survive difficult stages with a new self-healing ability introduced to the game.

Aside from its incredible utility, Nyx inflicts burning and links enemies affected by the AOE attacks within a short period of time, dealing damage overtime. (DOT)

Everytime an ability hit an enemy, all opponents linked will be affected 3% of its original damage.

## Etymology

Once upon a time, there was a small, pink creature named Kirby. While he may have been small, he had a quirky personality that everyone adored; however for quite some time, the Dream Land has been experiencing misery and those unfortunate events were all linked to this adorable creature.
A dark magician had been using the dark force to create chaos in Dreamland, and he had chosen Kirby to be the source of the dark force because he was the strongest hero in the land. He ordered this newborn mystical creature to find and possess this prophesied one. The magician had been planning to use the dark force to take over Dreamland, but Kirby’s optimism had been there all along.

Kirby had been living like any other day, peacefully exploring the various lands of Dreamland. Until, suddenly, out of nowhere, a dark force appeared right before his own very eyes. Kirby's first thought was to run, but then he noticed that the force seemed to be uncannily familiar. It was said that it came from the ashes of a legendary phoenix that Kirby attempted to inhale, but failed to breathe out, losing the phoenix’s lifeforce in the process. Indeed, it found a home in Kirby, and he was able to use the flames as a weapon against his foes. All that remained from this legendary creature was its ash and its fainted essence.

From the ashes he inhaled, the Phoenix ignited inside Nyx will be exhaled into a flamethrower against his foes. He could also drop fiery bullets like raindrops, setting the ground ablaze. Kirby quickly became known as the master of fire, and his enemies learned to fear the flames that surrounded him. After making his enemies burn into ashes, the flickering inhalation cycle repeats.

### Trivia

* Nyx is a portmanteau of the words “Phoenix” and “Kirby.” It is a wordplay of “nix” in “Phoenix” and “Y” represents the last letter in Kirby's name.
* Together with Sand and Mecha, Nyx is one of the first Copy Abilities to be introduced in a remake.