Niss

Niss's ratings from the official Wayfinder website.

Niss is kin to the shadows, and darkness serves as her weapon and her cloak. She is one of the Deep Eldren, an ancient people who now serve the malevolent Precursors. When Niss and her clan challenged the Precursors, her family was wiped out and Niss escaped into exile. Deadly and swift, Niss cares little for humanity. But she has sworn to destroy the Precursors, and the Seekers can help her take her revenge.

## Statistics

As an Eldren Shadow Dancer, Niss a roguish assassin type character with a heavy emphasis on movement and damage, with abilities that allow her to weave in and out of combat by manipulating shadows.

On the official Wayfinder website, Niss is rated as being a highly Offensive character, with little Support, Ranged, or Defensive capabilities, and no Control whatsoever.

NOTE: All numbers are placeholders unless otherwise specified.

## Abilities

### Passive Ability: Lingering Shadow

After dodging, Niss gains attack power for a short duration.

### Shadow Step

Niss dashes forward in a straight line, dealing damage to enemies in her path, leaving behind a Gloom clone at her initial position. After a short delay the Gloom clone will dash to where Niss ends up, again dealing damage to enemies in the path.

 Damage (Gloom clone)
 Startup
 End lag

### Umbral Aura

Niss stomps forward with her right foot, surrounding herself in red Umbral magic. Her next 3 dodges are empowered to damage a nearby enemy with shadowy flames.

 Initial animation

### Vengeful Shade

Niss leaps into the air and takes on a red shadowy form, then damages enemies in front of her in a cone shape with several daggers. While using Vengeful Shade, Niss briefly becomes immune to attacks. She then backflips a long distance.

 Animation length
 Damage immunity (begin)
 Damage immunity (end)

### Gloom Shroud

For her ultimate ability, Niss makes some gestures then cloaks herself in Gloom, allowing her to use Shadow Step infinitely at no cost for its duration.

 Animation length

## Signature Weapon

Niss's signature weapon is the Night's Edge.

## Backstory

The Eldren are the first children of the broken world, formed from the blood of Infinites spilled in the Aegis War. There are Eldren of the woods and water, but Niss is one of the Deep Eldren, born in an abyss of stone and soil untouched by the sun. Her people shape shadows like clay; Niss mastered the shadow-dance as a child, learning to sculpt shielding shrouds and deadly blades from insubstantial darkness. For all their many gifts, the Eldren are a dying people, whose essence fades with each generation. When the ancient Mother of Shadows came to them, promising renewed strength in exchange for absolute loyalty, most swore themselves to her service. When Niss and her clan refused to bow to the Precursors, most were slain; Niss escaped into exile. She has sworn to destroy the immortal beings who have corrupted her people, whatever the cost.

Niss is a grim and deadly warrior, a silent assassin who strikes from the shadows. But as an echo returned from the Gloom, there’s much she cannot remember. She knows she endured countless hardships in her time of exile, but the details escape her. She remembers challenging the Mother of Shadows, but not how she survived. But these memories may yet return to her…

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