NYX 

History of Nyx

Abilities (47 pp)

Str 1/17 (+3), Dex 20 (+5), Con 12/20 (+5), Int 24 (+7), Wis 20 (+5), Cha 30 (+10)

Saves (37 pp)

Fort +12, Ref +18, Will +22, Tough +25 (20 impervious, +15 [10 impervious] without force field)

Combat (108 pp)

Attack +25 (includes -2 from size)

Defense +25 (+12 flat-footed, includes -2 from size)

Initiative +5

Damage +3 (unarmed), +25 (dark blast), +25 (shadow strike), +7 (tentacles)

Knockback -30 (-20 without forcefield)

Grapple +48

Skills (X pp)

Skill X (+X), Skill X (+X)

Feats (X pp)

Feat, Feat

Powers (X pp)

Aspectuscape Entity Traits {has the aspectuscape and chaos descriptor} (X pp)

   Additional Limbs 4 (14 total tentacles, PF: Innate) (5 pp)

   Growth 8 (Extra: Duration [continuous], PF: Innate, Flaw: Permanent) (25 pp)

   Darkness Control 25 (Extra: Action [Move], PF: Dynamic) {has the Darkness descriptor} (76 pp)

      DAP: Summon 23 (Nyx Shadows, Extra: Horde, PF: Progression 5) (2 pp)

      DAP: Drain Strength 25 (energy drain, Extra: Area [burst], Extra: Ranged) (2 pp)

      DAP: Blast 25 (dark blast, Extra: Penetrating) (2 pp)

      DAP: Drain Constitution 25 (life drain, Extra: Area [burst], Extra: Ranged) (2 pp)

      DAP: Strike 25 (shadow strike, Extra: Penetrating) (2 pp)

      DAP:

   Strike 4 (tentacles, PF: Mighty) (5 pp)

Power Group X {has the X descriptor} (X pp)

   Power X (Extra: X, PF: X, Flaw: X, DB: X) {has the X descriptor} (X pp)

Equipment (X ep)

Equipment, Equipment (Power X [Extra, PF, Flaw, DB])

Drawbacks (-X pp)

Drawback (Explanation) (-X pp)

Complications

Complication, Complication

PL X,  X pp, Tradeoffs (+/- X save DC/+/- X attack, +/- X toughness/+/- X defense)

Wikipedia:

In Greek mythology, Nyx (Νύξ, Nox in Roman translation) was the primordial goddess of the night. A shadowy figure, Night stood at or near the beginning of creation, and was the mother of personified gods such as Sleep and Death. Her appearances in mythology are sparse, but reveal her as a figure of exceptional power.

Hesiod

In Hesiod's Theogony, Night is born of Chaos; her offspring are many, and telling. With her brother Erebus, Night gives birth to Aether ("atmosphere") and Hemera ("day"). Later, on her own, Night gives birth to Momus "blame", Ponos "toil", Moros "fate", Thanatos "death", Hypnos "sleep", Charon, the Oneiroi "the tribe of dreams", the Hesperides, the Keres and Fates, Nemesis, Apate "deception", Philotes "friendship", Geras "age", and Eris "strife".

In his description of Tartarus, Hesiod says further that Hemera "day", who is now Night's sister rather than daughter, left Tartarus just as Nyx entered it; when Hemera returned, Nyx left. This mirrors the portrayal of Ratri "night" in the Rig-Veda, where she works in close cooperation but also tension with her sister Ushas "dawn".

[edit] Homer

In Book 14 of Homer's Iliad, there is a quote by Hypnos, the minor god of sleep, in which he reminds Hera of an old favor after she asks him to put Zeus to sleep. He had once before put Zeus to sleep at the bidding of Hera, allowing her to cause Heracles (who was returning by sea from Laomedon's Troy) great misfortune. Zeus was furious and would have smitten Hypnos into the sea if he had not fled to Nyx, his mother, in fear. Hypnos goes on to say that Zeus, fearing to anger Nyx, held his fury at bay, and in this way Hypnos escaped the wrath of Zeus.

[edit] Other Greek texts

Night took on an even more important role in several fragmentary poems attributed to Orpheus. In them, Night, rather than Chaos, is the first principle. Night occupies a cave or adyton, in which she gives oracles. Kronos - who is chained within, asleep and drunk on honey - dreams and prophesies. Outside the cave, Adrastea clashes cymbals and beats upon her tympanon, moving the entire universe in an ecstatic dance to the rhythm of Nyx's chanting. Phanes - the strange, monstrous, hermaphrodite Orphic demiurge - was the child or father of Nyx.

Night is also the first principle in the opening chorus of Aristophanes's Birds, which may be Orphic in inspiration. Here she is also the mother of Eros. In other texts she may be the mother of Charon (with Erebus), and Phthonus "envy" (with Dionysus?).

The theme of Night's cave or house, beyond the ocean (as in Hesiod) or somewhere at the edge of the cosmos (as in later Orphism) may be echoed in the philosophical poem of Parmenides. The classical scholar Walter Burkert has speculated that the house of the goddess to which the philosopher is transported is the palace of Night; this hypothesis, however, must remain tentative.

[edit] Role in society

[edit] Cults of Nyx

In Greece, Night is only rarely the focus of cults. According to Pausanias, she had an oracle on the acropolis at Megara (Paus. 1.40.1).

More often, Nyx lurks in the background of other cults. Thus there was a statue called "Night" in the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The Spartans had a cult of Sleep and Death, conceived of as twins (Paus. 3.18.1). Cult titles composed of compounds of nyx- are attested for several gods, most notably Dionysus Nyktelios "nocturnal" (Paus. 1.40.6) and Aphrodite Philopannyx "who loves the whole night" (Orphic Hymn 55).

[edit] Modern homages

On June 21, 2006, the International Astronomical Union renamed one of Pluto's recently discovered moons (S/2005 P 2) to Nix, in honor of Nyx. The name was spelled with an "i" instead of a "y", to avoid conflict with the asteroid 3908 Nyx.

Encyclopedia of Gods:

Nyx

Primordial Goddess. Greek. The essence of night whose sons were the twin brothers Hypnos, god of sleep, and Thanatos, god of death.

Wrath of the Immortals:

Nyx

Nyx was born in a faraway plane and belonged to a species which resembled the humans of Mystara. A victim of a vampire-like creature native to that world, she existed as one of the living dead for many centuries.

In spite of her unliving condition, Nyx embarked on the Entropic path to Immortality for some long-vanished patron she will not name. She won her Immortality by creating races of night-monsters and acting as their protector until they could survive and thrive on their own. Since then, she has achieved great power in the Sphere, eventually becoming one of the most powerful Entropic Immortals interested in the Known World.

Allies: Terra

Enemies: Ixion

Greek Mythology Link

Nyx's true form is that of a dark amorphous mass with tiny points of light inside. This mass is semi-solid (similar to Jello) and charged with Thymium energies. Nyx is a powerful being that is connected integraly to the Olympians by method of birth. Though she was formed from the plane of Aspectuscape, she was then molded and shaped by Uranos, the Titan. Nyx helped Zeus in the Titanomancy, and is a full member of the Olympian Pantheon. She also has interests on the world of Mystara, where she is connected with the Sphere of Entropy.

Nyx's children do not really interact much with her, except for Thanatos, and she seems not to care much about them. Zeus is wary of her power, and keeps an eye on her, which puts a rift between her and the Pantheon leader. Similarly, she does not get along well with Ixion on Mystara, as they embody opposing portfolios.

Despite her dark aspect, Nyx is a caring person, who enjoys companionship. She avoids getting too close to people, but is not adverse to casual aquaintances, she rarely calls anyone friend.