Nyx Nureyev
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AKA The Purple One. My first DnD character, who I made during the height of my Penumbra Podcast hyperfixation, hence my stealing the last name of our dearly beloved master thief, Peter Nureyev.
Backstory
Nyx Nureyev was born to a wealthy family, and at a young age (think equivalent of 16) was a member of the Eladrin High Council: the head of Eladrin's government, filled to the brim with corruption. A part of Nyx's design and a huge aspect of my original concept for him is that his eyes change based on their emotions, something that led to much difficulty in the Council, where showing any sort of weakness or emotion was like getting a scrape in a tank of very hungry sharks. Early in their time at the Council, Nyx had confided in Councilmember Liadon, a member of the Council that had pretended to actually care about xem or xyr feelings, and Liadon even gave Nyx some advice for getting by on the Council. Confiding in Liadon, of course, turned out to be a TERRIBLE idea, and Liadon ended up betraying Nyx's trust.
At some point during their time at the Council, Nyx met Tyr Blakely, secretary to Councilmember Valentino. Tyr technically isn't my OC and instead was made by my friend and the DM for the campaign, but she agrees that at this point we share custody over Tyr (and Nyx, actually). At first, Nyx masked their attraction to Tyr with disdain, but despite this, the two grew very close over the years, near the end, they were even physically affectionate in private. They weren't together at this point, and that is a very important point. It wouldn't have worked then. Councilmember Valentino would confide with Tyr on very confidential matters, complicating their resignation. They decided the only way to leave was to be banished, essentially. To do this, Tyr committed vehicular manslaughter, treason, and other crimes that I can't quite remember, and during his trial, which Nyx was not allowed to attend, he said he had committed crimes he hadn't for the sake of getting banished. Tyr had planned to give Nyx a letter, saying goodbye and why he had to do what he did, but in the end, wasn't able to deliver it. The closest thing Nyx got to closure was locking eyes with Tyr across a large room as Tyr was being escorted out of the building. For several years, anyways.
Years later, Nyx truly realizes the horrors of the Council's actions. They leave through a window, and that's when their current story starts.
The Current Story
Nyx was in a motel, a month or so after leaving the Council, when somebody stumbled in through the window, bleeding from a gash on his chest. You guessed it! Nyx Nureyev's "ex-it's-complicated" falls in through the window, calls them a nickname they've never heard in their entire life, then passes out on the floor from blood loss. Nyx and Juno, another member from the party, are able to stabilize Tyr. Tyr then tells them that Capital-S Something is Capital-U Up and that they need to leave. He gets a contact, Collette, to bring them to another location, and meet others at a restauarant to tell the party what is happening. At the end of this restaurant visit, Tyr also brought Nyx into a supply closet and kissed them once which I feel is somewhat relevant to the whole deal they have going on in the Backstory section above. Tyr and Collette take Nyx, Juno, and Sora to the border of Eladrin to get them out before Something Bad happens. This doesn't go well, creepy gore stuff happens with the guy they find there, city goes on lockdown. They all go back to the hotel, new trauma under their belts from what they just saw, to figure out what to do next. Collette pulls Juno, Nyx, Sora, and Simon to the side, and tells them about the fact that there are eldritch gods, and each of them are in the domain of different ones. Nyx specifically is in the domain of Magda, The Great Maze, the goddess of all things realting to the workings of the mind. The party also pieces together that Collette is one of these gods, specifically being the goddess of the Sun,the goddess of endings and beginnings, The Divine Penultimate. The Church of the Sol, made to worship The Divine Penultimate, has a lot of weird shit going on, and was the cause of the creepy gore stuff mentioned previously. Tyr is also a Prophet of the Divine Penultimate.
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