Zeus himself feared her enough to retract all threats against her son Hypnos. Her dress was void black, mixed with the colors of a space nebula as if galaxies were being born in her bodice.Īs one of the Protogenoi, Nyx is an extremely powerful deity feared by many Titans and Gods. When her wings beat, waves of darkness rolled over the cliffs. Her face was hard to see except for the pinpoints of her eyes, which shone like quasars. Nyx was described as a churning figure of ash and smoke, as big as the Athena Parthenos (which was 40 feet tall). Though she is proud that most of her children are terrifying, Nyx is uncomfortable when someone asks her who is her favorite child. Despite this, she is quite gullible, easily falling for the heroes' story. Nyx and her children eventually recover and chase them into the Mansion of Night, but not before Percy jumps over the River Acheron with Annabeth on his back out the other side of the mansion, out of her grasp.Īs the embodiment of Night, Nyx had a terrifying presence, temporarily stunning Percy and Annabeth into silence. When Nyx is blinded by darkness, Percy and Annabeth slip past her and run into her mansion. After hearing this, her children begin to fight amongst themselves over who is the worst terror. After hearing this, they agree to take a picture with her favorite child. As Percy and Annabeth prepare to try and take a picture, they mention the Doors of Death and Nyx tells them that the only way to reach it is by entering her home, the Mansion of Night. When Annabeth claims it may be because Nyx isn't important enough and how they could meet some of Nyx's children instead, Nyx becomes furious and summons all her children, including Geras, Eris, and more minor gods and monsters, which are all the worst terrors in existence. This greatly offends Nyx as she gets more and more wrapped up in Annabeth's lie. This causes Nyx enough confusion that Annabeth quickly takes charge of the situation and convinces Nyx that they are on a tour of Tartarus, but Nyx isn't part of it. Nyx admits to them that she wouldn't allow her horses to do such a thing, as she wants to do it herself.Īnnabeth uses Nyx's wording against her and tells Nyx not to kill herself. Percy also worries that the horses that pull her chariot will eat them. However, they wander too close to Nyx's domain and she appears to kill them.Īt first, Annabeth and Percy are too stunned to speak, both because of Nyx's intimidating entrance and because she is able to see them, even with the Death Mist. Unfortunately, after Percy and Annabeth manage to gain the Death Mist she double crosses them though Percy and Annabeth manage to defeat her. However, visiting Akhlys for the Death Mist requires Percy and Annabeth to pass close by Nyx's domain if they hope to escape from Tartarus and close the Doors of Death. Hypnos quickly fled to his mother, who Zeus respected enough to hold his anger at bay.Įven before meeting with Nyx, nearly every creature in Tartarus shows a fear of her (even some Giants and Titans) to the point of only referring to her as Night. Under Hera's orders, Nyx's son Hypnos put Zeus to sleep so the Olympian goddess could shower Hercules with misfortune without Zeus interfering. Zeus soon found out about Hypnos' involvement and furiously chased him. On ancient times, Nyx, her daughter Hemera (whom she usually fights with), her son Aither, and the stars were the only constant company of Ouranos.
She also had children on her own, such as her daughter Hemera (Day), who left Tartarus when Nyx entered it, creating night and day. Nyx married her older brother Erebus (Darkness and Mist) and had many children with him. Nyx was born directly from Chaos and Tartarus, two of the first protogenoi. She lives in Tartarus in the Mansion of Night, where she stays during the day and leaves during the night.
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