Nyx Morana
I’m going to do a little series about each of the Princesses and I thought I’d start with Nyx, as she’s one of my favorites! Cairo belongs to @capricornrabies
Nyx is half Nightmare Fae, half Death Fae; her mother was the younger princess of the Nightmare throne while her father was the king of the Death throne. Tanda kept it secret from Nyx for centuries, unwilling to share the truth with her. She was raised by her aunt for the first century of her life as Tanda was in no condition to raise a child after the devastating loss of her mate.
Calandra, Nyx’s aunt, knew the truth of the matter, but was sworn to secrecy by Tanda. She disapproved of Tanda keeping a glamour over her daughter to keep her real appearance hidden as it reminded her too much of her late mate, Calagero, as Nyx was almost a spitting image of him, only with a lighter skin tone, as well as having the telltale signs of being half Nightmare Fae: a set of horns and clawed hands that looked darker blue compared to the rest of her. She trained Nyx on how to use the glamour as she got older, working with the young girl in strengthening her magic, pushing her to master spells far beyond her years. She also kept a stronger glamour even Nyx knew nothing about to keep her Nightmare Fae traits hidden. Nyx found out the trut about being half Nightmare Fae upon meeting her grandfather, Adrastos Ironguard, who broke the more powerful glamour Nyx knew nothing about, revealing the horns and her hands, exposing the truth in its entirety to her.
Tanda made a deal with Death to trade Nyx’s life for Calagero’s when Nyx reached a certain age, though unknown to Tanda, Death had other plans for the situation: Nyx would be following her path to take over for her Fate, Sybella, and that Tanda was be reunited with Calagero, just not the way she was thinking.
Nyx is a quiet, highly intelligent young woman who spends a good deal of her time reading or writing poetry, learning as much as she can about the world outside of the palace, and spending time with the few friends she’s been allowed to have. Nyx spent her whole life living in the palace, never being allowed to leave unless she was with Tanda. She was living in a gilded cage, unable to stretch her wings so to speak, so her life experience is fairly limited beyond what she’s experienced at her court or her aunt’s.
Nyx’s mate, Cairo Ulf, is the oldest son of the Ulf family, the noble family set to take over the throne in the Nightmare Court if anything were to happen to Nyx’s cousin Aycin before he and his mate could produce heirs to the throne. Cairo, also known as Jack, is the lead guitarist for the band the Hallowed Crypt. Cairo, Nyx, and Aycin grew up together, the trio very close despite the age differences between Aycin, Cairo and Nyx, Nyx being the baby of the group. Cairo dotes on Nyx, calling her his Blueberry in private, and the two are very affectionate towards each other.