Nyx

Art Credit: gonzarez

The Solo Battle Cleric

Nyx was ‘Battle Cleric’ player character in the world of Yggdrasil before the servers went down permanently, a class of warrior that is proficient in both physical and magical offense.

Before the servers went down the player was known as the one woman army, being a high class while having a solo player mentality, even being considered among many players as strong as entire guilds.

Because of this Nyx had never joined a guild or made many friends and prior to the shut down.

The One Behind The Avatar

Behind the character, Nyx, is a young man, by the name Keith; a college graduate who was going nowhere fast; a mediocre job, with near non existent social life, and even less of a love life.

Keith was always socially awkward, and his upbringing didn’t do him any favors growing up in strict, oppressive, ‘traditional,’ household.

Keith couldn’t find a place to belong anywhere, not at school, not at work, not even at home, the only escape he’s ever known since he was a child, was video games.

He was always enamored by the stories told and fantastical worlds shown in many of the video games showed, and of course how welcoming the people of those world could be as well, then one day, Keith had a fated encounter with the game Yggdrasil, what would be his first frontier into online gaming.

There was was so much freedom to be had in Yggdrasil, you could be anyone you wanted, go anywhere, and do just about anything and being a VR game, it was practically everything Keith had wished for, save for actually being sent into the world for real.

You Can’t Escape Reality

In the world of Yggdrasil, Keith could be anyone, so discarded everything that reminded him of everything that he loathed about his life, becoming the Female Human Cleric, Nyx, completely casting aside the life he was born into whenever he placed on those VR goggles.

Things were good for awhile in the world of Yggdrasil, Nyx had even helped Keith get over his social anxiety, he had managed to make a small amount of friends to share his experiences of Yggdrasil with… but when things are too good to be true… they usually are.

Nyx when starting off on Yggdrasil was more than happy to help other players, acting as a Cleric, healing and support their allies, but people aren’t always as so kind…

Clerics are rarely ever looked upon in high regards in the gaming communities, seen nothing more than as glorified milk tanks, just a tool to get a job done. During one mission with a high pay off, Nyx’ steam decided they were done relying on them, discarding them at the end, taking their share of the loot, and their gear… and when Nyx decided to fight back, their team had performed their ultimate betrayal…

Exposing Nyx’s true online identity to the world of Yggdrasil, and revealed their online identity to Kieth’s everyday life.

Peace in Isolation

Both Nyx and Kieth were humiliated, and ruined by their former allies, sullying the only sanctuary they had, their heart hardening like a black diamond.

Hurt and angry, they could curse in tears, and hide, though where? No where was safe anymore. Keith had vowed to get even, and to never again rely on anyone else, and had focusing on rebuilding Nyx from scratch, changing her from a standard cleric, to a battle cleric.

A hybrid Cleric who is able to handle their own in combat, sacrificing much of their proficiency in magic casting, for dealing and tanking damage themselves, their skill taking their strength and magic stats and combing their numbers into one super stat.

They swore a vow of solitude, to never trust anyone ever again, until they gained their vengeance against those who wronged them, and so Nyx worked tirelessly, day in and day out, sacrificing as much time as possible to equip Nyx with the best gear and level her up with the best stats, no matter how many tries it took, until eventually Nyx became neigh unstoppable player, causing all those who challenged her to fall, or flea in terror.

An Ending Without Closure

It was the last day of Yggdrasil. The servers were finally closing, Nyx had torn down many players, but never got the chance to pay back her old team.

Both Nyx and Keith were heartbroken. Despite everything, they still loved the world of Yggdrasil, and now it was all going away. “If only all my problems could go away just like this….”

Keith had stared into his headset’s monitor, watching the yggdrasil’s night sky one last time, seeing the timer click away.

“I’m sorry, Nyx, that it had to end like this. I wish we had more time together, despite everything you showed me a wonderful world. For that… thank you.”

And with that, as the final seconds were ticking away kieth had closed his eyes, taking in the last moments of yggdrasil’s sounds.

…. A wind blew across their face. Kieth had been inside at the time and the windows were closed. Where was this wind coming from? The young man had reached for his headset when his hand went straight smacking him in the face.

Kieth opened his eyes to see the night sky above him, the hand in front of him soft and slender like a woman’s, his chest now felt heavy, and could the grass beneath him.

A quick look had shown…. Kieth had become Nyx, he had been sent to the new world as his avatar.

A New Life

Most would be in shock, most people would have been screaming in fear, most would be questioning their own sanity, but Keith wasn’t most people. Simply pinching Nyx’s face to see if they were dreaming, and much like Ainz did… ran some ‘tests’ to see if this was real.

When Keith was convinced it was all true, he would just fall to his knees, hugging himself in Nyx’s and laugh, crying tears of joy. Keith was still questioning his own sanity, but whole heartedly accepted this new reality, now fully committing to her new role as Nyx.

Where she goes from here…. Is anyone’s guess.