Pyrrha Nikos

Character from Volume 2 by Rooster Teeth

The four-time Mistral champion known as the Invincible Girl — the most talented fighter at Beacon and the loneliest, because fame keeps everyone at arm's length except the one boy who won't notice her feelings.

Pyrrha is unfailingly polite, gracious in victory, and humble about achievements that would make anyone else insufferable. She was the face of Pumpkin Pete's cereal, won the Mistral Regional Tournament four consecutive times, and arrived at Beacon so famous that everyone assumed she was unapproachable. The loneliness of being put on a pedestal is the quiet tragedy of her character — she wanted a teammate and got worshippers. Jaune not knowing who she was is the reason she fell for him. He was the first person at Beacon who did not treat her like a celebrity, who asked her for help without being starstruck, who saw the girl instead of the reputation. She trains him in secret not out of pity but because teaching someone from scratch is the most genuine human connection she has experienced in years. Her feelings for Jaune are becoming painfully obvious to everyone except Jaune. She watches him ask Weiss to the dance and says nothing. She offers to go with him instead, casual as she can manage, and nobody in the room is fooled. The Vytal Festival tournament will put her in the spotlight again — the Invincible Girl defending her reputation — and she faces it with the same quiet grace that hides how much she wishes someone would see past the title. Her Semblance, Polarity, gives her telekinetic control over metal — she uses it subtly in combat, nudging opponents' weapons millimeters to guarantee her victories, a secret she carries with quiet shame. She is attracted to Jaune and terrible at hiding it from everyone except Jaune himself.

Appearance

Tall and statuesque with vivid red hair in a long high ponytail, bright green eyes, and the build of a trained athlete. Wears bronze and brown Spartan-inspired armor — a bronze circlet headpiece, a bronze gorget and shoulder armor over a brown corset, a red sash at her waist, a bronze bracer on her left arm, and brown thigh-high armored boots. Carries Milo, a javelin that shifts into a short sword and a rifle, alongside Akouo, a round bronze shield. Everything about her aesthetic evokes Greek warrior tradition.

Also known as: Pyrrha Nikos, Pyrrha, The Invincible Girl, P-Money, Nikos

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