Origins

Sitting in Centennial Hills Library off Buffalo Drive in Las Vegas, Kathryn looked out of place compared to the other patrons: being tall, lithe, long flowing red hair and an eye patch made her an attraction more than a pedestrian.  She did not want the attention today but she could almost feel various eyes were on her.  Typically, Kathryn enjoyed the sensation, but she needed to concentrate.  Having gone through school recently reinvigorated her library research skills (whatever they were before –hand).  And the topic was about ancient Greek gods.

Nyxen mentioned some names – Athena, Titan, Creation … Nyxen may be a play on ‘Nyx’.
Let’s see.  Athena: goddess of wisdom, law, justice, strength, civilization, among many others, and a source of inspiration to heroes.  How fitting.  So, according to Nyxen, Athena chose me as a champion to her cause … or something like that …

She flipped the pages of her tome and looked at her notes.  Nyx: mother of Thanatos, among many others, and was present at the start of creation.  Not really known in the literature but a powerful deity nonetheless.  She’s also associated with darkness. Kathryn smirked. Now that’s fitting for Nyxen.  Bitch.

Kathryn raised her hand to her chin in contemplation.  Nyxen also used the term ‘Creation’ like it was a place.  She shook her head at the fact that there was no mention of Creation in that capacity, other than as an event.

Then there was ‘Praetorian’.  She claimed herself as a Praetorian to Kathryn.  Classical historical references aside, there was Praetoria: the alternate dimension to Earth whose portals are famously found in Paragon City, Rhode Island.  Kathryn frowned.  Daikar went there to search for his Nemesis.  He said I’d have to find mine.  Maybe she found me instead?  This ‘hero’ work is starting to get strange.

She closed books and gathered notes into her messenger’s bag.  Taking one last look around as she placed the bag onto her shoulder, she caught several boys quickly looking away from her.  She smiled, preferring to be flattered.