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'''Palutena''' (パルテナ ''Parutena'') is the beautiful goddess of light, rightful ruler of [[Skyworld]], the patron deity of [[Pit]] and the [[Centurion|Centurions]], and the guardian of humans. She is kindhearted and benevolent, as opposed to the cruel and malevolent [[Medusa]]. Despite being a divine goddess, Palutena also seems to be somewhat of a damsel-in-distress, as she was imprisoned and held captive by Medusa and needed to be rescued, but recently she has been given a much more active role as a major supporting character as Pit's greatest ally.  

Palutena has the appearance of a 22-year old woman<ref>[https://twitter.com/sora_sakurai/status/186441951845949441 Twitter: Masahiro Sakurai]</ref> with very long green hair reaching down to her lower legs, and is around 178 cm (5'10") tall<ref>[http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/File:KIUCharacterHeightChart.png Icaruspedia: Kid Icarus: Uprising Character Height Chart]</ref>. She has an overall very elegant and regal appearance fitting her title as the goddess of light. Her main outfit is a relatively simple-looking white dress with numerous gold ornaments to accommodate it. Interestingly, many of Palutena's design choices has parallels to [[Pit]]'s, such as the gold laurel crown, red [[wikipedia:fibula (brooch)|fibula]], the vine-like patterns on the hems of her dress, brown-colored, sandal-like footwear, and the various gold accessories. She is typically depicted wielding her weapons of choice which is the gold staff with a blue handle and a mirror shield.

Palutena is generally a very kind and wise character (at least compared to most gods). She is shown to care about the human race and will go to great lengths keep them safe from harm. She was willing to banish her own co-ruler, Medusa, in order to stop the goddess of darkness from attacking and killing the mortals. Although she may be the guardian of the humans, it is important to note that Palutena does not view them as flawless beings, in actuality, she views them as quite selfish and destructive; however, she also believes the gods are no better than humans when it comes to fulfilling egoistic desires or ideals (or in some cases she believes gods can be far worse). Ironically, this might be why she firmly believes humans are the closest to the gods and sees them worth protecting.  

As the goddess of light, she has great power over the element, and is capable of performing potent magical abilities utilizing light. One of her most powerful attacks is called the “Glam Blaster” / ”Sacred Goddess Clobberlaser”, which involves a giant beam of vaporizing light that can disintegrate enemies. She is also the one who supplies Pit his [[Power of Flight]] and all his other [[Powers|powers]]. Like most deities, she is quite omnipotent (even claiming to have an all-seeing “Eye of Palutena”). For example, in [[Chapter 2]], she demonstrates her godly insight regarding [[Magnus]]' past that he used to be a father and was friends with [[Gaol]] despite him never mentioning this at any point. Palutena has typical abilities shared by other gods such as telepathic communication and summoning large projections of herself. Some other powers of Palutena mentioned in ''Uprising'' and the [[Kid Icarus 3D Anime|anime shorts]] include the “power of cooling”, "power of weak-point exposure", “power of ninjary”, “power of caging”, and “power of maelstrom". The [[Palutena Bow]] and [[Silver Bow]] are two weapons that are explicitly stated to be created by the goddess of light herself, indicating Palutena has some prowess over weapon crafting. She also has the ability to put curses on others, as she was the one who cursed Medusa with her monstrous form as punishment.  

**In Japan, the ''Kid Icarus'' series is known as ''パルテナの鏡 Parutena no Kagami'', which means "Mirror of Palutena". This may be referring to this shield; despite this, Palutena's mirror shield has yet to have a vital purpose in (at least in terms of the plot) in any of the games.  

*According to [[Masahiro Sakurai]], the main theme of ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' is also Palutena’s theme.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/games/oms/kidicarusuprising/music/music01.html Official Kid Icarus: Uprising Website (UK): Music Samples - Main Theme]</ref>