Pyrrhon
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| “ | Fear the wrath of my pyroblasters, space weirdos! HAHAHAHAHA! Kablooey! Kablammy! | ” |
—Pyrrhon | ||
Pyrrhon, known in Japan as Lars, the Sun God (太陽神ラーズ, Taiyō-shin rāzu), is a major character in Kid Icarus: Uprising. He is said to be the self proclaimed god of the sun, and assists Pit in fighting off an alien invasion. He appears during the Aurum arc of the main story (Mysterious Invaders, The Aurum Hive, and The Aurum Brain) as an ally in the former two and a brainwashed antagonist in the latter. His primary method of offense is his ability to manipulate fire and use it to attack enemies and his ability to fly fast. He is depicted as a strong head superhero-like character with a large ego and surprising intelligence, although the latter two traits do conflict with each other sometimes when Pyrrhon talks.
Characteristics
Appearance
Pyrrhon looks like a comic book superhero with a muscular build and a body engulfed in flames including his hair. He also has bright red skin covered with tattoo-like, glowing yellow lines.
Personality
Pyrrhon has arguably the biggest ego of any other character in the game, but at the same time he seems to be somewhat crazy as he usually addresses himself in third-person.
Despite his odd quirks, Pyrrhon is a cunning "god", as he managed to trick Pit and the other deities to reach his goal into manipulating the Aurum via the Aurum Brain in his attempt to become a "Super God" and get the status he so richly desired, however despite his intelligence and cunning, his mind appeared to be weak enough for the Aurum Brain to overwhelm him and turn him evil.
In Kid Icarus: Uprising
Pyrrhon makes his first appearance in the flight section of Mysterious Invaders as an ally of Pit to help defeat the Aurum. He explains to the angel and the "godlings" about the Aurum, and how these extraterrestrial beings must be stopped before they devour the entire planet. Despite his helpful knowledge about the Aurum, none of the other characters take him seriously, likely due to his over-the-top eccentric personality. After Pit annihilates the Aurum Core, Pyrrhon saves the angel from the explosion caused by the Core's destruction.
In the next chapter, Pyrrhon only makes an appearance at the end during the boss fight with the Aurum Generator. He attempts to help out Pit again by attacking the machine with his fire abilities but only makes the situation worse by overheating the Generator then flees.
In the last chapter of the Aurum invasion, Pyrrhon joins Pit and the other gods in the final battle to get rid of the aliens once and for all. He leads the angel into the Aurum Brain Fortress where the Aurum Brain resides and tells him to shoot at it. As Pit opens fire at the Brain, Pyrrhon suddenly then merges with it by entering the yellowish core. This action causes a destructive explosion, but Pit quickly manages to escape in time. Pyrrhon then appears as a large astral projection in front of Pit, and reveals he has been using the angel the entire time to take control of the Aurum in order to become a "Level Infinity Epic Super God...Plus!" and control the Aurum fleet to raise his rank as a deity. Pyrrhon's control causes the Aurum troops to change color into a bright red and become even more powerful. However, the Aurum Brain corrupts him and takes control of him instead and uses his powers to destroy Pit by interfering Palutena's ability to extract Pit when the Power of Flight was running out. As Pit continues his assault on the Aurum, Pyrrhon again attempts to get rid of him again by firing a powerful blast of fire, but the angel is luckily protected by the Forces of Nature blocking the attack for him. Once finally Pit reaches the Aurum Brain again, he discovers that Pyrrhon's mind has been completely consumed by the Aurum Brain itself, becoming Aurum Pyrrhon, which turns him into an emotionless and robot-like entity that can only speak in gibberish and binary. Pyrrhon then begins to viciously attack Pit and threatens to consume the planet. After Pit defeats the brainwashed Pyrrhon, he returns to his senses and sends out a huge pillar of fire that launches the remaining Aurum back into space towards the other side of the galaxy, ending the Aurum threat once and for all; however, Pyrrhon's fate afterwards remains unknown. This action however was commented on by Viridi, with her saying, "He finally does something useful."
Idol Description
The self-proclaimed "Sun God" who is investigating—and entranced by—the wondrous and alien Aurum. Pyrron's massive ego seems inversely proportional to his intelligence, making his boasts of divine lineage a bit hard to swallow.
Trivia
- Pyrrhon is likely inspired by Apollo or Helios, which were both Greek gods of the sun, although his name appears to be based on Pyrrho, a Greek philosopher. It might also come from the word "pyro", which means fire.
- He may also be based upon King Pyrrhus, due to the fact that his apparent victory on the Aurum Brain only leads to his total defeat (first from being possessed by the Aurum, and ultimately brought down by Pit).
- When Pyrrhon became possessed by the Aurum, he started speaking nonsense including binary numbers that translate into "KILL".
- At one point Pyrrhon references Wikipedia by the in-universe name of Divinipedia.
- There is much debate in-game about Pyrrhon's godly status. Dialogue from both Palutena and Viridi indicates that neither are sure of whether he is a god or not due to his eccentric personality and thickheadedness, and his idol refers to him as the self-proclaimed sun god.
- He is one of the few major characters who does not have a weapon bearing his name- however, the Burning Palm may be inspired from him.
- A short and surprisingly powerful musical cue of twelve notes is heard whenever Pyrrhon first appears in Chapters 15 and later in Chapter 16. This is then extended to encompass most of the Chapter 17 air battle theme. According to Masahiro Sakurai, this is treated as Pyrrhon's theme.[1]
- According to Viridi, Pit is the only person that Aurum Pyrrhon considers an equal.
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