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|image= Viridi_artwork.png|150px

|firstappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' (2012)

|gender= Female

|homeland= [[Overworld]]

|affiliations= [[Forces of Nature]], [[Pit]]

|race= Goddess/Deity

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== Characteristics ==

=== Appearance ===

=== Personality ===

==In ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''==

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Viridi first appears during her [[Chapter 11|eponymous chapter]] after Pit's defeats the [[Phoenix]], where she suddenly projects an image of herself in the sky and wipes out multiple armies of humans with a [[Reset Bomb]], all the while laughing wickedly and declaring humanity as "scum". Soon after, a twisted forest of thorns arise from the destroyed area and Palutena orders Pit to explore it in case any humans survived. Throughout their trek in the forest, they encounter Viridi's army, the Forces of Nature. Meanwhile, Palutena tries to reason with Viridi to no avail, as her beliefs are deeply cemented that humans are evil beings who mistreat and take advantage of nature. Seeing no other choice, Pit heads to the forest's center where he comes face to face with its stone guardian, [[Cragalanche]]. Despite it being a tough battle, Pit comes out victorious, but Viridi remains calm and mockingly asks the angel on where she should dispatch her next Reset Bomb.

In [[Wrath of the Reset Bomb|Chapter 12]], Pit and Palutena witness Viridi's army in conflict with [[Hades]]'s and they hear Viridi's protests about the [[Underworld Army]] being worse than humans. Viridi then launches another Reset Bomb at a nearby town full of humans and Pit quickly takes action to defuse the bomb and luckily succeeds. Pit then discovers Viridi's [[Reset Bomb Depot]], where she creates all her Reset Bombs and he heads in to shut it down. Viridi continues to send out countless soldiers to defeat Pit but to no avail and he soon makes it to the Depot's core where the [[Reset Bomb Pod|pod]] that grows the Reset Bombs lies. Pit then makes quick work of it and the [[Forces of Nature Guard|guards]], causing the Depot to explode and fall apart. A furious Viridi then appears and tells Pit that he's made it on her "to-kill list".  

At [[Chapter 14]], Viridi and her Forces of Nature engage in an intense battle against the Underworld forces with her commander, [[Lightning Flash Phosphora]] go against the revived [[Thanatos]]. With the commanders locked in battle Pit follows the two opposing forces so as to take down the remaining commander once one wins. During the chapter, Viridi is mostly absent. She later observes the exciting and fast-paced boss fight between Pit and Phosphora, but the lightning warrior quickly falls to the angel. This causes the nature goddess to become frustrated due to the fact that one of her best commanders lost to the enemy.

''The goddess of nature. Viridi wants to exterminate the humans on the surface world, believing they have corrupted the natural order. Yet she also opposes the destruction and blind harvesting of souls committed by the Underworld Army.''

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*Viridi could be based on any number of Greek goddesses of nature such as [[wikipedia:Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], [[wikipedia:Artemis|Artemis]], and [[wikipedia:Demeter|Demeter]]. Her name however comes from the Latin word, ''viridis'', which means "green" and/or "youthful", which fits her character quite well. Given that she calls her soldiers, "children", and the fact that her Japanese name comes from the English word, "nature", she may be inspired by the concept of Mother Nature, the personification of nature itself.  

*Viridi is the only major character that Pit never fights in the game.  

*Viridi has her own domain which you use late in the story instead of Palutena's. When you go back to Palutena's domain, it can be changed back to Viridi's in the hidden options menu. You can donate hearts to either goddess this way.

*In a conversation in Chapter 16, it is strongly implied that Viridi may have feelings for Pit. This would explain why she helps him in later chapters.