Phosphora

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Phosphora
エレカ
Ereka
File:Phosphora.jpg
First Appearance: Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012)
Latest Appearance:

Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012)

Title(s):
Gender: Female
Race: Goddess/Deity
Homeland: Skyworld
Affiliated Faction:
Other Allies:
Status:
Voiced By: English:
Kari Wahlgren (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
Japanese:
Yuka Komatsu (Kid Icarus: Uprising)

Phosphora (エレカ Ereka) is a new character in Kid Icarus: Uprising. She appears to be a weather goddess that specializes in electricity-based attacks and can move as fast as lightning. Phosphora is one of Viridi's top commanders due to her incredible power, which allows her to create massive storms and tornadoes. However, she can also tire very fast and often needs to recharge after an intense battle. In terms of appearance, Phosphora looks and acts like a teenage girl, even flirting with Pit on one occasion. She is fought as a boss during Lightning Battle, and later reappears as an ally of Pit along with Viridi, although her only purpose at this point is to watch over the Lightning Chariot (which she has grown quite fond of).

Trivia

  • Though at first glance being perceived as biologically female, Phosphora is actually the transgendered form of the male God of the morning star, known as Phosphorus.
  • How the name Phosphora came about: Phosphorus is a Greek God and is known for the chemical element that has the symbol P and atomic number 15. Phosphorus himself was the God of the Morning star. The Character Phosphora is a mix between the God Phosphorus and the act itself of an offering in Hebrews 10:8-10 as "prosphora", which literally means "something brought to." It aptly describes an "offering," which was "brought to "the altar." The male God Phosphorus was presumed to be brought to the Forces of Nature as an offering depicted in what can be viewed as a more desirable feminine form of himself.
  • The Phosphora Bow weapon is fused from the scarf worn around Phosphora's neck