Lightning Chariot
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- This article is about the vehicle. For the chapter in Kid Icarus: Uprising, see The Lightning Chariot (chapter).
The Lightning Chariot is a critical item to the storyline of Kid Icarus: Uprising. Originally owned by the Chariot Master, it is a vehicle pulled by two unicorns named Phos and Lux that can race at high speeds, those of which are possible to penetrate through the force field surrounding Palutena's Temple. It is first encountered in Chapter 19: The Lightning Chariot, in which the Chariot Master fights Pit, each using one of the horses to race.
History
Kid Icarus: Uprising
The Lightning Chariot is first mentioned at the start of Chapter 19: The Lightning Chariot by Viridi, so that Pit may pierce the force field around Palutena's Temple in order rescue the goddess from the Chaos Kin. The chariot however, is guarded by the Chariot Master, and in order to obtain it, Pit must climb up his tower and defeat him. During the battle, Pit races against the Chariot Masters using Phos, while the Chariot Master fights in the race using Lux. After his defeat, The chariot and the two unicorns are entrusted to Pit.
Pit begins using the Lightning Chariot immediately at the start of Chapter 20: Palutena's Temple, replacing the typical flight section. It blasts through Palutena's force field in a single collision, allowing Pit to take land battle in Palutena's Temple. Once the chariot has served its purpose, Phosphora says that she will look after it. At the end of the chapter, Dark Pit uses it to break open the entrance to the Chaos Vortex, allowing both angels to chase after the Chaos Kin.
It is used once again by Dark Pit in Chapter 23 to rescue Pit after the battle with Hades's Heart, and it is extracted to Skyworld along with the two angels.
Super Smash Bros. Series
The Lightning Chariot makes its first debut in the Super Smash Bros. series in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, replacing Pit's previous Final Smash, Three Sacred Treasures. Working similarly to Dragoon, Pit calls upon Phos and Lux before a reticle appears on screen.
Although it had yet to appear until Ultimate, the Lightning Chariot is mentioned in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U by Viridi in a Palutena's Guidance when Pit is fighting Dark Pit. Despite Pit earning the chariot and the Chariot Master specifically entrusting his steeds to the angel in Kid Icarus: Uprising, it appears to have fallen under Viridi's command, presumably alongside Dark Pit.
Characteristics
The chariot is mainly bright red in color, decorated with numerous gold ornaments. The unicorns themselves are a bluish-white with pink-colored manes and tails. They also have horns made of yellow quartz-like crystals, and their hooves resemble lightning bolts.
Idol Description
One of the Chariot Master's most prized possessions, the Lightning Chariot blazes through the heavens at the slightest pull of the its unicorns' reins. Its extreme speed is matched only by the destructive shots fired from the unicorns horns.
Trivia
- The two unicorns, Phos and Lux, both translate to "light" in Greek and Latin respectively.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| French | Le quadrige foudroyant Éclair et Argent |
The Lightning-fast Quadriga Flash and Silver |
| German | Der Streitwagen des Blitzes Phos und Lux |
The Chariot of Lightning - |
| Italian | La Biga del Fulmine Fulgor e Lumen |
The Chariot of Lightning "Fulgor" means "shine". "Lumen" is Latin for "light" |
| Spanish | El carro de luz Lumen y Photos |
The Chariot of Light From Latin and Greek for "light" |