Line #5 Characters/NYX


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11	Characters to appear in ''ComicBook/{{NYX}}''
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13	[[foldercontrol]]
14
15	!!Kiden's Group
16
17	The group of mutants assembled by Kiden Nixon over the course of the story, listed in the order in which they join her.
18
19	[[folder:Kiden Nixon]]
20	!!Kiden Nixon
21	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nyx_vol_1_1_textless.jpg]]
22	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
23	!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
24	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #1 (November, 2003)
25	The main character of the story, ''NYX'' is primarily shown through the eyes of Kiden Nixon. As a little girl she watched her police officer father gunned down in a drive-by shooting, and has grown up into a rather troubled and rebellious young woman. The circumstances surrounding the manifestation of her powers eventually leads her to run away from home.
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27	* BewareTheNiceOnes: For a given definition of "nice," but Kiden is certainly a good, if troubled, kid. Her time-manipulation powers can make her ''very'' dangerous if you piss her off, as first Hector, then a gang of muggers who attacked her after she ran away learned the hard way.
28	* BulletTime: Kiden's time-manipulation powers allow her to do this. In fact, the most direct example is actually a ''plot point'' as she dodges a bullet [[spoiler: that ends up accidentally striking Mrs. Palmer instead, which prompts Kiden to run away in the first place]].
29	* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Kiden's efforts to run from [[spoiler: who she is and the ghost of her father sending her from place to place]] don't amount to much, as [[spoiler: Nick]] can find her wherever she goes.
30	* TheCassandra: Kiden's attempts to "come out" as a mutant to Mrs. Palmer result in abject disbelief. To say nothing of her claims that [[spoiler: the ghost of her dead father is giving her instructions from beyond the grave]].
31	* DeadpanSnarker: ''Especially'' dealing with her mother early in the story.
32	* DysfunctionalFamily: The Nixon family as a whole after Kiden's father was killed. Kiden is rebellious, smokes, parties and takes drugs. Her elder brother is a JerkAss and low-level pusher, implied to be dealing with some nasty people who will ''kill him'' over the drugs his mother flushes down the toilet. Kiden's twin younger brothers seem relatively normal and well-adjusted, but are hyperactive and quite a handful. Kiden's mother can only hold them all together as best she can.
33	** The surrogate family Kiden gathers around herself over the story counts as well: Her formerly suicidal ShellShockedVeteran high school teacher, who at one point blows up and blames everything on Kiden. [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} A virtually mute prostitute being hunted by her pimp because he thinks she killed a John]]. And a girl whose very public manifestation nearly gets her torn apart by a mob.
34	* FingerPokeOfDoom: If Kiden isn't ''really'' careful when she touches someone while using her powers, she can potentially kill with even a light touch since she's [[SuperSpeed moving so fast]] relative to everyone around her.
35	* HeelRealization: Events of the story wise up Kiden, and she begins to genuinely regret the poor relationship with her family.
36	* JerkAss: Not nearly so much as her older brother Tyler, but she's nonetheless a [[DeadpanSnarker mouthy]] and troubled girl.
37	* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: At one point Kiden meets up with her elder brother, and when she learns that their family has been doing so much better in the time since she left (her mother is remarrying and they're moving to a much better neighborhood), decides against going home, feeling that they're better off without her. [[JerkAss Her brother makes no effort to absolve her of that feeling.]]
38	* ISeeDeadPeople: [[spoiler: Throughout the story, Kiden has visions of her slain father, who guides her through gathering up her disparate gang of outcasts, and evading Zebra Daddy's pursuit of X-23.]]
39	* ItsAllMyFault: Kiden blames herself for ruining Mrs. Palmer's life. Mrs. Palmer waffles between trying to absolve her of guilt and agreeing with her on the matter, before finally acknowledging she trusts her.
40	* PowerIncontinence: At first, Kiden's power is activated erratically, when she screams "Stop it!" when upset, and she can only break out of her time bubble by touching someone (the first time she does, she barely pokes the guy and it ''snaps his arm like a twig''.) [[spoiler: In the final confrontation it appears she now has enough control that she can activate and shut it off at will.]]
41	* PowerPerversionPotential: While Kiden is spending a couple months in her accelerated state after running away from home, she decides to break out of her time bubble by taking advantage of her state to kiss a cute guy she runs across. He's (understandably) surprised since from his vantage point she just appears out of nowhere kissing him.
42	* TimeMaster: What Kiden's powers make her. Time flows normally for her, but slows down ''drastically'' for others.
43	* UsedToBeASweetKid: Little Kiden was a cute and sweet little girl, up until the moment she watched her father gunned down in a drive-by. The next time we see her, she's a deeply troubled and rebellious teen who smokes, parties, and does light drugs, while constantly fighting with her mother and failing at school.
44	* YearInsideHourOutside: Kiden's time manipulation powers. Time flows normally for her, but slows down drastically for others. She literally spends ''months'' in an accelerated state at one point while doing some self-reflection, while barely a week or two pass in reality. She doesn't need to eat or drink during this time, but her hair continues to grow normally.
45	[[/folder]]
46
47	[[folder:Cameron Palmer]]
48	!!Cameron Palmer
49	[[quoteright:305:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cameron_palmer_earth_616_0001.jpg]]
50	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
51	!!!'''Species:''' Human
52	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #1 (November, 2003)
53
54	Cameron Palmer is Kiden's high school teacher. She gets caught in the crossfire of the conflict between Kiden and Hector, literally, and finds her life derailed in the process.
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56	* BadassNormal: Mrs. Palmer is the only non-mutant among the kids. She doesn't have time powers or WolverineClaws, she's not a {{Shapeshifter}} or {{Body Surf}}er. [[spoiler: But in the final confrontation, she actually manages to acquit herself fairly well against mooks who try to kill her.]]
57	* DestinationDefenestration: [[spoiler: She's tossed out a window in the final battle by a mook to her intended death. Fortunately, Tatania manages to slow her fall, and Kiden uses her time powers to give her a softer landing area than the concrete below.]]
58	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Her husband leaves her at some point after she was shot, she's shown to still be in physical pain and a bit shell shocked from the shooting, and has lost all interest in her work. She tries to kill herself, but Kiden saves her life.]]
59	* FryingPanOfDoom: Wields one for part of the final confrontation with Daddy's goons.
60	* HappilyMarried: At the beginning of the book, she's shown to be in quite a happy and frisky relationship with her husband. [[spoiler: It changes sometime after she's been shot. Her husband has left her, and all her wedding photos have been either broken or torn up. It's never made clear exactly what drove him away.]]
61	* HeroicBSOD: She's in an extended one for much of the comic.
62	* HotTeacher: Her husband certainly thinks so.
63	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Cameron genuinely cares about her students' educations, loves her job, and is trying hard to help them succeed and get out of the shithole neighborhood their circumstances have put them in. Her boss, on the other hand, is a part of the apathetic system that's part of the problem in the first place.
64	* SelfHarm: [[spoiler: She attempts suicide by cutting her wrists.]]
65	* ShellShockedVeteran: She's clearly suffering effects of PTSD after she is accidentally shot when Hector tries to kill Kiden. She's shown to be in a deep depression ([[spoiler:which led to her husband leaving her]]), and when a visitor drops a picture, the "bang" it makes when it falls makes her scream and dive to the floor.
66	[[/folder]]
67
68	[[folder:[=X-23=]]]
69	!!X-23
70	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nyx_vol_1_4_textless.jpg]]
71	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
72	!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant clone
73	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #3 (February, 2004)
74
75	''For her main page, click [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} here]].''
76
77	A teen prostitute under the thumb of violent pimp and gangster Zebra Daddy, she falls in with Kiden's group after a John commits suicide during one of their sessions. She rarely speaks, and almost nothing is known about her. The efforts by Kiden's group to escape the fallout of her running away from Daddy ultimately drives the second half of the book.
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79	* CanonImmigrant: This is the book which introduced X-23 to the comics.
80	* CreepyChild: To pretty much ''everyone'', but especially Tatiana and the girls in Zebra Daddy's employ.
81	* DarkAndTroubledPast: This story is ''part'' of it for later books, and a sign that as bad as her past was in ''X-Men: Evolution'', in the comics it's going to be even worse.
82	** Within the context of the story itself, her SelfHarm and the fact she spends much of the story [[TheQuietOne virtually mute]] implies that however she came to be under Daddy's control, [[ComicBook/X23InnocenceLost she's suffered severely in the past]].
83	* DisposableSexWorker: Zebra Daddy makes it quite clear he sees X-23 as property he can discard on a whim, even putting out the eye of another of his girls as punishment when X escapes and he thinks the girl helped. [[spoiler: When he finally catches up to her in the climax, Daddy quite remorselessly and casually guns her down. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't know what [[OppositeSexClone she]] ''[[LivingWeapon really]]'' [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is]]. [[TheDogBitesBack She makes short work of him when she finally gets fed up with him]].]]
84	* DrivenToSuicide: The suicide of one of her Johns has major implications for the rest of the story.
85	* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: She kills Zebra Daddy in the finale of the first series. It's made clear that Daddy is incredibly violent, and both verbally and physically abusive towards the girls he pimps for, and it's implied that he leveled the same abuse on her as well, firmly making it this trope. Considering [[LivingWeapon who she is]], it invites a bit of FridgeLogic as to how she even came to be under his control in the first place.]]
86	* DullSurprise: Pretty much her default expression throughout the entire book. She's pretty much just ''there'', and barely reacting to anything around her. Justified by later stores; she's mired very deeply in a HeroicBSOD during the events with this book.
87	* HeroicBSOD: As noted above, later stories reveal X is lost in a very severe one during the events of this series.
88	* LivingMacGuffin: The entire second half of the plot is driven by Zebra Daddy's attempts to get her back.
89	* MysteriousWaif: Almost nothing about her is revealed over the course of the story. Her name, who she is, where she came from, and how she wound up working for Daddy is never discussed. She also drives the second half of the story as Daddy will stop at nothing to get her back.
90	* NoNameGiven: She's never named within the series, and when Bobby asks her name when going out to find her, Zebra Daddy acknowledges he doesn't even know what it is.
91	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Laura is stoic if a little upset at working as a prostitute, other girls being harmed, or a John who is acting ''off'' and pulls a knife. When Laura looks like she wants to try and help said John and he kills himself however she is horrified.
92	* TheQuietOne: She rarely speaks, and when she does it's never at length. You can probably count how many lines of dialog she has on one hand. In fact, of the four issues in which she appears, she only has dialogue in ''one''.
93	* SelfHarm: She's frequently seen cutting herself with her claws.
94	* SexyPackaging: An alternate version of the above image featuring X-23 in the same pose [[BlackBraAndPanties but wearing a black baby-doll teddy]] was featured as a special limited edition cover for the collected edition. [[BestKnownForTheFanservice Despite the fact she only appears in her underwear for a few pages in the whole series.]]
95	** Pictured above is the standard cover, which could also count. Also notable in that she [[CoversAlwaysLie never wears a school-girl outfit in the series.]]
96	* ShoutOut: When first introduced, the John X-23 was in bed with tells her [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} she's the best at what she does]]. Also counts as a subtle bit of {{Foreshadowing}} as to who she really is.
97	* StreetWalker: X-23 is introduced as one of Zebra Daddy's hookers, and her very first panel in the comics sees her naked in bed after having just finished with a John. She's one of his most lucrative girls, and is Daddy's personal favorite.
98	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Spends pretty much the entirety of the book (when she's not ''actually'' naked) in high heels, [[StockingFiller fishnets]], short skirt, and a [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]]. Justified, considering her line of work.
99	* ThousandYardStare: Introduced staring blankly at a blinking "No Vacancy" sign after a session with a John.
100	[[/folder]]
101
102	[[folder:Tatiana Caban]]
103	!!Tatiana Caban
104	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nyx_vol_1_5_textless_1.jpg]]
105	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
106	!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
107	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #4 (July, 2004)
108
109	Tatiana Caban works three jobs to help support herself and her mother, on top of going to school. She publicly manifests in the middle of class, and is attacked and nearly killed by a mob as a result. She possesses shape-shifting abilities that are triggered by contacting with the blood of whatever animal she wishes to turn into. With nowhere else to go, she falls in with Kiden's group.
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111	* AtrociousAlias: After manifesting, Tatiana considers taking to calling herself "Catiana," before deciding that it sounds incredibly stupid.
112	* BlessedWithSuck: Tatiana's very public manifestation of her powers nearly gets her killed. She also requires contact with the ''blood'' of whatever she wants to transform into, meaning she has to kill or injure it. Oh, and she's an ''animal lover''.
113	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Tatiana loves animals. She keeps a large number of pets, and there's a ''very'' Disney-esque scene of her feeding a ''ton'' of wild and stray animals in a park.
114	** It gets subverted when her power manifests: She can take on aspects of other animals, but to do so requires contact with their ''blood''. The first time was after touching the blood of a dog that was hit by a car and she was taking to a vet, but later, she has to kill a cat to transform in order to protect herself from a mob. Additionally, after she manifests all her pets get very aggressive towards her.
115	* JerkAss: Tatiana's mother is an absolute bitch to her, fawning over her (much younger) boyfriends. Said boyfriends also qualify.
116	* PunnyName: She briefly considers using the name of Catiana as [[DontExplainTheJoke a play on her given name and powers]] after manifesting, before deciding [[AtrociousAlias it sounds incredibly stupid]].
117	* SeenItAll: Tatiana has this attitude towards Kiden's story, fully believing her because she's already just manifested. Not that she doesn't still feel totally overwhelmed by it.
118	* {{Shapeshifter}}: Tatiana can take on the aspects of any creature with whose blood she comes in contact. If she takes on human blood she transforms into a copy of the person.
119	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: In this case, she has to touch the target's blood, after which she can take on aspects of its appearance and physical traits.
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	[[folder:Bobby Soul / Felon]]
123	!!Bobby Soul / Felon
124	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1225332_bobby_soul_01.jpg]]
125	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
126	!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
127	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #6 (September, 2005)
128
129	Bobby Soul, who often goes by the name of Felon, is a mutant and occasional hood. He's an acquaintance and part-time associate of Zebra Daddy, who uses him and his powers to his advantage. Bobby is a {{Body Surf}}er and {{Astral Projection}}ist who can leave his body and take control of others. While doing so, he can control them and has access to all of their memories. Daddy hires him to track down X-23 when she runs away. He takes the job only because he needs the money to get himself and his brother, Lil' Bro, out of ComicBook/DistrictX, and because Daddy [[BlatantLies promises that no one is going to get hurt]].
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131	* AstralProjection: Part of his power set. His soul can leave his body for periods of time, during which he can take control of others.
132	* BlessedWithSuck: Bobby can use his power to BodySurf and take control of other people. Unfortunately, it also wreaks havoc on his memory: He can't clearly remember where he's been or what he's done, and it also causes him to forget aspects of his life. He fears that one day he'll lose all his memories permanently.
133	* BodySurf: The other half of his powers.
134	* BigBrotherInstinct: Bobby is heavily driven by this. Everything he does is to look out for Lil' Bro. [[spoiler: When he later questions Kiden's older brother about her whereabouts while looking for X-23, he punches him out when he Body Surfs into him and finds out just how big of a dick he was to her.]]
135	* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's not actually ''evil'', but does willingly work for Daddy. However he draws the line when Daddy tries to kill Kiden's group, and turns on him.
136	* HealthcareMotivation: Felon takes on Daddy's job to track down X-23 because he badly needs the money to get his severely autistic brother, Lil' Bro, out of District X and into a school where he can get the care he needs.
137	* HeelFaceTurn: He starts out working for Daddy, attempting to locate X-23 for him. [[spoiler: In the climax, he turns and helps Kiden group when he realizes Daddy intends to kill everyone despite his earlier assurances he just wants X back.]]
138	* ISeeDeadPeople: [[spoiler: Nick Nixon manifests himself in front of Bobby, sending him to meet Kiden's group at Mrs. Palmer's apartment to protect them from Zebra Daddy.]]
139	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's not above using threats and coercion (see PowerPerversionPotential) to get what he wants, but he genuinely cares for his little brother, and it's implied he doesn't really like what he does and is trying to get out of it.
140	* MinionWithAnFInEvil: He's working for Daddy, and it's implied he's done a lot of work for him in the past and Daddy certainly treats him better than he does anyone else, among other criminal activities. However he's not a bad guy himself: Everything he does is for his little brother, and as soon as he realizes how far off the slippery slope Daddy is, immediately pulls a HeelFaceTurn and helps Kiden and her group escape.
141	* MissingMom[=/=]DisappearedDad: What happened to Bobby's parents is never revealed, and it's clear he has to more or less raise Lil' Bro on his own, though he does have the help of a caretaker when he has to leave his brother alone.
142	* PowerIncontinence: Bobby doesn't have much trouble jumping between bodies. The problem comes in that every time he does so, he temporarily loses memories of himself, what he's doing, or where he's been. He's genuinely afraid that after one jump too many, he'll lose everything permanently.
143	* PowerPerversionPotential: When first introduced, he's revealed to have spent the night with a star who'd been getting harassed by the paparazzi. It's ''heavily'' implied he used his power to bring her back to his apartment.
144	[[/folder]]
145
146	[[folder:Lil' Bro]]
147	!!Lil' Bro
148	[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lil_bro_004.jpg]]
149	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
150	!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
151	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #6 (September, 2005)
152
153	Bobby Soul's disabled younger brother, whom he is left to raise alone, with only a caretaker providing assistance when he has to leave him alone. The whole reason Bobby takes jobs from Zebra Daddy and other crooks is to raise the money he needs to get Lil' Bro out of the shithole neighborhood where they live, and take him somewhere that he can get the sort of care he really needs. [[spoiler: At the end he's revealed to be a mutant himself, and it is strongly implied that he's either communicating with Kiden's dead father, if not projecting his apparition entirely.]]
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155	* DisabilitySuperpower: [[spoiler: He's severely autistic, but also an incredibly powerful telepath.]]
156	* HollywoodAutism: Is severely autistic, and generally non-responsive to anyone around him. [[spoiler: Except for the ghost of Kiden Nixon's father, whom it is implied Lil' Bro was communicating with throughout the story to coordinate Kiden helping everyone she saves, if not projecting his spirit outright.]]
157	* ISeeDeadPeople: [[spoiler: Can see and communicate with Kiden's slain father.]]
158	* MissingMom[=/=]DisappearedDad: Whatever happened to his parents is unknown, and he's left in Bobby's care.
159	* MoralityPet: Is this for his older brother. Everything Bobby does is for him.
160	* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Whatever his real name is, it's never been spoken and he's always known simply as "Lil' Bro".
161	* SpiderSense: [[spoiler: Lil' Bro's powerful psychic abilities includes an ability to see events happening at great distances.]]
162	* {{Telepathy}}: [[spoiler: Lil' Bro is an ''incredibly'' powerful telepath, despite his disability, capable of not only communicating with the dead, but seeing events from great distances.]]
163	* WalkingSpoiler: See all the white space? Lil' Bro's a bit more significant than he looks.
164	[[/folder]]
165
166	!!Antagonists
167
168	The main antagonists of ''NYX''.
169
170	[[folder:Zebra Daddy]]
171	!!Zebra Daddy
172	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3317146_zebra_daddy_earth_616.jpg]]
173	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
174	!!!'''Species:''' Human
175	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #1 (November, 2003)
176
177	Zebra Daddy is X-23's pimp, a rather powerful gang leader in the Flatiron District of New York City. He's mainly seen arranging appointments with Johns for the girls he controls, but is shown to be able to call on a very large and heavily-armed group of thugs at need. When X-23 runs away with Kiden and Mrs. Palmer, Daddy calls on Bobby Soul to bring her back, offering a substantial reward for her return. [[spoiler: Years earlier, he gunned down Kiden Nixon's father in a drive-by shooting.]]
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179	* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: The final battle between Daddy, his thugs, and Kiden's group kicks off when X-23 cuts off his hand.]]
180	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Daddy's ethnicity is never made clear in the book. All that's clear is that his vernacular is urban, and he's not Caucasian.
181	* AxeCrazy: When things don't go his way or his composure breaks down, Daddy turns absolutely ruthless.
182	* BadAssNormal: He's not a mutant or superpowered in any way, yet he's managed to carve himself out a nice territory in New York City.
183	* BigBad: Daddy is the main villain of the ''Wannabe'' series, and his attempt to recover X-23 drives the second half of the plot.
184	* BlatantLies: When money alone isn't quite enough to get Bobby to track down X, he promises all he wants is his girl back, and no one will get hurt. Then as soon as he's out of earshot calls in a hit squad to kill everyone.
185	* DullSurprise: When [[spoiler: X-23 stabs him in the back]], the best he can manage is a subdued, "Aw, man."
186	* EyeScream: He puts out the eye of one of his prostitutes with a ''toothpick'' when he believes the girl tipped off Kiden Nixon's group about his pending attack on Mrs. Palmer's apartment.
187	* FauxAffablyEvil: When Daddy's pleased, he can come across very sweet, and he puts up a friendly demeanor with those he's trying to butter up. It disappears the second things go his way or he sees or hears something he doesn't like. He praises X-23 over the amount of money Johns are willing to put up for her, and immediately gets furious when he sees that [[SelfHarm she's been cutting herself]], calling her body his property. When one of his girls begs off an appointment because the John put her in the hospital last time she saw him, he starts to sweet-talk her and goes on about how much he cares about her. And then he turns ''nasty'', striking, berating and threatening her. The AffablyEvil face is just a thin veneer over a vicious and cruel psychopath, who [[EyeScream puts out the eye of a prostitute]] as [[YouHaveFailedMe punishment]] when he just ''thinks'' she tipped off Kiden's group the first time he came after them, and is prepared to murder the entire group just for being in his way.
188	* GangBanger: It's unclear how large his gang is, but he clearly has enough influence to call in a ''substantial'' amount of firepower. [[spoiler: It's also revealed that he was the banger who gunned down Kiden's father.]]
189	* HairTriggerTemper: It takes ''very'' little to set him off. And when he goes off, it's not pretty. He takes it ''very'' personally when X-23 runs away.
190	* HookersAndBlow: He personally pimps out his girls, and is clearly shown partaking in drugs himself, as well as also being a dealer himself.
191	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: He dies on the end of X-23's claws. She stabs so deep they come out the other side.]]
192	* KickTheDog: Frequently, and quite viciously. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, TheDogBitesBack]].
193	* LargeHam: Daddy gets downright ''grandiose'' during the final confrontation.
194	--> '''Zebra Daddy''': This was fun. 's nice it ended like this. Makes it tastier. Stuff legends a' made of. Jus' like Romeo and Juliet. Love ya, baby. Welcome to my legend.
195	* MoreDakka: Daddy arms his thugs ''heavily'' for the final confrontation. [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill Despite the fact he's going after what looks like three unarmed girls and a woman]].
196	* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Whatever Daddy's real name is, it's never mentioned.
197	* TheReveal: [[spoiler: After he guns down X-23, Kiden has a flashback of her father's death in which she realizes that Daddy was the GangBanger who killed her father.]]
198	* TheSociopath: He's a psychotic, remorseless animal that thoroughly enjoys the acts of depravity he commits.
199	* SlipKnotPonytail: At the beginning of the final fight, Daddy's hair starts off neatly slicked back as normal. As things get more and more out of hand, his hair slips out and gets increasingly wild, eventually hanging partly in his face.
200	* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: Zebra Daddy has a gang of heavily-armed thugs at his disposal. For all he knows, he's just going after four unarmed girls. There's absolutely no reason for him to suspect he might need a personal army to deal with them, as he has no clue three of the girls are mutants, much less that [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} one of them]] would later be revealed to have been created as a LivingWeapon.
201	[[/folder]]
202
203	[[folder:Hector Morales]]
204	!!Hector Morales
205	[[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1222414_hector_morales_01.jpg]]
206	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
207	!!!'''Species:''' Human
208	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #1 (November, 2003)
209
210	A classmate of Kiden Nixon's, Hector is a Hispanic thug with gang connections, and whose antagonistic relationship with Kiden leads to her discovery of her powers and ultimately sets the plot in motion.
211	----
212	* BullyingADragon: Ends up on both ends of this. Kiden refuses to back down when Hector harasses her despite his gang connections, and is more than happy to antagonize him back. Later when Kiden's powers manifest, he continues to harass and [[spoiler: tries to ''kill her'' even after her powers manifest and Kiden could literally destroy him with [[FingerPokeOfDoom a touch]]]].
213	* FingerPokeOfDoom: On the receiving end. Kiden snaps his arm like a twig when she lightly pokes him while using her powers for the first time.
214	* GangBanger: Hector's gang affiliations play a significant role in kicking off the plot, [[spoiler: by enabling him to smuggle a gun into school when one of the security officers manning the metal detectors is revealed to be a member of the same gang. Hector attempts to shoot Kiden but misses when her powers activate, allowing her to safely sidestep the bullet, which continues on and strikes Cameron Palmer instead]].
215	* JerkAss: There's no question that Hector is a dick. He antagonizes Kiden right from the start, and sics his girlfriends on she and Kara in retaliation for Kiden tearing out his earring during a scuffle at the beginning. He gets even ''nastier'' when Kiden unwittingly breaks his arm the first time her powers manifest, deciding it justifies ''killing her''.
216	* MurderByMistake: [[spoiler: Intends to kill Kiden in retaliation for her breaking his arm (though she didn't mean to, as she wasn't aware of the full effects of her powers). However when he shoots her, Kiden saves herself by activating her powers, and the bullet continues on to strike Mrs. Palmer instead. Although Palmer does survive, Hector's lethal intent qualifies it for this trope]].
217	* PhenotypeStereotype: Hector is Hispanic, and his skin is noticeably darker than the others.
218	* PutOnABus: Disappears from the story after [[spoiler: he attempts to shoot Kiden, misses, and hits Mrs. Palmer instead. Dialogue reveals he was arrested and sent to prison]].
219	[[/folder]]
220
221	!!Others
222
223	Other characters in ''NYX: Wannabe'' and ''No Way Home'', listed alphabetically.
224
225	[[folder:Kara]]
226	!!Kara
227	[[quoteright:222:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rco021_1464959730.JPG]]
228	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
229	!!!'''Species:''' Human
230	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #1 (November, 2003)
231
232	Kiden's best friend in school.
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234	* ButtMonkey: ''Nothing'' goes well for her in the book. First she gets her ass kicked by Hector's girlfriends and is further humiliated by wetting herself during the fight. Then after Kiden runs away she loses her best and, it's implied, only friend. And later when Bobby Soul questions her about Kiden's whereabouts, he threatens to BodySurf into her, make her slug one of the school {{Alpha Bitch}}es, and leave her to deal with the aftermath when she tries to avoid him.
235	* ExtremeDoormat: While Kiden is no less subject to harassment than she is, Kara shows practically no spine and lets Hector and his girlfriends walk all over her without even putting up a fight.
236	[[/folder]]
237
238	[[folder:Nick Nixon]]
239	!!Nick Nixon
240	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nick_nixon.jpg]]
241	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
242	!!!'''Species:''' Human
243	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #1 (November, 2003)
244
245	Kiden's slain father, a New York City police officer who was gunned down in front of her on his birthday during a drive-by shooting when she was very young. [[spoiler:His ghost appears throughout ''Wannabe'' to guide Kiden in assembling her eclectic group, and in the climax it's revealed that the GangBanger who killed him was Zebra Daddy.]]
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247	* AlliterativeName: '''Ni'''ck '''Ni'''xon.
248	* HarmfulToMinors: Kiden Nixon has a front-row seat to the drive-by shooting which kills him.
249	* ISeeDeadPeople: [[spoiler: Appears as a bloody ghost to Kiden throughout the first series. Importantly, both Bobby Soul ''and'' Lil' Bro can see and communicate with him as well. Whether because it's an extension of their powers, or because Nick chooses to be visible to them, or even if it's ''Lil' Bro himself'' who is projecting him is left ambiguous.]]
250	* KilledOffForReal: Gunned down in the prologue, right in front of young Kiden.
251	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: The exact nature of Nick's ghost is left ''very'' ambiguous. He first appears to Kiden just in time to save Mrs. Palmer when she tries to commit suicide, and afterwards there seems to be no particular rhyme or reason to where he is sending her. However at the end of the book it's heavily implied that Nick has been in collaboration with Lil' Bro to save Kiden and the group she collects throughout the series, but even then the nature of this connection is never clearly established. Is Nick working with Lil' Bro because the [[DisabilitySuperpower autistic boy's powerful telepathy]] allows him to [[ISeeDeadPeople channel Nick's ghost]]? Is his spirit an outright construction of Lil' Bro's, who is acting as BigGood in the same role as Xavier would ordinarily fill?]]
252	* PosthumousCharacter: Aside from the first couple pages of the first issue of ''Wannabe'', Nick is dead throughout the series.
253	* TheReveal: Several ''big'' ones towards the end of the series:
254	** [[spoiler: Kiden isn't the only one who can see and communicate with Nick's ghost. Both Felon and Lil' Bro can see him. The latter is even more significant, because he is ''severely'' autistic and can't even communicate with his own brother!]]
255	** The GangBanger who guns Nick down is none other than [[spoiler: Zebra Daddy, nearly triggering a RoaringRampageOfRevenge in Kiden, before she decides to use her powers to rescue Mrs. Palmer instead]].
256	** [[spoiler: At the very end of the book, it's strongly implied that either Nick is a construction of Lil' Bro, who was pulling the strings behind the scenes all along, was channeled by the boy's powerful telepathy enabling him to reach out to and guide his daughter, or he and Lil' Bro were mutually working together from the beginning]].
257	* WalkingSpoiler: Just look at all the white space!
258	* YouCantFightFate: No matter how far Kiden runs, [[spoiler: Nick's ghost will find her again and tell her where she needs to be. However during the climax, Nick tries to convince her that she can't help Mrs. Palmer and that she must flee the final confrontation with Zebra Daddy. [[ScrewDestiny This time, Kiden throws him off]] and saves Palmer while X-23 finishes Daddy once and for all]].
259	* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: [[spoiler: Nick's posthumous guidance of his daughter takes this form. He never tells her ''what'' she's supposed to be doing, all she knows is that wherever he tells her to go is somewhere she needs to be.]]
260	[[/folder]]
261
262	[[folder:Ty Nixon]]
263	!!Tyler "Ty" Nixon
264	[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tyler_nixon_earth_616_from_nyx_vol_1_4_page_13.jpg]]
265	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
266	!!!'''Species:''' Human
267	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' #1 (November, 2003)
268
269	Kiden's JerkAss older brother, a low-level pusher implied to be dealing with some very nasty people.
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271	* HiddenDepths: There's a few moments where Ty is shown to care far more about his sister than he lets on, including a very guilty expression after he tells her the family's fortunes have improved for the better since she left. Unfortunately it's not quite enough to make up for being a [[JerkAss total twat]] the rest of the time.
272	* HookersAndBlow: It's not developed in particular depth, and it's unclear what, exactly, he's pushing, but Ty is dealing for some one or some organization, including selling them to his own sister. When their mother catches him with a bag of his goods at one point she flushes it down the toilet, and Ty explodes at her over having just killed him, suggesting that whoever Ty pushes for are some very, ''very'' dangerous people. On the other hand, nothing ''actually'' seems to happen to him as a result, so he might have been exaggerating.
273	* JerkAss: Ty is a ''huge'' dick to his sister, and most of his dialogue with her is teasing that goes ''far'' beyond good-natured. At one point he offers her drugs and, after Kiden first runs away, when she returns home again Ty breaks the news that their mother is remarrying and moving them to Long Island by saying ''everything has been better since Kiden left''. He doesn't even ''try'' to absolve Kiden of her belief that her departure was the catalyst for the improvement in their lives, or even admit that their mother is worried sick and heartbroken by her disappearance. Even worse, he doesn't even tell their mother that Kiden is alright!
274	* LaserGuidedKarma: Ty's JerkAss behavior comes around to bite him on the ass when Felon looks him up while tracking down Kiden for Zebra Daddy. When he discovers just how rotten Ty was to his own sister, Bobby beats the shit out of him for "being a crappy brother." [[BerserkButton Given the extreme lengths Bobby is going through to provide for his own handicapped brother...]]
275	[[/folder]]

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