Nyx

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Nyx is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. She débuts in the tenth episode. She is portrayed by guest star Leah Gibson.

Nyx is based on a Water Spirit from German mythology.

History

• Before the Curse
• After the Curse

As guardian of the Well of Wonders, Nyx's waters have the ability of restoring health to people, but only to those who are not yet destined to die. In Agrabah, she meets three brothers, Taj, Rafi and Cyrus, who desperately want to acquire some of the water to heal their mother, Amara. Though Nyx can indeed detect that Amara is suffering from burns, she refuses to give them the water as it is their mother's fate to pass on rather than survive. Cyrus insists on arguing against this, since Amara is injured due to his own mistake, and he wants to right a wrong. Nyx sticks to her prior judgment, warning them to return the water or pay the price, before disappearing under the surface of the well's lakebed. The brothers leave with the water, and she later materializes in their home to deal out a punishment for their theft. Amara attempts to plead on her sons' behalves, but Nyx is angered that the three chose to let desire cloud destiny. She entraps the brothers into three bottles, transforming them into genies, and cursing the trio to spend their lives serving the desires of other people. Afterwards, Nyx scatters the bottles across Agrabah. ("Dirty Little Secrets")

Accessed through a door in Wonderland, Nyx is visited by a now human Cyrus at the Well of Wonders. Cyrus begs her to have mercy on his brothers, Taj and Rafi, who she cursed to become genies after they took water from the well because he asked them to. She states that only when the water is returned will the curse be lifted. Cyrus believes returning the water to be impossible since he gave it to his mother over a hundred years ago, but Nyx can sense that she is still alive. When he questions her about his mother's whereabouts, she doesn't respond and only sinks away to below the well's surface. ("Dirty Little Secrets")

Later, Cyrus returns to the Well of Wonders along with his mother, Amara. Nyx surfaces and Amara attempts to sacrifice herself to break the spell, only for an evil sorcerer named Jafar to appear and kill Amara, turning her body into water. He is about to also destroy Cyrus when, courtesy of the White Rabbit, Cyrus' wife-to-be, Alice, appears. Alice tells Cyrus to return the water to the Well, as Jafar gained his power only through the genies' curse, and doing so would destroy his power. Cyrus is about to when Jafar freezes the water in mid air. He taunts them about their plan and destroys the water. The sorcerer continues to taunt them, but Alice knows better--Jafar did not steal the water from them, but from Nyx. At that, Nyx curses Jafar just as she did to Cyrus, Rafi, and Taj centuries ago. With Jafar's power gone, the genies regain their humanity. Just before leaving, Nyx gives Alice and Cyrus a canteen of her water to save a friend of theirs who is about to die, knowing it is not her time yet.("And They Lived...")

Trivia

• In Greek mythology, Nyx is the embodiment of night as well as one of the original deities.
• The name "Nyx" is of Ancient Greek origin that means "night".

Appearances

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