Viridi

Viridi (ヴィリディ, Viridi), is both a fictional character and deuteragonist of the Super Kingdom Bros.'s Immortals Kid Icarus Rising series created by Scott Phillips and Toru Osawa. She is the Goddess of Nature and leader of of her army who are dedicated to protecting heaven and earth.

Her goal is to purge humanity for devastating nature initially puts her at odds with Palutena, though they eventually put aside their differences and work together to face other common threats. She imprisoned Prometheus to a mountain for gifting the fire to humanity.

"Ha! Good riddance, to the human scum! The world's better off without them!"
 * —Viridi.

Appearance & Biography

 * Voice actor: Hynden Walch (English), Makiko Ohmoto (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

Biography
The goddess of nature, she believes it is her duty to return heaven and earth to their pure states, and so she wants to exterminate the humans on the surface world, believing they have corrupted contaminants of the natural order. She butts heads with human-protecting Palutena, but yet, she also opposes the destruction and blind harvesting of souls committed by the Underworld Army, therefore hates soul-stealers like Hades even more.

Appearance
Viridi is a young-looking goddess, resembling an 8-year-old human girl with hazel eyes. She wears a shin-length dress colored in purple, red and pink, and decorated with numerous vines. She also wields a large, wooden staff. Her long blonde hair is also tied up in an off-centered ponytail using vines.


 * Hair Color: Blonde
 * Skin Color: Not Known
 * Eye Color: Hazel
 * Age: Not Known
 * Birthday: Not Known
 * Height: about 4'7" (139 cm.)
 * Weight: Not Known

Personality
Despite her initially destructive nature, Viridi is not necessarily evil; rather, she desires revenge on the human race for taking advantage of nature. As a result of Pit getting in the way of her plans, she often argues with him in a childish manner while sending her Forces of Nature to attack him.

However, during the Aurum invasion and learning the truth of Fenyx's heritage, she begins to have a change of heart, and remains an ally for the rest of the game. Though she claims that she is only helping Pit because it is in her best interest, it is implied in Chapter 16 that she may secretly have a soft spot for the angel.

Friends/Allies

 * Forces of Nature
 * Dark Pit

Family

 * Dyntos (Brother)
 * Hestia (Sister)
 * Poseidon (Brother)
 * Hera (Sister)
 * Hades (Brother)
 * Medusa (Sister)
 * Apollo (Brother)
 * Zeus (Brother)
 * Uranos (Brother)
 * Chronos (Brother)
 * Palutena (Sister)
 * Prometheus (Cousin)
 * Orcos (Cousin)
 * Thanatos (Cousin)
 * Pandora (Cousin)
 * Aphrodite (Granddaughter)
 * Hephaistos (Grandson)
 * Pyrrhon (Nephew)
 * Ares (Nephew)
 * Athena (Niece)
 * Hermes (Nephew)
 * Phosphora (Niece)
 * Fenyx (Demigod Niece)

Neutral

 * Palutena's Army
 * Pit
 * Magnus
 * Sora
 * Donald Duck
 * Goofy

Enemies

 * Underworld Army
 * Typhon

Powers

 * Immortality
 * Nigh-omnipotent
 * Manipulation and total control over the balance of nature
 * Power to generate bombs made of nature
 * Nature Embodiment
 * Nature Magic
 * Commanding all that is related to nature
 * Ability to restore devastated nature in an instant
 * Healing
 * Power of Flight
 * Power to Transform Others
 * Levitation
 * Projection
 * Charisma
 * Superhuman Strength
 * Size-shifting
 * Shape-shifting

Etymology

 * Viridi does not appear to be based off of any one Greek figure. However, her title as the Goddess of Nature may be a reference to the ancient Greek goddess Physis, while her alternate title of "ruler of the earth and all living things" may be a reference to Gaia, goddess of the Earth.
 * Viridi's name is based on the Latin word "viridis," which is a root word for the color green. It also means "youthful," a possible reference to her young-looking appearance.

Notes & Trivia

 * Unlike Medusa and Hades, she seems to care for her minions, as she refers to them as her "children," and in Chapter 18, will teleport them out if they get in the way of Pit's fire rather then just letting them die. She also works with some of them to improve their skills, such as with Cragalanche.
 * The fact that she refers to her minions as children may be a pun on her role as "Mother Nature."
 * According to a weapon conversation with Pit about Palms, Viridi reveals that the reason she looks so young is because she takes good care of her skin.
 * In a pre-release screencap, Viridi was shown to have two red roses decorating the front of her vine crown. This detail was later changed in the final version of the game.
 * According to Phosphora, Viridi reads fortunes.