Eris

Eris is the personification of Strife and the daughter of Nyx, being the youngest of the Children of Nyx. As strife incarnate, Eris's purpose is to cause chaos wherever she goes and is seemingly attached to Melinoë, having a history of following her around wherever she goes according to Icarus. She offers her a 'helpful' gift that brings about an annoying curse, besides being an occasional annoyance. Despite being an immortal, Eris's behavior is reminiscent of that of a spoiled teenager; she is only interested in short-term gratification and having fun at the expense of others. Her fondness for candy and her tendency to leave the wrappers for Melinoë to pick up is a good representation of her overall disposition. Eris displays a sheer kinetic chaos and love of bringing mischief and insanity, particularly in her boss fight on the Surface where she shows Melinoë exactly what the Adamant Rail can do in her hands as she fires waves of bullets and carpet-bombs entire parts of the beach front, all the while giggling like a wicked schoolgirl. She is mischievous and, at times, casually destructive, not being interested in anything in particular related to the war against Chronos or her family's fate and simply relishes in the strife of the situation. She is a nuisance to Melinoë, not out of any real allegiance to Chronos, but simply because she likes to torment people, and she sees Melinoë as an easy target. Her lack of direction and petulant behavior makes her rather unpopular among her siblings; both Moros and Nemesis mention clashing with her on various occasions. This unpopularity appears to extend to everyone else in the Crossroads as well who see her as troublesome and untrustworthy. Eris also has a tragic side; without choice, her purpose is to only cause strife for others, being imbued with it, even though she has made little effort to change. She harbors an inferiority complex towards all her siblings who seem to be better, more responsible, and more dedicated than her in their roles, making her the black sheep of her family. Though she often claims to be content with her lot in life, she in truth harbors a deep resentment and bitterness towards her mother and the rest of her family as she feels that she was never given a choice to be anything other than the goddess of strife unlike them who presumably did get to pick and choose their own domains. In a conversation with Melinoe, Eris confesses that she actually envies her siblings for their domains lamenting that she could've been the goddess of old age or friendship if her siblings hadn't come along and taken all of the "good jobs" before she was born. After arriving at the Crossroads, Eris will continue to be mischievous, but she may attempt to be friendlier with Melinoë, though this might be her rebellious spirit coming into play. Despite their tension, Melinoë is uncharacteristically drawn to her, described in the Book of Shadows like a moth to a flame. On the rare occasions where she isn't set on causing trouble for Melinoë or others, she will often display a wicked sense of humor and has a frightening combination of warmth, psychosis, and sadism. Eris has fair skin and a youthful appearance, with a grey buzzcut and purple irises. Eris is considerably smaller than her sister Nemesis; she is about the same size as Melinoë. She has large, feathery black wings which enable her to fly. She wears extremely thick, black eye makeup, black lipstick, and a moon-shaped stone on her forehead. She wears a black gorget adorned with multicolored tassels, which match her earrings. Her lime green, cobalt, and red color motif (most visible on her shawl) correlates with the three attack colors of the Furies. Her dress consists of a blue skirt, a black bodice, and a white, quilted bustline with three triangles in each color. She carries her ammunition on a belt with a gold buckle shaped like an apple, which is a reference to the Apple of Discord. Her nails are painted to match the rest of her outfit, and she wears a bracer on one arm and bracelets on the other. There are what appear to be candy bars tucked into her belt, which she consumes when she visits the crossroads. Eris was born as the last of the children of Nyx and was designated as Strife, never having the choice to decide what she wanted to be. Surrounded by her various siblings, she always felt that they ignored her and thought themselves better without trying to understand her, allowing her rebellious nature to flow, and always disobeying her mother's strict control and rules. At some point after the Titan War, Eris stole the Adamant Rail from the goddess Hestia and planned to use it to sow chaos. It's unknown exactly what happened during this period but eventually the weapon would end up leaving her possession. At an unknown period prior to the events of Hades, Eris conceived many children of her own, with her brother Thanatos remarking that it's partly thanks to the "dedicated efforts" of Eris and her offspring that he is so busy all the time. The Adamant Rail ended up back in her possession. A conversation with her sister Nemesis at The Crossroads hints that Eris may have taken advantage of the chaos when Chronos attacked the House of Hades and stole it, additionally Moros comments that Eris may view the weapon as her "new toy" and probably has it to keep herself entertained. Eris appears as Melinoë traverses the borders of the Underworld, giving her a curse to make her attempt more difficult if the game detects that the player is progressing too fast. She later appears at The Crossroads, where she uses the pact between Hecate and Nyx to hang out safely even as she pollutes the area and taunts the residents. Her main appearance is at the beach of the Rift of Thessaly, where she fights Melinoë to prevent her from proceeding to the Olympians' aid. Her motive appears to be keeping the war between Chronos and the Olympians going for as long as possible due to sheer amount of Strife it causes. After defeating her Melinoë will receive a golden apple referring to the myth of when she was intentionally not invited to a party held by Olympus but decided to crash the party anyway with her actions ultimately causing the Trojan War. During the festivities she threw a golden apple with the words "for the fairest" written on it causing Hera, Athena and Aphrodite to claim ownership as they believed themselves "the fairest" and in order to decide this turned to Zeus for his judgment. However not wanting to face the potential wrath of whichever two goddesses weren't picked, he ultimately passed the responsibility to Paris of Troy which would lead to the Trojan war. Eris is a adult.