Sylver Nova
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Sylver Nova | |
| Player: @tavmminqat | |
| Origin: | Natural 
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| Archetype: | Peacebringer 
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| Security Level: | 50+ |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Nix Krovien/Aegis of Silver |
| Known Aliases: | Nix , Silver, Nova, Sylv |
| Species: | Human/Kheldian |
| Age: | 36 yrs/12,987yrs |
| Height: | 5'1" |
| Weight: | 107lbs |
| Eye Color: | Blue (Glowing Silver-Blue when using powers) |
| Hair Color: | Red |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Mercenary |
| Place of Birth: | Paragon City |
| Base of Operations: | Confidential |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Jaylynn Krovien (Mother), Markus Krovien (Father), Andrew (Brother), Arthur Krovien (cousin, deceased) |
| Known Powers | |
| Luminous Blasts, Energy Healing, Shape Shifting, Flight, Psionic Blasts | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Cosmic Balance, Mind-reading (constant, can't control) | |
| Equipment | |
| Stealth-Field Belt | |
| no additional information at this time | |
The first Sylver Nova on Earth is mentioned in some old writings, and kept in memory by the current Sylver Nova and that was Marius Aurelius Silverian who was the host to Aegis of Silver in the period of Ancient Rome. Memories from that ancient time are hard to recall, but they can be recalled by Sylver Nova through concentrated mediation. Marcus was a powerful Roman soldier and fought against the Nictus forces that had sought to infiltrate Rome, Sylver Nova and Marius were put into some form a hibernation using magic during that time period and awoke in 1885 where Marius worked to help found the next Kheldian gathering of their kind as the Nictus slowly made their way back to Earth. His death led to the first official Sylver Nova. The current Sylver Nova is actually the fourth one to exist in Paragon City, two of the previous Sylver Nova's served as heroes in the city and had taken on hosts who were well regarded by the community. The first human Sylver Nova in Paragon City was a Firefighter, Matthew Koleson, who was rescuing a child from a burning building when he was attacked by the Hellions who started the blaze. Aegis of Silver appeared in that moment and offered it's powers to him and he readily accepted it. This first Sylver Nova served the community and focused on rescuing people from dangerous situations. Eventually, though, during one of these rescued he was caught unaware by members of the Council and was killed. The Kheldian sought a new host and found a beat cop who was responding to the situation, Arthur Krovien, and they joined together. The second Sylver Nova would fight in the Rikti Wars and served as a more traditional hero. Sadly he too was killed during what was supposed to be a rescue operation only for it to be a trap. When this Sylver Nova, died the Kheldian half merged with a nearby street thug. Kyoko readily accepted the powers given her by Aegis of Silver, swearing to find those responsible for the many deaths of the previous Sylver Nova's, as well as remedy the difficulties of her own life. This third Sylver Nova took on the aggressive traits of Kyoko. This Sylver Nova was more than willing to break laws and work with criminals and villains in pursuit of a greater good and greater goal, that being a complete restructuring of society to bring and end to the corruption that plagues the world, as well as end the Nictus threat. The cousin of Arthur Krovien, Nix, sought to track down Kyoko and kill her, believing her to have killed her cousin to become Sylver Nova. She was assisted by the Paragon Police force in her mission, evneutlaly leading to a fatal confrontation between Kyoko and Nix. Kyoko was fataly wounded by the Quantum weapon that the PPD had provided, originally on the condition she would eliminate the 'traitor' Kheldian Aegis of Silver. Instead she claimed the flailing Kheldian and the blending of minds and memories revealed the truth. The PPD members she had been working with, were they themselves likely working with the Council, and traitors to Paragon City. Filled with regret for killing Kyoko she has sworn to continue her crusade against the Nictus, to avenge her cousin, and to raise the reputation of Sylver Nova as a hero, outside the law.
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Affiliations
Sylver Nova is affiliated with only two major organizations:
- Peacebringer: As host to Aegis of Silver, Sylver Nova retains a formal tie to the Peacebringers. However, her willingness to kill enemies and operate outside sanctioned law enforcement often puts her at odds with the group’s more orthodox members. Some Peacebringers view her as a necessary but dangerous weapon; others as a stain upon their reputation. Sylver Nova herself considers the Peacebringers allies in the greater war against the Nictus, but not always comrades she can fully trust.
- The Conclave: Though outwardly a villain organization, the Conclave’s radical aim of reshaping society to uproot corruption drew Kyoko into its ranks, and Nix inherited that membership when the Kheldian bond passed to her. For Nix, the Conclave represents both unfinished business and a tool: a network with reach, resources, and ambition that aligns with her crusade. She is not blind to their methods, nor naïve about the dangers of standing among them, but she believes reform can only come from within power structures, even those deemed villainous.
Personality
Sylver Nova’s personality is a blend of her host Nix’s own cynicism and the lingering echoes of the three Sylver Nova hosts before her. At her core, Nix is pragmatic and scarred: a Navy veteran who never lived up to her cousin Arthur’s reputation, a police academy dropout who knows firsthand how brittle the “thin blue line” truly is. The revelation that the Council infiltrated the PPD to manipulate her into killing Kyoko shattered what little faith she had left in human institutions. That betrayal fuels her conviction that the world cannot be saved by existing systems.
The memories of her predecessors temper her outlook in complex ways. From Matthew, she carries a sense of duty to protect the innocent, even when it conflicts with her methods. From Arthur, a soldier’s loyalty and awareness of sacrifice. From Kyoko, a righteous fury and willingness to embrace the role of “villain” to serve a higher cause. These voices live within her, sometimes faint, sometimes guiding her actions in unexpected ways.
Nix herself is far less naïve than Kyoko but retains the Kheldian’s “innocently violent” streak. She disarms people with an easygoing, almost airy demeanor, sometimes smiling or joking even when talking about violence or death. She can be friendly, curious, even playful, but behind that lightness lies someone unflinching in her willingness to kill when she deems it necessary. Conversations about her past tend to make her distant or guarded, though her emotions often surge uncontrollably when those wounds are touched.
Her philosophy is stark: the world’s corruption is systemic, its evils propped up by governments, corporations, and entrenched powers who will never face justice under human authority. To Nix, only the Kheldians, ancient beings with lifetimes of experience and no stake in mortal corruption, can guide humanity toward harmony. To bring about that new world, she embraces the role of the destroyer: the villain who tears down the rotten structures so that something better can be built from their ashes.
Personality Traits
- Cynical
- Determined
- Violent
- Charismatic
- Guarded
- Impulsive
- Haunted
- Visionary
Powers
Abilities
Character History
Aegis of Silver
Aegis of Silver is a Kheldian, a near-immortal, energy-based entity whose existence spans millennia. Unlike many of its kind, Aegis has dedicated itself to the protection of Earth, choosing hosts to channel its powers and knowledge in order to safeguard humanity from threats both mundane and cosmic. Its earliest recorded host on Earth was Marius Aurelius Silverian, a Roman soldier tasked with rooting out Nictus infiltration during the decline of the Western Empire. Throughout history, Aegis has awakened in moments of crisis, selecting hosts capable of wielding its power and vision to fight injustice and oppression.
Aegis’s bond with its hosts is intimate and symbiotic. It transfers memories, skills, and experience accumulated over centuries, guiding each host to act as a force of balance in chaotic times. While the Kheldian’s influence enhances its host’s physical and psychic abilities, it also imposes a moral framework, shaping their choices toward greater objectives even when the host’s personal instincts conflict. The being has long struggled with the duality of heroism and consequence, recognizing that its interventions sometimes place its hosts in impossible moral dilemmas.
In the modern era, Aegis has passed through Matthew Koleson, Arthur Krovien, Kyoko Musahara, and now Nix Krovien. Each host has left a distinct imprint on its consciousness, informing the Kheldian’s strategies and understanding of humanity. Though Aegis has repeatedly suffered betrayal, loss, and manipulation at the hands of humans and cosmic enemies alike, its purpose remains steadfast: to protect life, combat the Nictus, and foster a legacy of vigilant guardianship across generations of Sylver Novas. Through Nix, Aegis now navigates a world it once hoped could be guided by human institutions, learning anew the costs and necessity of radical intervention.
Marius Aurelius Silverian
Host to Aegis of Silver in the period of Ancient Rome. Exact dates are unknown. Marius Aurelius Silverian was a decorated Roman soldier who became the first known host of Aegis of Silver on Earth. In the waning years of the Western Empire, when corruption rotted the Senate and barbarian threats loomed at the borders, a deeper danger lurked within: the Nictus had begun infiltrating Rome itself, whispering into the ears of generals and senators to accelerate its collapse. Marius, chosen by Aegis of Silver, fought in secret wars hidden beneath the grandeur of the Empire, striking down Nictus agents who masqueraded as gods, priests, and magicians. He crossed paths with Romulus Augustus and Imperious during these conflicts, though the young emperor had little grasp of the true darkness gnawing at his throne. Marius fought not for the glory of Rome but for its soul, knowing that if the Nictus succeeded, the entire course of human history would be undone. Though victorious in many battles, he and Aegis were eventually forced into magical hibernation by allied mystics to preserve their strength for a future age when the Nictus would inevitably rise again.
Matthew Koleson
Host to Aegis of Silver from 1918 till 1998. Matthew Koleson was born in 1893 to a family of Polish immigrants who had settled in Paragon City’s industrial district. A lifelong worker, he joined the fire department at a young age and became known for his bravery, selflessness, and unshakable calm under pressure. He served in the Great War as a medic, returning home with a renewed determination to save lives rather than take them. In 1918, during one of the city’s earliest super-powered crises, he encountered the Kheldian Aegis of Silver while rescuing a child from a burning building. The symbiosis transformed him into the first Sylver Nova, and for the next eighty years he served as both firefighter and hero, a figure of hope who embodied the ideal of service above self.
Though Matthew possessed Aegis’ alien powers, he never considered himself a warrior in the traditional sense. He was a rescuer first and foremost, a man who measured success not by the number of enemies defeated but by the number of lives saved. His reputation became legendary in Paragon City—stories spread of Sylver Nova pulling entire families from burning buildings or shielding civilians from collapsing rubble with his luminous form. Yet this dedication also made him vulnerable. In 1998, during what seemed like a routine rescue, Matthew was ambushed and killed by Council agents who had begun targeting Kheldians. His death marked the end of an era, but his legacy endured through Aegis of Silver and the hosts that followed, his compassion echoing in each new Sylver Nova.
Arthur Krovien
Host to Aegis of Silver from 1998 till 2009.
Arthur Krovien grew up in Chicago, and came from a long line of servicemen, his father had served in the Army, his Grandfather in the Navy. Arthur eventually would follow his grandfather footsteps and serve in the Navy as a Master-at-Arms. After a 6 year term he left and moved to Paragon City to become a member of the PPD. The pay was good, they were low on manpower, and his experience in the military made him a prime candidate. During police academy he found that there was some inherent issues he had with the PPD though. They taught the importance of profiling, and tended to focus heavily on it, something that Arthur determined was due to the super-powered threats of the city. Several other issues he noted were that some of the instructors emphasized the use of force over deescalation, another thing he wrote off as being due to the super-powered foes that the PPD often had to face. Never-the-less they left him feeling a bit uncomfortable compared to his service in Navy as an MA where he had to follow the 'use of force continuum' except in cases where you were actively in a combat situation.
During his first week as a rookie cop his mentor sent him off to grab some donuts from down the street while he filled out some tickets for parked cars. As he was waiting for the donuts at the shop he heard the telltale sounds of council rifles being fired in a nearby building. Going with his instinct he left the shop behind and rushed to the situation, calling it in as he ran to the building. Dispatch told him to back-off and wait for backup, but Arthur felt something in his gut and went in anyway. Inside he came face to face with the Council as they were fighting Sylver Nova, he quickly came to Sylver's aid. After a few short moments though the council managed to utilize their new quantum weapons and killed Sylver Nova, had Arthur not intervened when he did the shooter would have killed Aegis of Silver shortly after. Instead Aegis of Silver merged with Arthur, imbuing him with the powers and memories of all the previous Sylver Nova's. As they new Sylver Nova he managed to defeat the remaining members of the council who were unprepared to Sylver to suddenly reappear.
Sylver Nova contacted dispatch letting them know what happened. 'Arthur' would be called into a special circumstances meeting, and officially released from the PPD due to no longer being 'Arthur', as such they welcomed Sylver Nova as a new hero to fight against the villains of the city. Due to Arthur not having been a member of the Awakened program they could not bring him in as an awakened and he was released as an independent hero. This incarnation of Sylver Nova would serve closely with the PPD on many occasions, but often found that many viewed him as having 'cheated' into his position. Achieving power before he was ready, and not being part of the awakened department of the PPD even though he had once been a cop. This led to some distancing between Sylver Nova and the PPD, but he continued to try to use the system to better the world and save the innocent from the machinations of the various villain groups, particularly the Council and their Nictus allies.
During the Ritki Wars Sylver Nova led from the front, and nearly died on several occasions, but managed to pull through and help the various armed forces in combat. His experience in the Navy led to him fighting beside the Sailors of the United States as well as the Marines away from Paragon City. This military acumen and front-line leadership became what this incarnation of Sylver Nova was to be known for. After the war he would use the skills he learned and his own charismatic nature to solve tough situations. He would take on the toughest assignments, and even managed to talk some villains out of hostage situations and keep them from becoming bloody when the PPD sought to enter guns blazing. This behavior continued to create a rift between the PPD and Sylver Nova. He was also a proponent against Longbow and the militarization of the PPD, feeling that the PPD should be a peace keeping force and not a military force, and that Longbow were technically an illegal mercenary company and that they shouldn't be allowed to operate as peacekeeping forces in Paragon.
This made Sylver Nova very few friends in the growing militarized PPD and Longbow, but he was still willing to work beside them for the greater good. Eventually he was called in to deal with a break-in and potentially dangerous villain in an apartment building. He entered the building and called out to negotiate with the villain, their was no sound and the building was empty. As his senses screamed danger he continued inside trying to do his duty when he was ambushed by Council thugs. He eventually succumbed to a barrage of shots from quantum rifles. Aegis of Silver managed to escape by phasing through a nearby wall and out of the building. Fearful and lost it sought the first body to merge with, which was a girl who was spray-painting a wall across the street.
Pre-merger Kyoko
Childhood
1989-2004
Kyoko Musahara is a third generation Japanese American, also known as a sansei, she was not raised speaking Japanese and doesn't know any of her relatives in Japan. He father was a member of the PPD, as well as an abusing alcoholic who often took his anger out on his wife and children. As such she lived a bleak and tormented childhood, dealing with an abusive household and a mother who turned to drugs and alcohol as a way to cope with the abuse. Her family hid the injuries with makeup and excuses, often rough housing with siblings, falling out of trees, or extended holidays for when the abuse was particularly bad.
Highschool
2004-2008
During a particular bad session of 'discipline' by her father a small spark of her psionic potential was activated. She instinctively used the power to push her father away from her and her sibling. During the incident she had blacked out, and her father never told anyone about the incident, but after it the abuse became less frequent towards Kyoko but the rest of the family continued to suffer. Her brother would be suffer an 'accident' and he ended up dead from it. The PPD and their medical examiner covered up the fact that he was killed due to abuse and neglect by one of their officers. In Highschool her father was killed during a drug-bust of a Skull hideout, the media hailed him as a hero and he was given a heroes funeral with several supers even showing up and speaking on his behalf. The whole thing filled Kyoko with disdain for the 'Super' culture and the PPD in general.
Joining the Skulls
2008-2009
A few weeks later Kyoko sought out the Skulls and joined their gang, partly as a way to escape the pain she had been dealt all her life, and partly as thanks for killing her abuser. The Skulls in return welcomed her with open arms and she quickly took to the gang life, but held a soft spot for those outside the 'super' system. Often times this would put her at odds with other Skulls as she was unwilling to harm random civilians, especially children. She was perhaps one of their best thieves and she had a knack for skimming credit cards, seemingly always guessing the PIN right on the first try. During her first year in the Skulls she would end up attending her mothers funeral, she had died of a drug overdose, and now Kyoko was alone.
The Merger
2009-2013
When Aegis of Silver was forced from the dying body of Arthur Krovien it flew through the wall of the building and found a young girl spray painting the wall of a nearby building. Fearful, desperate, and angry the Kheldian flew to the young woman and offered her power in return for a blending of selves. Kyoko, who had lived most of her life fearful of her abusive and alcoholic father, snagged the opportunity at getting back at the system that had so harmed her. As the two minds merged and the personalities intertwined little memories began to surface. Kyoko had seen cops go into the building where Sylver Nova was killed only a half-hour before he arrived on the scene. They left ten minutes later with a small briefcase. A feeling of betrayal swept through the newly formed Peacebringer as they came to realize that the police had sold out the prior Sylver Nova to the Council, that it was an intentional ambush to kill the hero. This combined with the fact that Kyoko's father was also a cop, and that they had long turned a blind eye to his abuse made the new Sylver Nova, who once worked closely with the PPD, now see them as the enemy working secretly alongside the Nictus. The only members of the PPD that could be trusted were fellow Peacebringers, and even then only at arms length at best. The loss of innocence in Kyoko's life led to that innocence to become the prevailing personality of the new being, with the anger, hate, and rage hidden just beneath the surface. The innocent and kindly act seemingly a coping mechanism for the pain and trauma that the merged being now felt. The merging of the two had another side effect, the activation of Kyoko's Psionic potential, something the Kheldian had never experienced before.
Sylver Nova was bombarded with the thoughts, emotions, and desires of being within several hundred feat, instilling a feeling of drowning and chaos upon the newly formed being. To further their sense of distrust of the PPD a warrant was issued a few days later after by the PPD stating that Kyoko had stolen the Kheldian and was forcing it into servitude. The PPD began a manhunt for Sylver Nova and she was forced to run away to the Rogue isles until the Kheldians back in Paragon could clear her name. She remained in contact with them as she worked beside the villains of the isles to survive, even going so far as to fight against longbow on Mercy. Her actions as a mercenary in the isles earned her the attention of the Conclave and they sought to recruit her into their number.
When Dr. Pain asked her what she wanted to accomplish she at first could only think of vengeance. Then the question of 'and then what' rang in her head. What would she do after, what would be her legacy. The lifetimes of fighting for justice, for trying to better the world and uplift the weak welled up inside of her. The system was broken, be it the Council or Nemesis, or the Nictus, it mattered not the system harmed the weak and the downtrodden. The whole thing needed to be destroyed root and stem, and a new system must be built. She told Dr. Pain as much and he accepted her into the Conclave. She now seeks to find how best to break the system, while working as a mercenary to survive in the isles till she is strong enough to bring an end to all that hurt her, and continues to hurt others. She holds two rules sacred though, she will not attack those who have not chosen to be part of the system, and she would not harm children. Everything else though was fair game to be destroyed.
Life in the Isles and Death
2013-2025
Her time in the Isles hardened her into something more than a mercenary with a grudge, she became an ideologue. Kyoko’s frustrations crystallized into a blunt, dangerous doctrine: the human institutions that protected the guilty and punished the weak must be swept away, and only Kheldian stewardship could rebuild a just world. She began drafting a manifesto that argued for a Kheldian-led Earth, one in which Kheldian lifetimes of experience would guide governance and human systems would be reorganized under Kheldian authority. She held two rules she would not break, she would not harm children, and she would not strike at innocents who had not chosen to be part of the corrupt system, but otherwise she embraced the role of necessary destroyer, convinced that violent removal of corrupted human power was a price worth paying for a future of Kheldian-guided harmony.
That crusade ended in blood. In a confrontation engineered by operatives of the Paragon Police, operatives later revealed to be compromised by Council interests, Kyoko was struck down by a quantum weapon during a fatal encounter with Nix, who had been hunting her as the suspected killer of Arthur Krovien. The wound was mortal; Kyoko died believing she had furthered the cause she’d chosen, but her death also exposed the rot she had always suspected. Her journals and manifesto survived, smuggled out of the Isles and scattered among Conclave cells and a few trusted Kheldians, dangerous texts that would go on to inspire imitators, radicalize new recruits, and complicate the legacy of Sylver Nova for years to come.
Nix Krovien
Host to Aegis of Silver from 2025–Present
Pre-Merger
Born in 1989, Nix Krovien grew up in Chicago in the long shadow of her cousin Arthur, the man who would one day become the second Sylver Nova. Where Arthur embodied the family tradition of service and honor, Nix always felt like the odd one out. She knew from an early age that she was different, though in the rigid environment of a military family she had little room to explore what that difference meant. Nix Krovien graduated high school in 2007 and enlisted in the Navy almost immediately, following the family tradition of military service. She was never a strong student, often questioning her teachers and clashing with authority figures. The Navy was no different. While she worked hard enough to scrape by, she was known for her sharp tongue and a tendency to challenge orders that felt pointless or unjust. She was restless, frustrated with the way the world worked, yet still determined to find a place within it. It was during those years that Nix began to accept who she truly was: not the man her family expected, but a woman trapped in a body that never felt like hers. Transition in the military was impossible at the time, and she buried that truth beneath layers of cynicism and bravado.
Two years into her service, her cousin Arthur was killed in the line of duty as Sylver Nova. His death struck Nix harder than anything before. To her, Arthur had been the one true beacon in a broken world, someone who embodied honor, kindness, and strength. With him gone, it felt like everything around her began to fall apart. She carried that grief through the remainder of her enlistment, clinging to his memory while resentment quietly grew inside her.
When her Navy contract ended, she tried to follow Arthur’s example more directly by joining the Paragon Police Department. She told herself it was to uphold his legacy, to keep his spirit alive through service. But her time in the academy proved short-lived. The rigid culture of conformity, the hypocrisy she saw in leadership, and the corruption just beneath the surface wore her down quickly. By the time she left the PPD, she felt the system was rotten to its core and could not be salvaged.
After that failure, Nix drifted further and further from her cousin’s shining example. She fell into mercenary work, first as a way to survive and then as a bitter expression of her disillusionment. She used what money she made to start HRT and begin transitioning as a woman, but kept her transition a secret as it mattered to her alone. She grew cold and cynical, convinced that the world was little more than a rigged game for the powerful. Still, deep beneath the cynicism, one purpose remained intact. She was determined to uncover who had killed Arthur and make them pay. That vow became the foundation of her life, the last fragile tether to the person she once hoped to be.
Post-Merger
In 2025, the Paragon Police Department approached her with an offer. They claimed to know the truth about Arthur’s death, that Kyoko Musahara had murdered him to steal Aegis of Silver. They gave Nix a quantum weapon and sanctioned her to finish the job. Fueled by rage and grief, she accepted. She hunted Kyoko through the city until their final confrontation, where she struck the fatal blow. As Kyoko lay dying, Aegis of Silver reached for survival, and Nix, despite her anger, reached back. The merger was instant. The truth hit her in a wave of memories from Matthew, Arthur, and Kyoko all at once. Arthur had not been betrayed by Kyoko, but by the Council who had infiltrated the PPD and used Nix as their weapon. Wracked with guilt yet bound to Aegis forever, Nix accepted her new role. The Kheldian’s power reshaped her into the woman she had always known she was inside, completing her transition and fusing her identity with the legacy of Sylver Nova.
