Pyrrha Nikos/History

Background
Pyrrha Nikos graduated at the top of her class in Sanctum before moving to Vale to attend Beacon Academy.

Before arriving at Beacon, she became the mascot for Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes and won the Mistral Regional Tournament four years in a row. She also mentions to have never experienced a meaningful relationship due to her title and talents

Welcome to Beacon
Pyrrha Nikos made her first appearance as a cameo in the background during the ceremony in The Shining Beacon, Pt.2 after Ruby Rose leaves Jaune Arc, who wonders where he will be able to speak to another "nice, quirky girl".


 * Episodes Covering These Events
 * The Shining Beacon, Pt.2

Beacon Academy Initiation
Pyrrha is seen again in the locker room having a conversation with Weiss Schnee, who wishes to form a team with her. Pyrrha expresses nonchalance regarding partnership in the teams, and thus agrees to forming a team with Weiss.

Suddenly, the two girls are interrupted by Jaune Arc, who attempts to flirt with Weiss and possibly form a team with her, despite numerous rejections. However, when Pyrrha mentions that there are more than two people in one team, Jaune immediately goes and tries to flirt with her. Unlike Weiss, Pyrrha reacts with interest and vague amusement.

Weiss explains that Pyrrha is renowned for her physical ability, which shocks Jaune. Despite Jaune now feeling unworthy, Pyrrha seems to express an interest in teaming up with him. Jaune begins pestering Weiss with renewed vigor until she runs out of patience and gets Pyrrha to chuck her spear at Jaune, pinning him to a wall. The two leave, though Pyrrha still acts friendly towards Jaune as she passes by him.

After being catapulted into the Emerald Forest for their first test at Beacon Academy, Pyrrha uses her shield to crash into a few trees to slow herself before landing on a large branch. She then uses the scope on her weapon to spot Jaune falling out of the sky, before turning it into its Javelin mode. She aims carefully before throwing it and pinning Jaune to a tree, saving him from a nasty landing. She eventually finds him and they become teammates, as she teasingly asks if he still has room on his team.

As they push their way through the Emerald Forest, Jaune and Pyrrha hear a gunshot and Pyrrha deduces that the others must have encountered the enemy. As they move on, Pyrrha pushes back a tree branch that hits Jaune in the cheek when it flies back, cutting him slightly. Pyrrha is concerned and wonders why he didn't use his Aura to protect himself, but she quickly figures out that he has no idea what Aura is. She explains what Aura is and how everything with a soul has it. She also explains that their weapons are conduits for their Auras. Pyrrha then uses her own Aura to unlock Jaune's, which seems to tire her somewhat. As she looks at Jaune's Aura, she notes that he has a lot of it.

Pyrrha and Jaune come across a cave and Jaune wonders if it is the temple. As they go inside, Pyrrha begins to have doubts that it is indeed the place they are looking for. Jaune asks her to humor him for a little longer, only to drop the torch he made into some water, plunging them into darkness. As they navigate the cave, Jaune tries to grab a glowing object in front of him. This glowing object ends up being the stinger of a Death Stalker.

Pyrrha runs out of the cave with the Death Stalker close behind, and it breaks out of the small stone entrance. As Jaune desperately asks Pyrrha for help, still hanging onto the stinger, she tells him not to let go just as Jaune is flung far into the forest. Pyrrha stares down the monster, but after seeing it clearly she decides to run away instead.

Shortly after Jaune crashes into Ruby, Pyrrha is seen running away from the Death Stalker and evading several of its attacks. At one point she is knocked back by the Death Stalker towards Blake, Ruby, Yang, Nora, and Ren's position. Soon afterward, she joins the remaining students, after deciding not to stay and fight the creatures. However, the Nevermore and Death Stalker give chase, forcing both teams to split. Pyrrha, Ren and Blake engage the Death Stalker. Blake is separated from them and focuses on the Nevermore, while Nora Valkyrie and Jaune join up with Pyrrha and Ren.

Soon after, the four engage the scorpion-type creature. Pyrrha and Jaune force the Death Stalker's pinscers to the sides, giving Ren an opening to jump on the tail and begin firing at it. Pyrrha manages to stab the Death Stalker in one of its eyes as Ren is tossed into a pillar. After Jaune notices that the tail's stinger is loose, Pyrrha cuts it off, and the stinger drops onto the Death Stalker's head. She then launches Nora into the air to deliver the final blow, which causes the creature to plummet into the ravine. Pyrrha later watches in wonder as the Nevermore's headless body falls of the cliff. She is later made an official member of Team JNPR.


 * Episodes Covering These Events
 * The First Step
 * The First Step, Pt.2
 * The Emerald Forest
 * The Emerald Forest, Pt.2
 * Players and Pieces

Start of Classes
Pyrrha is first seen sticking her head out through the door with her team, noticing Team RWBY rushing off to class. After her team all falls to the ground, she is later seen rushing to class after Jaune then notices they are late.

Pyrrha is later on seen observing Jaune's fight with Cardin Winchester, in which he is humiliated and loses, and looks at him with a sad and concerned face. Pyrrha is later seen with her team and Team RWBY eating lunch. Just like Ruby, Pyrrha asks Jaune if he's alright, who says that he is fine and tries to deny the fact that Cardin bullies him. Later, she sees Team CRDL bullying a Faunus girl named Velvet Scarlatina. She says it's atrocious, stating how she hates and despises people who do that to others, with Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long agreeing.

Pyrrha is next shown attending a history class with her team and some members of Team RWBY. After her failed attempt to help Jaune answer a question about the Faunus Rights Revolution, Cardin gives a derogatory answer belittling the Faunus. Pyrrha rebukes Cardin for his attitude and then answers the question, stating that many Faunus have night vision. Once class is over she waits for Jaune and takes him to the roof where she offers to help him train because of the difficulty he has had in class.

She also states that he has the capability to be a huntsman. At this point, she learns that Jaune lied to get into Beacon and had never even attended a combat school, despite his family all being heroes. Even faced with this revelation, she insists on helping him, but he angrily sends her away in his frustration and depression and she leaves with a forlorn expression.

Later, it is seen that Pyrrha has not talked to Jaune in a while, stating to Nora that their leader knows what he is doing. However, she is unaware that he is eavesdropping through the door. The next day, in the Forever Fall forest, she stares at a depressed Jaune, who unwillingly accompanies Team CRDL in helping them get their sap. She is then seen gathering sap from a tree, with her leader behind her, along with team CRDL. Oblivious to the actions behind her, Cardin calls her a "know-it-all" and tells Jaune to throw a jar of sap at her, to get her attacked by Rapier Wasps. Jaune refuses, and throws it at Cardin instead.

Pyrrha is seen in the forest collecting sap. When Ruby points out a growl in the distance, Russel Thrush runs by and mentions the Ursa attacking Cardin. In response, Pyrrha drops her jar in shock and concern for Jaune. After Ruby orders Blake and Yang to find Glynda Goodwitch, she orders Ren and Nora to accompany them. Along with Weiss and Ruby, she heads to the location of the Ursa. They watch as Jaune fights the Ursa to protect a defenseless Cardin. Using her Semblance, Pyrrha helps Jaune raise his shield to block a swipe from the Ursa, creating an opening for him to kill the Ursa.

She tells Ruby and Weiss that the events that had just transpired should be kept a secret between the three of them. Later on, she finds and meets Jaune up on one of the roofs of the school. She asks Jaune about Cardin, sarcastically commenting about how they were "best buds." Jaune quickly apologizes to Pyrrha for his actions and acting like a macho man. She accepts his apology and begins to walk away. Before she can leave, Jaune nervously asks if she can help train him. Smiling in response, she gives Jaune a small shove, quickly commenting on his bad fighting stance. After helping him up, she agrees to help him.


 * Episodes Covering These Events
 * The Badge and The Burden
 * Jaunedice
 * Jaunedice, Pt.2
 * Forever Fall
 * Forever Fall, Pt.2

Second Semester
Pyrrha is enjoying lunch with her team when the actions of Nora and Yang result in a food fight between the two teams. Blake and Pyrrha fight each other using rolls of French bread in place of their weapons. Pyrrha hits Blake, forcing her back before tossing more loaves of bread like a spear at Yang. Ruby grabs a lunch tray and surfs across the table, hitting Pyrrha and temporarily knocking her out when her head hits the floor.

Pyrrha soon rejoins the fight, using her Semblance to take control of countless soda cans and pummels Blake with them. Ruby in turn uses her Semblance to create a wind tunnel that sucks up everything around it, including Pyrrha and her team and they are smashed against the back wall and covered in food and soda. With the fight official over after Glynda fixes everything, Pyrrha laughs about the event with her friends.

Pyrrha is seen in the library reading books with her team, with the exception of Nora sleeping, and Jaune reading a comic, which she takes away, and replaces it with a book. Before Jaune can spill out the secret on Blake's Faunus heritage, she covers his mouth and finishes with Blake being a fun loving person they all admire, but Blake simply gives a disappointed look in response.

Team JNPR is not seen for a little while after that, until the day that Glynda oversees sparring matches that determine whether or not students qualify for the upcoming tournament. At first, Pyrrha is seen donning her equipment in the locker room before walking down the hall toward the arena. As she walks through the hallway, flashes of a battle are seen, and it is soon revealed to be a spar between Pyrrha and Team CRDL. She quickly and easily takes out Sky Lark first, when her shield bounces off of Cardin and hits him. Dove Bronzewing and Russel put up a fairly good fight as they utilize teamwork against her, while Cardin attempts to attack her while she's distracted. She soon defeats Russel and battles Dove one-on-one. Dove is sent spinning off-balance and is accidentally taken down by Cardin as soon as he regains balance. Cardin attempts to win with brute strength but is proven unsuccessful when Pyrrha knocks him into the air and slams him into the floor.

Glynda praises Pyrrha for her excellent skills in the four-on-one spar before turning her attention to attempting to get Blake, who has been "rather docile" lately, to participate in class. However, she is interrupted by Mercury Black, who volunteers to spar Pyrrha. Despite Glynda's objection, Pyrrha accepts the challenge, stating that she would be happy to oblige.

Throughout the spar, Mercury is seen to be testing Pyrrha, who easily blocks and deflects his attacks with her shield and spear. At the beginning of the spar, she manages to sweep his leg and knock him down, but he quickly and acrobatically gets to his feet and performs a double back-handspring to put distance between himself and her. The first time she attempts to attack, Mercury strikes first and puts her on the defensive. However, she manages to turn it around and knock him away with her shield.

Mercury takes things up a notch, leading her to defend against a barrage of attacks before moving away to attempt to switch to the offensive. However, the barrage of attacks become more brutal, forcing her to stay on the defensive. She attempts to start striking back, but Mercury kicks her spear out of her hand. Before she can go after her spear, Mercury launches another attack, forcing her to use her Semblance to push his boot away, but only when it comes within inches of her hand. This sends him stumbling away and gives her time to retrieve her spear. While he's still down, she charges toward him with her shield, but he kicks off of the shield with a bullet. While she rushes toward him again, Mercury turns his back to her and forfeits. A look of shock crosses Pyrrha's face as she slows to a stop. Obviously rather perplexed, she questions if Mercury even wants to try, to which he replies that she's obviously in a higher league than him.

Pyrrha is later seen sparring Jaune on the roof of the dormatory. When she ends the spar, she cheerfully notes that his swordplay has improved and suggests that they move on to Aura training. When Jaune asks to skip Aura, she assumes that he is disheartened by the fact that he hasn't yet discovered his Semblance, and she tries to encourage him. However, Jaune says that it's not that, stating that it's something stupid instead. Upon further questioning, he reveals that he is sad because he tried to ask Weiss out to the dance, and she shot him down. This causes Pyrrha's smile to fade, and she tells him that there are plenty of fish in the sea. Jaune ignores this, stating that she probably has plenty of guys clamoring to go to the dance with her, to which she replies "You'd be surprised." Jaune laughs it off as he walks away, saying that if she doesn't get a date to the dance, he'll wear a dress.

When Jaune is talking with Ren, Pyrrha overhears Jaune's feelings for Weiss Schnee and tells him to go tell Weiss what he exactly feels, as to not to say any silly pick up lines, or any gestures. Jaune accepts her advice and walks out. Pyrrha, however, walk away disappointed, with Nora telling her to practice what you preach, implying that Nora may be aware of Pyrrha's feelings for Jaune.


 * Episodes Covering These Events
 * Best Day Ever
 * Welcome to Beacon
 * Extracurricular
 * Dance Dance Infiltration