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'''Spensa Nightshade''' is a cadet at the [[DDF]] [[Flight School]] on [[Detritus]]. Her callsign is '''Spin'''. She is the daughter of [[Zeen Nightshade]] (callsign: Chaser). She is the main character
== Appearance and Personality ==
As the daughter of "The Coward of Atla", Spensa was looked down upon by her fellow Defiants. As a result, she acted fiercely when confronted by others and used intimidation as a defense-mechanism. Spensa would often lash out at people who threatened her and even those who didn't, using a wide and somewhat graphic vocabulary inspired by stories of glorious heroes from Earth that her grandmother told her. She was certain that her father was not a coward like everyone thought, and she was bent on proving it by seeming as 'brave' as possible. However, she believed that bravery was about being the most daring warrior and to never show fear. She thought that anything less would make her a coward and prove that the DDF had been right about her father.
In her time in Flight School, she came to realize that being brave wasn't as simple as she thought. People she respected, like [[Cobb]], were guilty of doing things that she would consider cowardly if she did them herself{{book ref|skyward|30}}{{book ref|skyward|31}}. As she loses flightmates to the [[Krell]], she realizes that true bravery isn't just about ''sounding'' heroic and what other people think, it's about her own confidence in herself and knowing that, no matter what anyone else said, she was ''not'' a coward{{book ref|skyward|45}}{{book ref|skyward|51}}.
== History ==
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