Difference between revisions of "Spensa Nightshade"

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Spensa lived in the [[Glorious Rises of Industry]] with her mother and her grandmother, [[Becca Nightshade|grandmother]], who she referred to as Gran-Gran.{{book ref|skyward|1}} Gran-Gran's mother was the "engines" of ''[[Defiant (starship)|Defiant]]'', enabling its faster-than-light travel.{{book ref|skyward|45}}

Spensa went to school and did reasonably well, but occasionally skipped classes to go exploring or hunting. She skipped class on the last day of school when a sanitation worker was giving a presentation. She accidentally found an old ship in a cavern, seemingly high tech and unfamiliar in appearance. She also found a yellow and blue slug whom she named Doomslug. She was told she could take the pilots exam, and was confident in her knoweldcdgeknowledge. To her horror, she found her pilots test to be all questions about city sanitation. she failed the test, having skipped class that day.{{book ref|skyward|5}} She sat in the exam room for hours, then picked up a blank regular test and filled it out. Cobb, her father’s old wingmate and a First Citizen, entered the room and looked over her test. He asked her some questions, and told her to show up at flight school the next day.{{book ref|skyward|6}}

|Cobb after Morningtide’s and Bim’s deaths.{{book ref|sky1|320}}

After making a rough plan with the team, Spensa, Chet, and Doomslug touched down on on Solitary Shadow, and accessed the final portal in the Path of Elders. They learn that the first delver was an AI Jason created, modeling it after the personality of [[Lanna Write|his dead wife]]. The AI became self aware, and copied itself after changing its programming. The delvers were furious at Spensa for learning their secrets, and had rejected their treaty. Spensa and the others got back inside M-Bot, and took off full speed towards the lightburst, where they could escape the nowhere.{{book ref|sky3|42}} As she approached the lightburst, many of the delvers formed bodies, creating roughly a hundred ships to fight Spensa. For each one she destroyed, a new one took its place. The ships didn’t obey normal laws of physics, making them difficult to kill. Using her cytonic senses, Spensa was able to sense where the delvers were about to move, allowing her to evade attacks. There became too many however, and Chet sacrificed himself to distract them by leaving the ship. As ten thousand more ships emerged from the lightburst, Spensa landed M-Bot on the ground near the lightburst, Doomslug hiding them. M-Bot distracted Spensa, getting her and the others to leave his cockpit, then locking the doors. After saying farewell to Spensa, he sacrificed himself, letting the delvers destroy him and think they’d killed Spensa. The delvers flew away, allowing Spensa, Doomslug, and Hesho to enter the lightburst.{{book ref|sky3|42}}

Spensa entered the lightburst, and the delvers were surprised to find her alive. The delvers werearewere furious at Spensa, angry that she knew their secrets. Spensa felt tired beneath the onslaught of hateful delvers. Amidst all of the hate, she felt one delver that was different, which emanated courage. Spensa latched onto Chet, and they connected, their essences intertwining. Their minds and souls joined together, becoming one. The delvers tiedtried to destroy Spensa and Chet, but touching her hurt them. A location clicked into Spensa’s mind, and she hyperjumped back to Detritus, holding Hesho and Doomslug.{{book ref|sky3|43}} Spensa emerged in the caverns of Detritus, then hyperjumped to Platform Prime, appearing before Jorgen and several DDF officials. They were alarmed, as her eyes were glowing white like a delver’s. After fainting, she woke up and talked with Jorgen, and had a happy reuinion. Spensa told Jorgen she knew the secrets of the delvers, and also saw that Detritus was orbiting another planet.{{book ref|sky3|epilogue}}

Multiple times while stuck in Cytonicthe nowhere, Spensa contacts Jorgen using her powers. Each time they exchange heartfelt words or gestures to one another, expressing their deep feeling for each other. Jorgen officially calls Spensa his girlfriend in theirthe first time they make contact, after wichwhich Spensa offers to give him a dead orc carcass in a show of her gratitude. {{book ref|Cytonic|Interlude}} They kiss again atonce the end of Cytonicreunited after Spensa wakes up from fainting into Jorgen's arms. {{book ref|Cytonic|Epilogue}}