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'''Spensa Nightshade''', callsign '''Spin''', is a [[Defiant Defense Force]] pilot from [[Detritus]] and a [[cytonic]]. She's the daughter of [[Zeen Nightshade]], as well as the main character and narrator of ''[[Skyward (series)|Skyward]]''.

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 [[varvax|Krell]], she realizes that true bravery isn't just about sounding heroic and what other people think. Instead, bravery is 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}} She becomes embarrassed by how she acted before and realizes that it's okay to get scared sometimes.

 

Spensa is an excellent pilot{{book ref|skyward|28}} and also has [[Cytonics|Cytonic]] abilities. So far, she has demonstrated the ability to intercept the Krell's faster-than-light communications with their drones and to react to those orders faster than would be humanly possible.{{book ref|sky1|50}} On one occasion, she was also able to activate M-Bot's cytonic hyperdrive.{{book ref|sky1|53}}