Iris Mavis Palpatine

"“I know I make mistakes...but we all do! I just want to survive, Edrisse! And if you never trust me again, so be it! I'm terrible and I'll never even forgive myself.” -Iris to Edrisse, in Book Two, Noon."Iris Palpatine is the secondary protagonist and a former minor antagonist for the Dawn Miitopia series.

Iris is the fifth teammate to enter the main party, being fifth only to Edrisse, Diona, Leah, and Miranda (in that specific order, not including the non-human creatures). She was the first character in the main party to be introduced in Neksdor, only because she delayed Penelope's arrival.

After being exposed on working with The Dark Lord, she truly became the secondary protagonist, and eventually became Edrisse's best friend. Iris was one of he few who survived to live a full life, and one of the few to raise a child (The other two being Diona and Edrisse).

Early Life
"“My home wasn’t perfect…not that I’m implying anyone here’s was better. Its just that…I’m happy here…with all of you. I ran away from there so I could be back at my real home: anywhere you all are.”-Iris towards the team in Book Four, Midnight"Iris lived in a very orderly household, not terrible but not good. Her parents were rather strict, and she was the only child. Her father never really payed much attention to her because he wanted a boy, and her mother wanted her to be the perfect lady. Iris was rather rebellious, however, causing a lot of punishment on her end. She never stopped being rebellious, however, due to the thought being her only ever glimpse of freedom.

When The Dark Lord first started feeling havoc, she was one of his first victims. Due to careful planning, however, The Dark Lord decided to make her a rather humanoid monster in hopes of allowing her to join the team and gain their trust. Then, through highly coordinated meanings, she would tell him all she knew.

Book 1, Dawn
"“Imp. IMP. Horns, wings, fly around poking people in the butt? How could you not know what it is?” -Iris upon Edrisse asking what exactly she was."Iris first arrives in Neksdor when Edrisse camps out at the first Neksdor Inn that she encounters. After a wary conversation of Edrisse worrying about losing more team members to the Dark Lord, Edrisse agrees, and Iris officially joins the main party. Eventually, we do learn that she postponed Penelope’s arrival to the team, though we don’t have details on how she did so.

After some adventuring, Edrisse saw The Great Sage and told her to stay put. Iris playfully teased her about having a crush on him, which she bashfully, yet truthfully, denied. Edrisse then left, giving Iris a second to fill the Dark Lord in on her travels so far. When finished, she joined Edrisse in conversation with Maurice. When they first laid eyes on each other, they both froze. Maurice smiled softly and introduced himself, but Iris stayed frozen. He wished Edrisse luck on her travels, and left. Edrisse then retorted her teasing towards Iris, explaining how the tides had turned. Throughout the story, Iris and Maurice would go out at certain nights to talk with each other, developing a strong connection.

The more that Edrisse and Iris did together, the more that their friendship grew. Edrisse, being as cautious as she is, did have strange suspicions that didn’t seem to add up though. The monsters never seemed to attack her until she attacked them, she requested to never go into town, and she wouldn’t want to sleep in the same room as her on certain random days. Edrisse’s trust in her did strengthen though, so she started to ignore those signs, knowing that Iris was well enough friends with her that she could tell her anything.

When Iris was on the team, their objective, given to them by Maurice, was to stop a genie that was running rampant by trapping him back in the lamp where he came from. Iris didn’t have many thoughts on the matter, agreeing that a job is a job no matter what. She didn’t really talk to Penelope, and she pestered Lloyd to get negative rises out of him, using her impish behavior. After the fight with the genie and the pharaoh mask, the genie moved the boulders that blocked the team’s path out of Neksdor. They adventured a little bit more, giving Iris the leeway to open up to her team and actually make a connection with them. This happened the most at the campfire, where they told stories of their past. Iris did not tell a story, but she felt closer to them anyway, and they her.

That night The Dark Lord stole Edrisse’s teammates away from her once again, claiming that Iris had too strong a connection to them, and therefor would be too faulty to spy.

Book 2, Noon
"“Of course not! Everything is on the line…everything! You, me, my friends, my love! There isn’t a chance in hell that I’m giving up! I’ve made way too many mistakes to make one now!”-Iris at Liam upon being asked if she was giving up on fighting the Darker Lord."

Imp
Iris is a woman of shorter stature, her face and eyes described to be round (at least compared to Miranda and Edrisse). As an imp her irises are a bright red, her clothes all black. Though her outfit changes every now and then like most on the main party, her first costume is a basic, all black leotard that stretches out to her hands and feet, all the way up to her neck. She has black demon wings as well, along with two horns atop her head. Her skin is a dark caramel, her hair bright purple and tied up into two ponytails. When not wearing all black, she may have highlights of red.

Human
Iris's height and face shape remain the same, as does her face and hair color. However, her eyes are now dark hazel,