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Nia Teppelin is the disowned daughter of the Spiral King, Lordgenome. Nia was made by the Anti-Spirals and becomes their messenger during the Anti-Spiral war. She is also Simon’s fiancé and marries him.

Nia is a sweet, gentle, and empathetic girl. She enjoys seeing people happy, especially Simon. When Simon was depressed after Kamina’s death, she helped him recover. She is ignorant about a lot of things which can lead to her being unintentionally mean.

At one episode, Nia wanted to do her part for the Dai-Gurren Brigade so she decided to cook a meal for everybody. It turns out, her cooking made Rossiu sick. Many of the male members of the Dai-Gurren Brigade forced themselves to eat Nia’s cooking because they did not want to upset her but Simon was the only one who enjoyed it.

Because of her journey with the Dai-Gurren Brigade, Nia’s personality changed a bit. She started to believe in the words of Simon, the Dai-Gurren Brigade and Kamina’s legacy. She has a few episodes of bravado and unflinching fortitude when she stops allied Gunmen from charging into their doom. Her sheltered life has caused her to be detached from life’s hardships. Nia has tried to stop her father and the four great generals from fighting in many occasions but when rejected, she helps the Dai-Gurren Brigade.

During the Anti-Spiral war, Nia becomes the Anti-Spiral’s messenger when the Human Extermination System was activated. When the Anti-Spiral programing was awakened in her, she became cold and uncaring of Simon and the rest of humanity but through Simon’s persistence and passion, she returns to her old self.

Nia has very princess-like features. She has long, curly, pale-blonde hair, blue and pink eyes with flower-like irises, pale-pink skin and gentle facial features. She is often seen tilting her head slightly with a gentle and welcoming smile. When she was captured by a Gunman, Yoko shot just above her head destroying her long hair. Nia requested Yoko to cut it which resulted in Nia’s short hair.

She wears a lot of different outfits that follow her pink and white theme. She wears a golden neck brace with two red gems and a green gem in the middle similar to her belt and wrist bands. She is first seen with a light-pink, high-cut dress with the middle slightly shorter than the sides. A red tie hangs from her neck brace and tops off her outfit with a pink ribbon on her hair shaped like a flower. When her hair is shortened, she puts on a jacket over her dress but with a darker shade of pink.

When Nia grows up, her long hair returns and she has slender and curved feature accenting her beauty. Her dress still follows her pink and white theme and wears a proposal ring with a green gem on her left ring finger.

When Nia is awakened by the Anti-Spiral, her dress disintegrates and she is shown to have a black, skin-tight suit with red circuit lines and her facial features appear sharper and more serious. She still wears the ring she received from Simon.

source: Zerochan; written by Bootan

Aliases

• Teppelin Nia