Lightning Chariot
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- This article is about the vehicle. For the chapter in Kid Icarus: Uprising, seeThe Lightning Chariot (chapter).
TheLightning Chariot is a critical item to the storyline ofKid Icarus: Uprising. It is needed byPit andViridi to pierce the force field aroundPalutena's Temple so that they can rescue her from theChaos Kin. The chariot however, is guarded by theChariot Master in Chapter 19:The Lightning Chariot, and in order to obtain it, Pit must climb up his tower and defeat him. The chariot is drawn by two unicorns, Phos and Lux, and is entrusted to Pit after the Chariot Master's defeat. Once it has fulfilled its use atPalutena's Temple,Phosphora says that she will look after it. Dark Pit uses it later in the storyline to break open the entrance to theChaos Vortex, and again inChapter 23 to rescue Pit after the battle withHades's Heart, and it is extracted toSkyworld along with the two angels.
Despite Pit earning the chariot and the Chariot Master specifically entrusting his steeds to the angel, it eventually fell underViridi's command, presumably alongside Dark Pit.
TheLightning Chariot also appears as Pit's Final Smash inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, working similar toDragoon.
Characteristics
The chariot is mainly bright red in color, decorated with numerous gold ornaments. The unicorns themselves are a bluish-white with pink-colored manes and tails. They also have horns made of yellow quartz-like crystals, and their hooves resemble lightning bolts.
Idol Description
One of the Chariot Master's most prized possessions, the Lightning Chariot blazes through the heavens at the slightest pull of the its unicorns' reins. Its extreme speed is matched only by the destructive shots fired from the unicorns horns.
Trivia
- The two unicorns, Phos and Lux, both translate to "light" in Greek and Latin respectively.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| French | Le quadrige foudroyant Éclair et Argent | The Lightning-fast Quadriga Flash and Silver |
| German | Der Streitwagen des Blitzes Phos und Lux | The Chariot of Lightning - |
| Italian | La Biga del Fulmine Fulgor e Lumen | The Chariot of Lightning "Fulgor" means "shine". "Lumen" is Latin for "light" |
| Spanish | El carro de luz Lumen y Photos | The Chariot of Light From Latin and Greek for "light" |