Nymph
| Nymph | |
|---|---|
| |
| Alignment | Good |
| Appears in | Rayman, Rayman Origins |
| Sex | Female |
| Species | Nymph; fairy |
| Status | Creators of Rayman |
The nymphs are a group of fairies who appear in the Rayman series. They make their most prominent appearance in Rayman Origins. The head nymph, Betilla, also appears in the original Rayman; the other nymphs are her younger sisters. The first trailer for Rayman Origins shows a flashback in which Betilla is levitating in a stone circle in the Primordial Forest, a location from the original game. With her hands she gathers rays of moonlight and weaves them into a glowing orb, which solidifies to form Rayman. Rayman was created by the nymphs to preserve the equilibrium of the universe from the nightmares of Polokus.Their role in the game is to provide new powers to Rayman and his friends when rescued from a Darktoon's mouth.
Appearance
While they all seem to look different in their own way, they do share some similarities: with the exception of the Death Fairy, they all have small transparent fairy-like wings, hats and curvy bodies.
List of nymphs
- Head nymph Betilla
- Holly Luya, the music nymph
- Edith Up, the gourmet fairy
- Annetta Fish, the ocean nymph
- Helena Handbasket, the mountain nymph
- Death Fairy (known as Big Mama when corrupted), Land of the Livid Dead nymph
- Scrapped nymph
Trivia
- All of the nymphs speak Pig Latin in Rayman Origins, a trait which is shared with the Magician and the Flaming Teensy.
- It seems that the nymphs at one point were going to have each one their own animation when rescued, this was shown in a demo played by Michel Ancel.
- There also a scrapped nymph that was intended to appear in the game. It mostly resembles Betilla but wears some sort of airline hostess uniform. It is unknown what would have been her role in the game.
- With the exceptions of Betilla and the Death Fairy, all of the nymphs' names are puns on something; Holly Luya is a pun on "hallelujah", Edith Up is a pun on "eat it up", Annetta Fish is a pun on "a net of fish", and Helena Handbasket is a pun on "hell in a handbasket".
Gallery
The newly-created Rayman mischievously blowing Betilla's skirt up with his helicopter hair 
Big Mama's true form, a nymph 
Betilla the Fairy in Rayman 
Concept art for Rayman Origins
