Nuwa

Nuwa
Background information
First episode	"Always Buy a God a Drink First"
Latest episode	"Never Ever Expose Them to Bright Light"
Voice	Sandra Oh
Character information
Age	Immortal
Gender	Female ♀
Species	God
Occupation	Goddess of Creation
Relatives	Fuxi (brother)
Allies	Gizmo
Powers	Divine magic Immortality Creation

Nuwa is the Goddess of Creation and the creator of Gizmo.

Appearance

Nuwa looks like an older Asian woman with pale skin, green eyes, and long white hair, but from the waist down, she has a coral-pink snake tail instead of legs. He wears black armor.

Personality

In times past, Nuwa was a benevolent goddess who saw the good in humanity, unlike her brother Fuxi. At that point, she appeared far more and optimistic, spirited, and hopeful.

However, after she lost a bet with her brother when humanity failed a test that siblings subjected them to which resulted in a terrible disaster, Nuwa was forced to give up her Knife of Creation and was no longer allowed to create life. She became embittered and depressed from her failure, harboring guilt for her role in what had happened. Following this, Nuwa adopted a much more jaded, cynical, grouchy, and pessimistic attitude. She even started to share her brother's opinions of humans, refusing to see any good qualities in them and only point out the bad. When Sam and Elle first met her, Nuwa belittled them for everything they do, even if they try to help.

Following the end of the first season and the defeat of Greene along with the Gremlins, Nuwa seems to have regained some of her original opinion regarding humans and decides to give them another chance by allowing Gizmo to stay with Sam.

History

Background

Centuries after Nuwa and her brother Fuxi created the world, the two siblings started to argue over one creation in particular: humans. Fuxi had a low opinion of humans and saw them as ants, amusing from afar but when they get too close a nuisance to be squashed. Nuwa, on the other hand, believed humans were mostly good. To find out who was right, the two gods made a bet: they created the a special creature known as the mogwai for humanity to take care of. Nuwa crafted the mogwai, namely Gizmo, while Fuxi made the rules for their care. A city known as Feng Dong was selected and the humans who resided there were tasked by the siblings to care for the mogwai they had created. If humans showed that they could preserve and respect the mogwai, then Nuwa would win the bet and if not, then Fuxi would win. The losing god of the bet would also have to quit creating life forever.

At first, Nuwa was certain she would win the bet. However, the humans grew to love the mogwai too much and all desired to have one of their own. And so, they broke one of the rules to do so, using water to force the mogwai to multiply. However, what the humans did not know was that Fuxi had cursed the mogwai spawn to be destructive tricksters for the first century of their lives. Chaos ensued when the mogwai spawn became gremlins and people died. Nuwa then intervened, reverting the gremlins back into mogwai and hiding them in the Valley of Jade. This would be her very last creation since she had lost the bet.

After losing the bet, Nuwa took refuge in the mountains of China, spending her days drinking in a tavern in the Spirit World. She moved away from her brother because she did not want to listen to his taunting for all eternity, apart from one day a year when she would go to Shanghai for dumplings. Nuwa had also fallen into a deep depression from her failure, reduced to alcoholism and growing embittered at humans.

Secrets of the Mogwai

When Nuwa is first seen in the series, she is in the tavern. Elle, Sam, Radish, and Gizmo find her there after going to the Spirit World. Riley also questions his mogwai when they try to sing to make the portal open. He finds a mogwai who can sing, so it does and opens the portal. Riley enters, followed by his mogwai.

Nuwa introduced herself as the goddess of creation and was able to communicate with Gizmo.

Nuwa asks if the Valley of Jade is okay, talking with Gizmo, whom she can understand perfectly. She tells Gimzo that he has always been too kind to humans. Nuwa tells Sam that she can understand Gizmo, while Elle asks Nuwa to get them to the Valley of Jade. Nuwa refuses, saying that she would not allow humans to go there. Nuwa says she would send Gizmo back to his home, opening a portal and telling them she would not help the humans.

Gizmo is sad to be leaving Sam as they share one last hug. Elle also gets a hug, but she uses the hug to spill Nuwa's drink, distract her, and be able to run into the portal. However, she is dragged back, and Nuwa holds her and Sam.

Gizmo refused to go inside the portal Nuwa created.

Elle and Sam fight while Nuwa tells Gizmo to go through the portal. However, he refuses to do so. Nuwa tells him to go, wondering if he would really give up going home for Elle and Sam. Gizmo responds that he would give it up, so Nuwa tells him that Elle only cares about the treasure and Sam, his family. Nuwa tells Elle and Sam that she would have liked not to have created humans and explains her history and the test to the kids. After her explanation, Sam and Elle don't defend themselves, but Gizmo does it for them.

Riley demanded that he be handed over the mogwai.

Looking up, Nuwa sees Greene's mogwai. Sam says that they did not break all the rules, as Nuwa says she would need to clean up their mess. However, she realizes that her magic is not working and starts feeling bad after drinking a bottle. Greene's mogwai attacks Sam and Elle as Riley tries to enter the tavern. Riley tells her to hand over the mogwai.

The mogwai wreaks havoc across town while Riley tells Elle to hand over the mogwai, saying he will forgive her if she does. Inside the tavern, Nuwa, Gizmo, Sam, and Elle hide from them. Nuwa complains that if Elle had not tried to enter the portal, she would not have been poisoned, and Gizmo would have been safe at home. Elle fights off the rogue mogwai while Radish shows up, saying that he thought he and Theodora should warn them that Greene and the rest of the mogwai were there.

The group was forced to run from fox spirits.

Sam, Elle, Gizmo, and Nuwa walk away from the bar while a fox spirit looks at them and tells her crew that since a mogwai was on the loose and Nuwa was too weak to protect it, they should go after it. Elle helps Nuwa walk as the goddess complains. However, she tells them that Gizmo is in danger, so they must go to the Bagua room to find someone to send Gizmo home. They see a fox spirit, so Nuwa says they must go. However, Sam stops to greet them, only to be chased by them, so they are forced to leave as soon as possible, pulling Nuwa on a wagon.

Elle is still pushing Nuwa, who still complains that Elle only wants to go to the Valley of Jade for treasure. Elle stops and runs into Riley, who says that she could still be somewhat forgiven. She realizes that the fox spirits are still chasing her, so she runs away from them, telling Nuwa that she will introduce two monsters to each other. Riley sees her approaching and tells his mogwai to block her. However, Elle pulls away, which makes the spirits unable to divert in time, and so they run into the mogwai and Riley, who begins to shoot at them.

Gizmo happily rides the fish cart Sam grabbed until they make it to the Bagua room. However, outside, Sam is saddened by the fact that he will have to leave Gizmo. Elle and Nuwa reveal that they made it in time as well. Sam and Elle drag Nuwa, which makes them forget Gizmo, whose cart begins to move backward. It turns out the cart was a fish who wanted to eat Gizmo, so Sam and Elle rushed to help. Sam hurries and throws poison into the fish's mouth, which makes it let Gizmo go. They push it into the river and celebrate.

Nuwa tells Sam and Elle that they are stupid because they pushed a river spirit into the river, which is the source of its power. The fish jumps up and heads straight for Gizmo, so Elle throws herself and pushes Gizmo out of the way, saving him but making the fish eat her instead. Nuwa kills the spirit, and Sam sees Elle, whose pulse is weak and she is not breathing. Nuwa says that there is nothing that any human could do for her.

The Celstial Administrator helped bring Elle back to life.

A man called Administrator opens the door and sees Elle lying on the floor, so Nuwa tells him to help her out. The man takes out some ingredients as Sam cries for her friend. He says that he has a special magic ingredient, which he takes out and uses to help Elle, who wakes up. Gizmo and Sam are happy to see Elle is okay; the first thing she asks is if Gizmo is okay, which Nuwa says surprises her.

Evil mogwai laughs outside and joins Riley as he travels to the Bagua room. Nuwa closes the door and tells the Administrator to prepare a portal to the Valley of Jade. She tells Sam and Elle that they will be going through the portal as well. Nuwa tells them to try not to mess everything up as she hands them passports, mentioning that she will be trying to hold them off as much as possible. Everybody tells her to go with them, but she refuses, saying goodbye to Gizmo.

Nuwa heads outside, where she prepares to face Riley. The mogwai attacks her, so she uses power to send them all flying away. Riley uses his magic and shoots at her.

Having weakened the goddess, Riley turned Nuwa into a pearl and consumed her knowledge.

Riley and Nuwa keep fighting until a mogwai finds out he has a ring, which is impervious to magic. Using it, he bites Nuwa and makes her lose her concentration, which allows all the mogwai to attack her. Riley approaches her, asking where his mogwai is, and he is told that he will never find him since he is not a god. However, Riley laughs and says he has talent, eating her and acquiring all her knowledge.

In front of Sam, a pearl reveals Sam's grandfather, who hugs Sam. All of the other pearls begin to show more people that Greene had swallowed, including Nuwa and Greene's personal chef. Sam tells his grandfather about everything that has happened, which makes him sad since he cannot see everything with him.

Nuwa says that the most difficult part would be gathering all the mogwai, who are led by Sam and Elle, to the Valley of Jade once again. The celestial administrator shows up, saying that the city has been destroyed, and he walks into the portal, followed by Nuwa. Sam asks his grandfather if he wants to go to the Valley of Jade like he has wanted to his whole life, but he is told that he has had enough adventure being pearled up.

Gizmo was allowed to return to Sam and his family by Nuwa.

Nuwa says goodbye to Sam, calling for Gizmo, who says goodbye to Elle. Sam approaches Gizmo and mentions that they could return to their normal lives, even though he would miss their adventures. As Gizmo approaches the portal, he turns around one last time and says goodbye sadly. Nuwa asks Gizmo if he really does not want to leave Shanghai and allows him to return to Sam, saying that she would trust humanity again and would not be returning if it did not go well.

Powers and abilities

As a Goddess, Nuwa wields various powers.

• Immortality and Divine Magic: As a goddess, she is immortal and masters divine magic, though vulnerable to powerful poisoning.
• Use of the "Knife of Creation": This divine artifact, forged by her, allows the creation or transformation of all life according to the wielder's will.
• Creation: Nüwa is the goddess of creation. She claims to have created and invented everything on Earth, including living beings like animals. She also created the Mogwai. She is also the inventor of writing.
• Portal Opening: She can instantly create portals to Jade Valley (or the Spirit World) from any location.
• Levitation: Can levitate people or objects.
• Size Reduction:Able to shrink spirits to miniature size.
• Gremlins into Mogwai Transmutation: She can transform Gremlins into Mogwai, removing her brother's curse