River Styxx
A Grim Reaper and student at Haunted High
G1
Quick Facts
Full Name
River Styxx
Monster Type
Grim Reaper
Role
student
First Appearance
Haunted (2015)
Locations
Haunted High
Overview
River Styxx is a 2014-introduced reaper and student at Haunted High. She assists her father in transporting spirits while in training.
River Styxx is a 2014-introduced and all-around character. She is a Grim Reaper and a student at Haunted High. Although still in training, she is allowed to take over her father's duties whenever he has to be elsewhere for a while.
Portrayers
River Styxx is voiced by Ashley Peterson in English.
River Styxx is voiced in English by Ashley Peterson.
Character
River is cheery and energetic unlike traditional reapers, with unique ghostly-skeletal appearance and special abilities.
Unlike the traditional version of the Grim Reaper, River is extremely cheery, upbeat, and bubbly, and loves bright colors and candy. She has a lot of energy and finds it hard to concentrate and stand still. Although, she does get feelings to scare other monsters since she is a personification of mortality.
She loves to make people laugh and smile and always tells stories, planning parties and fun events for others, particularly the spirits she and her father transport to the Ghost World.
River is a Reaper In Preparation (R.I.P) which means she can only carry a staff around instead of a scythe.
River has lavender skin, which is transparent on her lower limbs so that her bones are visible. Her long hair and blue, pink, and purple. She has ghostly big blue eyes and, because she has both ghost and skeleton traits, visible lines on her mouth to represent teeth, visible eye orbits, and skeleton nose. She wears pastel goth clothes and a black transparent cloak, making her look more like a grim reaper.
- Levitation: River can float like other Reapers.
- World Hopping: River can travel between the Ghost World and Monster High.
- Immortality: River is immortal, which means she can live longer.
River is a Grim Reaper, a being from folklores and mythologies worldwide who is used to personify the concept of Death. In Western culture, especially the Grim Reaper is characterized as a skeletal figure in black robes and carries a scythe while also having the wings of and/or an affinity for ravens.
Relationships
River is friends with students at Haunted High and on good terms with others, with family ties to the Grim Reaper and others.
River attends Haunted High, and is good friends with Vandala Doubloons, Porter Geiss, and Kiyomi Haunterly. She is also in good terms with Draculaura and Clawdeen Wolf.
River's father is the Grim Reaper, one of many responsible for transporting passed on ghosts and spirits to the Ghost World. He has a hard time dealing with his daughter, who is not what a reaper is expected to be. As a result, he might be a little strict on her.
In her diary, she mentions her father has a cousin, a former grim reaper who broke the rules and was punished by being banished to the real world, and now works as a high school guidance counselor. It's implied this cousin is Mr. D'eath. River's uncle is Charon, the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology.
River has a skeleton raven, Cawtion. Her pet's name is a pun mixture of play on words of the words: "caw", as a sound a crow/raven makes, and the word "caution".
Notes & Trivia
River's name derives from the river Styx, and her original design featured a scythe and white pixie cut.
- Her name comes from the river Styx, the river which separates the realms of the living and of the dead in Ancient Greek mythology.
- River's original design assigns her a true scythe, and her hair was to be a white pixie cut that helped make her head look more skull-like.
Media Appearances
River Styxx debuted in doll form at San Diego Comic-Con in 2014 and made her cartoon debut in Haunted in 2015.
- January 22, 2014: Mattel requests the trademark for River Styxx.
- April 09, 2014: Mattel requests the trademark for River.
- July 26, 2014: River Styxx's debut doll is on display at San Diego Comic-Con International.
- March 25, 2015: River Styxx makes her 3D cartoon debut in "Haunted".
Relationship Graph
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Vandala Doubloons
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Porter Geiss
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Kiyomi Haunterly
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Draculaura
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Clawdeen Wolf
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GR
Grim Reaper
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MD
Mr. D'eath
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Cawtion
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HH
Haunted High
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GW
Ghost World
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FAQ
What is River Styxx's monster type?
She is a Grim Reaper.
Where does River Styxx go to school?
She is a student at Haunted High.
Who voices River Styxx?
Ashley Peterson voices her in English.
What is River Styxx's personality like?
She is cheery, upbeat, bubbly, energetic, and loves bright colors and candy.
Who are River Styxx's friends?
Who is River Styxx's father?
Her father is the Grim Reaper
What is River Styxx's pet?
She has a skeleton raven named Cawtion
What abilities does River Styxx have?
She can levitate, world hop between the Ghost World and Monster High, and is immortal.
References
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