NiGHTS (ナイツ Naitsu), also spelled as Nights, is the NiGHTS series' main protagonist. NiGHTS is a First-level Nightmaren who was created to do evil, but they decided against it and betrayed their own kind. NiGHTS is a genderless being according to the game's director, Takashi Iizuka, who is up to the player to interpret. Their gender and pronouns are up for interpretation by each individual player, as everyone has different dreams. However, NiGHTS is occasionally referred to with male pronouns in the games' canon.