Nico Minoru
 Sister Grimm |
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| Name: | Nico Minoru | ||
| Superalias: | Sister Grimm | ||
| Gender: | Female | ||
| Species: | Human | ||
| Occupation: | Witch | ||
| Citizenship: | United States of America | ||
| Residence: | Transient | ||
| Education: | A little bit of HS | ||
| Theme: | Marvel (FC) | ||
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| Details | |||
| Apparent Age: | 21 | Actual Age: | 21 |
| Date of Birth | 13 Oct 2002 | Played By | Lyrica Okana |
| Height: | 5'4" | Weight: | 115 lbs |
| Hair Color: | Black | Eye Color: | Brown |
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| Theme Song: | AFI - Silver and Cold; Poets of the Fall - My Dark Disquiet; Ghost - Danse Macabre | ||
Contents
Character Info
Profile
Nico Minoru is a young witch who got her start running away from her supervillain parents, who were the latest in a long line of dark sorcerers from Japan. Great start, huh? Add onto that the Staff of One - a relic that Nico stole from her mother, a staff that feeds off of blood and negative energy to cast its magic. When /that/ was taken care of, she decided instead to wander - using magic and a growing sense of street smarts to stay alive and out of foster care, and help however she can with her knowledge of the supernatural, growing her power and learning all that she can. However, after a recent trauma that ended up with her losing her left arm and having it replaced by a dark artefact conjured by the Staff of One, Nico remembered the team and friends she used to have - and decided to wander to New York, where superheroes abounded.
Timeline
Timeline:
* On a particularly non-spooky Friday the 13th in October of the year 2000, Nico Minoru was born to her parents, Robert and Tina Minoru. Both of whom were secretely dark wizards by night, and mild-mannered normal people during the day.
* They appreciated, even encouraged the growing darkness in their daughter, which manifested as a tendency that most would describe as 'gothic'.
* She did alright in school, tended towards a few close friends rather than large groups of friends.
* It was a group of other friends that were the children of the Pride (who would totally turn out to be supervillains), who she would meet with yearly for their parents yearly... ahm... ritual.
* She spied on them during one of these rituals, and discovered that her parents were certainly up to shenanigans of the villanious sort - running away with the other children who were likewise horrified, she joins the forming Runaways.
* Oh, she stole her mom's Staff of One, which helped awaken her burgeoning magical power with this powerful focus.
* So all of the parents rituals were building up to a big Rite of Thunder, finalizing on a sacrifice of an innocent.
* This was no good.
* They stopped it, but in the process, the ritual ended up killing all of their parents.
* The Runaways break up, and Nico was targeted to enter foster care. But she was magical - so she decided to live on her own - so she did.
* Wandering America, Nico grows older but finds herself learning deeper magic from some of the various mentors she encounters.
* Sometimes, she got herself into supernatural trouble, fighting occult tomfoolery in her quest to just survive. And when she hit 18, the whole foster care thing stopped being a threat.
* Accidentally travels back to 1907 and meets her ancestor, otherwise known as the Witchbreaker. Arcade teleports Nico, Chase, and a few other young heroes for a Hunger Games knockoff. Nico loses an arm, kills, gets killed, but is better due to her last second HELP spell. She gets a new magical prosthetic and yet another power boost.
* Whispering 'help' to the staff of one gave her a Witch Arm, and energized her, giving her the mystic power to turn back the threat - but it left her feeling hollow. She had been close to death, and she realized just how vulnerable she was without friends. She thought of the Runaways.
* Hearing stories of superherodom happening in New York City, the hedge witch starts wandering that way - hoping to join up with other superheroes - or old friends.
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Personality
Aggressive:
If it's a choice between waiting and striking, Nico will usually choose to strike. This also can
manifest as a sort of anger - and a propensity to violence if she gets too passionate.
Brave:
Nico has a strong sense of right and wrong - and is often unafraid to put herself in harm's way
in order to protect someone who needs it.
Calm:
All things considered, Nico tends towards the quiet and calm approach to situations - she's
usually quiet until she decides to strike. Generally, she has a firm grip on her emotions - but when
she doesn't, they tend to be a little more pronounced then they might otherwise be.
Commanding:
In the absence of obvious leadership, Nico is quick to take leadership - or at least behave like
she should be. And she has a kinda blunt way of talking, and a dry sense of humor that might come
off as a little bossy.
Guarded:
Nico is typically serious and reserved - this tendency is only increased with new people. It
takes a bit for her to let someone in.
Serious:
Nico isn't the sort of girl who is taken to being goofy or silly, and tends towards more serious
pursuits and conversations.
Character Sheet
Powers
Hedge Witch:
Nico Minoru may sometimes downplay her abilities by calling herself an "incompetent witch," but she hails from the ancient Minoru clan, a lineage steeped in powerful magic. While the Staff of One serves as her most formidable conduit for spells, Nico is far from reliant on it. She possesses the innate talent to cast a variety of spells and cantrips on her own. Minor effects come naturally to her, but more complex incantations demand focused study and practice. With years of experience under her belt, Nico can also lend her abilities in collaborative rituals, expertly navigates ancient spellbooks, and adeptly sources the essential ingredients and reagents for her craft. Her journey as a witch is marked by growth and resilience, showcasing her true potential beyond her self-doubt.
Magical Flight:
After the Staff of One resurrected Nico, she discovered a remarkable new ability: she can now use it to fly, even taking others along for the journey. While there are no set limitations on altitude or speed -- beyond the natural challenges that come with soaring high or moving at unnatural velocities -- Nico must focus solely on flight when wielding the Staff. This means she cannot cast spells with the Staff of One while using it to fly.
The Staff of One:
Fed by blood, Nico has a hereditary staff that is bound to her by blood at this point. Whenever she is bleeding - however that may be - she can call on the staff with a mantra "When blood is shed, let the staff of One emerge," and the staff will emerge (painfully and without harm to her) from her own chest.
Focusing on painful emotions/negative feelings, and speaking a series of words will produce an effect from the staff - but only once. If she repeats a phrase, the staff will react... badly, producing an unpredictable and undesirable effect.
The staff needs negative energy/blood to feed on - once it uses up the stores of negative energy that bloodshed or negative emotion gives it, it'll vanish - the greater the effect, the more energy is used/required for the effect, but the staff will modify its effect according to the energy used. For example, if Nico uses a papercut and tries to cast 'Fireball', it might be a small puff of flame like from your typical lighter. But a human sacrifice would give her a raging inferno. Not that Nico would /ever/ do that, but thems the extremes.
The staff itself is somewhat sentient, and capable of protecting itself - although it doesn't defend Nico, if someone tries to destroy the staff, it will react... poorly. She also needs to speak to use it.
Witch Arm:
A side effect of having her arm severed, her left arm has been replaced with an arm formed from metal and encasing magical energy. The arm can be dispelled magically, but is otherwise extremely durable - it is a magical focus for Nico, and can help channel her natural spellcasting abilities.
It can also channel a fiery purple magical energy in defense, and channel the same energy to give Nico super strength in that arm only, allowing her to punch with superhuman force. It'll glow with the same purplish energy when she is channeling her magical energy this way.
Skills
Fighting:
It's not to say Nico is particularly /good/ at fighting, but she's been in a fair few scraps in
her time, and she's picked up a thing or two about how to take care of herself in a brawl, if
needed. (Hopefully it isn't).
Ingredient Id:
As part of learning how to perform spellcasting and witchery, part of that is being able to
define natural herbs and other ingredients for spellcasting. So she's studied in a lot of that
stuff.
Occult Knowledge:
Mostly stuff she picked up during her travels - she's run into a dusty old tome from here and
there that she's used to kinda accent her knowledge. All in all, her occult knowledge is a bit
spotty at best. But at least she can usually sniff out the right creepy old book, if given the right
kinda library.
Resources
Busking:
Nico has been known to busk a bit for spare cash - and she can read a tarot deck - she's not
sure she /believes/ in tarot's predictive power, but hey, some people are willing to trade cash for
a reading. And she usually looks legitimate enough with her gothy outfits.
Weaknesses
Counterspells:
Without her witch arm, without her staff of One, Nico is a human being. People who can dispel
magic, or counter it entirely, can remove these weapons from her and leave her helpless.
Family:
Even going past her deceased parents, Nico is a member of a long line of dark sorcerers that
thrive on pain and negative energy to fuel their magics - and her superheroics are nontraditional in
her 'family business'.
The New Pride:
Her parents were a part of the Pride - zealous people who would sacrifice the innocent to reach
their goals. The Pride has reformed - different families, different members - and they know about
her. And if she's too loud, they might even know where she is, as well.
Role-Play
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| Title | Date | Scene Summary |
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| Payback is a Witch | January 14th, 2025 | Pathfinder and Sister Grimm bump into each other in the 'real world' and there isn't even a catastrophe. |
| Darn Demons Doing Destruction | January 13th, 2025 | An occult shop sale goes wrong and demons appear! Luckily Pathfinder, White Knight and Sister Grimm intervene |
| Injustice For All: The Queen And Her Court | January 6th, 2025 | The Queen of Fables makes her presence known in Metropolis thanks to the machinations of the Injustice League. She finds herself opposed by some unlikely foes. |
| We Are One World Concert | November 26th, 2024 | Everyone joins in on the Dazzler concert |
| Happy Harbor: Game Night (Nov 24) | November 7th, 2024 | Game night for November goes off without a hitch! |
| The Menagerie Menace | October 5th, 2024 | Demons invade the Central Park Zoo, but Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E., and Nico Minoru, self-described incompetent witch, team up to put an end to the madness! |
| HFC: Party Like It Is The End Of The World | September 9th, 2024 | With the potential end of the world on the way in the form of an insatiable alien being, the Hellfire Club throws a party. |
| In the Dark of the Night | August 21st, 2024 | Marking this 'finished' as it was left paused by the previous player. |
| A Walk in the Dark Through Harlem | June 23rd, 2024 | Marking this 'finished' as it was left paused by the previous player. |
| something clever about goths and jocks it'll be good stop judging me | May 7th, 2024 | No description |
| A Spring Fling | April 12th, 2024 | Janet throws a costume party. It ... goes well? |
| 7 of S.W.O.R.D.s, 5 of W.A.N.D.s | February 9th, 2024 | SHIELD agents and allies respond to a breach of the Triskelion's Secure Storage area, and discover it infiltrated by magical means. Various items are targeted for removal through magical portals, though most, if not all are secured (the TP is all safe). Richard and Nat get to play with big guns, Lara wields something that was probably once in a tomb, and a little Raven flies to Baltimore. In the aftermath, some of those captured are revealed as former WAND agents or consultants. |
| Punishment for the wicked | January 25th, 2024 | Moving day for Frank Castle, headed to Rykers island and a group from the PMC Omega attacked the Triskelion. After an initial shock surprise attack, they SHIELD agents organize themselves and push the defenders back. Frank, however, faces off against two masked individuals who leave him wounded, but alive. Whatever happened, it's only the beginning. |
| Carrion My Wayward Son | January 21st, 2024 | Carrion makes an appearance on the ESU campus but finds that there might be a few more heroes around then he was planning on. |
| Pizza Pizza | January 20th, 2024 | No description |
| P.H.D - Putting Out Feelers | January 19th, 2024 | A pitch is made. It's not accepted. SAD. |
| Force Response | January 19th, 2024 | A PMC is sent after Frank in Hell's Kitchen. Nico and Lara are there to help him, but once the attackers are dealt with, Frank goes unconscious from his wounds and is taken in by SHIELD before the police arrive. |
| Summoning Gone Wrong | January 15th, 2024 | Marking this 'finished' as it was left paused by the previous player. |
| Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! | January 14th, 2024 | The Beetle and Scorpion try a midday hijacking of an NYPD Transport. It does not go to plan. |
| Mystical Mingle - Open Night at the Sanctum | January 13th, 2024 | Stephen Strange opens the Sanctum for guests for the first time in ages. Mingling was performed and conversations were had, both above and below tables. |
| Turn the Page | January 13th, 2024 | New Player. |
| Help!: My Jacket is Trying to Eat Me! (and others) | January 12th, 2024 | Marking this 'finished' as it was left paused by the previous player. |
| Who Bombed the Triskelion | January 10th, 2024 | A bomb threat goes off with a bang! |
| Vampire or Goth | January 10th, 2024 | Marking this 'finished' as it was left paused by the previous player. |
| Does anyone remember the '88 Olmpyics | January 9th, 2024 | A promise of training. Montage? |
| Help!: Get The Jaws of Life! | January 9th, 2024 | Two more metahumans manifest. Or is it three? |
| Lord of the Monsters: Monster Island | January 8th, 2024 | Advanced Idea Mechanics awakens the denizens of Monster Island. A group of SHIELD Agents and members of Xavier's School for the Gifted come to investigate. Alas, the Kaiju of the island are wakened and leave the island. And thus the world shall suffer the wrath of the awakened giants. |
| SHIELD - Weaponry of War | January 6th, 2024 | For months, Hydra has bedeviled SHIELD with alien technology used to enhance aircraft. A group of heroes and SHIELD agents find where it is, smash it, and by destroying everything help fulfill diplomatic obligations. |
| Visiting Olivanders | January 5th, 2024 | A tour of the Triskeleton and meeting colleagues! |
| HELP!: I think I killed my babysitter | January 5th, 2024 | Reports of a dead babysitter and the heroes try to help a frightened little boy. |
| James meets Nico | January 4th, 2024 | Did the Grandmothers think this through? |
| Meeting (at the) Threshold | January 2nd, 2024 | Our heroes meet a pair of evil twins. They discover a metahuman trafficking ring! OH NOES! |
| Well, this is awkward... | December 30th, 2023 | No description |
| Get in Loser We're Opening Portals | December 29th, 2023 | A successful negotiation to six and a half. |
| Joining Hell | December 29th, 2023 | Nico finds Daimon and becomes his apprentice! |
| Goth Devils | December 28th, 2023 | Nico's looking for a new mentor. Daimon offers a challenge. She accepts, but does she succeed? |
| Street Dance Girl Fighter | December 27th, 2023 | The girls dancing competition is saved by MJ Watson and Hellion! Huzzah! |
| Moonlandings | December 22nd, 2023 | Nico finds herself on the moon and Kyle helps her. |
| At the Hat & Hare magic happens everywhere. | December 18th, 2023 | Zachary puts on a show and decides to have a chat with the one person in the audience not singing his praises. Nico talks magic and morality. Bunny, Zachary's assistant, has to do all the hard work. Poor Bunny. |
| All of Us Are Dead | December 17th, 2023 | No description |
| Can You Take Me To... | December 16th, 2023 | A group of heroes stop Hypno Hustler in the Park! |
| Introducing Stick Girl! | December 16th, 2023 | Roy and Nico meet. Demons might be involved. |
| Happy Harbor: Ice Skating Outing | December 15th, 2023 | The Holidays are upon us! |
| G.W. Ate Here! | December 15th, 2023 | No description |
| Eddie and Nico Doggo Shenanigans | December 15th, 2023 | No description |
| Magic Lessons | October 13th, 2023 | Mistress and Apprentice cross paths after a time apart. Nico's still full of spirit. Selene's still an energy vampire with a commanding presence. What could ever go wrong?! |
| Maki My Day | February 28th, 2023 | The Runaways go for ramen. Instead they get a fight. Molly learns the finer points of a tetsubo vs a van door in a fight. (She wins with the door) |
| A Tale of Two Witches | February 22nd, 2023 | A post-surgery Ariah is resting at The Curio when a certain goth girl makes a dynamic entrance via magical portal! Nico and the vampire chat about stuff and then catch some much-deserved rest. |
| Dinner With Friends | January 26th, 2023 | Karolina has friends over for dinner. ... Now they're roommates, and more. |
| New Years Eve Reunion Redux | January 12th, 2023 | Nico takes Molly on a quick tour of NYC on NYE and they end their night in the best way possible as they ring in the new year... together. |
| New Years Eve Reunion | January 3rd, 2023 | Molly runs into her old friend Nico, literally. The two catch up and make plans before Molly breaks something! Oops. |
| Nico's Goth Delivery Service | June 22nd, 2022 | Nico brings Tessa her dinner as part of her duties at the public facing side of the Hellfire Club. They have a discussion about her mentoring under Selene, and possibly taking on further duties than simply room service delivery. |
| Even Heroes Need A Hand Sometimes | May 27th, 2022 | Hannah and Nico find some summer clothes! Also food and shelter. |
| There's No You In Ice Cream | May 21st, 2022 | Ruth eats ice cream with a completely normal Nico Minoru at the Big Gay Ice Cream. While the effect is lost on her, real fake ice cream based on fake real juice is shared, and so is a bond of ominous foreshadowing. |
| Shopping for Spells | May 17th, 2022 | Nico went to the shop to get some Thyme, and got a bit more than she bargains for. |
| The Portal In The Barroom | April 24th, 2022 | When the Ace of Clubs is host to a customer from actual Hell, Superman needs to call in a favor from a professional magician to handle the drunk demon. Lacking that, he turns to Sister Grimm! Can the Runaway negotiate the madcap life of Metropolis, and will her fiery past come back to haunt her? Find out, in the Adventures of Superman! |
| Motorheads | April 22nd, 2022 | No description |
| Karaoke With A Twist | March 31st, 2022 | A gathering at the Sing Sing is interrupted by a bout of gang violence. |
| Commotion in Washington Square Park | March 8th, 2022 | Nico saves the day when icky monsters show up. |
| Another Day In | February 8th, 2022 | Girlfriends chat merrily to forget about the darkness outside. |
| This Coffee's not Magical | January 17th, 2022 | Nico and Toni discuss the important things in life. The quality of coffee. The angelic invasion of Manhattan. Their heritages. Whether or not Zatanna's hat is stylish or corny. It's obvious, of course, which of these is the most important. |
| God'll cut you down. | December 22nd, 2021 | Nico Minoru and Johnny Blaze tackle a cult hideout. |
| Bargain Basement Prices | December 2nd, 2021 | Toni runs into Nico, they go shopping for clothes and find themselves becoming fast friends! It's a Christmas miracle that will warm your heart! |
| Tech Talks are Hot | November 28th, 2021 | Franklin Richards gets used as a travel agent for demons wanting to visit New York. Thankfully, Ben Grimm, Nico Minoru and Madelyne Prior were around to slap demons, show up the cops, and pick up cute barristas. |
| Lessons and Near Misses | November 6th, 2021 | John gives Nico a lesson in demon contracts and Zatanna one in near misses when he *almost* falls to victim to an urge for human contact. |
| All Hallows' Eve | October 31st, 2021 | Everyone stays safe and sound through All Hallows' Eve at the Laughing Magician. The only ghost to make an appearance is one long overdue when Phoebe and Charles Beacon share a moment through the veil. |
| Apology Rejected | October 30th, 2021 | Jon comes to try to apologize to Constantine for past transgressions, but he's having none of it. |
| Night Brigade Meeting | October 29th, 2021 | Some of the Night Brigade come together to figure out their places and the purpose of the group as a whole. For once, everything goes pretty smoothly. |
| A Hellfire Halloween | October 28th, 2021 | The Halloween bash at the Hellfire Club goes as planned. Darkness, debauchery, deals, and costumes a plenty. Though, given the shenannigans toward the end, the bar might need to put a hold on jello-shots for the foreseeable future. |
| Nettie, Nico John I: Laughing Magician | October 24th, 2021 | Nettie and Nico Minoru arrive to the Laughing Magician on different errands. John is not exactly blinded by the light, but ends up with his hair wet and his eyes checked. Nico now has two new potential teachers. This should work out well for everyone involved. |
| Warding the Curio | October 24th, 2021 | For the Night Brigade, the evening is spent getting to know one another while John, with help from Zatanna worked his magic on the Wards. A blood offering is nearly too much for one vampiric member of the team, but in the end... it was the bond of newly forming friendships that pulled it all together. |
| PoP: Care Bears Gone Wrong | October 19th, 2021 | Wal-Mart is bad enough, but when a Thinning brings a blast from Nettie's past to bare, it gets all kinds of weird. Who knew that Cocomelon and Barbie could be so *brutal*? The good guys get the win at the end of another day ending in Y for the Night Brigade. |
| Aftermath! | June 4th, 2021 | No description |
| An Ant and a Witch meet the Witch. | May 22nd, 2021 | Emma gets a new protege. (How long will this one last? Betting pools are open!) Hank gets a few mean shots in at Emma and gets return volleys lobbed his way. Ain't love grand? |
| Finding Drive-Thru in Midtown | May 21st, 2021 | No description |
| Only Happy When it Rain(maker)s | May 19th, 2021 | Nico is rescued from the sort of hot early summer day that ruins goth makeup by her saviour and a fine fine American automobile. But class precludes the newly formed duo from stoping Old Man McAllester or whoever. |
| Library Espionage Action | May 2nd, 2021 | Shan checks a goth out of the NYPL. |
| Midnight Workout | April 11th, 2021 | Nico finds a place to work out, and makes a new friend. |
| Towering Problems | January 7th, 2021 | (This happens right after scene 4622 - (SoS) A goddess' schemes)
Nico is brought to Amora's tower, along with Dragonfang embedded in stone. Amora gives Nico an offer to reveal her true potential, one that is accepted. But at what price? |
| (SoS)A Goddess' Schemes | January 5th, 2021 | Amora the Great interrupts a teaching moment in the Sanctum, and steals Dragonfang and Nico to Asgard |
| It comes from beyond:Do that Funky Dance | October 12th, 2020 | Ritual goes off at a halloween party. Something awakens into this world. |
| When the Doctor is away the mystics will play | October 9th, 2020 | Strange is missing, a magical frat party has broken out. A couple of couples show up and enjoy in the dancing and festivities. |
| Social Media, Social Meetings | October 8th, 2020 | Nico reveals more of Vi's fortune that she hadn't mentioned. Friends are made. |
| Questioning a Demon | October 8th, 2020 | Nico summons Levian for some questioning and conversation. Blood is drawn and Levian leaves with an american delicacy: The TURDUCKEN. |
| Name Dropping Thor | October 7th, 2020 | Nico demands a conversation with Sera. Sera makes her day by discussing magic and putting her on the phone with Thor. |
| Coney Island Tales | October 6th, 2020 | Nico tells Viola's fortune, while Jackie Estacado stirs the pot. |
| The Sun, the Moon, and the Infernal | October 6th, 2020 | Karolina and Nico summon a local demon. True forms are shown off, and Nico uses blood magic to make a sandwich. |
| Hark! What Rainbow Through Yon Window Breaks | September 18th, 2020 | Old friends meet up, and realize that they are a little more different in many ways than they were in the past - and similar in other ways. |
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