except he’s only evil about 35% of the time. if you’ve been rping in the comic rp circles for long there’s something like a 75% chance that you’ve run into him. nico’s one of my most consistent muses. HOWEVER, because of the nature of this rp i’m playing him a little differently. here’s the down low.
- nico was born in brazil. he’s the son of a very minor goddess, iara. despite having godly parentage, nico is surprisingly mortal. he has the human level of strength/speed/durability/etc.
- his only power is mind control via siren song. that’s a sort of nuanced power, though and it has varying degrees of success. some people are totally immune to it, depending on proclivities, and extended exposure to it over a long period of time will render it virtually ineffective. he HAS to be carrying some sort of note for it to work (so punch him in the throat), and the more people he’s trying to control at once, the less specific control at once. he can force a single person to do just about anything, but if it’s more than a couple people, he’s really nerfed to only be able to influence mood or push a suggestion.
- his mother had very little to do with his upbringing. to bring nico with her into her life/realm, she would have had to drown him, and she didn’t have the will to do it, so nico grew up with his father. he and his father were extremely poor, and as nico learned to use his power, he used it mostly to make sure they kept a roof over their head.
- eventually his powers were noticed by a scout for the league of assassins, and they offered him a lot of money to come work for them. so he accepted. the league taught him how to use his powers effectively and they trained him to be a very effective killer. he sent most of the money he made home to his father, but he died a couple of years later regardless. so at about eighteen/nineteen, he left the league and went to america.
- the league wasnt super thrilled about that, but when they sent some people after him he basically just made them jump off a building so now he and the league just kind of ignore each other.
- he’s been in america for a few years now, but the first years were kind of spent just hiding out from the league, living in burnside.
- during the last few years, he’s been trying to work out the kind of life he wants to live. he’s basically cycled between three personas, trying to figure out which one serves his interests the best. the first is a vaguely hero-esque identity that he adopted by jacking the batfam style. dark colors, big bright bird logo on his jacket, usually casually goes by hummingbird or something. he basically just uses it for attention, though, he’s got no actual heroic tendencies. when he FIRST came over, he kept his league of assassins sort of vibe going. very secretive, very collected, very deadly, but that’s no fucking fun
- now he’s operating as a gotham rogue, more or less. he’s still working out the nuances of his new identity, siren. but he finds that this one gets him the closest to doing what he wants. he’s a thief, albeit not a talented one. basically he looked at the gotham city sirens and went how can i do that. and that’s what he’s trying to do.
- he’s a piece of shit. he has like 5 sugar daddies that he uses his powers to convince he’s sleeping with but hes not actually sleeping w/ them. they just support his ridiculous lifestyle while he tries to figure out how to be an effective criminal.
- we can talk about establishing prior connections and stuff but just keep in mind that he hasn’t actually been a rogue long, so he’s still forming a lot of relationships.
- i apologize in advance for his behavior.
