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Name: Xae
Contact: Tsukeru @ plurk
Current Character(s): Mikleo | Tales of Zestiria | resoluteseraph

Character Info

Character's Name: Nico di Angelo
Character's Canon: Riordan Chronicles
Character's Age: 15 (though he spent 70 ageless years in the Lotus Hotel)
Canon Point: Post Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle
Background/History: "Why would you want a son of Hades in the same room with people you're trying to heal? Why would anyone want that?"

Strengths:

Kind While Nico may seem like a grumpy emo kid at times, there is a part of him that cares a great deal for the people in his life. Even when he was upset and angry at the loss of his sister he still didn't allow his emotions to physically lash out at Percy, who promised to keep her safe, nor did he seek revenge. He even accepted a half-sister and gave her a second chance to live, caring for her just as much as he cared for Bianca. When Nico befriends someone, he does everything in his power to protect them even if that means risking his own safety and even gets angry on their behalf. Despite feeling like an outcast everywhere, he crossed half the world to stop a war between two groups and went so far as to not kill anyone. Nico is the sort of person who cares about the people who get discarded just as much as he cares about those who are his friends. Willpower For someone so young, Nico has faced horrific things alone and yet still kept his sanity. Even others have commented on how mentally strong he must be to have endured traveling through Tartarus and not going crazy or how much pain and suffering he carried with him was more than an entire Roman Legion. His mental fortitude is extremely strong so long as it's only his life in danger, and he's capable of surviving the most trying of situations even if he doesn't always come out the other side without some damage. Even though Nico knew that he was at risk of fading away like a shadow, he was still willing to keep using his power for the sake of others. It did mean he developed a dislike for darkness but didn't stop him from using his shadow-travel ability again in the future when lives were on the line. Nico is also determined enough to talk his own stubborn father into lending a hand in a war he intended to sit out of. Intelligent As a kid who spent seventy years inside of a casino and never aging past ten, Nico's general education is severely lacking at times but he's quite intelligent in other ways. After learning about his Greek demigod status, he took it upon himself to find a way to learn as much about it as possible. He utilized his powers to summon the dead in order to learn to control them, discovered everything about the Underworld and was able to help others with his knowledge. Not only does he speak both English and Italian but also learned Ancient Greek and even a few Roman phrases after being introduced to the other demigod camp. There is much he doesn't know but Nico makes up for it by absorbing as much knowledge as he can whenever possible. Once upon a time, Nico was one of those kids who would have asked endless questions and still has that craving for knowledge.

Weaknesses:

Emotional Being a teenager is a rollercoaster of emotion at times and Nico has had it rougher than other kids his age. While he tries to downplay most of his feelings there is a side of him that's in pain and he can have something of a temper. For someone with his powers, he has to keep a tight reign on his feelings otherwise bad things happen such as him turning another demigod into a ghost and then banishing them into the Underworld for eternity. Or plants die or the dead rises from the ground. Once his sister told him that it's dangerous for a child of Hades to hold a grudge and Nico has proven that true on many occasions. Normally it's his negative emotions that have the most impact on his powers and he has a great deal of negative emotions. Once, an enemy pissed him off so much that Nico lost control and turned that person into a ghost - essentially killing him and sending him to the Underworld to face judgement for his crimes. Upon waking, he had completely forgotten the incident and had to be told by Reyna. PTSD After traveling through Tartarus, getting captured by giants and nearly suffocating in a jar there's understandably some damage done. He now has a strong dislike for the dark and likely even severe trauma in the form of nightmares or memories. It is something that has been getting better and Nico surrounds himself with people who keep him from getting too lost in his own head but he is only a fifteen year old kid who's seen horrors normal kids don't. While he's sometimes successful in pushing aside the trauma, it's usually in times of urgency when there's a more pressing matter to deal with. For a time, Nico didn't talk about the things that troubled him but a few individuals have helped him open up to the point where he can talk about it. Considering the times he grew up in, he also had trouble admitting that he had feelings for another boy but has since come to terms with that even if Nico still won't use the actual term 'boyfriend'. Stubborn Nico is absolutely stubborn to the point of being reckless, pushing himself beyond the boundary of what his body can possibly handle. He knew the risk of using his abilities too much and yet he still did it until someone had to put a stop to it. It isn't just his own personal safety that Nico is stubborn about but he even felt as if there wasn't a place for him and he pushed away anyone who wanted to become his friend for several years. That is something he's working on but it isn't perfect yet and Nico has a ways to go yet. Sometimes he can be stubborn in the right or positive ways or just to be a little onrey, but he has been known to fixate on certain things to unhealthy extents at times. Even after seemingly accepting his sister's death, he tried to bring her back to the world of the living when given the opportunity - though only to find her to gone already. He's one of those people who is not easy to sway after his mind's made up.

Powers/Abilities:

Nico is one of the children of the Big Three gods - the son of Hades who rules the Underworld and has far more training with his abilities than most of the other kids of the Big Three. Even more training then the heroes of heroes, Percy or Jason - though it would be a tough fight with Percy. When any of the kids of the Big Three fight, disasters can happen. “You are children of the three major gods. Who could withstand your combined power?” –Persephone to Thalia, Nico, and Percy in, The Sword of Hades Geokinesis: The ability to manipulate rocks, either levitating them and making them black, deadly and sharp or creating fissures in the ground to trap enemies in the Underworld. He can cause powerful tremors that can even shatter stone pillars. Necromancy: Control over the dead and creatures that exist in the Underworld is one of Nico's main abilities. Even the guard dog, Cerberus, listened to him. Power over the dead: Nico can reanimates skeletons, Skeleton Warriors and also put them back to sleep or destroy them. He can control large armies of the undead at a whim though summoning too many at once can leave him fatigued. When angered, he can even destroy undead warriors that aren't under his control at all. He even has a personal zombie chauffer at his beck and call. Summoning deceased souls: With a ritual containing digging a pit, filling it with food (or animal blood) and chanting in Ancient Greek he can summon ghosts of the deceased. He can even permanently banish them to the Underworld. Releasing souls: He can release souls of individuals who should have died but managed to cheat death. Telepathy with the dead: He can radiate certain vibes that ward the dead away from him or even others. Sensitivity to death: Nico is capable of sensing death as it happens or when it's coming; when someone close to him dies, it sounds like a bell ringing in his ears. He's strong enough to even sense when an immortal being is dying. Not only that but he can sense when someone is being judged in the Underworld. He could even sense when Percy and Annabeth were close to the Doors of Death within Tartarus - literal doors not figurative. Life aura: Capable of sensing someone's life aura - or essentially how much death is around them. He's seen someone come close to dying and could tell that Apollo had become mortal by the thick possibility of death around him. Power over ghosts: He's been given the nickname Ghost King because of his ability to physically manipulate ghosts, such as taking hold of them or silencing them with a gesture. Ghost transformation: The last power he has directly over death is the ability to force beings to become ghosts - whether they be mortal, demigods or even legacies. He can then force them into the Underworld for eternity. However, this power is extremely draining leaving him both weakened and fatigued in more than just physical aspects. Osteokinesis: The manipulation of bones, not reanimating but simply moving them like weapons and even summoning hundreds of them to trap enemies for a few minutes. Death Trance: With the help of Persephone's pomegranate seeds, Nico can put himself into a Death Trance which means he doesn't require as much oxygen or energy or even food. Essentially, he's like the dead when in this state. Umbrakinesis: Control over darkness and shadows for various reasons. Shadow travel: Nico can use shadows to travel long distances and even take others along with him so long as they have a hold of him. With three people (himself included) and a giant statue, he can travel about three hundred miles at a time unless hopping over an ocean. However, prolonged or overuse can be extremely harmful to Nico as his molecules will begin to fall apart until he turns into a shadow and loses himself. At one point, he overextended himself to the point of ending up in a "shadow coma" and wasn't allowed to use shadow travel for three days or he'd become a shadow. Shadow absorption and dissipation: He can dissipate or absorb shadows with his sword generated by others, even dark auras they put out. Darkness Generation: Capable of shooting bolts of darkness and surrounding enemies in pitch-black clouds of weightless space. Darkness shields: Solidify darkness into shields. Invisibility: Mainly uses this to cover himself (or others) in shadows and make them invisible. Unbrakinetic Healing: He is capable of healing minor wounds usind darkness. Thermokinesis: He can generate extreme temperatures from his body, though isn't yet in control of these particular abilities. Cryokinesis (limited): When Nico is infuriated he generates an aura of cold, making the temperature around him drop and even frosting the surrounding area. Pyrokinesis (limited): He can cause flames to shoot up from fissures in the ground. Hypnokinesis: He can navigate the dark dreamscape better than most other demigods, even being somewhat surpassed by the actual demigod children of Hypnos. He has the ability to control his dreams or astral project his consciousness, entering dreams of other demigods. Nico can even sleep like the dead at times, being near-impossible to wake up - especially when fatigued from using other powers. There is even a point where he puts several demigods to sleep by sending deep dreams their way. Phobikinesis: Like his father, Nico radiates an aura of fear and death though it's not nearly as powerful as Hades. It is strong enough to repel monsters to a point. This aura stems from his nervousness and it can cause the grass around him to turn brown and wilted as if the ground was poisoned. Even weak and emaciated, Nico has frightened other demigods with this aura.

Other Noteworthy Traits:

ADHD/Dyslexia: Most demigod children are born with either ADHD or Dyslexia and Nico has both. The ADHD gives him supernatural battle reflexes and sense that allow him to analyze a fight. As for the dyslexia it means that his brain is hard-wired to read Ancient Greek, though he isn't shown to have too much of a problem reading or writing normally. Fighting: Intially Nico had more skill using his powers than he did a blade but through training he can wield his sword with great accuracy. Even capable of fighting alongside Percy and Thalia against a Titan, though being the first to be wiped out. As the series progresses, Nico does get better using a sword - even capable of holding his own against Gaea's forces in Tartarus alone for a time. He even overcame six Roman legionnaires single-handedly with his blade and protected Will, all despite being weakened from excessive shadow travel. Nico hadn't even been fighting to kill but instead aiming to knocking his opponents out and still keep going to fight monsters. Nico is far more skilled with his abilities but is a fierce warrior even without them. Mythomagic: Once upon a time, Nico was a master of a game called Mythomagic. Knowing stats and skills of each individual in the game. He has since abandoned it but his knowledge has come in handy in actual fights. Languages: Nico is actually multilingual, capable of not only speaking, reading and writing English but also Ancient Greek and Italian. His understanding of Italian allows him to somewhat comprehend other languages such as Spanish and even Portuguese. Will Power: He has intense willpower seeing as how he was able to survive Tartarus on his own and all of it's horrific insanity. Even a protag like Percy (who had Annabeth at his side to help) wondered how Nico managed to escape with his mind intact enough to keep going. Pain Resilience: He's capable of enduring immense amounts of physical and mental pain, even when certain wounds burn like acid. It was enough to gain the respect and amazement of one of the leaders of the Roman demigod camp. First-Aid: Having spent a few months around a healer, Nico has picked up on some basic first-aid skills.

Weapons & Other Special Inventory:
Clothing: black trousers, a Ramones T-shirt, a black leather bomber jacket and shoes
Weapon: Stygian iron sword
Accessories: Silver skull ring
Items: Leo's holographic scroll - with jumbled/static message, Hades figurine
Extra: Pomegranate seeds from Persephone's garden, which if he places one on his tongue puts him into a "Death Trance" - not needing as much oxygen or energy or even food. (Extra because he used all the ones he had.)

Color: Red, hex code #8b0000. At one point in the series, Nico survived for days inside of a pot only by consuming the seeds of a pomegranate from the Underworld and since both pomegranates and their seeds are both red, it suits him. Also black isn't an option.

Sample: TDM top-level | With Sasuke | With Shinya

[ OPTIONAL ] World Aspect: The Labyrinth

It is a sentient, ever-growing and potentially dangerous underground maze that contains a never-ending series of tunnels, rooms and other odd areas. Time moves differently in the Labyrinth meaning a day down there could mean a week in town. It's impossible to map or navigate without certain abilities or tools as it's constantly shifting and could contain just about anything from monsters to even a large ranch complete with a river. There are many different entrances all marked with a Delta (Δ) symbol and it could be something like an actual door or even just a tiny hole in a series of rocks.

I figure it could start small, just existing beneath the Red District at first where Nico lives and only containing things that would be from the Riordian-verse world (basically regular Earth history and Greek-Roman mythology). Then others from different canons could add on to it if they wanted, they could have monsters/creatures appear down there native to their worlds or even whole sections of space unique to them and it just builds from there. (Though actually finding the room/space again would prove challenging as it would change locations after they leave.) Some aspects of the Labyrinth would be dangerous and others not so much.