Tati Nikolaus

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, with sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's DreamTati Marie Nikolaus is the oldest child and daughter of Bithiah Nikolaus and is the older sister to the twins Agrippa and Alexius and Selena. 
At Selena's request Tati took Karis at six months old and raised her as her daughter until Jack found out and took Tati to court for custody causing Tati to report him to the Union for all his crimes as revenge. 
== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
== Personality ==
Tati is a protective and loving force of nature. She is an incredibly loving and warm person, who genuine loves life and the people in her life. According to Agrippa, Tati is the head lion of her pride and will fiercely protect her pride with her life especially if she feels the members of her pride are being wrong. 
For example, her relationship with Jack despite the two once have a somewhat good relationship with one another this quickly turned due to the bad decisions on his part and his abusive and toxic behavior directed to Selena causing her reactions to him now the source of strife. From damaging his vehicles, to having physical fights with him and his partners Tati has made it her mission to throw banana peels in Jack's life as revenge for what he did to her beloved sister. 
== Appearance ==
Tati is in her late forties, with ink black hair that she styles into bobo cut with bangs and warm brown eyes with short eyelashes. She has a strong chin, high cheekbones and a long neck. Tati's mutation is her pronounced pointed ears like a bat and her extra set of arms that allows her more mobility. 
=== Tattoos ===
* Tati has a beautiful jellyfish tattoo on her right shoulder and the tentacles flow underneath her breast. There are also flowers in the tattoo. 
* On her left calf she has a frog riding a slug with mushrooms and other plant life growing on the snail's shell. 
== Abilities and Skills ==
* Esper Physiology - Tati is classified as a Melissan and a legacy. She can communicate and manipulate bee which she uses to help her business and protect herself and the people she loves. 
** Persuasion - Tati can compel people by speaking the victims are unable to disobey; the seemingly cogent commandment is far too compelling. Users can persuade people into hurting/killing themselves or even flip around their sense of logic but can never cause victims to achieve what they are not capable of. 
**Bee Manipulation - Tati can control various species of bees. They control them to do their bidding, for example, helping them during situations, using them against foes, and using them to see locations and gather information about a particular place. She can see through the insects' eyes that are controlled allowing them to spy on others. Tati can also understand or communicate with them, hence creating and strengthening friendships.
**Enhanced Hearing - Due to her bat-like ears Tati possesses a heightened sense of hearing, allowing her to detect danger from even the faintest of sounds. Using her superhuman hearing, she has displayed the ability to decipher layers upon layers of sound. 
* Knowledge of Plants - Tati is shown to be knowledgeable in plants and herbs, given how she used herbs to heal (*&*) from her ingestion of (*&*)' poisonous breath, and how she knew to utilize barley to survive drinking from the chalice of poison.
=== Possessions ===
== Etymology ==
* Tati meaning is unknown but of Ancient Egyptian origin. This was the name of an Egyptian queen from the 17-18th century BC.
* Marie is the French variant of Mary, which is the usual English form of Maria, the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριάμ (Mariam) and Μαρία (Maria) — the spellings are interchangeable — which were from Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryam), a name borne by the sister of Moses in the Old Testament. The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However, it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from mry "beloved" or mr "love".
* Nikolaus is the German form of Nicholas is from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos) meaning "victory of the people", derived from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and λαός (laos) meaning "people". Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop from Anatolia who, according to legend, saved the daughters of a poor man from lives of prostitution. He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, as well as Greece and Russia. He formed the basis for the figure known as Santa Claus (created in the 19th century from Dutch Sinterklaas), the bringer of Christmas presents.
== Trivia ==
* Tati is associated with Queen Anne's lace, a symbol of haven, sanctuary, complexity, and delicateness. 
*She is a lesbian. 
*According to the Databook(s). 
** Her hobbies are beekeeping, baking and doing math.
**She is allergic to basil.
**Tati's favorite meal is clam spaghetti with a bowl of semifreddo. 
*** Her second favorite meal is winter pears cooked in red wine with truffle risotto and a slice of rose, honey and mango cheesecake.
** Her least favorite kind of food is anything super spicy.
**Her most treasure items are her cookbooks and all her records.
**She enjoys all kinds of music.
* She is fluent in sign language.
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