Nicholas

==Info==
Nicholas was an influential politician in the city of Utgard, and the previous owner of the Golden City, Utgard's most luxurious establishment. During the events of the Immortal Fire event, he was vying for the position of mayor with Abigail.
Mateo and Nicholas have been very close friends since their school days. As more of a timid loner, Nicholas felt drawn to Mateo when they first met. While Mateo also seemed to be somewhat of an outcast, he had the courage to stand up for himself, and soon after, for Nicholas as well. They started to strongly depend on each other and formed a friendship that lasted well into their adulthood.
==Role in Game==
The two men would eventually reunite at Raine's Great Wall, now a mayoral candidate and Commander of the Wall's military, respectively. The Wall had been under attack by Miramon for a time, and was starting to weaken, endangering all of Utgard. During this time, Mateo and his consultant Xuan Pin recovered an injured Nicholas on one of their scouting missions. 
Wanting to act fast and decisive against the incoming Miramon attacks, Nicholas soon proposed a plan to strengthen the Wall of Raine with Esper energy. While this would undoubtedly hold off the Miramon attacks, it would mean relocating several of the residential areas on the outer edges of the city, which Nicholas deemed a necessary sacrifice. While Xuan Pin criticized this plan for its recklessness, Nicholas gained Mateo's approval.
In trying to protect the city, Nicholas also hoped that his project would improve his ratings in the mayoral election, as he was currently far behind his rival Abigail. Abigail also controlled the majority of the city's Nexus Crystal supply. Nicholas desperately needed an energy source such as this to fuel the project, yet in order to circumvent dealing with Abigail, he struck a deal with the Shadow Decree instead. Accompanied by Mateo, he visited Hyde to acquire the necessary energy by other means.
While Nicholas and Xuan Pin grew increasingly suspicious of each other, riots and demonstrations started to spread around the poorer parts of the city, as their citizens felt neglected by Nicholas' policies. Shortly before a massive Miramon assault foreseen by Xuan Pin, Nicholas started to lose sight of his original goal - he became unhealthily obsessed with his project. Eventually, he became willing to sacrifice parts of Utgard's population for the sake of the wealthier majority, at which point even his closest confidant Mateo refused to stand with him.
After the combined efforts of Nicholas' Wall, Mateo and Xuan Pin repelled the Miramon invasion, he tried to have Xuan Pin arrested for treason. Seeing his old friend giving up all morality, Mateo killed Nicholas in front of the gathered crowd of journalists.
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