Nicole Evans

Nicole Evans (ニコール・エヴァンス) is one of the main heroines of the light novel series Kindred Hearts,
== Appearance ==
Nicole is a teenage Esper girl with a semi-long blood red hair tied into a ponytail, a pink hair ribbon and a pair of reddish brown eyes. Her casual outfit consists of a brown blazer with a white shirt underneath and a blue ribbon tie, a blue pleated skirt, a pair of white socks and a pair of dark grey loafers. During the events of Darwin's Game, Nicole wore a dark red blouse and a pair of denim shorts, similar to Rachel's. Whenever she uses her Sigil, her pupils will glow and turn from reddish brown to light vermilion.
== Personality ==
Nicole is a kind-hearted but rebellious girl. She can be a prankster sometimes, and she often uses her Sigil to pull pranks on her friends, especially Rachel and Cathy. When it comes to socializing, Nicole is pretty friendly, although she often had troubles when talking to boys. Rachel refers Nicole as her senpai, since Nicole is slightly older and much more skilled compared to her, although Rachel's Sigil is much stronger than her. She also treates her two fellow Esper girls like if they were her younger sisters.
== Abilites ==
* Blaze Burn: A pyrokinetic Sigil which gives her the ability to generate and control fire up to 500 degrees Celsius. Anything that touches her flame will burn or melt to death. She's also able to use her Sigil to ignite nearby explosives, from bombs to landmines. Her Sigil also comes with a set of EX Skills that costs some of her physical and mental energy. She will fall unconscious if she used them for too long. Her Sigil can be used to regulate her body temperature, which comes in handy during winter or rainy days.
* Combat skills: Paired with her Sigil, Nicole's combat skills is almost par on her other two female colleagues. She was trained by Dr. Marina during her time in Rurigaoka Academy to handle things, from hostage situations to fighting a giant enemy mech. She mostly fights using her legs.
* Equipment: Nicole is armed by Lazuline with a cigarette lighter. When used in conjunction with her Sigil, it can create huge bursts of flame that can torch nearby enemies. It can be used as a flamethrower or to light up dark areas as well.
== EX Skills ==
* Blast Trigger: Using her Sigil, Nicole ignites any nearby explosives and amplifies their explosions, killing any nearby enemies.
* Fiery Sphere: Nicole creates a deadly ball of fire from her hands and throws it towards her enemies, incinerating them alive.
* Draco Breath: An amplified version of her normal flamethrower attack with a mysterious blue aura. It can burn and melt armored enemies alive, but it will cost Nicole's energy even more than usual.
* Phoenix Kick: A combination of a cartwheel kick and her fiery Sigil. It can be used to knock out enemies while giving them third-degree burns.
* Ifrit's Rage: Engulfing herself in her own fire, Nicole shields herself from enemy attacks. She can set enemies on fire and walk on molten lava when using this EX Skill.
== Gallery ==
Koikatsu-2020-05-09-09-11-41.png|Nicole with her hair down
NicoleDGame.PNG|Nicole's appearance in Darwin's Game, with Callum following her from behind
== Trivia ==
* Nicole was inspired by Hasami Hitokawa from To aru Kagaku no Accelerator, Tenka Osaki from The Idolmaster: Shiny Colors, Zhu Ran from Dynasty Warriors, Hwa Ryun/Karen from Tower of God and Kasumi Yoshizawa from Persona 5 Royal. She was designed to be a big sister figure and a naughty character to give a little diversity to the current characters' personalities. Her appearance and ability are a reference to Asuna Kamizono from Mahou Shoujo Spica, a light novel that was released a year before Esper Chronicles' release in 2020.
* Nicole's appearance slightly resembles Kyoko from River City Girls and Monika from Doki Doki Literature Club.
* Nicole's ponytail appears to be slightly longer in Darwin's Game, and she lacks her hair ribbon. Her voice actor is different too, and she only had one line and a hurt grunt. Interestingly, Nicole was voiced in Darwin's Game by Rena Hasegawa, a former member of the idol group NGT48 who left in 2019 to become a voice actor.
* Her Sigil, Blaze Burn might be a reference to the Pokémon move Blast Burn. One of her EX Skills is inspired by Reshiram's Fusion Flare.
* Nicole's past remains unknown, although Dr. Marina claimed that she knew about her past. Much of her backstory are still shrouded in mystery, apart from her hair ribbon that was a gift from her mom, who was a breast cancer survivor. Her nationality is unknown too, though she's speculated to be either British or Italian.
* Nicole was on the same clan as Chiaki during the events of Darwin's Game. They were saved by an unknown Esper when they were mortally wounded by Shuka Karino's Sigil. She saw a candle being extinguished when she almost died, but fortunately her and Chiaki were taken to the infirmary before their deaths. She had no memories about the game afterwards, and she claimed that they were brainwashed by an unknown person.
* Like Rachel, Nicole is unable to swim. Her Sigil will recoil and die out if she's underwater, killing her in the process. Her favorite activities are cafe hopping, photography, window shopping and chatting with her friends on Amiiba (a pastiche of Ameba and Miiverse). She often visits a restaurant on Sunshine City's eastern side called Chez Monyou for dinner. She usually orders her favorite menu: spaghetti marinara, sometimes served with chicken parmigiana or battered coalfish fillet. The restaurant is based of the restaurant of the same name from Davemadson's videos, which is a pun on "shame on you".
* Nicole's a good singer too, since both of her voice actors (Eri Kitamura and Morgan Berry) are singers as well. The same thing also applies to Rachel and Cathy's voice actors, although Rachel has separate English voice actresses for her dialogues and her singing portions.
Category:Characters
Category:Espers