Nicholas S. Claire

**Nicholas S. Claire** was a recurring character in the World of the Exceed. He was a student at Stonewall Prep and a member of the Ghost Casters secret society.

## Appearance

Nicholas was a seventeen-year-old boy with dark brown hair at medium length and brown eyes. He was pale, tall, and slender, and usually wore an expensive blue coat and turtle neck on top of his school uniform.

## Personality

Nicholas had a very similar narcissistic personality to his peer, Adolf. He liked to brag about his intelligence, strength, and magic ability, even though he wasn't good at any of them. He also liked to flash around large amounts of cash when he's near others that are less privileged than him. He wasn't not the kindest, either, and would take any opportunity he had to insult someone that didn't come up to his "standards" as well as never admitting defeat even when he'd clearly been beaten.

## Relationships

Adolf M. Luna - Nicholas had a friendly relationship with Adolf and was one of his close associates as well as fellow bully. They both were wealthy and come from mafia families as well as sharing the similar interest in teasing others for not having the same financial class as them.

## History

### Early Life

Nicholas was born to a rich and well-known mob family in Pembrooke as a single child. Throughout his time in Pembrooke, he attended many prestigious private academies, but he didn't get into them because of his ability, he got into them because his parents bribed the headmasters with up to millions of dollars. This similar cycle continued when Nicholas was fourteen, when his parents paid his school Pembrooke Private Academy, two million in cash to raise his PSAT scores from an 850 to a 1440.
But living a coddled life didn't have a good effect on Nicholas, and eventually his scores in school started getting so low that it was becoming a nuisance for his parents having to pay to have his scores raised. When he was fifteen, his father threatened to disown him if he didn't raise his grades. So naturally, Nicholas studied hard for once in his life and ended up getting a 1440 for his next PSAT.

Unfortunately, the mobsters from the underworld heard about his feat, and saw Nicholas and his entire family as a threat to their businesses. A rivaling family, the Malloys, sent their sons to kidnap Nicholas and planned to hold him for a ten million dollar ransom and kill him afterwards. Much to their dismay, the Claire's were forced to pay the ransom to have their son back, and additionally had to hire twenty expensive capos to ensure that the Malloys wouldn't kill Nicholas.

Their plan worked, and once Nicholas was back home his father made a final decision to disown him since he "wasn't cut out for the family business". This infuriated Nicholas, as he had tried hard over the years to live up to his father's standards to one day take over the family business.

In his defense, he told his father that he would attend a prestigious magic academy called Stonewall Prep that he had heard of in River City, and made the deal that if he passed the magic SAT with a 1440 his father couldn't disown him. His father agreed to the deal, and Nicholas unknowingly attended a dangerous school in hopes of impressing his father.