Nik Mikaelson

**Niklaus "Nik" Joshua Gilbert Mikaelson II** is a guest character on *Legacies*. Nik is the tribrid son of Niklaus Mikaelson and Alex Gilbert. He is the younger brother of Jack, Hope, Miranda, and Jenna Mikaelson and the maternal younger half brother of Jax, Nina, and Lily Salvatore. He is also the adoptive younger brother to Adella Mikaelson.

He's the grandson of Ansel, Esther Mikaelson, John Gilbert, and Isobel Flemming. He is the step-grandson of Mikael and Alaric Saltzman and the adoptive grandson of Grayson Gilbert and Miranda Sommers-Gilbert. He is also the nephew of Freya, Finn, Elijah, Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik Mikaelson as well as Arielle Labonair, Elena Gilbert, Ariana Gilbert, Jeremy Gilbert. He is the grand-nephew of Dahlia, Logan Labonair, and Lilith Labonair as well as the adoptive grand-nephew of Jenna Sommers. He is also a distant relative of Lana, Eve, and Cary. He is the adoptive younger brother of Marcel Gerard via his father

He is named after his father, Niklaus Mikaelson. His middle name if after his mother's late friend, Joshua Rosza. He takes the surname of his father and mother.

He is the paternal cousin of Vince, Victoria, and Mason Mikaelson. He is the maternal cousin of Grayson, Sarah, Stefanie, Sebastián, Camila, and Issac. He is both the maternal and paternal cousin to Vivian and Vanessa Mikaelson.

**Nik** is a member of the **Mikaelson Family,** **Labonair Family**, **Gilbert Family**, **Petrova Family**, **Lescheres Family**, and an unnamed **family of werewolves**. Nik is by birthright a member of th**e Crescent Wolf Pack** and the **North East Atlantic Pack**, as well as an unnamed **witch family** and **Divine Coven**, **Trinity Coven** in which she descends directly from the main branch of witches in the powerful **Lightwood Family**, and the **French Quarter Coven**. He has ties to the **Salvatore Family**. He is one of the five children fathered by the **Original Hybrid.**

## Physical Appearance

As a Labonair, he has the Crescent birthmark on his right shoulder, just like his mother, aunts, siblings, and distant relatives, Eve, Lana, and the Hollow.

## Powers and Abilities

As a hybrid of three supernatural species a witch, a werewolf, and a vampire; the full extent and limits of Nik's powers are currently unknown.

Nik, his mother, and his siblings are Nature's loophole that could be used against Malivore. There is no facts if Nik can heal people who have been shot with weaponized Malivore bullets since it has not been seen.

### Witch-Nature

Nik is a witch-hybrid, having inherited his witch gene from his father, the son of Esther Mikaelson and his mother, Alex Gilbert. Nik has inherited great, but devastating power.

### Werewolf-Nature

Nik is also part werewolf, having inherited the werewolf gene from both of his parents. He currently has not triggered his wolf curse.

### Vampire-Nature

Although Nik is not a full vampire-hybrid, he posses a few vampiric traits.

## Name

* **Niklaus** is a boy's **name** is of Old Greek **origin**, and is a variation of the **name** Nicholas. **Niklaus** means "victor of the people"
* **Joshua**, from the Christian Bible, means  "a savior" or "a deliverer".
* **Gilbert**, which is Elena's surname, is a surname of Germanic origin. The English-language surname is derived from Giselbert, a medieval personal name composed of the following Germanic elements gisil ("pledge", "hostage", "noble youth") and berht ("bright", "famous").
* **Mikaelson** is of of Scandinavian origin and means "Son of Mikael".
	+ If Nik was to truly follow Norse traditions, his surname should technically be **Niklausson** (daughter of Niklaus) as oppose to Mikaelson (son of Mikael).