Nico Minoru

“

> Some people hide behind makeup, others behind a smile. It's still hiding.
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—Nico Minoru to Karolina Deansrc

**Nico Minoru** is tough, intelligent, independent and embodies teenage angst. A budding Wiccan who since losing her sister carefully crafted a goth appearance to isolate herself from her peers and family.

## Powers and Abilities

### Former

* **Staff Of One Manipulation**: Upon activating the Staff of One with her blood, Nico Minoru is able to command it to create and unleash a variety of effects, making her the only other user besides her mother that can activate the staff.
	+ **Weather Generation**: While holding the Staff of One, Nico unwillingly made it snow inside her mother's home office when she reminisced on one of her deceased sister's paper snowflakes.
	+ **Sensory Tracking**: When Alex Wilder was kidnapped and Nico tried to find him, she asked the staff to lead her the way to him which it fulfilled by creating a series of lights that followed the heat signature of his kidnappers' car.
	+ **Barriers**: During the Runaways' confrontation with Darius Davis, Nico created an invisible barrier using the Staff of One that slowed down the hail of bullets he unleashed causing them to lose kinetic energy and drop in midair. She also created a sound barrier around Tina to prevent her from being heard.
	+ **Earth Manipulation**: By saying "Fill the hole," Nico caused sand to swarm around a hole dug up by PRIDE. However, Tina cancelled the command before it can be completed by summoning the staff back to her hand.
	+ **Sound Manipulation**: By concentrating on what came to her mind first she was able to make her mother mute, her not being able to speak.

## Equipment

### Former

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* **Staff of One**: A powerful tool of nanotechnology used by Tina Minoru, but was later stolen by Nico. The staff is designed to activate in response to Tina's DNA, meaning that Nico, as Tina's daughter, is capable of using it.

## Relationships

Family* Grandmother
* Robert Minoru - Father
* Tina Minoru - Mother
* Amy Minoru † - Sister

Allies* Wizey - Assistant
* Runaways - Teammates and Friends
	+ Alex Wilder - Former Love Interest
	+ Karolina Dean - Love Interest
	+ Gert Yorkes
	+ Chase Stein
	+ Molly Hernandez
* Old Lace
* Geoffrey Wilder
* PRIDE
	+ Dale Yorkes
	+ Stacey Yorkes
	+ Leslie Dean
	+ Victor Stein
	+ Janet Stein
* Crips
	+ Darius Davis
* Eiffel
* Jonah

## Appearances

* *Runaways*
	+ *Season One*
		- *Reunion*
		- *Rewind*
		- *Destiny*
		- *Fifteen*
		- *Kingdom*
		- *Metamorphosis*
		- *Refraction*
		- *Tsunami*
		- *Doomsday*
		- *Hostile*

## Trivia

* In the comics Nico Minoru was also known as **Sister Grimm**, wielding the Staff of One. In another universe she is a prominent member of A-Force, an all female team of superheroes.
	+ Unlike her comic counterpart, Minoru seems to reciprocate Karolina Dean's feelings.

## Behind the Scenes

* Cassie Lee Minick was a stunt double for Lyrica Okano in the role of Nico Minoru.

## References

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## External Links

* File:Marvel-favicon.PNG Nico Minoru on the Marvel Wiki
* File:WP favicon.PNG Nico Minoru on Wikipedia