Nico Aleutian

Nico is a current first year student of Atlas Academy and the leader of team NPLM (Napalm). Before attending Atlas Academy he attended to Weiss Schnee as her aide. However when Weiss left for Beacon Academy, Nico, under the suggestion of Winter Schnee attended Atlas Academy.

## Appearance

Nico has a rather pale complexion due to his lack of sunlight in his younger years. Along with this he has dull gray eyes with silted pupils due to his mother's Faunus traits which were crocodilian. Due to this his expression seems to be a constant glare. As a child Nico's hair was a platinum blonde color however, due to over-working in the mines, lack of sunlight and dust that was constantly on him his hair slowly turned gray. Currently his hair reaches past his waist which he generally keeps in a pony tail or braid to keep it out of his face. Due to his father's dog Faunus heritage he has a pair of gray dog ears. Because of the multiple fights in the mines he had as a child he has a scar across his lower lip and multiple others over his body.

## Personality

Nico is generally quiet and keeps to himself which makes him a rather hard leader to communicate with. This however, is slightly worsen in the fact that he'll only hear out what the rest of his team has to say only if they fall into the rules and regulations. Nico can come off as cold due to not showing much emotion to others while he's taking up his leader persona. Outside of the public eye and such he tends to be more relaxed but still too serious in conversation causing things such as jokes to sometimes fly over his head.

Nico holds strong pride in his Faunus heritage which further fuels his motivation for attending Atlas Academy. Due to the descrimination and abuse Nico suffered for being born a Faunus he wishes to rectify these problems that his race has suffered through. As well for there to be more attention towards the injustices Faunus suffer through. Currently, because of this goal he is attending Atlas Academy to use it as a stepping stone to get in the good graces of James Ironwood so he can join the Ace Operatives and then finally join the Atlas Council. Nico holds great respect towards Faunus who hold positions of power despite their race while despising more than normal Faunus who are criminals as he thinks it worsens the already bad reputation his race gets.

## Powers and Abilities

Nico's physical abilities are quite high for someone of his age, this is due to a majority of his childhood where he spent working in the Dust mines which was a physically taxing job. Along with this he received training from Winter in combat during his time as Weiss' aide. However despite his high physical abilities the amount of aura he holds is considered an amount which is less than normal amount a Huntsman would have. This is due to him catching an illness called "Dust Lung" which is a common ailment among dust miners who do not have the proper protection. However, despite his low amount of Aura, Nico has experience in manipulating it allowing him to do things such as focusing all his aura into one area of his body.

## Trivia

* Nico's name comes from a different spelling of the word Nike, meaning "victory". This brings to mind colors of Red and White

* Aleutian comes from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, which is also the country "Call of the Wild" take places in.

* Nico's character is a reference to Buck from the classical children's book "Call of the Wild".

* Nico's clothing tends to be be Ghost White. This color is a reference to what the Yeehats called Buck, which was Ghost Dog. This was due to Buck killing many native Americans in vengeance for the death of his last human friend.

* Nico's weapon, Judge Hunter, is also a reference to "Call of the Wild" being the professions of Buck's owner at the start of the novel and Buck's only friend at the end of the novel.

* Another allusion is the dog breed that Nico retains his other traits from, which is a St. Bernard–Scotch Collie mix, The same breed Buck was.

* Dust lung is an illness that is based off a sickness that many Coal Miners get which is Black Lung.