Nikau Tohu

Nikau Tohu is a seventeen year old Māori Demigod Son of Uenuku and Ari Tohu. He came to camp at fourteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Nick, Rainbow Kid, Uenuku, Color kid, Rainbow War

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Tauranga, New Zealand (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Uenuku (Father)
* Ari (Mother)
* Amiria (Maternal Aunt)
* Tane (Maternal Uncle)
* Whatitiri (Paternal Aunt)
* Hemā (Paternal Cousin)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Normally bright and fun
* White shirt with a rainbow on it
* Jeans
* Gray shoes
* Rainbow sweater

## History

### Early Life

Nikau Tohu was born to Uenuku, god of the rainbow and war and Ari Tohu, a mortal woman in Tauranga, New Zealand on April 13, 2004. Ari lived a normal life in an apartment in Tauranga. Since she was a child, she had a thing for flowers and so when she grew up, she became a florist in her very own shop. Uenuku just happened to pass by the cozy-looking flower shop, which caught his attention. He entered the shop and there were a lot of customers. The people loved the flowers Ari sold. But the thing they loved most was her sweetness. She was really good with customers. Upon seeing Ari, Uenuku immediately felt attracted to her. He, not really intending to buy flowers, grabbed a random bouquet and went to her saying he'd take it. After he payed for it, he gave her the bouquet. She was actually surprised and at first she thought he was just joking but he said that it was really for her. That was how they met. They dated for a few months and then we all know what happened next.

When Ari found out she was pregnant, she never got the chance to tell Uenuku since, like other deities, he immediately left after the thing between happened. It saddened Ari, of course, but it did not stop her from raising the child. She told Amiria, her sister, about the baby. She was actually happy for Ari but also felt quite envious since she'd been married to her husband, Tane Tohu, for years and yet they didn't have a child. Nine months later, the baby was born but unfortunately for Ari, she died of giving birth. Her death gave Amiria too much sadness. They were really close. They were like best friends and sisters at the same time. The baby was just given to her and her husband. She'd gladly raise the boy for her sister. They named him Nikau Tohu

### Childhood

Amiria and Tane told Nikau at a very young age that they were just his aunt and uncle. They didn't want him to live in a lie thinking they were his real parents. They also lived in an apartment and was actually Ari's neighbor. Nikau was a simple kid but for some reason, he preferred to stay inside the house. He was a wallflower. Even at school, he'd just stay quiet and sit on a chair somewhere at the corner. There were times when he actually wanted to play with the other kids and good thing they were kind enough to let him. So he made a few friends. He had a thing for spiders. Those were the things that interested him the most. He'd spend his leisure time studying them. His classmates started to find him weird.

### First Monster Attack

He encountered his very first monster attack when he was nine. It was a hell hound that attacked him when he was on his way home. Thankfully, a satyr came to the rescue and gave him a shiny rainbow like dagger. Nikau's instincts just acted up and told him to slash and stab the hell hound. He and the satyr fought the hell hound together until it disintegrated into golden dust. Nikau was in so much shock that he could not even speak. The satyr just tried to calm him down and told him everything then he asked Nikau to come with him to camp. Nikau refused and insisted that he needed to finish his studies first. Of course, the satyr respected that but he was actually scared for the young one. But since the satyr looked as young as Nikau, he just decided to go to school with him so he could protect Nikau every time a monster attacks.

When he was eleven years old, one time, highschool students at the age of seventeen or sixteen bullied him just for fun. They were bored after all. Of course, Nikau was scared and didn't know how to fight back so in the end, he got beaten up until he was too weak and got unconscious. The senior students weren't satisfied with it, they even went to the sea and threw his body there then left. By the time Nicholas had already submerged in the water, he woke up and felt rejuvenated. He also realized he was breathing underwater. He panicked for a moment thinking he might already be dead. He emerged from the water and he heard someone shout his name at the shore. It was the satyr. He'd been looking for Nikau since he went missing and he was extremely happy that he finally found him. Nikau told the satyr that he could breathe and that he felt great underwater. The satyr instantly knew that some kind of deity protected him from drowning, and knew he was a demigod. He told Nikau to come with him to camp immediately and that he shouldn't refuse now. Nikau felt the urgency of his words and so he finally agreed.

### Getting to Camp, Leaving, and Coming Back

He spent his summer vacation at camp and trained there but he didn't much like the feeling of being away from home. He came back home after the summer. The satyr also became sort of his best friend and so he just said he'd come with Nikau so he could protect him. The satyr stayed with him in the same apartment. Nikau just told his aunt and uncle that he was a friend who lost a home--quite a lame thing to say but Amiria and Tane allowed the satyr to stay without them knowing he wasn't really human. Since the satyr was also assigned in the area, he brought kids to camp, as well. As years passed by, monster attacks did not stop. Nikau would sometimes get three or more attacks a year but the satyr was there and they just helped each other. Harpies, Stymphalian birds, even cyclopes and many more various monsters attacked him but nothing they couldn't handle.

It went on and on and the satyr would keep on telling Nikau to just to go back to camp but he'd refuse. He really wanted to, as much as possible, finish his studies. He was actually one of the top students in class. He was diagnosed of dyslexia when he was ten but it did not stop him from studying hard. He took education seriously. However, as he got older, stronger monsters came. When he was fourteen, he decided to just go back to camp just like what the satyr always told him. The satyr was extremely grateful that Nikau finally wanted to go to camp. Along the way, they also encountered monsters--empousai. Fortunately, after all the attacks Nikau encountered through the years, he got better and somehow also managed to defeat the empousai with the satyr. Thankfully, the two had traveled from Tauranga to Arizona, and made it camp on foot. He was later claimed by his father.

## Personality

Nikau is an almost unbelievably shy person and tends to have a rather hard time socializing. He is generally very quiet, talking, seeming to be something he does only when he has to, and will usually break out blushing if you come up to him and suddenly start chatting with him. But once you get to know him, you will discover a very sweet and romantic prince who just wants to make you happen. He is not the most fluent speaker of English, Maori words often replacing English ones in his sentences. He doesn't mean for it to happen, but it just does. This is a strong aide in his speaking insecurities, and what of his greatest longings is that he was a more eloquent speaker in the language of his school. This insufficiency is mostly because he didn't begin learning English until middle school. Nikau is a rather sensitive boy, often taking things too seriously. He usually takes jokes and other frivolities for blunt honesty, even in obviously lighthearted situations. Because of this he tends to feel unhappy and left out in relaxed, jesting groups. His feelings can be hurt very easily to the point that many have learned to be cautious about what they say to him. Nikau is very considerate and understanding. For one who has such difficulty socializing he seems to have a large store of wisdom on human emotions. He has a talent for helping to make others feel better, and yet he still struggles to handle his own emotions. Along with this Nikau can tend to be very clingy. He suffers from separation anxiety and he never feels completely at rest unless he is around someone he cares for. So, because of his shyness, he is often feeling rather depressed. However, slowly, but surely, he has been making more friends and he is a very creative student who is always coming up with new ideas, though he prefers to keep most of them to himself. His main outlet for this is used through his art. Throughout the day, when not carefully trying to take notes and pay attention in class, Nikau will be silently sketching. One of his main pastimes is painting, and he especially enjoys using watercolors. He'll occasionally go for acrylics when feeling a bit bolder or more experimental, but watercolors is his honest favorite. When he is with people he knows well, Nikau can easily get everyone to work together on one of his ideas. At times he can be described as determined and dedicated. Once his heart is set on a task he will keep working until it's finished. He doesn't enjoy it when his work is cut short or whenever he feels his job could have been done better. Being the meticulous person he is, Nikau often feels like his projects are less than satisfactory. Nikau can almost always lighten a dark situation with his kind words and gentle optimism. It's rough for him whenever times are hard and he tries to "fix" these bad things, or at least try to make it seem more hopeful whenever he can. It's just a part of who he is.

### Fatal flaw

Nikau's fatal flaw is wrath. He tends to get angry very fast and his anger tends to blind him to what is right.

## Appearance

Like Angel, Nikau is described as a young seventeen year old boy of Maori-Islander descent, with the same brown sienna skin tone. Kikau is described with golden blonde hair with rainbow highlights and very shining and gleaming blue eyes that change colors with his mood. Nikau is often seen wearing bright and fun rainbow clothing, normally he is seen wearing a white shirt with a rainbow on it, jeans that have paint platers on them, gray shoes, and a rainbow sweater that is tied around his waist

## Powers and Abilities

### Uenuku Kid Powers

* He has the ability to conjure a large orb made of pure rainbows around an opponent. The orb would successfully imprison an opponent for a short time. The orb is quite durable, but could be broken through with sufficient force. The orb cannot be teleported out of. The target cannot be attacked while the orb is in place, so the power is purely defensive. It can only be used twice in a battle.
* He can teleport through rainbows, similar to Shadow Travel.
* He has the ability to split rainbows into seven beams of light, for various effects.
* He has the ability to generate and manipulate rainbows and colors.
* He has the ability to cause a massive rainbow to crash down in front of him; which can be used offensively, defensively or any other way imaginable.
* He can create objects made of rainbows and bend them to his will.
* He was able to create a protective dome of rainbows for a short time.
* He can create a rainbow bariare.
* He can send telepathic messages to his allies and receive their replies.
* He has the ability to focus an intense beam of prismatic light which will burn anything it touches.
* He has minor light manipulation abilities.
* Because his father is associated with war, he has enhanced strength, speed, and combat skills
* He instinctively know how to use any weapon.
* He has the ability to telekinetically control any weapon, as well as curse them.
* He can summon weapons out of thin air.
* He is able to manipulate feelings of war, anger and rage.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like all demigods, Nikau has incredibly enhanced/supernatural reflexes and durability that able his to analyze an opponents fighting style and defend himself.
* Dagger usage: Nikau is very skilled with a dagger
* Flexibility: Nikau is shown to be very flexible
* Parkour skills: Nikau has very good parkour skills
* Painting and drawing skills: As the son of the god of rainbow, Nikau is skilled with drawing and painting
* Skating: Nikau is very skilled at skating, whether it be roller skating or just skating boarding
* Creativity: Being the son of the rainbow god, he is very creative when it come to painting
* Māori: Having been raised completely on Māori by his aunt and uncle and not learning English until he moved to the United States, Nikau can converse and speak in complete Māori without any struggle.
* Superhuman durability: Like most demigods, Nikau is much more durable than most mortals
* Superhuman strength: Like most demigods, Nikau is much stronger than most mortals
* Superhuman Reflexes: Nikau has shown to have much stronger reflexes
* Superhuman agility: Like most demigods, Nikau is much more agile than most mortals

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Prism Leblanc

Nikau and Prism are pretty close since their parents are deities over the rainbow. They both love to paint and draw together, and Nikau also likes to help Prism fight in battle

### Family

#### Uenuku (Father)

Prism and his father have a distant relationship with each other since Uenuku is a god. Nikau still prays to his father in times of distress and Uenuku is very proud of how much his son has grown

#### Ari (Mother)

Nikau has never met his mother as she died while giving birth to Nikau

## Etymology

The name Nikau is boy's name meaning **"palm tree"**.

Tohu is Māori a last name that means **"That lives, that declares."**

## Trivia

1. His middle name Koa means **"warrior"** or **"valiant one,"** as his father is associated with war
2. He has a fear of lightning
3. He is demisexual
4. He is an Aries
5. He is one of the only boys in "The Rainbows" as the rest of them (Amber, Iris, Tormaline, Amaya, and Anora) are girls. Prism is the the other only boy.
6. He loves to draw on *every* paper he gets
7. Nikau is one of three Māori demigods, Angel and Eurydice are the other two
8. He loves to play the flute