Atticus

**Atticus** is a young ghost gladiator who haunts the coliseum runs under the hometown of Nate and Malika. He the subject of the episode "The Roman Ruins".

## Appearance

Atticus appears to be about 14-15 years of age, being a least a foot taller then Nate and Malika, dressed in semi-gladiatorial wear such as a straps around his upper body, arm pads, a leather skirt and leg guards and sandals. He also has three blonde bits of hair sticking out of his head. When forced to fight, he wears a helmet to complete the ensemble.

## Personality

Atticus is a fairly nice if skittish person, having been too scared to fight in the coliseum and lacks courage and confidence in himself. Even as a ghost, he's scared to interact with people and fearing he'll be hurt despite the fact he's already dead. Over the course of the story he comes gain these as he battles the construction workers and become a true gladiator.

## Biography

Back in the days of the gladiatorial games, Atticus one of such gladiators who participated in it. However was too afraid to fight in it and would hid away during battle in the area. Between then and the time of the episode, he died and became a ghost in the coliseum ruins, cursed to haunt it until he finally fights someone in the arena and defeats them in battle. On one faithful day, some construction workers uncovered the ruins but opted to just pave over it with concrete. Likewise Nate and Malika happen to come across the ruins while taking a shortcut to their school. Nate meets Atticus in one of the cells and, after some initial surprise that he's a ghost, they get acquitted and he tells the two his story. Nate suggests that he fight him where Nate will take a dive to free him of the curse. Atticus shows the two the amphitheater but the construction workers are there as well and beginning their task to pave over the ruins, which will trap Atticus forever if that happens. Nate and Malika work to stop the workers, with Atticus even helping out a little by scaring one of them. But the foreman soon arrives and throws the three into a cell so they can go about their work uninterrupted.

Atticus thinks it's hopeless until Malika reminds him that he's a ghost and can phase out of the cell easily. Plus giving him some words of encouragement to boost his confidence. Atticus reluctantly does so and confronts the foreman in the amphitheater, challenging him to a fight. The two battle where the foreman starts to gain the upper hand and corners Atticus against a wall. As he goes in for a final strike, Atticus uses his ghost powers to disappear and reappear behind him, revealing to the foreman he's really a ghost. This spooks the man and causes him to faulter in their fight. Nate and Malika soon arrive to keep the two other construction workers from interfering as Atticus eventually manages to to defeat the foreman (non-lethally) and scares him off.

This counts as a battle in the amphitheater's rules and frees Atticus of the curse. Before he passes on, he gives Nate his helmet as thanks and bids the duo good-bye, promising he won't forget them before ascending and disappearing in a flash of light.

## Abilities

- ***Combat Skills***:
Despite his cowardice, Atticus is shown to have some decent amount of combat training as he's about to block and parry some of the foreman's strike. Once he's start gaining more confidence, his skills improve and he becomes more proficient until the foreman surrenders.

- ***Ghost Powers***:
As a ghost, Atticus can disappear and reappear at will and phase through walls, though he sometimes forgets he has these powers and needs to be reminded. When he remembers them in his fight with the foreman, he uses them to teleport around the foreman both to prove he's a ghost and to scare the man into losing his nerve during the fight.