Nicholas Rodriguez

The Rich One

Million Dollar Spanish Casanova

Statuesque Who Smells Really Good

The Shadow

Hiroto Migaya - Step-Father

Nicole Rodriguez - Sister

Amy Mason - Former girlfriend

Javier Rodriguez II - Brother

Hector Rodriguez - Brother

Maya Rodriguez - Sister

*"People are both good and bad. And I've come too far to go back to being good."*

— Nick's words to Amy

**"Nicholas "Nick" Mateo Rodriguez"** (born October 7th), is a deutaragonist of Red Money in a Three Days War. He is a hotel owner and mob boss who pays women to have relationships with him. Sighting his own loneliness, Nicholas proposes for these different women to come stay with him in exchange for gifts, known as "house girls." His attitude, however, barely ever beseeches him as he knowingly "never kisses first" in a way that subtly asserts his fear of commitment. However, one of his house girls, Amy Mason, begins to change him in a way he thought not possible as he becomes embroiled in a three-way territory war between the Hellions, the Yakusa, and the Mexican Mafia.

## Personality

Nicholas' personality is one of large goals. He tends to believe everything is set in stone, the world possesses good and evil, and that he can exist in a grey area to become someone who will mean something. This practically means that Nick doesn't have a problem breaking laws as long as his actions are somewhat justified in his own mind. He then pushes those away whom he wants to have or pulls them back in sequentially, causing a drastic fear of committing to others out of fear he will hurt them. He's a rogue, in other words, and his need to matter in some way will only force him to a tipping point of becoming his own good or bad in the end.

## Overview

Nick started his life out as a conceited and arrogant playboy, material things meaning all the world to him. These younger days sent him down a conflicted path. In this he would begin to sell cocaine to multiple night clubs, using the money from his production to help support famished families and pay his debt. This motivation was always more twisted than honorable when he began to use the money for personal gain, purposely blocking out the fact that he was actually destroying families rather than helping them. With caution and careful attention to detail, Nick was able to keep all of this from everyone.

## Early Life

Through past events in His Money was Red, Nick is shown to have been born into the Rodriguez clan. His connection to his father was great as he revered him as a young child. Upon the latter "disappearing" Nick was heartbroken and angered, being convinced by his mother that the man had abandoned him and his brothers and sisters. Hiroto Migaya, new husband of his mother, began a grooming process on Nicholas and his brothers to test which was stronger willed. He beckoned Nicholas to shoot a criminal who had stolen money from the Yakuza who was also a cousin to his former friend, Julius. The latter was forced to watch. Nicholas did so, proving himself worthy of being a lieutenant. Julius was then taken away, never to be seen again. Nicholas became a much colder person after this, silencing his guilt with a penchant for impersonal violence when taking down threats. He also began to drink heavily and began paying for prostitutes. He later developed the idea of paying women to live with him in a polygamous relationship, as he believed himself incapable of feeling love, but still searched for it.

## His Money was Red

His Money was Red starts off with Nicholas as a lieutenant, as he had been for many years. However, he has become a business man, opening up many hotels throughout Las Vegas.

Nicholas' attitude at first appears to be rather conceited and arrogant. But he can as well be gentle and kind, strictly adhering to some sort of twisted moral code. Through the eyes of his house girls Dee, Becky, Charlie, and Amy, Nick is sparingly seen, only appearing often to have sex with them.

Meeting Amy first gives Nick a slight inkling of whatever is left of his humanity. Though he does not outwardly express it at first, he sympathizes with her inside, and does not understand himself when he begins to confront his own fear for her. This first happens when he kisses her in the parking lot during a vacation. It shocks Amy, but he walks away from her, falling back into his shell of fear. This continues when he begins bribing for her to be a model under the table. He somehow feels entitled to care for her, though he is still unsure of exactly what he's doing. Nick's falling continues even further when one of his house girls, Charlie, overdoses. Realizing it was his product that hurt her, he gives one million dollars anonymously to a family who's son had died of an overdose.

The guilt continues to weigh on Nicholas and he begins to have panic attacks, wondering where his life had brought him up until this point. He begins questioning whether or not he's truly a monster.

## Creation

Nick's creation came about in WWE '13. His original color scheme was to be an outfit shared with Amy with both wearing red and white. His hair was as well blonde and he had no Spanish ethnicity. The brother/sister connection to Nicole subsequently became established and Nick became more developed.

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## Relationships

Amy Mason

"*I am not your security. If you come with me, it'll be your end. And I won't let you die for me.*"
— Nick's warning to Amy

Nicholas had developed a fear of commitment due to becoming a despot who's view of women had devolved into objectivity. Amy began to challenge Nicholas' fear as he developed an attraction for her. She eventually changed his way of seeing women, introducing honorable feelings, and became the indirect reason for his wanting out of the cocaine trade.

## Trivia

* Nicholas' clothes mostly consist of muted colors. This symbolizes his personality, in that he lives in the grey of life.
* Nick's fatal flaw happens to be materialism. He seeks to find affection but channels his fear of it through money and spoiling others.
* He is known to be a horrible dancer