Nico Minoru

Amy Minoru (Sister, deceased)

Judy Minoru (Grandmother, deceased)

Los Angeles, CA

## Background

### **1992 -** **2005: Nico Minoru**

Nico was the first daughter born to Robert & Tina Minoru in the great city of Los Angeles. Her parents were quite wealthy, having founding their own technology company called Wizard. Since a young age, she & her sister Amy had been friends with Alex Wilder, Karolina Dean, Molly Hayes & Chase Stein but Nico was exceptionally close with Gertrude Yorkes. Their parents were all apart of PRIDE (Promoting Resilience, Independence, Dedication & Excellence), a LA based charity organization whose members are some of the most rich & prominent families in the city.

Things were mostly normal for Nico up until she was thirteen. It was her first day of high school so she was excited to be transitioning to a new school. Upon entering her room to wake her up, she found her lying in bed & dead after committing suicide.

### **2005 - 2008: Nico Minoru**

Nico was never the same after her sister’s death. She rarely spoke to her childhood friends or family. Becoming reclusive in nature, Nico began staying to herself & dressing in all dark clothes. She soon found herself fascinated with the Wiccan culture.

She wouldn't even speak to her childhood friends again until it was the end of her high school junior year. She had purposely avoided them as seeing them reminded her of her sister & she felt that talking to them, wouldn't do anything for her. Alex was the first one to get her to speak though the only thing she mentioned to him was about he never came to her sister's funeral or even said anything to her after her death. After the conversation, Nico went straight to the bathroom, knowing that tears were coming. As she began to cry, she saw her old friend Karolina coming out the stall & she looked like she was just doing the same thing. Karolina tried to comfort her but Nico rebuffed her, saying she was just fine & left out of the bathroom.

Later that afternoon, Alex sent Nico a text with a picture of all of them when they were younger. Stating that he missed the old times, Nico gave in & accepted his invitation at the Wilder Mansion as her parents were already heading there for an after hours meeting. Upon arriving, it was obvious there was an elephant in the room & insults started being thrown across the room. After Molly eventually calmed everyone down, Nico apologized for ghosting them & for not being like her sister though everyone told her she had nothing to apologize for. To cheer her up, Alex suggested they steal some liquor from his dad's study as he keep his best ones there.

While searching for the alcohol, Alex accidentally open a secret passageway that led to basement, Intrigued, the six of them decided to follow. They eventually found their parents & decided to spy on them but all Nico could focus on was her father, who was speaking a strange enchantment. Suddenly, their parents then sacrificed a young girl. Horrified, the six of them didn't know what to do. So they ran.

## Romantic Relationships

* Alex Wilder: Boyfriend (2008 - 2009)
* Karolina Dean: Girlfriend (2010 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Blood Magic:** Nico has magical aptitude, but she did not receive formal training. So far she has relied on the Staff of One to work magic. Over time, her abilities have expanded to the point that she can create smaller magical effects without the aid of the Staff. She can perform incredible feats, such as elemental manipulation, sensory tracking, force fields, telekinesis, sleep inducement, transportation & body immobilization.
	+ ***Flight*:** She can freely float, although this ability is not as useful as actual flight which requires a spell. She can fly with the Staff of One
* **Acrobatics**: In battle, Nico has performed flips & other feats of agility.
* **Martial Arts**: She knows karate & was able to square off against both her parents simultaneously.
* **Multilingualism:** She is fluent in English & Japanese.
* **Staff Proficiency**: Nico has demonstrated the ability to use the Staff of One as a tool in combat, utilizing it for offensive & defensive purposes.
* **Staff of One:** This ancient magical item has become a part of Nico. She can call it forth by shedding blood (through cutting herself, menstruating, or being wounded) & reciting, "When blood is shed, let the Staff of One emerge." The staff appears out of her chest, passing through her skin & clothing without harm. The Staff has the ability to defend itself in a violent manner. Nico can cast spells by invoking painful memories, thinking of an effect & giving the spell a name. Her spells can affect the elements (earth, air, fire, water), time and/or space, matter and/or energy, light, biological processes & mental processes, and can apparently summon creatures from other dimensions; in short, the staff allows Nico to do anything she can imagine, short of raising the dead.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Energy Projection:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Fighting Ability:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Nico & her family are of Japanese descent.
* She was raised in the Christian faith. She attended church every Sunday & was even an altar girl.
* When she was in kindergarten, she played with My Little Ponies.
* Nico played the tuba in high school.
* When casting a spell with the Staff of One, she first has to conjure up a painful memory, often something that makes her feel guilty, before performing a spell & then something unrelated to that memory but convenient for the moment will 'pop out'.
* She believed her parents were just the founders of Wizard, an advanced technology company. She later discovered that they were also crimelords who used their business as front, as well as dark wizards. It was a life changing moment for her.
* Her mother was once a member of the Masters of the Mystic Arts.
* She is a member of The Forums social media network.

## Notes

* The original character of Nico Minoru belongs to the Marvel Universe.
* Her sister's existence & death is a nod to the MCU's *Runaways*.