Nick

*"I say that I do the terrible things I do because I couldn't find who killed Sarah and Teddy. And once I did, I'd be free of this darkness and this rage... But I lied. The truth is, I... like... doing these things. And I don't want to stop. I'm bonded to you... and what you are. It's how you first found it. I don't know who I am if I'm not you. No consequences, no pain, no sorrow... I want that back. I want it back. I don't want to feel now what I didn't feel then. Where are you? Where are you...? Help me... Help me..." -* Nick praying to Lucifer

**Nick** is a solemn and lugubrious widower from Delaware who became Lucifer's primary vessel until he possessed John Smith instead. Several years later, Nick was resurrected and his body was restored and improved by Lazarus to act as Lucifer's death at the hands of Jacob Smith which restored Nick back to himself.

Following the weeks of Lucifer's demise, Nick struggle with trying to be a normal person again as he tended to by the Smiths and friends. Recalling his grief, Nick would try to solve his family's murder but get nowhere and soon confronted his old neighbor Arty Nielson who seemed to know more than he let on. Nick ended up killing Arty, which showed the damage to his psyche Lucifer left behind. Nick subsequently embarked on a mission of revenge that led to Nick becoming a serial killer as he hunted for his family's killer.

After tracking the killer to Jaclyn Smith, Nick defeats Donna Hanscum and kidnaps Jaclyn. He has her free the demon and learns that Lucifer arranged the death of his family while also learning that he was chosen randomly. Nick killed the demon and was arrested for his crimes but escaped and returned to his old home, where he spoke with the ghost of his wife and realized he wanted to be with Lucifer again. To that end, he allied with demons and abducted a Prophet to speak with Lucifer and learned of a way to resurrect him. Using the blood of the archangel's son, Nick nearly succeeded in reuniting with Lucifer, but Jack banished Lucifer back to The Empty and killed Nick for his actions and to prevent any future tries.

## History

### Early Life

Nick was married to a woman named Sarah, and together they had a son named Teddy. One night, the demon Abraxas crept into their house and murdered Sarah and the baby in their beds. Nick himself was getting drunk at the Elk's Lodge at the time. Though Nick's neighbor Arty Nielson claimed to have seen someone running from the house, the murders were never solved as Arty changed his story. After the home invasion, Nick still resided in the house, and kept some objects and were connected to Sarah and the baby.

## Personality

Due to the loss of his family, Nick has become a bitter and grief-ridden man. Lucifer was able to exploit this by showing Nick several hallucinations resembling his father's death, causing him to break down. Eventually, although Nick at first coldly told the Devil to stop bothering him, he quickly began to be convinced by Lucifer's condemnation of God and eventually agreed to be his vessel after Lucifer promised he could get him justice.

After being resurrected and freed from Lucifer's control, Nick feels a great deal of remorse for what his body was used by Lucifer for, looking tormented as visions of Lucifer's kills haunt him. He is initially confused by how Lucifer could get him to say "yes," but after realizing what happened, Nick is ashamed of how easily he was manipulated by Lucifer. Upon interacting with Mabrius, Nick seemed distraught at how awkward Mabrius was to him but after learning of how Mabrius used Jimmy Novak, he was disgusted by what Mabrius did, scornfully replying he is no better than Lucifer, although he genuinely reconsidered it after Mabrius told him what happened to the Novaks was his greatest regret.

However, his long-time hosting of Lucifer has negatively affected Nick. He becomes more determined than ever to find justice for his family, even going as far as to brutally kill his neighbor who turned out to see the killer but did express horror at his act. He was frustrated at how his family's murder was never considered important enough to be solved by the police. Very soon, Nick killed others to get information on the crime but stopped himself from killing a random woman. When finding out a demon killed his family, Nick acknowledged while the human vessel was innocent of the act, his hands were still dirty and killed him.

He also showed some of Lucifer's tendencies when angered, angrily snapping his fingers in a heated moment with Mabrius as if trying to kill him in the same way that Lucifer killed those who angered him, though Nick didn't remember doing it. After killing so many people, Nick prayed to the deceased Lucifer and begged to be possessed again to take away the pain he felt, unknowingly awakening him in the process. Nick's desire to be reunited with Lucifer is so strong that he chose to forsake his wife, who is trapped in their home as a ghost and cannot pass on until Nick severs his connection with Lucifer.

By the end of his revenge quest, Nick was willing to go to any means to find answers and avenge his family, even kidnapping an innocent man to be Abraxas' vessel so that he could talk to the demon and kill him. However, Nick still maintained at least some morals, knocking Sheriff Donna Hanscum unconscious when she got in his way and discovered his true identity, but otherwise leaving her unharmed instead of killing Donna. Nick also claimed that he would release Jaclyn Smith once he was finished. However, when Abraxas offered Nick answers in exchange for him killing Mary slow and bloody for Abraxas' own revenge, Nick didn't hesitate to turn on her and do what Abraxas asked of him. After killing Abraxas, Nick showed no remorse for his murder spree, stating that it was necessary to get answers and revenge for his family and didn't believe that he was broken. John suggests that despite Nick's attitude, the faces of his victims will haunt him for the rest of his life, with Nick being unable to look John in the face as he says this, possibly feeling some remorse at this harsh reminder of what he has done.

After resolving to revive Lucifer, he allied with demons and abducted an innocent man to communicate with him. Nick showed a more ruthless side to him, as he insulted Jack on the condition of his soul and attacked John, while belittling him as Lucifer's true vessel. When almost reuniting with Lucifer, he begged Lucifer to make him strong again but was saddened after Jack pushed him back in his prison. By the end of his life, Nick appeared to have lost his mind, focused on nothing but reuniting with Lucifer and becoming strong again even though he learned that the archangel was responsible for the murders of his family.

## Powers and Abilities

Though Nick is a regular human, he has picked up some extraordinary skills along the way.

* **Lucifer Containment** - Due to Lazarus' upgrades to his body, Nick is able to contain Lucifer without degrading, allowing the archangel to use the full extent of his powers without problems while Nick is his vessel.
* **Investigative Skills** - Nick has shown himself to be a competent investigator in his hunt for his family's killer, piecing together from Arty Nielson's reaction that he was threatened into silence and then that the police had presumably initiated a cover-up to protect one of their own. Though he couldn't find out Frank Kellogg's name as the man Arty specifically saw, Nick was smart enough to suspect that the cop Arty saw was the beat cop in his neighborhood and seek out the crime reporter who covered the story to find out who that was. Later, he was able to find Jaclyn Smith's exact location by looking through Donna Hanscum's cell phone after learning that Donna was friends with Jaclyn when she pulled him over.
* **Basic Hunting Skills** - Nick, though he is not a hunter and doesn't consider himself one, possesses some basic hunting skills with regards to demons. Nick credits this to the Smiths, stating that he has picked up a few tricks from them. This includes knowing how to use a devil's trap against a demon to hold them and using an angel blade to harm and kill demons.
* **Lock-Picking** - Using a paperclip, Nick was able to pick the lock on his handcuffs in a matter of seconds.
* **Hand-to-Hand Combatant** - Nick has shown some skill in hand-to-hand combat, as he was able to overpower and knock a police officer unconscious, albeit by using a bedpan and taking the officer by surprise. He was also able to overpower Donna Hanscum in a fight, though he resorted to a stun gun to knock her unconscious. Against John Smith he was overpowered easily and was strangled almost to death until he got a rock and bashed it in John's face wounding him almost to death.

## Physical Appearance

Nick has messy, short blond hair and light blue eyes. He is six feet and two inch tall, making him shorter than Lucifer's true vessel, John Smith, by two inches.

His usual attire consists of a green T-shirt, a dark green shirt hanging loose, blue jeans and dark shoes. Although he was wearing a white shirt and sweatpants when he assented to possession, Lucifer changed into this attire and continued to use Nick's guise when not occupying a vessel.

Nick's wedding ring is also worn by Lucifer.

After breaking free of Lazarus' control, Lucifer dons a brown leather jacket over a white shirt.

While trying to become a new God, Lucifer changes Nick's attire to a suit and tie and briefly, sunglasses which he quickly discards. Lucifer wears this outfit while exorcising Anthony, but later changes his clothes back to normal.

Over the course of his possession of Nick, Lucifer sports varying lengths of hair and scruff from short hair to slightly longer and little to no facial hair to significant scruff at the time of his death.

After Lucifer's death, Nick wears a white button-down shirt and jeans along with his wedding band. He also has some scruff.