Nikkolas Klause

**Nikkolas Klause** is an Arrancar and holds the position of *Primera* within the ranks of the Espada, placing him as the strongest known Hollow in all of Hueco Mundo. He is also the psuedo-mythological figure recognized to the wider world as Santa Claus, bearer of goodwill and gifts that is appreciated by humans and souls alike, or at least he claims he is.

## Appearance

Nikkolas has the appearance of a somewhat-elderly man, with chestnut-coloured eyes, a snow white full beard that ends in short curls. His face is square and angular, accompanied by rosy red cheeks and nose that give him a jolly eppearance. Despite his aged appearance, Nikkolas is rather muscular, and when standing at his full height of almost three meters, he is of a titanic heights in comparison to other Arrancar. He wears a utalitarian red pair of suspenders with black straps, and polished silver clamps. He wears a pair of comforting black boots on both feet, which have a white fur lining that is rather fluffy. This is paired with a belt consisting of deep brown strips attached to an ornate golden plate with reindeer surrounding a snowglobe as an emblem. In his entirety, he resembles a stereotypical Santa Claus, albeit far more lean and muscular than the standard depiction. His mask remains take the shape of a band around his neck with small objects hanging off of it that are similar in appearance to bells.

## Personality

Nikkolas is quite a jolly and bombastic person, being prone to grandiose entrances and greetings, except during his inflitrations for his self-appointed task. He has the tendency of always being happy, as he attempts to portray the certain image that the world has bestowed him with. In conflict, he tends to maintain his upbeat demeanor, even while casually crippling his foes, whom he will often talk with as if they were old friends who he had known for a long time. He has a strange speech quirk where he refers to himself in the plural, using "*We*" instead of "*I*" as if he were multiple people in one body.

## Plot

### BUENOS DÍAS LAS NOCHES

During the first section of BUENOS DÍAS LAS NOCHES, Nikkolas was invited by his fellow Espada Lucia Astarosa to a meeting, however the intent of it was not made clear until he had arrived there. Shortly after a majority of the attendees arrived at the meeting, Lucia Astarosa made it clear that the meeting was for those gathered to vote and decide upon whether they should follow the path of God-Kings such as Baraggan Louisenbairn, or to blaze a new path with a leading group of Espada who decide on important topics through the very human concept of democracy.

Later on during the meeting, Nikkolas leaves a complex snow fort that he had built while others where entering the meeting and discussing among themselves to intercept Ceros that had been fired at Szallyn Ryuma by Thanatos, absorbing the attack with his back turned to the Vasto Lorde while chiding those that would dare disrupt the fragile peace of the meeting. After his short speech about keeping the peace, Nikkolas cheerfully congratulates Raazayel Aranda on his eloquent speechcraft about returning the topic of the meeting to the focal point of everyone's attention.

Later on during the voting process between the assembled Hollows and Espada, Nikkolas expresses his very mild distaste for the abstain vote of Burn and Raazayel Aranda, however he swiftly moves past it, his standard smile plastered across his face. However it appears something might was amiss with the *Primera* due to a short but intensive struggle to raise his left hand to vote on the topic of whether Hueco Mundo should follow the direction of authoritarianism, or the path of democracy, something that would alter the course of Hueco Mundo history forever.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Benevolencia** (ベネボレンシア, Beneborenshia; Spanish for "Benevolence"): Nikkolas is an Arrancar who represents the Aspect of Death having to deal with the concept of Kindness and Benevolence in death.
	+ **Negative Emotion Consumption**: Passively, Nikkolas can sustain himself by draining the negative emotions of those who are within the same area as him,  allowing him to satiete his natural hunger without needing to eat Humans, Hollows, Souls, or Shinigami. A byproduct of this consumption is that those affected by it will find themselves to be slightly more joyous in mood, the burden of negative emotions having been lightened, although not entirely removed.
	+ **Positive Emotion Surge**:

* **Swift Architect**: In a rather short amount of time given the start of the meeting that occured in BUENOS DÍAS LAS NOCHES, Nikkolas was able to construct a large and grandiose snow fort that he had been relaxing in while others rambled on and had their personal interactions and introductions

* **Sonído Mastery**: Nikkolas was able to cross a large section of the vast wastes of Hueco Mundo in an instant utilizing his Sonido. Later on in BUENOS DÍAS LAS NOCHES, Nikkolas used his skill with Sonido to seemingly teleport from his snow fort to intercept Ceros that had been launched at a attendent during the meeting that played a central role in the first section of BUENOS DÍAS LAS NOCHES.

* **Expert Mixed Martial Artist**:

* **Immeasurable Spiritual Power**: His Reiatsu is red and green in colour, the two colors weaving together without blending. In comparison to other Hollows and even other Espada, Nikkolas' Reiryoku is absolutely colossal in its amount. It is strangely unique in that instead of being overwhelmingly destructive when his Zanpakuto is completly released, a violent snow storm begins to manifest for many miles around the area that the Zanpakuto was released. His passive Reiatsu causes a light and gentle snow to fall in a slightly smaller radius than his Zanpakuto release, however it is still rather large in its size.

* **Descorrer** (解空(デスコレール), *Desukorēru*; Spanish for "*Drawing Back/Opening*", Japanese for "*Loosed Void*"): A technique used by Espada-level Arrancar, and sometimes others, to open a Garganta between the Human World and Hueco Mundo. Nikkolas will often use this to travel from Hueco Mundo to the North Pole, where he has a base of operations.

* **Cero**: His Cero is red and green in colour, matching his Reiatsu. This gives his Cero a color scheme that is rather festive in its visual nature. He fires his Cero by concentrating the energy on the tip of his nose before releasing it as a rather sizable beam.

* **Hierro**: Nikkolas was able to survive several Ceros that he had intercepted, as the Shinigami Szallyn Ryuma had angered the Vasto Lorde Thanatos when the Shinigami had insulted and demeaned the ancient Hollow. The plethora of Ceros that the *Primera* Espada had intercepted left Nikkolas remarking about how the sensation felt like a pleasant massage.

* **Enhanced Strength**:

* **Immense Durability**: Nikkolas was able to withstand numerous Ceros that had been fired at the Shinigami Szallyn Ryuma by the Vasto Lorde Thanatos when the Hollow had reached a point of anger at the Shinigami's jabs. The Ceros had left barely a mark on Nikkolas' skin after he had intercepted the missiles.

* **Staggering Speed**:

### Zanpakutō

**Pagoménos Zestasiá** (北からの至福の凍った暖かさ, Greek for *Frozen Kindness*, Japanese for *Warm Kindness From The Heart Of A Frozen Soul*): Unlike most Arrancar or Shinigami whose Zanpakutō in its sealed takes the form of a sword, Nikkolas' Zanpakutō takes the form of two ruby red gloves with silver studs on the knuckles, the studs bearing an embossing of reindeer, with the ones on his pointer fingers glowing softly with a red hue.

## Trivia

* Nikkolas was the first Espada to be created on the wiki.

* The total amount of points spent on Nikkolas total Eleven, Three for Arrancar, Four for Vasto Lorde, and Four for Espada. The point costs were accurate at the time of writing due to the change of cost for Vasto Lorde from Four to Three.

* Nikkolas' name is a combination of the Holy Saint from Greece, Saint Nicholas, and the global figure for kindness and giving, Santa Claus.

* Nikkolas' name for his Zanpakuto breaks from the standard convention of Hollow Zanpakutō names being in Spanish with his being in Greek, a referance to his assumed name connecting back to Saint Nicholas who comes from the country of Greece.

* Nikkolas' theme song as decided by the author is the song Carol of The Bells by Orion's Reign.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Cena de Bestias
2. ↑ The size of the passive consumption is about the size of the average city.
3. ↑ The size of the passive snowfall is about the size of the average city.