Nico Minoru

*"Some people hide behind makeup, others behind a smile. It's still hiding."*
―Nico Minoru to Karolina Dean[src]**Nico Minoru** is a wicca sorceress and the daughter of Robert and Tina Minoru. After the death of her older sister, Amy Minoru, Nico crafted a goth appearance to isolate herself. Upon reuniting with her childhood friends, they discovered that their parents used PRIDE to cover up ceremonial sacrifices of the Church of Gibborim. While exploring her mother's office, Minoru found the Staff of One. She teamed up with her friends and formed the Runaways, and she eventually began a relationship with Karolina Dean. Having been framed for Destiny Gonzalez's murder, and with no other choice, they were forced to run.

Despite being on the run, Minoru managed to reclaim the Staff of One from her mother and began training with it to fully master its power. With Alex Wilder frequently being busy with other matters, she also had to take leadership of the Runaways from time to time. As such, she expressed great distrust towards Topher when he found the Hostel where they were hiding. Minoru also took this time to develop her relationship with Dean, but this was put in great constraint when Dean revealed that Amy had been murdered by Jonah. Indeed, Minoru stabbed Jonah during the Battle at the PRIDE Construction Site, causing Dean to blame her for having apparently killed her father. Moreover, Minoru began to fear the power of the Staff of One, which proved crucial during the Siege of the Hostel, as she felt like the artifact actually controlled her. However, her improving relationship with Dean helped her to overcome her fears. Minoru later faced her parents during the Chase of the Runaways and managed to escape from them, but she found out that Dean had been captured and that she was one of the only three Runaways remaining free along with Wilder and Molly Hernandez.

With the help of Molly and Alex, they managed to free Karolina and defeated the Gibborim, they then went back to their hiding place. Nico started having dreams about a mysterious woman, who in fact is Morgan le Fay, a powerful sorceress who was trapped in the Dark Dimension. Le Fay urged Nico to use a spell to free her and then she bewitched Robert, Nico's father, to take control of Wizard and create the Corvus WizPhones, with the aim of controlling people's minds. Nico eventually became part of Le Fay's witch Coven and became stronger. However, le Fay's plans for a world domination were finally foiled by an alliance between both the Runaways and PRIDE, and le Fay was then banished back to the Dark Dimension by Tina Minoru with the help of Nico.

In 2022, Nico and the other Runaways were approached by Emmett Baxter, who offered the team a sanctuary, and a purpose, which they all accepted.

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15. ↑ Marvel's Runaways on Instagram