Nick (Character)

Nick Nocturne is an inter-dimensional shapeshifter taking the form of a 4-eyed black cat by audience demand.

## History

Nick's personal history before entering our own dimension is entirely unknown. Where he comes from exactly is unclear, although he once described his homeworld as "a unique sort of hell"[1]. When asked about why he came he described that "life in a mansion with a fully stocked kitchen and all the appliances and toys it constantly produces is better than living in a cave eating rats with your 500+ siblings.[2]" The inhabitants of his homeworld and how many their number is unclear, Nick on one occasion remarked: "You’d be surprised how many monsters and legends in the spookiest of stories came from my neck of the incomprehensible void of madness!"[3]

Regardless of his past, we know that Nick arrived in our world for the first time somewhere during the 1800's, describing that "People in the 1800s had a resurgence in curiosity for the occult, and there were groups who practiced in the arcane field regularly choosing to draw beings from beyond the wall."

He then states that he arrived again in the early 1900s and was more eager to be summoned because of his (and other otherworldly creatures) interest in new technology and the advancement of human society. Despite this, he clarifies further that during this time he attempted to shirk his summoning duties and had periods of leaving this dimension for long periods of time. Nick then amended this during the late 1900s when he made it a point to stay here for good. Nick states that during the "very early nineties" he renounced summoning entirely. Stating that he "bought [his] way into this dimension already and [his] passport’s official, so no more grunt gigs for [him]!" Although he later states that he sometimes misses this work describing that it was "fun" and that that he derived satisfaction from humans "[breaking the] Big Rules to summon you and that you could give them things literally no one living on Earth could.[4]"

Nick came back sometime in 2001 to stay for a while however he "lost his footing". He came back again in 2005 and stayed for an extended period of time, despite this, he had to leave once more. He came back once again in 2012 and has been here since then[5]. During this time, Nick came into contact with the YouTube series known as Marble Hornets. Marble Hornets had a profound effect on Nick, so much of an effect that it inspired him to make his YouTube channel "Night Mind" to cover the series and any other horror/mystery/odd series or events on the internet. It is also around this time that it is assumed Nick had met "Meatbag"

## Powers and Abilities

Nick has a litany of powers and abilities, his most well known and popular ability is shape-shifting. His shape-shifting ability can make him as small as a mouse although he states that going any smaller is difficult. He can grow to be as big as a house, however, this seems to weaken his strength. It is unknown how long Nick can hold a certain form, supposedly he can hold it indefinitely

Nick's physical strength is also dependent on his form. He states that if he were to take the form of an average human he would have twice their strength, growing anywhere past a werewolf would weaken him, or any of his kind, significantly.

## Weaknesses

Nick once stated that while he may be able to hide himself and change his form to that of a human, he and his kind still have issues with being sensed by humans, he elaborated further by saying "You guys think you’re dumb when it comes to sensing danger in other people, but you are *so*much more perceptive than you realize. We set off ‘alarm bells’ in anyone we hang around for too long that something isn’t quite right, and empaths and psychics pick up on our presence like bloodhounds who smell a rabbit."[6]

## Relationships

### "Meatbag"

The relationship between his human helper and Nick is largely unknown, it is assumed stable with Nick taking over all social media accounts for meatbag to "take a break".

### Binx

Binx is the surrogate son of Nick. Nick loves his son more than most anything and considers the younger cat truly his in the household. Nick also believes his son to be stronger than him.

### GraphiGato

Nick and "meatbag" share the same boyfriend. GraphiGato obviously loves them both and is likely fine with sharing.

### Family

Nicks relationship with his family is currently estranged. It seems that as of right now they do not know his whereabouts or what he does now. It is implied that Nick is disobeying his families wishes by socializing with humans as he has been labelled "Queen Mothers most ill-behaved son"

## Trivia

* Nick's food of choice on an empty stomach is fried chicken
* Nick's has tasted human flesh only once at the request of a summoner
	+ Although Nick has contradicted this in the past when he stated he has eaten humans who angered him. However, that could have been him making a joke
	+ On the topic of eating people, Nick stated that he has not eaten human fat, however, he has a sister who posed as "the welcoming but reclusive aunt in a family and made stew out of victim remains after initial raw feasting".
* Nick said the one thing he does not understand about humans is "[Y]our complete misunderstanding of ritual practices and symbolic gestures often results in poorly exercised magic that bears little to no effect[...] It’s something [we]ought to begin trying to understand, but that knowledge was buried so fewer people ended up traveling outside of Earth’s protection, punching a hole in its natural defenses, destroying entire civilizations, dragging legions of outsiders in[to our dimension], etc."[7]
* Nick stated he got the name "Nick Nocturne" from his human friend who helped Nick settle into his "new lifestyle." Nick said he wanted the name to keep in the theme with who and what he was yet still being "earth-ish."

* According to Nick, humans can become lilin themselves: "If you want any part of the family, you have to deal with one of its members for an organic transfusion and full submission of emotional, mental, and spiritual will. (That last part is key. They don’t preach about “free will” for nothing; without that being granted, nothing can ever take you.)
* Nick will occasionally get some sort of feedback from the creators he has discussed.
	+ Alan Resnick himself left a comment on his This House Has People in It video, giving him and fans a hint surrounding the ARG.
	+ CryptTV loved Nick's video on them so much that they offered an official partnership with them, which Nick obviously accepted. Although Crypt TV staff say they partnered with Nick before his first positive review.
	+ Mark Z. Danielewski who wrote House of Leaves was blown away by not only Nick's upcoming analysis of the book, but the fact Nick challenged his fans to read the book first.
	+ Nick's investigations of ongoing series have sometimes been noticed by its creators:
		- Within days of posting "CAMDROME: The Vanishing Webcam Killer Game," his video initiated a new series of events continuing the ARG, with fans directly interacting with it. The entire update video summarizes all the major developments as a direct consequence of the video.
		- Camdrome later had an update wherein someone used video URLs to various songs or subjects to communicate to avoid drawing the attention of Camdrome. The primary video used to communicate the name of it was Nick's first video on it, the implications of which didn't go unnoticed by Nick.
		- After making his video on the mysterious "Hey Kids" channel, a fan pointed out that whoever was operating the channel changed their video tags, referencing Night Mind and its video by name.
		- Dad, of the famous "Dad" channel, not only commented on Nick's video on his channel, but also made a video specifically "thanking" all the new subscribers he gained from the channel, titled "Dad Feels Loved".