Nika Stoddard

## Immediate Family

### Children

Tsar ArtemiGrand Duke YuryGrand Duchess LiliaGrand Duke FeliksGrand Duchess Roskana

### Siblings

Grand Duke AlexeiGrand Duke KolyaDuchess Marie (In-Law)Prince Kione (In-Law)

**Tsarina Nika of Forgotten Hollow** was the third recorded monarch and the first Empress regnant of Forgotten Hollow. **She was the last monarch of Forgotten Hollow before it became what is now Yustea**. She was also the first monarch of Forgotten Hallow to be human.

## History

They always say curiosity kills the cat... and the cat just so happened to be Grand Duchess Nika. She has always been fascinated with the outside world, the sun, and most especially, humans. A few of her aunts and cousins converted to the mortal life, so it was no wonder how she got so inspired.

She's rather shy and likes to keep to herself, and thus secluded her interests from her family, in fear of them disapproving.

She met and fell in love with Elis Lebedev, and ask permission to marry her. Her parents accepted him but forced Elis to convert to the immortal life, which he did in order to marry her. He's the only person she ever expressed her feelings to, and with his help, she finally fulfilled her wish and became a full human, as well as allowed Elis to convert back. They tried desperately to keep it a secret from her parents, but they're weren't too sure how long they could keep up this charade.

##### As Tsarina of Forgotten Hollow

She became Tsarina at age 28, after her father abdicated when he found out about his rare and deadly medical condition, which later killed him. It was just after her last child was born. She was very popular with her people, and many had high hopes for her. Her 5 children married nobles and other royals across the world, skyrocketing the family's popularity and countries wealth. She is regarded as Forgotten Hollow's symbol of peace and tranquility.

After her eldest son, Artemi wed Princess Naima and had their first child, Nika's mother, the Dowager Empress Aki, started to notice cracks in the family. Vampires can't last in the sun, which is a known fact throughout their society. So it is best to have weddings during the late afternoon or night. During this ceremony for the heir or monarch in Forgotten Hallow, if the bride or groom is not a vampire, it is custom they will be turned that very night. During baptisms of a descendant of the monarch, it is keen for the baby to be given blood or some type of plasma to drink, so that it is accustomed to drinking it in the future as a vampire. However, Nika planned her son's wedding and the baptism of her grandchildren to be in the morning time, preventing her mother from attending and seeing the ceremony to hide the fact that Nika and her family were mortals.

When Nika was confronted about this deception, she had no other choice but to confess to her mother the secrets she's been hiding all these years. She quickly and sincerely apologized, as she always did when she was wrong, and expected her mother to forgive her, since she couldn't turn back what she did. However, this did not cool her mother's fervor. It resulted in Aki going into a huge rage. She cursed her own family, and when she attacked a good few of her grandchildren and even Nika herself, she was filed out of the palace and hence banished from Forgotten Hallow.

After the whole ordeal, Nika went into an intense depression. Her children, grandchildren, and brothers were still there by her side and supported her decision. She loved her mother, and never imagined it would result to this. After all, her mother was the one that changed royal society when she married her father because she was of common origin. How could she not understand her daughter's non-conformity and dreams? Despite her maternal mellow drama, Nika continued to keep up her bubbly and adventurous personality around her family and the people, though became even more strict on security and keeping her family protected. She kept her mother's banishment a secret from the press and demanded that the media alters the story to make it look like she left on her own due to her health and stress levels at court. Though a good idea in hindsight, Nika had no idea what her mother's next move would be.

##### -Death-

As the empress got older and her children moved away, she was left quite lonely and spent hours in her studying room alone, dictating official documents and signing papers. On her 51th birthday, a large surprise party was throne by her husband with all of her children and grandchildren as guests to get her out of her confinement. The nation celebrated her birthday for a few days, hosting festivals and live documentaries about her life. Everything seemed good and it was expected that Forgotten Hollow would continue to celebrate her birthday as the years went on. But unfortunately, she was found dead in her room the day after her birthday. It was very sudden and doctors announced the she died from lead poising. The country mourned deeply for the loss of their empress. She had only been on the throne for 23 years, and they were expecting her reign to have been longer, but they were sadly mistaken. Her son, now the new Tsar Artemi, though crushed by his mother's passing, could not believe the reason of her death. How could she have that much amount of lead in her to kill her on the spot? He didn't want to accept that it was an accident and it resulted in him conducting a wide spread investigation on who killed the beloved tsarina. Little did he know, the perpetrator was not finished with her trouble-making and this was jsut the beginning of what was to come.

## Titles

Born-Tsar Alfred's abdication: *Her Imperial Highness* Grand Duchess Nika of Forgotten Hollow, Tsarevna of Forgotten Hollow

Tsar Alfred's abdication-Death: *Her Imperial Majesty* Tsarina Nika of Forgotten Hollow

##### -Fun Facts-

* Nika's MBTI Type was INFP.
* If she wasn't a royal, Nika would've liked to have been a professional swimmer.
* Nika was a very good artist and pianist. Piano playing was something that Nika and Ellis bonded over.