Nick Knight

**Nick Knight** was a vampire who sought to regain his humanity and mortality, having rejected his vampiric nature. Throughout the centuries, he sought many cures for his vampiric state.

## History

Born as **Nicolas de Brabant** in what would become Belgium some time around 1200 CE, Nicolas spent much of his youth training to become a knight. He became aide to Sir Raymond DeLabarre, and journeyed with him to investigate resistance to the Norman rule over Wales. While there, he fell in love with a woman named Gwyneth -- and so was easily framed when DeLabarre murdered her. Certain that he would be convicted of the crime, he took up DeLabarre's offer of amnesty if he traveled to the Holy Land to participate in the Crusades.

After years of warfare, Nicolas became jaded and bitter. He took a lengthy route home from the Crusades, passing through Paris in 1228 CE. There, he caught the attention of Janette DuCharme -- who brought him to Lucien LaCroix. LaCroix offered the young knight immortality, and he accepted without much questioning or hesitation. And so, LaCroix sired Nicolas. During his transition, Nicolas experienced a vision -- offering him the choice of death, which he rejected.

After LaCroix helped Nicolas adjust to life as a vampire, Nicolas insisted on returning to Brabant to see his human family. While there, LaCroix fell in love with his sister Fleur de Brabant. Nicolas persuaded him not to sire her but became aware that he could not stay there. The vampiric trio left shortly thereafter. Upon Fleur's death, Nicolas returned to raise her son André. André soon learned his guardian's secret, and fled.

Nicolas spent the next several centuries traveling across Europe with Janette and LaCroix. During this time, he and Janette had a passionate love affair that lasted nearly a century before she ended it. Afterwards, he fell in love with and married Alyssa von Linz and attempted, though failed, to sire her. He and Lacroix were briefly held by the Spanish Inquisition. In the 17th century, kidnapped the Dauphin of France but ultimately killed him and his partner, keeping the money for himself.

By the end of the 18th century, Nicolas had adopted a personal policy of killing only the guilty -- though he did not keep his prey strictly to criminals, they were all people he felt were guilty of something -- at least as far as he could control himself. By the 1830's, Nick had begun hunting for a cure to his vampirism. He typically turned to science, working alongside Hans Victor for a time, but did occasionally seek magical cures as well.

In 1852 CE, Nick saved LaCroix after a failed staking attempt during a battle of the Crimean War -- which Nick attempted to leverage into permission to leave LaCroix. However, LaCroix would not let go of his progeny so easily and began pursuing Nick in order to convince him to give up his attempts to reject vampirism. Around 1890 CE, LaCroix deceived Nick into thinking that Sylvaine Rochet was guilty of prostituting herself -- after Nick had killed her and realized the deception, he vowed never to kill another human and to sustain himself on animal blood.

After this time, Nick also began attempting to live amongst humans -- sometimes taking on professional identities. Eventually, he became interested in law enforcement. Around 1964 CE, he compelled his way onto the Chicago police force. He quickly learned that he needed the proper training if he hoped to succeed, and went through the police academy. He continued working in law enforcement any time he was living among humans, even when he relocated to Toronto around 1989 CE. In 1990 CE, he was blown up by a pipe bomb and healed while in the morgue of Dr. Natalie Lambert. After accidentally revealing his nature to her in this way, they became fast friends and Natalie became determined to help him cure his condition. At some point within the following year, he officially became a homicide detective for the city.

## Source

Nick Knight is derived from *Forever Knight*.