Niika

„*I... work better alone.*”
— Niika
**Niika** is an independent female Felina whose main motivation is hunting down Necromancers. She is adaptable to different situations and always plans ahead.

## Appearances

### Season 1

#### Episode 4

Niika ambushes Lucan after mistaking him for a Necromancer. When the real Necromancer and the Undead arrive, she escapes to her home in a tree, and Lucan follows behind her. She initially refuses to team up with Lucan and only agrees to let him stay the night. In the morning, after Lucan persuades her, she changes her mind and agrees to form a team.

#### Episode 5

Lucan sets another trap to bait in necromancers and the undead, with Niika in the trees to attack anyone caught in the trap. A necromancer does show up, and Niika kills the undead that they were leading as Lucan tries to pin the necromancer down. Niika tries to interrogate them, but as the necromancer reveals he won't give up any information, she knocks him out and suggests that she could put on the necromancer's robes to infiltrate the base. Lucan points out that the others would definitely notice the species and gender difference, and offers to sneak in in the robes instead. As she searches the necromancer's inventory, she finds obsidian, leading them to believe the base is located inside Mt. Tempus. Niika accompanies Lucan to the entrance of the hideout and wishes him good luck, as Lucan tells her to take the necromancer back to the prison in Riverstead, resulting in Lucan almost revealing his criminal past, as Niika didn't know Riverstead had a prison.

#### Episode 7

Lucan now disguised as the necromancer is given a new mission along with the other necromancers to burn down Niika's treefort. When however they reach the treefort, Lucan (Disguised as the necromancer) is reluctant to burn down Niika's house. When asked by the Xaria, he says that his flint and steel is broken. Xaria gives him his flint and steel, but Lucan still doesn't burn down the house. Angered, Xaria takes off Lucan’s mask, revealing him to be an impostor. Lucan takes out his sword and prepares to battle the Necromancers, The Necromancer tells his intention that he will watch helplessly as the necromancers destroy everything that he has fought for. The moment the Xaria ignites the flame to burn the fort, Lucan plunges forward at the Necromancer. After some long sword fight Lucan goes flying to the ground after being kicked by Xaria. The Necromancer tells him that he would feed the felina to the spiders. An arrow comes flying out of nowhere as Niika manages to kill an assistant Necromancer, she then slashes at the heads of three zombies all at once, revitalised after seeing Niika, Lucan manages to kill a zombie. The Lead Necromancer after seeing all this decides to flee. During the fight however Niika's treefort starts blazing with fire, horrified Niika tries to climb the tree to save all the information she has discovered from burning, Lucan however seeing that its too dangerous to be near the tree at the moment, with all the fire spreading across the jungle decides to run with Niika to the river nearby. She starts crying that she is afraid of water saying that felinas hate water and that they can't swim. Lucan, however, simply pushes her in the river, then jumps in himself, half leading, half carrying Niika across. The two decide to go to Felden together to report all the information about the Necromancers and their Necrobase.

#### Episode 8

Lucan and Niika report to the Felden officials about the Necrobase and they are sent to deliver orders to Fort Zuka to attack the Necromancers. While they leave the Felora office, they converse about what they will do upon completing the mission. Niika reveals that she'd been hunting the Necromancers for years, and that she couldn't imagine it coming to an end. The two briefly make eye contact and awkwardly turn away. Both too shy to confess to each other.

Upon arriving Fort Zuka, Niika excitedly comments on how she'd always wanted to see the inside of the military base. They are received by Alec, who leads them through the fort. Lucan discovers that Kiyoshi had been made Captain, much to his dismay, hinting that they may have known each other in the past. Kiyoshi comments that Lucan was in prison "more times than claws on my hands", which surprises Niika. Lucan gives the orders to Kiyoshi and tells Niika to leave, but Kiyoshi stops them and states that, according to the orders, Lucan had to accompany him in the attack. Lucan appears angered by this statement, much to the amusement of Niika, who laughs despite herself. Neither Lucan nor Kiyoshi want to work together, but both reluctantly agree to cooperate.

#### Episode 9

Niika approaches Lucan on the Mahoa Docks, where the Felden army was prepping for departure. She remarks how she'd "feel better if he didn't sit so close to the edge," and Lucan obliges to sit further back from the water. Niika playfully asks him if he'd killed someone to get thrown into prison, which Lucan denies. She reveals that she had never fit in much with society and that she could relate to how Lucan felt. The two are abruptly interrupted by Kiyoshi, who tells Lucan it was time to sail. Niika tells him to stay safe, implying she cares for his safety and sadly watches him board the ship, since she believes that this is the last time they will see each other. Lucan sails off with the rest of the fleet towards Mt. Tempus.

#### Episode 10

Niika, now alone, was shown wandering the streets of Felora during a light rain shower. She appears distressed and constantly scans her surroundings, though there is no sign of a threat. Without warning the Necrolord suddenly appears behind her, holding aloft his staff, with which he summons forth an army of growling undead. Signaling a start of Felden-Necromancer War. Niika flees and reunites with Lucan, who had arrived back with Kiyoshi and Alec upon discovering the necrobase was empty, and together the four arrive to see the city going up in flames.

### Season 2

#### Episode 1

After the Necromancers took over Fort Zuka, Niika spied on Necrolord and found out that he was controlling the undead with his staff. She later interrupts Lucan and Kiyoshi who were just talking about how they could get into the fort, with her telling them that if they took Necrolord's staff he wouldn't be able to control the undead. Kiyoshi disagreed with her plan, saying that if it wouldn't work, the Necromancers would leave but Niika simply said that she doesn't take orders from him and went back to the fort. Once there, she spotted Necrolord and his companions, with her killing the Necromancers' followers. She then went after him into the fort, only for him to block the exit once she entered, revealing that he already knew about her before rolling a wither skull on the ground. Niika started to panic while the Necrolord came closer to her and told her to relax and look into his eyes as she is turned into a mindless slave of the Necrolord.

#### Episode 2

Niika is seen with the wither effect and she tries to kill Lucan under the control of the Necromancers, but Kiyoshi outmatches her in combat protecting Lucan, which made Niika retreat. Kiyoshi questions Lucan about her behavior and Lucan remarks she has never tried to attack him in this manner before.

### Season 3

#### Episode 10

After the end of the Second Great War, Niika and Lucan aided in rebuilding efforts in Felden. Later, Lucan built a new tree-fort for Niika and revealed it to her as a surprise. Grateful, Niika kissed Lucan for the first time and said that she loved it, eagerly racing into her new home after stealing Lucan's cake. They were visited by a messenger bird who relayed an invitation from Senn Voltaris, the new master of the Voltaris clan, to a ceremony. However, Lucan turned down the invite for both himself and Niika so that they could finally settle down together and start a relationship.

## Trivia

* Niika and her katanas were based off of Alex and her dual katanas in Animation Life 2.
* One of Niika's katanas is shorter than the other, giving her the option to fight with a single blade. Both katanas might be made of iron because steel does not exist in Minecraft.
* In a behind the scenes commentary, David said it was considered that Niika's hatred for Necromancers could have stemmed from a previous love before Lucan being killed by them, but the idea was scrapped.
* Niika's weapons and fighting style somewhat resemble those of *Star Wars* character Ahsoka Tano.
* Other BPS characters, such as Naia and Krista, appear to have cat ears like Niika. However, there is no other evidence to relate them to the Felinas species. (Moreover, they appear in an entirely different set of loosely- or unrelated films).
* Based on her attitude towards Lucan, Niika is commonly shipped with him. Many fans predict that the two might develop a romance in the future, which, during the ending sequence for Songs of War, appears to be confirmed as Niika does kiss Lucan at one point and possibly even decides to live with him.