Nico

**Nico Lyagushka**, sometimes referred to as simply **Nico** or **Lyagushka**, is the former queen of Mushroom Hill, member of the USSR MOD Government and a reluctant ally to The Sublands.

## Appearances

### Animatic Appearances

-babe wake up new higeki animatic by FALESIAC

## Biographical

### Cause(s) of death

- Ate a meal poisoned by a dissatisfied citizen of Mushroom Hill- Dropped dead after Cyan travelled back in time to give her a Dewberry Soda- Killed after being overthrown by their people

## Character Traits

### Affiliation(s)

- Mushroom Hill (Formerly)- USSR (Formerly)- MODs (Formerly)

### Skills

- Intellect- Political strategies- Plays the lute and harp

## Personality

Quick-witted and ever-sarcastic, Nico is very outspoken on their opinion on any given situation, though usually not in any constructive manner. She is noted to have a refined intellect, with high amounts of charisma and good observational skills. Due to being so hung up on her time as queen of Mushroom Hill, she is behind on lots of relevant modern day knowledge, and speaks in a strange faux-royal dictation. Nico is able to be summoned, like most other ghosts, by chanting her name three times, and she has a strong disdain for when others do so, seeing it as an inconvenience to her “royal duties”, a delusion she refuses to move past.

## History

### Pre-History to Humble Beginnings

Nico was the ruler of Mushroom Hill, a quaint kingdom made up of solely frogs, from the age of 13, after her parents mysteriously disappeared. She was described as a “frivolous leader”, often neglecting her royal duties to have fun and make the most of her teenage years. Some denizens described seeing her attempt to fight a bear during the time she allotted to a finances meeting, directly leading to her people’s suffering, alongside her lack of action when Teardrop Island pirates repeatedly raided and plundered the land. During this time, local bounty hunters frequently mistook her for the international criminal mastermind Violet, which led to some close calls in nearly losing a life, although she never suffered such a fate at the bounty hunters’ hands, much to the frogs’ dismay. It was not until her 21st birthday, her coronation, that she was finally killed for good. Her soul persisted as a ghost, as she had unfinished business through never being able to accomplish her goal being a good leader in her lifetime.

### Exploration Era

After the land once known as Mushroom Hill was claimed by Blade as Leonardland, Nico was left confused and bereft. She managed to make contact with one of the people visiting, Ace TeeDee, and became a reluctant friend to him, often being summoned by him for small talk, usually regarding anime and other such media she has never consumed at all in her life. Ace then went on to recommend to the MOD team they offer her a place, as she had previous experience running a country.

### Election of 2020

During the election fiasco, Nico was accepted on the MOD team, quite literally moments before Noëlle was elected into office.

### Era of Tyranny, MOD exile and Vremya Revolution

After Noëlle’s hostile takeover, Nico followed the rest of the MODs in fleeing to Paingola, and joined Kai’s Vremya Revolution, eager to get back to her previous position of power. Upon finding The USSR in ruins after months of planning, Nico signed Lemon’s Parchment and joined in the Vremya Gold and Diamond mines, but made sure to reiterate frequently that she believed this work was beneath her.

### The In-Between

After Kai suffered severe head trauma during the restoration of the country and lost much of both their memory and sinister personality, Nico used this as an opportunity to leave the Vremya Revolution, and briefly lived with Ace and Gemini in The Sublands Castle.

### Lyra’s Onceler Arc

Upon Blaine setting up The MatPat Empire, Nico began living there instead, although she did not convert to the Unnamed MatPat Centric Religion.

## Persons File Description

Once the leader of a long forgotten microkingdom, Nico oversaw her people from the ages of thirteen to twenty-one. Being raised in wealth and prosperity, she never saw herself raising a finger and thus is lowly skilled in combat and athletics; though, this is coupled with a refined intellect in observation, charisma and political strategies. Trained in traditional instruments such as the lute and the harp, Nico unfortunately only plays tavern music, mourning songs, and what sounds like Barbie Girl by Aqua. Regardless of these talents, Nico was a frivolous ruler: inflicting famine and recession unto their people. Not only this, Nico also had found herself wasting two lives by taking a sip of “Dewberry Soda” gifted to her by a mysterious figure with pink eyes, and eating a poisoned meal after proclaiming “No one could poison me, everyone loves me”. It wasn’t until her twenty-first birthday, and official coronation, that the people of her kingdom rose up and overthrew her- finally erasing their life status for good. Though Nico continues to walk as a ghost, her kingdom is long gone (as much as they will deny it). Behind on relevant knowledge, and speaking with a strange manner of language, her spirit lives on. She will help those who call upon her, for a price.

## Gallery

Nico’s Season 1 designNico’s current design
## Trivia

* Pre-Historic Amphibian scrolls describe her as possessing a “stand”, whatever that means.