Do you think he draws them in order to have something tangible to hold onto in the darker nights, something to remind him of brighter times and companionship?
Do you think he did this when he was younger, or was it something he picked up after almost everyone he knew in Westmarch died? Did he try to draw them - his father, his mysterious lost love, his neighbour, the baker down the street. Trying to remember what they looked like, trying to keep them alive in some shape or form but he can’t quite get the faces right.
Do you think this is how he expresses his care and affection without words? Taking the time to get the details on Donan’s cloak, making sure Neyrelle’s eyes are just right?
Oh lord I couldn’t sleep until I banged something out, this is delicious
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This is my rogue Nico (please ignore the patchy hair - Diablo on PS4 does not render short hair or stubble well at all 😭)
This is the main armor set he uses now while traveling around Sanctuary. (Gotta hide his face since Prava and the Church are now hunting him)
Or this one when he’s hunting people for the Tree of Whispers
I’m still developing his backstory but I have some notes:
He was born in Westmarch, years after the events of RoS and the land is still a lawless hellscape
His parents were killed and he would have died too if he had not been taken in by a nomadic druid tribe
(This is bc i love making connections between my characters, so I made my druid Kashira is his adopted sister)
He was very sickly as a child and only survived due to the druids caring for him and not giving up on him
(this is part of why he loathes Elias’s and Lilith’s whole ‘the weak must perish and only only the strong survive for the coming battles against Hell’)
He followed Kashira across the sea to support her in her quest to cleanse Túl Dúlra. While she worked with the local druids, he traveled around offering his services as a mercenary for hire. That’s when he ended up in Nevesk and the whole 'blood of Lilith’ thing happened.
I like to imagine he met Lorath before the events in game, and that the YouTube short videos where Lorath narrates the history of Diablo lore to a wandering stranger are their initial conversations. (To note - Nico is not a scholar but he was instantly fascinated by this old man and his sexy voice and made a point to return there to speak with him again)
His nickname when he was growing up was 'little wolf’ and he’s always loved wolves as a result. He’s got mixed feelings now due to Mephisto
He learned how to fight with swords/daggers by a member of the tribe. (She wasn’t a druid herself but married to one) Nico used to wonder if she used to be a member of the Sisterhood of the Sightless Eye but she never admitted one way or the other
(this is my HC since I use Inner Sight talent 100% of the time but he can’t be an actual sister)
Bonus:
Here is my druid Kashira! The image is really fuzzy because the camera focus is actually on Taissa (cropped out, behind her) but it’s also the only photo I have of her since I forgot to take pictures during the campaign 😔
Good morning Nico is giving me brain worms this morning 💖
Second, his backstory is definitely a work in progress, but thus far:
- His name is Tyhjä (Finnish for Void) and he’s a Big Lightning Boy, aka a Charged Bolts build
- He’s a bit of a Slüt, but how could you not be with nip rings built into the armor?
- His staff is crafted out of an ancient tree split by lightning, and he’s traveled significantly across the continent to hone his grasp of the elements
- Realized he was falling for this dumb old man early in the campaign, making jokes about his Sparse Living Situation
- Neyrelle figured it out first
- Eventually learns some Horadric to figure out what on earth Lorath is constantly muttering and moaning about
The following are ✨campaign spoilers✨ since Tumblr sucks at letting me do Read More cuts:
- Ulterior motive for working for the Tree of Whispers? Trying to keep Lorath’s head out of the branches as long as possible 😌
- But definitely bribes the Tree to let him borrow the old man’s skull every once and a while when he’s finally collected
- Ends up delivering Lorath’s head himself because, honestly, he’s not too keen on the ravens’ decapitation quality
- Accidentally Good Boy’s Mephisto at least once (and probably got bit in the process)
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