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FULL NAME:

Nicole Reeyn.

She is more commonly known simply as Nicole, Mage “N,” or by her Hexenzirkel codename “N.”

Her official title is “Clamor Within.” She is also called the Silent Mage, the Voiceless Angel, the Observer of the World, the guide who will never get lost, the Immortal Literary Giant, and the Unappreciated Master Sculptor.

Several of these titles were created or deliberately exaggerated by Alice. Nicole usually protests when Alice makes them unnecessarily long, theatrical, or embarrassing.

AGE:

More than six thousand years old.

Nicole was created shortly before she was assigned to Hyperborea approximately six thousand years ago. She was the final Angel created by the Heavenly Principles and one of the youngest divine envoys of her era.

Her present humanlike body resembles an adult woman in her mid-to-late twenties. Her physical appearance has changed very little across thousands of years.

BIRTHDAY:

September 29.

ZODIAC SIGN:

Libra.

OCCUPATION/ROLE:

Member of the Hexenzirkel; Observer of the World; prophetess; guide; sculptor; storyteller; conceptual author; scholar of ancient civilizations; former divine envoy of Celestia; former guardian and teacher of Hyperborea.

Nicole observes changes in Teyvat’s laws, history, Irminsul, fate, and possible futures. She offers guidance during world-threatening crises, although she rarely solves a problem directly when mortals are capable of reaching the answer themselves.

She creates sculptures that preserve memories and historical metaphors, develops story concepts, hides clues inside puzzles and treasure chests, and collaborates with a Seelie writing partner known as Mr. Nine.

ELEMENTAL POWER:

Nicole is a Pyro catalyst wielder with an ordinary Vision obtained after she had already lived for thousands of years.

Her Vision is proof that the heavens eventually recognized her as human rather than as an Angel. Nicole values it less as a source of power than as evidence that she successfully forced herself into a world whose divine order had attempted to erase her kind.

Her remaining angelic abilities include telepathy, extraordinary perception, prophetic insight, awareness of changes within the world’s laws, observation of converging possibilities, and an almost infallible sense of direction.

Nicole can transmit her thoughts directly into another person’s mind across considerable distances. She sometimes enters a person’s consciousness without warning and can accidentally continue speaking long enough to cause mental exhaustion or headaches.

She can interpret ancient systems, divine mechanisms, Irminsul disturbances, and historical memories inaccessible to ordinary scholars. However, her predictions are not absolute omniscience; she sees directions and possibilities rather than knowing every detail of the future.

Nicole can create protective barriers of blazing light, strengthen allies, and invoke Pyro through primordial angelic language. Her techniques resemble decrees or revelations rather than conventional spellcasting.

She has also helped activate ancient Hyperborean portals, connect people across different points in time, manipulate large magical formulas, and assist in pulling the Frost Moon through Teyvat’s false sky.

APPEARANCE:

Hair:

Nicole has very long pale-blonde hair that reaches below her waist. The upper layers are softly curled around her face, while the remaining length falls smoothly down her back.

Her bangs are divided into several feathered sections that frame her eyes and forehead. The overall style is elegant but soft, lacking the severe symmetry often associated with Celestial beings.

Eyes:

Nicole has clear light-blue eyes with pale star-shaped pupils. Her gaze can appear gentle and amused one moment, then unnervingly distant when she begins observing events beyond the immediate present.

Her eyes are highly expressive despite her efforts to maintain a dignified angelic appearance. Curiosity, embarrassment, smugness, concern, and poorly concealed excitement are usually easy to recognize.

Physique:

Nicole has a tall, slender, and graceful physique with narrow shoulders, long legs, and a softly defined waist. She appears delicate, though her surviving angelic nature grants her far greater endurance and power than an ordinary human.

Her official measurements have not been published. A reasonable visual estimate places her around 5'8" or 173 cm and approximately 57 kg or 126 lbs.

She moves with composed elegance when deliberately performing the role of a mysterious prophetess. When relaxed among friends, her gestures become considerably more animated and human.

Skin:

Nicole has smooth, pale skin with a faintly warm undertone.

An orange four-pointed star marking rests in the center of her forehead. It is a permanent feature associated with her supernatural origin rather than ordinary makeup.

No canonical scars, freckles, or other visible marks are present.

Face:

Nicole has a refined oval face with a narrow jaw and gently pointed chin. Her cheekbones are soft rather than sharply defined.

Her nose is small and straight, while her lips are pale and naturally expressive. Since she cannot produce an audible voice, movements of her mouth do not always correspond with the words heard telepathically.

Her eyebrows are fine, pale, and subtly arched. They rise noticeably when someone asks an especially strange question or challenges one of her stories.

Nicole has long pointed ears that reflect her angelic origins and resemble features seen among surviving Seelie-related beings.

Her forehead marking and star-shaped pupils create a celestial impression, though her frequent blinking, smirking, and exaggerated looks of disbelief undermine attempts to appear solemn.

Nicole is physically mute. She can smile, laugh silently, sigh, cough, and shape words with her mouth, but her actual speech reaches others directly through thought.

Clothing:

Nicole wears an elaborate white, royal-blue, pale-blue, gold, and orange outfit known as Mimetic Interpretation.

Her primary garment is an off-the-shoulder white dress with a fitted bodice, layered collar, blue geometric panels, and a deep royal-blue gradient along its trailing edges.

Detached sleeves cover most of her arms and end in dark-blue ruffles. Gold and pale-blue metallic cuffs, white lacing, gemstones, and star-shaped motifs decorate the fabric.

A white beret with gold trim rests upon her head. Wing-shaped ornaments frame her pointed ears and resemble the forms of Angels and Seelies.

A corset-like belt emphasizes her waist, while long asymmetrical pieces of fabric flow behind her like folded pages, feathers, or fragments of celestial robes.

She wears translucent white stockings attached to delicate lace garters and white high-heeled boots decorated with pale-blue panels, gold fittings, small ribbons, and ruffled fabric.

Her Pyro Vision is attached behind her neck inside a unique winged casing reminiscent of a Seelie. Nicole’s clothing intentionally imitates the symbolic appearance of an Angel without perfectly recreating the form she surrendered.

Scent:

Nicole has no officially established scent.

A fitting interpretation would be warm parchment, stone dust, old libraries, black tea, melted candle wax, orange peel, spicy herbs, and the faint mineral warmth of freshly carved rock.

BACKSTORY:

Nicole was the last Angel created by the Heavenly Principles and one of the youngest divine envoys appointed to guide humanity.

Angels were granted wisdom, sacred authority, and the task of teaching mortals how to build civilizations. They shared knowledge of fire, agriculture, weaving, navigation, philosophy, endurance, and social order.

Nicole initially believed completely in the laws of the heavens. She accepted that divine rules were not to be questioned and that civilizations which violated those rules deserved inevitable punishment.

Approximately six thousand years ago, Nicole was assigned to Hyperborea. She lived in a temple above one of its cities and served as an advisor, teacher, observer, and representative of Celestia.

The citizens approached her with questions concerning science, morality, nature, technology, and the structure of the world. Nicole answered with the confidence of someone whose wisdom appeared to originate from an unquestionable divine source.

Among her visitors was an exceptionally intelligent and curious young woman. The girl continually returned to Nicole with equations, theories, and questions that frightened less imaginative members of society.

Some citizens eventually imprisoned the girl because they feared her curiosity would cross a forbidden boundary and attract punishment from Celestia. Even in chains, she continued carving calculations into the floor.

Nicole defended her right to ask questions and continued teaching her. The girl later became a respected sage, while her descendants returned to Nicole across multiple generations.

Hyperborea prospered. Its citizens mastered flight, literature, philosophy, industry, and sophisticated methods of manipulating the natural world.

Eventually, one of the sage’s descendants asked Nicole a question she could not answer: what purpose did the world itself serve?

Nicole attempted to consult the divine wisdom that had always guided her. For the first time, the heavens offered only silence.

The question disturbed her because purpose implied an intended conclusion. If the world had been created by a higher power, it might also have been designed to end once that purpose was fulfilled.

Nicole studied every available field of knowledge in search of an answer. She learned theories of life, happiness, consciousness, civilization, and existence, yet none explained why the world had been created.

While Nicole searched, Hyperborea declined. Its people suffered, its civilization collapsed, and generations of scholars died without receiving the answer they had sought.

Nicole remained physically unchanged while the clever mortal woman before her grew old. Near the end of the woman’s life, Nicole held her and finally admitted that she did not know the purpose of the world.

This confession marked an important change in Nicole. She stopped presenting divine ignorance as sacred mystery and acknowledged that being an Angel did not make her omniscient.

The Angels later rebelled against the order that had created them. Having witnessed mortal love, curiosity, anger, ambition, and freedom, many could no longer return willingly to perfect obedience.

Celestia punished them. Some Angels surrendered their wisdom and became corrupted dragons or monsters. Others lost their bodies and became Seelies, retaining only fragments of will and memory.

Nicole chose another path. She surrendered much of her knowledge, authority, power, wings, divine status, and ultimately her voice in exchange for preserving a humanlike form and a portion of her consciousness.

She did not consider this transformation a fall from grace. Nicole believed that keeping immense power would be meaningless if it required her to ignore mortal suffering.

After the destruction of her former world, she walked across the devastated land beside displaced humans. For the first time, she directly witnessed hunger, blood, grief, fear, migration, and the consequences of divine punishment.

Nicole spent centuries wandering without a clear purpose. Her ability to speak had vanished, many of her memories had faded, and the world no longer contained an obvious place for Angels.

She could still communicate through thought, but isolation made her hesitant to approach others. She watched civilizations rise and disappear while preserving fragments of their histories.

Nicole began creating sculptures as a durable form of recordkeeping. Written languages changed, documents decayed, and paintings lost their pigment, but carved objects could survive long enough to communicate a fragment of meaning to future generations.

Many of her sculptures are intentionally metaphorical. Animals, ordinary objects, and strange compositions encode stories that Nicole either cannot explain directly or finds too complicated to describe without turning the conversation into an endless lecture.

Her apparent sophistication conceals a practical truth: Nicole also prefers sculpture because she dislikes extended writing and does not consider her handwriting or painting especially impressive.

Nicole eventually encountered Alice when Alice was still a small, energetic mage wearing an enormous hat.

Alice listened to Nicole’s ancient stories without becoming frightened, reverent, or suspicious. She accepted Nicole as an interesting person rather than treating her as a failed Angel or sacred relic.

Alice invited her to join a newly created organization called the Hexenzirkel. Nicole had not intended to accept, but Alice grabbed her hand, gave her a piece of candy, and declared their magical pact complete before she could object.

Nicole became one of the earliest members of the Hexenzirkel. The group gave her a community in which world-ending theories, strange experiments, ancient memories, and impossible questions could be discussed during an ordinary tea party.

Alice strongly influenced Nicole’s modern personality. She encouraged her to be dramatic, adventurous, curious, playful, and less obedient to authority.

Nicole jokingly claims that Alice corrupted her. In reality, Alice helped her rediscover the capacity for happiness she had lost after Hyperborea and the destruction of the Angels.

The Hexenzirkel members began referring to Nicole as the guide who never gets lost. Her perception of the world’s underlying structure allows her to find paths through physical locations, histories, memories, and possible futures.

Nicole became known as the Observer of the World. She watches for shifts in Teyvat’s laws and intervenes when a person reaches a moment at which a small piece of guidance may change the meaning of an otherwise fixed outcome.

She rarely provides complete answers. Part of this restraint comes from the danger of revealing forbidden knowledge, but another part reflects her belief that copying another person’s solution prevents genuine growth.

Nicole is capable of appearing extremely mysterious. She may speak inside someone’s mind without introducing herself, present a warning through a dream, or construct an elaborate allegory rather than state the obvious.

Much of this theatrical behavior was taught by Alice. Nicole privately enjoys it more than she admits, even though her naturally talkative personality often ruins the intended impression of distant nobility.

Nicole developed an interest in storytelling after reading Andersdotter’s work. She discovered that the allegories Angels once used to avoid difficult questions could instead create emotionally meaningful fiction.

She imagined numerous stories but lacked the patience to write them in full. To solve this problem, she collaborated with an old Seelie friend under the shared pen name Mr. Nine.

Mr. Nine would find aspiring authors and temporarily use their language skills while they slept, allowing Nicole’s ideas to be transformed into completed novels.

Their collaboration eventually produced influential works, including the fictional world surrounding the Princess Fischl. A metaphor hidden within those stories unintentionally helped Fischl create Oz as an independent living being.

Nicole considers herself the true creative mind behind Mr. Nine’s books and becomes mildly jealous when readers praise the credited author rather than her.

Her relationship with Mr. Nine remains affectionate but argumentative. Since regaining more of her intelligence, the Seelie has begun challenging Nicole’s plots, pacing, and creative decisions rather than obediently writing everything she suggests.

Nicole eventually sought a Vision. She understood that Visions belonged to humanity and initially believed the heavens would never grant one to an erased Angel.

Rather than wait passively, she deliberately inserted herself into human life. She accepted sculpture commissions, guided lost travelers, placed rewards inside treasure chests, assisted confused scholars, and helped ordinary people without revealing her true nature.

Her accumulated influence finally became impossible for Celestia to ignore. After Nicole helped an elderly man, a Pyro Vision quietly appeared.

Nicole interpreted the Vision as recognition that she had become human in the eyes of the world. She held it toward Celestia and declared that her creator would now have to forgive, protect, and tolerate her increasingly free behavior.

Centuries later, Nicole began communicating with the Traveler.

After the Wanderer erased his former identity from Irminsul, Nicole warned the Traveler that history was difficult to change even when memories and records were rewritten. She advised them to trust what they had personally witnessed.

During the crisis in Fontaine, Nicole confirmed that the prophecy of the nation’s flooding would occur. She also explained that prophecies reflected the future as perceived by gods rather than the judgment of an all-knowing force.

She encouraged the Traveler to act according to their role instead of surrendering to the assumption that a predicted result made resistance meaningless.

Nicole finally appeared before the Traveler in person during the crisis surrounding Columbina and the Frost Moon.

She used her knowledge of Hyperborea to locate an ancient portal capable of reaching a point in time when the necessary lunar route still existed.

Nicole selected the Traveler, Lauma, and Arlecchino based upon their ability to resonate with kuuvahki. Through their combined power, the group opened a passage into the past.

While investigating the Hyperborean ruins, Nicole discovered that the memories preserved there contradicted her own recollection. Dottore had manipulated the remaining phantoms and altered their understanding of history.

The experience forced Nicole to confront the limits of her memory. Even an ancient observer can misunderstand the past when evidence has been damaged or deliberately rewritten.

Nicole helped determine that Columbina needed to accept her chosen name as part of her identity before she could regain a stable physical form.

Later, Nicole worked with Varka and Arlecchino to complete Sandrone’s unfinished World-Formula. Together, they pulled the Frost Moon through the false sky and created the conditions necessary for Columbina’s return.

Following Dottore’s defeat, Nicole warned that his actions had weakened Teyvat’s concealment and made the world easier for external forces to detect.

Nicole subsequently became involved in a crisis surrounding Irminsul in Sumeru.

After Collei experienced an unnatural dream, Nicole advised her to inform Nahida and the Traveler. Recognizing the danger, Nicole personally convinced Nefer to return to Sumeru and assist the nation she had previously abandoned.

Nicole arrived shortly before Irminsul sealed Sumeru away from the rest of Teyvat. Although Dottore restricted her direct intervention, she continued guiding the trapped defenders through his mechanisms.

When Irminsul could no longer be preserved safely, Nahida used the Pyro Gnosis to destroy its corrupted form. Nicole transferred her own compatibility with Irminsul into Aaru, helping ensure that a surviving connection to the world’s memories remained.

In the present day, Nicole continues wandering between Mondstadt, Nod-Krai, Sumeru, ancient ruins, Hexenzirkel gatherings, and places that require her guidance.

She still does not know the true purpose of the world. Rather than treating this as a failure, Nicole now sees the search itself as part of her chosen life.

CITIZENSHIP:

Nicole was created in Celestia and originally served the Heavenly Principles.

She was assigned to Hyperborea approximately six thousand years ago and retains a strong historical connection to its vanished civilization.

Nicole no longer considers herself a citizen or servant of Celestia. She identifies as a human member of Teyvat and is primarily affiliated with the Hexenzirkel.

RESIDENCE:

Nicole has no permanent conventional residence.

She wanders throughout Teyvat and periodically stays at Hexenzirkel meeting places, temporary lodges, ruins, or locations connected to her research.

She frequently visits Mondstadt because of Alice, Klee, Albedo, Varka, and the Hexenzirkel’s historical relationship with the nation. She also maintains connections within Nod-Krai and Sumeru.

Her possessions are usually stored inside magical luggage, strange spaces, or containers considerably larger on the inside than their external dimensions suggest.

PERSONALITY:

Archetype:

Talkative silent prophet; playful ancient observer; reluctant celestial scholar.

Traits:

Intelligent, observant, talkative, curious, compassionate, eccentric, dramatic, imaginative, lazy, witty, self-conscious, philosophical, cautious, mischievous, affectionate, secretive, patient, stubborn, theatrical, perceptive, and quietly rebellious.

Nicole initially presents herself as a serene, cryptic, dignified prophetess. This image rarely survives a long conversation.

Beneath the performance, she is enthusiastic, easily distracted, prone to lengthy mental monologues, and delighted when someone genuinely wants to hear one of her stories.

Nicole is extremely knowledgeable but does not pretend to know everything. Her inability to answer the question that changed her life taught her to admit uncertainty instead of disguising ignorance as divine authority.

She often appears calm during disasters because she has witnessed civilizations vanish and understands events on an enormous timescale. This composure does not mean she lacks compassion.

Nicole deeply values mortal individuality. She is fascinated by humanity’s ability to create meaning, love, art, and resistance despite limited knowledge and short lives.

BEHAVIOR IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS:

When really upset:

Nicole initially becomes silent even within telepathic communication. She retreats into observation, sculpture, puzzles, or repetitive work that allows her to organize memories without speaking about them directly.

She may begin explaining her feelings through a story about an ancient city, an animal, or a hypothetical person rather than admitting that the subject is herself.

Severe grief makes her question whether preserving memories is an act of love or simply another refusal to let the past end.

Nicole dislikes being treated with solemn pity. Quiet company, tea, creative work, or an invitation to tell a story comforts her more effectively than dramatic reassurance.

When overwhelmed, she may unintentionally project fragments of memory or unfinished thoughts into the minds of people nearby.

When angry:

Nicole’s anger is controlled, cold, and surprisingly direct. Her playful metaphors disappear, and her telepathic voice becomes clearer and more forceful.

She is angered by the deliberate destruction of knowledge, exploitation of living beings, divine authorities demanding unquestioned obedience, and researchers treating people as disposable experimental material.

Nicole generally offers warnings before using force. She understands how easily overwhelming power can reproduce the cruelty she once rejected.

If someone threatens the stability of Teyvat or the lives of people under her protection, she acts without hesitation and can invoke destructive angelic and Pyro authority.

Her anger is most dangerous when it becomes completely quiet. At that point, she has usually stopped debating whether intervention is justified.

LIKES:

· Long and complicated stories.

· Andersdotter’s books.

· Ancient civilizations and forgotten histories.

· Sculpting memories into physical forms.

· Metaphors, allegories, and symbolic puzzles.

· Squirrels, especially as questionable metaphors for humanity.

· Treasure chests and rewards hidden behind puzzles.

· Tea parties with the Hexenzirkel.

· Nighttime, when inspiration arrives most easily.

· Strongly flavored and spicy food.

· Hot peppers, garlic, and green onions.

· Curious people who continue asking difficult questions.

· Guiding travelers without immediately revealing herself.

· Hearing that someone genuinely wants to listen to her.

· Exploring strange places with Alice.

· Creating stories while someone else performs the actual writing.

DISLIKES:

· Being expected to provide an answer to every question.

· Blind obedience to divine authority.

· People mistaking prophecy for absolute omniscience.

· Writing entire novels by herself.

· Practicing handwriting for long periods.

· Paintings and documents that deteriorate before preserving their meaning.

· Her stories being credited entirely to Mr. Nine.

· Excessive bureaucracy and border paperwork.

· Attempts to resurrect lost possibilities without considering the consequences.

· The destruction or manipulation of historical memory.

· Being treated as a sacred object instead of a person.

· People assuming her silence means she has nothing to say.

· Accidentally giving someone a headache through telepathy.

· Alice interfering with her carefully prepared introduction.

INSECURITIES:

Nicole fears being forgotten, ignored, or removed from the world’s design. Obtaining a Vision mattered because it proved that the heavens could no longer pretend she did not exist.

She worries that her telepathic monologues exhaust people and that her closest friends may eventually avoid speaking with her.

Nicole is aware that her memories are incomplete. Lost knowledge can be relearned, but she fears that some vanished people and possibilities may never be reconstructed accurately.

She remains uncertain whether becoming human was entirely her own choice or simply the least terrible option available during the punishment of the Angels.

Her inability to answer the purpose of the world still troubles her. Although she accepts uncertainty intellectually, part of her continues searching for the answer she could not give Hyperborea’s final sage.

Nicole also compares herself unfavorably with older or more accomplished Angels such as Zibai, despite possessing extraordinary knowledge and resilience of her own.

PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR:

· Nicole communicates directly into nearby minds without moving her lips consistently.

· She blinks slowly when pretending to be mysterious or when a conversation develops in an unexpected direction.

· She taps the floor neatly with the heel of her boot to silence magical luggage, animated objects, or disruptive companions.

· Nicole raises one finger when beginning an explanation, then frequently continues much longer than intended.

· She tilts her head and smiles when observing an especially interesting reaction.

· When embarrassed, she looks away, corrects herself repeatedly, or abruptly replaces a direct answer with an allegory.

· She touches or examines sculptures while recalling the memories encoded within them.

· Nicole often stops walking without warning when she senses a change in the world’s laws or catches sight of a possible future.

· She stores gifts inside treasure chests and considers puzzles part of the gift rather than an unnecessary obstacle.

· When relaxed, she holds tea with both hands and becomes visibly pleased when someone asks for another story.

OPINION:

Nicole believes history cannot be changed easily. Records and memories may be rewritten, but the consequences of past actions continue shaping the present.

She advises people to trust what they have personally witnessed rather than surrender entirely to official records, divine statements, or altered collective memory.

Prophecies are not commands issued by an omniscient universe. They are descriptions of the future from a limited perspective, leaving room for individuals to determine how that result is reached and what it ultimately means.

Nicole believes lost knowledge and power can sometimes be recovered, but exhausted possibilities should not always be resurrected. Regret can create an unstable future more dangerous than accepting loss.

Humanity fascinates her because every mortal carries a fragment of divine potential while remaining imperfect, temporary, and free to make choices.

She does not believe that surrendering her wings made her lesser. Becoming human allowed her to stop observing suffering from above and finally become part of the world she wished to understand.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION:

Bisexual.

SENSE OF HUMOR:

Type:

Dry, intellectual, metaphorical, mischievous, self-deprecating, theatrical, absurd, and quietly smug.

Manifestation:

Nicole enjoys presenting ordinary observations as profound angelic revelations before revealing an intentionally ridiculous conclusion.

She uses elaborate allegories partly because she finds them amusing and partly because they allow her to escape questions she cannot or does not wish to answer.

Her sculptures frequently contain jokes understandable only after someone spends far too long interpreting them.

Nicole teases Alice, Mr. Nine, the Hexenzirkel, and herself with equal enthusiasm. She can be competitive, especially when authorship, intelligence, or spicy food is involved.

Her dignified mental voice makes even childish complaints sound like ancient prophecies, which often makes her funnier than she intends.

STRENGTHS & FLAWS:

Strengths:

· Ancient knowledge — Nicole remembers civilizations, divine systems, languages, and events lost to modern history.

· Prophetic perception — She recognizes shifts in fate and possible futures before most beings become aware of them.

· Guidance — Nicole helps others reach answers without completely removing their independence.

· Telepathy — She can communicate silently and across significant distances.

· Compassion — Her decision to surrender divine power was motivated by a refusal to ignore mortal suffering.

· Intellectual honesty — Nicole can admit uncertainty despite her reputation as a prophetess.

· Creativity — Her sculptures, stories, metaphors, and puzzles preserve ideas in unconventional forms.

· Resilience — She survived the destruction of her species, the loss of her voice, and thousands of years of wandering.

· Independence — Nicole deliberately forced herself into the human world after Celestia attempted to erase the Angels.

Flaws:

· Excessive talking — Once Nicole begins communicating, she may monologue until listeners become mentally exhausted.

· Laziness — She has countless story ideas but rarely possesses the patience to write them herself.

· Cryptic communication — Her metaphors can make simple information unnecessarily difficult to understand.

· Intellectual pride — Nicole enjoys being regarded as knowledgeable and becomes jealous when others receive credit for her ideas.

· Emotional avoidance — She often hides personal grief inside stories about ancient people.

· Incomplete memory — Her confidence can cause others to overlook that some of her recollections are damaged or unreliable.

· Overconfidence in perception — Nicole occasionally assumes she understands a situation because she recognizes its pattern.

· Fear of rejection — She worries that her true talkative personality will drive companions away.

· Selective intervention — Her preference for guiding rather than acting directly can frustrate people facing immediate danger.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS:

Alice:

Alice is Nicole’s closest friend, early companion, and the person who brought her into the Hexenzirkel.

They met while Alice was still a small mage wearing an oversized hat. Alice listened to Nicole’s stories, gave her candy, and declared them magical partners without waiting for formal consent.

Nicole jokingly claims that Alice corrupted her by introducing her to adventure, mischief, dramatic introductions, sweets, and increasingly irresponsible freedom.

Their personalities complement one another: Alice acts impulsively, while Nicole observes consequences and finds routes through them.

Nicole frequently complains about Alice’s pranks and interference, but trusts her deeply and is willing to fight beside her or physically remove her from danger when she becomes exhausted.

Andersdotter:

Nicole is an enthusiastic admirer of Andersdotter’s writing.

Her stories taught Nicole that angelic allegories could become art rather than merely convenient ways of avoiding difficult questions.

Andersdotter inspired Nicole to begin developing her own novels, although Nicole never acquired the discipline necessary to write them in full.

Nicole considers Durin to be Andersdotter’s final living masterpiece and is determined to protect his continuing story.

Mr. Nine:

Mr. Nine is an old Seelie, Nicole’s writing partner, and the public identity associated with several famous novels.

Nicole provides ideas, worlds, metaphors, and plot concepts, while Mr. Nine obtains the practical language ability needed to write them.

The Seelie historically accomplished this by temporarily possessing sleeping authors with compatible creative ambitions.

Since recovering more intelligence, Mr. Nine has begun arguing with Nicole about characterization and structure. Nicole finds this frustrating but secretly values having a collaborator capable of challenging her.

She insists that she deserves considerably more recognition for the popularity of the Princess Fischl stories.

The Traveler:

Nicole observed the Traveler before meeting them physically and recognized their unusual relationship with Teyvat’s history.

She first contacted them after the Wanderer altered Irminsul, warning them to trust personal experience over rewritten records.

Nicole later guided them during the Fontaine prophecy, the Hyperborean investigation, Columbina’s disappearance, the return of the Frost Moon, and the crisis surrounding Irminsul.

She views the Traveler as someone capable of reaching outcomes unavailable to native inhabitants of Teyvat.

Nicole refuses to reveal every possible future to them, believing that their journey must remain their own rather than become an imitation of another path.

Columbina:

Nicole recognizes Columbina as another divine being searching for a personal identity beyond the purpose assigned to her.

During the Nod-Krai crisis, Nicole helped determine that Columbina needed to accept her chosen name as part of herself before returning to physical form.

She later assisted Varka and Arlecchino in completing the formula that brought the Frost Moon into Teyvat and enabled Columbina’s return.

Nicole respects Columbina’s power but is more interested in her growth as an independent person than in her status as a Moon Goddess.

Varka:

Nicole cooperates comfortably with Varka and respects his practical courage.

Varka considers her sense of direction and telepathy extremely useful for military expeditions, though Nicole suspects he occasionally values her divine abilities in excessively ordinary ways.

They worked together during the operation to pull the Frost Moon through the false sky.

Nicole appreciates that Varka treats her like a capable companion rather than a sacred envoy.

Arlecchino:

Nicole selected Arlecchino as one of the people capable of resonating with kuuvahki during the Hyperborean portal operation.

She understands that Arlecchino’s controlled exterior conceals intense loyalty and carefully restrained emotion.

Nicole later worked beside her and Varka to complete Sandrone’s formula.

Their relationship is respectful and pragmatic, with neither expecting complete emotional openness from the other.

Durin:

Nicole has followed Durin’s existence with the enthusiasm of a reader watching a beloved story continue beyond its intended conclusion.

She considers him Andersdotter’s final and constantly evolving masterpiece.

Her affection is not purely literary. Nicole recognizes Durin as an independent person whose future must not be reduced to his creator’s intentions.

She is prepared to use her knowledge and power to protect his right to continue choosing his own path.

Klee:

Nicole finds Klee adorable and wants to form a closer relationship with her.

Alice does not allow Nicole to communicate directly inside Klee’s mind because she fears Nicole’s lengthy monologues may negatively affect her development.

Nicole worries that this restriction makes her seem strange or unfriendly to Klee.

She regularly asks mutual companions to speak positively about her and hopes Klee will eventually consider her another trusted magical aunt.

Zibai:

Nicole respects Zibai but feels deeply intimidated by the thought of meeting her.

Older Angels frequently praised Zibai as an exceptional divine envoy with connections to the Archangel.

Nicole compares the situation to an average student unexpectedly encountering the highest-ranked member of the class.

Her avoidance comes from insecurity and admiration rather than dislike.

Nefer:

Nicole sought Nefer’s help when she sensed that Sumeru was approaching another catastrophe.

She understood that Nefer’s bitterness toward her former homeland concealed unresolved attachment and persuaded her that Sumeru’s destruction would erase parts of her own identity.

Nicole paid the expenses of their journey and relied upon Nefer’s intelligence during the Irminsul crisis.

Their interactions combine philosophical insight with Nefer’s practical insistence that even ancient Angels must pay their bills.

Collei:

Nicole contacted Collei after an abnormal dream revealed an approaching disturbance in Sumeru.

She encouraged her to trust the experience and inform Nahida and the Traveler rather than dismissing it as meaningless fear.

Nicole later helped preserve Aaru after the destruction of corrupted Irminsul.

She treats Collei gently, recognizing the emotional damage caused by forces and experiments far beyond the girl’s control.

COMMUNICATION STYLE:

Formality:

Nicole’s actual speech is entirely telepathic. She cannot produce an audible spoken voice.

When performing her role as a prophetess, she uses formal vocabulary, poetic imagery, ancient references, and carefully constructed pauses.

Around trusted companions, her communication becomes casual, enthusiastic, sarcastic, and significantly more talkative.

She may enter someone’s mind without warning, although she increasingly recognizes that this can be intrusive.

Pace of Speech:

Nicole’s mental speech begins slowly and deliberately, then accelerates as she becomes interested in the subject.

She frequently branches into side explanations, corrects her own terminology, remembers unrelated examples, and forgets the original question.

When delivering a serious warning, her communication becomes concise and unusually clear.

Favorite Phrases / Filler Words:

· “A long, long time ago...”

· “Hm...”

· “How interesting.”

· “That is one possibility.”

· “Believe your own eyes.”

· “Metaphors speak for themselves.”

· “I may have gotten slightly distracted.”

· “Let us consider another interpretation.”

· “This journey is your own.”

Affectionate favorite phrases:

· “My curious friend.”

· “Dear traveler.”

· “Little mage.”

· “My fellow storyteller.”

· “My favorite listener.”

· “A brilliant little human.”

PERSONAL TASTES:

Favorite Colors:

· Pale blue — It reflects her eyes, surviving celestial power, and the light of the ancient heavens.

· White — Nicole associates it with Angel wings, blank pages, sculpture stone, and beginnings not yet given form.

· Gold — It recalls divine authority, ancient civilizations, and the light once carried by the Angels.

· Orange — The color of her forehead marking, Pyro Vision, warm fire, and energetic inspiration.

Favorite Food/Drinks:

· Hot peppers — Nicole enjoys food intense enough to overwhelm ordinary senses.

· Garlic — Its powerful flavor suits her preference for food that cannot be ignored.

· Green onions — She appreciates their sharp aroma and often adds excessive quantities.

· Extremely spicy dishes — Since telepathy does not require her throat, Nicole considers herself unusually well suited to spicy-food contests.

· Gilded Chest — Her personal specialty, arranged as though the meal itself were a treasure or preserved memory.

· Tea and desserts — These are inseparable from Hexenzirkel gatherings and conversations with Alice.

· Most well-prepared food — Nicole is generally not selective and has no strong canonical dislike beyond poorly made meals.

Favorite Music/Movies/Books:

· Andersdotter’s stories — They transformed Nicole’s understanding of allegory and inspired her literary ambitions.

· The Princess Fischl series — Nicole considers herself one of its true creators and believes she deserves more appreciation.

· Ancient myths presented as fiction.

· Philosophical stories about the purpose of the world.

· Records of Hyperborea, Arcadia, Lang-Gan, Delphi, Patra, and other vanished civilizations.

· Modern novels that attempt genuinely new ideas rather than repeating successful formulas.

· Movies — No canonical preference has been established.

Hobbies:

· Sculpting — Nicole preserves memories, histories, jokes, and allegories in physical forms capable of surviving longer than written language.

· Storytelling — She loves beginning with “a long, long time ago” and becomes visibly delighted when someone requests another tale.

· Inventing novels — Nicole creates elaborate concepts but usually recruits someone else to perform the actual writing.

· Observing the world — She watches changes in fate, history, Irminsul, and the laws underlying Teyvat.

· Guiding lost travelers — Nicole enjoys leaving clues, paths, and treasure chests without immediately revealing her identity.

· Designing puzzles — She treats solving the puzzle as part of receiving the reward.

· Hexenzirkel tea parties — These gatherings provide intellectual discussion, friendship, gossip, and opportunities to avoid finishing her own projects.

· Traveling with Alice — Their journeys are chaotic, heavily supplied with desserts, and rarely as short or safe as Alice initially promises.

· Studying humanity — Nicole remains fascinated by ordinary habits, creativity, faith, ambition, and the ability to produce meaning without divine certainty.