Nico

Nicolas Johnathan Wilson, better known as Nico for short, is a British-Japanese, 13-year-old mint green boy who is one of Natalie’s acquaintances. The youngest of Antcruz’s allies, he’s a young boy from England who got lost in the ocean during a storm and ended up getting washed up on the shores of Miracle Island. After eventually being found lying unconscious in the jungle with severe poisoning by Natalie, he was quickly taken to a hospital, where his illness was cured, and the two would become friends from that point. Since then, he has lived in the forest for the remainder of his time on the island, where he’s continuously trained to become one of the strongest fighters on the island. After showcasing the abilities he gained from his strength and survival skills, he became respected by Antcruz and his peers, becoming a frequent contributor in battle himself, though he still continues to be rather shy most of the time.

Backstory
Nico was born in England on March 18, 2008. When Nico entered the middle school age level, he was quickly scholarshipped into a boarding school; Though Nico would never see home again nonetheless, not even his life in a boarding school would last long at all. One night, while a few of the boys decided to sneak out in the middle of the night and hang out on the beach, Nico decided to tag along. However, this would prove to be a terrible idea, as Nico went too far out into the ocean to make it back to the shore before a storm began and an ocean wave caught him. Though Nico was luckily a decent swimmer and was able to survive being stuck in the middle of the ocean for 14 hours, the first 5 taking place during the thunderstorm, he would still find himself getting tired frequently and having to float on his back for relaxation. He would later see Miracle Island in the distance and swim towards it, desperately searching for land, but his worst problem when facing the ocean would arise when he almost made it to the surface, as he would frequently hit and cut his legs on the sharp rocks that surrounded where the beach area ended. Nico would also end up being washed up on the northern side, the coldest part of ghe island. Nico’s legs would suffer a lot of damage from the rocks surrounding the beginning of the shore; While they weren’t broken, they were still majorly cut and a considerable amount of blood was leaking. Nico was also freezing cold, since he was still wearing practically nothing but shorts. In an attempt to cover up the blood, Nico wrapped toilet paper from a roll that had been laying in the sand around his legs. He also put on some clothes that had also been left out on the sand; A stained white sweater, grey leather shoes, and gloves. When Nico got over the pain enough for him to do so, Nico got up and started walking through the palm trees and into the jungle, beginning to search for a home, though this would also just end up causing him more severe pain, as he would accidentally touch numerous poisonous stickerbushes. This would cause poison to be injected into his arms when the needles from the plants scraped him, and would eventually cause him to fall down and go unconscious. About an hour later, an explorative Natalie found Nico laying unconscious on the jungle floor. She panicked at the sight of Nico’s body, but would quickly get over it, pick him up, and take him to the nearest hospital as fast as she could. After Nico was cured, he thanked Natalie, with Natalie also gifting him one of Avery’s spare scarves. Natalie also suggested that she would try to find Nico a home; However, as Nico was waiting for his new friend Natalie to get back to him, he found himself becoming more used to the forest instead, deciding to start training himself to become stronger in order to survive in jungly areas more. It was during his period of getting used to the area where he would become much stronger overtime. Natalie would also help Nico earn a scholarship to Miracle Academy and would introduce him to her friends. He would also join as an ally in Antcruz’s battles after showcasing his super strength, an ability he gained after a long period of training in the wilderness.

Personality
Nico is definitely on the more quiet and shy side of the spectrum when compared to others; This is definitely because he’s more used to his old friends in England and is not as used to being on the island entirely filled with people that are new to him. However, while he’s not much for talking, approaching others, or actively joining in on other people’s activities, he’s open to showcasing his abilities and giving examples of what he’s learned since he began training. He's also noticeably more confident whenever he's training or trying to survive while living in the wilderness. While Nico is undeniably very introverted, it usually doesn't hold him back from making use of his strengths.

Appearance
Nico has mint green skin with big, but rather short black hair that ends with spikes on each side and forest green eyes. His wardrobe includes a white sweater, a light blue scarf, grey shorts, grey gloves and grey leather shoes with dark blue bottoms. There also appears to be toilet paper wrapped around his legs. Nearly his entire outfit, with the exception of his shorts and scarf, was found laying on the beach after Nico was washed up and needed something quickly due to the cold weather. The scarf was also gifted to him by Natalie and was originally owned by Avery.

Antcruz
Antcruz doesn’t know much about Nico, only meeting him through an introduction from Natalie, with her then asking him if he could join their team of heroes against Zane. Although Antcruz trusted Natalie enough to accept her request, he couldn’t allow this until Nico was able to demonstrate his abilities. After witnessing him storm into battle and successfully beating off each robot before anyone else could, Antcruz and Nico would subsequently earn the respects of each other, even if Antcruz still wasn’t all that familiar with Nico and his story.

Sarah
Sarah is friends with Nico, but isn’t really that close to him; However, since she was able to hear about his backstory more during a conversation with Natalie, she is able to empathize with him more, knowing how it feels to be taken away from what was once your home. Due to her understanding of Nico’s sorrow, she is open to making more risky acts for him, such as letting Nia accompany him in the forest for a night.

Dash
Nico is one of the few allies that Dash had no hard feelings on whatsoever in his timeline with him; However, similar to Antcruz, he doesn’t know all that much about Nico, aside from his super strength, which he finds to be a good pair up with his super speed. It’s because of this that Dash and Nico will often join in battles at the same time.

Natalie
Ever since Natalie saved him from dying of poison in the jungle, Nico’s strongest relationship has been his friendship with Natalie, with her being the only friend that he has fully overcome his shyness to. Natalie is definitely Nico’s most loyal friend and often helps him get around on the island, showing him around Miracle Academy and telling him information about others, for example, and even sharing food with him occasionally, recognizing how difficult it is for him to find food in the woods. When Nico is nervous or frightened around others, Natalie is usually there to comfort him.

Nia
Meeting Nia during a get-together with the rest of Antcruz’s main five allies, Nico was able to quickly bond with Nia, with Nia sometimes accompanying him while exploring the northern side of the island (with Antcruz and Sarah’s permission, of course.) Nico finds her to be a useful ally, with her glowing eyes and aura making it more easy to see in the dark forest or generally any area during the nighttime, her being significantly better at looking for food, and her generally providing Nico with a sense of comfort whenever she can while he’s living in the wilderness.

Trivia
- Despite being the fifth main character, Nico was actually the fourth main character to be revealed, coming after Antcruz, Sarah, and Dash, but before Natalie.

- Nico is the only character to have been revealed when still nameless. He was also one of the only characters to be revealed via his Scratch sprite, aside from Dash.

- Similar to Sarah, there have been misconceptions about Nico’s color; He has been thought to be light blue or turquoise by others before.

- Despite Nico’s backstory explaining his outfit, Nico was actually designed on the spot and originally had no story or reasoning in mind.

- Nico’s original design initially had him sporting fingerless gloves rather than full gloves. Of course, this was changed due to them being too hard to draw.