Nikolai

Nikolai Frederickson is the official Camp Director, Camp Dad, of this wild skittle camp.

Appearance
Nikolai is a grey skinned, fey-tainted tiefling. He has short white hair and he stands at 5’11. He wears a black suit with white shirt, and a black tie. He normally has a cloak around him, and he has various rings on his hands - one of which is his wedding ring. His ears have multiple studs. Never does any of the jewelry he wears make noise.

When he is armoured, he will wear full plated armour, with a sword. He has a ring of protection which is his wedding ring, and a cloak of protection which he was gifted by his husband back when they first started dating.

His right horn is missing, leaving him with a stump, that he is thoroughly debating the pros of cons for growing it back because it makes cuddling easier with it being gone.

During the night, as the moonlight caresses his skin, he will glow. He shines bright, as if an aurora borealis was taking place on his skin. The lights move, dancing, swirling around the canvas that is his skin. The reason behind the lights are unknown.

His body is covered with many scars and behind each scar is a story: There are raised lashes covering his back; a jagged scar reaching from his lower back up to his waist; a sharp line on his left arm, just above where his elbow where at one point, the limb had been severed; a scarification of a large dream catcher, with three webs, and feathers that fall down to just above his tail; a deep scar across his heart, from where it had almost been cut out; a small scar on both his cheek and eye. All scars are a faint silver, except the Dreamcatcher which glows a faint blue at night.

After the events of FC1 and their aftermath, his fingers are now no longer glowing, instead they are blackened. He wears gloves to cover this. Throughout his time at camp the extent of this varied. It was revealed it was tied to the emotion of hope.

After Reuniting with Vadik (Petya) he now has a Lichtenberg scar from over his neck and jaw.

After he returned to his archfey status his appearance changed slightly. His hair grew back long, reaching the length it had been previously, his eyes constantly glow, and if you look closely it appears as if a blue tinted galaxy is dancing behind them. His horns grew back in full. When Koyla returned to work, on a classified mission, he lose his left arm once more. His arm is cursed so that no magical healing will work, and it can never be grown back. The full extent of this curse is not realized. He now has a new prosthetic arm once more.

Personality
Nikolai, like most people, has a few layers. Depending on who he is around, depends on which behaviours are the most prominent. He is normally very good at masking his anxiety, unless he’s around people he feels comfortable enough around to let them see it.

To most, they would see Nikolai as being a calm individual. He is level headed, and normally tries to be friendly and helpful. He wants to make people feel at ease. He wants to help everyone - often to a point where it prooves to be detrimental to his own health.

He cares deeply, and will do anything to protect his friends or family.

He enjoys watching the chaos, often being the hands behind the chess board setting things up. In his own (private) campaign, he is the reason popcorn exists and should he be with the right company, he will play harmless pranks on others, sometimes, those people being his own campers.

As his story was revealed, more was learned about his past traumas and his PTSD and C-PTSD and the cause and effect. It was revealed his addiction to tea was due to it being the first thing that clicked that he could have control over. Throughout his time at camp he allowed more parts of himself to be seen, as he stopped masking as much around those he did not see as his children.

Backstory
Nikolai was born into royalty, the only tiefling in a long line of humans. He was given an education, and was raised no different than if he was a human. He was publicly announced a sickly child, his parents not wanting people to see him. They filed down his horns short but never went below the nub where the nerves were, and cut his hair in such a way as to his them. If he ever had to make a public appearance, he was disguised as human as per his parents request. His parents were hiding him for his own safety, as there was a huge prejudice against any non human person in their country. They were trying to fix this, but it would be a slow process.

He was known as “The Sickly Prince.”

He had the best education money could buy, and he had found himself drawn to music for a young age, so amongst his studies to prepare him to one day take the throne, he was allowed to learn to be a musician. He discovered the magic of song, and gained his first levels in bard.

Over his teen years he had started to grow distant from his family, and when his younger brother and sister were born, he officially asked his parents to remove him from being the heir. They took it under consideration, but Nikolai until then had proven himself to be a natural leader, so they were reluctant. Five years later he ran away, joining a group of ragtag adventures who worked together for years, eventually joining a guild and working his way up the ranks. He travelled with no last name, and never sent letters to his parents. He had left his old nanny as a contact should something ever happen to him, not wanting the guild to know who he really was.

One one job he found himself following the sound of a quiet music deep within a cave that he and his party had found refuge in for the night, and he took it upon himself to investigate, accidentally stepping through a rift into the Feywild. He never returned. His group wrote back to the guild, and word made its way back to his family.

Prince Nikolai Frederickson, was announced dead. That was 751 years ago.

Now in an unknown land, where they spoke an unknown language, Nikolai set forward trying to find work so he could survive until he figured out how to get home, doing off jobs. Eventually he found himself (Loops to be unlocked) and he took the job. (Further Loops.)

He met Demyan, and elven fey man, who in turn introduced Nikolai to people who would later be known as family. Demyan was his shining light, and saved Nikolai from himself. Though Nikolai had quickly fallen in love with Demyan, he never pushed things, as he believed that Demyan did not feel the same. (Loops.) Eventually, the two started dating.

Not long after, a civil war broke out across the wilds, and Nikolai took it upon himself to fight. Fight for his freedom and fight for his right to be with Demyan. (War Loops.) Nikolais side won.

Upon returning home, it didn’t take long for him to propose to Demyan. Demyan said yes.

Olaurian was his best man, and had organized the stag do, hosting it at his own. But this night was to not end happily, for come the end of the night, Olaurian had disappeared. They searched for a long time, but eventually, they had to accept the worst and help a funeral for their lost friend.

Nikolai and Demyan were wedded, and Nikolai did not have a best man. They started a life together. About fifty years ago, Nikolai was banished from the Feywilds by Artagan as a prank. Because he was not a native to that plane, he even up back in the material plane. He ended up finding an adventuring party that was injured, and he healed then and began to work alongside them while he tried to figure out how to get home. He ended up reunited with the baker known as Luna who lived just outside of Demyan's forest, apparently, she hooped between the planes quite regularly. He helped her make cakes as she was getting stressed, and she unofficially adopted him. He was gifted the Twilight Domain, by the goddess Selune, who was Lunas real identity.

Eventually he made it back to the Feywilds, and has been living there ever since, occasionally travelling with the party.

Before the start of camp, he had been reunited with his daughter Galya, however she was later killed in battle. The man that killed her, fled, but his mini army did not. Earthquake was cast on the volcanic terrain, while Nikolai held his dying daughter in his arms. He took over camp duties, deciding to continue her legacy.

Camp Timeline

 * Camp began.
 * Met Azula, Trouble, Uva and Kaos and explored the camp, he never corrected them when they went the wrong direction and they discovered the rope room.
 * Met Onyx in the library, light flirting, curious
 * Axel appeared on his doorstep, they had tea, fell asleep on comfy corner with Kisa.
 * Removed the blocks on Peri’s memories
 * Nikolai vs Bella Fight Club.
 * Peri gave him tea blends as a thank you, they adopted each other. He brought up Galya and the reasonings behind camp.
 * Drunk Onyx on his doorstep, they had a walk under the moonlight, and touched pinkies.
 * He came back to his cabin one day to find his desk and it’s contents stolen.
 * Call from Axel in Arena One, emergency, he diffused the situation, healed them all to full and sent the two sets of twins off to be looked after by his friends. Officially claimed Axel has his son.
 * Locked up the fight clubs for a few days while new rules and safety measures were put in place.
 * Went to forest, panic attack, critical failure on sanity roll. Was taken home, and he had a breakdown in his husband's arms before having a nightmare. His fingers have gone dark.
 * Campfire fight - he talked about it, sending Aldrik and Bella off, and left Echo and Taryn in his cabin for the night.
 * Wildflower picking with Peri and Axel. Found out about Peri’s engagement. Agreed to wed them. Promised to wear a flower crown for the wedding.
 * Campfire, a long overdue reunion with Olaurian after 300 years, found out he was a frog. They caught up, cuddled, cried, punched each other. Lule was called when Olaurian croaked it, and they fought the Demigoddess Sahanine, removing the curse with the help of four gods. Fight the Mini Moon.
 * Alexei arrived at camp.
 * Trouble discovered a glowworm, and they had tea whilst he tried to answer any questions about the Feywild.
 * Late night swimming under the moonlight with Onyx where they talked about trauma, and planned a tea date where they could discuss things before they go any further with whatever it is they’re doing. Made a fey promise to not run away.
 * Afternoon tea with Axel and protective dad mode was engaged. He found out about the letter from Axels father.
 * Had a tea/dinner date with Onyx where he found out a little about Onyx's past, and he explained polyamory and Demyan. While there was a few bumps in the road, overall it ended well. Onyx accidentally stayed the first night, and Nikolai slept normally nightmare free for the first time in centuries. Come morning, he told Onyx he could call him Koyla, and he officially asked Onyx to be his boyfriend. Onyx said yes.
 * Axel called because Taryn was possessed by Axel's father, who was trying to get to Malva. He helped get the situation under control, and arranged to have Axel's father taken care of.
 * He called in an off screen favour with Graz'zt and Axel's father was disposed of.
 * Peri came round, to hold Nikolai to his promise to go looking for dresses. He took her back to the feywild, where she met Demyan and Lelyah, and together Lelyah and Peri found a wedding dress. Nikolai cried when he saw Peri in the dress.
 * At one of the usual weekly afternoon tea session with Axel, he was gatecrashed by an old friend who apparently they both had known. Vadik, who had apparently slept with both of them at various times. Small world. Nikolai now has a lightning scar up his face thanks to an inflict wounds by Vadik, as a result of their roughhousing. They got drunk, or rather, Axel got drunk and passed out in Nikolai's lap, and Vadik and Nikolai had a catchup, which resulted in all of the stress that he'd stacked onto himself overflowing and the mask broke. Koyla told Petya about a figure from his past whos return is looming over him.
 * One day at the barn, he was reunited with Whimsy, or as he calls her, Whimsical. They both panicked when they realised who the other was, they had known each other before Nikolai was banished from the feywild 70 years ago. It is revealed that Nikolai was once an Archfey of Nightmares.
 * Peri and Uva are wed, he officiated.
 * He had an afternoon tea date with Onyx, and they confessed their love and shared their first kiss. After a while, they ended up going through Nikolai's old research on dreamcatchers, trying to find something that would help Whimsy, and himself. Onyx nearly fell asleep on the sofa, so Nikolai practically carried him to the bed, tucking him in and kissing him goodnight. He did his normal nightly rituals, and then at what would of been a normal waking time for Onyx he set about making them breakfast in bed, waking Onyx up with a kiss good morning.
 * There was a family dinner, where Koyla met Angel and Ashe for the first time properly. He prepared ratatouille. While it was awkward, things went well.
 * Trouble had been avoiding him for a while but he had been so busy with trying to find a cure for Whimsy he hadn't noticed. He found her in the library, and discovered that she had practived dream magics and it had left her mentally scared. He explained the dangers, and helped her understand the difference between dreams and reality and how they intertwine.
 * He found a cure for Whimsy but he doesn't like it. The search continues.
 * Demyan came to camp because he missed Koyla.
 * Due to reasons unknown by Koyla, Onyx came to his cabin on night, soaked to the bone. He stayed the night, but left in the morning leaving a letter. Onyx left camp and broke up with Koyla.
 * Demyan thought it best to take Koyla home for a while, his mental health was deteriating and he was concerned. Vadik and Olaurian were left in charge of the camp, and they went home for three months.
 * Three months later they came back for one night, and Koyla received a message from Onyx to meet him in the fields. He went alone (with Kisa) and he was met by Onyx and Mikhail, Onyx's ex boyfriend. They were both liches. A fight occurred, as Mikhail set out trying to kill Koyla. Koyla nearly died, and with no other option, accepted his true power, leaving him to become an archfey once again. All corruption was gone. He killed Mikhail, then called on a favour to find the phylacteries, destroying Mikhail's and putting Onyx's somewhere safe where no one could break it.
 * Onyx moved in the feywild with Koyla and Demyan and the family.
 * A week later Axel and Angel returned from their 'stabcation'.

Outside of Camp

 * Demyan and kisa.pngn: 6’9, broad shoulders. Copper skinned, reddish brown hair, long. Usually has leaves in it. Knows how to wield a sword but rarely yields it. King of a forest. The Shepherd. Warlock Patron. Shy, easily flustered. Doesn’t belong to any courts. Archdruid, can talk to animals. Both fey and non. Is the forest.
 * Galya: short black hair, red skinned tiefling. 5’8
 * Lelyah: long blue hair, braided. Blue skin. Tiefling. 3’7
 * Alexei: auburn haired satyr. 3’5
 * Prince/King Sacha: 4’0 when last seen. 6’0 adulthood. Black hair, pale skin. Looks Like father but with blue eyes
 * Princess Lada : 3’5 when last seen. 5’9 adulthood. White hair, hazel eyes, she was a knight.
 * Queen Lizabeta: 5’2 human. Ivory skin. White hair, red eyes. Albino. Small boned but fierce.
 * King Olezka: 5’10 human. Black hair with grey streaks. A full thick beard. Stong. Good man. Protective of his family. Tanned skin. Hazel eyes
 * Micha - Brown bear, who wears glasses because of short sightedness. He can talk sylvan and common. He works as a Nanny and a tutor for the kids, he likes books. He also works with Demyan when it comes to dealing with the courts, Demyans best friend.

In Camp

 * Axel Thorne - adoptive son
 * Onyx - boyfriend
 * Peri - adopted daughter
 * Trouble - adoptive daughter

Nikolai's Desk
Nikolai’s desk had been stolen, and they thieves are exploring the desk for any clues to the upcoming phrogageddon.

So far they have only explored the top drawer, in which they found three notebooks,

Notebook 1: finances for the camp and the unfortunately named party ‘The Worlds End'. This book is mostly written in sylvan, with a little common and celestial sprinkled throughout. It is new, seemingly started within the last few months.

Notebook 2: Old tattered leather, full to the brim, has extra pages sewn into the back, looks very close to falling apart yet somehow, it is still holding together. This is written in sylvan, and its contents include research into dream magicks, the repercussions of Dreamcatchers, The gloaming courts, Archfey of Dreams and a drawing a hand with dark fingers.

Upon further inspection of the research journal:

“You find a paragraph written messily in cursive. It is being the the page with the drawing of a hand, and the ink seems to have bled a little from the other side making it more difficult to read, possibly why you didn't pay attention the first time you flipped through the book.

It reads: ''I have found that Dreamcatchers are commonly the non fey, because they are disposable. If they stay with the job long enough they become sick.'' what happened to them? From what I can find, they all disappear around this time and are replaced. WHERE ARE THEY TAKEN? ''Killed? Loose ends?''

Later in the book you find in Capital letters: I HAVE THE TAINT

''I have runaway from the courts. They hunt me.. But i will hide. I have found a forest, they don't seem to be able to come here without the trees injuring them. I am safe here for now.''

There are then the occasional reports of the black skin spreading, and as it does, so does the authors power.

''I seem to have developed truesight. That is quite handy, albeit distracting. An interesting discovery, my non darkened skin now appears to glow under the moonlight of this forest.”''

Notebook 3: A larger notebook, old leather, expensive. The cover is embossed with a royal crest, and on the first page is a drawing of a flag for the country of Sochiygua. It appears old, but well kept. The first few pages are messily written with faded ink, as if it had been written by a child. Throughout the book the handwriting gets progressively better. The first entries are marked around 750 years ago. It is a child's journal, written in an ancient language. It is the real world equivalent of Russian.

Middle draw: Music notes, old stories, old songs, and three half finished songs. There is an old panflute in here, as well as a few beaded feathers. One of the half finished songs is a tribute to Galina One is dedicated to Peri and Uva (for their wedding) and one is about a certain jingly mans

Bottom draw contains letters. All folding up and left in unwritten envelopes.