Difference between revisions of "Nicelle Sauvage"

Sauvage is a [[Leecher]], granting her the ability to remove [[Investiture]] from objects so long as she can touch them whilstwhile burning chromium. She also claims that she was taught under [[Baz-Kor]] monks who trained her on a fighting style that lets her get close enough to use her abilities against an opponent as well as general self-defencedefense techniques. As a child, she was also trained in ballet, something which she claims helps her achieve feats of athleticism in the present time.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy broadsheet}} Over time, Nicelle also came to learn about the wider cosmere and developed at least a basic understanding of its workings.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}

Nicelle Sauvage was born on an unknown date. She was raised as a noblewoman in [[New Seran]] and was eventually trained in self-defencedefense under the tutelage of Baz-Kor monks, as well as ballet. Her family eventually came into possession of Pinecone Allomouser the Third, a cat.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy broadsheet}}{{file ref|House Record broadsheet.jpg|The House Record broadsheet}}

During this time, it seems Nicelle developed a habit of exploring the Roughs surrounding the Basin. One of her trips eventually took her towards the southern mountains, during which she was separated from her peers. At the time she did not know what their fates were and considered it a real possibility that they had died. While by herself she eventually came upon a clearing in the mountains which contained a pool inside of it. Emerging from the pool was a [[Southern Scadrian|"dark figure"]] whose only discernible features were their eyes. Fearful, Nicelle abandoned the location and hiked an hour away from the pool before setting up camp. Eventually, she managed to return to civilisationcivilization where she then recalled her story to the local broadsheets.{{file ref|House Record broadsheet.jpg|The House Record broadsheet}}

Over the following year, tales of her adventures eventually reached the ear of Jak and it was agreed for her to start publishing her tales in a serialized nature under his brand name. During this time she was advertised as a '''Paranatural Detective''' by Jak. Eventually, her father, Stefan, passed away and left Nicelle an inheritance which included a map of the city. Allegedly, this map had a secret pocket which contained instructions on how to discover a tribe of metal beings created by the [[Lord Ruler]] known as the [[Kalkis]]. Before Nicelle could retrieve these instructions, however, the map was stolen from her by [[Nazh]]{{wob ref|7415}} wearing a mistcloak as a disguise. During the ensuing struggle, Nicelle managed to steal one of Nazh's devices and pocketed it while Nazh himself ran away towards a nearby gondola. Nicelle gave chase and managed to jump onto the side of the gondola and clingedcling on just as it departed from its dock. WhilstWhile clinging on, Nicelle glanced inside and saw Nazh fiddling with a glowing device, one she presumed was to provide his means of escape. Panicked, Nicelle grabbed hold of the device she stole from Nazh and rammed it into the gondola door, causing an explosion, destroying the door and releasing a [[cognitive shadow]]. It is unknown if the device Nicelle used unleashed the shadow or if Nazh shot it at her using his gun like Nicelle presumed. If the latter, Nazh was not intending to kill her with the shot.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy broadsheet}}{{wob ref|7415}}

During the six following years, Nicelle eventually served as Jak's assistant for a brief period, which she would consider one of the strangest times in her life, and then became an independent adventurer again. During these adventures, she allegedly befriended two [[kandra|Faceless Immortals]] named [[KeSun]] and [[Tabaar]] who later became her travelling companions. Together, they went on many adventures, with one involving TabarrTabaar having to disguise himself as [[Human]] in ''[[A Hero for All Ages]]''. She met the Haunted Man many more times as well throughout her travels, to the extent that Nicelle counted him as one of her adventuring companions, and they made a promise with each other to explore the cosmere together. Their relationship slowly took on a romantic tension.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}} Following a public dispute between Jak and his sidekick Handerwym, Sauvage would decide to continue under Handerwym's brand. Her newer stories contained comments making fun of Jak's stories and she was more open to Handerwym editing her work.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}

Eventually, Nicelle's travels led her to find the '''Compass of Spirits''', which she believed was central to saving [[Scadrial]]. The compass possessed the ability to send one to the [[Cognitive Realm|ghostly dimension]]. While attempting to reach their destination, one of Nicelle's rivals, [[Vila Mecant]], stole the compass but forgot to take the key with her. Nicelle moved to hand the key to the device to Nazh so that he could keep it away from Vila while Nicelle persuaded her two companions to merge together into a bird. With this done, they gave chase to Vila and Nicelle fought her off, managing to retrieve the compass in the process. Afterwards, she spoke to Nazh who held her and then moved in for a kiss before stealing the compass from Nicelle. He apologisedapologized before disappearing to the ghostly dimension. RealisingRealizing the betrayal, Nicelle was hurt and panicked, realisingrealizing that there was no way for them to locate Nazh, concluding their quest was lost. KeSun and TobarrTabaar, however, stopped Nicelle and told her that there was another way to enter the ghostly dimension that they had never told her about.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}

Over the following six years, Nicelle and Nazh's paths crossed frequently with one another, during which their relationship slowly grew less hostile. Eventually, Nicelle considered him as one of her travelling companions and the pair made a promise to one another to explore the cosmere together. During this time, it appears that their relationship also took on a more obvious romantic tension. Unfortunately, their travels ended during the '''Compass of Spirits''' incident where the pair moved to enter the ghostly dimension. Upon retrieving the compass, Nazh, for reasons unknown, betrayed Nicelle by tricking her into thinking they were about to kiss before pickpocketing the compass for himself and entering the ghostly dimension by himself. It appears that he was not happy about this as he apologisedapologized to her for doing so.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}