Nikaro

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Nikaro
by Aliya Chen
Abilities	Cognitive Shadow (formerly)
Aliases	Painter
Profession	Painter
Groups	Nightmare Division
Residence	Kilahito
Nationality	Nagadan
Homeworld	Komashi
Universe	Cosmere

Nikaro, who frequently goes by the nickname Painter, is a nightmare painter on Komashi who falls in love with and helps free the yoki-hijo Yumi.

Appearance and Personality

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Nikaro standing in front of the Noodle Pupil.

Nikaro is a young, nineteen year old man with long, black hair that reaches his shoulders. He keeps his hair long, thinking it takes less effort and is more impressive. He looks Veden, but with pale skin not seen much on Roshar. A lanky build, he dresses with an untucked shirt, and a long, knee-length cloak.

He tries to convince himself he is a lone hunter, and that he is happy being by himself without friends, but this isn't true, and he is hoping his old friends will ask him to join them.

Attributes and Abilities

Nikaro was the single best artist in his year. Akane claims Nikaro is the best, most talented artist she's ever seen. Yumi first thought he was a lazy painter, but is later blown away at his skill when she sees the masterpieces he drew in his portfolio. After failing to join the dreamwatch, despite his skills with the brush, he spent most of his time drawing nothing but 'bamboo'. He claimed it was efficient, something that meant more to him these days.

History

Nikaro is from a small town, a few hours away from Kilahito. He spent most of his life prior to heading to Kilahito, training to become a painter, practising since he could first hold a brush. His dream was to become a member of the Dreamwatch, and planned for his friends to become his companions. He trained under three different mentors and was afraid at first.

One year into his training, he applied for the Dreamwatch, but was unsuccessful. Not wanting to disappoint his friends however, he lied and told them he got in. He spent most of his free time after that sitting in the library, staring at a wall, uncertain with what to do. Eventually his friends found out about his deception and the friendship ended. Nikaro continued to work as a painter, but would always go alone, though Akane continued to be friendly with him.

After work one day Nikaro is walking home when he sees evidence of a Nightmare, though he finished his shift he went after the nightmare and eventually finds a nearly full Stable Nightmare in the home of a young boy and his parents. After chasing away the nightmare Nikaro faints and wakes up in a strange place with a girl named Yumi. Nikaro first assumed he was in a dream but quickly concludes that instead he came from the daystar, Nikaro seemed to have taken Yumi's image and without meaning too breaks Yumi's rituals when her attendants try to feed him.

Yumi gets angry at Nikaro but he quickly convinces her that he is not a spirit but lies that he is a hero that was sent to help fix the problem with the Spirits. He tries to explain what happened to Liyun, but she doesn't beleive and he instead follows Yumi's instructions and apalogizes. Yumi and Nikaro discover that there is some sort of sharp electric sensation whenever they touch. As well as the fact that they can't move further than 10 feet apart. They then have to do the ritual bathing and accidentaly touch each other and have the same sensation, but this time it seemed to exchange emotions as well. Soon agter he falls asleep and wakes up in his apartment.

Nikaro and Yumi are on Nikaro's planet now, with Nikaro being now incorperal but Yumi still looking like herself. The Foreman Sukishi nocked on his door and Yumi had to answer it, the foreman seemed surprised to see a girl answere the door and inquires about Nikaro's absence at work. Yumi say's that he was sick and hunting a stable nightmare, he leaves and right after Akane steps out into the hallway and is also surprised to see a girl their. Yumi first assumed Akane was one of Nikaro's concubines and addresses her so. When she leaves Yumi learns Nikaro is not actually a hero and she becomes angry with him. Eventually she falls asleep and they both wake up back on Yumi's world.

With Yumi's instruction Nikaro apologizes to Liyun for collapsing the day before and Nikaro starts to get annoyed with the way Yumi is treating him. When they do the ritual bathing they get into a staring contest and Nikaro earns a measure of respect from Yumi. She explains her plan to try and contact the spirits, eventually Nikaro leaves the spring while they are stil insulting each other. Afterward they arrive at the shrine in the villiage and Yumi gets Nikaro to say the six ritual prayers. Yumi has to poke him to keep him awake once thier finished and Nikaro attemtps to stack stones, failing miserably.

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Relationships

Yumi

Painter first meets Yumi when they body swap for the first time, and at first, she believes he is some sort of hero sent by the spirits to help them. Painter at first pretends that he is the hero she was looking for, but after experiencing his lifestyle when she swaps into his body, she realizes he was lying. Though she gets very annoyed with him, over time they learn to work together. Helping each other through the problems they face and growing together. Over the course of time they spend together, they fall in love as they get through challenges together and teach each other how to live in their separate worlds.

Akane

Nikaro and Akane were good friends back during their time in school. Her and the other members of their group of friends were devastated when they discovered Nikaro's lie about getting into the dreamwatch, and thus their friendship was badly damaged. Years afterwards, Akane stayed somewhat friendly with Nikaro, though he chose to stay away from them, never seeking forgiveness. Eventually when the entire city of Kilahito is in danger, Nikaro begs Akane and his friends for forgiveness and to help him to save the city. They believed him and work together to save the city, forgiving Nikaro in the process.

Tojin

When in upper school Tojin and Nikaro were both in a group of friends including Akane, Izzy and Masaka. Nikaro and Tojin were friends until Tojin discovered Nikaro's lie about getting into the dreamwatch. Afterward Nikaro and Tojin never really interacted with each other, until a stable nightmare attacked them. Though Nikaro didn't have a physical lform at that time he saved Tojin, Tojin later said he had felt Nikaro's presence and knew he had saved him. When Nikaro asked for his friends help he was the first to agree, and at the battle of Kilahito he was the first after Nikaro to take up the battle cry "We are the dreamwatch now."

Masaka

Nikaro met Masaka at upper school when she joined they're group of friends, she is ussual anti-social and wears lots of clothing. She had once made Nikaro a hat for his birthday.. Though Nikaro did not learn until later, Masaka previously used the name Chinikdakordich, and is the sixtieth horde of the Natricatich strain of Sleepless. Masaka later helps out Nikaro and Yumi as they try to map out the outside world, though Nikaro is invisible to her at that time.

Izzy

Izzy, also known as Izumakamo, became friends with Nikaro and the others in upper school. She is an eccentric nightmare Painter and has a fascinatino with Hion. Along with the others she believed that Painter had joined the dreamwatch, and became very untrustful of him when they discovered she had lied. Later when Nikaro asked his friends to help him at first she was against it, but with Tojin's convincing she decided to help. During the battle of Kilahito Izzy froze at one point and was saved when Nikaro pushed her away and drew a bird to push back the nightmare.

Liyun

Nikaro first meets Liyun after he swaps with Yumi for the first time, Liyun beleives that he is Yumi and treets her as so. Nikaro dislikes Liyun for a while thinking of her as too controlling. Though he does warm up to her a little over time.. Later he learns that Liyun is the nightmare painter he had met at the begining of the book. He asks her to give a picture to Yumi, and after a little convincing she said she'd try.

Design

Design is the manager of the Noodle Pupil and is a Cryptic from roshar who bonded with Hoid. They travelled to that system and hoid froze, and design started the shop. she would often see Nikaro whenever he stops by after work. When Nikaro first enters the noodle pupil with Yumi is surprised as she beleived Nikaro was dead. They explained to her what was happening and she was able to give them more information, she continues to help them out before eventually giving ownership of the shop to them.

Sukishi

Sukishi is an old nightmare painter foreman in Kilahito. Sukishi has a low opinion of Nikaro as he knows about Nikaro's lie of joining the dreamwatch, and he often berates him about using bamboo all the time in his paintings. Nikaro doesn't really seem to care much at all, and this led to Sukishi not beleiving Yumi when she said Nikaro had seen a stable nightmare.

Mrs. Shinja

Mrs. Shinja lives in the same apartment complex as Nikaro, She showers at about nine o'clock every morning and is known too be very possesive of the hot water. Nikaro has gotten used to being careful with using the hot water as well as showering at nine o'clock lest he anger her.

Notes

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