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Nicodemus Merrick
Status:
Half-blood
Nationality:
Irish
Residence:
Belfast, Ireland
Function:
Second year, Ravenclaw
Wand:
26,0 cm chestnut wood and dragon heartstring
Nico's not suspicious of everyone. He just doesn't trust much of anyone.

This is probably because his father (who is a very normal, very Muggle man who works in advertising) does not encourage the trusting of new people after Nico throws a temper tantrum when he's about four and his magic decides to show itself by bursting both lightbulbs on the other side of the room.

(His mother, an impressive witch who's got wandless magic down to an art form, doesn't mind the incident as much, but she knows it's best not to send Nico off to meet other children when he could possibly explode things when upset. The little ones do tend to get angry quite a lot.)

Instead, Nico takes an interest in art. He starts out with simple tools like crayons and moves on to paints, where he finds his stride. He's good enough for his father to joke about hiring him at his office by the time he's ten. He doesn't want to draw products or things like that, though; Nico loves to paint people, and he loves to paint landscapes. His family takes a vacation to the countryside one winter and he spends the whole time gazing out the window and perfecting his oil-paint interpretation.

His love of color doesn't just extend to making art, though. He expresses himself through hair color, switching it up often, almost with his mood. There's a satisfaction in a child being able to show how he feels with the color he's chosen.

As a person, though, Nico is full of conflicting qualities. He is soft and kind but can snark and snap when he feels threatened, and when bitten, he bites back. He is sarcastic and compassionate, selfish and generous, and incredibly curious about the world around him. (He does enjoy being taught, but he also enjoys figuring things out for himself.)

Importantly, though, Nico knows he's different from other children because sometimes he feels like a she, and other times he feels like he, and sometimes he feels like they or even nothing at all. He thinks pink and blue are both pretty colors and wears both as his hair many times.

Naturally, though, his hair is brown (but he favors a light green when he can change it). His eyes are a hazel-brown color, not green enough to be fully hazel and not dark enough to just be brown. His skin takes more after his mother, whose family originates from the Phillippines, with a darker tone than his white father, whose genes come through more in Nico's facial features.