Nicolai

Nicolai is one of the Agents in FLAME vs BLAZE.

The Lost Herald
Part 1
 * The moon shone brightly above Nicolai. Trace memories whispered to him from his subconscious: home is beyond the Heavens.


 * But how could he go back? He didn't even remember how he came to the surface. He searched the sky for an answer, but there was nothing besides the darkness of night and the placid twinkle of distant stars. A single tear streaked down his cheek.


 * It was a long time before he was finally able to look away from that awful, empty darkness, but what he saw made him blink: a single white flame floated there a distance away from him. He walked up to it and lifted it in his palm. The fire didn't burn his hand.


 * Heatless fire? How could this be? As he stared at the white flame burning quietly in his palm, Nicolai realized -- no, he remembered! -- that this was his answer. What he held in his hand was the Flames of Bliss.


 * Sudden, brief images raced through his mind: Heaves / Gods / Sin / Jail / Dimensions / Escape / Mission / Pursuit / Hope / Anguish / Crimson / Azure / Scream / Impact / Liquefaction / Calefaction / Ebullition / Cascade / Hatred / Pain / Disaster / Sacrifice / Ruins / Purgatory / Emptiness / Loss / Termination / Revelation / Oblivion.

Part 2
 * Nicolai still could not remember much of his past. Days and months flew by while he wandered aimlessly across this hated surface world. One day, a strange-looking man stood in his way.


 * ...Hound? The name suddenly came to the forefront of his mind. He knew this man, and he Nicolai. Hound seemed surprised to hear Nicolai could not remember him or anything else about his past. Hound leaned forward and whispered in his ear: "You and I are going to collect the Flames of Bliss."


 * Hound explained to Nicolai that one of the ways of opening a path to the Heavens was by collecting the Flames of Bliss and using them to repair the Reactors. Nicolai didn't know how much he trusted Hound, but he could tell that he wasn't lying about the Flames.


 * Hound took Nicolai to the Kingdom of Azuria, the land of the blue flame. According to Hound, Azuria was one of the two largest nations in the world of Fygaard. He had also somehow managed to arrange a meeting with the king of Azuria himself. When the two stood before the regent, Hound simply said: "Collect the Flames of Bliss for us, and we will grant you your wildes wishes."


 * The king, naturally, was not amused. These two proclaimed to be emissaries from the Heavens. If it were true, they would be treated as gods in Azuria, but if not... At the twitch of the king's finger, a score of palace guards surrounded Hound and Nicolai.

Part 3
 * Hound never looked away from the king. He stood there, relaxed, waiting for the Azurians to make their move. He had probably anticipated this reaction. Nicolai tried to convince the king that they were, indeed, from the Heaves, but to no avail.


 * At the king's barked order, the twenty guards, swords unsheathed, rushed toward Hound and Nicolai. Hound shrugged, shaking his head. Nicolai surmised that this was all according to plan as well.


 * Just as their swords were about to slice the interloping duo, the guards suddenly froze. After a brief pause, all of the guards dropped their weapons, and they, themselves, fell down, unconscious. Nicolai shook himself and let out a deep breath. Hound turned around and gave him a wink, as if to say "Good job."


 * Hound walked slowly toward the king. Nicolai noticed that while Hound was grinning, his eyes were full of challenge. Hound stopped a few steps from the king, and shrugged again, hand spread open, daring him to defy him again.


 * The king slowly stood from his throne. He took one step forward, and then proceeded to genuflect in front of Hound. And this was the day the Kingdom of Azuria welcomed the two holy envoys from the Heavens, and began a nationwide search for the Flames of Bliss.

Part 4
 * Nicolai gazed longingly at the night sky, and the moon looking much like it did from his earliest memories of this place. How many months has it been since he came to this surface world? According to the king's latest reports, the Azurians were making solid progress in collecting the Flames of Bliss. He wondered how many more months it would take before he could go home.


 * Nicolai could now remember details of the fateful night that people call the Calamity. When his Flames of Bliss clashed against Pulcinella's Blaze of Anguish, the ensuing explosion consumed everything nearby.


 * At that moment, Nicolai remember catching sight of two people -- a man and woman -- at the corner of his vision. In his mind, he knew that the fate of a couple of surface-dwellers was of secondary concern, but his hear compelled him to move. To save them.


 * Nicolai could only save the woman. Those two must've been lovers. He knew he did the best he could -- he almost died himself saving this one life. And it cost him his memory.


 * He did not have the heart to stay and tell the woman what had happened to her lover. He left her in a safe location and departed before she could regain consciousness. Thinking back, the woman reminded him of his mother, and, in turn, it reminded him of the home he may never see again.

Backdraft
Main Mode

Heavenly Pact
Alternative Mode

Spark
Nicolai throws a bolt of light in the targeted direction, hindering any foe it comes in contact with. Tap repeatedly to keep firing bolts.

Blinding Halo
Nicolai stuns and deals damage to enemies in front of him.

Anamnesis
Nicolai morphs into a more powerful form.

Sparkle
Nicolai unleashes bolts of light in a frontal cone. Enemies hit by the bolts are hindered.

Blinding Whorl
Nicolai stuns and deals damage to enemies in front of him. Casts faster than its lesser version, giving enemies less time to react.

Heavenly Strike
Nicolai drops meteors on enemies in the surrounding area. Nicolai reverts to his child form at the end of the attack.