Difference between revisions of "Nicelle Sauvage"

Nicelle Sauvage was born aton an unknown date,. sheShe was raised as a noble womannoblewoman in [[New Seran]] and was eventually trained in self -defence under the tutelage of Baz-Kor monks, andas alsowell 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,Basin. oneOne of her trips eventually took her towards the southern mountains, during that journeywhich she was separated from her peers. At the time she did not know what their faithfates waswere 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,. emergingEmerging from the pool was a [[Southern Scadrian|"dark figure"]] whose only discernible features was that ofwere their eyes. Fearful, Nicelle abandondedabandoned the location and hiked an hourshour away from the pool before setting up camp. Eventually, she managed to return to civilisation 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 also containedhad a secret pocket which contained instructions on how to discover a lost formtribe of metal beings created by the [[Lord Ruler]] known only as the [[Kalkis]]. Before Nicelle could retrieve these instructions, however, the map was stolen offfrom her by [[Nazh]]{{wob ref|7415}} wearing a mistcloak as a disguise,. duringDuring the ensuing struggle, Nicelle managed to steal one of Nazh's devices and pocketed it while Nazh himself ran away towards a nearby Gondolagondola. Not wanting to lose him Nicelle gave chase and managed to jump onto the side of the gondola and clingclinged on just as it departed from its dock. Whilst 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's, 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}}

With the door now removed, Nicelle entered the gondola proper and saw it was littered with a variety of Nazh's devices. He pulled a gun of unknown function on her, causing her reflexes to kick in,. swiftly sheShe approached him swiftly and used her leecher abilities to drain the device of its investitureInvestiture. Upon seeing this, Nazh panicked and tried to take aim again, but this time Nicelle kicked the gun out of his hand and let it plummet off the gonadolagondola. While he was distracted, Nicelle grabbed hold of the map,. beforeBefore she could take it, however, Nazh grabbed onto his side of it. The pair wrestled for control over it, all the while insulting one another, until eventually, Nazh fell out of the gondola,. Nicelle offered a truce to try and pull him up, but Nazh declined and instead opted to cut the map in half, causing him to plummet. After confirming her half of the map had the needed clue she needed, Nicelle travelled down to where Nazh should have landed but found no evidence of him there nor any witnesses to him. While searching, she bumped into [[Hoid]]{{wob ref|1702}}, who offered to tell her a story which she declined. Upon reaching home, she immediately consulted the map for the next clue on her journey.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The New Ascendancy broadsheet}}

During the six following years, NickiNicelle eventually served as Jak's assistant for a brief period, which she would consider it one of the strangest times in her life, and then became an independent adventurer again. During these venturesadventures, she allegedly befriended two [[kandra|faceless immortals]] named [[KesunKeSun]] and [[Tabaar]] who later became her travelling companions. Together, together they went on many venturesadventures, with one involving Tabarr having to disguise himself as [[Human]] in a Kolossplay. She met the Haunted Man many more times as well throughout her travels, to the extent that NickiNicelle counted him as one of her adventuring companions, and they made a promise with each other to explore the Cosmerecosmere 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,. herHer newer stories contained comments making fun of Jak's stories and she was more open to allowing Handerwym to editediting her work.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}

Eventually, NickiNicelle's travels gotled her involvedto infind finding athe '''Compass of Spirits''', which she believed was central to saving [[scadrialScadrial]],. theThe compass possessed the ability to send one to the [[Cognitive Realm|Ghostghostly Dimensiondimension]]. WhilstWhile attempting to reach their destination, one of Nicki's rivals, [[Vila Mecant]], stole the compass but forgot to take the key with her. Quickly NickiNicelle moved to hand the key to the device to Nazh so that he could keep it away from Vila while NickiNicelle persuaded her two companions to merge together into a bird. With this done, they gave chase to Vila and NickiNicelle 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 offfrom Nicki,Nicelle. heHe apologised before disappearing to the Ghostghostly Dimensiondimension. Realising the betrayal, NickiNicelle was hurt and panicked, realising that there was no way for them to locate Nazh, concluding their quest was lost. KeSun and Tobarr, however, stopped NickiNicelle and told her that there was another way to enter the ghostghostly dimension that they had never told her about.{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}