Nick Wilder

== Nick Wilder is a student currently attending Beacon Academy and is one of the main protagonists of Ash Winters' FanFiction, DMND in the Rough. His weapons of choice are a set of Razor Edge Playing Cards named Royal Flush, and a Dust Enhanced Grappling Cane called Hidden Ace. == He first appears in the chapter, Prelude 3: Nick, where he faces off against Matthew Cian/Dr M in the Cian Viper, before taking his girlfriend, Sarah Mantega, to dinner. 6 months later, he is seen enrolling at Beacon Academy, where he becomes a member of Team DMND, alongside Dillon Colby, Antonio Morningstar and Dominic Steele.

Appearance
Nick is a moderately tall, slim, fair-skinned young man with short, straight, dark red hair, and dark green eyes.

Original
Nick wears a red dress shirt with black 'Ace of Spades' emblems on both shoulders, over which is a dark grey vest with gold buttons. His trousers are the same colour as his vest, and his shoes are red with black laces and soles. He also wears a pair of dark red gloves to protect his hands from accidental cuts from his cards.

Pyjamas
Nick's pyjamas consist of a red T-shirt with black sleeves, with his emblem in black on his upper left chest, and a pair of dark grey trousers.

Beacon Uniform
Nick wears the standard male uniform, consisting of a white dress shirt, red necktie, blue vest, black trousers and a black blazer trimmed in gold, as well as a pair of black dress shoes and his signature dark red gloves.

Backstory
To be added

Personality
Due to his Mistrali heritage, Nick is a performer through and through, motivated by a desire to "put on the greatest show of all time". His love for stage magic, particularly sleight of hand, is what birthed his Semblance*. Nick is the most socially flexible of his team, having spent a lot of his youth travelling through the kingdoms and experiencing different cultures, so often acts as a mediator to settle disputes involving his team.

* The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed.*

Powers and Abilities
Nick appears to have slightly above-average strength, speed and agility, shown in the force of his card throws and being able to carry Matthew Cian (who weighs 110 lbs [50kg]) with some effort, though this may just be him using his Semblance to give the illusion of these abilities. Nick also has fairly quick reactions, as he was able to block a laser from the Cian Viper, though it was charging up beforehand. Additionally, he is a fairly strategic and intelligent fighter, using the reflective surface of his cards to deflect energy blasts from the Viper back into itself to detonate the Dust inside, destroying it.

Nick also has some training in basic martial arts, though he is nowhere near the level of his team-mates, preferring to fight from a distance.

Weapons
Nick's primary weapon, Royal Flush, is a deck of 52 razor cards. He is able to use them to great effect in tandem with his Semblance, allowing strikes from unexpected angles. The deck's small size allows for easy and concealed carriage in his vest pocket.Additionally, Nick carries Hidden Ace, a cane equipped with a grappling hook and 4 Dust slots, each linked to one of the 'suit' emblems near the bottom of the hook.

​​​​​Semblance
Nick's Semblance, Contact Telekinesis, allows him to move objects with his mind after touching them. These connections are functionally permanent until the object is destroyed beyond recognition, or until Nick deactivates the link himself. Nick's Semblance cannot affect organic matter, including Grimm, though he can use it on his clothing to simulate flight, indicating that organics touching the target is not an issue. The most impressive use of this Semblance, in terms of object size, is when Nick used it to launch a large container of Dust at the Cian Viper to distract and immobilise it. The number of objects being affected does not appear to be an issue, as Nick uses it frequently on his cards in combat while adding other objects to the mix.

Trivia

 * Colour Naming Rule: Nicholas (the expanded form of Nick [Red Ranger in Power Rangers Mystic Force]), Wilder (corrupted from 'wildfire'→ fire→ red)
 * Inspiration: Honest John (Pinnochio), Jack Wilder (Now You See Me)
 * Honest John- Middle name is Jonathan, playing card motif references the Ace of Spades card John gives Pinnochio as a 'ticket' to Pleasure Island, John is often seen tricking Pinnochio; Nick's career in stage magic could be seen as a form of trickery, carries a cane.
 * Jack- Original concept middle name was Jack, magicians, throwing cards.
 * Theme Song: B.o.B feat. Rivers Cuomo- Magic
 * Nick shares his birthday, May 8th, with the late Frank Garcia, a famous card magician and professional gambler, tying into his playing card motif.
 * Dillon bears several similarities with the members of Team RWBY:
 * Ruby Rose: Colour scheme.
 * Weiss Schnee: Dust sStatspecialists, introduced fighting a single opponent.
 * Blake Belladonna:
 * Yang Xiao Long: Names reference fire, gauntlets (Nick's timeskip outfit)