
Nikolai's glaring characteristic is his obsession with the Witches who he was made to study by the Luminous Church. Despite this he is extremely intelligent and is an extremely potent researcher, much like his late father. He can often be boisterous and go on about something for some time until he is stopped. When Alph is enraged upon learning this, Nikolai is one of the people who attempts to calm Alph down. Upon defeating Vanessa, she casts a spell on Theo that metamorphoses his arm into that of a dragon. He proceeds to hug Vanessa only to be attacked. Coincidentally, the Witch of Immolation who also happened to be in the restaurant overheard this information and was impressed with his knowledge. He informs them about the potential existence of a Witch town in the Lethe Forest and summaries that the Mother Lapis, the source of the Lapistier could be the Witches' source of magic. While eating at the restaurant, he reveals his findings about the Witches. Immediately after the argument he is located by the Fatal Hounds. It is also mentioned that he sends letters to Cecile once a week.Īt the Western Continent in Port Town Adwest, Nikolai is seen arguing with a sailor to get a ship to the Holy Capital in order to give the Church crucial information. Nikolai's father, Fareth, was executed by the Luminous Church for his blasphemous experiments some time before the events of Luminous Arc.Īpproximately six months before the game begins, Nikolai left the Ever Garden to research the witches and it was during this time that he most likely wrote the book: 'The Appeal of a Forbidden Fruit'. After a brief conversation, Brother? then attacks Nikolai out of jealousy and Leon steps in to help him. Brother? informs Nikolai that his father had been very proud to have him (Nikolai) as a son, and that Fareth had even taken Brother? to the Ever Garden to spy on Nikolai and see how he was doing. Nikolai meets ' Brother?' in Side Quest 11, in which he visits the lodge where his father once conducted his research. After the success of the experiment, however, Fareth treated his creation rather poorly, often beating it and acting as though it were undeserving of the life he had given it. Brother? is a goblin-type monster that Fareth created some time after Nikolai was taken from him.

Nikolai's father dabbled in ways to create artificial life, which eventually lead to the creation of Brother? (as he is named by the game's text box). Unlike Leon, who wasn't brought to the Ever Garden until his father was dead, the Luminous Church took Nikolai from his father despite his still being alive and well (though Nikolai's mother had passed away shortly following his birth.) Nikolai was brought to the Ever Garden because he was the son of the legendary researcher Fareth. Nikolai was, at one time, one of the Garden Children who were raised at the Ever Garden.
