Nikoraurusu

Nikoraurusu
Kana	ニコラウルス
Rōmaji	Nikoraurusu
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 362
Characteristics
Gender	Male
State	Alive
General Status
Affiliation	Kakin Empire Halkenburg Hui Guo Rou
Occupation	Captain of the Guards for Prince Halkenburg
Nen
Type	Unknown

Nikoraurusu (ニコラウルス, Nikoraurusu) is the Captain of the Guards for 9^th Prince Halkenburg.

Appearance

Nikoraurusu is a man of average height and build, with very short, dark hair and an oval face shape. He has large eyes, thick eyebrows, and a sharp, angular nose, and is generally expresses his emotions clearly on his face. He also has sideburns.

Like the rest of Halkenburg's personal guards, Nikoraurusu wears a suit while acting in his capacity as a guard.

Personality

Like most of Halkenburg's men, Nikoraurusu happily serves him and wants the best for him. When Halkenburg rushes out of his room after his unnatural collapse on the first day of the voyage, Nikoraurusu smiles at him and asks him how he feels. After Room 1009's moment of silence on the third day, when Halkenburg begins to move in great sadness, Nikoraurusu is the one to proactively ask Halkenburg where he is going, and also the one to remind him that what he is doing is against the established rules, which could get him arrested. Still, when Nikoraurusu sees Halkenburg's face, full of sadness, he falls silent in appreciation of the depth of Halkenburg's motivations, and does not further try to stop him, only following him in silence. On the tenth day of the voyage, Nikoraurusu appears indignant at Halkenburg's arrest by the Justice Bureau, and seemingly tries to protest it or get the Justice Bureau to compromise somehow.

Plot

Succession Contest arc

On the first day of the voyage, 9^th Prince Halkenburg retires from the departure ceremony back to his room, Room 1009, and is horrified to discover that at least eleven of his men, including Nikoraurusu, have collapsed in his room and are seemingly unconscious. Halkenburg awakes in his bed several hours later and rushes out to check on his men. He sees his men busy unpacking and organizing his possessions. Fellow guard Furichosefu comments that Halkenburg is awake, and Nikoraurusu asks Halkenburg how he feels. Halkenburg wonders if what he saw was a dream, but by chance, looks at the back of his left hand and sees a pinion imprinted there.

On the third day of the voyage, Halkenburg leads his men in a moment of silence for 12^th Prince Momoze. His men stand in a semicircle surrounding Halkenburg; Nikoraurusu stands on Anesuto's right. The unison of Halkenburg's men in action generates a massive amount of aura, strong enough for 1^st Prince Benjamin to feel from four rooms away in Room 1001 and contact a terrified Shikaku, a personal elite soldier of his who had been sent to guard and spy on Halkenburg on the first day, for an immediate report of the situation.

After the moment of silence ends, Halkenburg begins walking toward Room 1009's entrance. Nikoraurusu asks Halkenburg where he is going, and when he hears that Halkenburg plans to make another appeal to his father, King Nasubi, reminds him that seeing the King outside the banquets is forbidden. Halkenburg continues anyway, wanting to appeal even if it disqualified him, and Nikoraurusu tries to appeal to Halkenburg again, reminding him that Nasubi had declared that the battle for succession cannot be canceled, and highlighting that further resistance could get him arrested. Halkenburg turns and looks Nikoraurusu in the face, and with tears in his eyes, says that another Prince becoming a victim with him having done nothing means that he might as well have killed them himself. Nikoraurusu is unable to respond, and slowly follows behind Halkenburg as he walks to Room 1009's door. Halkenburg leaves with five guards, and instructs the rest of them, including Nikoraurusu, to continue carrying out their duties. Shikaku follows along.

Halkenburg makes his way to Nasubi's residence but is not allowed to enter, and settles for leaving the guards at the VVIP gate a letter with instructions to pass it to him. He continues trying this for the next few days, and on the sixth day, forces the guards at the VVIP gate to let him in at gunpoint. Halkenburg speaks to Nasubi, and after failing to appeal to Nasubi, to assassinate Nasubi, and to commit suicide, returns to his room, awakened and resolved to win, and equipped with a new ability. Halkenburg returns to Room 1009 and uses his Grimmal: The Dissonance to force the soul of his guard Sumidori into Shikaku's body.

On the seventh day of the voyage, Halkenburg and his men stand around a deeply-sleeping Sumidori, with a machine hooked up to him to monitor his brainwaves. The men wonder what happened to Shikaku's soul, and Halkenburg gives them four possibilities. After some discussion about the difficulties in proving or disproving any of the theories, Halkenburg calls for his men's attention, and explains his understanding of why he was given the ability, and the implications that the reason he was given the ability has on what the ability itself can do. Nikoraurusu stands on the right side of the group, between Anesuto and Kontasutin, and the men listen closely to Halkenburg.

On the ninth day, Halkenburg's men gather again, to collectively review their investigation and to be briefed on the next steps to take. "Shikaku" walks over to Room 1007, and presses its doorbell. When one of 7^th Prince Luzurus' guards speaks to him over the intercom, "Shikaku" proclaims Benjamin, and promptly shoots himself in the head. While Benjamin and Luzurus' teams scramble to make sense of the situation, Halkenburg has his men surround "Sumidori", prepared to identify who is inside Sumidori's body and progress their investigation. "Sumidori" wakes up, and identifies Halkenburg in front of him.

On the tenth day of the voyage, Benjamin and Balsamilco Might, his Captain of the Guards, hear Vict, another of their men, struggle in battle again Halkenburg. Following this, Balsamilco has Halkenburg arrested under suspicion of premediated murder, evidenced by Benjamin's soldiers continually experiencing anomalies. IPA members Steiner and Peuckert, temporarily on loan to Kakin's Justice Bureau Investigation Department, turn up in a team of five at Room 1009 to effect the arrest. A member of their team speaks with Nikoraurusu and Anesuto and inform them what is going on. Nikoraurusu and Anesuto are naturally unhappy at the situation, but Halkenburg and his men are unable to do anything, and Halkenburg is led away by the Justice Bureau team.

On the eleventh day of the voyage, Balsamilco turns up at the Justice Bureau in preparation for his trial against Halkenburg, not expecting any resistance since Halkenburg had been separated from his guards. However, after passing through security, Balsamilco notices Vict and is distracted by his presence, leading to him falling victim to Halkenburg's ability and swapping souls with Halkenburg himself. Halkenburg lets his body get infected with TSK-17 found on Balsamilco's body and, very early in the morning on the twelfth day, die. Through Balsamilco's body, Halkenburg conveys three final wishes to Benjamin: a ship-wide announcement, a send-off by his supporters, and his personal guards to transport his casket. Benjamin grants them, wanting to be able to show that he honored Halkenburg's final wishes.

At noon on the twelfth day of the voyage, twelve of Halkenburg's men act as pallbearers for Halkenburg's casket; Nikoraurusu stands at the front of the right side of the casket. They begin the funeral procession from the Tier 3 General Hospital, where Halkenburg had been rushed to when he initially collapsed, and are seen making their way up the central staircase connecting Tiers 2 and 3.

Abilities & Powers

Nen

Given that Halkenburg sent his men Shedule and Yuhirai to Kurapika's Nen lessons on the second day with instructions to learn all they can about Nen beasts, it is likely that none of Halkenburg's men, including Nikoraurusu, know anything about Nen beyond what was mentioned by Kurapika over the emergency channel.

It is worth noting that Nikoraurusu is seen contributing to the massive aura when Halkenburg and his men unite in a moment of silence for Momoze. This is a sign that Nikoraurusu has been marked by Halkenburg's Guardian Spirit Beast; Kurapika notes that those with the mark of Halkenburg's Guardian Spirit Beast are half-awakened to Nen.

Manga Appearances

Succession Contest arc
340. Special Mission	Absent
341. Threats	Absent
342. Challenge	Absent
343. Invitation	Absent
344. Author	Absent
345. Signature	Absent
346. Options	Absent
347. Inauguration	Absent
348. Resolve	Absent
349. Worm Toxin	Absent
350. Prince	Absent
351. Battle to the Death	Absent
352. Troublesome	Absent
353. Cold-Blooded	Absent
354. Heat	Absent
355. Detonation	Absent
356. Unfortunate: Part 1	Absent
357. Unfortunate: Part 2	Absent
358. Eve	Absent
359. Departure	Absent
360. Parasite	Absent
361. Withdraw	Absent
362. Resolve	Debut
363. Nen Beast	Absent
364. Speculation	Absent
365. Choice	Absent
366. To Each His Own	Appears
367. Synchronization	Absent
368. Foul Play	Absent
369. Limits	Absent
370. Observation	Absent
371. Mission	Absent
372. Disappearance	Absent
373. Inheritance	Absent
374. Ability	Absent
375. Persuasion	Appears
376. Determination	Absent
377. Scheme	Absent
378. Balance	Absent
379. Collaboration	Absent
380. Alarm	Absent
381. Predation	Absent
382. Awakening	Absent
383. Escape	Absent
384. War	Absent
385. Warning	Absent
386. Hypothesis	Appears
387. Recreation	Absent
388. Reflection	Absent
389. Curse	Appears
390. Clash: Part 1	Absent
391. Clash: Part 2	Absent
392. Information	Absent
393. Plea	Absent
394. Hypothesis	Absent
395. Founding: Part 1	Absent
396. Founding: Part 2	Absent
397. Founding: Part 3	Absent
398. Search	Absent
399. Expulsion	Absent
400. Secrecy	Absent
401. Moonlight	Absent
402. Letter	Absent
403. Results	Absent
404. Speculation	Absent
405. Performance	Absent
406. Regalia	Appears
407. Negotiation	Appears
408. Negotiation: Part 2	Absent
409. Negotiation: Part 3	Absent
410. Negotiation: Part 4	Absent

Trivia

• Although Nikoraurusu has black hair, he is occasionally drawn without his hair shaded in. This happens in Chapter 362 and Chapter 366. He is also drawn without his sideburns in Chapter 386.