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reference of my hunters beast form + nikolai( my friend’s hunter )for a rough size comparison.

hes a scaly, hairy, wrinkly boy

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gives him a big ol kiss on the cheek!!!

   A blush burned Nikolai’s face, adorably obvious as he had no mask to wear at the time. He tucked his face underneath his collar to collect his composure, lips stuck into a wide smile. There was a pause before he had the courage to lean forward and peck Cecil on the cheek in return. 

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I wonder what it would feel like to be at peace with myself.

William Chapman   (via astromed)

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powder kegs?

more like poly kegs

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I’m probably not going to have a lot of like, “evil” or particularly dark/violent Nikolai aus on this blog outside what’s understandable or is caused by a very good reason... mostly because people with scars, particularly major scarring, deserve to be more than villains and actually be able to be seen as heroes/good people. 

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Modern Nikolai facts

Professional photographer!

Also indulges in art a lot more in modern.

It’s amazing the things you can get into when you’re not forced to murder things.

He still has his scars. Kitchen appliance with a faulty wire caught fire when he was cooking. Very hyper-vigilante about fire hazard and cooking now. Sucks because he enjoys cooking, but he just gets way too anxious too often cooking stove top. Sticks to baking in the oven as much as he can. 

Still makes @cruentc get things out of the oven for him sometimes though.

A lot more aware of his non-binary identity and feelings. Dresses androgynous-ly or femininely sometimes, likes doing his nails long and pretty and his favorite attire combination is skirt and leggings. Goes by he/him and they/them and is okay with both masculine and gender neutral terms. Closest term for his identity would be demi-boy but he’s still exploring. 

Was insecure and depressed from his accident for a while, but he’s grown to be more accepting and kinder to himself about it. 

His burns do look better than they do in Bloodborne due to modern medicine and skin-graft treatment. Scar placement still the same. Uses lots of lotion and creams to get rid of some scar discomfort. 

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Can’t remember if I ever pasted here but... here ya go.

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powder kegs be like

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I really beefed up Nikolai’s BIOGRAPHY/DOSSIER, adding backstory and edits to pretty much all categories. Please take a look!!

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i havent done a proper oc in a long time and its very satisfying to see ppl like my headcanon posts even if its just one or two other ppl aside from burd

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just a kinda sketchy sketch of nikolai’s burn scars. the pink coloring is more it kinda exactly instead of the black outlines.

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   Nikolai is a very conscience hunter. Very analytic, self-aware, and observant. Thinks before he acts as much as he can, an increasing rarity in new hunters and aging hunters alike, unless a crisis calls for the opposite of course. This was not always the case. He used to be like many other hunters. Used to see the Hunt less likely a duty and more like a sport. Obsessed with BLOOD and DEATH. Boast your greatest kills, design weapons that’ll lead to even better stories. Live off of the thrill and the blood. Destined to be another blood-addled, bestial hunter, filled with an insatiable hate that demanded life after life until man and beast blurred both ways.

   His contract was fulfilled before the burning of Old Yharnam. The Powder Kegs might have been an unique, united force, but they weren’t all tied that close together. The status of a hunter’s contract did not stop all hunters from partaking in a future hunt. The burning of Old Yharnam was grand... a rotten duty, but it had to be done ( so they all agreed upon at the time, but conviction waned as they watched the flames ). Nikolai was a part of the hunters who grew unsure as the “hunt” continued. 

   Chasing a few straggling survivors was how Nikolai earned his scars. A short fall cracked the oil urns he carried and his own hunter’s tools were turned against him when a beast aflame descended upon him. He was saved by his fellow hunters, but he was scarred both physically and mentally. The usage of blood ensured he did not die, but it did not knit his flesh clean again nor was there no Hunter’s Dream to birth him anew. It took him days to recover, a time that was spent pondering the manner of many things, particularly the hunt and his identity as a hunter. For what felt like the first time, he was afraid. Afraid not just of death, but beasts; what they meant, who they had once been, and the things hunters turned to ( or into ) to vanquish them. He feared fire the most. Uncontrollable and all consuming... eerily similar to how some beasts and hunters behaved. 

   Nikolai did not become another Djura, nor did he detest hunters or the hunt of the beasts, but you could say his... fire for everything surrounding it burnt out. He firmly believes in the solemn duty. No pride, no enjoyment. Tools are tools, not personalized instruments of death to boast about. The hunt is a regretful necessity, nothing more. He believes that trying to treat it as anything more, to find enjoyment in pain and the blood, leads to nothing good. 

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Nikolai DID invent the Boomhammer and it was his primary weapon for many years. 

That was until the burning of Old Yharnam, where he acquired his burn scars and resulting pyrophobia. Since he cannot tolerate many sources of fire, he no longer wields it. If he did have to resort to it, he’d never ignite it. 

Eventually gifts it to @cruentc and wields the Amygdala Arm instead. 

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Nikolai had ventured into the chalice dungeons during his time of the contract, the mask and hat he dons (Bone Ash Mask from the Bone Ash Set) one of the kept spoils from his adventures into the catacombs. He kept it with him when he lost access to the Hunter’s Dream, the same for a few other things like the Amygdala Arm. 

Nikolai actually did some work to the mask to make it more wearable. Beforehand, the mask separated from its original owners were more brittle than anticipated, so it was reinforced with a carefully applied Quicksilver and Bone Marrow Ash combination. This way, the mask is less likely to crumble when impacted. 

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   A good hunter was always observant; idle surroundings and the living watched all the same. Nikolai was no exception even with his mask pressed close, but even he didn’t find anything noteworthy until Cecil urged them to move onward. His gaze fell on the environment first before it settled on his fellow partner ( always so quiet, stoic, locked like a box ). Nikolai was not one to form quick assumptions, but concern still laid underneath, oddly increased in the absence of lurking danger.

   “Where to?” He asked, words light and muffled; a ‘why’ danced and died on his tongue as he took a step forward, if only to keep them grouped for safety sake. 

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There was a ghosting pain in his shoulder, spreading steadily up his neck. Brows knit, as the pain grew the more he thought about it. Despite Nikolai being so close, Cecil could do nothing to stall the episode. He thought of it as a nightmare– except he was awake, and aware it was happening. It’s been almost twenty years, a hand slips under his sleeve, I should of moved on already. — Yet here he was, gut twisting with guilt, asking himself if anything might of been different had she had survived. Where would he be now? Where would she be…?

He exhales a harsh breath, leaning forward. “ We….we should go. ”

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