Nike
Goddess of Victory
|Name|Nike
|Alias(es)|Nike (Greek), Victoria(Roman), Nicole Harrow(Mortal)
|Gender|Female
|Sexuality|Heterosexual
|Relationship Status|Single
|Pantheon/Faith|She prefers Greek, but is technically also Roman.
|Occupation|Nicole is an athletic trainer, and in her last "life" was an Olympic coach. She mainly just trains regular people now, either in running, weight lifting, yoga, or swimming. She owns the small buisness, Win Big!
|Godly Appearance|Reference Nike's Wing's and Sword both traditionally represent victory. Those wielding the sword are supposedly impossible to defeat at anything, whether it actually involves the sword or not, though this effect does not guarantee anything with non-mortals.
|Earthly Appearance|Nicole is attractive, not nearly as beautiful as Aphrodite or Persephone, but still very pretty. Nicole's long dark hair almost always hangs down, framing her face, and she only puts it up in an elaborate manner for fancy events. She has striking blue eyes, which often catch the light, and some people say they see flashes of gold when looking into them. Nicole stands a taller 5' 7", and her form is long, lithe, and well muscled. Nicole's mouth is full and pleasant, and a row of brilliant white teeth are often the subject of comment.
|Personality|Nicole is driven, vibrant, and endearing. She will absolutely refuse to give up, at anything and everything. At the same time, she's happy, friendly, and bouncy (excited?). She loves helping other people almost as much as she loves helping herself. Nicole tries as hard as she can to engage others, rather than talk about herself, in order to get people to open up to her. She desperately wants friends and for people to like her, and she sometimes comes on too strong in her efforts. Nicole loves her daughter Alexa more than anything in the world, and would do anything for the girl.
Nicole is also rather apologetic, convinced that every time something goes wrong, it must have been her fault for not doing something correctly. Her stubbornness is often and issue, even the most simple things become a challenge if she doesn't get them right the first time. Everything must be perfect, and she must succeed. It often drives others to give up on helping her, which both infuriates her and pushes her to try harder. Often, she'll even try to press others to succeed, even if they don't think they will. It is both a blessing and a curse.
|Family|-Sisters Krata, Bia, and Zelus
-Adopted daughter Alexa, 15
|Strengths|- Driven
- Friendly
- Athletic
- Supportive
- Loyal
|Weaknesses|- Stubborn
- Lonely (Despite her many friends)
- Apologetic
- Self-defeating
- Vengeful
|Likes|- Winning (duh)
- Her Daughter
- Dogs
- Working Out
- Traveling
- Cake
- Movies (Action or cheesy rom-com)
- Oranges (and associated products)
|Dislikes- Failure
- Laziness
- Pessimists
- Steroids
- Cheating
- Artichokes
- Snobs
- Spiders
|History|Born from a Titan and a Goddess, Nike as a goddess was mighty, fearless, and strong. She championed the cause of the Olympian gods, and enamored their soldiers with strength, and rewarded them for their victories. Anywhere she went on the battlefield, success and glory followed. And then the Romans came. They diminished her, she was still valued, but she wasn't as important. But what she hated was that the Romans had no qualms about fighting dirty, and their concept of honor was not for each man, but for the soldier. She did her job, but she had lost the sense of greatness associated with it.
When the time came to surrender their powers, Nike gave in, one of the few times she did so without much of a struggle. She didn't love her job anymore. Once the gods had turned in their hats, she left. Disappeared into the world, hiding from the other gods. She didn't champion battles, none of the victories of the great powers were part of her assistance. She had no interest in the military. Instead, she explored the earth, looking for amazing things, victories of nature. And then, she studied biology, interested in how nature had accomplished these feats. Every time she "died" she would go back and learn it all again. It started with plants and animals, and then once Darwin was through, just animals. And then mortal anatomy. Which led her to healthcare, to see victories against disease. And all the way, she learned more about the mortals she had so long championed from afar.
Following the horrors of the second world war, Nicole finally settled down. She tried teaching, but found that without a professorship, she didn't enjoy it enough. She began to train people, and eventually it came to Olympians. She lived in Colorado training Americans, and in London training Englishmen. Then, she decided she would achieve a victory of her own, raising a child. So she adopted a girl, technically Russian. She moved to San Francisco, and began to raise the sweet little child. Nicole loved every second of it. Sending Alexa to the first day of school was one of the hardest things she ever did. She feels that Alexa is her greatest victory.
|Opinion on Mortals|Nicole is enamored with Mortals. She finds them incredible, capable of so many great things. She loves them much more than she loves any of the gods, who she sees as greedy, arrogant, and dangerous.
|Theme Song||Favorite Myth|Odysseus' final victory against his wife's suitors
|Mortal Skills/Abilities|Nicole is a master biologist, given all her time studying. She's also incredibly athletic from her more recent jobs, and she's probably capable of running a marathon or an iron man, though it's not really her thing. Nicole knows everything there is to know about travel at this point, given she only settled down 14 years ago, and spent the majority of the last 1500 years traveling the earth. Nicole also plays the flute, though she hasn't picked it up in ages.
|Immortal Skills/Abilities|Currently, Nicole can only inspire people to victory, giving them a sense that they will be able to win. As her powers return, she will be able to increase the odds or even ensure victory in mortals, and at least give immortals a boost to their chances. She cannot guaratnee the impossible though, the more likely the person was to originally be able to accomplish something, the easier it is for her to boost their chances.
Currently, Nicole has no wings, the only thing she misses from being a goddess. As her powers grow, so will her wings, though she'll be able to hide them. She will not be able to achieve full, wild, flight until she is at almost full strength, though she may be able to hover and glide sooner.
